A new organic superconductor, beta-(BDA-TTP)2GaCl4 [BDA-TTP = 2,5-(1,3-dithian-2-ylidene)-1,3,4,6-tetrathiapentalene]

Jun-ichi Yamada; Takashi Toita; Hiroki Akutsu; Shin'ichi Nakatsuji; Hiroyuki Nishikawa; Isao Ikemoto; Koichi Kikuchi; Eun S Choi; David Graf; James S Brooks

doi:10.1039/b306314c

A new organic superconductor, beta-(BDA-TTP)2GaCl4 [BDA-TTP = 2,5-(1,3-dithian-2-ylidene)-1,3,4,6-tetrathiapentalene]

Chem Commun (Camb). 2003 Sep 7:(17):2230-1. doi: 10.1039/b306314c.

Authors

Jun-ichi Yamada¹, Takashi Toita, Hiroki Akutsu, Shin'ichi Nakatsuji, Hiroyuki Nishikawa, Isao Ikemoto, Koichi Kikuchi, Eun S Choi, David Graf, James S Brooks

Affiliation

¹ Department of Material Science, Graduate School of Science, Himeji Institute of Technology, 3-2-1 Kouto, Kamigori-cho, Ako-gun, Hyogo 678-1297, Japan. yamada@sci.himeji-tech.ac.jp

PMID: 13678215
DOI: 10.1039/b306314c

Abstract

The preparation, crystal structure and physical properties of beta-(BDA-TTP)2GaCl4 has been investigated; the salt exhibits superconductivity at 3.1 K (onset) under a hydrostatic pressure of 7.6 kbar.