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Interacting electron spins in $\kappa$-(BEDT-TTF)$_2$Cu[N(CN)$_2$]I investigated by ESR spectroscopy
Document Type
Working Paper
Source
Physical Review B 102, 214430 (2020)
Subject
Condensed Matter - Materials Science
Language
Abstract
We performed angular and temperature-dependent electron-spin-resonance measurements in the quasi-two-dimensional organic conductor $\kappa$-(BEDT-TTF)$_2$Cu[N(CN)$_2$]I. The interlayer spin-diffusion is much weaker compared to the Cl- and Br-analogues, which are antiferromagnetic insulator and paramagnetic metal, respectively; $\kappa$-(BEDT-TTF)$_2$Cu[N(CN)$_2$]I behaves insulating when cooled below $T$ = 200 K. A spin gap ($\Delta\approx$ 18 K) opens at low temperatures leading to a spin-singlet state. Due to intrinsic disorder a substantial number of spins ($\sim$ 1 $\%$) remains unpaired. We observe additional signals below $T$ = 4 K with a pronounced anisotropy indicating the presence of local magnetic moments coupled to some fraction of those unpaired spins.