Observation of the Band-Hopping Transition for Electrons in Naphthalene

L. B. Schein, C. B. Duke, and A. R. McGhie
Phys. Rev. Lett. 40, 197 – Published 16 January 1978
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Abstract

Transient photoconductivity has been used to measure the electron drift mobility in the c direction of single-crystal naphtalene from 54 to 324 K. Below 100 K the mobility rises exponentially with decreasing temperature, an effect which we attribute to the onset of band-type motion limited by optical-phonon scattering. This observation allows the identification of the approximately constant mobility at higher temperatures (T>100 K) with the hopping of localized charge carriers.

  • Received 26 October 1977

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.40.197

©1978 American Physical Society

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L. B. Schein and C. B. Duke

  • Xerox Corporation W114, Rochester, New York 14644

A. R. McGhie

  • Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104

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Vol. 40, Iss. 3 — 16 January 1978

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