Fermi-liquid behavior in the electrical resistivity of K3C60 and Rb3C60
- 1. AT ampersand T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974 (United States)
Description
We report on the electrical resistivity of K3C60 and Rb3C60 thin films. These films, grown at elevated temperatures, are highly textured and consist of large single-crystal grains. The films exhibit metallic behavior up to 500 K, with residual resistivities of 1.2 mΩ cm. The low-temperature (T) resistivity exhibits a T2 dependence. We suggest that it is dominated by electron-electron interactions, and we find quantitative agreement not only with estimates based on the electron density and the bandwidth, but also with other narrow band systems. The electron-phonon interactions only become important for the resistivity above room temperature, because these phonons correspond to high-frequency vibrations of the C60 molecule. Nevertheless, virtual excitations of these same high-energy phonons are responsible for the superconductivity. Using similar criteria of conventional organic superconductors, we find that these materials are dominated at all temperatures by electron-phonon interactions
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Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter
- Journal Volume
- 50
- Journal Issue
- 5
- Journal Page Range
- p. 3462-3465.
- ISSN
- 0163-1829
- CODEN
- PRBMDO
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 26032685
- Subject category
- S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
- Descriptors DEI
- ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON DENSITY; ELECTRON-ELECTRON INTERACTIONS; ELECTRON-PHONON COUPLING; FERMI GAS; FULLERENES; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; RUBIDIUM COMPOUNDS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE RANGE 0000-0013 K; TEMPERATURE RANGE 0013-0065 K; TEMPERATURE RANGE 0065-0273 K; TEMPERATURE RANGE 0273-0400 K; TEMPERATURE RANGE 0400-1000 K; THIN FILMS; TRANSPORT THEORY
- Descriptors DEC
- ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS; CARBON; COUPLING; ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; ELEMENTS; FILMS; INTERACTIONS; LEPTON-LEPTON INTERACTIONS; NONMETALS; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE RANGE