Optically Visible Phase Separation between Mott-Hubbard and Charge-Density-Wave Domains in a Pd-Br Chain Complex

Takefumi Yoshida, Shinya Takaishi, Hiroaki Iguchi, Hiroshi Okamoto, Hisaaki Tanaka, Shin Ichi Kuroda, Yuka Hosomi, Shoji Yoshida, Hidemi Shigekawa, Tatsuhiro Kojima, Hiroyoshi Ohtsu, Masaki Kawano, Brian K. Breedlove, Laurent Guérin, Masahiro Yamashita

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Abstract

We synthesized a bromo-bridged Pd complex, which underwent as lowering the temperature a charge-density-wave (CDW) to Mott-Hubbard (MH) phase transition, as confirmed by using X-ray diffraction analysis, ESR, FT-IR and Raman spectroscopies. The complex showed a phase-separation phenomenon with a striped pattern over a wide temperature range, and domain propagation was observed using an optical microscope. Moreover, we observed changes in the local electronic state accompanying the phase transition by using scanning tunneling microscopy (STM).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)259-263
Number of pages5
JournalChemistrySelect
Volume1
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016 Feb

Keywords

  • charge bistability
  • charge-transfer phase transition
  • local electronic states
  • phase separation
  • quasi-one-dimensional halogen-bridged metal complex

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