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.     

z切LiTaO3单晶的冲击相变研究

利用二级轻气炮加载下的冲击Hugoniot线(冲击波速度D-粒子速度u关系)和粒子速度剖面测量，结合基于密度泛函理论的平面波赝势计算研究了z切LiTaO₃单晶的高压相变.实验发现，D-u关系在u=0.95km/s附近出现明显拐折；实测波剖面中25.9 GPa和32.6 GPa时观测到弹-塑性双波结构，而终态压力为42.7 GPa和53.0 GPa时则为三波结构.上述结果都清楚地表明z切LiTaO₃单晶冲击相变的发生，相变起始压力约为37.9 GPa.同时，理论计算的菱形相(R3c对称群)压缩线与低压实验数据符合较好，而正交相(Pbnm对称群)压缩线则与扣除热压贡献的高压实验数据相符，由此推断z-切LiTaO₃的高压相为正交结构.从实验和理论上澄清了z切LiTaO₃的相变起始压力和高压相晶体结构的认识，研究工作亦对类似单晶材料的冲击相变研究有参考价值.     

Investigations of phase transition, elastic and thermodynamic properties of GaP by using the density functional theory

The phase transition of gallium phosphide (GaP) from zinc-blende (ZB) to a rocksalt (RS) structure is investigated by the plane-wave pseudopotential density functional theory (DFT). Lattice constant a₀, elastic constants c_ij, bulk modulus B₀ and the pressure derivative of bulk modulus B₀' are calculated. The results are in good agreement with numerous experimental and theoretical data. From the usual condition of equal enthalpies, the phase transition from the ZB to the RS structure occurs at 21.9 GPa, which is close to the experimental value of 22.0 GPa. The elastic properties of GaP with the ZB structure in a pressure range from 0 GPa to 21.9 GPa and those of the RS structure in a pressure range of pressures from 21.9 GPa to 40 GPa are obtained. According to the quasi-harmonic Debye model, in which the phononic effects are considered, the normalized volume V/V₀, the Debye temperature θ, the heat capacity C_v and the thermal expansion coefficient α are also discussed in a pressure range from 0 GPa to 40 GPa and a temperature range from 0 K to 1500 K.     

Pressure and photo-induced phase transitions in sulphur investigated by Raman spectroscopy

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The phase transition of orthorhombic sulphur α-S₈ to a high pressure amorphous sulphur allotrope (a-S) has been investigated by Raman spectroscopy. The conversion is found to be induced by the absorption of laser light and can be discussed in terms of ring opening followed by cis-trans conversion of the dihedral angle of S₈ molecules. Laser energy and transition pressure are correlated due to the pressure tuned red shift of the absorption edge of α-S₈. The amorphous (a-S) phase is observed up to 15 GPa at laser intensities below 30μW/μm² at 514.5 and 488.0 nm. Above this threshold power a-S transforms into a second photo-induced phase (p-S), whose discrete Raman spectrum implies an ordered molecular and crystalline structure. By further increasing pressure crystalline S₆ can be created which is found to be the dominant molecular species at pressures above 10 GPa and low temperatures. A phase diagram in the range T < 300 K and p < 15 GPa is also presented.     

First principles study of pressure induced structural phase transition in hydrogen storage material—MgH2

First principles calculation were performed using Vienna ab-initio simulation package within the frame work of density functional theory (DFT) to understand the electronic properties of magnesium hydride. At normal pressure, the most stable structure of MgH₂ is rutile type with a wide band gap of 3.52 eV, which agrees well with the available data. A pressure induced semi-conductor to metallic transition at a pressure of 92.54 GPa is predicted. Our results indicate a sequence of pressure induced structural phase transition in MgH₂. The obtained sequence of phase transition was α→γ→β→δ→ε at a pressure of 0.37 GPa, 3.89 GPa,7.23 GPa and 11.26 GPa, respectively. Thus our results indicate that MgH₂ is one of the best hydrogen storage material and the maximum storage capacity achieved was 7.7%.     

氧化钒晶体的半导体至金属相变的理论研究

本文利用第一性原理方法研究了金红石相和单斜相VO₂晶体的电子结构和热力学性质.在计算中采用局域密度近似结合Hubbard U模型(LDA+U)描述电子的局域强关联效应,同时也利用微扰密度泛函方法计算了两种相结构的声子谱.计算结果表明V原子3d电子轨道中x²-y²轨道能级分裂决定了VO₂晶体在不同相结构下的金属和绝缘体特性.零温状态方程计算揭示了在68 GPa时可以发生从单斜结构 关键词： 2')" href="#">VO₂ 相变 第一性原理     

Theoretical and experimental investigation of the influence of Co content on the titanium dioxide phase transition

We have systematically studied compounds of Co/ TiO₂ by the sol–gel method. X-ray diffraction result indicates that Co influences the anatase to rutile phase transition. In addition, the higher the content of Co, the higher the intensity of rutile peaks. In order to study the reason Co promotes phase transition from metastable anatase to rutile, first-principles methods are used to study the Co/ TiO₂ system. The calculation results showed good agreement with the experiments.     

Structural and magnetic phase transitions in Pr<Subscript>0.7</Subscript>Ca<Subscript>0.3</Subscript>MnO<Subscript>3</Subscript> at high pressures

The crystal structure and Raman spectra of Pr_0.7Ca_0.3MnO₃ manganite at high pressures of up to 30 GPa and the magnetic structure at pressures of up to 1 GPa have been studied. A structural phase transition from the orthorhombic phase of the Pnma symmetry to the high-pressure orthorhombic phase of the Imma symmetry has been observed at P ∼ 15 GPa and room temperature. Anomalies of the pressure dependences of the bending and stretching vibrational modes have been observed in the region of the phase transition. A magnetic phase transition from the initial ferromagnetic ground state (T _C = 120 K) to the A-type antiferromagnetic state (T _N = 140 K) takes place at a relatively low pressure of P = 1 GPa in the low-temperature region. The structural mechanisms of the change of the character of the magnetic ordering have been discussed.     

Phase transition rate of anatase during detonation synthesis of TiO2

TiO₂ powders were synthesized by two types of mixed explosives in a sealed reaction kettle. The phase and morphology of TiO₂ powders were obtained by X-ray diffractometry and transmission electron microscopy. Results indicate that powders obtained from metatitanic acid contained mixed explosive are mixed crystal of anatase and rutile. The phase transition rate of anatase increases from 22.9% to 93.3% with the rise of mass ratio of hexogen, and the grain size also enlarges gradually. The powder obtained from anatase contained mixed explosive is rutile, and the phase transition rate of anatase is 100%. Compared with that before detonation, the grain size of anatase after detonation significantly changes, from nanoscale to micronscale. Based on the calculation of detonation parameters, the phase transition process and grain growth during the synthesis of TiO₂ by means of detonation method are analyzed, and the nucleating collision–growth model is proposed.     

锐钛矿相纳米TiO2晶体生长动力学及生长过程控制

研究了采用溶胶-凝胶法经由前驱物钛酸四异丙酯水解制备纳米TiO₂结构相变及锐钛矿晶体生长动力学过程. 研究结果表明,在酸性条件下水解,由于高压热处理温度的变化导致锐钛矿向金红石相的结构相变,锐钛矿相纳米TiO₂生长活化能在250℃以下和以上分别为(15.8±4.5)kJ/mol和(80.2±1.0)kJ/mol;而在碱性条件下水解的活化能值为(3.5±0.4)kJ/mol. 在不发生结构相变的条件下,酸性水解条件下锐钛矿相纳米TiO₂生长速 关键词： 2')" href="#">纳米TiO₂ 锐钛矿 生长动力学 溶胶-凝胶法     

Effect of thermal annealing on the structure and microstructure of TiO2 thin films

Nanostructured TiO₂ thin films have been prepared through chemical route using sol-gel and spin coating techniques. The deposited films were annealed in the temperature range 400–1000°C for 1 h. The structure and microstructure of the annealed films were characterized by GAXRD, micro-Raman spectroscopy and AFM. The as-deposited TiO₂ thin films are found to be amorphous. Micro-Raman and GAXRD results confirm the presence of the anatase phase and absence of the rutile phase for films annealed up to 700°C. The diffraction pattern of the film annealed at 800 to 1000°C contains peaks of both anatase and rutile reflections. The intensity of all peaks in micro-Raman and GAXRD patterns increased and their width (FWHM) decreased with increasing annealing temperature, demonstrating the improvement in the crystallinity of the annealed films. Phase transformation at higher annealing temperature involves a competition among three events such as: grain growth of anatase phase, conversion of anatase to rutile and grain growth of rutile phase. AFM image of the asdeposited films and annealed films indicated exponential grain growth at higher temperature.      

微区Raman光谱在TiO_2高压结构相变研究中的应用

本文以金红石单晶TiO2和锐钛矿多晶TiO2为研究对象,应用金刚石小压机和原位拉曼光谱测量技术,系统研究了室温高压下TiO2的结构相变。原位拉曼测量表明,金红石单晶TiO2在压力达到12.91GPa时开始发生由金红石结构向斜锆石结构(MI)的相变,当压力达到14.16 GPa时,相变完成;继续加压到21.65 GPa,没有发现进一步的相变;卸压时由斜锆石结构转变为PbO2结构,相变发生在大约7.11 GPa处。锐钛矿多晶TiO2在压力达到4.26 GPa时开始向PbO2结构转变,当压力达到8.34 GPa时相变完成;继续加压到12.94 GPa,样品开始发生由PbO2结构向斜锆石结构的相变,当压力达到18.74 GPa时相变完成;继续加压到21.39 GPa,没有发现进一步的相变;卸压时也由斜锆石结构转变为PbO2结构,起始相变压力点应高于8 GPa。     

High-pressure effect on inverse spinel LiCuVO4:X-ray diffraction and Raman scattering

The effect of external quasi-hydrostatic pressure on the inverse spinel structure of LiCuVO 4 was studied in this paper. High-pressure synchrotron X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy measurements were carried out at room temperature up to 35.7 and 40.3 GPa, respectively. At a pressure of about 20 GPa, both Raman spectra and X-ray diffraction results indicate that LiCuVO4 was transformed into a monoclinic phase, which remained stable up to at least 35.7 GPa. Upon release of pressure, the high-pressure phase returned to the initial phase. The pressure dependence of the volume of low pressure orthorhombic phase and high-pressure monoclinic phase were described by a second-order Birch-Murnaghan equation of state, which yielded bulk modulus values of B 0 = 197(5) and 232(8) GPa, respectively. The results support the empirical suggestion that the oxide spinels have similar bulk modulus around 200 GPa.     

Effect of annealing on TiO2 nanoparticles

TiO₂ nanoparticles have been prepared by simple chemical precipitation method and annealed at different temperatures. The as-prepared TiO₂ are amorphous, and they transform into anatase phase on annealing at 450 °C, and rutile phase on annealing at 900 °C. The X-ray diffraction results showed that TiO₂ nanoparticles with grain size in the range of 21–24 nm for anatase phase and 69–74 nm for rutile phase have been obtained. FESEM images show the formation of TiO₂ nanoparticles with small size in structure. The FTIR and Raman spectra exhibited peaks corresponding to the anatase and rutile structure phases of TiO₂. Optical absorption studies reveal that the absorption edge shifts towards longer wavelength (red shift) with increase of annealing temperature.     

The baddeleyite-type high pressure phase of Ca(OH)2

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A phase transition from Ca(OH)₂ I (portlandite) to Ca(OH)₂ II at high pressure and temperature has been confirmed, using in situ x-ray diffraction in a multianvil high pressure device (DIA). The structure was determined at 9.5 GPa and room temperature from data collected after heating the sample at 300°C at 7.2 GPa in a diamond anvil cell. Both the Le Bail fit and preliminary Rietveld refinement suggest that the new phase, which reverts to Ca(OH), I during pressure release, has a structure related to that of baddeleyite (ZrO₁); it is monoclinic (P2₁/c) with a= 4.887(2), b= 5.834(2), c = 5.587(2), β = 99.74(2)°. The coordination number of Ca increases from six to seven (5 + 2) across the transition. At 500°C, the phase boundary is bracketed at 5.7 ± 0.4 GPa by reversal experiments performed in the DIA.     

Structural phase transition in Bi2Te3 under high pressure

Structural change in Bi₂Te₃ under high pressure up to 16.6 GPa has been studied by powder x-ray diffraction. We observed two times of phase transitions at room temperature at the pressures of 8 and 14 GPa, respectively. According to our preliminary result on electrical resistance, it is reasonable to suppose that superconducting transition with T _c =2.8 K at the pressures of 10.2 GPa is observed in phase II. On the other hand, we found anomalies of the pressure dependences of lattice parameters and volume at around 2 GPa, which probably means the change in electrical structure on the Fermi surface.     

Study of surface-bulk mass transport and phase transformation in nano-TiO2 using hyperfine interaction technique

Phase transition from anatase to rutile for the 70 nm TiO₂ crystallite has been investigated by the time differential perturbed angular correlation (TDPAC) technique. The study involved the annealing of the TiO₂ nanocrystals, adsorbed with the nuclear probe (¹⁸¹Hf/¹⁸¹Ta) at trace level, at different temperatures for different durations. The TDPAC measurement was also supported by XRD measurement where the width of the peaks increases with the increase in annealing temperature indicating a crystal growth. The samples annealed up to 823 K for 4 h showed no phase transition, except for the growth of the crystallites. However, it showed phase transition at the same temperature (823 K), when annealed for longer duration, indicating the slower kinetics of the phase transition process. Further the sample, when annealed at 1123 K for 4 h, showed phase transition. It has also been observed that the ¹⁸¹Hf tracer, adsorbed on 70 nm anatase TiO₂, diffuses from surface to bulk during the phase transition process and the extent of diffusion in anatase differs from that in rutile phase. However, surface to bulk mass-transfer is found to play a significant role in the phase transition process.     

Pressure-induced melting of charge-order in the self-doped mott insulator yttrium nickelate

The stability under pressure of the charge-density-wave in the insulating phase of YNiO₃ was studied by infrared spectroscopy and synchrotron diffraction techniques up to 23 GPa. YNiO₃ undergoes a pressure induced insulator-to-metal transition at approximately 15 GPa in the pressure domain, coinciding with the melting of the charge ordered phase. The optical band gap is non-zero above 15 GPa, as is the case above the reported insulator-metal transition (585 K) in the temperature-domain. There is a similarity between the infrared spectral profile around 15 GPa and the infrared spectral profile above ca. 700 K. We conclude therefore that the pressure-induced structural/electronic transition induced around 15 GPa, probably having an as-yet unreported counterpart in the temperature domain at a temperature in excess of 585 K.     

An experimental exploration of chemical bond characteristic,bulk modulus and phase stability in ZnO:Cu nanocrystals under high pressure

The high pressure induced phase transitions in Zn_1−x Cu _x O (x=0.005 and 0.011) are investigated by angle-dispersive synchrotron radiation X-ray diffraction. As the pressure increases, phase transformations from the wurtzite structure to the rocksalt structure are observed in both samples, with the transition pressures at 9.8 GPa and 7.9 GPa, respectively. With the increasing of the Cu-doping concentration in ZnO, crystalline parameters, the bulk moduli, and the Zn–O bond lengths all increased, meanwhile, the transition pressures decreased. The results could be explained in terms of the reduction of phase transformation barriers and the lowering of bond energy.     

High-pressure neutron diffraction study of BaFe<Subscript>2</Subscript>As<Subscript>2</Subscript>

The crystal structure of BaFe₂As₂ was studied by high-pressure neutron powder diffraction in the pressure range from ambient to 6.5 GPa as well as in the temperature range from 12 K to 293 K at 4.4 GPa and no pressure or temperature induced phase changes were observed. The compression mechanism of BaFe₂As₂ was found to be anisotropic as the a- and c-axes are reduced by 2.49 and 3.66%, respectively at 6.5 GPa. Within the FeAs layers the Fe-As and Fe-Fe bonds decrease by 2.49 and 3.66%, respectively. The Ba-As distance decreases by 3.70% while the As-As inter-atomic distance along the c-axis exhibits a complex pressure dependence. The bulk modulus B ₀ and its pressure derivative B ₀' were determined to be B ₀ = 59(2) GPa and B ₀' = 6.1(7) at ambient temperature.