Metal-intercalated aromatic hydrocarbons: A new class of carbon-based superconductors

Yoshihiro Kubozono; Hiroki Mitamura; Xuesong Lee; Xuexia He; Yusuke Yamanari; Yosuke Takahashi; Yuta Suzuki; Yumiko Kaji; Ritsuko Eguchi; Koki Akaike; Takashi Kambe; Hideki Okamoto; Akihiko Fujiwara; Takashi Kato; Taichi Kosugi; Hideo Aoki

doi:10.1039/c1cp20961b

Metal-intercalated aromatic hydrocarbons: A new class of carbon-based superconductors

Yoshihiro Kubozono, Hiroki Mitamura, Xuesong Lee, Xuexia He, Yusuke Yamanari, Yosuke Takahashi, Yuta Suzuki, Yumiko Kaji, Ritsuko Eguchi, Koki Akaike, Takashi Kambe, Hideki Okamoto, Akihiko Fujiwara, Takashi Kato, Taichi Kosugi, Hideo Aoki

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New carbon-based superconductors are synthesized by intercalating metal atoms into the solid-phase hydrocarbons picene and coronene. The highest reported superconducting transition temperature, T _c, of a hydrocarbon superconductor is 18 K for K ₃picene. The physics and chemistry of the hydrocarbon superconductors are extensively described for A _xpicene (A: alkali and alkali earth-metal atoms) for x = 0-5. The theoretical picture of their electronic structure is also reviewed. Future prospects for hydrocarbon superconductors are discussed from the viewpoint of combining electronics with condensed-matter physics: modification of the physical properties of hydrocarbon solids is explored by building them into a field-effect transistor. The features of other carbon-based superconductors are compared to clarify the nature of hydrocarbon superconductors.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	16476-16493
Number of pages	18
Journal	Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
Volume	13
Issue number	37
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/c1cp20961b
Publication status	Published - Oct 7 2011

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Kubozono, Y., Mitamura, H., Lee, X., He, X., Yamanari, Y., Takahashi, Y., Suzuki, Y., Kaji, Y., Eguchi, R., Akaike, K., Kambe, T., Okamoto, H., Fujiwara, A., Kato, T., Kosugi, T., & Aoki, H. (2011). Metal-intercalated aromatic hydrocarbons: A new class of carbon-based superconductors. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 13(37), 16476-16493. https://doi.org/10.1039/c1cp20961b

Kubozono, Y, Mitamura, H, Lee, X, He, X, Yamanari, Y, Takahashi, Y, Suzuki, Y, Kaji, Y, Eguchi, R, Akaike, K, Kambe, T , Okamoto, H, Fujiwara, A, Kato, T, Kosugi, T & Aoki, H 2011, 'Metal-intercalated aromatic hydrocarbons: A new class of carbon-based superconductors', Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, vol. 13, no. 37, pp. 16476-16493. https://doi.org/10.1039/c1cp20961b

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