Electronic structure and magnetic anisotropy for nickel-based molecular magnets

Details Electronic structure and magnetic anisotropy for nickel-based molecular magnets Electronic structure and magnetic anisotropy for nickel-based molecular magnets

2004-09-08

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0409207v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

Will be presented at MMM conference 2004

Scientific paper

10.1063/1.1859972

Recent magnetic measurements on tetra-nickel molecular magnets [Ni(hmp)(ROH)Cl]$_4$, where R=CH$_3$, CH$_2$CH$_3$, or (CH$_2$)$_2$C(CH$_3$)$_3$ and hmp$^-$ is the monoanion of 2-hydroxymethylpyridine, revealed a strong exchange bias prior to the external magnetic field reversal as well as anomalies in electron paramagnetic resonance peaks at low temperatures. To understand the exchange bias and observed anomalies, we calculate the electronic structure and magnetic properties for the Ni$_4$ molecules with the three different ligands, employing density-functional theory. Considering the optimized structure with possible collinear spin configurations, we determine a total spin of the lowest-energy state to be S=0, which does not agree with experiment. We also calculate magnetic anisotropy barriers for all three types of Ni$_4$ molecules to be in the range of 4-6 K.

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