High pressure Raman scattering studies on adamantane

High pressure behavior of adamantane is investigated up to pressures of 26 GPa at ambient temperature using Raman spectroscopy. A detailed study of ch anges in the Raman spectrum of the C-H stretching modes across the disorder -order transition around 0.5 GPa is reported. Pressure dependence of the in ternal mode frequencies suggest two more subtle transitions around 2.8 GPa and 8.5 GPa, respectively, which are reversible. Evolution of spectra at hi gher pressures show evidence for another structural transition above 24 GPa . (C) 2000 American Institute of Physics. [S0021-9606(00)01014-X].