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Imaging Phase Separation near the Mott Boundary of the Correlated Organic Superconductors κ−(BEDT−TTF)2X

T. Sasaki, N. Yoneyama, N. Kobayashi, Y. Ikemoto, H. Kimura

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.227001 · Physical Review Letters

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Abstract

Electronic phase separation consisting of the metallic and insulating domains with 50–100 μm in diameter is found in the organic Mott system κ−[(h8−BEDT−TTF)1−x(d8−BEDT−TTF)x]2Cu[N(CN)2]Br by means of scanning microregion infrared spectroscopy using the synchrotron radiation. The phase separation appears below the critical end temperature 35–40 K of the first-order Mott transition. The observation of the macroscopic size of the domains indicates a different class of the intrinsic electronic inhomogeneity from the nanoscale one reported in the inorganic Mott systems such as high-Tc copper and manganese oxides.

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Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ

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