The following link, http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/01/160113145504.htm could describe a mechanism for transfer of spin energy to phonic energy of a atomic lattice.
The following quote from the item: Based on the recent observation of spin-phonon coupling in the osmium oxide, the team found that the coupling was the strongest ever observed. The strong spin-phonon coupling may be caused by the outermost orbitals of osmium atoms as they are greatly extended outward in space, in the solid oxide. The fact that this structural characteristic is common to all platinum group elements suggests that compounds based on these elements other than osmium are also likely to be associated with strong spin-phonon coupling. The same mechanism to a lesser extent, dimensionally, may operate in Pd and Ni lattices as well, and provide a mechanism for coupling spin energy to phonic energy. Nuclear spin energy may also be able to be coupled to the lattice of a coherent system. The nuclear isomers recently being discussed on Vortex may allow for nuclear transmutations involving spin transitions in small quanta and no high energy gammas as is apparently characteristic of LENR reactions—the no high energy gammas part of LENR. Bob Cook
