The [ReCl6]2-, [ReBr6]2- and [ReCl4(ox)]2- anions are crystallised with the organic 4,4’- bipyridinium dication (4,4-H2bipy). Magnetometry reveals exotic behaviour of the [4,4’- H2bipy][ReCl6] and [4,4’-H2bipy][ReBr6] salts which demonstrate spin-canting, antiferromagnetic exchange interactions and metamagnetism. Single crystal X-ray structures at T = 3, 14 and 20 K of the [4,4’-H2bipy][ReBr6] salt reveal the behaviour to be purely of magnetic origin as no structural changes are observed. For the [4,4’-H2bipy][ReCl4(ox)] compound an antiferromagnetic exchange interaction of 10.2 cm-1 between the anions is observed (Chapter 2). The complexes (NBu4)2[(ReCl5)2(μ-pyrazine)], (NBu4)2[(ReBr5)2(μ-pyrazine)], (NBu4)2[(ReBr5)2(μ-pyrimidine)] and (NBu4)2[(ReBr5)2(μ-triazine)] are structurally and magnetically characterised in Chapter 3. Magnetic measurements reveal the ReIV ions bridged by a 1,4-heterocyclic amine to exhibit strong antiferromagnetic coupling induced by the linearity of the bridging ligand. The two dimers bridged by a 1,3-heterocyclic amine exhibit intramolecular ferromagnetic exchange and at low temperature an intermolecular antiferromagnetic coupling is observed for the (NBu4)2[(ReBr5)2(μ-triazine)] complex due to the presence of short intermolecular Br···Br distances. Six molecular ReIVCuII chains of formula {[Cu(L)4][ReCl6]}n (L = imidazole, 1- methylimidazole, 1-vinylimidazole, 1-butylimidazole, 1-vinyl-1,2,4-triazole or dimethylformamide) are characterised structurally and magnetically in Chapter 4. SQUID magnetometry and theoretical calculations reveal the chains to exhibit ferromagnetic exchange interactions, which increase as the Re–Cl–Cu bond angle decreases. The {[Cu(vinylimidazole)4][ReCl6]}n chain exhibit magnetic order at TC = 2.4 K, and the {[Cu(imidazole)4][ReCl6]}n network exhibits ferrimagnetic behaviour. Eight complexes of the [ReCl6]2- and [ReBr6]2- anions crystallised with the [MII(L•)2]2+ (M = Fe, Co or Cu) or [Ni(L•)(CH3CN)3]2+ cations (L• = 4-dimethyl-2,2-di(2-pyridyl)oxazolidine N-oxide) are characterised structurally and magnetically in Chapter 5. The [Co(L•)2]2+ cation shows evidence of a gradual, thermally induced spin-crossover transition in variable-temperature magnetic and structural experiments. The [Ni(L•)(CH3CN)3]2+ cation show exchange of the coordinated acetonitrile molecules for atmospheric water upon drying. The nickel-radical magnetic coupling is ferromagnetic in all cases, demonstrating spin-canting behaviour with an ordering temperature of T = 2.7 K for the [ReCl6]2- based compound, and intermolecular antiferromagnetic exchange interactions for the [ReBr6]2- based complex.

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Derivados metálicos de aminoácidos são sistemas modelo simples para o estudo de íons metálicos em estruturas que simulam proteínas. O principal objetivo dessas investigações é avaliar as magnitudes dos parâmetros de acoplamento por interação de troca e relacioná-Ias aos caminhos químicos de supertroca. Foram realizadas medidas através da técnica de Ressonância Paramagética Eletrônica (RPE) em mono cristais dos compostos Cu2+:Gly-Trp e Cu2+:Trp-Gly, nas frequências 9,3 e 33GHz e à temperatura ambiente. Ambos os complexos estão no grupo espacial P212121, com quatro moléculas quimicamente idênticas, mas magneticamente não equivalentes, por cela unitária (Z=4). Essas moléculas formam duas subredes (1 e 2) acopladas por uma interação de troca inter-rede. Cada subrede contem dois íons de cobre não equivalentes, acoplados por uma interação de troca intra-rede. O composto Cu2+:Gly-Trp apresenta duas linhas parcialmente resolvidas em algumas direções do campo magnético aplicado no plano ac, ao passo que há apenas uma linha para todas as orientações nos outros dois planos cristalográficos. O desacoplamento dos espectros leva aos fatores-g moleculares. g⊥=2,0554(3) e g//=2,2086(7) (Cu2+:Gly-Trp). Os espectros de RPE mostram apenas uma linha para todas as direções de campo nos três planos cristalográficos para o Cu2+:Trp-Gly. Portanto, os eixos principais magnéticos são os eixos cristalográficos e a decomposição não é possível através de métodos matemáticos. Medidas utilizando um mono cristal de Zinco (Zn2+:Trp-Gly) ou frequências mais altas (90GHz) podem ajudar na solução desse problema. Os fatores-g moleculares para o composto Cu2+:Trp-Gly foram, então, tomados como sendo aqueles determinados previamente através de medidas em solução aquosa do mesmo composto por M.C.Lara et al. Os dados de RPE juntamente com a teoria de Kubo- Tomita permitem avaliar os acoplamentos intra-rede (J(1)) e inter-rede (J(1,2)) por interação de troca. Os seus valores são /J(1)/I =53,7mK e /J(1,2 /I =7,lmK para o Cu2+:Gly-Trp e /J(1)/=990mK e /J(1,2)/=48,4mK para o Cu2++:Trp-Gly. Eles são discutidos em termos da estrutura cristalina dos compostos, sendo os caminhos para transferência eletrônica constituídos por pontes de hidrogênio e interações cátion-π para o Cu2+:Gly-Trp, e ligações químicas covalentes e interações cátion-π para o Cu2+ +:Trp- Gly. Os valores calculados para /J(1)/ no composto Cu2+: Gly- Trp e /J(1,2)/ no Cu2+:Trp-Gly são uma boa estimativa da magnitude do acoplamento mediado por interações cátion-π. / Metal derivatives of amino acids are simple model systems to study properties of metal ions in protein-like structures. The main purpose of those investigations is to evaluate the magnitudes of exchange coupling parameters and correlate their values with the chemical paths for superexchange. Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) measurements have been performed in single crystals of the compounds Cu2+:Gly-Trp and Cu2+:Trp-Gly at 9.3 and 33GHz, at room temperature. Both complexes crystallize in the space group P212121, with four chemically identical but magnetically non-equivalent molecules per unit cell (Z=4). These molecules are arranged in two subsets (1 and 2) coupled by an intersubset exchange coupling. Each subset contains two non-equivalent and interacting copper ions (intrasubset exchange coupling). The compound CU2+:Gly-Trp has two partially resolved lines for some field directions in the ac plane, while there is on1y one line along any direction in the other two crystallographic planes. The decoupling of the spectra leads to g⊥=2,0554(3) and g//=2,2086(7) molecular g-factors (Cu2+:Gly-Trp). The EPR spectra show only one line for all field directions in the three crystallographic planes for Cu2+:Trp-Gly. Then, the magnetic principal axes are the crystallographic axes and the g-factor decomposition is not possible by mathematical methods. Measurements of a Zinc (Zn2+:Trp-Gly) single crystal or measurements using high microwave frequencies (90GHz) may help to solve this problem. The molecular g-factors for the compound Cu2+:Trp-Gly were taken to be those ones determined previously from aqueous solution measurements of the same complex by M.C.Lara et al. The EPR data used in conjunction with the Kubo and Tomita\'s theory allow to evaluate the intrasubset (J(1)) e intersubset (J(1,2)) exchange interaction parameters. Their values are /J(1)/ =53,7mK and /J(1,2)/=7,lmK for Cu2+:Gly-Trp and /J(1)/=990mK and /J(1,2)/=48,4mK for Cu2+:Trp-Gly. They have been discussed in terms of the crystal structure of the compounds, and the paths for electron transfer are determined as hydrogen bonds and cation-π interactions for Cu2+:Gly-Trp, and a covalent chemical bond and cation-π interactions for Cu2+:Trp-Gly. The values evaluated for the /J(1)/ in Cu2+:Gly-Trp e /J(1,2)/ in Cu2+:Trp-Gly are a good estimative for the magnitude of the cation-π interactions.

An intriguing magnetodielectric behavior is observed in triangular or tetrahedral frustrated and low-dimensional system. Therefore, the spin-tetrahedral and low-dimensional compound copper-tellurides (Cu2Te2O5Br2) is suggested that has magnetodielectric behavior. Tetragonal Cu2Te2O5Br2 contains clusters of four Cu2+ (S = 1/2) in a planar coordination. These tetrahedral form weakly coupled sheets within the crystallographic a-b plane. Therefore, this system is ideal to study the interplay between the spin frustration on a tetrahedron with localized low-energy excitations and collective magnetism induced by inter-tetrahedral couplings. In this material a strongly reduced magnetic transition temperature To = 11.5 K in comparison with a dominant magnetic exchange of 30 K is found. Low-dimensional systems with triangular geometries are considered as prominent candidates for applications using novel magnetoelectric materials. At the highest applied magnetic field 90 kOe, the temperature dependent dielectric behavior with almost frequency independent well defined maxima at Tm ~ 30 K and To ~ 11.5 K are enhanced compared with that at zero field. We suggest that the observed magnetodielectric coupling can arise from exchange striction involving frustrated tetramer clusters and inter-cluster exchange bridges with polarizable lone-pair electrons on Te4+ ions.

Derivados metálicos de aminoácidos são sistemas modelo simples para o estudo de íons metálicos em estruturas que simulam proteínas. O principal objetivo dessas investigações é avaliar as magnitudes dos parâmetros de acoplamento por interação de troca e relacioná-Ias aos caminhos químicos de supertroca. Foram realizadas medidas através da técnica de Ressonância Paramagética Eletrônica (RPE) em mono cristais dos compostos Cu2+:Gly-Trp e Cu2+:Trp-Gly, nas frequências 9,3 e 33GHz e à temperatura ambiente. Ambos os complexos estão no grupo espacial P212121, com quatro moléculas quimicamente idênticas, mas magneticamente não equivalentes, por cela unitária (Z=4). Essas moléculas formam duas subredes (1 e 2) acopladas por uma interação de troca inter-rede. Cada subrede contem dois íons de cobre não equivalentes, acoplados por uma interação de troca intra-rede. O composto Cu2+:Gly-Trp apresenta duas linhas parcialmente resolvidas em algumas direções do campo magnético aplicado no plano ac, ao passo que há apenas uma linha para todas as orientações nos outros dois planos cristalográficos. O desacoplamento dos espectros leva aos fatores-g moleculares. g⊥=2,0554(3) e g//=2,2086(7) (Cu2+:Gly-Trp). Os espectros de RPE mostram apenas uma linha para todas as direções de campo nos três planos cristalográficos para o Cu2+:Trp-Gly. Portanto, os eixos principais magnéticos são os eixos cristalográficos e a decomposição não é possível através de métodos matemáticos. Medidas utilizando um mono cristal de Zinco (Zn2+:Trp-Gly) ou frequências mais altas (90GHz) podem ajudar na solução desse problema. Os fatores-g moleculares para o composto Cu2+:Trp-Gly foram, então, tomados como sendo aqueles determinados previamente através de medidas em solução aquosa do mesmo composto por M.C.Lara et al. Os dados de RPE juntamente com a teoria de Kubo- Tomita permitem avaliar os acoplamentos intra-rede (J(1)) e inter-rede (J(1,2)) por interação de troca. Os seus valores são /J(1)/I =53,7mK e /J(1,2 /I =7,lmK para o Cu2+:Gly-Trp e /J(1)/=990mK e /J(1,2)/=48,4mK para o Cu2++:Trp-Gly. Eles são discutidos em termos da estrutura cristalina dos compostos, sendo os caminhos para transferência eletrônica constituídos por pontes de hidrogênio e interações cátion-π para o Cu2+:Gly-Trp, e ligações químicas covalentes e interações cátion-π para o Cu2+ +:Trp- Gly. Os valores calculados para /J(1)/ no composto Cu2+: Gly- Trp e /J(1,2)/ no Cu2+:Trp-Gly são uma boa estimativa da magnitude do acoplamento mediado por interações cátion-π. / Metal derivatives of amino acids are simple model systems to study properties of metal ions in protein-like structures. The main purpose of those investigations is to evaluate the magnitudes of exchange coupling parameters and correlate their values with the chemical paths for superexchange. Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) measurements have been performed in single crystals of the compounds Cu2+:Gly-Trp and Cu2+:Trp-Gly at 9.3 and 33GHz, at room temperature. Both complexes crystallize in the space group P212121, with four chemically identical but magnetically non-equivalent molecules per unit cell (Z=4). These molecules are arranged in two subsets (1 and 2) coupled by an intersubset exchange coupling. Each subset contains two non-equivalent and interacting copper ions (intrasubset exchange coupling). The compound CU2+:Gly-Trp has two partially resolved lines for some field directions in the ac plane, while there is on1y one line along any direction in the other two crystallographic planes. The decoupling of the spectra leads to g⊥=2,0554(3) and g//=2,2086(7) molecular g-factors (Cu2+:Gly-Trp). The EPR spectra show only one line for all field directions in the three crystallographic planes for Cu2+:Trp-Gly. Then, the magnetic principal axes are the crystallographic axes and the g-factor decomposition is not possible by mathematical methods. Measurements of a Zinc (Zn2+:Trp-Gly) single crystal or measurements using high microwave frequencies (90GHz) may help to solve this problem. The molecular g-factors for the compound Cu2+:Trp-Gly were taken to be those ones determined previously from aqueous solution measurements of the same complex by M.C.Lara et al. The EPR data used in conjunction with the Kubo and Tomita\'s theory allow to evaluate the intrasubset (J(1)) e intersubset (J(1,2)) exchange interaction parameters. Their values are /J(1)/ =53,7mK and /J(1,2)/=7,lmK for Cu2+:Gly-Trp and /J(1)/=990mK and /J(1,2)/=48,4mK for Cu2+:Trp-Gly. They have been discussed in terms of the crystal structure of the compounds, and the paths for electron transfer are determined as hydrogen bonds and cation-π interactions for Cu2+:Gly-Trp, and a covalent chemical bond and cation-π interactions for Cu2+:Trp-Gly. The values evaluated for the /J(1)/ in Cu2+:Gly-Trp e /J(1,2)/ in Cu2+:Trp-Gly are a good estimative for the magnitude of the cation-π interactions.

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<p>This thesis is divided in three parts. In the first part, a study of materials aimed for spintronics applications is presented. More specifically, calculations of the critical temperature in diluted magnetic semiconductors (DMS) and half-metallic ferromagnets are presented using a combination of electronic structure and statistical methods. It is shown that disorder and randomness of the magnetic atoms in DMS materials play a very important role in the determination of the critical temperature.</p><p>The second part treats materials in reduced dimensions. Studies of multilayer and trilayer systems are presented. A theoretical model that incorporates interdiffusion in a multilayer is developed that gives better agreement with experimental observations. Using Monte Carlo simulations, the observed magnetic properties in the trilayer system Ni/Cu/Co at finite temperatures are qualitatively reproduced.</p><p>In the third part, electronic structure calculations of complex Mn-based compounds displaying noncollinear magnetism are presented. The calculations reproduce with high accuracy the observed magnetic properties in these compounds. Furthermore, a model based on the electronic structure of the necessary conditions for noncollinear magnetism is presented.</p>

A first-principles linear scaling real-space method for investigating non-collinear magnetic behaviour of nanostructured materials has been developed. With this method, the magnetic structures of small supported transition metal clusters have been examined. The geometric constraints imposed on the clusters by the underlying surface is found to cause non-collinear behaviour for V, Cr, and Mn clusters on Cu(111). Fe clusters supported on Cu and Ni have been studied and both spin and orbital moments are found to be enhanced for the Fe atoms, which is attributed to the recuced symmetry present at the surface. Atoms in Co clusters have been found to order antiferromagnetically, and some times in a non-collinear fasion, when deposited on a W surface. Small clusters of fcc Fe embedded in Cu have been examined and a new type of ordering, not present in larger fcc Fe systems was found. Several theoretical studies of Fe and Co based nanostructures consisting of multilayers or embedded clusters have been conducted, with the aim of predicting high moment materials for use in data storage applications. In agreement with previous experiments an enhancement of the magnetic moment is found compared to the magnetic moment of bcc Fe. The enhancement has been shown to be caused by increased spin moments for Fe atoms in close proximity with Co atoms, and this enhancement depends on the number of Co neighbours. As a result of these studies, a possible method of increasing the magnetic moment of cluster based materials has been proposed. Fermi surface analysis have been performed both on bulk materials, in order to investigate mechanisms for stabilizing non-collinear magnetic states, and in layered structures where the effect of the Fermi surface on the interlayer exchange coupling has been investigated. In addition to the development of a real-space electronic structure method for non-collinear magnetism, a density matrix purification method has been implemented in the framework of linear muffin-tin orbitals.

The properties of dilute magnetic semiconductors have been studied by combined ab initio, Monte Carlo, and experimental techniques. This class of materials could be very important for future spintronic devices, that offer enriched functionality by making use of both the spin and the charge of the electrons. The main part of the thesis concerns the transition metal doped ZnO. The role of defects on the magnetic interactions in Mn-doped ZnO was investigated. In the presence of acceptor defects such as zinc vacancies and oxygen substitution by nitrogen, the magnetic interactions are ferromagnetic. For dilute concentrations of Mn (~ 5%) the ordering temperature of the system is low, due to the short ranged character of the exchange interactions and disorder effects. The clustering tendency of the Co atoms in a ZnO matrix was also studied. The electronic structure, and in turn the magnetic interactions among the Co atoms, is strongly dependent on the exchange-correlation functional used. It is found that Co impurities tend to form nanoclusters and that the interactions among these atoms are antiferromagnetic within the local spin density approximation + Hubbard U approach. The electronic structure, as well as the chemical and magnetic interactions in Co and (Co,Al)-doped ZnO, was investigated by joined experimental and theoretical techniques. For a good agreement between the two, approximations beyond the local density approximation must be used. It is found that the Co atoms prefer to cluster within the semiconducting matrix, a tendency which is increased with Al co-doping. We envision that it is best to describe the system as superparamagnetic due to the formation of  Co nanoclusters within which the interactions are antiferromagnetic. The magnetic anisotropy and evolution of magnetic domains in Fe81Ni19/Co(001) superlattices were investigated both experimentally, as well as using model spin dynamics. A magnetic reorientation transition was found.

This thesis is divided in three parts. In the first part, a study of materials aimed for spintronics applications is presented. More specifically, calculations of the critical temperature in diluted magnetic semiconductors (DMS) and half-metallic ferromagnets are presented using a combination of electronic structure and statistical methods. It is shown that disorder and randomness of the magnetic atoms in DMS materials play a very important role in the determination of the critical temperature. The second part treats materials in reduced dimensions. Studies of multilayer and trilayer systems are presented. A theoretical model that incorporates interdiffusion in a multilayer is developed that gives better agreement with experimental observations. Using Monte Carlo simulations, the observed magnetic properties in the trilayer system Ni/Cu/Co at finite temperatures are qualitatively reproduced. In the third part, electronic structure calculations of complex Mn-based compounds displaying noncollinear magnetism are presented. The calculations reproduce with high accuracy the observed magnetic properties in these compounds. Furthermore, a model based on the electronic structure of the necessary conditions for noncollinear magnetism is presented.