Abstract
The ESR spectra of a single crystal show the existence of antiferromagnetic (AFM) correlations between the unpaired spins on neighboring ions along the c axis and spin canting which leads, below , to weak ferromagnetism along a direction perpendicular to the c axis. This suggests that a Dzyaloshinsky-Moriya type mechanism is responsible for ferromagnetic ordering rather than itinerant ferromagnetism. The incomplete orientational ordering of the ions leads to a distribution of exchange coupling constants resulting in spin-glass type behavior which coexists with long range ferromagnetic ordering below . The observation of AFM correlations may help to understand why the same basic molecule can support such different phenomena as ferromagnetism (in TDAE-) and superconductivity (in, e.g., ).
- Received 14 August 1995
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.76.523
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