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The ESR spectra of a TDAE 1 -C 2 60 single crystal show the existence of antiferromagnetic (AFM) correlations between the unpaired spins on neighboring C 2 60 ions along the c axis and spin canting which leads, below T c , to weak ferromagnetism along a direction perpendicular to the c axis. This suggests that a Dzyaloshinsky-Moriya type mechanism is responsible for ferromagnetic ordering rather than itinerant ferromagnetism. The incomplete orientational ordering of the C 2 60 ions leads to a distribution of exchange coupling constants resulting in spin-glass type behavior which coexists with long range ferromagnetic ordering below T c . The observation of AFM correlations may help to understand why the same basic molecule C 60 can support such different phenomena as ferromagnetism (in TDAE-C 60 ) and superconductivity (in, e.g., K 3 C 60 ).

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