The effects of pressure and magnetic field on the charge transport of heavily FeCl4- doped polyacetylene

A. N. Aleshin, T. J. Kim, D. S. Suh, Y. W. Park, H. Kang, W. Kang

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Abstract

The effects of hydrostatic pressure and magnetic field on the charge transport of oriented polyacetylene (PA) films heavily doped with FeCl4- have been studied in the temperature range 0.37-300 K. It was found that application of pressure increases the room temperature conductivity and decreases the resistivity ratio ρr = ρ(0.37 K)/ρ(300 K) by ∼20-30%. At T < 2 K the temperature dependence of resistivity ρ(T) ∼ln T at ambient pressure and at 10 kbar. Transverse magnetoresistance (MR) at 10 kbar was found to be negative, linear and almost temperature independent at T < 2 K. The observed low temperature ρ(T) and MR behavior has attributed to weak localization which accompanied by the effect of saturation of electron dephasing by two-level systems of a special type. The stronger behavior of ρ(T) and MR at T > 2 K has associated with further suppression of weak localization due to more effective dephasing effect by low energy vibrational excitations.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)57-60
Number of pages4
JournalThin Solid Films
Volume417
Issue number1-2
DOIs
StatePublished - 30 Sep 2002
EventProceedings of the International Conference on Materials for - Singapore, Singapore
Duration: 1 Jul 20016 Jul 2001

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
We are grateful to V.I. Kozub for discussions. This work was supported by KISTEP under the contract No. 98-I-01-04-A-026, Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Korea. Partial support for A.N.A. is from the BK-21 Program of Ministry of Education (MOE), Korea.

Keywords

  • Magnetic properties
  • Organic conductors
  • Polymers
  • Resistivity

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