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Alkali-doped fullerides have attracted strong interest since their production became possible about fifteen years ago. This book presents recent work which may solve intriguing problems arising from a variety of remarkable properties. For example, these solids are superconductors with high transition temperatures, although the similarity between the electronic and phonon energy scales should suppress superconductivity. Moreover, the Ioffe-Regel condition for electrical conductivity is strongly violated. The book shows why superconductivity is nevertheless possible, owing to a local pairing mechanism. The Ioffe-Regel condition is derived quantum-mechanically, and it is explained why the underlying assumptions are violated for fullerides and high-Tc cuprates, for example. The book treats electronic and transport properties, reviewing theoretical and experimental results. It focuses on superconductivity, electrical conductivity and metal-insulator transitions, emphasizing the electron-electron and electron-phonon interactions as well as the Jahn-Teller effect.

Superconductors. --- Superconductivity. --- Electric conductivity. --- Metal-insulator transitions. --- Electron-electron interactions. --- Electron-phonon interactions. --- Jahn-Teller effect. --- Interactions, Electron-electron --- Electrons --- Lepton interactions --- Teller-Jahn effect --- Coupled mode theory --- Crystal field theory --- Energy levels (Quantum mechanics) --- Interactions, Electron-phonon --- Electromagnetic interactions --- Transitions, Metal-insulator --- Anderson model --- Electric insulators and insulation --- Free electron theory of metals --- Phase transformations (Statistical physics) --- Transition metals --- Conductivity, Electric --- Transport theory --- Electric conductivity --- Critical currents --- Superfluidity --- Superconducting materials --- Superconductive devices --- Cryoelectronics --- Electronics --- Solid state electronics --- Materials --- Superconductors --- Superconductivity --- Metal-insulator transitions --- Electron-electron interactions --- Electron-phonon interactions --- Jahn-Teller effect --- Supraconducteurs --- Supraconductivité --- Conduction électrique --- Transitions métal-isolant --- Interactions électron-électron --- Interactions électron-phonon --- Jahn-Teller, Effet