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Partial Substitution of Ag(I) for Cu(I) in Quantum Spin Liquid κ-(ET) 2 Cu 2(CN) 3, Where ET Is Bis(ethylenedithio)tetrathiafulvalene

Partial Substitution of Ag(I) for Cu(I) in Quantum Spin Liquid κ-(ET) 2 Cu 2(CN) 3, Where ET Is Bis(ethylenedithio)tetrathiafulvalene

Yukihiro Yoshida, Mitsuhiko Maesato, Shinya Tomeno, Yojiro Kimura, Gunzi Saito, Yuto Nakamura, Hideo Kishida, Hiroshi Kitagawa

Inorg Chem. 2019 Apr 15;58(8):4820-4827.

PMID: 30932495

Abstract:

Three mixed crystals, κ-(ET)2Ag2 xCu2(1- x)(CN)3 [ET is bis(ethylenedithio)tetrathiafulvalene; 0.24 < x < 0.71] with a κ-type packing motif of face-to-face ET dimers, were obtained by electrocrystallization. Regardless of the composition, each ET dimer fits into a hexagonal anionic opening (i.e., key-on-hole packing) similar to its parent spin liquid candidate, κ-(ET)2Cu2(CN)3. X-ray diffraction and energy dispersive spectroscopy analyses revealed that Cu and Ag atoms are statistically disordered with a fairly homogeneous distribution in a crystal. A structural variation depending on x is responsible for the change in the calculated band parameters related to intermolecular interactions, electron correlations, and frustrations. A salt with nearly equimolar amounts of Ag and Cu ( x = 0.49) is semiconductive at ambient pressure and undergoes a Mott transition upon application of hydrostatic pressure. Along with the positive pressure dependence of the transition temperature, the temperature-independent amplitude of magnetic torque at low temperatures suggests that the insulating phase is a quantum spin liquid. Further application of pressure results in the appearance of a superconducting phase. Contrary to those of the parent salts, κ-(ET)2Cu2(CN)3 and κ-(ET)2Ag2(CN)3, the transition temperature increases as the pressure increases and eventually reaches 4.5 K at 1.65 GPa.

Chemicals Related in the Paper:

Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP66946483	Bis(ethylenedithio)tetrathiafulvalene		66946-48-3	Price

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