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Magnetic Coupling In Neutral And Charged Cr-2, Mn-2, And Crmn Dimers, N. Desmarais, F. A. Reuse, S. N. Khanna
Magnetic Coupling In Neutral And Charged Cr-2, Mn-2, And Crmn Dimers, N. Desmarais, F. A. Reuse, S. N. Khanna
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Theoreticalab initio studies of neutral, cationic and anionic Cr2, Mn2, and CrMn dimers have been carried out to explore the progression of magnetic coupling with the number of electrons. It is shown that while Cr2 and Cr−2 have antiferromagnetically coupled atomic spins, Cr+2 has a ferromagneticground state closely followed by an antiferromagnetic state. On the other hand, all Mn2 dimers are ferromagnetic, irrespective of the charge. The neutral CrMn is ferrimagnetic while the charged CrMn are antiferromagnetic. In all cases, the charged dimers are found to be more stable than the neutral ones. The results are compared with available …