Simple Band Model of Doped Fullerene Crystal

• Authors: A. Koper , M. Mucha
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

We use quantum billiard with many scattering centers to describe conducting electrons properties in A_{n}C_{60} crystals, where A denotes alkali metal. We focus our attention on the A_{3}C_{60} crystal, for which we calculate the band structure, density of states, and conductivity for normal electrons. Conductivity shows linear dependence on temperature in this model, which agrees well with experimental data. We also discuss consequences of our results for superconductivity mechanism in A_{3}C_{60} and possibilities of analogous approach to describe electron properties in fused fullerenes and multiply connected carbon clusters.

Keywords

EN

74.20.Mn; 74.25.Kc; 74.25.Jb

Discipline

• 74.25.Kc: Phonons
• 74.20.Mn: Nonconventional mechanisms
• 74.25.Jb: Electronic structure (photoemission, etc.)

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2000
• Volume: 97
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 233-236

Dates

published

2000-01

Contributors

author

A. Koper

• Institute of Physics, Adam Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 85, 61-614 Poznań, Poland

author

M. Mucha

• Institute of Physics, Adam Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 85, 61-614 Poznań, Poland

Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.97.233