Structural and electronic properties of the noncubic superconducting fullerides A′4C60 (A′= Ba, Sr)

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Brown, CM [1 ]
Taga, S
Gogia, B
Kordatos, K
Margadonna, S
Prassides, K
Iwasa, Y
Tanigaki, K
Fitch, AN
Pattison, P
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[1] Univ Sussex, Sch Chem Phys & Environm Sci, Brighton BN1 9QJ, E Sussex, England
[2] Inst Max Von Laue Paul Langevin, F-38042 Grenoble, France
[3] Japan Adv Inst Sci & Technol, Tatsunokuchi, Ishikawa 9231292, Japan
[4] Natl Inst Mat & Chem Technol, Dept Adv Chem Technol, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3058565, Japan
[5] Osaka City Univ, Fac Sci, Sumiyoshi Ku, Osaka, Japan
[6] European Synchrotron Radiat Facil, F-38043 Grenoble, France
[7] Univ Lausanne, Inst Crystallog, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.2258
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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The absence of superconductivity in noncubic alkali fullerides, A(4)C(60) (A = K,Rb,Cs) has been associated with the effects of electron correlation and electron-phonon interaction on the narrow t(1u)-derived conduction band. We find that the structurally related alkaline earth fullerides, A(4)'C-60 (A' = Sr,Ba), are superconducting with small values of the densities of states at the Fermi level, N-epsilon F. Close contacts between Ba2+ ions and neighboring C-60 units in Ba4C60 imply a strong orbital hybridization, which is evidently responsible for stabilizing the noncubic superconducting phase, in contrast to insulating A(4)C(60).
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