Evidence for structural and electronic instabilities at intermediate temperatures in $κ$-(BEDT-TTF)$_{2}$X for X=Cu[N(CN)$_{2}$]Cl, Cu[N(CN)$_{2}$]Br and Cu(NCS)$_{2}$: Implications for the phase diagram of these quasi-2D organic superconductors

Details Evidence for structural and electronic instabilities at intermediate temperatures in $κ$-(BEDT-TTF)$_{2}$X for X=Cu[N(CN)$_{2}$]Cl, Cu[N(CN)$_{2}$]Br and Cu(NCS)$_{2}$: Implications for the phase diagram of these quasi-2D organic superconductors Evidence for structural and electronic instabilities at intermediate temperatures in $κ$-(BEDT-TTF)$_{2}$X for X=Cu[N(CN)$_{2}$]Cl, Cu[N(CN)$_{2}$]Br and Cu(NCS)$_{2}$: Implications for the phase diagram of these quasi-2D organic superconductors

2001-07-23

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0107480v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

22 pages, 7 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.65.144521

We present high-resolution measurements of the coefficient of thermal expansion $\alpha (T)=\partial \ln l(T)/\partial T$ of the quasi-twodimensional (quasi-2D) salts $\kappa$-(BEDT-TTF)$_2$X with X = Cu(NCS)$_2$, Cu[N(CN)$_2$]Br and Cu[N(CN)$_2$]Cl. At intermediate temperatures (B), distinct anomalies reminiscent of second-order phase transitions have been found at $T^\ast = 38$ K and 45 K for the superconducting X = Cu(NCS)$_2$ and Cu[N(CN)$_2$]Br salts, respectively. Most interestingly, we find that the signs of the uniaxial pressure coefficients of $T^\ast$ are strictly anticorrelated with those of $T_c$. We propose that $T^\ast$ marks the transition to a spin-density-wave (SDW) state forming on minor, quasi-1D parts of the Fermi surface. Our results are compatible with two competing order parameters that form on disjunct portions of the Fermi surface. At elevated temperatures (C), all compounds show $\alpha (T)$ anomalies that can be identified with a kinetic, glass-like transition where, below a characteristic temperature $T_g$, disorder in the orientational degrees of freedom of the terminal ethylene groups becomes frozen in. We argue that the degree of disorder increases on going from the X = Cu(NCS)$_2$ to Cu[N(CN)$_2$]Br and the Cu[N(CN)$_2$]Cl salt. Our results provide a natural explanation for the unusual time- and cooling-rate dependencies of the ground-state properties in the hydrogenated and deuterated Cu[N(CN)$_2$]Br salts reported in the literature.

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