Papers by Author: Pei Xu

Abstract: The electron paramagnetic resonance parameters (g-factors and the hyperfine structure constants) for the Cu2+ center in lanthanum magnesium nitrate (LMN) are theoretically studied from the conventional perturbation formulas of these parameters for a 3d9 ion in tetragonally elongated octahedra. The studied complex is found to exhibit the slight tetragonal elongation (characterized by the relative elongation ratio ρ  4%) due to the Jahn-Teller effect, which may entirely conceal the original trigonal distortion of the host Mg2+ site in LMN. The conventional formulas containing only the metal orbital and spin-orbit coupling contributions are proved to be valid for the Cu2+ center in view of the weak covalency and ligand spin-orbit coupling interactions. This defect is also compared with the similar Cu2+ center of the Jahn-Teller nature on the octahedral interstitial site in the CdSe nanocrystals.

Abstract: The electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) parameters g factor and the hyperfine structure constant A factor for the substitutional Rh+ in NaCl are theoretically studied from the perturbation formulas of these parameters for a 4d8 ion in cubic octahedra. In these formulas, the ligand orbital and spin-orbit coupling contributions which were normally omitted in the previous studies are taken into account using the cluster approach. The calculated g and A factors are in good agreement with the experimental data. The ligand contributions to the EPR parameters are somewhat important and should be considered in the analysis of the EPR spectra for a 4d8 ion in chlorides. The local structure of this center is also discussed.

Abstract: The axial shift and the spin Hamiltonian parameters (zero-field splitting D, the g factors and the hyperfine structure constants A// and A) for Mn2+ in a CdS crystal are studied theoretically in this work. The calculations are carried out by using the perturbation formulae of these parameters for a 3d5 ion under trigonally distorted tetrahedra based upon the cluster approach, where the ligand orbital and spin-orbit coupling contributions are taken into account in a uniform way. From the studies, the impurity Mn2+ is found not to occupy the host Cd2+ site exactly but to experience a small outward shift of 0.018 Å away from the ligand triangle along the C3 axis. The above impurity axial shift leads to a much smaller trigonal distortion than the host Cd2+ site in CdS. The calculated spin Hamiltonian parameters are in reasonable agreement with the experimental data.