Phase diagram of the correlated quarter-filled-band organic salt series (o-DMTTF)2X(X = Cl, Br, I)

Abstract

The 2:1 family of organic salts (o-DMTTF)2X (X = Cl, Br, I) exhibits regular stacks and a high-symmetry structure, which provide a perfect three-quarter-filling-band system allowing a rich phase diagram in the presence of strong electronic correlations. In this paper, we present a detailed study of this series combining complementary experimental techniques such as resistivity, thermopower, electron spin resonance, static magnetic measurements, and x-ray diffraction. In particular, we show that at ambient pressure (o-DMTTF)2X with X = Br and Cl undergoes two successive phase transitions setting successively a 4kF charge density and bond order wave order, then a spin-Peierls (SP) ground state. We discuss the symmetry of these phases and its relationship with the transport and magnetic properties. These phases are also followed under pressure by transport experiments, allowing the establishment of a generic phase diagram for this series of salts, where, with the onset of a one-dimensional to three-dimensional deconfinement transition, the 4kF order vanishes and the SP ground state transforms into a Peierls one. Interestingly, this phase diagram differs significantly from the one previously reported in other three-quarter-filled systems such as (TMTTF)2X and δ-(EDT-TTF-CONMe2)2X.