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Magnetic ordering and charge dynamics in κ-(BEDT-TTF)2CuN(CN)2Cl

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Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 25 (43): 436004 (2013)

Abstract

The Mott insulator κ-(BEDT-TTF) 2 CuN(CN) 2 Cl consists of molecular dimers arranged on an anisotropic triangular lattice. At low temperatures a pronounced dielectric anomaly is observed, and eventually a canted antiferromagnetic ground state forms. Optical spectroscopy clearly rules out charge imbalance and the existence of quantum electric dipoles with a dipolar-spin coupling. Here we suggest a novel form of spin–charge coupling where the prominent in-plane dielectric response in κ-(BEDT-TTF) 2 CuN(CN) 2 Cl is explained by short-range discommensurations of the antiferromagnetic phase in the temperature range30 K < T < 50 K, and by relaxation of charged domain walls in the ferromagnetic structure at lower temperatures.

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