The physical characterisation and understanding of molecular magnetic materials is one of the most important steps towards the integration of such systems in hybrid spintronic devices. Amongst the many characterisation techniques employed in such a task, Inelastic Neutron Scattering (INS) stands as one of the most powerful and sensitive tools to investigate their spin dynamics. Herein, the magnetic properties and spin dynamics of two dinuclear complexes, namely [(M(hfacac)2)2(bpym)] (where M = Ni2+, Co2+, abbreviated in the following as Ni2, Co2) are reported. These are model systems that could constitute fundamental units of future spintronic devices. By exploiting the highly sensitive IN5 Cold INS spectrometer, we are able to gain a deep insight into the spin dynamics of Ni2 and to fully obtain the microscopic spin Hamiltonian parameters; while for Co2, a multitude of INS transitions are observed demonstrating the complexity of the magnetic properties of octahedral cobalt-based systems.

Magnetic properties of transition metal dimers probed by inelastic neutron scattering / Ansbro, S.; Moreno-Pineda, E.; Yu, W.; Ollivier, J.; Mutka, H.; Ruben, M.; Chiesa, A.. - In: DALTON TRANSACTIONS. - ISSN 1477-9226. - 47:34(2018), pp. 11953-11959. [10.1039/c8dt02570c]

Magnetic properties of transition metal dimers probed by inelastic neutron scattering

Chiesa A.
Supervision
2018-01-01

Abstract

The physical characterisation and understanding of molecular magnetic materials is one of the most important steps towards the integration of such systems in hybrid spintronic devices. Amongst the many characterisation techniques employed in such a task, Inelastic Neutron Scattering (INS) stands as one of the most powerful and sensitive tools to investigate their spin dynamics. Herein, the magnetic properties and spin dynamics of two dinuclear complexes, namely [(M(hfacac)2)2(bpym)] (where M = Ni2+, Co2+, abbreviated in the following as Ni2, Co2) are reported. These are model systems that could constitute fundamental units of future spintronic devices. By exploiting the highly sensitive IN5 Cold INS spectrometer, we are able to gain a deep insight into the spin dynamics of Ni2 and to fully obtain the microscopic spin Hamiltonian parameters; while for Co2, a multitude of INS transitions are observed demonstrating the complexity of the magnetic properties of octahedral cobalt-based systems.
2018
Magnetic properties of transition metal dimers probed by inelastic neutron scattering / Ansbro, S.; Moreno-Pineda, E.; Yu, W.; Ollivier, J.; Mutka, H.; Ruben, M.; Chiesa, A.. - In: DALTON TRANSACTIONS. - ISSN 1477-9226. - 47:34(2018), pp. 11953-11959. [10.1039/c8dt02570c]
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