Narrowing band gap chemically and physically: conductive dense hydrocarbon

Abstract Enhancing intermolecular interactions can reduce the band gap energy of organic molecules. Consequently, certain polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons – typically wide-band-gap insulators – may undergo insulator-to-metal transitions under simple compression. This pressure-induced electronic tran...

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Published in:	Communications Materials
Main Authors:	Takeshi Nakagawa, Caoshun Zhang, Kejun Bu, Philip Dalladay-Simpson, Martina Vrankić, Sarah Bolton, Dominique Laniel, Dong Wang, Akun Liang, Hirofumi Ishii, Nozomu Hiraoka, Gaston Garbarino, Angelika D. Rosa, Qingyang Hu, Xujie Lü, Ho-kwang Mao, Yang Ding
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Nature Portfolio 2025-05-01
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1038/s43246-025-00814-2