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Metal-Insulator Transition in C60-Polymers

Abstract

Variations in the band structures of C60-polymers are studied, when pi-conjugation conditions are changed. We look at band structures in order to discuss a metal-insulator transition, using a semi-empirical model with the Su-Schrieffer-Heeger type electron-phonon interactions. We find that electronic structures change among direct-gap insulators and the metal, depending on the degree of pi-conjugations. High pressure experiments could observe such pressure-induced metal-insulator transitions.

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Kikuo Harigaya. 1995-04-14. Metal-Insulator Transition in C60-Polymers. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.52.7968

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