Raman study of plastic crystal phase of cyclooctanol under high pressure with different compression rate》.pdf

Journal of Molecular Structure 1102 (2015) 6 e10 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Journal of Molecular Structure journal homepage: /locate/molstruc Raman study of plastic crystal phase of cyclooctanol under high pressure with different compression rate * Yufen Ren, Xuerui Cheng , Kun Yang, Xiang Zhu, Haining Li, Yongqiang Wang School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, Zhengzhou, Henan 450002, China a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: The cyclooctanol (C H O) has been investigated under high pressure with different compression rate 8 16 Received 30 April 2015 using Raman spectroscopy. With lower compression rate, two-phase transformations are observed at Received in revised form around 0.4 and 1.1 GPa respectively. At around 0.4 GPa, solidification was observed while no any change 31 July 2015 presents in the Raman spectra, indicating plastic crystal phase formed. Further compressing to 1.1 GPa, Accepted 3 August 2015 most Raman peaks become sharper and more intense. Additionally, several new peaks present, meaning Available online 7 August 2015 one ordered crystal phase occur at this pressure. While with higher compression rate, cyclooctanol maintains the