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Phys. Rev. B 45, 9469–9472 (1992)

Charge-density-wave modifications in NbSe3 produced by Fe and Co doping

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Zhenxi Dai, C. G. Slough, and R. V. Coleman
Physics Department, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22901

Received 24 January 1992; published in the issue dated 15 April 1992

Dilute concentrations of impurities in NbSe3 crystals change the charge-density-wave (CDW) energy gaps very rapidly while the onset temperatures show very small changes. Fe concentrations of <1% reduce the two CDW energy gaps by approximately 30%, while Co concentrations of <3% increase the low-temperature CDW energy gap by approximately 37% and the high-temperature CDW gap by approximately 28%. The real-space scanning-tunneling-microscope scans show changes in the relative CDW modulation amplitudes consistent with the observed changes in the energy gaps.

© 1992 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.45.9469
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevB.45.9469
PACS:
61.16.Di, 73.20.Dx, 73.40.Gk