Electron paramagnetic resonance study of ErSc2NC80

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We present an electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) study of ErSc2N@C80 fullerene in which there are two Er3+ sites corresponding to two different configurations of the ErSc2N cluster inside the C80 cage. For each configuration, the EPR spectrum is characterized by a strong anisotropy of the g factors (gx,y = 2.9, gz = 13.0 and gx,y = 5.3, gz = 10.9). Illumination within the cage absorption range (<600 nm) induces a rearrangement of the ErSc2N cluster inside the cage. We follow the temporal dependence of this rearrangement phenomenologically under various conditions.

Authors: Rahman, R; Tiwari, A; Dantelle, G; Morton, JJL; Porfyrakis, K

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Not peer reviewed
• Host title: arXiv
• Publication date: 2010-04-22
• DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.1004.3912
• Language: English