Organic Superconductivity

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Organic Superconductivity: The First Quarter Century....Pages 1-3
Front Matter....Pages 5-5
Organic and Oxide Superconductors: An Experimental Comparison....Pages 7-13
Thallium-Based Copper Oxide Superconductors....Pages 15-22
Fundamental Similarities between Organic and Cuprate Superconductors Shown by Muon Spin Relaxation Studies....Pages 23-29
Organics vs Cuprates: Why is T c Still So Low in the Organics....Pages 31-35
Front Matter....Pages 37-37
Structure-Property Relationships for β- and κ-Phase BEDT-TTF Salts and their use in the Synthesis of κ-(BEDT-TTF) 2 Cu[N(CN) 2 ]Br: A Salt Having the Highest-T C (Inductive Onset = 11.6 K, Resistive Onset = 12.5 K) Yet Observed in an Organic Superconductor....Pages 39-50
New Ambient Pressure Organic Superconductors: α-(BEDT-TTF) 2 (NH 4 )Hg(SCN) 4 , βm-(BEDO-TTF) 3 Cu 2 (NCS) 3 , and κ-(BEDT-TTF) 2 Cu[N(CN) 2 ]Br....Pages 51-66
Front Matter....Pages 67-67
The Infrared Response of the Exotic Superconductors....Pages 69-79
The Electrodynamics of the Superconducting State of κ-(BEDT-TTF) 2 Cu(MCS) 2 ....Pages 81-87
The Infrared Conductivities of Semiconducting (TMTSF) 2 ReO 4 and (TMTSF) 2 BF 4 , Compared with Several Model Calculations....Pages 89-98
Front Matter....Pages 99-99
An Introduction to Thermopower for Those Who Might Want to Use It to Study Organic Conductors and Superconductors....Pages 101-115
Pressure in the Study of Organic Superconductors....Pages 117-121
Uniaxial Stress Effects on Organic Superconductor κ-(BEDT-TTF) 2 Cu(NCS) 2 ....Pages 123-131
Pressure Dependence of the Quantum Hall Effect and Giant Oscillations in (TMTSF) 2 PF 6 ....Pages 133-145
Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and Spectroscopy of Quasi One-Dimensional Organic Conductors....Pages 147-158
Absence of Field Induced Spin Density Wave Transitions in (TMTSF) 2 NO 3 ....Pages 159-163
Front Matter....Pages 165-165
Fermi Surface Study of Organic Superconductors (BEDT-TTF) 2 X: A Wonderland of Two-Dimensional Molecular Metals....Pages 167-190
Transport and Magnetization Studies of β″(BEDT-TTF) 2 AuBr 2 ....Pages 191-200
Magneto-resistance of (TMTSF) 2 ClO 4 in Pulsed Magnetic Fields....Pages 201-208
Front Matter....Pages 209-209
Band Structure Calculation and Tunneling Measurements in (BEDT-TTF) 2 X (X= I 3 , IAuI)....Pages 211-220
Front Matter....Pages 209-209
Phase Diagram of Anisotropic Two-Dimensional Quarter-Filled Band of Interacting Electrons....Pages 221-229
Nature of Chalcogen⋯Chalcogen Contact Interactions in Organic Donor-Molecule Salts....Pages 231-242
Importance of C-H⋯Donor and C-H⋯Anion Contact Interactions for the Crystal Packing, the Lattice Softness and the Superconducting Transition Temperatures of Organic Conducting Salts....Pages 243-266
What Can We Learn from High T c Ceramic Superconductors for the Design of Organic Superconductors?....Pages 267-274
Quasi-Particles in Polymeric Conductors....Pages 275-284
Pair Correlation in Organic Molecules....Pages 285-291
Front Matter....Pages 293-293
Prospects for New Discoveries in the Organics: Synthesis Panel....Pages 295-316
Metalloporphyrin Liquid-Crystalline Polymers....Pages 317-324
Structural and Electronic Properties of Highly Conducting Dicyanoquinonediimine (DCNQI) Radical Anion Salts....Pages 325-334
Conjugated Ionic Polyacetylenes I: Novel Structures and Model for a Polymeric High T c Superconductor....Pages 335-340
Prospects for Organic Polymeric Superconductors and New Organic Crystalline Superconductors....Pages 341-345
Multidecker Organometallic Sandwich Polymers; Prospective Conductive Backbones for the Formation of Macromolecular Architectures Conforming to the Excitonic Superconductor Topology Proposed by Little....Pages 347-358
A Search for New Classes of Conducting Polymers using 4d and 5d Metal Porphyrin Complexes....Pages 359-366
Conducting and Superconducting Crystals Based on Some Unsymmetrical Donor Molecules....Pages 367-374
Closing Remarks....Pages 375-377
Back Matter....Pages 375-386