Proceedings of the Yamada Conference XV on Physics and Chemistry of Quasi One-Dimensional Conductors

Preface

Organizing Committee

Opening Address

Welcome address

Yamada Science Foundation and the scope of Yamada Conferences - Executive members of the Foundation xiv

Contents

I. Inorganic conductors

1-1. Dynamics and metastability of charge-density-wave systems

Scaling behavior in high field charge density wave transport and the role of free carrier damping

Frequency dependent response of pinned CDW condensates

Depinning of charge-density waves by quantum tunneling

Dynamics of sliding charge density waves

Microwave harmonic mixing in niobium triselenide below threshold

Harmonic mixing in niobium triselenide at large microwave power-levels

Nonlinear ac and dc conduction phenomena of charge-density-waves described by the Fukuyama-Lee-Rice model

Magnetic field effects to 230 kG on the magnetotransport and charge-density waves in NbSe3

CDW depinning of NbSe3 under a magnetic field

The evolution of nonlinear electrical transport effects in TTF-TCNQ as driven through CDW commensurability

Frequency dependent conductivity measurements on TTF-TCNQ

Evidence for thermally-initiated phase-slip in charge-density waves in niobium triselenide Direct observation of conduction noise under pulsed electric field in the nonohmic regime of NbSe3 Breakable charge density waves

Breaking of the CDW coherence in various inhomogeneous situations

Dynamics of charge density wave conductors: broken coherence, chaos, and noisy precursors

Nonlinear effects in small o-TaS3 samples

Charge density wave conduction: dynamics and finite size effects

Numerical study of statics and dynamics of charge-density-waves based on Fukuyama-Lee-Rice model

Numerical experiments on glassy charge density waves in three dimensions

Structures and the sliding motion of CDW's in blue bronzes and other low dimensional conductors

Metastability and dynamics in the charge-density wave state of K030MoO3

The disequilibration of the pinned charge density wave by slight temperature changes

The blue bronze: the charge density wave state and nonlinear transport

Broadband noise in blue bronze KO3MoO3

Analogy between depinning of a charge density wave and elastic-plastic transition in metallurgy

Electric-field induced deformation of sliding CDW in K030

Evidence for sliding motion of CDW in RbO3MoO3: 87Rb NMR

NMR evidence of the Fröhlich mode in RbO3OMoO3

Switching and intermittent oscillations in KO3MoO3

CDW transport in A"030MoO3: crystal quality, inhomogeneous conductivity and contact geometry

Non-linear conduction in K030MoO3 below 4.2 K

Field hysteresis and relaxation in KO3MoO3

Kink dynamics, breathers and narrow band noise in charge density waves

Quantum statistical mechanics of the sine-Gordon model with dissipation

Quantum effects on impurity pinning and depinning of charge density waves

Phase-slip-center as a dynamic amplitude solution. Theory

DC-induced voltage oscillations in uniaxial deformed o-TaS3

A phase-slip model of switching

CDW conduction study under rf field in monoclinic TaS3

AC conductivity and dielectric constant in (NbSe4)10/3I and (TaSe4)2I

Elastic behavior of linear chain conductor (TaSe4)2I

1-2. Equilibrium properties of charge-density-wave systems

The effect of magnetic fields on the electronic structure of density-wave systems

Pressure and field dependences of dc resistance of o-TaS3 along the 6-axis

Electrical anisotropy of the chain-like conductors NbSe3 and TaSe3

Tunnel junctions NbSe3/I/Pb under pressure

Point contact study of orthorhombic TaS3

Metastable electron paramagnetic resonance spectra in the charge density wave state of K030MoO3

Mössbauer studies of the charge density wave state of 57Fe-K030MoO3

Electronic structure of K030MoO3 studied by ultraviolet photoemission spectroscopy

Electronic structure of (TaSe4)2I studied by positron annihilation and ultraviolet photoemission spectroscopy (UPS)

Lattice vibrations at the charge-density-wave phase transitions in (TaSe4)2I and (NbSe4)2I

Optical investigation of the Peierls gap in the chain-like conductor (TaSe4)2I

Inelastic neutron scattering of the low-dimensional conductors (TaSe4)2I and Mo8023

Influence of deviations from the stoichiometric compositions for the physical properties of (T,M)1 + xNb3_xSe10 with T = Fe, Cr and M = Nb, Ti

Numerical study of charge density waves in nearly quarter-filled one-dimensional electron-phonon systems

Solitons in quarted-filled one-dimensional electron-phonon systems

Kink lattice structure and midgap band in incommensurate charge density waves

Coulomb-induced pseudo-critical behaviour in disordered CDW's

Long-range Coulomb effects in incommensurate CDW systems

The anisotropy and Peierls transition in quasi one-dimensional conductors

Effects of forward scattering and incommensurate lattice in 1-D weak localization

1-3. Superconductivity

BCS pairing versus bipolaron crystallization in one- and two-dimensional strongly coupled

electron-phonon systems

Polarized reflectance spectra of the one-dimensional superconductor Tl2Mo6Se6 - a comparison with the anisotropic superconductor (SN)x

Anomalies observed in the superconducting transition region in TaSe3

Anisotropie superconducting transition in ZrTe3

Superconductivity in Li09Mo6O17

Effect of impurities on quasi-one-dimensional superconductors

One dimensional BCS Hamiltonian in Hg3_5AsF6

1-4. Others

Stacking disorder in NbS3 and ZrX3 (X = S, Se)

Metal-insulator transitions in the quasi-one-dimensional compound (NbSe4)3I

Formation of long-range order near the second-order phase transition temperature in (NbSe4)3I

Properties of the phase transition in (NbSe4)3I

Thermal and magnetic measurements on ZrTe5

Defects in (H3O)0_33Li0_8(Pt(mnt)2) 1.67 H2 0

Valence fluctuation and negative thermal expansion in quasi one-dimensional Pt compounds

Pseudo-gap model for KCP. Application to the near infrared conductivity

II. Organic conductors

II-1. Synthesis and structure analysis

Synthesis, structure and electrical properties of the two-dimensional organic conductor, (BEDT-TTF) 2 BrI 2

Radical cation salts of BEDT-TTF and an unsymmetrical BEDT-TTF derivate

Synthesis, structure, and properties of (BPDT-TTF)2IBr2

The crystal growth of BEDT-TTF complexes with linear chain anions

Chemical and physical properties of charge transfer complexes of capped donors (BEDT-TTF series) and uncapped donors (TTCn-TTF series)

Molecular solids containing BEDT-TTF and structurally related transition metal complexes

Cation radical salts based on Te-containing tetrachalcogenotetracenes

Multi-sulfur ð-donors and ð-acceptors and a few of their charge transfer complexes

Nitrogen-containing tetrathiafulvalenes and a few of their charge transfer complexes

Conductive and superconductive materials derived from dmit-complexes

Structure and properties of [M(S2C2(CN)2)2](where M is Ni, Pd, or Pt) monoanions with small cations

Synthetic studies on extended s-donor ligands as potential molecular conductors

Electrical properties of powdered mixtures of pure TCNQ and TTF: evidence for a strong solid-state charge-transfer reaction

II-2. Superconductivity

Superconducting and magnetic instabilities in (TMTSF)2X and (BEDT-TTF)2 conductors

Peculiarities of organic superconductors of the (BEDT-TTF)2X-family

High Tc superconducting state in organic metal /?-(BEDT-TTF)2X

Shear induced superconductivity in ß(BEDT-TTF)2I3

ß-(ET)2X organic superconductors: linear-anion control of structure and ambient-pressure superconductivity, and the first point-contact tunneling studies of ß-(ET)2AuI2 implying extremely strong coupling

A neutron diffraction study of the extent of disorder in the low temperature (20 K) structure of ß-(BEDT-TTF)2I2Br

The structure of ß-(BEDT-TTF)2I3 at 4.5 K and 1.5 kbar

Temperature and angular dependence of the upper critical field in ß2(BEDT-TTF)2I3 and its deuterated analogue

Meissner effect under pressure in organic superconductors of the ß(BEDT-TTF)2X family (X = I3, IBr2, Aul2)

Two superconducting phases in the organic conductor: ß-(BEDT-TTF)2I3

Upper critical field of ß(BEDT-TTF)2I3 in the high Tc superconducting state

Critical magnetic fields and related properties of the ambient pressure organic superconductor ß-(BEDT-TTF)2IBr2

Radiation effect on superconductivity in ß-(BEDT-TTF)2I3

The role of the anions in determining the ground state and the low temperature behaviour of the organic alloy (TMTSF)2(C104)1_ v(Re04)x, 0 < x < 1

The first 3D molecular superconductor under pressure?: TTF [Ni(dmit)2]2

II-3. Spin density wave

Magnetic field induced phases of (TMTSF)2C104

Quantum oscillations and field-induced transitions in (TMTSF)2Re04

Field induced phase transitions in the Bechgaard salts

(TMTSF)2PF6: Evidence for a unified phase diagram

High field magnetoresistance of (TMTSF)2C104 and (TMTSF)2PF6. Quantum effects and phase transitions

New aspects of the field-induced SDW states observed for (TMTSF)2C104 in high magnetic fields

Hall effect study of field induced quantum oscillations in (TMTSF)2PF6 at 10.5 kbar

Shubnikov-de Haas oscillations and (0 ^ {) anion ordering in (TMTSF)2Re04 at 14 kbar observed by transport measurements

Nesting vector, amplitude and anisotropy of SDW in (TMTSF)2X obtained by NMR

Determination of SDW characteristics in (TMTSF)2PF6 by lH-NMR analysis

77Se NMR study of the SDW state in (TMTSF)2C104

Antiferromagnetic resonance: a probe for various organic conductors

Measurement and calculation of the far-infrared conductivity of two (TMTSF)2X salts in the spin-density-wave state

Cascade of field induced spin density wave phases in quasi one dimensional conductors

Quantized density wave ordering induced by a magnetic field in quasi one-dimensional conductors in the weak coupling limit

On the magnetic-field-induced SDW phase in the Bechgaard salts

Cascade of the field induced spin density wave transition in Bechgaard salts

The transition temperature in quasi-one-dimensional conductors, (TMTSF)9X

The role of kinetic interchain coupling in quasi-lD conductors

Importance of one-dimensional correlations in the phase diagram of the (TMTTF)2-(TMTSF)2-X salts

Properties of anisotropic spin-density-wave and triplet superconducting states in quasi-one-dimensional conductors

11-4. Other properties

Temperature dependence of the reflectance spectra of BEDT-TTF polyhalides

Relations between infrared absorption and electron-electron interactions in organic conductors

Optical absorption in "quarter-filled band" TCNQ salts

Pressure and temperature dependence of the crystallographic structures of (TMTCF)2X salts: a change in the band structure under constraint

Thermal expansion in organic conductors

Investigation of a- and ß-(BEDT-TTF)2I3 by electron energy-loss spectroscopy

Electronic and vibrational absorption spectra in DMtTCF and TMTCT salts: estimation for electronic correlations

Electronic excitations in a-(BEDT-TTF)3(N03)2

High resolution NMR investigation in the organic conductors (TMTSF)2X, X = C104, Re04

Temperature effects on the 13C high resolution NMR in (TMTSF)2X salts

NMR study of the molecular motion in (TMTSF)2C104

A comparative study of cation radical salts of tretramethoxynaphthalene, TNM, with anions of different sizes and shapes; C104~ and AsF6

Electronic structure and magnetic property of DBTTF radical ion complexes

Electronic and structural properties of ß-(BEDT-TTF)2I3 by *H-NMR measurements

Magnetoresistance in ß-(BEDT-TTF)2X salts

An approach to the control of dimensionality of molecular conductors. Structure and electrical properties of (BMDT-TTF)(TCNQ)

Experimental and theoretical studies of transition metal dithiolate and diselenolate

Comparative ESR studies of the polycrystalline alkali metal tetrafluorotetracyanoquinodimethan (TCNQF4) charge transfer salts

Optical-phonon-mediated charge transport in substituted morpholinium TCNQ2 salts

Physical properties of phenanthrene-TCNQ complex

Domain wall dynamics in mixed-stack charge-transfer crystal

Electronic states and soliton structures in the mixed-stack compounds

Coulomb correlation effects in quasi-one-dimensional conductors

Extended PPP model: 2XA and 13B states of polydiacetylene fragments

Competition between structural instabilities in organic conductors and superconductors

ESR study under hydrostatic pressure on (BEDT)2SbF6 and AsF6: disappearance of the metal-insulator phase transition

Phase transition of the BEDT-TTF charge-transfer complex with C104

The incommensurate phase in spin-Peierls systems and its analogy with the electronic Peierls problem: a comparison

Raman scattering on MEM(TCNQ)2 in the vicinity of the spin-Peierls transition

Regular-dimerized stack vs. neutral-ionic instability in mixed stack CT crystals

A new mechanism of the structural phase transition accompanied by the change of the eleptronic structure of a-(BPDT-TTF)[Ni(dmit)2]2

Magnetic resonance analysis of the phase transition in fluoranthene radical cation salts

III. Summaries

Summary remarks on CDW's: Yamada Conference

Concluding remarks on superconductivity and spin density waves

Closing remarks: new materials

List of participants

List of contributors

Materials index

Analytic subject index