The anisotropic pressure dependence of conduction in well-oriented pyrolytic graphite I. Non-oscillatory effects and the role of carrier-carrier scattering

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Application of hydrostatic pressure preferentially increases those overlap integrals which depend solely on the interplanar spacing of graphite, resulting in an increase of carrier density n, whereby d ln n/dP = 375 × 10−6 bar−1. At absolute zero, the associated conductivity dependence d ln σ/dP = 28 × 10−6 bar−1 is independent of crystal direction, but as the temperature is raised towards 295 °K the c axis coefficient falls to 255 × 10−6 bar−1 whereas the basal plane coefficient falls to near zero. Pre-irradiation with fast neutrons (1016 to 1018 nvt) restores all pressure coefficients measured on pristine material towards d ln n/dP. A qualitative explanation of these phenomena is obtained by the introduction of carrier-carrier scattering terms.

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