Physics of Intercalation Compounds : Proceedings of an International Conference Trieste, Italy, July 6–10, 1981

When an area of research is in fast growth, it often happens that no one single journal is to be found where most of the relevant publications are contained. Such is the case of the physics of intercalation compounds, a field which, by sitting at a corner point between materials science, solid­ state physics, and chemistry, finds its contributions largely scattered about in the literature. Given these circumstances it is of crucial interest to find a place where the most recent contributions and up-to-date referen­ ces can be found at once. For intercalated graphite and other similar com­ pounds this role has been played so far by proceedings of international con­ ferences, such as La Napoule (1977), Nijmegen (1979), Provincetown (1980), and Sendai (1980). The present book is an ideal continuation of this series, as it contains most of the invited and contributed papers of the Trieste International Con­ ference on the Physics of Intercalation Compounds, held in Trieste, Italy during the week 6-10 July 1981. The main emphasis is on intercalated graphite, though several interesting contributions deal with other materials, such as polyacetylene and transition­ metal compounds, or with general problems, such as two-dimensional melting. The book is divided into six sections-Structure and General Properties, Electronic Porperties, Stability and Phonons, Ordering and Phase Transitions, Magnetic Resonance, and Transport Properties-reflecting the main areas of interest, and also broadly the main discussion sessions of the Conference. Front Matter....Pages I-IX Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Kinetic Problems with Intercalation Compounds....Pages 2-6 Comments on the Stoichiometry in the Metal-Graphite and Metal-Carbon Compounds....Pages 7-14 Doped Polyacetylenes and Graphite Intercalation Compounds: A Comparative Study....Pages 15-22 Bond Length, Bond Strength and Electrical Conductivity in Carbon Based Systems....Pages 23-32 Intercalation Reactions of Solids by Electron/Ion Transfer....Pages 33-42 Domain Structures in Graphite Intercalation Compounds....Pages 43-48 Surface Study of Vacuum Synthesized Cesium Graphite Intercalation Compounds CsC n ....Pages 49-55 Irradiation Induced Defects in Layered Dichalcogenides....Pages 56-60 The Role of Kinetic Effects in Voltammetry Studies of Intercalation Systems....Pages 61-66 Front Matter....Pages 67-67 Experiments on the Electronic Structure of Graphite Intercalation Compounds....Pages 68-79 Electronic Properties of Graphite Intercalation Compounds....Pages 80-89 Experimental Construction of Fermi Surface of C 24 SbC1 5 ....Pages 90-96 Effective Mass Studies of Intercalated Graphite....Pages 97-102 Analysis of Physical Properties of Potassium-Tetraydrofuran-Graphite Derivatives KC 24s (THF) m ....Pages 103-108 Inelastic Electron Scattering Spectroscopy of Intercalated Graphite and Polyacetylene....Pages 109-115 On the Theoretical Models for Polyacetylene....Pages 116-125 Electronic Correlation Effects in Cyclic Polyenes and in Polyacetylene....Pages 126-131 X-Ray and Shubnikov-De Haas Studies of C 8n AsF 5 ( n = 1,2,3)....Pages 132-137 Model Self-Consistent Bands for Graphite Intercalation Compounds....Pages 138-143 Charge Superlattice Effects on the Electronic Structure of a Model Acceptor Graphite Intercalation Compound....Pages 144-149 Front Matter....Pages 67-67 Knight Shift and Nuclear Quadrupolar Interaction in Alkali-Graphite Intercalation Compounds....Pages 150-155 Front Matter....Pages 157-157 Lattice Distortions in Layered Compounds....Pages 158-167 Experimental Studies of Phonon Dispersion and C-Axis Structure in Graphite Intercalation Compounds....Pages 168-179 Phonons in Graphite Intercalation Compounds Measured by Neutron Scattering....Pages 180-186 The Raman Spectrum of EuC 6 : A Clue to Understanding Light Scattering from Stage 1 Alkali Gic’s....Pages 187-192 Sound Velocities in Stage 1 and Stage 2 FeC1 3 Intercalated Graphite....Pages 193-198 Raman Measurements of Folded Interlayer Shearing Phonons in KC 12 n ( n =2–6)....Pages 199-204 Front Matter....Pages 205-205 Structural Studies of Intercalants....Pages 206-213 X-Ray Diffraction from Graphite Intercalation Compounds Under Hydrostatic Pressure....Pages 214-222 On the Structure of the First Stage Binary Compound of Metals Intercalated into Graphite....Pages 223-227 Ordering in Intercalation Graphite Compounds by Means of X-Ray Diffraction....Pages 228-232 Liquids in a Periodic Potential....Pages 233-237 Effect of Relaxation on some Thermodynamic Properties of Lattice Gas Models with Applications to AgCrS 2 and Hollandite....Pages 238-243 Melting and Nucleation of a Two-Dimensional Electron Solid....Pages 244-251 Melting of the Two-Dimensional Electron Solid. A Kosterlitz Thouless Phase Transition?....Pages 252-262 Front Matter....Pages 263-263 Magnetic Resonance in Graphite Intercalated Compounds....Pages 264-273 133 Cs NMR Studies of Cesium G.I.C.....Pages 274-279 The Electronic Structure of Donor- and Acceptor-Type Intercalation Compounds by Means of Low Temperature Specific Heats and 13 C Nuclear Magnetic Resonance....Pages 280-286 Front Matter....Pages 287-287 Electrical Conductivity and Superconductivity in Graphite Intercalation Compounds....Pages 288-297 Superconductivity of Graphite Intercalation Compounds with Alkali and Alkali-Amalgam....Pages 298-309 Front Matter....Pages 287-287 Thermal Conductivity: An Old Method and New Tool to Investigate Intercalation Compounds....Pages 310-314 The Effect of Hydrogen Sorption on the Electronic Properties of C 24 K....Pages 315-318 Critical Currents in Layered Superconductors....Pages 319-322 Back Matter....Pages 323-326