Current-induced insulator-metal transition and pattern formation in an organic charge-transfer complex

Science

Volumn 284, Issue 5420, 1999, Pages 1645-1647

  Kumai, R ^a   Okimoto, Y ^a   Tokura, Y ^a,b  

^a JT RES CENTER FOR ATOM TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; POTASSIUM; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY);

CURRENT-INDUCED INSULATOR METAL TRANSITIONS; ORGANIC MOLECULAR MOTT INSULATORS; PATTERN FORMATION;

ELECTRIC INSULATORS;

ACETONITRILE; ALKALI METAL; POTASSIUM IODIDE;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL; DIMERIZATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON; ENERGY TRANSFER; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0033522803     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.284.5420.1645     Document Type: Article

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15. We thank N. Nagaosa, N. Kawakami, and H. Fukuyama for enlightening discussions. We also thank M. Izumi for his help with atomic force microscope measurements. This work, partly supported by New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization, was performed at JRCAT under the joint research agreement between National Institute for Advanced Interdisciplinary Research and Angstrom Technology Partnership.