%0 Journal Article %1 Majer2020 %A Majer, Lena Nadine %A Miksch, Björn %A Lesseux, Guilherme Gorgen %A Untereiner, Gabriele %A Dressel, Martin %D 2020 %J Applied Magnetic Resonance %K ESR charge-order-phase-transition organic-conductor %N 11 %P 1321--1329 %R 10.1007/s00723-020-01209-x %T Charge-Order Phase Transition in the Quasi One-Dimensional Organic Conductor (TMTTF)2NO3 %U https://doi.org/10.1007/s00723-020-01209-x %V 51 %X Low-dimensional organic conductors show a rich phase diagram, which has, despite all efforts, still some unexplored regions. Charge ordered phases present in many compounds of the \$\$\\backslashhbox \(TMTTF)\\\_2X\$\$family are typically studied with their unique electronic properties in mind. An influence on the spin arrangement is, however, not expected at first glance. Here, we report temperature and angle dependent electron spin resonance (ESR) measurements on the quasi one-dimensional organic conductor \$\$\\backslashhbox \(TMTTF)\\\_2 \\backslashhbox \NO\\\_3\$\$. We found that the \$\$\\backslashhbox \(TMTTF)\\\_2 \\backslashhbox \NO\\\_3\$\$compound develops a peculiar anisotropy with a doubled periodicity (\$\$ab'\$\$-plane) of the ESR linewidth below about \$\$T\_\\backslashtext \CO\\= (\250\backslashpm 10\)˜\backslashhbox \K\\$\$. This behavior is similar to observations in the related compounds \$\$\\backslashhbox \(TMTTF)\\\_2X\$\$(\$\$X = \\backslashhbox \PF\\\_6\$\$, \$\$\\backslashhbox \SbF\\\_6\$\$and \$\$\\backslashhbox \AsF\\\_6\$\$), where it has been attributed to relaxation processes of magnetically inequivalent sites in the charge-ordered state. For the structural analogous \$\$\\backslashhbox \(TMTTF)\\\_2 \\backslashhbox \ClO\\\_4\$\$, known for the absence of charge order, such angular dependence of the ESR signal is not observed. Therefore, our ESR measurements lead us to conclude that a charge-order phase is stabilized in the title compound below \$\$T\_\\backslashtext \CO\\ \backslashapprox 250˜\backslashhbox \K\\$\$.

@article{Majer2020, abstract = {Low-dimensional organic conductors show a rich phase diagram, which has, despite all efforts, still some unexplored regions. Charge ordered phases present in many compounds of the {\$}{\$}{\{}{\backslash}hbox {\{}(TMTTF){\}}{\}}{\_}2X{\$}{\$}family are typically studied with their unique electronic properties in mind. An influence on the spin arrangement is, however, not expected at first glance. Here, we report temperature and angle dependent electron spin resonance (ESR) measurements on the quasi one-dimensional organic conductor {\$}{\$}{\{}{\backslash}hbox {\{}(TMTTF){\}}{\}}{\_}2 {\{}{\backslash}hbox {\{}NO{\}}{\}}{\_}3{\$}{\$}. We found that the {\$}{\$}{\{}{\backslash}hbox {\{}(TMTTF){\}}{\}}{\_}2 {\{}{\backslash}hbox {\{}NO{\}}{\}}{\_}3{\$}{\$}compound develops a peculiar anisotropy with a doubled periodicity ({\$}{\$}ab'{\$}{\$}-plane) of the ESR linewidth below about {\$}{\$}T{\_}{\{}{\backslash}text {\{}CO{\}}{\}}= ({\{}250{\backslash}pm 10{\}}){\textasciitilde}{\backslash}hbox {\{}K{\}}{\$}{\$}. This behavior is similar to observations in the related compounds {\$}{\$}{\{}{\backslash}hbox {\{}(TMTTF){\}}{\}}{\_}2X{\$}{\$}({\$}{\$}X = {\{}{\backslash}hbox {\{}PF{\}}{\}}{\_}6{\$}{\$}, {\$}{\$}{\{}{\backslash}hbox {\{}SbF{\}}{\}}{\_}6{\$}{\$}and {\$}{\$}{\{}{\backslash}hbox {\{}AsF{\}}{\}}{\_}6{\$}{\$}), where it has been attributed to relaxation processes of magnetically inequivalent sites in the charge-ordered state. For the structural analogous {\$}{\$}{\{}{\backslash}hbox {\{}(TMTTF){\}}{\}}{\_}2 {\{}{\backslash}hbox {\{}ClO{\}}{\}}{\_}4{\$}{\$}, known for the absence of charge order, such angular dependence of the ESR signal is not observed. Therefore, our ESR measurements lead us to conclude that a charge-order phase is stabilized in the title compound below {\$}{\$}T{\_}{\{}{\backslash}text {\{}CO{\}}{\}} {\backslash}approx 250{\textasciitilde}{\backslash}hbox {\{}K{\}}{\$}{\$}.}, added-at = {2021-03-22T13:10:03.000+0100}, author = {Majer, Lena Nadine and Miksch, Björn and Lesseux, Guilherme Gorgen and Untereiner, Gabriele and Dressel, Martin}, biburl = {https://puma.ub.uni-stuttgart.de/bibtex/2c78f774744b61b49fbe7b86d0a4bd741/dr.helgakumric}, day = 01, doi = {10.1007/s00723-020-01209-x}, interhash = {e5d25ad15ad8abb71e006b7fc92340c4}, intrahash = {c78f774744b61b49fbe7b86d0a4bd741}, issn = {1613-7507}, journal = {Applied Magnetic Resonance}, keywords = {ESR charge-order-phase-transition organic-conductor}, month = nov, number = 11, pages = {1321--1329}, timestamp = {2021-03-22T12:12:47.000+0100}, title = {Charge-Order Phase Transition in the Quasi One-Dimensional Organic Conductor (TMTTF)2NO3}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s00723-020-01209-x}, volume = 51, year = 2020 }