Quasi two-dimensional electronic properties of the lithium molybdenum bronze,Li0.9Mo6O17

Four probe electrical resistivity measurements between 0.3K and 300K were made on single crystals of the violet-red bronze Li_0.9Mo₆O₁₇ grown by a temperature gradient flux technique. The temperature variation of the resistivity shows metallic conductivity and highly anisotropic behavior similar to K_0.9Mo₆O₁₇. The room temperature resistivity, measured in the direction parallel to the plate axis, is 9.5×10^-3Ωcm and 2.47Ωcm perpendicular to that axis. A phase transition observed at ～24K is possibly related to the onset of a charge density wave. A transition to the superconducting state is observed at Tc ～ 1.9K.