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  • Title: Spin-glass behaviour in the coordination polymer [Co(C3H3N2)2]n.
    Author: Tran VH, Swiatek-Tran B.
    Journal: Dalton Trans; 2008 Sep 28; (36):4860-5. PubMed ID: 18766218.
    Abstract:
    The magnetic behaviour of the coordination polymer [Co(C3H3N2)2]n has been investigated by magnetization and specific heat measurements. Low-field magnetic susceptibility shows the presence of two maxima at approximately 8 and 4 K (Tf), which reflect short-range low-dimensional antiferromagnetic behaviour and the existence of a spin-glass-like state, respectively. The latter state was observed by magnetic irreversibility in both the zero-field cooled and field-cooled data, and was also confirmed by specific heat measurements. The magnetic specific heat (Cmag) shows a lack of any long-range ordered peaks. Instead, a broad maximum near Tf was observed in the Cma)(T)/T-curve. Below Tf, the Cmag(T) data follow the relation: Cmag(T)/T = gamma + AT. We suggest that the competition of the antiferromagnetic (AF) intra-chain and the ferromagnetic (F) inter-chain interactions in a low-dimensional arrangement of magnetic Co2+ ions can produce the spin-glass behaviour in the sample. The susceptibility data was analyzed in terms of a spin S = 3/2 Heisenberg linear-chain model with a small exchange energy and is consistent with the presence of both F and AF interactions. The splitting of the crystal field energy levels of the Co2+ ions causes a Schottky-type specific heat anomaly of around 60 K.
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