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Paper
Transport properties of heavily AsF5 doped polyacetylene
Abstract
We report measurements of the temperature dependence of the thermoelectric power and electrical conductivity for polyacetylene heavily doped (more than 10%) with arsenic pentafluoride. The thermopower is small, positive and linear with temperature. The conductivity is very large for a polymeric system, about 1000 (Ω cm)-1 at room temperature, and as temperature is decreased drops in value by less than a factor of two, becoming essentially temperature independent below 4 K. The samples exhibited ohmic behavior at the current densities used and did not show any frequency dependence up to 1000 Hz. No evidence for superconductivity was found down to 30 mK. The results are interpreted as the first conclusive evidence for the existence of a metallic state at all temperatures in this material. © 1979.