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Magnetism and Pressure-Induced Superconductivity of Checkerboard-Type Charge-Ordered Molecular Conductor β-(meso-DMBEDT-TTF)2X (X = PF6 and AsF6)
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Takahisa Shikama, Tatsuya Shimokawa, Sanguchul Lee, Takayuki Isono, Akira Ueda, Kazuyuki Takahashi, Akiko Nakao, Reiji Kumai, Hironori Nakao, Kensuke Kobayashi, Youichi Murakami, Motoi Kimata, Hiroyuki Tajima, Kazuyuki Matsubayashi, Yoshiya Uwatoko, Yutaka Nishio, Koji Kajita and Hatsumi Mori
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Abstract
The metallic state of the molecular conductor
β-(
meso-DMBEDT-TTF)
2X (DMBEDT-TTF = 2-(5,6-dihydro-1,3-dithiolo[4,5-
b][1,4]dithiin-2-ylidene)-5,6-dihydro-5,6-dimethyl-1,3-dithiolo[4,5-b][1,4]dithiin, X = PF
6, AsF
6) is transformed into the checkerboard-type charge-ordered state at around 75–80 K with accompanying metal-insulator (MI) transition on
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The metallic state of the molecular conductor
β-(
meso-DMBEDT-TTF)
2X (DMBEDT-TTF = 2-(5,6-dihydro-1,3-dithiolo[4,5-
b][1,4]dithiin-2-ylidene)-5,6-dihydro-5,6-dimethyl-1,3-dithiolo[4,5-b][1,4]dithiin, X = PF
6, AsF
6) is transformed into the checkerboard-type charge-ordered state at around 75–80 K with accompanying metal-insulator (MI) transition on the anisotropic triangular lattice. With lowering temperatures, the magnetic susceptibility decreases gradually and reveals a sudden drop at the MI transition. By applying pressure, the charge-ordered state is suppressed and superconductivity appears in
β-(
meso-DMBEDT-TTF)
2AsF
6 as well as in the reported
β-(
meso-DMBEDT-TTF)
2PF
6. The charge-ordered spin-gapped state and the pressure-induced superconducting state are discussed through the paired-electron crystal (PEC) model, where the spin-bonded electron pairs stay and become mobile in the crystal, namely the valence-bond solid (VBS) and the resonant valence bonded (RVB) state in the quarter-filled band structure.
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