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F21: Emergent Phenomena in Molecular Materials

101A

Sponsoring Units: GMAGChair: Jonathan Friedman, Amherst CollegeSession Tags:
  • Focus

Tue. March 5, 9:36 a.m. – 9:48 a.m. CST

101A

 Our material design using organic radicals with diverse molecular structures realizes unconventional spin systems, such as the ferromagnetic-leg ladder, quantum pentagon, and random honeycomb, which have not been realized in conventional inorganic materials. The flexibility of the molecular orbital (MO) in our radicals enabled us to design spin arrangements composed of intermolecular exchange interactions through molecular design.

 Recently, we synthesized single crystals of radical salts through our spin arrangement design. They exhibit a spin-Peierls (SP) transition to an effective spin-1 antiferromagnetic uniform chain, that is, the Haldane chain. The clear disappearance of magnetization, accompanied by a structural phase transition, is well explained by the deformation to an effective spin-1 Haldane chain. The flexibility of the molecular orbitals in the organic radical compound allows the transformation of the exchange interactions into the Haldane state with different topologies. The SP transition in the present compound demonstrates a mechanism different from that of the conventional systems, paving another path for research in quantum phenomena originating from spin-lattice couplings.

Presented By

  • Hironori Yamaguchi (Osaka Metropolitan University)

Authors

  • Hironori Yamaguchi (Osaka Metropolitan University)
  • Hiroki Takahashi (Osaka Metropolitan University)
  • Takashi Kawakami (Osaka University)
  • Kiyomi Okamoto (University of Hyogo)
  • Toru Sakai (Univ of Hyogo)
  • Takeshi Yajima (Nagoya University)
  • Yoshiki Iwasaki (Nihon University)