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The research on graphite intercalation compounds often acts as a
forerunner for research in other sciences. For instance, the
concept of staging, which is fundamental to graphite intercalation
compounds, is also relevant to surface science in connection with
adsorbates on metal surfaces and to high-temperature
superconducting oxide layer materials. Phonon-folding and
mode-splitting effects are not only basic to graphite intercalation
compounds but also to polytypical systems such as supercon ductors,
superlattices, and metal and semiconductor superlattices. Charge
transfer effects playa tremendously important role in many areas,
and they can be most easily and fundamentally studied with
intercalated graphite. This list could be augmented with many more
examples. The important message, however, is that graphite inter
calation compounds represent a class of materials that not only can
be used for testing a variety of condensed-matter concepts, but
also stimulates new ideas and approaches. This volume is the second
of a two-volume set. The first volume addressed the structural and
dynamical aspects of graphite intercalation compounds, together
with the chemistry and intercalation of new compounds. This second
volume provides an up-to-date status report from expert researchers
on the transport, magnetic, elec tronic and optical properties
ofthis unique class of materials. The band-structure cal culations
of the various donor and acceptor compounds are discussed in depth,
and detailed reviews are provided ofthe experimental verification
ofthe electronic struc ture in terms of their photoemission spectra
and optical properties."
The progress of materials science depends on the development of
novel materials and the development of novel experimental
techniques. The research on graphite intercalation compounds
combines both aspects: new compounds with strikingly new and
anisotropic properties have been synthesized and analyzed during
the past couple of years by means of state-of-the-art experimental
methods. At the same time, the preparation of the compounds already
known has improved con siderably, giving increased reliability and
reproducibility of the experimental results. The high quality
experimental data now available have stimulated theo retical work.
Moreover, the theoretical work has had a great impact on further
experimental studies, with the effect of a much improved
understanding of this class of materials. This volume is dedicated
to a thorough description of all relevant experimen tal and
theoretical aspects of the structural and dynamical properties of
graphite intercalation compounds. Because of the large number of
topics, a second vol ume, which is now in preparation, will follow
and will treat the electronic, transport, magnetic, and optical
properties. The second volume will also contain a chapter on
applications of graphite intercalation compounds. There have been a
number of reviews written on selected aspects of these compounds in
various journals and conference proceedings during the last couple
of years, but this is the first comprehensive review since the
thorough overview provided by M.S. Dresselhaus and G. Dresselhaus
appeared ten years ago."
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