Point defects and thermal conductivity of C60

• Recent literature data for the thermal conductivity κ of single-crystal C60 are analyzed using a standard model. It is shown that in the intermediate range 100–250 K, below the rotational transition, κ can be described extremely well by a model taking into account phonon and point defect scattering only. The magnitude derived for the phonon-phonon scattering term agrees very well with an estimate from a simple model.

Subject headings

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

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

Keyword

Fullerenes

C60

thermal conductivity

point defects

phonon-phonon nteraction

Condensed matter physics

Kondenserade materiens fysik

fysik

Physics

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