T. Takahashi et al., COOPERATIVE EFFECTS OF ELECTRON CORRELATION AND CHARGE ORDERING ON THE METAL-INSULATOR-TRANSITION IN QUASI-ONE-DIMENSIONAL DEUTERATED (DME-DCNQI)(2)CU, Physical review. B, Condensed matter, 53(4), 1996, pp. 1790-1794
We study the changes in the electronic structure of a quasi-one-dimens
ional organic conductor, deuterated (DMe-DCNQI)(2)Cu, across the CDW/M
-I (charge-density-wave/metal-insulator) transition at T-c=60 K, using
temperature-dependent (30-300 K) high-resolution photoemission spectr
oscopy. Above the mean-field (MF) transition temperature (T(MF)similar
to 4T(c)), the system shows typical metallic behavior with small but
finite density of states at E(F). The spectral weight in the vicinity
of E(F) decreases systematically upon decreasing temperature below T-M
F even in the metallic phase, resulting in a pseudogap formation above
T-c. This behavior continues across T-c and causes the M-I transition
. The spectral weight is transferred to energies much larger than the
gap, indicating a cooperative effect of strong electron correlation an
d structural changes which imply decreases in interchain coupling acro
ss the M-I transition.