TY - JOUR
T1 - Pressure-induced superconductivity in (MDT-TS) (AuI2) 0.441 [MDT-TS = 5H-2-(1,3-diselenol-2-ylidene)-1,3,4,6- tetrathiapentalene]
T2 - A new organic superconductor possessing an incommensurate anion lattice
AU - Takimiya, Kazuo
AU - Kodani, Mie
AU - Niihara, Naoto
AU - Aso, Yoshio
AU - Otsubo, Tetsuo
AU - Bando, Yoshimasa
AU - Kawamoto, Tadashi
AU - Mori, Takehiko
PY - 2004/11/30
Y1 - 2004/11/30
N2 - A selenium-containing TTF-type electron donor, MDT-TS [5H-2-(1,3-diselenol- 2-ylidene)-1,3,4,6-tetrathiapentalene] was effectively synthesized by a two-step reaction and utilized for electrocrystallization with an AuI2 - anion. The resulting salt, (MDT-TS)(AuI2) 0.441, has a unique crystal packing, in which the donor subcell and the anion lattice are incommensurate. Although the salt has relatively high conductivity at room temperature (600 S cm-1), it showed a metal-insulator (MI) transition at TMI = 50 K. Application of hydrostatic pressure suppressed the MI transition, and at 11.4 kbar (MDT-TS)(AuI2)0.441 showed a superconducting transition at Tc = 4.7 K.
AB - A selenium-containing TTF-type electron donor, MDT-TS [5H-2-(1,3-diselenol- 2-ylidene)-1,3,4,6-tetrathiapentalene] was effectively synthesized by a two-step reaction and utilized for electrocrystallization with an AuI2 - anion. The resulting salt, (MDT-TS)(AuI2) 0.441, has a unique crystal packing, in which the donor subcell and the anion lattice are incommensurate. Although the salt has relatively high conductivity at room temperature (600 S cm-1), it showed a metal-insulator (MI) transition at TMI = 50 K. Application of hydrostatic pressure suppressed the MI transition, and at 11.4 kbar (MDT-TS)(AuI2)0.441 showed a superconducting transition at Tc = 4.7 K.
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U2 - 10.1021/cm049144t
DO - 10.1021/cm049144t
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:9244240818
VL - 16
SP - 5120
EP - 5123
JO - Chemistry of Materials
JF - Chemistry of Materials
SN - 0897-4756
IS - 24
ER -