1996/10/08 by Assa Auerbach, Auerbach, Assa
Chemistry · Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Physical and Chemical Molecular Interactions #Carbon Nanotubes in Composites #FOS: Physical sciences #Fullerene Chemistry and Applications #Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el) #cond-mat.str-el
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.cond-mat/9610058
Latex, to appear in Fullerene Science and Technology
arxiv created 1996/10/08 · openalex publication_date 1996/10/08 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Buckminsterfullerene compounds exibit remarkable physics at low temperatures, e.g. high temperature superconductivity in alkali-fullerenes, and ferromagnetism in TDAE -C60. Here we review recent theoretical studies of electron correlations in these compounds. In particular, we discuss models of electron-vibron interactions, electron-electron interactions, and intermolecular hopping. We show that the origin of novel electronic phases lies in \em local degeneracies of C60; a direct consequence of the high molecular symmetry.