Disentangling the chemistry and physics behind reported unconventional superconductivity and exotic magnetism in alkali-intercalated PAHs has remained problematic due to the lack of phase-pure samples. Two synthetic pathways have now remedied this issue, facilitating studies of cooperative electronic properties based on carbon π-electrons.
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Valentí, R., Winter, S. Synthesis successes. Nature Chem 9, 608–609 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.2799
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