Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology. Section A. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, Vol.284, 259-270, 1996
Conductivity of Radical-Cation Salts of Ttp Series Donors Under High-Pressure
Anomalous conducting behavior in TTP series salts, particularly (CPTM-TTP)(4)PF6, where CPTM-TTP is 2-(4,5-cyclopenteno-1,3-dithiol-2-ylidene)-5-(4,5-dimethylthio-1 ,3-dithiol-2-ylidene)-1,3,4,6-tetrathiapentalene, has been investigated in detail. This charge-transfer salt shows resistivity jumps around 100K, but is still metallic at low temperatures. These jumps are suppressed under applied pressures. Below 30K several sudden drops of resistivity like superconducting transitions are observed, but are not affected by magnetic fields. This anomalous behavior is discussed in view of hysteretic transitions between two metallic phases.
Keywords:BAND STRUCTURES;2;5-BIS(1’;3’-DITHIOL-2’-YLIDENE)-1;3;4;6-TETRATHIAPENTALENE;TETRATHIAFULVALENE