Pressure dependence of magnetic ordering temperature for decamethylferrocenium tetracyanoethenide

It has been demonstrated that the linear-chain charge-transfer salt, decamethylferrocenium tetracyanoethanide (DMeFc) (TCNE), is a ferromagnet with a transition temperature of -4.8 K. This low-temperature 3D ordering has been attributed to a strong intrachain and a weak interchain interaction. To study these interactions, we have determined the Tc up to 20 kbar by measuring the ac susceptibility (X) at low frequency. Our results show that the Tc increases with pressure at a rate of -0.22 K/kbar, while the (X) peak indicative of the ferromagnetic transition continues to decrease rapidly. A small peak was also detected above the main transition at pressures above 3 kbar. This new peak persists even after the pressure is removed. The result from dc magnetization suggests that this corresponds to a metamagnetic state. For the first time, we have observed pressure-induced phase-transition in this material.