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Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 5420–5423 (2000)

Mott Transition, Antiferromagnetism, and Unconventional Superconductivity in Layered Organic Superconductors

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S. Lefebvre1,2, P. Wzietek1, S. Brown3, C. Bourbonnais2, D. Jérome1, C. Mézière4, M. Fourmigué4, and P. Batail4
1Laboratoire de Physique des Solides (CNRS, U.R.A.2), Université de Paris-sud, Bâtiment 510, 91405 Orsay, France
2CERPEMA, Département de Physique, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada J1K 2R1
3Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095-1569
4Institut des Matériaux de Nantes, 44072 Nantes, France

Received 12 May 2000; published in the issue dated 18 December 2000

The phase diagram of the organic superconductor κ-(ET)2Cu[N(CN)2]Cl has been accurately measured from 1H NMR and ac susceptibility techniques under helium gas pressure. The domains of stability of antiferromagnetic and superconducting orders in the pressure vs temperature plane have been determined. Both phases overlap through a first-order boundary that separates two regions of inhomogeneous phase coexistence. The boundary curve merges with the first-order line of the metal-insulator transition which ends with a critical point at higher temperature. The whole phase diagram features a pointlike region where metallic, insulating, antiferromagnetic, and non-s-wave superconducting phases all meet.

© 2000 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.5420
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.5420
PACS:
74.70.Kn, 71.30.+h, 74.25.Nf