Superconductivity of doped Ar@C60

A. Takeda; Y. Yokoyama; S. Ito; T. Miyazaki; H. Shimotani; K. Yakigaya; T. Kakiuchi; H. Sawa; H. Takagi; K. Kitazawa; N. Dragoe

doi:10.1039/B514974F

Superconductivity of doped Ar@C₆₀

A. Takeda,^ab Y. Yokoyama,^ab S. Ito,^ab T. Miyazaki,^ab H. Shimotani,^a K. Yakigaya,^a T. Kakiuchi,^c H. Sawa,^d H. Takagi,^ae K. Kitazawa^b and N. Dragoe*^f

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^a Department of Advanced Materials Science, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8561, Japan

^b Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi 330-0012, Japan

^c Department of Materials Structure Science, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan

^d Institute of Materials Structure Science, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan

^e RIKEN, The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, Wako 351-0198, Japan

^f Laboratoire d'Étude des Matériaux Hors Équilibre, ICMMO, UMR 8647 - CNRS, Université Paris Sud, 91405Orsay, France
E-mail: nita.dragoe@lemhe.u-psud.fr

Abstract

The synthesis of a mg amount of pure argon containing fullerene allowed the synthesis of the first endohedral superconductors with critical temperatures lower than expected, an indication of the strong influence of the argon atom on the C₆₀ cage.

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Superconductivity of doped Ar@C₆₀

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