Motivated by recent studies of the cluster Mott insulator candidate compound Nb_(3)Cl_(8),this study performs^(93)Nb and^(35)Cl nuclear magnetic resonance(NMR)measurements to investigate the electron correlations.Belo...Motivated by recent studies of the cluster Mott insulator candidate compound Nb_(3)Cl_(8),this study performs^(93)Nb and^(35)Cl nuclear magnetic resonance(NMR)measurements to investigate the electron correlations.Below the structural transition temperature T_(s)∼97 K,all satellites of the^(93)Nb NMR spectra split into three distinct peaks,which suggests symmetry lowering due to the structural transition and could be attributed to the change in the Nb-Nb bond-lengths of the Nb3 clusters.The spin-lattice relaxation rate 1/T_(1)divided by the temperature T,1/T_(1)T,increases upon cooling to T_(s)for all Cl sites,whereas only the Knight shift K of Cl located at the center of the Nb_(3) clusters exhibits a temperature dependence similar to that observed in magnetic susceptibility.These findings collectively demonstrate the existence of strong spin correlations between the Nb atoms in Nb_(3)Cl_(8),which are closely associated with Mottness.展开更多
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Projects of China(Grant Nos.2022YFA1403402,2023YFA1406103,2024YFA1409200,2024YFA1611302,and 2023YFF0718400)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.12374142,12304170,W2411004,and 12374197)+3 种基金the Beijing Natural Science Foundation(Grant No.JQ23001)the Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics(Grant No.2024BNLCMPKF005)the Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation(Grant No.2023B151520013)supported by the Synergetic Extreme Condition User Facility(SECUF,https://cstr.cn/31123.02.SECUF)。
文摘Motivated by recent studies of the cluster Mott insulator candidate compound Nb_(3)Cl_(8),this study performs^(93)Nb and^(35)Cl nuclear magnetic resonance(NMR)measurements to investigate the electron correlations.Below the structural transition temperature T_(s)∼97 K,all satellites of the^(93)Nb NMR spectra split into three distinct peaks,which suggests symmetry lowering due to the structural transition and could be attributed to the change in the Nb-Nb bond-lengths of the Nb3 clusters.The spin-lattice relaxation rate 1/T_(1)divided by the temperature T,1/T_(1)T,increases upon cooling to T_(s)for all Cl sites,whereas only the Knight shift K of Cl located at the center of the Nb_(3) clusters exhibits a temperature dependence similar to that observed in magnetic susceptibility.These findings collectively demonstrate the existence of strong spin correlations between the Nb atoms in Nb_(3)Cl_(8),which are closely associated with Mottness.
