ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES, EQUATIONS OF STATE AND PHASE TRANSITION IN SOLID C₆₀ AT HIGH PRESSURE

Electrical properties and equations of state in solid C₆₀ at room temperature and high pressure have been studied in a diamond anvil cell using capacitance and resistance measurements and a piston-cylinder type device using P-V measurements, respectively. Experimental results by capacitance and P-V measurements indicate that solid C₆₀ also undergoes a phase transition at room temperature and a lower pressure, about 2GPa. The phase transition may be from a face-centered-cubic to a simple-cubic structure.