First spin-resolved electron distributions in crystals from combined polarized neutron and X-ray diffraction experiments

A method to map spin-resolved electron distribution from combined polarized neutron and X-ray diffraction is described and applied for the first time to a molecular magnet and it is shown that spin up density is 5% more contracted than spin down density.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Deutsch, Maxime, Gillon, Béatrice, Claiser, Nicolas, Gillet, Jean-Michel, Lecomte, Claude, Souhassou, Mohamed
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: International Union of Crystallography 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4086435/