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Alternating antiferromagnetic and ferromagnetic exchange interactions in the S = 1 Heisenberg chain. Theory and magnetic properties

Eugenio CoronadoJuan J. Borrás-almenarFrancesc LloretJuan M. Clemente-juan

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NickelChain structurechemistryFerromagnetismMagnetic domainCondensed matter physicsHeisenberg modelAlternation (geometry)General Physics and Astronomychemistry.chemical_elementAntiferromagnetismCondensed Matter::Strongly Correlated ElectronsPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry

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Abstract We focus on the magnetic properties of the S = 1 Heisenberg chain with alternating antiferromagnetic and ferromagnetic exchange interactions J 1 and J 2 . The magnetic behavior of this system is calculated as a function of the alternation parameter α = J 2 /| J 1 |, from a general numerical procedure based on closed spin chains of increasing length. These theoretical results are fitted to rational unified expressions, which are subsequently used to describe the magnetic behavior of a nickel (II) complex, [Ni(bipy)(N 3 ) 2 ] n , exhibiting an alternating chain structure with a dominant ferromagnetic exchange.

https://doi.org/10.1016/s0009-2614(97)00698-2