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 transitio...

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Main Author:	Gunnarsson, Olle (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Singapore World Scientific Pub. Co. c2004
Subjects:	Superconductors Superconductivity Electric conductivity Metal-insulator transitions Electron-electron interactions Electron-phonon interactions Jahn-Teller effect
Online Access:	FHN01 Volltext
Summary:	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
Physical Description:	xvii, 282 p. ill
ISBN:	9789812794956