Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-21-2017
Journal / Book Title
Nanoscale
Abstract
In this study, we examine several reduced ternary molybdates in the family of yellow rare earth molybdenum bronzes produced by electrochemical synthesis with composition LnMo16O44. These compounds contain an array of electrically isolated but magnetically interacting multi-atom clusters with composition Mo8O36. These arrayed superatom clusters support a single hole shared among the eight molybdenum atoms in the unit, corresponding to a net spin moment of 1μB, and exhibit magnetic exchange between the units via the MoO4 tetrahedra (containing Mo6+ ions) and the LnO8 cubes (containing Ln3+ ions). The findings presented here expand on the physics of the unusual collective properties of multi-atom clusters and extend the discussion of such assemblages to the rich structural chemistry of molybdenum bronzes.
DOI
10.1039/c7nr01087g
Montclair State University Digital Commons Citation
Hagmann, Joseph A.; Le, Son T.; Schneemeyer, Lynn; Stroscio, Joseph A.; Besara, Tiglet; Sun, Jifeng; Singh, David J.; Siegrist, Theo; Seiler, David G.; and Richter, Curt A., "Interacting Nanoscale Magnetic Superatom Cluster Arrays in Molybdenum Oxide Bronzes" (2017). Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works. 156.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/chem-biochem-facpubs/156
Published Citation
Hagmann, J. A., Le, S. T., Schneemeyer, L. F., Stroscio, J. A., Besara, T., Sun, J., ... & Richter, C. A. (2017). Interacting nanoscale magnetic superatom cluster arrays in molybdenum oxide bronzes. Nanoscale, 9(23), 7922-7929.