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First Demonstration of Magnetoelectric Coupling in a Polynuclear Molecular Nanomagnet: Single‐Crystal EPR Studies of [Fe 3 O(O 2 CPh) 6 (py) 3 ]ClO 4 ⋅py under Static Electric Fields
Author(s) -
Boudalis Athanassios K.,
Robert Jérôme,
Turek Philippe
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201803038
Subject(s) - electron paramagnetic resonance , antiferromagnetism , nanomagnet , condensed matter physics , ground state , crystallography , single crystal , anisotropy , spin (aerodynamics) , coupling (piping) , resonance (particle physics) , chemistry , magnetic anisotropy , physics , nuclear magnetic resonance , magnetization , materials science , magnetic field , atomic physics , quantum mechanics , thermodynamics , metallurgy
Abstract Single‐crystal EPR experiments show that the highly symmetric antiferromagnetic half‐integer spin triangle [Fe 3 O(O 2 CPh) 6 (py) 3 ]ClO 4 ⋅ py ( 1 , py=pyridine) possesses a S T =1/2 ground state exhibiting high g ‐anisotropy due to antisymmetric exchange (Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya) interactions. EPR experiments under static electric fields parallel to the triangle's plane (i.e., perpendicular to the magnetic z ‐axis) reveal that this ground state couples to externally applied electric fields. This magnetoelectric coupling causes an increase in the intensity of the intradoublet EPR transition and does not affect its resonance position when B 0 ∥ z . The results are discussed on the basis of theoretical models correlating the spin chirality of the ground state with the magnetoelectric effect.