Anisotropic paramagnetic shift of μ−O in the highT c related materials LaSrCuO and LaCuO

The negative muon (^–) was used as a microscopic probe for the study of the electronic state at the oxygen site in highT _c related LaSrCuO materials. Using good single crystals, two types of signals are obtained corresponding to two different oxygen sites: one highly anisotropic, which shows a large (order of 1%) shift under the magnetic field inc-axis direction, the other less anisotropic and with a smaller amplitude (order of 0.2%). These results of ^–OSR show quit a difference with the result of¹⁷O-NMR, where the paramagnetic shift has axial symmetry along the Cu-O bond direction and a magnitude of the order of 0.2% and 0.05%.     

Generic guiding principle of HTSC material design for high-field application

Through the analyses on the irreversibility lines (ILLs) under H||c for various high-T_c superconducting (HTSC) single-crystalline samples, we found two universal functions representing ILLs. In these functions, the electromagnetic anisotropy factor γ² plays a crucial role. The appropriate chemical substitution, such as Bi(Pb)2212, is an effective method to improve flux pinning properties via decreasing γ².     

Two‐Step Thermal Spin Transition and LIESST Relaxation of the Polymeric Spin‐Crossover Compounds Fe(X‐py)2[Ag(CN)2]2 (X=H, 3‐methyl, 4‐methyl, 3,4‐dimethyl, 3‐Cl)

In the series of polymeric spin‐crossover compounds Fe(X‐py)₂[Ag(CN)₂)]₂ (py=pyridine, X=H, 3‐Cl, 3‐methyl, 4‐methyl, 3,4‐dimethyl), magnetic and calorimetric measurements have revealed that the conversion from the high‐spin (HS) to the low‐spin (LS) state occurs by two‐step transitions for three out of five members of the family (X=H, 4‐methyl, and X=3,4‐dimethyl). The two other compounds (X=3‐Cl and 3‐methyl) show respectively an incomplete spin transition and no transition at all, the latter remaining in the HS state in the whole temperature range. The spin‐crossover behaviour of the compound undergoing two‐step transitions is well described by a thermodynamic model that considers both steps. Calculations with this model show low cooperativity in this type of systems. Reflectivity and photomagnetic experiments reveal that all of the compounds except that with X=3‐methyl undergo light‐induced excited spin state trapping (LIESST) at low temperatures. Isothermal HS‐to‐LS relaxation curves at different temperatures support the low‐cooperativity character by following an exponential decay law, although in the thermally activated regime and for aX=H and X=3,4‐dimethyl the behaviour is well described by a double exponential function in accordance with the two‐step thermal spin transition. The thermodynamic parameters determined from this isothermal analysis were used for simulation of thermal relaxation curves, which nicely reproduce the experimental data.     

On climbing scalars in String Theory

In string models with “brane supersymmetry breaking” exponential potentials emerge at (closed-string) tree level but are not accompanied by tachyons. Potentials of this type have long been a source of embarrassment in flat space, but can have interesting implications for Cosmology. For instance, in ten dimensions the logarithmic slope |V^′/V|$|V^{\prime }/V|$ lies precisely at a “critical” value where the Lucchin–Matarrese attractor disappears while the scalar field is forced to climb up the potential when it emerges from the Big Bang. This type of behavior is in principle perturbative in the string coupling, persists after compactification, could have trapped scalar fields inside potential wells as a result of the cosmological evolution and could have also injected the inflationary phase of our Universe.     

161Dy Mössbauer spectra for cyano coordination polymer compounds

Four kinds of Dy(III) hexacyanometalates (II or III), DyFe(CN)₆·4H₂O (1), KDyFe(CN)₆·4H₂O (2), DyCo(CN)₆·4H₂O (3), and KDyRu(CN)₆·4H₂O (4) have been investigated by ¹⁶¹Dy Mössbauer spectroscopy. ¹⁶¹Dy isomer shifts of four compounds fall in the range of +3 ionic compounds. Although all spectra 1-4 show an almost symmetric line, the broadening of the line-width is observed on lowering the temperature due to the paramagnetic relaxation. As a parameter of intermolecular force constant, the M² value obtained for ¹⁶¹Dy of 1 is slightly larger than that of 2.     

Separation of N2@C60 and N@C60

We describe the HPLC separation and identification of N@C60 and N2@C60. These species were observed after eleven sequential HPLC separations. Their retention times are in the same range as those of the other noninteractive endohedral species of C60, such as noble gas endohedral C60. The separation factors of these endohedrals were evaluated by using a mixture of hexane/toluene as eluent. We note that this is the first evidence for the N2@C60 molecule existing in the form of endohedral C60 complex.     

The twisted skeleton of 1,9-diaminononane incatena-[catena-,μ-(1,9-diaminononane)cadmium(II) tetra-μ -cyanonickelate(II)]-o-xylene(2/1)

The Hofmann-danon-typeo-xylene clathrate Cd[NH₂(CH₂)₉NH₂]Ni(CN)₄·0.5(CH₃)₂C₆H₄, crystallizes in the triclinic space groupP witha = 15.118(3),b = 14.048(4),c = 7.325(1) Å, = 91.50(2), = 131.66(3), and = 107.50(2)°,V = 1051(1) ų andZ = 2. The structure, refined toR = 0.047 using 2851 reflections, reveals a three-dimensional host framework built of the layers of a two-dimensionalcatena-[cadmium tetra--cyanonickelate(Il)] network and of the ambidentate 1,9-diaminononane (danon) bridging the Cd atoms in adjacent networks. The guesto-xylene molecule is accommodated in the cavity formed in the interlayer space similar to that in the Hofmann-daotn-type. The skeleton of the danon in the Cd-NC₉N-Cd linkage takes a (gauche)₂(trans)₈ conformation twisted at the (gauche)₂ part in contrast with the all-trans conformation of 1,8-diaminononane in the Hofmann-daotn-type clathrate. The twisted (gauche)₂ part of the danon skeleton occupies the interlayer space to such an extent that void space available for the guest o-xylene molecule decreases to half that in the Hofmann-daotn-type clathrate Cd[NH₂(CH₂)₈NH₂]Ni(CN)₄·G.The Crystal structures of ,-Diaminoalkanecadmium(II)Tetracyanonickelate(II) - Aromatic Molecule Inclusion Compounds. VI.