EPR study of Cu(2+)-doped tetraaqua-di(nicotinamide)Co(II) saccharinate single crystals.

The electron paramagnetic resonance spectra of Cu(2+) impurities in Co(nicotinamide)(2)(H(2)O)(4)(2) single crystals have been studied at ambient temperature in three mutually perpendicular planes. The angular variation of the spectra shows that the Cu(2+) ion substitutes the Co(2+) site in the lattice. The EPR spectra of Cu(2+) ions are characteristic of tetragonally elongated octahedral site. The spin-Hamiltonien parameters were obtained from the single crystal EPR analysis. The ground-state wave function of Cu(2+) ion in the lattice has been constructed.