Abstract
The ground states of the ferromagnetic–antiferromagnetic alternating chains (CH 3) 2CHNH 3CuCl 3 (abbreviated as IPACuCl 3) and the antiferromagnetic–antiferromagnetic alternating chains IPACuBr 3 are recognized as the Haldane state and the singlet dimer state, respectively. We are interested in how the ground state changes in IPACu(Cl x Br 1− x ) 3 when x is varied. From the magnetic susceptibility and specific heat measurements, the mixed systems for 0.83⩾ x⩾0.56 were found to lose the energy gap even at H=0. We think that the gapless state is caused by the randomness of the intrachain exchange interactions.
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