the positive muon as a condensed matter probe
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The Positive Muon as a Condensed Matter Probe. Francis Pratt ISIS Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK. Introduction The muon and its properties The range of m SR techniques Molecular Magnetism Critical behaviour in a layered magnet Spin fluctuations in a highly ideal 1DHAF - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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The Positive Muon as a Condensed Matter Probe
Francis Pratt
ISIS Facility,
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK
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• Introduction
The muon and its properties
The range of SR techniques
• Molecular Magnetism
Critical behaviour in a layered magnet
Spin fluctuations in a highly ideal 1DHAF
• Molecular Superconductors
Stability of the vortex lattice
Universal scaling of the electrodynamic response
• Dynamical Processes in Polymers
Charge mobility in polymers
Polymer surface dynamics
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Familiar Particles and Muons
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Familiar Particles and Muons
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Familiar Particles and Muons
A positive muon behaves like an unstable light isotope of hydrogen
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Primary International Facilities for SR
ISIS
JPARCPSITRIUMF
Continuous sources Pulsed sources
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Producing Muons at ISIS
50 m
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View of the ISIS Experimental Hall
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The SR Sequence of Events1) Pions produced from proton beam striking carbon target
e.g. p + p p + n + +
p + n n + n + +
2) Pion decay: + ++(lifetime 26 ns)
the muons are 100% spin polarised
3) Muon implantation into sample of interest
4) Muons experience their local environment:
spin precession and relaxation
5) Muon decay: + e++e+ (lifetime 2.2 s)we detect the asymmetric positron
emission
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Nature of the Muon Probe States
Paramagnetic states
Muonium (Mu = +e); the muon analogue of the neutral hydrogen atom
… highly reactive in many molecular systems, leading to the formation of molecular radicals, e.g.
Diamagnetic states
1) Bare interstitial +
2) Chemically bonded closed shell states, e.g.
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Formation of Muon Probe States
+ (MeV)
Radiolytic e-
Ionisation energy loss to below 35 keV
+
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Formation of Muon Probe States
+ (MeV)
Radiolytic e-
Ionisation energy loss to below 35 keV
+ 13.5 eV Mu
e- capture
e- loss
Charge exchange cycle
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Formation of Muon Probe States
+ (MeV)
Radiolytic e-
Ionisation energy loss to below 35 keV
+ 13.5 eV Mu
e- capture
e- loss
Thermal +
DIAMAGNETIC
Thermal MuPARAMAGNETIC
Charge exchange cycle
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Formation of Muon Probe States
+ (MeV)
Radiolytic e-
Ionisation energy loss to below 35 keV
+ 13.5 eV Mu
e- capture
e- loss
Thermal +
DIAMAGNETIC
Thermal MuPARAMAGNETIC
Mu RadicalPARAMAGNETIC
Chemical reaction
Charge exchange cycle
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Formation of Muon Probe States
+ (MeV)
Radiolytic e-
Ionisation energy loss to below 35 keV
+ 13.5 eV Mu
e- capture
e- loss
Thermal +
DIAMAGNETIC
Thermal MuPARAMAGNETIC
Mu RadicalPARAMAGNETIC
Chemical reaction
Delayed Mu formation
Charge exchange cycle
Ionization/ reaction
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Positron Emission and DetectionW() = 1+ a cos
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Positron Emission and DetectionW() = 1+ a cos
S
B F
LF/ZF
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Positron Emission and DetectionW() = 1+ a cos
S
B F
LF/ZF
S
B F
TFU
D
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Muon Instruments at ISIS
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SRRRR…
• Muon Spin Rotation
• Muon Spin Relaxation
• Muon Spin Resonance
• Muon Spin Repolarisation
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Muon Spin Rotation
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Energy Levels
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Energy Levels
Single frequency D
D/2 = 13.55 kHz/G
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Energy Levels
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Energy Levels
Pair of frequencies
A = 1 + 2
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Energy Levels
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Energy Levels
Still one pair of frequencies at high B
A = 1 + 2
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TF Muon Spin Rotation Spectoscopy of Muoniated Molecular Radicals
TTF
2kG TF
Magn. Res. Chem. 38, S27 (2000)
Singly occupied molecular orbital of muoniated radical
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Muon Spin Relaxation
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RF Resonance
• B swept to match a level splitting with the RF frequency
also
• 90⁰ pulse techniques
• Spin echoes
• Spin Decoupling
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Paramagnetic/Diamagnetic State Conversion measured with RF
Polybutadiene above and below the Glass Transition
T>Tg D → P
T<Tg P → D
T<Tg
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Level Crossing Resonance
Resonances classified in terms of
M = me + m + mp
M = 1 muon spin flip:
B0 = A / 2(needs anisotropy)
M = 0 muon-proton spin flip-flop:
B0 = (AAk ) / 2(k(to first order)
M=1 LCR
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Quadrupolar Level Crossing Resonance
14N quadrupolar LCR in TTF-TCNQ
T>TCDW
T<TCDW
14N +
Quadrupolar splitting depends on electric field gradient at the nucleus
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Repolarisation of Mu• Progressive quenching of the muon spin from its dipolar and hyperfine couplings• Useful for orientationally disordered systems with residual anisotropy
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Repolarisation of MuQuenching of the superhyperfine coupling to nuclear spins
Sensitive to total number of spins
e.g. protonation/deprotonation studies
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Molecular Magnetism
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Critical Fluctuations in a Co Glycerolate Layered Magnet
Mohamed Kurmoo, University of Strasbourg
Co (S=3/2)
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Critical Exponents Measured with SR
Magnetic order:
M (TN - T)
Relaxation rate:
| T -TN | -w
Local susceptibility:
(T - TN )
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Comparison with Established Universality Classes
Scaling relations: = 2 – 2 – = (2 + )/d = 2 – /
Dynamic exponent: z = d(2 + w)/(2 + ) = 1.25(6) (c.f. z=d/2=1.5 for 3D AF)
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Quantum Critical Fluctuations in a Highly Ideal Heisenberg Antiferromagnetic Chain
Molecular radical providing the S=1/2 Heisenberg spins
Cyanine dye molecule providing the bulky diamagnetic spacers
Structure of DEOCC-TCNQF4 viewed along the chain axis
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J = 110 K but no LRMO down to 20 mK !
i.e. TN / J < 2 x 10-4
Zero field muon spin relaxation for DEOCC-TCNQF4 at 20 mK and 1 K.
Comparison of DEOCC-TCNQF4 with other benchmark 1DHAF magnets.
Just How Ideal is DEOCC-TCNQF4?
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T dependent SR relaxation rate at 3 mT
with contributions from q=/a and q=0.The 1DHAF spin excitation
spectrum contributing to .
T-dependent Relaxation from Spinons
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Anisotropic Spin Diffusion
The B dependence of at 1 K. The
dotted line illustrates the behaviour
expected for ballistic spin transport.
The solid line is a fit to an
anisotropic spin diffusion model.
The form of the spin correlation function
S(t) that is consistent with the data.
Crossover between 1D and 3D diffusion
takes place for time scales longer than
~10 ns.
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TN (mK) |J'| (mK) J (K) TN/J (10-2) |J'/J| (10-3)
Experiment <20 2.2 110 <0.018 0.020
Estimate 7 <7 0.006 <0.06
Sr2CuO3 5.4 K 2 K 2200 0.25 0.93
CuPzN 107 46 10.3 1.0 4.4
KCuF3 39 K 21 K 406 9.6 52
DEOCC-TCNQF4 looks like the best example of the
1D Heisenberg Antiferromagnet yet discovered
Summary of 1DHAF Magnetic Parameters
PRL 96, 247203 (2006)
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Molecular Superconductors
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Measuring Properties of Type II Superconductors
H < Hc1 : Meissner state
Surface measurement:
Hc1 < H < Hc2 : Vortex state
Bulk measurement:
coresminima
saddles
RMS Width: Brms or
Lineshape: = (Bave - Bpk) / Brms
(skewness)
Abrikosov Vortex Lattice
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Muon Spin Rotation Spectrum
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Melting/Decoupling of the Vortex Lattice in the Organic Superconductor ET2Cu(SCN)2
3D Flux Lattice
Decoupled 2D Layers
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Overall Vortex Phase Diagramsd8-ETSCN
h8-ETSCN
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Scaling Properties in the Electrodynamic Response of Molecular Superconductors
Famous ‘Uemura Plot’ for cuprates and other superconductors
Tc (SR relaxation rate)
Equivalently:Tc ns/m* Tc s (superfluid strength)Tc 1/2 ( is penetration depth)
What about molecular superconductors?
n/m* is small and doesn’t vary much, so they should sit in one small region of the plot
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s across the range of Molecular Superconductors
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Uemura Plot for the Molecular Superconductors
Molecular systems have their own empirical scaling law:
Tc follows 1/3 rather than 1/2
⇒ Tc (ns/mb) 3/2
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Key:
1. -BETS2GaCl4
2. TMTSF2ClO4
3. -ET2NH4Hg(SCN)4
4. -ET2IBr2
5. -BETS2GaCl4
6. -ET2Cu(NCS)2
7. K3C60
8. Rb3C60
Closer look at Superconducting Parameters vs Conductivity
2D
1D
2D
2D
2D
2D
3D
3D
1D, 2D & 3D systems
SC properties correlate with highest direction
Note the completely opposite s - 0 scaling between molecular and cuprate superconductors
0- 1.05
0- 0.77
0+ 0.75
PRL 94, 097006 (2005)
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Is there a single controlling parameter?
• The simplicity of the scaling suggests a single dominant
control parameter
• U/W is a likely candidate for molecular systems, which
are generally rather close to a Mott insulator phase
• Real pressure as well as ‘chemical pressure’ can be
used to tune U/W
• Increasing pressure decreases U/W, increases 0 and
decreases Tc and s , following the trends expected from
the scaling curves
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Dynamical Mean-Field Theory for Calculating effect of U/W on s
Loss of quasiparticle spectral weight is expected as the Mott-Hubbard transition is approached
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Superfluid Strength vs U/W
Powell and McKenzie PRL94, 047004 (2005)
RVB
Feldbacher et al, PRL93, 136405 (2004)
DMFT
Merino and McKenzie PRB61, 7996 (2000)
DMFT
sZ
Experimental picture
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Dynamical Processes in Polymers
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Conducting Polymers
Muon both generates a polaron and probes its motion, e.g. for PPV:
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Diffusion and the Risch-Kehr ModelStochastic model describing muon relaxation due to intermittent hyperfine coupling with a diffusing polaron
)erfc()exp()( tttzG
The relaxation function takes the form:
2||
2
40De
with the relaxation parameter following a 1/B law at high field:
(Risch-Kehr function)
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Polyaniline
Data are well fitted by the Risch-Kehr function
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Polyaniline
1/B law predicted by RK model is seen for at higher B
Cutoff at low B reflects interchain hopping
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Polyaniline
Effect of ring librational modes at higher temperatures
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Two types of PPV polymer with different side chains
Similar on-chain behaviour
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Interchain Diffusion Rate D
Inter-chain behaviour highly dependent on sidegroups
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Slow Muons
Normal (4 MeV) muons penetrate ~1-2 mm
10-15% stopping width, so thinnest sample is ~100m,
(a bit less with flypast mode)
For studying nanoscale structures and phenomena need muons with energies in the region of keV rather than MeV
Two methods for producing slow muons :
1) Degrading the energy in a cold moderator layer (PSI)
2) Laser ionization of thermal muonium (RIKEN-RAL)
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Surface and Interface Dynamics in Polymers
Supported polystyrene films (overlaid data from 6 groups using various different techniques)
Forrest and Dalnoki-Veress, Adv. Coll. Int. Sci. 94, 167 (2001)
Surface Layer Model
Substrate
Bulk polymer
Surface layer
Thin film properties dominated by higher mobility surface layer
/10 /1 hh
TT
bulkg
g
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Calculated Range for Muons in Polystyrene using TRIM.SP
Surface Layer Model
Substrate
Bulk polymer
Surface layer
Thin film properties dominated by higher mobility surface layer
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Polystyrene Film Sample used for LEM Study
Surface Layer Model
Substrate
Bulk polymer
Surface layer
Thin film properties dominated by higher mobility surface layer
Mw = 62,600, Mw/Mn=1.04
1 mm thick by 50 mm diameter copper substrate
Film prepared by spin-coating from a 15% solution of PS in cyclohexanone
Film thickness of 0.46 m was estimated from ellipsometry
PRB 72, R121401 (2005)
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Measured ZF Relaxation in PS
Surface Layer Model
Substrate
Bulk polymer
Surface layer
Thin film properties dominated by higher mobility surface layer
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Measured Relaxation in the Bulk Polymer
Fast fluctuation regime:
Indirect coupling to segmental dynamics:
WLF law for segmental dynamics:
Model
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Depth Scan at Tq
Surface Layer Model
Substrate
Bulk polymer
Surface layer
Thin film properties dominated by higher mobility surface layer
d ~ 35 nm at Tq
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Size of the Surface Dynamical Region
Surface melting model: d(T) follows from linear dispersion of surface capillary waves
Herminghaus et al PRL 93, 017801 (2004)
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Size of the Surface Dynamical Region
Surface melting model: d(T) follows from linear dispersion of surface capillary waves
Herminghaus et al PRL 93, 017801 (2004)
Glassy polymer
Molten layer
Substrate
Glassy polymer
Molten layer
Substrate
Molten layer
Substrate
T1
T2
T3
T1 T2 T3
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Summary
•Flexible local magnetic probe
•Magnetism, superconductivity and various dynamical phenomena
•Also applications in semiconductors and using the muon as a hydrogen analogue
•Single crystal samples not essential
•Overlap and complementarity with other techniques such as neutron scattering
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Acknowledgements
SR Steve Blundell Oxford
Molecular Magnets Mohamed Kurmoo Strasbourg
Seishi Takagi Kyushu
Molecular Superconductors Naoki Toyota Tohoku
& Takahiko Sasaki
Steve Lee St. Andrews
Polymers Andy Monkman Durham
Andrew Holmes Cambridge
Hazel Assender Oxford
Slow Muons Elvezio Morenzoni PSI
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Introduction to Muon Techniques
For a short review see: S.J. Blundell, Contemp. Phys. 40, 175 (1999)