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EPR and Optical Absorption Study of Cu2+-Doped Diammonium Hexaaqua Magnesium Sulphate Single Crystals

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Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) study of Cu2+ ions doped in diammonium hexaaqua magnesium sulphate single crystal over the temperature range of 4.2–320 K is reported. Copper enters the lattice substitutionally and is trapped at two magnetically equivalent sites. The spin Hamiltonian parameters are evaluated at 320, 300, 77, and 4.2 K. The angular variations of the resonance lines in three mutually perpendicular planes ab, bc* and c*a are used to determine principal g and A values. The observed spectra are fitted to a spin Hamiltonian of rhombic symmetry with parameters of Cu2+ at 77 and 4.2 K: g xx  = 2.089, g yy  = 2.112, g zz  = 2.437 (±0.002) and A xx  = 38, A yy  = 14, A zz  = 110 (±2) × 10−4 cm−1. The ground state wave function of Cu2+ ion in this lattice is determined. The g-factor anisotropy is calculated and compared with the experimental value. The optical absorption spectra of the crystal are also recorded at room temperature. With the help of assigned bands the crystal-field parameters (Dq, Ds and Dt) are evaluated. By correlating the optical and EPR data, the nature of bonding in the complex is discussed. The temperature dependence of the g values is explained to conclude the occurrence of both static and dynamic Jahn–Teller effects over the temperature range of investigation.

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Acknowledgments

We are grateful to the Head, SAIF, IIT, Powai, Mumbai, for providing the facility of EPR spectrometer. One of the authors, Madan Gopal Misra, is grateful to the Head, Department of Physics, for providing the departmental facilities.

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Kripal, R., Misra, M.G. EPR and Optical Absorption Study of Cu2+-Doped Diammonium Hexaaqua Magnesium Sulphate Single Crystals. Appl Magn Reson 44, 411–434 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00723-012-0381-2

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