Spin dynamics in the organic spin-Peierls system MEM(TCNQ)(2) studied using muon-spin relaxation

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作者
Blundell, SJ
Pratt, FL
Pattenden, PA
Kurmoo, M
Chow, KH
Takagi, S
Jestadt, T
Hayes, W
机构
[1] IPCMS,F-67037 STRASBOURG,FRANCE
[2] KYUSHU INST TECHNOL,DEPT PHYS,KITAKYUSHU,FUKUOKA 804,JAPAN
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10.1088/0953-8984/9/9/002
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O469 [凝聚态物理学];
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070205 ;
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We report the first muon-spin relaxation study of an organic spin-Peierls system, the linear-chain compound MEM(TCNQ)(2). Our results show a crossover from a Gaussian relaxation to an exponential relaxation as the temperature is lowered below the spin-Peierls transition. We associate this behaviour with the slowing down of the electronic fluctuations resulting from the opening of a gap in the magnetic excitation spectrum.
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页码:L119 / L124
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