Electrical switching in methyltriphenylarsonium-$(TCNQ)_2$ under pressure

Ravindran, T and Subramanyam, SV (1993) Electrical switching in methyltriphenylarsonium-$(TCNQ)_2$ under pressure. In: Applied Physics Letters, 62 (11). pp. 1251-1252.

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Abstract

Electrical switching has been observed in methyltriphenylarsonium-$(TCNQ)_2$ (7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinodimethane) at different pressures up to 8 GPa at a temperature of 300 K. At high fields $\sim{3}\times{10^3}$ V/cm, the sample switches from an off state of several k$ \Omega $ resistance to low resistance on state of several ohms. Pulsed current-voltage characteristics reveal heating contribution to nonohmic conduction and switching. The switching time recorded is 0.5 ms. Nonohmic conduction is discussed in terms of space charge limited currents possibly leading to a structural phase transition.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Applied Physics Letters
Publisher:	American Institute of Physics
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to American Institute of Physics.
Department/Centre:	Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Physics
Date Deposited:	12 Jul 2006
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 04:30
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/7993

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