Materials Today Physics ( IF 10.0 ) Pub Date : 2021-06-26 , DOI: 10.1016/j.mtphys.2021.100467 Sudeshna Samanta , Arun S. Nissimagoudar , Rabaya Basori , Alexei Kuzmin , Mingtao Li , Jinbo Zhang , Lin Wang , Yongjun Tian , Ho-kwang Mao
The hybrid inorganic/organic closed -stacking and soft lattice of a copper anion radial (Copper-7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinodimethane) renders its electrical conductivity and structural modifications, which are susceptible to temperature and pressure. The geometry of its metal-ligand construction contemplates the concept of topology with a charge-transfer instability. A pressure-induced ionic-neutral phase transition occurs and accompanies an anomalously large electrical conductivity, carries topological charges, and possesses a low energy gap smaller than the Coulomb gap. X-ray absorption spectroscopy of the metal establishes the high electrical conduction by the topological charges. X-ray diffraction and the first-principles calculations further suggest that the compression leads to an irreversible alteration in the metal coordination and rotation of the quinoid rings of the anion. The present observation demonstrates a close coupling of topological charges and lattice dynamics within a relatively low-pressure regime, which may expand a novel paradigm for the comprehensive topological charge transport phenomena including thermoelectric effects in future.
中文翻译:
阴离子自由基盐中前所未有的压力驱动金属化和拓扑电荷传输
混合无机/有机封闭 - 铜阴离子径向(Copper-7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinodimethane)的堆叠和软晶格使其导电性和结构改性,这对温度和压力敏感。其金属配体结构的几何形状考虑了具有电荷转移不稳定性的拓扑概念。发生压力诱导的离子-中性相变,伴随着异常大的电导率,携带拓扑电荷,并具有小于库仑间隙的低能隙。金属的 X 射线吸收光谱通过拓扑电荷建立了高导电性。X 射线衍射和第一性原理计算进一步表明,压缩导致金属配位和阴离子醌环旋转的不可逆变化。