The Mott-Hubbard insulating state and orbital degeneracy in the superconducting C603- fulleride family

Nature Materials

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 605-610

  Durand, P ^a   Darling, G R ^a   Dubitsky, Y ^b   Zaopo, A ^b   Rosseinsky, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Pirelli Labs SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; FERMIONS; GROUND STATE; INSULATING MATERIALS; MAGNETORESISTANCE; MOLECULAR PHYSICS; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

ELECTRON CORRELATION CONTROLS; ELECTRON LOCALIZATION; ELECTRON REPULSION; MOTT-HUBBARD INSULATING STATE; ORBITAL DEGENERACY; SUPERCONDUCTING FULLERIDE;

FULLERENES;

FULLERENE C60; FULLERENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MAGNETISM; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FULLERENES; MAGNETICS; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0141886925     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat953     Document Type: Article

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