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Giant microwave absorption in fine powders of superconductors
Enhanced microwave absorption, larger than that in the normal state, is
observed in fine grains of type-II superconductors (MgB and KC)
for magnetic fields as small as a few of the upper critical field. The
effect is predicted by the theory of vortex motion in type-II superconductors,
however its direct observation has been elusive due to skin-depth limitations;
conventional microwave absorption studies employ larger samples where the
microwave magnetic field exclusion significantly lowers the absorption. We show
that the enhancement is observable in grains smaller than the penetration
depth. A quantitative analysis on KC in the framework of the
Coffey--Clem (CC) theory explains well the temperature dependence of the
microwave absorption and also allows to determine the vortex pinning force
constant
Structure and properties of the stable two-dimensional conducting polymer Mg5C60
We present a study on the structural, spectroscopic, conducting,
and
magnetic properties of Mg5C60, which is a two-dimensional (2D)
fulleride polymer. The polymer phase is stable up to the
exceptionally
high temperature of 823 K. The infrared and Raman studies
suggest the
formation of single bonds between the fulleride ions and
possibly
Mg-C-60 covalent bonds. Mg5C60 is a metal at ambient
temperature, as
shown by electron spin resonance and microwave conductivity
measurements. The smooth transition from a metallic to a
paramagnetic
insulator state below 200 K is attributed to Anderson
localization
driven by structural disorder
Spin excitations in the antiferromagnet NaNiO2
In NaNiO2, Ni3+ ions form a quasi two dimensional triangular lattice of S =
1=2 spins. The magnetic order observed below 20K has been described as an A
type antiferromagnet with ferro- magnetic layers weakly coupled
antiferromagnetically. We studied the magnetic excitations with the electron
spin resonance for frequencies 1-20 cm-1, in magnetic fields up to 14 T. The
bulk of the results are interpreted in terms of a phenomenological model
involving bi-axial anisotropy for the spins: a strong easy-plane term, and a
weaker anisotropy within the plane. The direction of the easy plane is
constrained by the collective Jahn-Teller distortion occurring in this material
at 480 K
Magnetic resonance in the antiferromagnetic and normal state of NH_3K_3C_60
We report on the magnetic resonance of NH_3K_3C_60 powders in the frequency
range of 9 to 225 GHz. The observation of an antiferromagnetic resonance below
the phase transition at 40 K is evidence for an antiferromagnetically ordered
ground state. In the normal state, above 40 K, the temperature dependence of
the spin-susceptibilty measured by ESR agrees with previous static measurements
and is too weak to be explained by interacting localized spins in an insulator.
The magnetic resonance line width has an unusual magnetic-field dependence
which is large and temperature independent in the magnetically ordered state
and decreases rapidly above the transition. These observations agree with the
suggestion that NH_3K_3C_60 is a metal in the normal state and undergoes a
Mott-Hubbard metal to insulator transition at 40 K.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figures. Submitted to Phys. Rev.
Spin-stretching modes in anisotropic magnets: spin-wave excitations in the multiferroic Ba2CoGe2O7
We studied spin excitations of the multiferroic Ba2CoGe2O7 in high magnetic
fields up to 33 T. In the electron spin resonance and far infrared absorption
spectra we found several spin excitations beyond the two conventional magnon
modes expected for such a two-sublattice antiferromagnet. We show that a
multi-boson spin-wave theory can capture these unconventional modes, that
include spin-stretching modes associated with an oscillating magnetic dipole
(or only quadrupole) moment. The lack of the inversion symmetry allows these
modes to become electric dipole active. We expect that the spin-stretching
modes can be generally observed in inelastic neutron scattering and light
absorption experiments in a broad class of ordered S > 1/2 spin systems with
strong single-ion anisotropy and/or non-centrosymmetric lattice structure.Comment: 5+4 pages, 3 figures, supplement added, manuscript revise
Inter-layer spin diffusion and electric conductivity in the organic conductors {\kappa}-ET2-Cl and {\kappa}-ET2-Br
A high frequency (111.2-420 GHz) electron spin resonance study of the
inter-layer (perpendicular) spin diffusion as a function of pressure and
temperature is presented in the conducting phases of the layered organic
compounds, {\kappa}-(BEDT-TTF)2-Cu[N(CN)2]X ({\kappa}-ET2-X), X=Cl or Br. The
resolved ESR lines of adjacent layers at high temperatures and high frequencies
allows for the determination of the inter-layer cross spin relaxation time, Tx
and the intrinsic spin relaxation time, T2 of single layers. In the bad metal
phase spin diffusion is two-dimensional, i.e. spins are not hopping to adjacent
layers within T2. Tx is proportional to the perpendicular resistivity at least
approximately, as predicted in models where spin and charge excitations are
tied together. In {\kappa}-ET2-Cl, at zero pressure Tx increases as the bad
metal-insulator transition is approached. On the other hand, Tx decreases as
the normal metal and superconducting phases are approached with increasing
pressure and/or decreasing temperature.Comment: 18 pages, 11 figure
Low temperature fullerene encapsulation in single wall carbon nanotubes: synthesis of N@C@SWCNT
High filling of single wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNT) with C and
C fullerenes in solvent is reported at temperatures as low as 69
C. A 2 hour long refluxing in n-hexane of the mixture of the fullerene
and SWCNT results in a high yield of C,C@SWCNT, fullerene peapod,
material. The peapod filling is characterized by TEM, Raman and electron energy
loss spectroscopy and X-ray scattering. We applied the method to synthesize the
temperature sensitive (N@C:C)@SWCNT as proved by electron spin
resonance spectroscopy. The solvent prepared peapod samples can be transformed
to double walled nanotubes enabling a high yield and industrially scalable
production of DWCNT
Generalized Elliott-Yafet theory of electron spin relaxation in metals: the origin of the anomalous electron spin life-time in MgB2
The temperature dependence of the electron spin relaxation time in MgB2 is
anomalous as it does not follow the temperature dependence of the resistivity
above 150 K, it has a maximum around 400 K, and it decreases for higher
temperatures. This violates the well established Elliot-Yafet theory of
electron spin relaxation in metals. We show that the anomaly occurs when the
quasi-particle scattering rate (in energy units) becomes comparable to the
energy difference between the conduction- and a neighboring band. We find that
the anomalous behavior is related to the unique band structure of MgB and
the large electron-phonon coupling. The saturating spin-lattice relaxation can
be regarded as the spin transport analogue of the Ioffe-Regel criterion of
electron transport
Fluctuating-friction molecular motors
We show that the correlated stochastic fluctuation of the friction
coefficient can give rise to long-range directional motion of a particle
undergoing Brownian random walk in a constant periodic energy potential
landscape. The occurrence of this motion requires the presence of two
additional independent bodies interacting with the particle via friction and
via the energy potential, respectively, which can move relative to each other.
Such three-body system generalizes the classical Brownian ratchet mechanism,
which requires only two interacting bodies. In particular, we describe a simple
two-level model of fluctuating-friction molecular motor that can be solved
analytically. In our previous work [M.K., L.M and D.P. 2000 J. Nonlinear Opt.
Phys. Mater. vol. 9, 157] this model has been first applied to understanding
the fundamental mechanism of the photoinduced reorientation of dye-doped liquid
crystals. Applications of the same idea to other fields such as molecular
biology and nanotechnology can however be envisioned. As an example, in this
paper we work out a model of the actomyosin system based on the
fluctuating-friction mechanism.Comment: to be published in J. Physics Condensed Matter
(http://www.iop.org/Journals/JPhysCM
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