The Physics of Organic Superconductors and Conductors

Historically, quasi-low-dimensional superconductors were considered as the main candidates to observe high-temperature superconductivity. For a disc- sion of the related exotic mechanisms of superconductivity, suggested by W.A. Little and V.L. Ginzburg, see a chapter by D. J´ erome in this volume. Unf- tunately, high-temperature superconductivity has not been discovered yet in quasi-one-dimensional (Q1D) and quasi-two-dimensional (Q2D) organic ma- rials. Nevertheless, very rich and, in many cases, unique physical properties of their metallic, superconducting, charge- and spin-density-wave phases allowed P.M. Chaikin to claim that the ?rst organic superconductors, (TMTSF) X, 2 are probably the most interesting electronic materials ever discovered. Our book welcomes a reader to a fascinating world of exotic condensed matter physics, low temperatures, and high and ultrahigh magnetic ?elds. It is written by leading experts in the area from USA, France, Japan, Russia, United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, South Korea, Croatia, Hungary, and Switzerland. The book consists of six parts, subdivided into 27 chapters, which contain both the experimental results and their theoretical explanations. The majority of the chapters contain pedagogical introductions and all necessary illustrations to be read separately. Although we concentrate on physical p- nomena, in the most chapters related chemistry and structural aspects of Q1D and Q2D organic materials are also discussed.

Most advanced and comprehensive book on organic superconductors and conductors Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Since 2004: Professor at Physics Dept., University of Arizona, USA;

Since 2000: Full Professor at Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Moscow, Russia;

2000: Doctor of Sciences (Full Professor) Degree from Landau Institute;

1995-2001: Visiting Professor at Kyoto University, Osaka University, and Tohoku University (all Japan);

1990: Lenin Komsomol Prize in Physics (the Highest former Soviet Union Government Prize for scientists younger than 36);

1986: Ph.D. from Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics.

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This book contains general (tutorial) and topical reviews, written by leading researches in the area of organic superconductors and conductors from USA, Japan, France, Germany, Russia, United Kingdom, Korea, and Australia. It covers contemporary topics such as unconventional superconductivity, non- Fermi-liquid properties, the quantum Hall effect, strongly correlated electrons, novel types of quantum macroscopic phenomena in a magnetic field, magnetic field induced spin(charge)-density waves, and magnetic field induced exotic superconducting phases are described both from theoretical and experimental points of views. Two types of review are included: general (tutorial) reviews, containing both educational information and state of art information about recent experimental discoveries and theoretical predictions are intended for general readers, researchers and graduate students, specialized in any area of condensed matter physics; and topical reviews, emphasizing very recent developments, will be useful for researches and graduate students currently active in the physics of organic conductors and superconductors. The book provides both an introduction and a review of the current status of the field.

Inhalt
Historical Surveys.- Historical Approach to Organic Superconductivity.- From Sliding Charge Density Wave to Charge Ordering.- Field-Induced SpinDensity Waves and Dimensional Crossovers.- Cascade of FISDW Phases: Wave Vector Quantization and its Consequences.- General Reviews.- La Tour des Sels de Bechgaard.- Physical Properties of Quasi-Two-Dimensional Organic Conductors in Strong Magnetic Fields.- Magnetic Properties of Organic Conductors and Superconductors as Dimensional Crossovers.- Layered Organic Conductors in Strong Magnetic Fields.- High-field Magnetoresistive Effects in Reduced-Dimensionality Organic Metals and Superconductors.- Energy and Dielectric Relaxations in BechgaardFabre Salts.- Ferroelectricity and Charge Ordering in Quasi-1D Organic Conductors.- Interacting Electrons in Quasi-One-Dimensional Organic Superconductors.- Unusual Properties of a Metallic Phase.- Unusual Magic Angles Effects in Bechgaard Salts.- Versatile Method to Estimate Dimensionality of Q1D Fermi Surface by Third Angular Effect.- Microwave Spectroscopy of Q1D and Q2D Organic Conductors.- Field-Induced Spin(Charge)-Density Wave Phases.- Magnetic Field-Induced Spin-Density Wave and Spin-Density Wave Phases in (TMTSF)2PF6.- Theory of the Quantum Hall Effect in Quasi-One-Dimensional Conductors.- Orbitally Quantized Density-Wave States Perturbed from Equilibrium.- Unconventional Density Waves in Organic Conductors and in Superconductors.- Charge Density Waves in Strong Magnetic Fields.- Unconventional Electronic Phases in (TMTSF)2X: The Case of (TMTSF)2ClO4.- Unconventional Superconducting Properties.- Mott Transition and Superconductivity in Q2D Organic Conductors.- Triplet Scenario of Superconductivity vs. Singlet One in (TMTSF)2X Materials.- Triplet Superconductivity inQuasi-One-Dimensional Conductors.- Theory of the FuldeFerrellLarkinOvchinnikov State and Application to Quasi-Low-dimensional Organic Superconductors.- Electron Correlations in Organic Conductors.- SO(4) Symmetry in Bechgaard Salts.- From Luttinger to Fermi Liquids in Organic Conductors.