TY - JOUR
T1 - Chemical Control of Magnetism
T2 - Oxidation-Induced Ferromagnetic Spin Coupling in the Chromium Dimer Evidenced by Photoelectron Spectroscopy
AU - Tono, Kensuke
AU - Terasaki, Akira
AU - Ohta, Toshiaki
AU - Kondow, Tamotsu
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - The photoelectron spectrum of the dichromium oxide cluster anion, [Formula presented], and the analysis by the density-functional theory revealed that the spins of the two Cr atoms in [Formula presented] are ferromagnetically coupled, and that its total spin magnetic moment is as large as [Formula presented]. This ferromagnetic spin coupling is induced by oxidation; the mixing of Cr [Formula presented] with O [Formula presented] orbitals plays an important role in a spin coupling between the localized electrons at the two Cr sites bridged by the O atom. The present finding is in marked contrast to the pure chromium dimer, which is known to be antiferromagnetic due to the strong sextuple Cr-Cr bond.
AB - The photoelectron spectrum of the dichromium oxide cluster anion, [Formula presented], and the analysis by the density-functional theory revealed that the spins of the two Cr atoms in [Formula presented] are ferromagnetically coupled, and that its total spin magnetic moment is as large as [Formula presented]. This ferromagnetic spin coupling is induced by oxidation; the mixing of Cr [Formula presented] with O [Formula presented] orbitals plays an important role in a spin coupling between the localized electrons at the two Cr sites bridged by the O atom. The present finding is in marked contrast to the pure chromium dimer, which is known to be antiferromagnetic due to the strong sextuple Cr-Cr bond.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.133402
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.133402
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85038303503
VL - 90
JO - Physical Review Letters
JF - Physical Review Letters
SN - 0031-9007
IS - 13
ER -