Magnetic properties and chiral states of a trimetallic uranium complex

作者:Carretta S*; Amoretti G; Santini P; Mougel V; Mazzanti M; Gambarelli S; Colineau E; Caciuffo R
来源:Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter , 2013, 25(48): 486001.
DOI:10.1088/0953-8984/25/48/486001

摘要

The magnetic properties of the triangular molecular nanomagnet [UO2L](3) (L = 2-(4-tolyl)-1,3-bis(quinolyl)malondiiminate) have been investigated through electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy, high-field magnetization and susceptibility measurements. The experimental findings are well reproduced by a microscopic model including exchange interactions and local crystal fields. These results show that [UO2L](3) is characterized by a non-magnetic ground doublet corresponding to two oppositely twisted chiral arrangements of the uranium moments. The non-axial character of single-ion crystal fields leads to quantum tunneling of the noncollinear magnetization in the presence of a magnetic field applied perpendicularly to the triangle plane.

  • 出版日期2013-12-4
  • 单位中国地震局