Abstract
We study the magnetization and the spin dynamics of the Cr7 Ni ring-shaped magnetic cluster. Measurements of the magnetization at high pulsed fields and low temperature are compared to calculations and show that the spin Hamiltonian approach provides a good description of the Cr7 Ni magnetic molecule. In addition, the phonon-induced relaxation dynamics of molecular observables has been investigated. By assuming the spin-phonon coupling to take place through the modulation of the local crystal fields, it is possible to evaluate the decay of fluctuations of two generic molecular observables. The nuclear spin-lattice relaxation rate 1 / T1 directly probes such fluctuations, and allows to determine the magnetoelastic coupling strength. © 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1262-1264 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials |
| Volume | 322 |
| Issue number | 9-12 |
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| Publication status | Published - May 2010 |
Keywords
- Magnetic molecules
- NMR
- Relaxation dynamics