Transition from Mott insulator to superconductor in GaNb4Se 8 and GaTa4Se8 under high pressure

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 12, 2004, Pages

  Abd Elmeguid, M M ^a   Ni, B ^a   Khomskii, D I ^a,d   Pocha, R ^b   Johrendt, D ^b   Wang, X ^c   Syassen, K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; ELECTRIC INSULATORS; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS; PHONONS; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; POTENTIAL ENERGY; SINGLE CRYSTALS; STOICHIOMETRY; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

ATOMIC DISPLACEMENTS; MOTT INSULATORS; MOTT TRANSITIONS;

GALLIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 19644367914     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.126403     Document Type: Article

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