Mott transition, compressibility divergence, and the P-T phase diagram of layered organic superconductors: An ultrasonic investigation

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 2003, Pages

  Fournier, D ^a   Poirier, M ^a   Castonguay, M ^a   Truong, K D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ELASTIC MODULI; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ENERGY GAP; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NUMERICAL METHODS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; ULTRASONIC VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

COMPRESSIBILITY DIVERGENCE; ELECTRON-LATTICE INTERACTION; MOTT TRANSITION;

HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS;

EID: 0037724229     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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