Abstract

We report an investigation at the endpoint region of the spin density wave state in (TMTSF)2PF6 where metal and superconductivity emerge. Thanks to resistivity measurements along the three main crystallographic directions, we are able to follow the texture in this phase coexistence regime. In this respect, superconductivity is used as a decoration technique of the metallic pattern. We show that metal (superconductivity) emerges first along the c⁎ direction in a counterintuitive manner. Then metal (superconductivity) domains evolves from filaments along the c⁎ axis towards slabs perpendicular to the a-axis which melt together in the homogeneous phase at high pressure. This evolution is compatible with the proposition of the formation of a soliton phase in the vicinity of the critical pressure of the (TMTSF)2PF6 phase diagram.

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