Investigations of the Electronic Structure and Superconductivity in Newly Predicted Metallic Crystalline Carbon, Final

摘要

This project investigated the electronic, structural, and optical properties of fullerene-based materials under high pressure/temperature conditions. It involved: (1) Raman spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction measurements on C-60 fullerenes compressed in diamond anvil cell, (2) synthesis of C-60 thin films and determination of their electronic structure by photoemission spectroscopy, and (3) investigations of the adsorption of water molecules into single-walled carbon nanotubes.