FULPROP: Electronic structure and physical properties of novel fullerene-based materials

• Research unit: EU RFP
• Project number: 97.0221

Key words (English)

Fullerene; endohedral fullerenes; fullerene networks; electronic structure; crystal structure; opto-electronic properties; charge transfer; superconductivity; magnetic properties

Alternative project number (English)

EU project number: FMRXCT970155

Research programs (English)

EU-programme: 4. Frame Research Programme - 10.1 Stimulation of training and mobility

Short description (English)

See abstract

Further information (English)

Full name of research-institution/enterprise:
EPF Lausanne
Faculté des sciences de base
Institut de physique de la matière complexe (IPMC)

Partners and International Organizations (English)

IFW Dresden (D) (Contractor),
Université Paris-Sud (UPS) (F), Department of Physics, Uppsala University (Uppsala U.) (S), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) (CH), Universität Wien (A),
Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix, ASBL (FUNDP) (B), University of Sussex (U. Sussex) (UK), Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (RUG) (NL), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) (I), Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA) (I)

Abstract (English)

It has been demonstrated by NMR and ESSR measurements that the key feature behind th physics of cubic fullerides is due to an inter-play between strong electronic interaction and 'JT mediated electronic interactions'. Electronic correlations are essential for molecular excitations, such as the Jahn-Teller Distortion (JTD) to existe in the solid. JT mediated electronic interactions play in turn a crucial role in determining the insulating or metallic character of a given fullerene compound, by inducing repulsive interactions in even electron systems and attractive inter-actions in odd electron systems. The recent discovery of a way of doping continuously the C60 t1u level through a field-effect device might open a new path for checking this original behavior more systematically.

References in databases (English)

Swiss Database: Euro-DB of the
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CH-3003 Berne, Switzerland
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Swiss Project-Number: 97.0221