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Spin Exchange Interaction in Substituted Copper Phthalocyanine Crystalline Thin Films
Rawat, Naveen Pan, Zhenwen Lamarche, Cody J. Wetherby, Anthony Waterman, Rory Tokumoto, Takahisa Cherian, Judy G.
Rawat, Naveen
Pan, Zhenwen
Lamarche, Cody J.
Wetherby, Anthony
Waterman, Rory
Tokumoto, Takahisa
Cherian, Judy G.
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© 2015, Nature Publishing Group.
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10.1038/srep16536
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All rights reserved. The origins of spin exchange in crystalline thin films of Copper Octabutoxy Phthalocyanine (Cu-OBPc) are investigated using Magnetic Circular Dichroism (MCD) spectroscopy. These studies are made possible by a solution deposition technique which produces highly ordered films with macroscopic grain sizes suitable for optical studies. For temperatures lower than 2K, the contribution of a specific state in the valence band manifold originating from the hybridized lone pair in nitrogen orbitals of the Phthalocyanine ring, bears the Brillouin-like signature of an exchange interaction with the localized d-shell Cu spins. A comprehensive MCD spectral analysis coupled with a molecular field model of a σπ-d exchange analogous to sp-d interactions in Diluted Magnetic Semiconductors (DMS) renders an enhanced Zeeman splitting and a modified g-factor of -4 for the electrons that mediate the interaction. These studies define an experimental tool for identifying electronic states involved in spin-dependent exchange interactions in organic materials.
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2015-11-12
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Rawat N, Pan Z, Lamarche CJ, Wetherby A, Waterman R, Tokumoto T, Cherian JG, Headrick RL, McGill SA, Furis MI. Spin exchange interaction in substituted copper phthalocyanine crystalline thin films. Scientific reports. 2015 Nov 12;5:16536.