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Alkali-doped fullerides: narrow-band solids with unusual properties

By Olle Gunnarsson

Book information

Publisher
World Scientific
Year
2004
ISBN
981238667X, 9789812386670, 9789812794956
Open Library ID
OL22121046M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
2 MB (1785853 bytes)
Pages
301\301
Library
Kolxo3
DPI
300
Scanned
yes
Time added
2009-12-04 00:34:26

Description

Alkali-doped fullerides have attracted strong interest since their production became possible about fifteen years ago. This book presents recent work which may solve intriguing problems arising from a variety of remarkable properties. For example, these solids are superconductors with high transition temperatures, although the similarity between the electronic and phonon energy scales should suppress superconductivity. Moreover, the Ioffe–Regel condition for electrical conductivity is strongly violated. The book shows why superconductivity is nevertheless possible, owing to a local pairing mechanism. The Ioffe–Regel condition is derived quantum-mechanically, and it is explained why the underlying assumptions are violated for fullerides and high-Tc cuprates, for example. The book treats electronic and transport properties, reviewing theoretical and experimental results. It focuses on superconductivity, electrical conductivity and metal–insulator transitions, emphasizing the electron–electron and electron–phonon interactions as well as the Jahn–Teller effect.

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