C-13 NMR-STUDY OF A QUASI-2-DIMENSIONAL ORGANIC SUPERCONDUCTOR K-(ET)2CU[N(CN)2]BR

Citation
H. Mayaffre et al., C-13 NMR-STUDY OF A QUASI-2-DIMENSIONAL ORGANIC SUPERCONDUCTOR K-(ET)2CU[N(CN)2]BR, Europhysics letters, 28(3), 1994, pp. 205-210
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
ISSN journal
02955075
Volume
28
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
205 - 210
Database
ISI
SICI code
0295-5075(1994)28:3<205:CNOAQO>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
We present C-13 NMR measurements carried out under pressure and betwee n 10 and 300 K on a single crystal of the organic superconductor kappa -(ET)2Cu[N(CN)2]Br. Under pressure, the large variation of the Knight shift is interpreted as the presence of electronic correlations. We es timate the U/W ratio to be of order unity. As regards temperature, we report a large enhancement of 1/T1 T and a drop of Knight shift near 5 0 K. These anomalies tend to disappear under pressure, all properties becoming more usual for a metal. These results are seen to be similar to those observed in the high-T(c) superconductors. We propose that ne sting properties of the Fermi surface can qualitatively explain this b ehaviour.