Magnetic Nature of Water Intercalated Na0.35CoO2

In order to clarify the carrier density dependence of the microscopic magnetic nature in NaxCoO2 * yH2O, we have performed a μ+SR study of H2O and D2O absorbed samples. Based on the ZF-μ+SR measurements, there was no clear difference between the two superconducting phases (SCI and SCII). This is also likely to exclude the exotic scenario for the superconductivity of the SCII phase, in which the superconducting state breaks the time-reversal symmetry of the Cooper pairs, resulting in the appearance of a weak internal magnetic field below Tc. Furthermore, the ZF-spectrum for the H2O absorbed sample exhibits a clear oscillation in the whole T range measured (1.4-100 K), suggesting the formation of “[H3O]+-like” H2μ+O ions in the sample. The absence of the oscillation in the D2O absorbed sample also evidences the presence of the H2μ+O complex. Considering the fraction of the H2μ+Osignal, we have demonstrated the coexistence of [H3O]+ions and H2O in this compound. Finally, the muonic Knight shift measurements suggested the change in electronic state around 10 K and 40 K for the SCI and SCII samples.