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The influence of lattice disorder varied by low temperature irradiation with 20 MeV32S-ions and subsequent isochronal thermal annealing on Hall-effectR H (T), resistivityp(T) and superconducting critical temperatureT c of thin films of the Chevrel-phase PbMo6S8 is reported. It is found that the well known, unusual sensitivity ofT c is correlated with drastic changes of normal state transport properties e.g.R H (T) andp(T). In the low fluence regime (Φ≦6·1013 cm−2,T c ≧2 K) annealing leads to a monotonous restoration of the initial properties with the main recovery occurring at temperatures as low as 500 K. Contrary to this, annealing of highly disordered samples (Φ≈1015 cm−2) creates semiconductor-like conduction behavior. This manifests itself by a strong increase of the electrical resistivity with decreasing temperature which becomes more pronounced at higher annealing temperaturesT A . AfterT A =800 K the resistivityp(15K) is enhanced by more than a factor of 1000 withp(15K)/p(280 K)=210 compared to as irradiated. Further annealing at 900 K and 1000K results in the reappearance of metallicp(T)-behavior and superconductivity (T c >10K). The observed effects can be understood by systematic changes of the electronic density of states consistent with an earlier proposed defect model.
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Adrian, G., Adrian, H. Variation of electronic properties and evidence for a reversible defect induced metal to semiconductor transition in PbMo6S8 observed by ion irradiation and subsequent annealing of thin films. Z. Physik B - Condensed Matter 67, 75–87 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01307310
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