ISSN:
1434-6036
Keywords:
PACS. 76.30.-v Electron paramagnetic resonance and relaxation - 72.80.Le Polymers; organic compounds (including organic semiconductors) - 75.40.-s Critical-point effects, specific heats, short-range order
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
Abstract: The magnetic susceptibility, using dc and electron spin resonance (ESR) methods, the specific heat, and the infrared properties of the one-dimensional molecular semiconductors lithium phthalocyanine (LiPc) and the iodinated compound LiPcI have been investigated for temperatures K. LiPc has a half-filled conduction band and is expected to be an organic metal. However, due to the strong Coulomb repulsion the system is a one-dimensional Mott-Hubbard insulator with a Hubbard gap of 0.75 eV as inferred from optical measurements. The localized electrons along the molecular stacks behave like a S = 1/2 antiferromagnetic spin chain. The spin susceptibility, as determined by ESR experiments, and the magnetic contribution to the heat capacity show a Bonner-Fisher type of behavior with an exchange constant K. LiPcI is an intrinsic narrow-gap semiconductor with an optical gap of 0.43 eV. In ESR experiments it is silent, indicating that all the unpaired electrons have been removed from the macrocycle via doping with iodine.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s100510050555
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