Otro
Metal-insulator transitions in pressed pellets of BF4 - doped poly(3-methylthiophene)
Registro en:
Phase Transitions, v. 62, n. 3 SEC. A, p. 157-165, 1997.
0141-1594
10.1080/01411599708220066
WOS:A1997YH99700002
2-s2.0-0031359429
Autor
Pawlicka, A.
Pereira, E. C.
Nascimento, O. R.
Bulhões, L. O. S.
Walmsley, L.
Resumen
From Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) data in pressed pellets of BF4 - doped Poly(3-methylthiophene) (P3MT) we obtained simultaneously the paramagnetic susceptibility and. the microwave conductivity. We observed a transition from a high-temperature insulator state to a room-temperature metallic state. Around 240K. evidence of a Peierls transition is observed, but if the sample is slowly cooled, this transition is partially suppressed. DC conductivity data taken with the sample quenched to 79 K show a non-linear I-V response for very small electric fields, suggesting depinning of Charge-Density Wave (CDW). The data for heating and cooling the system above room temperature, indicate the formation of bipolarons.