Reflection spectra and magnetochemistry of iron oxides and natural surfaces

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Wasilewski, P.

1978-01-01

The magnetic properties and spectral characteristics of iron oxides are distinctive. Diagnostic features in reflectance spectra (0.5 to 2.4 micron) for alpha Fe2O3, gamma Fe2O3, and FeOOH include location of Fe3(+) absorption features, intensity ratios at various wavelengths, and the curve shape between 1.2 micron and 2.4 micron. The reflection spectrum of natural rock surfaces are seldom those of the bulk rock because of weathering effects. Coatings are found to be dominated by iron oxides and clay. A simple macroscopic model of rock spectra (based on concepts of stains and coatings) is considered adequate for interpretation of LANDSAT data. The magnetic properties of materials associated with specific spectral types and systematic changes in both spectra and magnetic properties are considered.

Magnetochemistry of the tetrahaloferrate (III) ions. 7. Crystal structure and magnetic ordering in (pyridinium){sub 3}Fe{sub 2}Br{sub 9}

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Lowe, C.B.; Shaviv, R.; Carlin, R.L.

1994-07-06

A monoclinic crystal structure was found by X-ray diffraction for bis [pyridinium tetrabromferrate(III)]-pyridinium bromide. The double salt contains two slightly distorted [FeBr{sub 4}]{sup -} tetrahedra, three pyridinium rings, and an uncoordinated halide in each asymmetric unit, as is characteristic of the A{sub 3}Fe{sub 2}X{sub 9} series of compounds. Unit cell parameters, monoclinic space group P2{sub 1}, are a = 7.656(3) {angstrom}, b = 14.237(5) {angstrom}, c = 13.725(5) {angstrom}, {beta} = 93.42(3){degrees}, and V = 1493(1) {angstrom}{sup 3}, using Mo K{alpha} radiation {lambda} = 0.710 69 {angstrom}, {rho}{sub calc} = 2.38 g cm{sup -3}, and Z = 2. The tetrahedramore » are aligned with their 3-fold axes parallel to the crystallographic c axis. Bond lengths (Fe-Br) range from 2.271(9) {angstrom} to 2.379(9) {angstrom} for the two different slightly distorted tetrahedral units. Magnetic susceptibility studies show that the material orders three-dimensionally at 7.4 {+-} 0.2 K. The data are compared to a HTS expansion of 1/{sub {chi}} for the S = 5/2 three-dimensional Heisenberg model antiferromagnet for a sc lattice with g = 1.98 and J/k{sub B} = -0.43 K. The specific heat measurements indicate two odd-shaped {lambda} features, at 7.3 and 8 K.« less

Dicopper(II) metallacyclophanes as multifunctional magnetic devices: a joint experimental and computational study.

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Castellano, María; Ruiz-García, Rafael; Cano, Joan; Ferrando-Soria, Jesús; Pardo, Emilio; Fortea-Pérez, Francisco R; Stiriba, Salah-Eddine; Julve, Miguel; Lloret, Francesc

2015-03-17

Metallosupramolecular complexes constitute an important advance in the emerging fields of molecular spintronics and quantum computation and a useful platform in the development of active components of spintronic circuits and quantum computers for applications in information processing and storage. The external control of chemical reactivity (electro- and photochemical) and physical properties (electronic and magnetic) in metallosupramolecular complexes is a current challenge in supramolecular coordination chemistry, which lies at the interface of several other supramolecular disciplines, including electro-, photo-, and magnetochemistry. The specific control of current flow or spin delocalization through a molecular assembly in response to one or many input signals leads to the concept of developing a molecule-based spintronics that can be viewed as a potential alternative to the classical molecule-based electronics. A great variety of factors can influence over these electronically or magnetically coupled, metallosupramolecular complexes in a reversible manner, electronic or photonic external stimuli being the most promising ones. The response ability of the metal centers and/or the organic bridging ligands to the application of an electric field or light irradiation, together with the geometrical features that allow the precise positioning in space of substituent groups, make these metal-organic systems particularly suitable to build highly integrated molecular spintronic circuits. In this Account, we describe the chemistry and physics of dinuclear copper(II) metallacyclophanes with oxamato-containing dinucleating ligands featuring redox- and photoactive aromatic spacers. Our recent works on dicopper(II) metallacyclophanes and earlier ones on related organic cyclophanes are now compared in a critical manner. Special focus is placed on the ligand design as well as in the combination of experimental and computational methods to demonstrate the multifunctionality