A classification of spin frustration in molecular magnets from a physical study of large odd-numbered-metal, odd electron rings

Michael L. Baker, Grigore A. Timco, Stergios Piligkos, Jennifer S. Mathieson, Hannu Mutka, Floriana Tuna, Piotr Kozlowski, Michal Antkowiak, Tatiana Guidi, Tulika Gupta, Harapriya Rath, Robert J. Woolfson, Gregrorz Kamieniarz, Robin G. Pritchard, Høgni Weihe, Leroy Cronin, Gopalan Rajaraman, David Collison, Eric J. L. McInnes, Richard E. Winpenny

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Abstract

The term "frustration" in the context of magnetism was originally used by P. W. Anderson and quickly adopted for application to the description of spin glasses and later to very special lattice types, such as the kagomé. The original use of the termwas to describe systems with competing antiferromagnetic interactions and is important in current condensed matter physics in areas such as the description of emergent magnetic monopoles in spin ice. Within molecular magnetism, at least two very different definitions of frustration are used. Here we report the synthesis and characterization of unusual nine-metal rings, using magnetic measurements and inelastic neutron scattering, supported by density functional theory calculations. These compounds show different electronic/magnetic structures caused by frustration, and the findings lead us to propose a classification for frustration within molecular magnets that encompasses and clarifies all previous definitions.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Vol/bind109
Udgave nummer47
Sider (fra-til)19113-19118
Antal sider6
ISSN0027-8424
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 20 nov. 2012

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