Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol.123, No.50, 12544-12546, 2001
Photoinduced ferrimagnetic systems in prussian blue analogues (CxCo4)-Co-I[Fe(CN)(6)](y) (C-I = alkali cation). 4. Characterization of the ferrimagnetism of the photoinduced metastable state in Rb1.8Co4[Fe(CN)(6)](3.3)center dot 13H(2)O by K edges X-ray magnetic circular dichroism
In Part 2 of this work, the electronic and local structure of the photoinduced metastable magnetic state of the Prussian blue analogue Rb1.8Co4[Fe(CN)(6)](3.3). 13H(2)O were characterized. To determine directly the relative orientation of the magnetic moments of Co-II and Fe-III ions in the metastable state, and the nature of the exchange interaction between them, we performed X-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) experiments at the cobalt and iron K edges. We present the first direct experimental evidence of the antiferromagnetic interaction between the cobalt and the iron ions, leading to the ferrimagnetism of the photoinduced metastable state.