Magnetic order in the S=1/2 two-dimensional molecular antiferromagnet copper pyrazine perchlorate Cu(Pz)(2)(ClO4)(2)

We present an investigation of magnetic ordering in the two-dimensional S= 2 quantum magnet Cu (Pz)2 (Cl O4) 2 using specific heat and zero-field muon-spin relaxation (μ+ SR). The magnetic contribution to the specific heat is consistent with an exchange strength of 17.7 (3) K. We find unambiguous ev...

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Những tác giả chính: Lancaster, T, Blundell, S, Brooks, M, Baker, P, Pratt, F, Manson, J, Conner, M, Xiao, F, Landee, C, Chaves, F, Soriano, S, Novak, M, Papageorgiou, T, Bianchi, A, Herrmannsdoerfer, T, Wosnitza, J, Schlueter, J
Định dạng: Journal article
Ngôn ngữ:English
Được phát hành: 2007
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Tóm tắt:We present an investigation of magnetic ordering in the two-dimensional S= 2 quantum magnet Cu (Pz)2 (Cl O4) 2 using specific heat and zero-field muon-spin relaxation (μ+ SR). The magnetic contribution to the specific heat is consistent with an exchange strength of 17.7 (3) K. We find unambiguous evidence for a transition to a state of three-dimensional long-range order below a critical temperature TN =4.21 (1) K using μ+ SR even though there is no feature in the specific heat at that temperature. The absence of a specific heat anomaly at TN is consistent with recent theoretical predictions. The ratio of TN J=0.24 corresponds to a ratio of intralayer to interlayer exchange constants of J′ J=6.8× 10-4, indicative of excellent two-dimensional isolation. The scaled magnetic specific heat of [Cu (Pz)2 (H F2)] B F4, a compound with an analogous structure, is very similar to that of Cu (Pz)2 (Cl O4) 2 although both differ slightly from the predicted value for an ideal 2D S= 2 Heisenberg antiferromagnet. © 2007 The American Physical Society.