Published October 1, 1995 | Version v1
Journal article

13C NMR studies of the normal and superconducting states of the organic superconductor κ-(ET)2Cu[N(CN)2]Br

  • 1. Department of Physics and Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1110 West Green Street, Urbana, Illinois 61801-3080 (United States)
  • 2. Chemistry and Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439 (United States)

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The authors report 13C NMR spin-lattice relaxation rates 1/T1 and Knight shifts KS in the quasi-two-dimensional organic superconductor κ-(ET)2Cu[N(CN)2]Br (Tc=11.6 K), for an aligned single crystal. The normal-state behavior is reminiscent of the high-Tc cuprates, in which antiferromagnetic fluctuations and spin-gap behavior dominate. In the superconducting state, the data rule out the BCS electron-phonon mechanism as the source of the superconductivity, but support an unconventional pairing state with possible nodes in the gap function

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Journal Title
Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter
Journal Volume
52
Journal Issue
14
Journal Page Range
p. 10364-10368.
ISSN
0163-1829
CODEN
PRBMDO