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The ground-state properties of the tetranuclear Co2+ cluster [Co4(H2O)2(PW9O34)2]10- were
investigated by combining specific heat, magnetic susceptibility, and magnetization measurements with a detailed
inelastic neutron scattering (INS) study on a fully deuterated sample of K10[Co4(H2O)2(PW9O34)2]·22H2O. As
a result of the single ion anisotropy of the octahedral Co2+, the appropriate exchange Hamiltonian of the Co4
spin cluster is anisotropic. INS turns out to be essential for the determination of energy splittings in the ground
state resulting from the coupling. Besides the energy pattern, INS provides information about the wave functions
of the split ground-state components of the spin cluster. Based on the Hamiltonian Ĥ
AN
= ∑
i=x,y,z
−2J
i(S
1
iS3
i
+ S1
iS4
i + S2
iS3
i + S2
iS4
i) − 2J‘
i(S1
iS2
i) the following set of parameters is obtained: J
z
= 1.51 meV, J
x
=
0.70 meV, J
z
‘ = 0.46 meV, J
x
‘ = 0.44 meV, r = 1.6, where r = J
x
/J
y
= J
x
‘/J
y
‘. These parameters also reproduce
the magnetic specific heat, susceptibility, and magnetization properties of the compound.
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