Magnetic energy levels of the tridiminished-icosahedron magnetic molecule {Fe9}

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We propose to conduct inelastic neutron scattering measurements on a deuterated polycrystalline sample of the {Fe9} molecule [(Fe9-3-O)4 (O3PPh)3(O2CCMe3)13] to determine its low-lying magnetic excitations and their dependence on temperature and applied magnetic field using the OSIRIS spectrometer. In each molecule, Fe3+ ions (spins s = 5/2) occupy nine of the twelve sites of an icosahedron; the remaining 3 sites are occupied by non-magnetic phosphorous atoms. This magnetic cluster is of importance as a prototype of a magnetic nano-switch. That expectation is supported by theoretical calculations showing the icosahedron cluster (the hypothetical, not-yet-synthesized {Fe12}) undergoes a first order metamagneitc transition with the associated hysteretic behavior [1]. Magnetic susceptibility measurements are insufficient for verifying the validity of a model Hamiltonian

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DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.24079384
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Creator Dr David Vaknin; Dr Devashi Adroja
Publisher ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Publication Year 2013
Rights CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Contact isisdata(at)stfc.ac.uk
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Discipline Photon- and Neutron Geosciences
Temporal Coverage Begin 2010-02-18T09:10:39Z
Temporal Coverage End 2010-08-10T08:02:47Z