Thermal conductivity of C60 under high pressure

• We have measured the thermal conductivity lambda of highly pure polycrystalline C60 in the range 50 to 300 K under pressures up to 1 GPa. The results are discussed in terms of the lattice structure and dynamics. In particular, we discuss the phase diagram as delineated by anomalies observed in lambda and cp at the f.c.c.-to-s.c. transition at 260 K and the glass transition at Tg = 90 K, and also the effect on lambda of the orientational motion in the s.c. phase. The results are found to be compatible with a p/T phase diagram recently suggested by us.

Subject headings

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

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

Keyword

Fullerenes

C60

high pressure

thermal conductivity

phase diagram

glass transition

phase transition

Condensed matter physics

Kondenserade materiens fysik

fysik

Physics

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