Tuning the spin coherence time of Cu(II)-(bis)oxamato and Cu(II)-(bis)oxamidato complexes by advanced ESR pulse protocols

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Beitragende

  • Ruslan Zaripov - , RAS - Zavoisky Physical-Technical Institute, Kazan Scientific Center (Autor:in)
  • Evgeniya Vavilova - , RAS - Zavoisky Physical-Technical Institute, Kazan Scientific Center (Autor:in)
  • Iskander Khairuzhdinov - , RAS - Zavoisky Physical-Technical Institute, Kazan Scientific Center (Autor:in)
  • Kev Salikhov - , RAS - Zavoisky Physical-Technical Institute, Kazan Scientific Center (Autor:in)
  • Violeta Voronkova - , RAS - Zavoisky Physical-Technical Institute, Kazan Scientific Center (Autor:in)
  • Mohammad A. Abdulmalic - , Technische Universität Chemnitz (Autor:in)
  • Francois E. Meva - , Université de Douala (Autor:in)
  • Saddam Weheabby - , Technische Universität Chemnitz (Autor:in)
  • Tobias Rüffer - , Technische Universität Chemnitz (Autor:in)
  • Bernd Büchner - , Professur für Experimentelle Festkörperphysik (gB/IFW), Leibniz-Institut für Festkörper- und Werkstoffforschung Dresden (Autor:in)
  • Vladislav Kataev - , Leibniz-Institut für Festkörper- und Werkstoffforschung Dresden (Autor:in)

Abstract

We have investigated with the pulsed ESR technique at X- and Q-band frequencies the coherence and relaxation of Cu spins S = 1/2 in single crystals of diamagnetically diluted mononuclear [n-Bu4N]2[Cu(opba)] (1%) in the host lattice of [n-Bu4N]2[Ni(opba)] (99%, opba = o-phenylenebis(oxamato)) and of diamagnetically diluted mononuclear [n-Bu4N]2[Cu(opbon-Pr2)] (1%) in the host lattice of [n-Bu4N]2[Ni(opbon-Pr2)] (99%, opbon-Pr2 = o-phenylenebis(N(propyl)oxamidato)). For that we have measured the electron spin dephasing time Tm at different temperatures with the two-pulse primary echo and with the special Carr-Purcell-Meiboom-Gill (CPMG) multiple microwave pulse sequence. Application of the CPMG protocol has led to a substantial increase of the spin coherence lifetime in both complexes as compared to the primary echo results. It shows the efficiency of the suppression of the electron spin decoherence channel in the studied complexes arising due to spectral diffusion induced by a random modulation of the hyperfine interaction with the nuclear spins. We argue that this method can be used as a test for the relevance of the spectral diffusion for the electron spin decoherence. Our results have revealed a prominent role of the opba4- and opbon-Pr2 4- ligands for the dephasing of the Cu spins. The presence of additional 14N nuclei and protons in [Cu(opbon-Pr2)]2- as compared to [Cu(opba)]2- yields significantly shorter Tm times. Such a detrimental effect of the opbon-Pr2 4- ligands has to be considered when discussing a potential application of the Cu(II)-(bis)oxamato and Cu(II)-(bis)oxamidato complexes as building blocks of more complex molecular structures in prototype spintronic devices. Furthermore, in our work we propose an improved CPMG pulse protocol that enables elimination of unwanted echoes that inevitably appear in the case of inhomogeneously broadened ESR spectra due to the selective excitation of electron spins.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)943-955
Seitenumfang13
FachzeitschriftBeilstein journal of nanotechnology
Jahrgang8
Ausgabenummer1
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 27 Apr. 2017
Peer-Review-StatusJa

Schlagworte

Schlagwörter

  • Electron spin echo, ESR, Hyperfine interaction, Molecular complexes, Spin coherence