Structural and magnetic behavior of a quasi-1D antiferromagnetic chain compound Cu(NCS)2(pyz)
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Synchrotron X-ray diffraction (XRD) and neutron powder diffraction (NPD) were used to determine the structure of Cu(NCS)2(pyz) (pyz = pyrazine = C4N2H4), which consists of a stacking of Cu-pyz-Cu chains. While NPD measurements showed no evidence of long-range magnetic ordering, the temperature dependence of the magnetic susceptibility and magnetization suggests that the system can be adequately described on the local scale as a spin-1/2 antiferromagnet (AFM) chain with an intrachain exchange interaction J/kB = -8 K (∼0.7 meV). Comparison of isothermal magnetization data acquired up to 30 T at 1.6 K to a linear chain model shows excellent agreement, making this material a nearly ideal example of an isotropic Heisenberg AFM chain.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Polyhedron |
Volume | 22 |
Issue number | 14-17 |
Pages (from-to) | 2045-2049 |
Number of pages | 5 |
ISSN | 0277-5387 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 15 Jul 2003 |
Externally published | Yes |
- Copper, Neutron powder diffraction, Pyrazine, Quantum spin chain, X-ray diffraction
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