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US 5,561,102 AGranted
Inter-halogen-doped superconductive fullerenes
AssigneeThe Research Foundation of State University of New York at Buffalo
InventorsYi-Han Kao, Liwei Song, Deborah D. L. Chung, Kevin T. Fredette
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Abstract
A superconductive fullerene and a process for making such superconductive fullerene are provided. The process involves contacting a quantity of fullerene with the vapor of an interhalogen compound such as ICl. The halogen doped fullerenes exhibited a transition temperature above 60 K.
Claims10
A superconductive material comprising:
- fullerene doped with an interhalogen material in a quantity sufficient to result in a superconducting transition temperature above about 10 K.
A superconductive material prepared by a process comprising:
- contacting vaporized interhalogen material with a quantity of fullerene to form a fullerene doped with an interhalogen material and having superconductive properties.
A superconductive material prepared by a process comprising:
- heating a quantity of an interhalogen material to form a vaporized interhalogen material;
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- contacting said vaporized interhalogen material with a quantity of fullerene to form a fullerene doped with an interhalogen material and having superconductive properties.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.