Giant dielectric response in the one-dimensional charge-ordered semiconductor (NbSe4)3I

Phys Rev Lett. 2006 Feb 3;96(4):046402. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.046402. Epub 2006 Jan 30.

Abstract

We report on broadband dielectric spectroscopy on the one-dimensional semiconductor (NbSe4)3I. Below the structural phase transition close to 270 K, which is accompanied by complex charge-order processes, we observe colossal dielectric constants with a frequency and temperature dependence very similar to what is observed in charge-density wave systems.