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Recent studies of organic molecular solids are highlighted by their complex phase diagram and light-induced phenomena, such as Mott insulator, spin liquid phase, and superconductivity. However, a discrepancy between experimental observation…
A sequence of structural transitions occurring in the quasi-one-dimensional (1D) 3d1 system BaVS3 at low temperature was investigated by high resolution synchrotron X-ray diffraction. The orthorhombic Cmc21 structure of the…
To elucidate a novel pressure-temperature phase diagram of the quasi-one-dimensional mixed-stack charge-transfer (CT) complex TTF-CA, we study the quasi-one-dimensional spin-1 Blume-Emery-Griffith (BEG) model. In addition to the local…
We present a group theoretic analysis of several classes of organic superconductors. We argue that highly frustrated half-filled layered organic superconductors, such as kappa-(ET)_2Cu2(CN)_3 (where ET is BEDT-TTF) and…
The electron paramagnetic resonance study for an organic superconductor $\beta''$-(BEDT-TTF)$_{4}$[(H$_3$O)Ga(C$_2$O$_4$)$_3$]$\cdot$C$_6$H$_5$NO$_2$ reveals that superconductivity coexists uniformly with the charge ordered state in one…
We have prepared polycrystalline samples of the trimer Ir oxide BaIrO3 with face-shared Ir3O12 trimers, and have investigated the origin of the phase transition at 182 K by measuring resistivity, thermopower, magnetization and synchrotron…
Topological features of possible three-dimensional (3D) states in \alpha-type layered organic conductors are investigated within a unified framework based on Wannier charge centers (WCCs), aiming to identify their actual topological states.…
We measured the variable temperature infrared response of the spin ladder candidate (DTTTF)2Cu(mnt)2 in order to distinguish between two competing ladder models, rectangular versus zigzag, proposed for this family of materials. The…
We present a theoretical study on the superconductivity of $\beta'$-(BEDT-TTF)$_2$ICl$_2$ at $T_{\rm c}=$14.2 K under a high hydrostatic pressure recently found, which is the highest among organic superconductors. In the present work, we…
We present an ab initio analysis for the ground-state properties of a correlated organic compound $\kappa$-(BEDT-TTF)2Cu(NCS)2. First, we derive an effective two-dimensional low-energy model from first principles, having short-ranged…
Infrared and Raman spectra of the three chiral molecular conductors (EDT-TTF-OX)_2AsF_6, comprising two salts based on enantiopure EDT-TTF-OX donor molecules and one based on their racemic mixture, have been measured as a function of…
The prototype compound for the neutral-ionic phase transition, namely TTF-CA, is theoretically investigated by first-principles density functional theory calculations. The study is based on three neutron diffraction structures collected at…
We show that in mixed-valence 3d transition metal oxides undergoing a structural transition, the low temperature phase results from an effective ordering of the charge. This arrangement and the quantitative evaluation of the atomic charges…
Built-in electric fields across heterojunctions between semiconducting materials underpin the functionality of modern device technologies. Heterojunctions between semiconductors and epitaxially grown crystalline oxides provide a rich…
In the doped topological insulator Sr$_x$Bi$_2$Se$_3$, a pronounced in-plane two-fold symmetry is observed in electronic properties below the superconducting transition temperature $T_c \sim$ 3 K, despite the three-fold symmetry of the…
We examine the edge states of the Dirac electrons in the molecular material \alpha-(BEDT-TTF)2I3 with electron-electron interactions. Based on the analysis of the extended Hubbard model with the Hartree-Fock approximation, we show that the…
We have studied the tight-binding model for the \alpha-type layered organic conductors, \alpha-(ET)2I3 and \alpha-(BETS)2I3, with a uniform interlayer coupling accompanied by spin-orbit interaction originating from the I3- anion potential.…
Charge ordering in the low-temperature monoclinic structure of iron oxoborate (Fe2OBO3) is investigated using the local spin density approximation (LSDA)+U method. While the difference between t_{2g} minority occupancies of Fe^{2+} and…
Measurements of the electrical and thermal conductivities, thermopower and paramagnetic susceptibility have been performed on single crystal samples of Bi1/2Sr1/2MnO3 and complemented with the X-ray powder diffraction data. A pronounced…
The angle-dependent interlayer magnetoresistance of the layered organic metal $\alpha$-(BEDT-TTF)$_2$KHg(SCN)$_4$ is found to undergo a dramatic change from the classical conventional behavior at low magnetic fields to an anomalous one at…