Electronic and Magnetic Mechanisms in Low-Dimensional and Novel Materials

9510427布鲁克斯 拟议的活动是调查电子各向异性的作用 在分子晶体材料中。 这种各向异性影响这些材料中的金属、超导、磁性和绝缘状态。 这项工作的主要目标是：在实验和计算上比较电子各向异性的影响;通过物理手段操纵各向异性的程度以产生新的电子态;更清楚地了解低维系统中超导性是如何产生的; 探索各向异性材料中的量子极限效应;将传统的费米表面研究扩展到30 T以上的脉冲磁场的新制度;并考虑在这些材料中的强磁场和非常高的压力下进行物理测量的推测性新方法。 分子晶体是电子（导电）材料科学技术中的一个新兴领域。 它们将半导体、金属和生物结构的领域联系起来。 与传统的固体（如硅或铜）不同，这些固体由排列在简单的三维有序阵列中的原子组成，方向之间几乎没有区别，分子晶体由排列在链或层中的大分子（通常是有机分子）组成。 因此，分子晶体的电子性质在固体内的三个方向上可能非常不同（各向异性）。 这种各向异性影响它们的超导、磁性和半导体性质。 拟议研究的目的是通过实验和计算研究结晶分子固体中各向异性的作用，包括使用电子，磁性，压力和光学探针来测量和操纵其物理特性。 对各向异性影响这些性质的机制的理解将导致设计和合成具有特别期望的物理性质的这类新材料。 ***

9510427 Brooks The proposed activity is the investigation of the role of electronic anisotropy in molecular crystalline materials. This anisotropy influences metallic, superconducting, magnetic, and insulating states in these materials. The main objectives of the proposed work are: to compare experimentally and computationally the effects of electronic anisotropy; to manipulate the degree of anisotropy by physical means to produce new electronic states; to understand more clearly how superconductivity arises in low-dimensional systems; to explore quantum limit effects in anisotropic materials; to extend traditional Fermi surface studies into new regimes of pulsed magnetic fields above 30 T; and to consider speculative new methods of physical measurement in intense magnetic fields and very high pressures in these materials. %%% The area of molecular crystals is an emerging one in the science and technology of electronic (electrically conducting) materials. They link the realms of semiconductors, metals, and biological structures. Unlike traditional solids such as silicon or copper which are composed of atoms arranged in simple three-dimensional ordered arrays, with little or no distinction between directions, molecular crystals are composed of large (usually organic) molecules arranged in either chains or layers. Hence, the electronic properties of molecular crystals can be very different (anisotropic) in the three directions within the solid. This anisotropy affects their superconducting, magnetic, and semiconducting properties. The purpose of the proposed research is to investigate experimentally and computationally the role of anisotropy in crystalline molecular solids, including the use of electronic, magnetic, pressure, and optical probes to measure and manipulate their physical properties.. An understanding of the mechanisms by which anisotropy influences these properties wi ll lead to the design and synthesis of new materials in this class having particularly desirable physical properties. ***