Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Vol.106, No.1, 192-196, 2002
Thermal conductivity and heat capacity of Dianin's clathrates under pressure
The thermal conductivities, A, and heat capacities of polycrystalline Dianin's compound and its CCl4 and ethanol clathrates have been investigated in the temperature range 40-300 K for pressures up to 1 GPa. All high-pressure results for A show typical crystal-like behavior, whereas previous atmospheric pressure results for single crystals as well as recent results on polycrystalline samples show glasslike behavior. The change from glasslike to crystal-like dependence might be caused by a frequency shift of localized vibrations on pressurization, moving the localized vibrations outside the frequency range of the dominant heat carriers and reducing thermal resistance due to resonance scattering.