Abstract
We report the longitudinal resistivity and Hall-effect data of thin films of K3C60 in the normal and superconducting states in magnetic fields up to 12.5 T. The resistivity is 2.5 m cm at room temperature and near the metal-to-insulator transition. The Hall coefficient is small as expected for a half-filled conduction band, and changes sign at 220 K. The resistivity is interpreted in terms of the granularity of the film which leads to zero-dimensional superconductivity in these systems with a length scale of 70. We find a superconducting coherence length of 26, which we interpret as a single-grain property. The Pippard coherence length, i.e., in the absence of granularity, is estimated to be 150.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1054-1057 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Physical review letters |
Volume | 68 |
Issue number | 7 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Feb 1992 |
Externally published | Yes |