Spin liquid state in an organic Mott insulator with a triangular lattice

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Shimizu, Y [1 ]
Miyagawa, K
Kanoda, K
Maesato, M
Saito, G
机构
[1] Kyoto Univ, Grad Sch Sci, Div Chem, Sakyo Ku, Kyoto 6068502, Japan
[2] Univ Tokyo, Dept Appl Phys, Bunkyo Ku, Tokyo 1138656, Japan
[3] Japan Sci & Technol Corp, CREST, Kawaguchi, Saitama 3320012, Japan
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.107001
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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H-1 NMR and static susceptibility measurements have been performed in an organic Mott insulator with a nearly isotropic triangular lattice, kappa-(BEDT-TTF)(2)Cu-2(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 similar to 250 K. Regardless of the large magnetic interactions, the H-1 NMR spectra show no indication of long-range magnetic ordering down to 32 mK, which is 4 orders 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.
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