Theory of normal and superconducting properties of fullerene-based solids

Technical Report · Thu Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1992

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6951745· OSTI ID:6951745

Cohen, M L

Recent experiments on the normal-state and superconducting properties of fullerene-based solids are used to constrain the proposal theories of the electronic nature of these materials. In general, models of superconductivity based on electron pairing induced by phonons are consistent with electronic band theory. The latter experiments also yield estimates of the parameters characterizing these type H superconductors. It is argued that, at this point, a standard model'' of phonons interacting with itinerant electrons may be a good first approximation for explaining the properties of the metallic fullerenes.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE; NSF; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States); National Science Foundation, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00098
• OSTI ID: 6951745
• Report Number(s): LBL-32955; ON: DE93007722; CNN: DMR91-20269; FD91-20269
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
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75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
ALLOYS
CARBON
COUPLING
CRITICAL FIELD
DOPED MATERIALS
ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY
ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES
ELECTRON PAIRS
ELECTRON-PHONON COUPLING
ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE
ELEMENTS
FULLERENES
MAGNETIC FIELDS
MATERIALS
NONMETALS
PHONONS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
POTASSIUM ADDITIONS
POTASSIUM ALLOYS
QUASI PARTICLES
RUBIDIUM ADDITIONS
RUBIDIUM ALLOYS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY