NONLINEAR ELECTRIC TRANSPORT AND SWITCHING PHENOMENON IN METHYLTRIPHENYLARSONIUM-(TCNQ)2 UNDER PRESSURE

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RAVINDRAN, T
SUBRAMANYAM, SV
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[1] Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
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10.1016/0379-6779(92)90357-O
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T [工业技术];
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08 ;
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Non-ohmic conduction and electrical switching have been observed in methyltriphenylarsonium-(TCNQ)2 at different pressures up to 8 GPa at a temperature of 300 K. Pulsed current-voltage characteristics reveal a heating contribution to non-ohmic conduction and switching. The switching time recorded is 0.5 ms. Pressure dependence of switching field follows the same functional form as that of resistivity versus pressure. Non-ohmic conduction is discussed in terms of space-charge-limited currents which lead to a structural phase transition at high fields approximately 3 X 10(3) V/cm to a highly conducting state with sigma(ON)/sigma(OFF) almost-equal-to 10(3).
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