Reorientational relaxation in C60 following a pressure induced change in the pentagon/hexagon equilibrium ratio

• The orientational structure of C60 depends on pressure and temperature. Pressurization below the glass transition temperature Tg can freeze in non-equilibrium orientational structures. The relaxation of such structures on heating through Tg has been studied through thermal conductivity measurements and the effects observed are explained in a simple model.

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

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

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Fysik -- Annan fysik (hsv//swe)

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

Keyword

Fullerenes

C60

high pressure

phase diagram

orientational structure

non-equilibrium structures

relaxation

thermal conductivity

glass transition

Condensed matter physics

Kondenserade materiens fysik

fysik

Physics

Fysik

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