Browsing by Author "Klutz, Thomas"

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Electrochemically prepared radical salts of BEDT-TTF: molecular metals and superconductors
(1987) Schweitzer, Dieter; Gogu, Emil; Hennig, Ingolf; Klutz, Thomas; Keller, Heimo J.
The structural, electronic and superconducting properties of several electrochemically prepared BEDT-TTF radical salts are discussed.
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Knight shift tensors and π-spin densities in the organic metals αt-(BEDT-TTF)2I3 and (BEDT-TTF)2Cu(NCS)2
(1991) Klutz, Thomas; Hennig, Ingolf; Haeberlen, Ulrich; Schweitzer, Dieter
13C-MASS spectra of pure BEDT-TTF and of the organic metals αt-(BEDT-TTF) 2I 3 and (BEDT-TTF) 2Cu(NCS)2 were recorded at νL - 68 MHz. Isotropic shifts and the principal components of the shift tensors were determined, respectively, from the center and spinning side bands. For pure BEDT-TTF which is a diamagnetic insolator, the measured shifts are chemica/ shifts, while for the organic metals they are the sum of chemical and Knight shifts. In each of the compounds the shifts are assigned in groups to the inner, middle and outer carbons of the BEDT-TTF molecule. For the organic metals the separation of the experimental shifts into chemical and Knight shifts is discussed. From the anisotropic part of the Knight shift tensors the π-spin densities at the carbon and sulphur positions of the BEDT-TTF molecule are inferred. The result is that the π-spin density of the unpaired hole is concentrated on the center part of the BEDT-TTF molecuIe, i.e. on the inner and middle carbons, and on the inner sulphurs. It is argued that the current density is concentrated on this part of the BEDT-TTF molecule as well.
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Metallic coordination polymers using CS2 as starting material
(1987) Keller, Heimo J.; Klutz, Thomas; Münstedt, Helmut; Renner, Gerd; Schweitzer, Dieter
Organic polymers with "metallic" properties have found widespread interest during the last few years. Acetylene and aniline as well as different nitrogen and sulfur heterocycles have been used as starting materials. One main problem hampering the technical application of these solids up to now is their environmental and thermal instability. Therefore, we introduced metal ions to stabilize polymeric backbones with high electrical conductivity. Because of the enormous coordination ability of sulfur to many transition metal ions we decided to use a polymeric carbon-sulfur backbone.
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Proton relaxation in the organic superconductor (BEDT-TTF)2Cu(NCS)2
(1991) Klutz, Thomas; Haeberlen, Ulrich; Schweitzer, Dieter; Keller, Heimo J.
The origin of the nonexponentiallity of the proton spin-lattice relaxation in the organic superconductor (BEDT-TTF)2Cu(NCS)2 is clarified. In fine powders the nonexponentiallity results from localized paramagnetic centers whose concentration is nonuniform over the powder sample. In coarse grains at low temperatures it is due to finite penetration of the rf-field into the conducting grains.
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Proton relaxation in the superconducting organic solid (BEDT-TTF)2Cu(NCS)2: evidence for relaxation by localized paramagnetic centers
(1990) Klutz, Thomas; Haeberlen, Ulrich; Schweitzer, Dieter
The nonexponential character of the build-up of the nuclear magnetization usually increases on lowering the temperature. Superconducting fluctuations have been offered in a speculative way as an explanation for the nonexponential spin relaxation. We have observed the same relaxation behaviour in our investigation of the proton spin relaxation in (BEDT-TTF)2Cu(NCS)2 which is an organic conductor at room temperature and becomes a superconductor at Tc=10.4 K at ambient pressure. As we noticed during preliminary measurements that the degree of deviation from exponential relaxation depends on the sample under study we decided to do experiments under controlled conditions of sample preparation.
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Proton spin-lattice relaxation in the organic superconductor (BEDT-TTF)2Cu(NCS)2 : evidence for relaxation by localized paramagnetic centres
(1990) Klutz, Thomas; Haeberlen, Ulrich; Schweitzer, Dieter
The spin-lattice relaxation of the protons in the compound was investigated at nu L=13.5 MHz and 270 MHz for 4.2 K10 K and becomes non-exponential for T<10 K. At nu L=13.5 MHz the transition from exponential to noticeably non-exponential relaxation occurs already at T approximately=25 K. The cause for the non-exponential proton relaxation in the coarse grains is finite penetration of the RF-field (skin-effect) into the electrically conducting crystals. Powdering the crystals suppresses the skin-effect; this procedure, however, generates relaxation sinks in the form of localized paramagnetic centres. There is reason to believe that the skin-effect in coarse grains and generation of relaxation sinks by a powdering procedure complicate proton relaxation studies as well in other organic superconductors.
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A stable superconducting state at 8K and ambient pressure in αt-(BEDT-TTF)2I3
(1987) Schweitzer, Dieter; Bele, Petra; Brunner, Hermann; Gogu, Emil; Haeberlen, Ulrich; Hennig, Ingolf; Klutz, Thomas; Swietlik, Roman; Keller, Heimo J.
We report bulk superconductivity at 8 K and ambient pressure in crystals of α t (BEDT-TTF)2I3. In contrast to the earlier observed metastable superconducting state at 8 K in crystals of β-(BEDT-TTF)2I3 here the superconducting state is stable and the crystals can be prepared by tempering α-(BEDT-TTF)2I3 above 70 °C for several days. ac-susceptibility measurements show that the observed superconducting state at 8 K is a bulk property of the crystals. Resistivity measurements indicate a sharp superconducting transition at 8 K with an onset temperature of about 9 K. The upper critical fields Hc2 at 1.3 K lie between 3 and 11 T depending on the direction of the magnetic field with respect to the crystal axes. ESR- as well as NMR-measurements indicate a total transformation of the α-phase crystals into the new superconducting α t -crystals after tempering.
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Superconductivity at 10 K and ambient pressure in the organic metal (BEDT-TTF)2Cu(SCN)2
(1988) Gärtner, Stephan; Gogu, Emil; Heinen, Ilsabe; Keller, Heimo J.; Klutz, Thomas; Schweitzer, Dieter
We confirm the observation of superconductivity at ambient pressure above 10 K in the organic metal (BEDT-TTF)2Cu(SCN)2 as reported recently by Urayama et al [12]. In addition we have measured ESR, ac-susceptibility and thermopower in crystals of (BEDT-TTF)2Cu(SCN)2 and have shown that in contrast to other organic superconductors here a relatively sharp superconducting transition even in the ac-susceptibility can be observed which saturates already around 8 K. The thermopower measurements indicate a clear metal-metal phase transition at 100 K and a possible second phase transition at around 50 K, while from the temperature dependence of the resistivity and susceptibility (ESR) these phase transitions cannot be observed.
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Superconductivity at ambient pressure in BEDT-TTF radical salts
(1988) Schweitzer, Dieter; Polychroniadis, K.; Klutz, Thomas; Keller, Heimo J.; Hennig, Ingolf; Heinen, Ilsabe; Haeberlen, Ulrich; Gogu, Emil; Gärtner, Stephan
Crystals of (BEDT-TTF)2Cu(NCS)2 were prepared by several methods and the superconducting transitions investigated by resistivity and ac susceptibility measurements. Depending on the preparation of the crystals a variation of the temperature of the superconducting transition is observed. This variation is manifested in the upper critical fields Hc2 and proton NMR relaxation measurements at temperatures below Tc show it as well. The upper critical fields Hc2 of crystals of αt(BEDT-TTF)2I3 were determined in dependence of the temperature and of the direction of the magnetic field with respect to the various crystal axes by measuring the mid transition of the resistivity and of the rf penetration depth. The data are analyzed with the anisotropic effective mass model in the picture of the Ginsburg Landau (Gl) theory as well as in the picture of a layered superconductor. 13C Knight shifts measured by magic angle sample spinning and NMR cross polarisation methods support the picture of the layered superconductor.
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Temperature and pressure dependence of the resistivity of β-(BEDT-TTF)2X (X=I3, I2Au) and αt-(BEDT-TTF)2I3
(1988) Weger, Meir; Bender, Klaus; Klutz, Thomas; Schweitzer, Dieter; Gross, Frieder; Heidmann, Claus Peter; Probst, Christian; Andres, Klaus
The temperature dependence of the resistivity of the organic metals and superconductors {β-(BEDT-TTF)2I3, β-{3-(BEDT-TTF)2I2Au and αt(BEDT-TTF)2I3 was measured at ambient and at several isotropic pressures (up to 2.5 kbar). By the application of a relatively low pressure, it is possible to measure the term in the resistivity that is linear in temperature. This term is masked by the larger T2 term at ambient pressure. It is shown that in the temperature range below 120 K, the external modes are mainly responsible for the resistivity, while above this temperature the flipping of the CH2 groups becomes important. The linear electron-phonon coupling corresponds to a value of λ between 1 and 1.5.
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Transport properties of single crystals and polycristalline pressed samples of (BEDT-TTF)2X salts and related coordination polymers
(1991) Schweitzer, Dieter; Kahlich, Siegfried; Gärtner, Stephan; Gogu, Emil; Grimm, Hans; Heinen, Ilsabe; Klutz, Thomas; Zamboni, Roberto; Keller, Heimo J.; Renner, Gerd
Ten years ago in 1979, superconductivity was observed for the first time in an organic metal. today, about 30 different organic metals are known, which become superconducting under pressure or ambient pressure. The organic superconductors with the highest transition temperatures are all radical salts of the donor bis(ethylenedithioio)-tettathiafulvalene (BEDT-TTF), namely at ambient pressure (BEDT-TTF)2CU(NCS)2 (Tc = 10.4 K) and αt,-(BEDT-TTF)2I3 (Tc = 8 K) and under isotropic pressure β H- (BEDT-TTF)2I3(0.5 kbar, Tc = 7.5 K) The latter β H-phase can even become superconducting at 8 K and ambient pressure, after a special pressure-temperature cycling procedure i.e. pressurization up to 1 kbar at room temperature, and release of the helium gas pressure at temperarures below 125 K. Nevertheless, this superconducting state at 8 K in β H-(BEDT -TTF)2I3 is only metastable , since warming up the crystal above 125 K and cooling down again under ambient pressure, results only in superconductivity at 1.3 K, the so-called β L - or β-phase.