Dimensionality Selection in a Molecule-Based Magnet

Goddard, Paul A.; Manson, Jamie L.; Singleton, John; Franke, Isabel; Lancaster, Tom; Steele, Andrew J.; Blundell, Stephen J.; Baines, Christopher; Pratt, Francis L.; McDonald, Ross D.; Ayala-Valenzuela, Oscar E.; Corbey, Jordan F.; Southerland, Heather I.; Sengupta, Pinaki; Schlueter, John A.

doi:10.1103/physrevlett.108.077208

Dimensionality Selection in a Molecule-Based Magnet

Goddard, Paul A.; Manson, Jamie L.; Singleton, John; Franke, Isabel; Lancaster, Tom; Steele, Andrew J.; Blundell, Stephen J.; Baines, Christopher; Pratt, Francis L.; McDonald, Ross D.; Ayala-Valenzuela, Oscar E.; Corbey, Jordan F.; Southerland, Heather I.; Sengupta, Pinaki; Schlueter, John A.

Authors

Paul A. Goddard

Jamie L. Manson

John Singleton

Isabel Franke

Professor Tom Lancaster tom.lancaster@durham.ac.uk
Professor

Andrew J. Steele

Stephen J. Blundell

Christopher Baines

Francis L. Pratt

Ross D. McDonald

Oscar E. Ayala-Valenzuela

Jordan F. Corbey

Heather I. Southerland

Pinaki Sengupta

John A. Schlueter

Abstract

Gaining control of the building blocks of magnetic materials and thereby achieving particular characteristics will make possible the design and growth of bespoke magnetic devices. While progress in the synthesis of molecular materials, and especially coordination polymers, represents a significant step towards this goal, the ability to tune the magnetic interactions within a particular framework remains in its infancy. Here we demonstrate a chemical method which achieves dimensionality selection via preferential inhibition of the magnetic exchange in an S ¼ 1=2 antiferromagnet along one crystal direction, switching the system from being quasi-two- to quasi-one-dimensional while effectively maintaining the nearestneighbor coupling strength.

Citation

Goddard, P. A., Manson, J. L., Singleton, J., Franke, I., Lancaster, T., Steele, A. J., …Schlueter, J. A. (2012). Dimensionality Selection in a Molecule-Based Magnet. Physical Review Letters, 108(7), Article 077208. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.108.077208

Journal Article Type	Article
Publication Date	Feb 1, 2012
Deposit Date	Aug 29, 2012
Publicly Available Date	Jan 24, 2014
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Print ISSN	0031-9007
Electronic ISSN	1079-7114
Publisher	American Physical Society
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	108
Issue	7
Article Number	077208
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.108.077208