Quasi one-dimensional organic conductors: from Fröhlich conductivity and Peierls insulating state to magnetically-mediated superconductivity, a retrospective

It is indisputable that the search for high-temperature superconductivity has stimulated the work on low-dimensional organic conductors at its beginning. Since the discovery of true metal-like conduction in molecular compounds more than 50 years ago, it appeared that the chemical composition and the...

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Main Authors: Jerome, Denis, Bourbonnais, Claude
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Published: Académie des sciences 2024-02-01
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description It is indisputable that the search for high-temperature superconductivity has stimulated the work on low-dimensional organic conductors at its beginning. Since the discovery of true metal-like conduction in molecular compounds more than 50 years ago, it appeared that the chemical composition and the quasi one-dimensional crystalline structure of these conductors were determining factors for their physical properties; materials with incommensurate conduction band filling favoring the low-dimensional electron-phonon diverging channel and the establishment of the Peierls superstructure and more rarely superconductivity at low temperature, while those with commensurate band filling favor either magnetic insulating or superconducting states depending on the intensity of the coupling between conductive chains. In addition, the simple structures of these materials have allowed the development of theoretical models in close cooperation with almost all experimental findings.Even though these materials have not yet given rise to true high-temperature superconductivity, the wealth of their physical properties makes them systems of choice in the field of condensed matter physics due to their original properties and their educational qualities. Research efforts continue in this field. The present retrospective, which does not attempt to be an exhaustive review of the field, provides a set of experimental findings alluding to the theoretical development while a forthcoming article will address in more details the theoretical aspect of low dimensional conductors and superconductors.
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spelling doaj-art-8c42c3164eef4e26aa209413e24501f52025-02-07T13:53:46ZengAcadémie des sciencesComptes Rendus. Physique1878-15352024-02-0125G11717810.5802/crphys.16410.5802/crphys.164Quasi one-dimensional organic conductors: from Fröhlich conductivity and Peierls insulating state to magnetically-mediated superconductivity, a retrospectiveJerome, Denis0Bourbonnais, Claude1Laboratoire de Physique des Solides (UMR 8502), Université Paris-Saclay 91405 Orsay, FranceRegroupement Québécois sur les Matériaux de Pointe et Institut Quantique, Département de Physique, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada, J1K-2R1It is indisputable that the search for high-temperature superconductivity has stimulated the work on low-dimensional organic conductors at its beginning. Since the discovery of true metal-like conduction in molecular compounds more than 50 years ago, it appeared that the chemical composition and the quasi one-dimensional crystalline structure of these conductors were determining factors for their physical properties; materials with incommensurate conduction band filling favoring the low-dimensional electron-phonon diverging channel and the establishment of the Peierls superstructure and more rarely superconductivity at low temperature, while those with commensurate band filling favor either magnetic insulating or superconducting states depending on the intensity of the coupling between conductive chains. In addition, the simple structures of these materials have allowed the development of theoretical models in close cooperation with almost all experimental findings.Even though these materials have not yet given rise to true high-temperature superconductivity, the wealth of their physical properties makes them systems of choice in the field of condensed matter physics due to their original properties and their educational qualities. Research efforts continue in this field. The present retrospective, which does not attempt to be an exhaustive review of the field, provides a set of experimental findings alluding to the theoretical development while a forthcoming article will address in more details the theoretical aspect of low dimensional conductors and superconductors.https://comptes-rendus.academie-sciences.fr/physique/articles/10.5802/crphys.164/Peierls–Frölich statePhysics of low dimensional systemsPhase transitionsElectron transport phenomenaField-induced long-range orderUnconventional superconductivityOrganic conductors and superconductors(TMTSF)2X salts
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Quasi one-dimensional organic conductors: from Fröhlich conductivity and Peierls insulating state to magnetically-mediated superconductivity, a retrospective
Comptes Rendus. Physique
Peierls–Frölich state
Physics of low dimensional systems
Phase transitions
Electron transport phenomena
Field-induced long-range order
Unconventional superconductivity
Organic conductors and superconductors
(TMTSF)2X salts
title Quasi one-dimensional organic conductors: from Fröhlich conductivity and Peierls insulating state to magnetically-mediated superconductivity, a retrospective
title_full Quasi one-dimensional organic conductors: from Fröhlich conductivity and Peierls insulating state to magnetically-mediated superconductivity, a retrospective
title_fullStr Quasi one-dimensional organic conductors: from Fröhlich conductivity and Peierls insulating state to magnetically-mediated superconductivity, a retrospective
title_full_unstemmed Quasi one-dimensional organic conductors: from Fröhlich conductivity and Peierls insulating state to magnetically-mediated superconductivity, a retrospective
title_short Quasi one-dimensional organic conductors: from Fröhlich conductivity and Peierls insulating state to magnetically-mediated superconductivity, a retrospective
title_sort quasi one dimensional organic conductors from frohlich conductivity and peierls insulating state to magnetically mediated superconductivity a retrospective
topic Peierls–Frölich state
Physics of low dimensional systems
Phase transitions
Electron transport phenomena
Field-induced long-range order
Unconventional superconductivity
Organic conductors and superconductors
(TMTSF)2X salts
url https://comptes-rendus.academie-sciences.fr/physique/articles/10.5802/crphys.164/
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