Orientational ordering of C60 in the antiferromagnetic (NH3)K3C60 phase

Serena Margadonna, Kosmas Prassides, Hideo Shimoda, Taishi Takenobu, and Yoshihiro Iwasa
Phys. Rev. B 64, 132414 – Published 13 September 2001
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Abstract

The absence of superconductivity in the ammoniated alkali fulleride, (NH3)K3C60, and the transition to an antiferromagnetic (AF) Mott insulating ground state have been associated with the combined effects of crystal symmetry lowering and increased interfullerene separation. We find that the low-temperature orientational ordering motif of the C60 units in the perdeuterated analog, (ND3)K3C60, correlates well with the three-dimensional AF structure proposed by NMR, which arises through alternate stacking of two-dimensional sheets of C60, which order ferrorotationally (antiferromagnetically) along the 110 and antiferrorotationally (ferromagnetically) along the 11¯0 directions.

  • Received 24 May 2001

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.64.132414

©2001 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Serena Margadonna1,2, Kosmas Prassides1,3,4, Hideo Shimoda4, Taishi Takenobu4, and Yoshihiro Iwasa4

  • 1School of Chemistry, Physics and Environmental Science, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9QJ, United Kingdom
  • 2Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, United Kingdom
  • 3Institute of Materials Science, NCSR “Demokritos,” 153 10 Ag. Paraskevi, Athens, Greece
  • 4Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Tatsunokuchi, Ishikawa 923-1292, Japan

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Vol. 64, Iss. 13 — 1 October 2001

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