Abstract
We have measured temperature ()- and power-dependent electron spin resonance in bulk single-wall carbon nanotubes to determine both the spin-lattice and the spin-spin relaxation times, and . We observe that increases linearly with from 4 K to 100 K, whereas decreases by over a factor of two when is increased from 3 K to 300 K. We interpret the trend as spin-lattice relaxation via interaction with conduction electrons (Korringa law) and the decreasing dependence of as motional narrowing. By analyzing the latter, we find the spin hopping frequency to be 285 GHz. Last, we show that the Dysonian line shape asymmetry follows a three-dimensional variable-range hopping behavior from 3 K to 20 K; from this scaling relation, we extract a localization length of the hopping spins to be 100 nm.
- Received 1 May 2013
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.88.041401
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