μSR studies of magnetism in alkali-doped polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)

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Superconductivity with Tc=33 K has been reported in alkali-doped polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). The compositions and structures are unknown owing to the multiphase nature and low crystallinity of the samples. We have recently developed synthetic methods to afford phase-pure highly-crystalline binary alkali PAH salts. In particular, Cs(C14H10) is Mott insulating and comprises spin-½ antiferromagnetic chains of phenanthride radical monoanions. The absence of long-range magnetic order above 2 K renders it a model system of p-electron one-dimensional molecular quantum antiferromagnetism. With this proposal, we want to address the nature of the magnetic state down to mK temperatures using the ZF/LF muSR technique and search for the emergence or not of long-range antiferromagnetic order. Complementary measurements will be performed on the isoelectronic AFM analogue Rb(C14H10)(THF).

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DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.73947352
Metadata Access https://icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk:inv/73947352
Provenance
Creator Dr Peter Baker; Dr Yasuhiro Takabayashi; Professor Kosmas Prassides
Publisher ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Publication Year 2019
Rights CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Contact isisdata(at)stfc.ac.uk
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Resource Type Dataset
Discipline Photon- and Neutron Geosciences
Temporal Coverage Begin 2016-03-03T09:30:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2016-03-07T09:30:00Z