AC heat capacities of κ-(BEDT-TTF)2Cu2(CN)3 measured by microchip calorimeter

Abstract

Thermodynamic measurements of an organic spin liquid compound of κ-(BEDT-TTF)2Cu2(CN)3 where BEDT-TTF is bis(ethylenedithio)tetrathiafulvalene were performed by the ac calorimetry technique using a microchip device of TCG3880. This technique is effective to measure relative temperature and magnetic-field dependences of heat capacity for tiny single crystal samples less than 1μg. Broad hump structures in Cp vs T which are known as so-called 6 K anomaly were observed in κ-(BEDT-TTF)2Cu2(CN)3 and its deuterated compound. The hump temperatures are evaluated as 5.7 K in both compounds. This result demonstrates that the TCG3880 is useful for performing thermodynamic investigations of such kind of organic charge transfer complexes with much reduced sample quantity than the conventional techniques and that the existence of hump structure is intrinsic for κ-(BEDT-TTF)2Cu2(CN)3. The in-plane angular dependence of the magnetic field of 7 T applied parallel to the two dimensional layer is also studied and absence of in-plane anisotropy of the hump structure is discussed in both pristine and deuterated compounds.