Author:
Yoshimoto Ryo,Yamashita Satoshi,Akutsu Hiroki,Nakazawa Yasuhiro,Kusamoto Tetsuro,Oshima Yugo,Nakano Takehito,Yamamoto Hiroshi M.,Kato Reizo
Abstract
AbstractMagnetic properties of Mott–Hubbard systems are generally dominated by strong antiferromagnetic interactions produced by the Coulomb repulsion of electrons. Although theoretical possibility of a ferromagnetic ground state has been suggested by Nagaoka and Penn as single-hole doping in a Mott insulator, experimental realization has not been reported more than half century. We report the first experimental possibility of such ferromagnetism in a molecular Mott insulator with an extremely light and homogeneous hole-doping in π-electron layers induced by net polarization of counterions. A series of Ni(dmit)2 anion radical salts with organic cations, where dmit is 1,3-dithiole-2-thione-4,5-dithiolate can form bi-layer structure with polarized cation layers. Heat capacity, magnetization, and ESR measurements substantiated the formation of a bulk ferromagnetic state around 1.0 K with quite soft magnetization versus magnetic field (M–H) characteristics in (Et-4BrT)[Ni(dmit)2]2 where Et-4BrT is ethyl-4-bromothiazolium. The variation of the magnitude of net polarizations by using the difference of counter cations revealed the systematic change of the ground state from antiferromagnetic one to ferromagnetic one. We also report emergence of metallic states through further doping and applying external pressures for this doping induced ferromagnetic state. The realization of ferromagnetic state in Nagaoka–Penn mechanism can paves a way for designing new molecules-based ferromagnets in future.
Funder
Japan Science and Technology Agency
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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