The Physics of Organic Superconductors and Conductors

ISBN-13: 9783540766674 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 754 str.

Andrei Lebed; A. G. Lebed

Opis

Historically, quasi-low-dimensional superconductors were considered as the main candidates to observe high-temperature superconductivity. For a disc- sion of the related exotic mechanisms of superconductivity, suggested by W.A. Little and V.L. Ginzburg, see a chapter by D. J erome in this volume. Unf- tunately, high-temperature superconductivity has not been discovered yet in quasi-one-dimensional (Q1D) and quasi-two-dimensional (Q2D) organic ma- rials. Nevertheless, very rich and, in many cases, unique physical properties of their metallic, superconducting, charge- and spin-density-wave phases allowed P.M. Chaikin to claim that the ?rst organic superconductors, (TMTSF) X, 2 are probably the most interesting electronic materials ever discovered. Our book welcomes a reader to a fascinating world of exotic condensed matter physics, low temperatures, and high and ultrahigh magnetic ?elds. It is written by leading experts in the area from USA, France, Japan, Russia, United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, South Korea, Croatia, Hungary, and Switzerland. The book consists of six parts, subdivided into 27 chapters, which contain both the experimental results and their theoretical explanations. The majority of the chapters contain pedagogical introductions and all necessary illustrations to be read separately. Although we concentrate on physical p- nomena, in the most chapters related chemistry and structural aspects of Q1D and Q2D organic materials are also discussed.

Spis treści

Historical Surveys.- General Reviews.- Physical Properties of Quasi-One-Dimensional Organic Conductors.- Electron-Electron Interactions at Low Temperatures and Phase Transitions in Quasi-One-Dimensional Metals.- Magnetic Properties of Organic Conductors and Superconductors as Quantum Macroscopical Phenomena.- Physical Properties of Quasi-Two-Dimensional Superconductors and Conductors.- Layered Organic Conductors in Strong Magnetic Fields.- Ferroelectricity and Charge Disproportionation and Related Issues of the Interplay between Structural and Electronic Properties.- Interacting Electrons in Quasi-One-Dimensional Organic Conductors.- Measurements of Fermi-surface parameters of BEDT-salts under Extreme Conditions, Mechanisms for Superconductivity, Field-induced Phase Transitions and Exotic States of Matter.- Topical Reviews.- I. Unusual Properties of Metallic Phases.- Integer and Fractional Magic Angles Effects in Quasi-One-Dimensional Conductors.- Angular Magnetoresistance Oscillations in Quasi-One-Dimensional Conductors.- Microwave Spectroscopy of the Fermiology of Q1D and Q2D Organic Conductors.- II. Field-Induced Spin(Charge)-Density-Wave Phase and Three-Dimensional Quantum Hall Effect.- Field-Induced Spin-Density-Wave Phases in Quasi-One-Dimensional Conductor (TMTSF)2PF6.- Theory of Three-Dimensional Quantum Hall Effect.- Unconventional Density Waves in Organic Conductors.- Charge-Density-Wave Phases in a Magnetic Field.- Unusual High-Field States in Quasi-One-Dimensional Conductors Exhibiting Charge-Density-Waves.- Field-Induced Spin-Density-Wave Phases in (TMTSF)2ClO4.- III. Unconventional Superconducting Properties.- Unconventional Triplet and Exotic Type-IV Superconducting Phases in Organic Conductors.- Unconventional Superconductivity in Quasi-Two-Dimensional Organic Conductors.- Unconventional Properties in Quasi-Two-Dimensional Organic Superconductors.- Triplet Superconductivity in Quasi-One-Dimensional Conductors.- Theory of the Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov State and Applications to Quasi-Low-Dimensional Organic Conductors.- IV. Electron Correlations in Organic Conductors.- Competition Between Spin-Density-Wave Order and Triplet Superconductivity in Bechgaard salts.- Charge ordering and local-singlet formation in quarter-filled band charge-transfer solids and oxides of early transition metals.- Correlations in Organic Charge Transfer Salts.- From Luttinger to Fermi liquids in organic conductors

O autorze

Since 2004: Professor at Physics Dept., University of Arizona, USA;

Since 2000: Full Professor at Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Moscow, Russia;

2000: Doctor of Sciences (Full Professor) Degree from Landau Institute;

1995-2001: Visiting Professor at Kyoto University, Osaka University, and Tohoku University (all – Japan);

1990: Lenin Komsomol Prize in Physics (the Highest former Soviet Union Government Prize for scientists younger than 36);

1986: Ph.D. from Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics.

Blurb

This book contains general (tutorial) and topical reviews, written by leading researches in the area of organic superconductors and conductors from USA, Japan, France, Germany, Russia, United Kingdom, Korea, and Australia. It covers contemporary topics such as unconventional superconductivity, non- Fermi-liquid properties, the quantum Hall effect, strongly correlated electrons, novel types of quantum macroscopic phenomena in a magnetic field, magnetic field induced spin(charge)-density waves, and magnetic field induced exotic superconducting phases are described both from theoretical and experimental points of views. Two types of review are included: general (tutorial) reviews, containing both educational information and state of art information about recent experimental discoveries and theoretical predictions are intended for general readers, researchers and graduate students, specialized in any area of condensed matter physics; and topical reviews, emphasizing very recent developments, will be useful for researches and graduate students currently active in the physics of organic conductors and superconductors. The book provides both an introduction and a review of the current status of the field.