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Bandwidth-tuning from insulating Mott quantum spin liquid to Fermi liquid via chemical substitution in $\kappa$-[(BEDT-TTF)$_{1-x}$(BEDT-STF)$_x$]$_2$Cu$_2$(CN)$_3$
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- The electronic properties of molecular conductors can be readily varied via physical or chemical pressure as it increases the bandwidth W; this enables crossing the Mott insulator-to-metal phase transition by reducing electronic correlations U/W. Here we introduce an alternative path by increasing the molecular orbitals when partially replacing sulfur by selenium in the constituting bis-(ethylenedithio)-tetrathiafulvalene (BEDT-TTF) molecules of the title compound. We characterize the tuning of the insulating quantum spin liquid state via a Mott transition to the metallic Fermi-liquid state by transport, dielectric, and optical measurements. At this first-order phase transition, metallic regions coexist in the insulating matrix leading to pronounced percolative effects most obvious in a strong enhancement of the dielectric constant at low temperatures.
- Subjects :
- Condensed Matter - Strongly Correlated Electrons
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Details
- Database :
- arXiv
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsarx.1911.06766
- Document Type :
- Working Paper