Study of the Fe-II ion role in the magnetic properties of the AFM ring Cr7Fe using Mössbauer spectroscopy

In recent years the synthesis of antiferromagnetic rings traced a path to the observation of interesting quantum coherence phenomena in heterometallic Single Molecule Magnets. Because of the presence of different magnetic centers, it is crucial to understand the distribution of the molecular spin on all the sites. 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy is an efficient and powerful technique to contribute to this knowledge in antiferromagnetic wheels containing iron ions. We analyze the Cr7FeII wheel: the Mössbauer line shape evolution of low temperature spectra (2.1 K) at different external fields is illustrated and the mean spin value of the iron ion is evaluated.