$CuBr_2(C_{10}H_8N_2) - S = 1//2$ Two-Dimensional Rectangular Heisenberg Antiferromagnet

Magnetic susceptibility and X-band electron spin resonance study of a two-dimensional Heisenberg antiferromagnetic system $CuBr_2$(bipy), where bipy = $C_{10}H_8N_2$ is 4,4'-bipyridyl, has been performed in the temperature range from 300 K down to 2 K. A rhombic anisotropy of the g-factor was obtained from X-band EPR measurements with $g_{x}$ = 2.037, $g_{y}$ = 2.100 and $g_{z}$ = 2.219. The temperature dependence of the magnetic susceptibility with a round maximum observed at 28 K suggests antiferromagnetic type of short-range order. No signature of the magnetic long-range order in studied compound was observed. The comparison of the magnetic susceptibility data with a two-dimensional rectangular Heisenberg model yields the values of intralayer exchange couplings J/$k_{B}$ = - 47 K and J'/$k_{B}$ = - 9.4 K.