Heterometallic spin-1/2 quantum magnet under hydrostatic pressure

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Main Authors: Coak, M. J., Kamenskyi, D., Curley, S. P. M., Huddart, B. M., Tidey, J. P., Chmeruk, A., Sakurai, T., Okubo, S., Ohta, H., Kimura, S., Nojiri, H., Graf, D., Clark, S. J., Manson, Z. E., Manson, J. L., Lancaster, T., Goddard, P. A.
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author Coak, M. J.
Kamenskyi, D.
Curley, S. P. M.
Huddart, B. M.
Tidey, J. P.
Chmeruk, A.
Sakurai, T.
Okubo, S.
Ohta, H.
Kimura, S.
Nojiri, H.
Graf, D.
Clark, S. J.
Manson, Z. E.
Manson, J. L.
Lancaster, T.
Goddard, P. A.
author_facet Coak, M. J.
Kamenskyi, D.
Curley, S. P. M.
Huddart, B. M.
Tidey, J. P.
Chmeruk, A.
Sakurai, T.
Okubo, S.
Ohta, H.
Kimura, S.
Nojiri, H.
Graf, D.
Clark, S. J.
Manson, Z. E.
Manson, J. L.
Lancaster, T.
Goddard, P. A.
contents We investigate the properties of CuVOF$_4$(H$_2$O)$_6$$\cdot$H$_2$O, in which two different spin species, Cu(II) and V(IV), form antiferromagnetic spin-1/2 dimers with weak interdimer coupling provided via hydrogen bonding. Using radio-frequency susceptometry and electron-spin resonance (ESR), we show how the temperature-magnetic field spin-dimer phase diagram evolves as a function of applied hydrostatic pressure and correlate this with pressure-induced changes to the crystal structure. These results, coupled with pressure-tuned DFT calculations, confirm the prior prediction that the primary exchange interaction is mediated via an unusual mechanism in which the V(IV) ions provide considerable spin density to the oxygen that joins the two spins in each dimer and which lies along the Jahn-Teller axis of the Cu(II) ion. In addition, the dissimilarity in the spins that make up each dimer unit leads to a non-linear field dependence of the electronic energy levels as detected in the ESR measurements.
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spellingShingle Heterometallic spin-1/2 quantum magnet under hydrostatic pressure
Coak, M. J.
Kamenskyi, D.
Curley, S. P. M.
Huddart, B. M.
Tidey, J. P.
Chmeruk, A.
Sakurai, T.
Okubo, S.
Ohta, H.
Kimura, S.
Nojiri, H.
Graf, D.
Clark, S. J.
Manson, Z. E.
Manson, J. L.
Lancaster, T.
Goddard, P. A.
Strongly Correlated Electrons
We investigate the properties of CuVOF$_4$(H$_2$O)$_6$$\cdot$H$_2$O, in which two different spin species, Cu(II) and V(IV), form antiferromagnetic spin-1/2 dimers with weak interdimer coupling provided via hydrogen bonding. Using radio-frequency susceptometry and electron-spin resonance (ESR), we show how the temperature-magnetic field spin-dimer phase diagram evolves as a function of applied hydrostatic pressure and correlate this with pressure-induced changes to the crystal structure. These results, coupled with pressure-tuned DFT calculations, confirm the prior prediction that the primary exchange interaction is mediated via an unusual mechanism in which the V(IV) ions provide considerable spin density to the oxygen that joins the two spins in each dimer and which lies along the Jahn-Teller axis of the Cu(II) ion. In addition, the dissimilarity in the spins that make up each dimer unit leads to a non-linear field dependence of the electronic energy levels as detected in the ESR measurements.
title Heterometallic spin-1/2 quantum magnet under hydrostatic pressure
topic Strongly Correlated Electrons
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.01994