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Probing spin frustration in high-symmetry magnetic nanomolecules by inelastic neutron scattering

  • V.O. Garlea
  • , S.E. Nagler
  • , J.L. Zarestky
  • , C. Strassis
  • , D. Vaknin
  • , P. Kogerler
  • , D.F. McMorrow
  • , C. Niedermayer
  • , D.A. Tennant
  • , B. Lake
  • , Y. Qiu
  • , M. Exler
  • , J. Schnack
  • , M. Luban

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    Abstract

    Low temperature inelastic neutron scattering studies have been performed to characterize the low energy magnetic excitation spectrum of the magnetic nanomolecule {Mo(72)Fe(30)}. This unique highly symmetric cluster features spin frustration and is one of the largest discrete magnetic molecules studied to date by inelastic neutron scattering. The 30 s=5/2 Fe(III) ions, embedded in a spherical polyoxomolybdate molecule, occupy the vertices of an icosidodecahedron and are coupled via nearest-neighbor antiferromagnetic interactions. The overall energy scale of the excitation and the gross features of the temperature dependence of the observed neutron scattering are explained by a quantum model of the frustrated spin cluster. However, no satisfactory theoretical explanation is yet available for the observed magnetic field dependence.
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalPhysical Review B-Condensed Matter
    Volume73
    Issue number2
    Pages (from-to)024414
    Number of pages5
    ISSN0163-1829
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2006

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