Spin frustration and magnetic ordering in the Mott insulating fcc-Cs3C60
Abstract
The low-temperature magnetic state at ambient pressure has been investigated by specific heat and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) measurements in face-centered-cubic (fcc-) Cs3C60, which is characterized by a Mott insulating state with S = 1 / 2 spins in C603- anions and a geometrical spin frustration inherent in the fcc lattice. Specific heat exhibited no sharp anomaly down to 0.4 K, but both magnetic specific heat and NMR relaxation rate revealed a broad peak around 2.5 K, indicating that the reported antiferromagnetic ordering is accompanied by a gradual freezing of electronic spins with distributed transition temperatures. These results are unexpected in the conventional fcc antiferromagnets. Interplay of geometrical frustration, orientational disorder of C60 molecules, and weak Mottness gives rise to the unique magnetic ground state in fcc-Cs3C60.
- Publication:
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APS March Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- March 2014
- Bibcode:
- 2014APS..MAR.G4003K