Intermolecular bond stability of C60 dimers and 2D pressure-polymerized C60

• The thermal stability of C60 dimers and 2D pressure-polymerized C60 is studied using high-resolution capacitance dilatometry. The transformation of both the dimer and the polymer phases back to 'normal' C60 is excellently described by a simple thermally activated process with activation energies of 1.75 +/- 0.1 eV (dimer) and 1.9 +/- 0.2 eV (polymer). These results are compared to previous data for 1D-polymerized C60 and photo-polymerized C60. The thermal expansivity of the 2D-polymer phase is as much as a factor of ten smaller than that of pure C60 and approaches values for diamond.

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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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Fullerenes

C60

thermal expansion

high pressure synthesis

fullerene polymer

polymer breakdown

dimer

excitation energy

thermally activated process

Condensed matter physics

Kondenserade materiens fysik

fysik

Physics

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