Single-Crystalline (KC60)n: A Conducting Linear Alkali Fulleride Polymer
S. Pekker 1,
A. Jánossy 2,
L. Mihaly 3,
O. Chauvet 4,
M. Carrard 4, and
L. Forró 4
1 Research Institute for Solid State Physics, H-525 Budapest, P. O. B. 49, Hungary, and Laboratoire de Physique des Solides Semicrystallins, IGA Department de Physique, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, 1015-Lausanne, Switzerland
2 Research Institute for Solid State Physics, H-1525 Budapest, P. O. B. 49, Hungary, and Institute of Physics of the Technical University, H-1521 Budapest, Hungary
3 Department of Physics, State University of New York at Stony Brook, NY 11794-3800, USA.
4 Laboratoire de Physique des Solides Semicrystallins, IGA Departement de Physique, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, 1015-Lausanne, Switzerland
Single crystals of a linear cycloadduct conducting polymer, (KC60)n, have been grown that are a few tenths of a millimeter in length. Partial oxidation under toluene transformed these crystals into bundles of fibers. The degree of polymerization exceeded 100,000.
Submitted on May 3, 1994
Accepted on July 5, 1994
