Probing photoinduced spin states in spin-crossover molecules with neutron scattering

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关键词: MAGNETIC-ANISOTROPY;    X-RAY;    IRON(II);    MN-12-ACETATE;    SPECTROSCOPY;    EXCITATIONS;    DIFFRACTION;    PRESSURE;    CLUSTERS;    POWDER;   

DOI  :  10.1103/PhysRevB.95.094403

来源: SCIE

【 摘 要 】

We report a neutron-scattering investigation of the spin-crossover compound [Fe(ptz)(6)](BF4)(2), which undergoes an abrupt thermal spin transition from high spin (HS), S = 2, to low spin (LS), S = 0, around 135 K. The HS magnetic state can be restored at low temperature under blue/green light irradiation. We have developed a specially designed optical setup for neutron scattering to address the magnetic properties of the light-induced HS state. By using neutron diffraction, we demonstrate that significant HS/LS ratios (of up to 60%) can be obtained with this experimental setup on a sample volume considered large (400 mg), while a complete recovery of the LS state is achieved using near-infrared light. Finally, with inelastic neutron scattering (INS) we have observed magnetic transitions arising from the photo-induced metastable HS S = 2 state split by crystal-field and spin-orbit coupling. We interpret the INS data assuming a spin-only model with a zero-field splitting of the S = 2 ground state. The obtained parameters are D approximate to-1.28 +/- 0.03 meV and |E| approximate to 0.08 +/- 0.03 meV. The present results show that in situ magnetic inelastic neutron-scattering investigations on a broad range of photomagnetic materials are now possible.

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