Molecular rotation in C70 at high pressures: a thermal conductivity study

• We have measured the thermal conductivity ε and the heat capacity per unit volume varrhocp of highly pure C70 in the temperature interval 100–450 K under pressures up to 1 GPa. Anomalies indicating freezing of uniaxial molecular rotation were observed in λ and varrhocp upon both cooling and increasing pressure. The phase boundary for this transition has an approximate slope dT/dp = 70 K Gpa−1. The temperature and pressure dependence of λ indicate a substantial amount of structural defects in the sample and strong metastability effects.

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NATURVETENSKAP  -- Fysik -- Den kondenserade materiens fysik (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Physical Sciences -- Condensed Matter Physics (hsv//eng)

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NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Physical Sciences -- Other Physics Topics (hsv//eng)

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Fullerenes

C70

high pressure

thermal conductivity

molecular orientation

molecular rotation

uniaxial rotation

phase diagram

Condensed matter physics

Kondenserade materiens fysik

fysik

Physics

Fysik

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