Études structurales des conducteurs organiques bidimensionnels à haute pression

Orateur : Sulyvan BRUN (ESRF)

Organic conductors based on charge-transfer salt of bis(ethylenedithio)tetrathiafulvalene (BEDT-TTF or ET) exhibit electronic properties ranging from semiconducting to metallic to superconducting. Pressure can induce subtle structural rearrangements associated with drastic changes in physical properties. Study of the pressure induced structural changes of these compounds, with low symmetry unit cells containing dozens of light atoms, is a challenge. The aim of this work is to investigate pressure-induced structural changes with single crystal X-ray diffraction. Single-crystals of six organic conductors and superconductors (α-(BEDT-TTF)2I3, β-(BEDT-TTF)2I3, κ-(BEDT-TTF)2I3, α-(BEDT-TTF)2KHg(SCN)4, κ-(BEDT-TTF)2Cu(NCS)2, and κ-(BEDT-TTF)2Cu[N(CN)2]Br) were studied at high-pressures (up to 32 GPa) in a diamond-anvil cell on the ID09A beamline at the ESRF. Helium was used as pressure transmitting-medium. The compressibilities of the six compounds are reported, and atomic positions were determined under pressure. For the first time, reversible structural phase transitions in α-(BEDT-TTF)2I3 to αHP-(BEDT-TTF)2I3 at 13.6 GPa, and in κ-(BEDT-TTF)2Cu(NCS)2 to κHP-(BEDT-TTF)2Cu(NCS)2 at 8.5 GPa have been observed, and the original high pressure structures have been described successfully. Raman measurements agree well with the observed structural changes.

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