Physics – Condensed Matter – Strongly Correlated Electrons
Scientific paper
2006-12-17
Physics
Condensed Matter
Strongly Correlated Electrons
14 pages, 9 figures, submitted to PRB
Scientific paper
We report 7Li NMR, magnetic susceptibility, and heat capacity measurements on the triangular lattice Heisenberg antiferromagnet compound LiCrO2. We find that in contrast to NaCrO2, magnetic properties of LiCrO2 have a more pronounced three dimensional character with sharp anomalies in the temperature variation of the 7Li NMR intensity and the NMR spin-lattice relaxation rate 1/T1. From heat capacity measurements we find that the total entropy related to the magnetic transition is in agreement with expectations. However, we find a significant contribution to the magnetic entropy in the range from the ordering temperature T_N to nearly 4T_N. This suggests the existence of magnetic correlations at temperatures well above T_N which might be due to the frustrated nature of the system. Based on the temperature dependence of 1/T1, we discuss the possible occurrence of a Kosterlitz-Thouless-Berezinskii transition taking place at T_KTB = 55 K in LiCrO2. Lithium depletion has no significant effect on the magnetic properties and the behaviour of Li0.5CrO2 is nearly unchanged from that of LiCrO2.
Alexander Libu K.
Buettgen N.
Loidl Alois
Mahajan A. V.
Nath Rajender
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