Thermal Transport in CuSb2O6 single crystals

CuSb₂O₆ behaves as a uniform, one-dimensional (1D) S=1/2 Heisenberg spin chain with long-range, antiferromagnetic ordering below T_N∼8.5 K.
ootnotetextA. Nakua et al., J. Solid State Chem. 91, 105 (1991); B. J. Gibson et al., J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 272-276, 927 (2004). Unusual for cuprates, the Cu^2+ ions lie within quite regular CuO₆ octahedra and 1D magnetism appears to arise from orbital ordering driven by correlation effects.
ootnotetextDeepa Kasinathan, Klaus Koepernik, and Helge Rosner, Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 237202 (2008). We will report the results of thermal conductivity measurements on single crystals over the temperature range 5K<=T<=330 K.