Physics – Condensed Matter – Strongly Correlated Electrons
Scientific paper
2008-06-03
Physics
Condensed Matter
Strongly Correlated Electrons
8 pages, 12 figures, 2 tables
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.78.104408
We present a theoretical approach to calculate the molecular magnetic anisotropy parameters, $D_M$ and $E_M$ for single molecule magnets in any eigenstate of the exchange Hamiltonian, treating the anisotropy Hamiltonian as a perturbation. Neglecting inter-site dipolar interactions, we calculate molecular magnetic anisotropy in a given total spin state from the known single-ion anisotropies of the transition metal centers. The method is applied to $Mn_{12}Ac$ and $Fe_8$ in their ground and first few excited eigenstates, as an illustration. We have also studied the effect of orientation of local anisotropies on the molecular anisotropy in various eigenstates of the exchange Hamiltonian. We find that, in case of $Mn_{12}Ac$, the molecular anisotropy depends strongly on the orientation of the local anisotropies and the spin of the state. The $D_M$ value of $Mn_{12}Ac$ is almost independent of the orientation of the local anisotropy of the core $Mn(IV)$ ions. In the case of $Fe_8$, the dependence of molecular anisotropy on the spin of the state in question is weaker.
Raghunathan Rajamani
Ramasesha S.
Sen Diptiman
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