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J. Phys. IV France
Volume 09, Number PR10, December 1999
International Workshop on Electronic CrystalsECRYS-99 |
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| Page(s) | Pr10-41 - Pr10-43 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/jp4:19991009 | |
ECRYS-99
J. Phys. IV France 09 (1999) Pr10-41-Pr10-43
DOI: 10.1051/jp4:19991009
Glass-like behavior in the CDW state of the quasi-one-dimensional conductor K0.3MoO3
K. Hosseini1, W. Brütting1, M. Schwoerer1, E. Riedel2, S. van Smaalen2, K. Biljakovic3 and D. Starensinic31 Experimentalphysik II, Universität Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany
2 Lehrstuhl für Kristallographie, Universität Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany
3 Institute of Physics, P.O. Box 304, 10001 Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
By measuring the electric conductivity, dielectric susceptibility and thermally stimulated depolarization of the
charge density wave system K0.3MoO3, we have found two relaxation processes in the temperature range between 100-10
K. The main relaxation process representing the CDW viscosity shows a critical slowing down behavior and disappears
from the measured frequency window at about 28 K. The second one appears below 50 K and becomes the dominant
relaxation below 30 K with a relaxation time decreasing with temperature slower than thermally activated, probably
corresponding to tunneling between pinned CDW regions. The evidence for this interpretation comes from the
temperature and frequency dependence of the conductivity. Together, this gives evidence for a glass-like behavior similar
to chalcogenide glass semiconductors.
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