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We review the current understanding of superconductivity in the quasi-one-dimensional organic conductors of the Bechgaard and Fabre salt families. We discuss the interplay between superconductivity, antiferromagnetism, and…
Layered organic superconductors of the BEDT family are model systems for the interplay of the Mott transition with superconductivity, magnetic order and frustration. Recent experimental studies on a hole-doped version of BEDT compounds…
The nature of the insulating ground state in quasi-two-dimensional organic conductor lambda-(BETS)_2GaX_zY_{4-z}, where the existence of a spin gap is suggested by susceptibility measurement, has been studied theoretically. Hartree-Fock…
We report the results of an experiment investigating coherence and correlation effects in a system of coupled donors. Two donors are strongly coupled to two leads in a parallel configuration within a nano-wire field effect transistor. By…
A Hubbard model at half-filling on an anisotropic triangular lattice has been proposed as the minimal model to describe conducting layers of $\kappa-(BEDT-TTF)_2X$ organic materials. The model interpolates between the square lattice and…
A complex study of magnetic properties including dc magnetization, 1H NMR and magnetic torque measurements has been performed for the organic conductor kappa-(BETS)2Mn[N(CN)2]3 which undergoes a metal-insulator transition at T_MI~25K. NMR…
This ``Perspective'' briefly reviews recent work showing that a class of organic superconductors have important similarities to the cuprate superconductors: (i) There is competition betweeen superconductivity and antiferromagnetism. (ii)…
The recent discovery and subsequent developments of FeAs-based superconductors have presented novel challenges and opportunities in the quest for superconducting mechanisms in correlated-electron systems. Central issues of ongoing studies…
The realization of BCS-BEC crossover in superconductors, which smoothly connects Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer (BCS) theory with Bose-Einstein Condensation (BEC) in fermion systems, is an intriguing recent topic in strongly correlated electron…
The magnetic field effect on the phase diagram of the organic Mott system $\kappa$-(BEDT-TTF)$_{2}$Cu[N(CN)$_{2}$]Br in which the bandwidth was tuned by the substitution of deuterated molecules was studied by means of the resistivity…
Based on a microscopic model, we study the interplay between superconductivity and antiferromagnetism in a multi-layered system, where two superconductors are separated by an antiferromagnetic region. Within a self-consistent mean-field…
The two-dimensional molecular conductor $\kappa$-(BETS)$_2$Mn[N(CN)$_2$]$_3$ undergoes a sharp metal-to-insulator phase transition at $T_{\rm MI}\approx$ 21 K, which has been under scrutiny for many years. We have performed comprehensive…
Recent experiments have demonstrated that the performances of organic FETs strongly depend on the dielectric properties of the gate insulator. In particular, it has been shown that the temperature dependence of the mobility evolves from a…
We consider the effect of strong electron-electron attraction on superconductivity in the dilute system of the negative U-centers. They couple to the conducting electronic states and mediate attraction between electrons. We predict the…
We explore the magnetoresistance (MC) effect in an organic semiconductor device based on the magnetic field related bipolaron formation. By establishing a group of dynamic equations, we present the transition among spin-parallel,…
We have developed a novel BEDT-TTF-based organic conductor, $\kappa$-(BEDT-TTF)$_2 m$-HOOCC$_6$H$_4$SO$_3$ ($\kappa$-$m$-SBA), and propose it as a candidate for altermagnet. Tight-binding band calculations of $\kappa$-$m$-SBA provide a…
A $^{13}$C NMR study of the normal and superconducting states of the all-organic charge-transfer salt $\beta"$-(BEDT-TTF)$_2$SF$_5$CH$_2$CF$_2$SO$_3$ is presented. We find that the normal state is a charge-ordered metal configured as…
Superconductor$-$ferromagnetic-insulator heterostructures are paradigmatic systems for studying the mutual influence of superconductivity and magnetism via proximity effects. In particular, spin-split superconductivity is realized in such…
We describe a mechanism by which the longitudinal thermal conductivity $\kappa_{xx}$, measured in an in-plane magnetic field, oscillates as a function of field angle in layered nodal superconductors. These oscillations occur when the…
The magnetic field-induced superconductor-insulator-metal transition (SIMT) in partially deuterated $\kappa$-(BEDT-TTF)$_2$Cu[N(CN)$_2$]Br, which is just on the Mott boundary, has been observed using the infrared magneto-optical imaging…