J. Phys. IV France 114 (2004) 41
DOI: 10.1051/jp4:2004114007

Longitudinal and transverse transport of the quasi-one dimensional organic conductor TMTTF ₂PF ₆ studied under high pressure

P. Auban-Senzier¹, D. Jérome¹, C. Carcel² and J.M. Fabre<sup>2

1</sup>  Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, Bât. 510, Université Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay, France
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²  Laboratoire Hétérochimie et Matériaux Organiques, ENSCM/ESA-5076, 34296 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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Abstract

We report the first extensive study of longitudinal ( and transverse ( transport properties versus temperature of the organic quasi one dimensional conductor TMTTF ₂PF ₆ over the pressure domain extending from ambient up to 26 kbar. The dimensional cross over observed around 14 kbar separates a 1D region dominated by the Mott-Hubbard gap with activated transport at low pressure from a 3D domain where the temperature range of the metallic behavior, extends up to room temperature along the chains and is progressively increased towards high temperatures in the c direction. In the 1D regime, the different activations obtained from (T) and (T) data suggest two different modes of conduction in the longitudinal and transverse directions. Key words. High pressure - 1D molecular conductors - High electron-electron correlations - Luttinger liquid.

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