| Alkali-Doped Fullerides: Narrow-Band Solids with Unusual Properties Contributor(s): Gunnarsson, Olle (Author) |
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ISBN: 981238667X ISBN-13: 9789812386670 Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company OUR PRICE: $104.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2004 Annotation: - Review of important experimental results - Latest theoretical developments - Extensive comparison of theory and experiment - About 400 references |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Physics - Condensed Matter - Science | Nanoscience |
| Dewey: 537.623 |
| Physical Information: 0.85" H x 6.32" W x 8.74" (1.18 lbs) 300 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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. |