Evidence for the S=9 excited state in Mn12-bromoacetate measured by electron paramagnetic resonance
arXiv:cond-mat/0403435 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.70.054426
Abstract
We present high-frequency high-field electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) measurements on the dodecanuclear manganese complex Mn12-bromoacetate (Mn12-BrAc). The crystal-field parameters are found to be identical to those of the original compound Mn12-acetate (Mn12-Ac). A detailed analysis of the frequency and temperature dependence of anomalous peaks observed in the EPR spectra of Mn12-BrAc enables us to locate the S=9 manifold at about 40 K above the Ms= +/-10 ground state of this nominally S=10 system. This is very close to the Ms = +/-6 state of the S = 10 manifold, thus suggesting pathways for the thermally assisted magnetization dynamics and related properties. Finally, the EPR fine structures recently attributed to disorder associated with the acetic acid of crystallization in Mn12-Ac are absent in the present measurements, thus suggesting that the Mn12-BrAc complex represents a more suitable candidate for measurements of quantum effects in high symmetry S=10 SMMs.
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