Magnetochemistry

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Magnetically Induced Two-Phonon Blockade in a Hybrid Spin–Mechanical System

by Hong-Yue Liu, Tai-Shuang Yin and Aixi Chen

Magnetochemistry 2024, 10(6), 41; https://doi.org/10.3390/magnetochemistry10060041 - 31 May 2024

Phonon blockade is an important quantum effect for revealing the quantum behaviors of mechanical systems. For a nitrogen-vacancy center spin strongly coupled to a mechanical resonator via the second-order magnetic gradient, we show that the qubit driving can lead to the implementation of the two-phonon blockade, while the usual mechanical driving only allows for the appearance of a single-phonon blockade. As a signature, we investigate three-phonon antibunching with a simultaneous two-phonon bunching process by numerically calculating the second-order and third-order correlation functions. We also analyze in detail the influence of the system parameters (including the qubit driving strength, the dephasing rate of the qubit, as well as the thermal phonon number) on the quality of the two-phonon blockade effect. Our work provides an alternative method for extending the concept of a phonon blockade from a single phonon to multiphonon. It is of direct relevance for the engineering of multiphonon quantum coherent devices and thus has potential applications in quantum information processing. Full article

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The Catalytic Activity of Magnetic Surfaces

by Ian Shuttleworth

Magnetochemistry 2024, 10(6), 40; https://doi.org/10.3390/magnetochemistry10060040 - 28 May 2024

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High-performance catalysts for the oxygen reduction and hydrogen evolution reactions (ORR and HER, respectively) are highly sought-after, particularly with the commitment of numerous agencies to the removal of conventional gas vehicles in the next few decades. Surprisingly little focus has been placed on the development of magnetic models to describe these systems. The current work will review the current understanding of surface heterogeneous catalysis across select magnetic surfaces, with attention focused on studies involving extended surfaces, which inherently are more accessible to fundamental analysis than the more applied nanoparticle systems. However, even the most up-to-date magnetic variants of this theory have focused on the tight binding limit of the d-band model. In this limit, the reactivity of the surface is governed by the position of the center of the d-band, and the model does not account for the higher moments of the d-band, such as the width, asymmetry, and modality. A summary of the theory supporting this analysis will be presented, along with a summary of the current literature on this level of analysis. The review will then conclude with a discussion of suggested directions for future investigations. Full article

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Magnetically Induced Near-Infrared Circularly Polarized Electroluminescence from an Achiral Perovskite Light-Emitting Diode

by Yoshitane Imai, Ryo Amasaki, Yoshihiko Yanagibashi, Seika Suzuki, Ryuta Shikura and Shigeyuki Yagi

Magnetochemistry 2024, 10(6), 39; https://doi.org/10.3390/magnetochemistry10060039 - 28 May 2024

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Circularly polarized electroluminescent devices are conventionally fabricated by incorporating an optically active chiral luminophore into their emission layer. Herein, we developed a circularly polarized perovskite light-emitting diode (PeLED) system with an optically inactive perovskite luminophore that can emit near-infrared circularly polarized electroluminescence (CPEL) upon application of an external magnetic field. The magnitude of the magnetic CPEL (g_MCPEL) was in the order of 10⁻³ in the near-infrared wavelength range of 771–773 nm. Although the Pb perovskite quantum dots were achiral, the rotation direction of the CPEL of the magnetic circularly polarized PeLED system was successfully reversed by switching the Faraday geometry of the applied magnetic field. The use of achiral luminophores exhibiting magnetic-field-induced CPEL represents a new approach for the development of circularly polarized electroluminescent devices. Full article

(This article belongs to the Section Applications of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials)

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New Branched Iron(III) Complexes in Fluorescent Environment Created by Carbazole Moieties: Synthesis and Structure, Static Magnetic and Resonance Properties

by Denis V. Starichenko, Valerya E. Vorobeva, Matvey S. Gruzdev, Ulyana V. Chervonova, Nataliya G. Bichan, Aleksander V. Korolev and Ivan V. Yatsyk

Magnetochemistry 2024, 10(6), 38; https://doi.org/10.3390/magnetochemistry10060038 - 21 May 2024

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The branched complexes of Schiff bases with various iron(III) salts, named G2-[L₂Fe]⁺A⁻ (A⁻ is NO₃⁻, Cl⁻, PF₆⁻), were synthesized using the condensation reaction between carbazole derivatives of salicylic aldehyde and N’-ethylethylenediamine and characterized by various spectroscopic methods (GPC, IR, ¹H NMR, UV/Vis). The studies revealed that the coordination of the two ligand molecules to metal occurs through the nitrogen ions and oxygen atom of azomethine to form a homoleptic system. All the synthesized coordination compounds were examined for their thermal, optical, and magnetic features. Static magnetic measurements showed that only G2-[L₂Fe]Cl was in a single-phase HS state, whereas the Fe(III) ions of G2-[L₂Fe]NO₃ and G2-[L₂Fe]PF₆ at room temperatures were in mixed low-spin (LS, S = 1/2) and high-spin (HS, S = 5/2) states: 58.9% LS/41.1% HS for G2-[L₂Fe]NO₃, 56.1% LS and 43.9% HS for G2-[L₂Fe]PF₆. All G2-[L₂Fe]⁺A⁻ complexes demonstrate antiferromagnetic exchange interactions between neighboring Fe(III) ions. The ground spin state at 2.0 K revealed a Brillouin contribution from non-interacting LS ions and a proportion of the HS Fe(III) ions not participating in AFM interactions: 57%, 18%, and 16% for G2-[L₂Fe]Cl, G2-[L₂Fe]NO₃ and G2-[L₂Fe]PF₆, respectively. EPR measurements confirmed the presence of magnetically active HS and LS states of Fe(III) ions and made it possible to distinguish two HS types-with strong low-symmetry (I-type) and weak, distorted octahedral environments (II-type). It was shown that G2-[L₂Fe]⁺A⁻ complexes are magnetically inhomogeneous and consist of two magnetic sub-lattices: AFM-correlated chains in layers from the I-type HS Fe(III) centers and dynamic short-range AFM ordered LS/II-type HS Fe(III) centers in the paramagnetic phase located between the layers. Full article

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Functional Magnetic Nanomaterials and Nanostructures: Properties and Applications)

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The Electric Properties of the Magnetopause Boundary Layer

by Lai Gao, Chao Shen, Yong Ji, Yufei Zhou and Yulia V. Bogdanova

Magnetochemistry 2024, 10(6), 37; https://doi.org/10.3390/magnetochemistry10060037 - 21 May 2024

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The magnetopause plays a pivotal role in the coupling among solar wind, the magnetosheath, and the magnetosphere. By analyzing magnetopause crossing events using MMS, we reveal a local non-neutrality of electric charges in the magnetopause boundary layer and the associated electric field. There are two types of electric structures. In one group, which typically occurs on the dusk side, the electric field directs towards the Earth. In the other, which generally occurs on the day side, the field directs away from the Earth. The spatial extent of this electric non-neutrality spans approximately 600 km, which is at the scale of ion gyrational motion. These findings provide valuable insights into the fine structures of the magnetopause and the coupling between the magnetosheath and the magnetosphere. Full article

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Insight into the Magnetosheath)

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