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Quasi-Two-Dimensional Organic Superconductors

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A review on selected normal-state and superconducting properties of the quasi-two-dimensional organic superconductors is given. Thereby, the focus is laid on the charge-transfer salts based on bisethylenedithio-tetrathiafulvalene, or ET for short, the building block of most of the to-date known organic superconductors. Some basic features of the crystallographic structure, the highly anisotropic electronic band structure for some materials, as well as unusual electronic-transport properties are highlighted. The principal phase diagram of the κ-phase salts and the fundamental difficulties of a purely electronic explanation of the observed features are discussed. A brief overview on the anisotropic superconducting properties as well as the still very controversial notion on the nature of the superconducting state is presented.

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Wosnitza, J. Quasi-Two-Dimensional Organic Superconductors. J Low Temp Phys 146, 641–667 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-006-9282-9

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