Real space imaging of the metal - insulator phase separation in the band width controlled organic Mott system $\kappa$-(BEDT-TTF)${}_2$Cu[N(CN)${}_2$]Br

Abstract

Systematic investigation of the electronic phase separation on macroscopic scale is reported in the organic Mott system $\kappa$-(BEDT-TTF)${}_2$Cu[N(CN)${}_2$]Br. Real space imaging of the phase separation is obtained by means of scanning micro-region infrared spectroscopy using the synchrotron radiation. The phase separation appears near the Mott boundary and changes its metal-insulator fraction with the substitution ratio $x$ in $\kappa$-[($h$-BEDT-TTF)${}_{1-x}$($d$-BEDT-TTF)${}_x$]${}_2$Cu[N(CN)${}_2$]Br, of which band width is controlled by the substitution ratio $x$ between the hydrogenated BEDT-TTF molecule ($h$-BEDT-TTF) and the deuterated one ($d$-BEDT-TTF). The phase separation phenomenon observed in this class of organics is considered on the basis of the strongly correlated electronic phase diagram with the first order Mott transition.

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