Superconductivity has been demonstrated at a surprisingly high temperature in a C60 solid, raising questions about its electronic properties and hopes of even higher temperatures to come.
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Gunnarsson, O. C60 — the hole story . Nature 408, 528–529 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/35046179
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