PRESSURE-INDUCED NESTING IN THE LOW-DIMENSIONAL ORGANIC SUPERCONDUCTOR ALPHA-(BEDT-TTF)2NH4HG(SCN)4

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作者
KLEPPER, SJ
BROOKS, JS
CHEN, X
BRADARIC, I
TOKUMOTO, M
KINOSHITA, N
TANAKA, Y
AGOSTA, CC
机构
[1] CLARK UNIV, WORCESTER, MA 01610 USA
[2] BOSTON UNIV, DEPT PHYS, BOSTON, MA 02215 USA
[3] VINCA INST, NEW IND MAT LAB, YU-11001 BELGRADE, YUGOSLAVIA
[4] ELECTROTECH LAB, TSUKUBA, IBARAKI 305, JAPAN
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10.1103/PhysRevB.48.9913
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T [工业技术];
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08 ;
摘要
Why superconductivity appears in only one member (M = NH4) of the isostructural family of organic conductors alpha-(BEDT-TTF)2MHg(SCN)4 is a long-standing question. Others in the family (M = K,Rb,Tl) have density-wave ground states. To address this problem, we have studied pressure effects in superconducting alpha-(BEDT-TTF)2NH4Hg(SCN)4 (T(c) = 1.0 K). Our results show a remarkable pressure dependence of the Fermi surface topology. We argue that with NH4, there are small deviations from perfect nesting of the open-orbit bands which favor superconductivity over a density-wave state.
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页码:9913 / 9916
页数:4
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