Transport and vibrational properties of pressure polymerized C60

• The vibrational spectrum of polycrystalline C60 polymerized at 1.1 GPa and 585 K was studied by inelastic neutron scattering. We find drastic changes in the spectrum compared to the vibrational spectrum of pristine C60: the appearance of a new, broad vibrational band at low energies, and splitting and significant changes in the peak positions of various modes. The thermal conductivity lambda of polymerized C60 was measured in the temperature range 150-320 K and was found to increase with a rise in temperature, which reflects strong phonon scattering. A high degree of structural disorder in the crystalline lattice of the polymeric phase is most probably responsible for the glass-like beahviour of lambda(T).

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Keyword

Fullerenes

C60

high pressure synthesis

fullerene polymer

polymerization

thermal conductivity

glass-like behaviour

phonon spectrum

inelastic neutron scattering

vibrational spectrum

Condensed matter physics

Kondenserade materiens fysik

fysik

Physics

Fysik

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