Spin Liquid State in an Organic Mott Insulator with a Triangular Lattice

¹H NMR and static susceptibility measurements have been performed in an organic Mott insulator with a nearly isotropic triangular lattice, κ-(BEDT-TTF)₂Cu₂(CN)₃, which is a model system of frustrated quantum spins. The static susceptibility is described by the spin S=1/2 antiferromagnetic triangular-lattice Heisenberg model with the exchange constant J∼250 K. Regardless of the large magnetic interactions, the ¹H NMR spectra show no indication of long-range magnetic ordering down to 32mK, which is 4orders of magnitude smaller than J. These results suggest that a quantum spin liquid state is realized in the close proximity of the superconducting state appearing under pressure.