GLASS-TRANSITION IN SINGLE-CRYSTAL C-60 STUDIED BY HIGH-RESOLUTION DILATOMETRY

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GUGENBERGER, F [1 ]
HEID, R [1 ]
MEINGAST, C [1 ]
ADELMANN, P [1 ]
BRAUN, M [1 ]
WUHL, H [1 ]
HALUSKA, M [1 ]
KUZMANY, H [1 ]
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[1] UNIV VIENNA,INST FESTKORPERPHYS,A-1090 VIENNA,AUSTRIA
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.69.3774
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O4 [物理学];
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The thermal expansion of single-crystalline C60 is studied using high-resolution capacitance dilatometry. In addition to the orientational-ordering transition at 261 K, we observe a transition at T(g) almost-equal-to 90 K due to the freezing in of orientational disorder, which has the character of a glass transition. The relaxation near T(g) is studied by varying the heating (cooling) rate over more than two decades. It is found to obey an Arrhenius behavior with E(a) = 288 +/- 5 meV within a simple glass-transition model.
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