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Precise chemical, electronic, and magnetic structure of binuclear complexes studied by means of X-ray spectroscopies and theoretical methods

Kuepper, Karsten; Benoit, David M.; Wiedwald, Ulf; Mögele, Florian; Meyering, Andreas; Neumann, Manfred; Kappler, Jean-Paul; Joly, Loïc; Weidle, Stefan; Rieger, Bernhard; Ziemann, Paul

Authors

Karsten Kuepper

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Dr David Benoit D.Benoit@hull.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer in Molecular Physics and Astrochemistry

Ulf Wiedwald

Florian Mögele

Andreas Meyering

Manfred Neumann

Jean-Paul Kappler

Loïc Joly

Stefan Weidle

Bernhard Rieger

Paul Ziemann



Abstract

We investigate two planar complexes MnNi and CoNi (see Scheme 1) by X-ray photoelec- tron spectroscopy (XPS) and ultralow-temperature X-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD). In this way the valence states as well as the presence of uncompensated magnetic moments are obtained. The magnetism has been probed at a temperature of 0.6 K in order to reveal the magnetic ground state properties. We find that divalent Ni ions are in a diamagnetic low spin ground state in both complexes; however, in MnNi a small fraction of divalent nickel high-spin ions leads to a residual XMCD signal, indicating parallel spin alignment with the Mn spins. Mn and Co are found to be in a divalent high-spin configuration in both compounds. Theoretically, we address the energetic ordering of the different possible spin states of the binuclear complexes using (zeroth-order) relativistic approximation density functional calculations and a triple-ζ quality basis set. These results show that intermediate-spin states are often favored over low-spin states for most both metal combinations, in qualitative agreement with our experimental observations.

Citation

Kuepper, K., Benoit, D. M., Wiedwald, U., Mögele, F., Meyering, A., Neumann, M., …Ziemann, P. (2011). Precise chemical, electronic, and magnetic structure of binuclear complexes studied by means of X-ray spectroscopies and theoretical methods. Journal of physical chemistry. C, 115(50), 25030-25039. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp2069804

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Oct 26, 2011
Online Publication Date Nov 28, 2011
Publication Date Dec 22, 2011
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Journal of Physical Chemistry C
Print ISSN 1932-7447
Electronic ISSN 1932-7455
Publisher American Chemical Society
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 115
Issue 50
Pages 25030-25039
DOI https://doi.org/10.1021/jp2069804
Keywords General Energy; Physical and Theoretical Chemistry; Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials; Surfaces, Coatings and Films
Public URL https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/424098