Fullerenes and atomic clusters

Intercalation of C$_{60}$ fullerene crystals with alkali and alkaline-earth metals through self-propagating high-temperature synthesis

N. S. Sidorov, A. V. Palnichenko

Institute of Solid State Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka, Moscow region

Abstract: A method for rapidly intercalating C$_{60}$ fullerene crystals has been implemented using self-propagating high-temperature synthesis. The method has been used to intercalate C$_{60}$ fullerene crystals with alkali (K, Rb) and alkaline-earth (Ca, Ba) metals. The superconducting transition temperatures of the prepared compounds have been measured. The C$_{60}$ fullerene crystals intercalated with calcium have been investigated using X-ray diffraction.

Received: 27.04.2009

 English version: Physics of the Solid State, 2010, 52:1, 212–215

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