van Slageren J, Piligkos S, Neese F. Magnetic circular dichroism spectroscopy on the Cr₈ antiferromagnetic ring.
Dalton Trans 2010;
39:4999-5004. [PMID:
21491661 DOI:
10.1039/b925028j]
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Abstract
A Magnetic Circular Dichroism (MCD) spectroscopic study of the antiferromagnetic ring [Cr₈F₈Piv₁₆] (Piv = pivalate) is reported. From the splitting of the MCD bands, the single ion anisotropy parameters in the cluster spin ground state at different fields were determined to be d(Cr) = -0.33 ± 0.02 cm⁻¹, e(Cr) = 0.11 ± 0.01 cm⁻¹. Analysis of the MCD intensity as a function of field and temperature revealed the influence of spin mixing effects and yielded independent estimates of the single ion anisotropies (d(Cr) = -0.19 cm⁻¹, e(Cr) = 4.3 × 10-4 cm⁻¹), as well as yielding the isotropic exchange interaction strength (J = -6.00 cm⁻¹). Thus it is shown that MCD is a powerful method to unravel the relation between single-ion and cluster anisotropy, furthering the design of molecular magnets with desired properties.
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