Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
2002-12-24
A.N. Aleksandrovskii, A.S Bakai, A.V. Dolbin, V.B. Esel'son, G.E. Gadd, V.G. Gavrilko, V.G. Manzhelii, S. Moricca, B. Sundqvis
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
18 pages, 12 figures
Scientific paper
10.1063/1.1542477
The low temperature (2-24 K) thermal expansion of pure (single crystal and polycrystalline) C60 and polycrystalline C60 intercalated with He, Ne, Ar, and Kr has been investigated using high-resolution capacitance dilatometer. The investigation of the time dependence of the sample length variations on heating shows that the thermal expansion is determined by the sum of positive and negative contributions, which have different relaxation times. The negative thermal expansion usually prevails at helium temperatures. The positive expansion is connected with the phonon thermalization of the system. The negative expansion is caused by reorientation of the C60 molecules. It is assumed that the reorientation is of quantum character. The inert gas impurities affect very strongly the reorientation of the C60 molecules especially at liquid helium temperatures. A temperature hysteresis of the thermal expansion coefficient of Kr- and He- C60 solutions has been revealed. The hysteresis is attributed to orientational polyamorphous transformation in these systems.
Aleksandrovskii A. N.
Bakai A. S.
Dolbin A. V.
Esel'son V. B.
Gadd G. E.
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