Electronic Properties of Inorganic Quasi-One-Dimensional Compounds : Part I -- Theoretical

The close relationship between experimentalists and theorists – whether solid state chemists or physicists – has, in the last few years, inspired much research in the field of materials with quasi one-dimensional structures. This volume, Part I of a two-volume set, reviews the basic theories describing the physical properties of one-dimensional materials including their superconducting characteristics. This description is mainly based on the properties of transition metal trichalcogenides. The novel collective transport mechanism for electronic conduction, exhibited by some of the latter compounds – NbSe 3 being considered as the prototype – is surveyed according to a classical theory and a theory including macroscopic quantum effects. In addition, the book contains a description of the properties of non-linear excitations, or solitons, in one-dimensional systems. Front Matter....Pages i-xi Ground State Properties of Conducting Trichalcogenides....Pages 1-40 Dynamical Properties of Quasi-One-Dimensional Conductors: A Phase Hamiltonian Approach....Pages 41-104 Depinning of Charge-Density Waves by Quantum Tunneling....Pages 105-123 Solitons in One-Dimensional Systems....Pages 125-193 Theory of the Superconducting Properties of Quasi-One-Dimensional Materials....Pages 195-241 Back Matter....Pages 243-253