Low-temperature specific heat of Li : Fe6 molecular magnets

Citation
M. Affronte et al., Low-temperature specific heat of Li : Fe6 molecular magnets, PHYSICA B, 284, 2000, pp. 1233-1234
Citations number
1
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
PHYSICA B
ISSN journal
09214526 → ACNP
Volume
284
Year of publication
2000
Part
2
Pages
1233 - 1234
Database
ISI
SICI code
0921-4526(200007)284:<1233:LSHOL:>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
We have studied the low-temperature (T) specific heat (C) of Li : Fe6 molec ular magnets. The Schottky anomaly related to the singlet-triplet energy ga p is shifted towards lower temperature as compared with that observed on Na :Fe6. This evidences the effects of the internal-guest substitution in thes e antiferromagnetically coupled iron(III) rings. The singlet-triplet energy gap (E(1)/k(B) = 14.2 +/- 0.4 K) and its zero-field splitting (D(1)/k(B) = 3.9 +/- 1.0 K) evaluated by the C-versus-T data fitting are compared to th e values estimated by the high-field torque experiments. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V, All rights reserved.