STRUCTURE AND BONDING IN ALKALI-METAL-DOPED C60

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ZHOU, O [1 ]
FISCHER, JE [1 ]
COUSTEL, N [1 ]
KYCIA, S [1 ]
ZHU, Q [1 ]
MCGHIE, AR [1 ]
ROMANOW, WJ [1 ]
MCCAULEY, JP [1 ]
SMITH, AB [1 ]
COX, DE [1 ]
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[1] UNIV PENN,RES STRUCT MATTER LAB,PHILADELPHIA,PA 19104
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10.1038/351462a0
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
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IT has been shown recently that M(x)C60 (M = alkali metal) is metallic at 300 K for some M and x (ref. 1) and superconducts below 18 K for M = potassium 2. These observations give further impetus to studies of the molecular 3 and solid-state 4 properties of fullerenes. Here we report on X-ray diffraction studies of the structure and bonding in alkali-metal-doped solid C60 (fullerite). Powder diffraction data obtained from equilibrium compositions of C60 doped to saturation with K or Cs show that the face-centred cubic lattice of pure C60 (refs 5-7) transforms to body-centred cubic at these doping levels, with a saturation composition close to M6C60. The rotational disorder of the fullerene molecules in pure C60 at 300 K is absent in the fully doped compounds.
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