Metal-insulator transition in a C-60: RbC60 and KC60

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作者
Khazeni, K [1 ]
Crespi, VH [1 ]
Hone, J [1 ]
Zettl, A [1 ]
Cohen, ML [1 ]
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[1] UNIV CALIF BERKELEY,LAWRENCE BERKELEY LAB,DIV MAT SCI,BERKELEY,CA 94720
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1997年 / 56卷 / 11期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.56.6627
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T [工业技术];
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08 ;
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At zero pressure polymerized RbC60 is an insulator, whereas polymerized KC60 is a metal with a slight low-temperature resistive upturn. We report measurements of the resistivity of RbC60 under pressure, finding a hysteretic resistive transition in RbC60 near 200 K at 5 kbar, at which point the material transforms from insulator to metal. Correcting the resistivity to constant volume, both materials are metallic below the transition with a common low-temperature resistive upturn which is suppressed under compression.
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页码:6627 / 6630
页数:4
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