Thermochimica Acta, Vol.532, 88-91, 2012
Microchip-calorimetry of organic charge transfer complex which shows superconductivity at low temperatures
We carried out thermodynamic measurements of organic charge transfer complex of kappa-(BEDT-TTF)(2)Cu[N(CN)(2)]Br, where BEDT-TTF is bis(ethylenedithio)tetrathiafulvalene by TCG3880 chip device in order to examine capability of the chip calorimeter at low temperature region and under magnetic fields. TCG3880 chip is mounted on a He-3 cryostat available in combination with a superconductive magnet up to 7T. Thermal anomalies related to the glass-like freezing of ethylene groups of BEDT-ITF molecules and the superconductive transition were observed. A frequency dependence of the thermal anomaly of the glass formation and a magnetic fields dependence of the thermal anomaly of the superconductive transition are reported. The results presented in this work demonstrate that the TCG3880 is quite useful for thermodynamic investigations of the organic charge transfer complex with much reduced sample quantity as compared with those of relaxation and adiabatic calorimetry. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.