Controlling intermolecular spin interactions of La@C82 in empty fullerene matrices

Author(s)
Yasuhiro Ito, Jamie H. Warner, Richard Brown, Mujtaba Zaka, Rudolf Pfeiffer, Takayuki Aono, Noriko Izumi, Haruya Okimoto, John J. L. Morton, Arzhang Ardavan, Hinsanori N. Shinohara, Hans Kuzmany, Herwig Peterlik, Gordon Andrew D. Briggs
Abstract

The ESR properties and crystal structures of solid-state La@C-82 in empty fullerene matrices were investigated by changing the concentration of La@C-82 and the species of an empty fullerene matrix: C-60, C-70, C-78(C-2v(3)), C-82(C-2) and C-84(D-2d(4)). The rotational correlation time of La@C-82 molecules tended to be shorter when La@C-82 is dispersed in larger fullerene matrices because large C-2n molecules provide more space for La@C-82 molecules for rotating. La@C-82 dispersed in a hcp-C-82 matrix showed the narrowest hyperfine structure (hfs) due to the ordered nature of La@C-82 molecules in the C-82 crystal. On the other hand, in a C-60 matrix, La@C-82 molecules formed clusters because of the large different solubility, which leads to the ESR spectra being broad sloping features due to strong dipole-dipole and exchange interactions.

Organisation(s)
Dynamics of Condensed Systems, Electronic Properties of Materials
External organisation(s)
University of Oxford, Nagoya University
Journal
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
Volume
12
Pages
1618-1623
No. of pages
6
ISSN
1463-9076
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/b913593f
Publication date
2010
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
103009 Solid state physics
Portal url
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/83f8bb34-b766-4b17-af3a-d6aa164a6f10