Can large magnetic anisotropy and high spin really coexist?

Eliseo Ruiz; Jordi Cirera; Joan Cano; Santiago Alvarez; Claudia Loose; Jens Kortus

doi:10.1039/b714715e

Can large magnetic anisotropy and high spin really coexist?

Chem Commun (Camb). 2008 Jan 7:(1):52-4. doi: 10.1039/b714715e.

Authors

Eliseo Ruiz¹, Jordi Cirera, Joan Cano, Santiago Alvarez, Claudia Loose, Jens Kortus

Affiliation

¹ Departament de Química Inorgànica and Institut de Recerca de Química Teòrica i Computacional, Universitat de Barcelona, Diagonal 647, 08028 Barcelona, Spain. eliseo.ruiz@qi.ub.es

PMID: 18399403
DOI: 10.1039/b714715e

Abstract

This theoretical study discusses the interplay of the magnetic anisotropy and magnetic exchange interaction of two Mn6 complexes and suggests that large magnetic anisotropy is not favoured by a high spin state of the ground state.