Electrical conduction in semiconducting NbO2 at hydrostatic pressures up to 6000 atm |
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Authors: | C Guerra-Vela RJ Sladek |
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Institution: | Department of Physics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA |
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Abstract: | We have measured the dc resistance, R, of n-type NbO2 single crystals in the semiconducting, distorted rutile-structured phase at temperatures from T = 196 K to 410 K using hydrostatic pressures, P, from one to 6000 atm. The resistivity, divided by the temperature, increases exponentially with and the resistance increases linearly with at different rates along the a- and c-axes. We find that conduction is due to thermally-activated, adiabatic hopping of small polarons and obtain values and pressure dependences for the vibrational frequency and polaronic energies involved. A discussion of our results is given. |
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Keywords: | Present address: University of Michigan-Dearborn Dearborn MI USA48128 |
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