We have studied metallic phases of the title organic conductors by means of STM at room temperature. An image obtained in the salt with M=Rb is very different from a typical one in the salt with M=Cs. We suggest “vertical stripe” charge ordering in the salt with M=Rb at room temperature, which can naturally explain its anomalous metallic behavior.
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Yoneyama, N., Sasaki, T., Nishizaki, T. et al. Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Study of the Anomalous Metallic Phases in θ-(BEDT-TTF)2 MZn(SCN)4 (M= Rb, Cs). J Low Temp Phys 142, 159–162 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-006-9002-5
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