Crystal Structure and Magnetic Properties of Two New Antiferromagnetic Spin Dimer Compounds; FeTe3O7X (X = Cl, Br)

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• 作者：Dong Zhang ; Reinhard K. Kremer ; Peter Lemmens ; Kwang-Yong Choi ; Jia Liu ; Myung-Hwan Whangbo ; Helmuth Berger ; Yurii Skourski ; Mats Johnsson
• 刊名：Inorganic Chemistry
• 出版年：2011
• 出版时间：December 19, 2011
• 年：2011
• 卷：50
• 期：24
• 页码：12877-12885
• 全文大小：542K
• 年卷期：v.50,no.24(December 19, 2011)
• ISSN：1520-510X

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Two new isostructural layered oxohalides FeTe₃O₇X (X = Cl, Br) were synthesized by chemical vapor transport reactions, and their crystal structures and magnetic properties were characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, Raman spectroscopy, magnetic susceptibility and magnetization measurements, and also by density functional theory (DFT) calculations of the electronic structure and the spin exchange parameters. FeTe₃O₇X crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P2₁/c with the unit cell parameters a = 10.7938(5), b = 7.3586(4), c = 10.8714(6) 脜, 尾 = 111.041(5)掳, Z = 4 for FeTe₃O₇Cl, and a = 11.0339(10), b = 7.3643(10), c = 10.8892(10) 脜, 尾 = 109.598(10)掳, Z = 4 for FeTe₃O₇Br. Each compound has one unique Fe³⁺ ion coordinating a distorted [FeO₅] trigonal bipyramid. Two such groups share edges to form [Fe₂O₈] dimers that are isolated from each other by Te⁴⁺ ions. The high-temperature magnetic properties of the compounds as well as spectroscopic investigations are consistent with an isolated antiferromagnetic spin dimer model with almost similar spin gaps of 35 K for X = Cl and Br, respectively. However, deviations at low temperatures in the magnetic susceptibility and the magnetization data indicate that the dimers couple via an interdimer coupling. This interpretation is also supported by DFT calculations which indicate an interdimer exchange which amounts to 25% and 10% of the intradimer exchange for X = Cl and Br, respectively. The magnetic properties support the counterion character and a weak integration of halide ions into the covalent network similar to that in many other oxohalides.