Electronic properties of molecular solids: the peculiar case of solid Picene

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Recently, a new organic superconductor, K-intercalated picene, with high transition temperatures Tc (up to 18 K) has been discovered. We have investigated the electronic properties of an undoped relative of this superconductor, solid picene, using a combination of experimental and theoretical methods. Our results provide deep insights into the occupied and unoccupied electronic states.
We are grateful to the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft for financial support (KN393/5 and KN393/9). This work was also supported by the Spanish MEC (FIS2007-65702-C02-01), ACIPromociona (ACI2009-1036), ‘Grupos Consolidados UPV/EHU del Gobierno Vasco’ (IT-319- 07), ETORTEK and by the European Union through e-I3 ETSF (contract 211956) and THEMA (contract 228539) projects. We acknowledge support from the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (‘Red Espanola de Supercomputacion’).