High pressure study of the 2D polymeric phase of C60by means of raman spectroscopy

• The effect of high hydrostatic pressure, up to 12 GPa, on the intramolecular phonon frequencies and the material stability of the two-dimensional tetragonal C-60 polymer has been studied by means of Raman spectroscopy in the spectral range of the radial intramolecular modes (200-800 cm(-1)). A number of new Raman modes appear in the spectrum for pressures similar to 1.4 and similar to 5.0 GPa. The pressure coefficients for the majority of the phonon modes exhibit changes to lower values at P=4.0 GPa, which may be related to a structural modification of the 2D polymer to a more isotropic phase. The peculiarities observed in the Raman spectra are reversible and the material is stable in the pressure region investigated.

Subject headings

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)

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fullerenes

2D tetragonal polymer

Raman spectroscopy

high pressure

Fysik

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