Electronic state of the organic salt (DIDCNQI)2Ag, where DI-DCNQI is 2,5-diiodo-N, N-dicyanoquinonediimine

Abstract
(DIDCNQI)2Ag where DI-DCNQI is 2,5-diiodo-N, N-dicyanoquinonediimine has been investigated by electrical resistance, magnetic susceptibility, and H1 NMR measurements, and found to be nonmetallic with a charge gap of ∼490 K and with spin susceptibility showing localization of the π-electron spins. Antiferromagnetic ordering is evidenced at a low temperature. This is a first case of the electron antiferromagnet among the DCNQI-metal family in which the π electrons on the DCNQI columns have an antiferromagnetic state. The nature of a Mott insulator demonstrates the importance of electronic correlation in the π electrons in the DCNQI systems.

This publication has 23 references indexed in Scilit: