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(BEDT-TTF)2Cu2(CN)3 Spin Liquid: Beyond the Average Structure

Authors :
Pascale Foury-Leylekian
Vita Ilakovac
Victor Balédent
Pierre Fertey
Alla Arakcheeva
Ognjen Milat
Denis Petermann
Gilles Guillier
Kazuya Miyagawa
Kazushi Kanoda
Pere Alemany
Enric Canadell
Silvia Tomic
Jean-Paul Pouget
Source :
Crystals, Vol 8, Iss 4, p 158 (2018)
Publication Year :
2018
Publisher :
MDPI AG, 2018.

Abstract

We present here the first accurate determination of the exact structure of κ-(BEDT-TTF)2Cu2(CN)3. Not only did we show that the room temperature structure used over the last twenty years was incorrect, but we were also able to correctly and precisely determine it. The results of our work provide evidence that the structure presents a triclinic symmetry with two non-equivalent dimers in the unit cell, which implies a charge disproportionation between the dimers. However, structural refinement shows that the charge disproportionation is quite weak at room temperature.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20734352
Volume :
8
Issue :
4
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Crystals
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.60b512dbcb4544afa4e634c2df0b3172
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst8040158