Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
2002-04-20
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
18 pages, 5 eps figures, latex (elsart)
Scientific paper
10.1016/S0009-2614(02)00670-X
(Et4N)3Fe2F9 exhibits a butterfly--shaped hysteresis below 5 K when the magnetic field is parallel to the threefold axis, in accordance with a very slow magnetization relaxation in the timescale of minutes. This is attributed to an energy barrier Delta=2.40 K resulting from the S=5 dimer ground state of [Fe2F9]^{3-} and a negative axial anisotropy. The relaxation partly occurs via thermally assisted quantum tunneling. These features of a single-molecule magnet are observable at temperatures comparable to the barrier height, due to an extremely inefficient energy exchange between the spin system and the phonons. The butterfly shape of the hysteresis arises from a phonon avalanche effect.
Chaboussant Gregory
Guedel Hans U.
Leuenberger Michael N.
Schenker Ralph
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