ISSN:
1432-0630
Keywords:
66.70.+f
;
64.70.Pf
;
61.50.−f
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
,
Physics
Notes:
Abstract We have performed thermal conductivity measurements on C60 and C70 crystals grown by sublimation. For single crystal C60, the thermal conductivity k is ∼0.4 W/m K at room temperature and is nearly temperature independent down to 260K. We observed a sharp orientational phase transition at 260K, indicated by a 25% jump in k. Below 90K, k is time dependent, which manifests itself as a shoulder-like structure at ∼85K. The temperature and time dependence of k below 260K can be described by a simple model which accounts for the thermally activated hopping of C60 molecules between two nearly degenerate orientations, separated by an energy barrier of ∼240 meV. It is found that solvents have a strong influence on the physical properties of C70 crystals. For solvent-free C70 crystal, k is about constant above 300K. There is a broad first-order phase transition in k at 300K with a 25% jump. We associate this transition with the aligning of the fivefold axes of the C70 molecules along the c-axis of the hexagonal lattice. Upon further cooling, k increases and is time independent.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00539478
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