Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1977

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Blakemore, John S.

Abstract

This work consists mainly of two parts. First was the development of the necessary experimental techniques for measuring single crystal conductivity of anisotropic charge transfer salts. Difficulties included high impedance problems and limited size of available crystals. Cs2(TCNQ)3 was used as a test material with which to develop these techniques. An extensive investigation was undertaken to study the possibility of intrinsic and extrinsic behavior in this material. The second phase of this work was the study of TCNQ charge transfer salts in which the donors were structurally related pyridinium ion radicals. Four types of donors were synthesized using a methyl or benzyl substituent along with a cyano group in the 3 or 4 position of the ring. A total of eight compounds were studied including salts of the 1:1 and 1:2 stochiometry. Compaction conductivity was measured for all eight materials along with single crystal conductivity of three of the salts.

Extent

108 p.

Comments

Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1977.|Charles E. Schmidt College of Science|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1977.

Identifier

FADT13835

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