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23Na NMR study of non-superconducting double-layer hydrate NaxCoO2.yH2O

Authors :
Hiroto Ohta
Chishiro Michioka
Yutaka Itoh
Kenichi Yoshimura
Publication Year :
2006
Publisher :
arXiv, 2006.

Abstract

We report 23Na NMR studies of the polycrystalline samples of double-layer hydrated cobalt oxides NaxCoO2.yH2O (x ~ 0.35 and y ~ 1.3) with the superconducting transition temperatures Tc < 1.8K and ~4.5K, and the dehydrated NaxCoO2 (x ~ 0.35). The hyperfine field and the electric field gradient at the Na sites in the non-hydrated Na0.7CoO2 and the dehydrated Na0.35CoO2 are found to be significantly reduced by the hydration, which indicates a strong shielding effect of the intercalated water molecules on the Na sites. The temperature dependence of 23 Na nuclear spin-lattice relaxation rate 1/23T1 of the non-superconducting double-layer hydrate NaxCoO2.yH2O is found to be similar to that of the non-hydrated Na0.7CoO2, whose spin dynamics is understood by A-type (intra-layer ferromagnetic and inter-layer antiferromagnetic) spin fluctuations. The superconducting phase is located close to the quantum critical point with the A-type magnetic instability.<br />4 pages, 4 figures

Details

Database :
OpenAIRE
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....00e364bf5a6dd357b2d082a757710286
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.cond-mat/0605487