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Title: Dimensional Crossover in the Purple Bronze Li{sub 0.9}Mo{sub 6}O{sub 17}

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters
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  1. Department of Physics, Montana State University, P. O. Box 173840, Bozeman, Montana 59717-3840 (United States)
  2. National Center for Biotechnology Information, 8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland 20894 (United States)

Thermal expansion of Li{sub 0.9}Mo{sub 6}O{sub 17} is a-axis dominated which reduces the separation of the conducting chains at low temperature enhancing the interchain coupling. This destabilizes the Luttinger-liquid fixed point leading to an electronic charge- (or spin-) density wave dominated by Coulomb repulsion, as predicted by theories for Luttinger liquids.

OSTI ID:
20953380
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, Vol. 98, Issue 26; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.266405; (c) 2007 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0031-9007
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English