EPR and optical studies of VO2+ doped potassium succinate-succinic acid single crystal – Substitutional incorporation

Abstract

EPR and optical absorption studies of VO2+ doped potassium succinate-succinic acid (KSSA) single crystal has been examined at room temperature. EPR spectrum shows that well resolved hyperfine lines. The angular variation of the EPR spectra has shown that two different VO2+ complexes are located in different chemical environments. Among the number of sites, two sites have been followed and reported here. From the EPR analysis, spin Hamiltonian parameters g and A tensors and their directional cosines are evaluated. Both the sites experience rhombic crystal field symmetry around the impurity ion. The VO2+ ion entering the site location of potassium ion has coordination of eight oxygen atoms in a distorted dodecahedral arrangement. The Optical absorption spectrum studied at room temperature shows bands corresponding to C4v symmetry. The crystal field parameter and tetragonal field parameters are calculated. From the Optical and EPR data various molecular orbital coefficients are evaluated and the nature of bonding in the crystal is discussed.