Recent progress in high-pressure studies on organic conductors

Abstract

Recent high-pressure studies of organic conductors and superconductors are reviewed. The discovery of the highest Tc superconductivity among organics under high pressure has triggered the further progress of the high-pressure research. Owing to this finding, various organic conductors with the strong electron correlation were investigated under high pressures. This review includes the pressure techniques using the cubic anvil apparatus, as well as high-pressure studies of the organic conductors up to 10 GPa showing extraordinary temperature and pressure dependent transport phenomena.

Keywords

• organic conductor
• superconductivity
• charge-density-wave
• spin-density-wave
• Mott insulator
• charge ordering
• metal-insulator transition
• electron correlation
• high-pressure
• cubic anvil apparatus
• Daphne oil