Abstract
X-ray diffraction studies show that the stable phase of the alkali fullerene is orthorhombic (o-) below 350 K. molecules form chains along a with an unusually short spacing of 9.12 Å and magnetic properties suggest that o- is a quasi-1D metal with a transition to a spin density wave ground state at 50 K. The high temperature fcc phase of may be stabilized below 300 K by quenching from 500 K; it is paramagnetic above 300 K and transforms into a nonmagnetic ground state beween 300 and 250 K.
- Received 29 November 1993
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.72.2721
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