Conduction-electron induced spin-lattice relaxation of⁸Li in the high-pressure phase LiC₂

authored by

A. Schirmer, P. Heitjans, V. A. Nalimova

Abstract

In the superdense stage-1 compound of the LiC_x system the spin-lattice relaxation rate T₁^-11 of ⁸Li (T_1/2 = 0.8 s) was measured with the β-NMR method. The T₁^-1 measurements were done in the ampoules of the high-pressure intercalation synthesis and covered the temperature range between 4.2 K and 320 K and external B→ fields between 8.2 mT and 1.7 T for the orientations B→||c→ and B→ ⊥ c→. For B above 100 mT no B→ dependence was found. The linear increase of T₁^-1 with T is ascribed to coupling to conduction electrons and is discussed in terms of a local density of states. No diffusion induced T₁^-1 contribution was observed below 320 K.

Organisation(s)

Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry

External Organisation(s)

Forschungszentrum Jülich
Lomonosov Moscow State University

Type

Article

Journal

Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology Section A: Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals

Volume

310

Pages

291-296

No. of pages

6

ISSN

1058-725X

Publication date

1998

Publication status

Published

Peer reviewed

Yes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Condensed Matter Physics

Electronic version(s)

https://doi.org/10.1080/10587259808045351 (Access: Unknown)