Evidence for insulating behavior in the electric conduction of (NH(3))K(3)C(60) systems.
Microwave study using the cavity perturbation technique revealed that the conductivity of the antiferromagnet (NH(3))K(3-x)Rb(x)C(60) at 200 K is already 3-4 orders of magnitude smaller than those of superconductors, K(3)C(60) and (NH(3))(x)NaRb(2)C(60), and that the antiferromagnetic compounds are insulators below 250 K without metal-insulator transitions. The striking difference in the magnitude of the conductivity between these materials strongly suggests that the Mott-Hubbard transition in the ammoniated alkali fullerides is driven by a reduction of lattice symmetry from face-centered-cubic to face-centered-orthorhombic, rather than by the magnetic ordering.
Kitano
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Department of Basic Science, The University of Tokyo, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan.
Matsuo
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Miwa
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Maeda
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Takenobu
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Iwasa
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Mitani
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