Abstract

A review of some of the solid state and the magnetic properties of fullerenes is presented. We summarise and discuss experimental results on magnetism of pure C₆₀, C₇₀ and higher fullerenes. The main features of the structure and the magnetic properties of intercalated fullerenes, such as metallofullerenes, TDAE-C₆₀ and polymeric A₁C₆₀, are presented. Attention is also paid to the mixed state properties of fullerene superconductors, especially to the evaluation of the critical fields and the characteristic lengths of these materials. Some new experimental results on this subject are also presented.