Bose-Einstein Condensation of Molecular Hydrogen in Nanotube Bundles

2003/06/17 by Francesco Ancilotto, Ancilotto, Francesco, M. Mercedes Calbi +5
Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics #Carbon Nanotubes in Composites #FOS: Physical sciences #Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics #Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft) #Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech) #cond-mat.soft #cond-mat.stat-mech

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.cond-mat/0306450

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Abstract

We evaluate the effects of heterogeneity on the density of states of H₂ molecules inside interstitial channels within bundles of carbon nanotubes. As temperature (T) falls, the density increases within those tubes having the greatest binding energy. At T ~ 10 mK, the molecules undergo Bose-Einstein condensation, exhibiting a singular heat capacity.

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