Hysteretic Current–Voltage Characteristics in the Deuterium-Dynamics-Triggered Charge-Ordered Phase of κ-D3(Cat-EDT-TTF)2
- 15 March 2019
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Physical Society of Japan in Journal of the Physics Society Japan
- Vol. 88 (3)
- https://doi.org/10.7566/jpsj.88.034710
Abstract
A purely organic material, kappa-D-3 (Cat-EDT-TTF)(2), undergoes a peculiar charge ordering transition triggered by deuterium localization in hydrogen bonds between two-dimensional conducting layers. Here, we report that the current density-electric field characteristics of this charge-ordered phase exhibit negative differential resistance and also hysteresis, which is considered to be induced by the deuterium dynamics. Upon the application of a pulsed voltage, the resistance irreversibly changes; namely, the initial charge-ordered state is changed to a metastable state through a high-conducting (excited) state, which results in the appearance of the hysteresis. Raman spectroscopy suggests that this metastable state is a non-charge-ordered dimer-Mott state. Interestingly, this state does not appear at low temperatures, and instead, the initial charge-ordered state reappears. These results are well understood by considering the temperature-dependent dynamics of hydrogen-bonded deuterium (i.e., localization/fluctuations) coupled to the pi-electrons in the conducting layers. In contrast, the hydrogen analogue kappa-D-3 (Cat-EDT-TTF)(2), which is a dimer-Mott insulator without proton localization, does not show such hysteretic behavior.Keywords
Funding Information
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JP16K05744, JP24340074, JP16H04010)
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (JP17H05143, JP18H05516)
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