Abstract
Low temperature specific heat and magnetic susceptibility studies were carried out on polycrystalline pellets of three copper(II) complexes of 1.4-diazacycloheptane having different geometries. Above 4 K, the specific heat can be described by the relation: C = αT3 which allows the determination of Debye temperatures for the investigated systems. Below 4 K, the specific heat rises very fast and goes through a maximum at Tmax suggesting weak antiferromagnetic interactions. These findings are substantiated by the Curie-Weiss behavior in the ac susceptibility results and by the general features of the M vs. H curves.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 407-415 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials |
| Volume | 75 |
| Issue number | 3 |
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| State | Published - 1 Dec 1988 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Support from the Cryogenic Facility of the KFUPM Physics Department, the KFUPM Research Committee (Grant PH/PHYSPROP/43) and from the KFUPM Chemistry Department are acknowledged. The research at the Wayne State University was supported by the National Science Foundation, Grant no. DMR-840071.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Condensed Matter Physics