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Published on: December 3, 2013
Probing the need for a very low axial zero-field splitting in MnII systems with slow relaxation of the magnetization
Evangelos Pilichos1, Júlia Mayans1, Albert Escuer1
1Departament de Química Inorgànica i Orgànica, Secció Inorgànica and Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotecnology (IN2UB), Universitat de Barcelona, Marti i Franques 1-11, Barcelona-08028, Spain. albert.escuer@ub.edu.
Abstract:
The effect of very small anisotropy on the slow relaxation of the magnetization was analysed for two series of structurally related MnII complexes with a trans-octahedral or trigonal bipyramid environment. Complexes with the formula [MnX2(S,S-L1)], where L1 is a neutral tetradentate Schiff base and X = NCS- (1NCS), Cl- (2Cl), Br- (3Br), and I- (4I), and [MnX2(L2)], where L2 is a neutral tridentate Schiff base and X = Cl- (5Cl) and Br- (6Br), and 1D [Mn(N3)2(L2)]n (7) systems were characterized. Benefiting from the increasing spin orbit coupling (SOC) contribution of heavier halide donors in complexes 1-6, the gradation of the axial zero-field splitting parameter (D) was determined to be between ∼0.1 and 0.6 cm-1 by EPR spectroscopy. Changing current measurements showed that the slow relaxation of the magnetization vanishes for larger D values, evidencing the crucial effect of D values of ∼0.2 cm-1.
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