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Suppression of superconductivity by non-magnetic disorder in the organic superconductor \(\mathsf{(TMTSF)_{2}(ClO_{4})_{(1-x)}(ReO_{4})_{x}}\)

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We present a study of the superconducting properties (T c and H c2) in the solid solution \({\rm (TMTSF)_{2}(ClO}_{4})_{(1-x)}{\rm (ReO_{4})}_{x}\), with a \(\rm ReO_{4}^{-}\) nominal concentration up to \(x = 6\%\). The dramatic suppression of T c when the residual resistivity is increased upon alloying with no modification of the Fermi surface is the signature of non-conventional superconductivity. This behaviour strongly supports p or d wave pairing in quasi one dimensional organic superconductors. The determination of the electron lifetime in the normal state at low temperature confirms that a single particle Drude model is unable to explain the temperature dependence of the conductivity and that a very narrow zero frequency mode must be taken into account for the interpretation of the transport properties.

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  1. Laboratoire de Physique des Solides (CNRS, UMR 8502), Université Paris-Sud, 91405, Orsay, France

    N. Joo, P. Auban-Senzier, C. R. Pasquier & D. Jérome

  2. Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, LPMC, Campus Universitaire, 1060, Tunis, Tunisie

    N. Joo

  3. Laboratoire de Physique des Solides (CNRS, UPR 5), ESPCI, 75231, Paris Cedex 05, France

    P. Monod

  4. Polymer Department, RisøNational Laboratory, 4000, Roskilde, Denmark

    K. Bechgaard

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Received: 17 June 2004, Published online: 3 August 2004

PACS:

74.70.Kn Organic superconductors - 74.62.Dh Effects of crystal defects, doping and substitution - 74.20.Mn Nonconventional mechanisms (spin fluctuations, polarons and bipolarons, resonating valence bond model, anyon mechanism, marginal Fermi liquid, Luttinger liquid, etc.)

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Joo, N., Auban-Senzier, P., Pasquier, C.R. et al. Suppression of superconductivity by non-magnetic disorder in the organic superconductor \(\mathsf{(TMTSF)_{2}(ClO_{4})_{(1-x)}(ReO_{4})_{x}}\) . Eur. Phys. J. B 40, 43–48 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2004-00236-4

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