Abstract
A new mechanism for exchange-transfer specific to hole-type mixed-valence clusters is proposed. The intermediate state in the second-order exchange-transfer process is achieved by the jump of the electron from the spin-core of the dn+1 ion into the empty orbital of the dn ion. As distinguished from the mixed-valence clusters with one delocalized electron this intermediate state is the high-spin one giving rise to a ferromagnetic contribution to the ground manifold. On the basis of angular momentum theory a general solution of the exchange-transfer problem is given for arbitrary nuclearity mixed-valence hole-type clusters with many-electron paramagnetic spin-cores. The interplay between the double exchange, exchange-transfer and Heisenberg exchange is considered in detail for the simple case of a d2-d2-d1 trimer.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 7-14 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Chemical Physics Letters |
Volume | 249 |
Issue number | 1-2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 26 Jan 1996 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Physics and Astronomy
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry