Magnetism of layered cobaltites NaxCoO2 with x = 0.6 and 0.9 has been investigated by a positive muon spin rotation and relaxation (μ+SR) spectroscopy together with magnetic susceptibility and specific heat measurements, using single crystal samples in the temperature range between 250 and 1.8 K. Zero-field (ZF-) μ+SR measurements on Na0.9CoO2 indicates a transition from a paramagnetic to an incommensurate spin density wave state at 19 K(=TSDW). The anisotropic ZF-μ+SR spectra suggest that the oscillating moments of the {\sf IC-SDW} directs along the c-axis. Since Na0.6CoO2 is paramagnetic down to 1.8 K, the magnitude of TSDW is found to strongly depend on x.This behavior is well explained using the Hubbard model within a mean field approximation on two-dimensional triangle lattice in the CoO2 plane. Also, both the appearance of the {\sf IC-SDW} state by the change in x and the magnitude of the electronic specific heat parameter of Na0.6CoO2 indicate that NaxCoO2 is unlikely to be a typical strongly correlated electron system.
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0310637,
title = {Electron correlation in the two-dimensional triangle lattice of Na$_x$CoO$_2$},
author = {J. Sugiyama and J. H. Brewer and E. J. Ansaldo and B. Hitti and M. Mikami and Y. Mori and T. Sasaki},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0310637},
year = {2009}
}