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Torque magnetometry study of magnetically ordered state and spin reorientation in the quasi-one-dimensional Heisenberg antiferromagnet CuSbO
We present an experimental study of macroscopic and microscopic magnetic
anisotropy of a spin tetramer system \cso using torque magnetometry and ESR
spectroscopy. Large rotation of macroscopic magnetic axes with temperature
observed from torque magnetometry agrees reasonably well with the rotation of
the tensor above ~K. Below 50~K, the
tensor is temperature independent, while macroscopic magnetic axes continue to
rotate. Additionally, the susceptibility anisotropy has a temperature
dependence which cannot be reconciled with the isotropic Heisenberg model of
interactions between spins. ESR linewidth analysis shows that anisotropic
exchange interaction must be present in \csos. These findings strongly support
the presence of anisotropic exchange interactions in the Hamiltonian of the
studied system. Below ~K, the system enters a long - range
antiferromagnetically ordered state with easy axis along the
direction. Small but significant rotation of magnetic axes is also observed in
the antiferromagnetically ordered state suggesting strong spin-lattice coupling
in this system.Comment: 10 pages, 10 figure
Study of the local field distribution on a single-molecule magnet-by a single paramagnetic crystal; a DPPH crystal on the surface of an Mn12-acetate crystal
The local magnetic field distribution on the subsurface of a single-molecule
magnet crystal, SMM, above blocking temperature (T >> Tb) detected for a very
short time interval (~ 10-10 s), has been investigated. Electron Paramagnetic
Resonance (EPR) spectroscopy using a local paramagnetic probe was employed as a
simple alternative detection method. An SMM crystal of
[Mn12O12(CH3COO)16(H2O)4].2CH3COOH.4H2O (Mn12-acetate) and a crystal of 2,2-
diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) as the paramagnetic probe were chosen for this
study. The EPR spectra of DPPH deposited on Mn12-acetate show additional
broadening and shifting in the magnetic field in comparison to the spectra of
the DPPH in the absence of the SMM crystal. The additional broadening of the
DPPH linewidth was considered in terms of the two dominant electron spin
interactions (dipolar and exchange) and the local magnetic field distribution
on the crystal surface. The temperature dependence of the linewidth of the
Gaussian distribution of local fields at the SMM surface was extrapolated for
the low temperature interval (70-5 K)
Magnetic anisotropy of spin tetramer system SeCuO studied by torque magnetometry and ESR spectroscopy
We present an experimental study of macroscopic and microscopic magnetic
anisotropy of a spin tetramer system SeCuO using torque magnetometry and
ESR spectroscopy. Large rotation of macroscopic magnetic axes with temperature
observed from torque magnetometry agrees reasonably well with the rotation of
the tensor above ~K. Below 50~K, the
tensor is temperature independent, while macroscopic magnetic axes continue to
rotate. Additionally, the susceptibility anisotropy has a temperature
dependence which cannot be reconciled with the isotropic Heisenberg model of
interactions between spins. ESR linewidth analysis shows that anisotropic
exchange interaction must be present in SeCuO. These findings strongly
support the presence of anisotropic exchange interactions in the Hamiltonian of
the studied system. Below ~K, the system enters a long - range
antiferromagnetically ordered state with easy axis along the
direction. Small but significant rotation of magnetic axes is also observed in
the antiferromagnetically ordered state suggesting strong spin-lattice coupling
in this system.Comment: 14 pages, 13 figure
Ternary Coordination Compounds of Copper(II) with Glycine and 2,2\u27-bipyridine: Synthesis, Structural Characterization, Magnetic and Biological Properties
Three new coordination compounds of copper(II) with glycine (HGly) and 2,2\u27-bipyridine (bipy) were synthesized by solution-based and mechanochemical methods: [Cu(Gly)(H2O)(bipy)][Cu(Gly)(SO4)(bipy)]·6H2O (1a·6H2O), [Cu(Gly)(H2O)(bipy)]2SO4 (1b), [Cu(Gly)(H2O) (bipy)]2SO4·H2O (1b·H2O). The amount of water in the reaction mixture influenced the product of crystallization. All compounds were characterized by X-ray diffraction methods and form 1D infinite chains or 2D sheets of complex ions connected by π-interactions. Compounds 1a·6H2O and 1b were characterized by X-band electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy and the values of g-tensors for Cu(II) ions were determined. Compounds 1a·6H2O and 1b showed pronounced antiproliferative activity toward a panel of six human cell lines. The most impared was HepG2 cell line at 10−5 mol dm−3 concentration (74.5 % reduction of cell growth) followed by moderate activity toward KATO III, Caco-2, MDA-MB-231, PANC-1 and MRC-5 cells at 10−4 mol dm−3 concentration of compounds 1a·6H2O and 1b. Generally, both compounds express similar antiproliferative effect on evaluated cells