Colloquium: Modeling the unconventional superconducting properties of expanded A3 C60 fullerides

Reviews of Modern Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 943-958

  Capone, Massimo ^a,b   Fabrizio, Michele ^c,d   Castellani, Claudio ^e   Tosatti, Erio ^d  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ISC CNR   (Italy)

^c DEMOCRITOS NATIONAL SIMULATION CENTER   (Italy)

^d ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C60 MOLECULES; CATION SIZE; CELL VOLUME; COMPUTATIONAL EFFORT; CUPRATES; DYNAMICAL MEAN-FIELD THEORY; ELECTRON KINETIC ENERGY; ELECTRON PAIRING; ELECTRON-ELECTRON REPULSION; ELECTRONIC ENTROPY; ENERGY SCALE; FULLERENE MOLECULES; FULLERIDES; GENERIC COMPOSITION; HIGH-TC CUPRATES; HUBBARD; INSULATING STATE; JAHN-TELLER; LATTICE EXPANSION; MAIN EFFECT; MOLECULAR SITES; MOTT TRANSITIONS; MOTT-INSULATING STATE; NEW RESULTS; NORMAL PHASE; ORGANIC SUPERCONDUCTOR; PHYSICAL MEANS; PSEUDO-GAP; REPULSION PARAMETER; SINGLE-PARTICLE; SPIN SUSCEPTIBILITY; STRONG CORRELATION; STRONG ELECTRON CORRELATIONS; SUPERCONDUCTING ORDER PARAMETERS; SUPERCONDUCTING PROPERTIES; SUPERCONDUCTING TEMPERATURES; WORKING MODELS; ZERO TEMPERATURES;

ALKALINITY; CELL MEMBRANES; CESIUM; CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; COPPER COMPOUNDS; ELECTRON CORRELATIONS; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRONS; FULLERENES; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MEAN FIELD THEORY; ORGANIC CONDUCTORS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHONONS; SCALES (WEIGHING INSTRUMENTS); SHEAR WAVES; SPECIFIC HEAT; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; TECHNETIUM;

SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 68549089033     PISSN: 00346861     EISSN: 15390756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/RevModPhys.81.943     Document Type: Article

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