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POLYHEDRON
Volume 30, Issue 18, Pages 3193-3196Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.poly.2011.04.009
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Spin decoherence; Electron paramagnetic resonance; Pulsed EPR; Flip-flop fluctuations; Iron; Strain
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- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien
- Division Of Materials Research [804408] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Continuous wave (cw) and pulsed high frequency electron paramagnetic resonance (HF-EPR) measurements were performed on an Fe-based magnetic cluster: Fe7O4(O2CPh)(11)(dmem)(2), abbreviated Fe-7. The cw EPR results show that two different molecular species exist in the crystal, with slightly different zero-field-splitting parameters. The spin decoherence time, T-2, was measured at high magnetic fields and low temperatures, which makes it possible to obtain high spin polarization and to significantly reduce decoherence due to electron spin flip-flop processes. Theoretical fitting of T-2 versus temperature shows that, for crystalline samples of this molecule, spin flip-flop fluctuations represent the main source of spin decoherence at low temperatures, as reported also for the Fe-8 single-molecule magnet [Phys. Rev. Lett. 102 (2009) 087603]. Moreover, it is found that T-2 is position dependent within the EPR line, a model for which is given. We also note that this is the third example of an Fe-based cluster that exhibits a measurable decoherence time, and only the second involving a crystal. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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