纳米硫化锌球壳的高压相变研究

 采用同步辐射能量色散X射线衍射（EDEX）技术和金刚石对顶砧高压装置,对纳米硫化锌球壳进行了原位高压X射线衍射实验。最高压力达33.3 GPa。常压下纳米硫化锌球壳为纤锌矿结构和闪锌矿结构共存的混相结构。压力达到11.2 GPa时,纳米硫化锌空心球中的纤锌矿结构全部转变为闪锌矿结构。压力达到16.0 GPa时,发生了由闪锌矿结构向岩盐矿结构的相变,在17.5 GPa和21.0 GPa时分别出现未知峰,33.3 GPa时基本完全转变为岩盐矿结构。两个相变均为可逆相变。     

三聚氰胺(C_3N_6H_6)的高压Raman与压致结构相变研究

本文在8 7GPa压力范围内研究了三聚氰胺(C3N6H6)的高压原位Raman光谱。通过内、外Raman活性模的压致效应,发现在1 5GPa和6 0GPa压力下该分子晶体发生了压致结构相变。用空间群相关原理确认在1 5GPa压力下它从单斜相转变为三斜相;在6 0GPa压力下又发生了另一次结构相变。然后在室温高压条件下对三聚氰胺进行了原位同步辐射能量散射x-ray衍射实验(EDXD),在14 7GPa压力范围内,观察到常压下为单斜晶系的三聚氰胺经历了两次压致结构相变。在1 3GPa下,三聚氰胺分子晶体从单斜相转变为三斜相;在8 2GPa又转变为正交相。本实验结果为利用三聚氰胺碳氮有机分子晶体高温高压合成超硬C3N4共价晶体的研究提供了重要信息。     

β-FeSi2的高压研究

 对β-FeSi₂晶体进行了原位X射线衍射高压研究。利用同步辐射X射线衍射原位研究了β-FeSi₂的高压相演化，发现压力在4.3 GPa时出现相变，在25.8 GPa时相变完成。指标化结果表明：经高压处理后得到的产物具有四方结构，其晶格常数为：a=b=1.004 9 nm，c=0.339 4 nm。     

Zn2SnO4纳米线高压下的相变研究

 利用金刚石对顶压砧（DAC）对具有反尖晶石结构的透明导体氧化物Zn₂SnO₄（ZTO）纳米线进行了原位高压同步辐射角散X射线衍射（ADXRD）研究。结果发现：在压力为12.9 GPa附近,晶体的对称性降低,并发生晶体结构相变,产生中间过渡相;当压力为32.7 GPa时,发生高压相变,形成高压相。在样品加压前后,纳米线的形貌发生了很大的变化。通过Birch-Murnaghan方程,拟合得到B′₀=4时的体弹模量B₀ =(168.6±9.7) GPa。     

β-BaB2O4晶体高压相变的X光衍射研究

 我们用金刚石压砧装置（DAC）高压X射线粉末衍射照相方法，研究了β-BaB₂O₄晶体的相变。压力从0.1 MPa逐步加至17.6 GPa，发现BBO由室温下的六方相经历了若干次相变后，当压力加至11.5 GPa时，转变为无定形相。在11.5 GPa压力前的相变是可逆的，一旦进入无定形相，则相变是不可逆的。     

无定形硒的高压同步辐射研究

采用原位高压同步辐射X射线衍射技术, 利用金刚石对顶砧(DAC)装置产生高压, 测定了无定形硒在室温下、74.3GPa的压力范围内的同步辐射X射线衍射谱. 在实验压力范围内, 发现无定形硒在10GPa到11Gpa压力范围内发生了压致结晶变化, 其结晶后的产物为六角晶体与一种新的高压金属相^{[6]<\sup>的混合体. 值得说明的是该高压金属结构一直到42GPa时仍稳定存在, 到42GPa以后才转变成正交结构. 分别观察到了在30GPa和60GPa左右发生的从单斜相到正交相和从正交相到菱方相的结构相变, 这分别与Mao等人[1]<\sup>和Akahama等人[3]<\sup>从六角结构硒晶体出发得到的实验结果相同.}     

高压下LiB3O5晶体-非晶体相变的研究

 采用X射线粉末衍射和同步辐射能散X射线衍射技术，对LiB₃O₅（LBO）晶体进行了压致非晶化相变的研究，压力达45.1 GPa。实验结果表明，LBO存在两个中间相变，压力分别为5 GPa和15.8 GPa。而当压力增加到25~31.6 GPa时，LBO出现非晶态，这个非晶化相变是不可逆的。     

超高压下碘的结构相变

 采用DAC高压X光技术，在320 GPa压力下，对碘进行了结构相变的研究。用耐腐蚀材料Mo作封垫，在室温和无保护气氛下装样。采用Mo内标和红宝石荧光测量进行压力校准。结果表明，在21 GPa时，开始发生结构相变，由面心正交相（Ⅰ相），转变为体心正交相（Ⅱ相），体积缩小2%左右。在21~25 GPa之间为两相共存区；在25 GPa以上完全转变为新的高压单相（Ⅱ相）。此相变为可逆相变。     

C70纳米/亚微米棒的高压相变研究

通过溶剂挥发法获得了准一维C70纳米/亚微米棒状晶体,直径为～500nm, 长度为～10μm,呈六方密堆(hcp)结构. 利用金刚石对顶砧(DAC)高压装置,采用同步辐射能量色散X光能量色散衍射方法(EDXD)和高压拉曼光谱,研究了压力对C70纳米/亚微米棒结构的影响, 实验中最高压力为26.1GPa. 结果表明, 在准静水压条件下,在23.3—26.1GPa压力范围内, hcp结构的C70纳米/亚微米棒发生了由hcp结构向非晶化的相变,相变压力比体材料高约5GPa, 该相变是不可逆相变, 而且该相变是由于C70在高压下笼状结构被破坏所导致的.     

氧化镓的同步辐射研究

 利用金刚石对顶砧（DAC）高压装置产生高压，使用体积比为16∶3∶1的甲醇、乙醇和水混合液作为传压介质，通过原位高压同步辐射技术对氧化镓的高压行为进行了研究（0～42.5 GPa）。实验发现在室温下13.3 GPa压力附近，单斜结构的氧化镓发生了结构相变，变成三角结构。相变后镓离子由原来同时位于由氧离子围成的四面体和八面体的中心位置变成只位于八面体的中心位置。卸压后的X射线衍射谱表明，氧化镓又恢复为单斜结构，该相变为可逆相变。     

正庚烷相变序列的高压拉曼光谱研究

在室温条件下, 利用金刚石对顶砧超高压实验技术, 对液态的正庚烷进行了原位高压拉曼光谱研究, 采用红宝石荧光压标测压, 实验的最高压力为20.78 GPa。实验中发现, 当压力达到1.2 GPa左右时, 原本透明的样品腔内有小晶粒形成, 此时测量的拉曼谱上发现有许多新的拉曼峰出现。因此, 我们判断正庚烷在此压力下发生了一次相变; 当压力增加到3 GPa左右时, 在92.42 cm-1和2913.6 cm-1处又出现了2个新的拉曼峰, 并且拉曼频移随压力变化的曲线出现拐点, 我们推测在此压力下正庚烷可能又发生第二次相变; 当压力高于14.5 GPa时, 正庚烷发生了第三次压致相变; 而当压力介于7.5~14.5 GPa之间正庚烷处于两相共存的状态。我们给出了液体正庚烷在高压下的相变序列为: 液相-旋转相Ⅲ-旋转相Ⅳ-结晶相。该研究结果为进一步理解和研究其他正烷烃在高压下的结构、物理和化学特性提供了理论基础。     

High pressure study of acetophenone azine

High pressure Raman spectra of acetophenone azine (APA) have been measured up to 17.7 GPa with a diamond anvil cell. Two crystalline-to-crystalline phase transformations are found at pressures about 3.6 and 5.8 GPa. A disappearance of external modes and the C–H vibration at pressures higher than 8.7 GPa suggests that the sample undergoes a phase transition to amorphous or orientationally disordered (plastic) state, and the amorphization was completed at about 12.1 GPa. The disordered state is unstable and, then, a polymerization transformation reaction occurs with a further pressure increase. After the pressure has been released, the polymerization state can remain at the ambient condition, indicating that the virgin crystalline state is not recovered. The results show that the phenomenon underlying the pressure induced phase transition of APA may involve profound changes in the coordination environments of the symmetric aromatic azine.     

First-principles study of high-pressure phase transformations in LaBi

An investigation into the structural stability and the electronic properties of LaBi under high pressure was conducted using first-principles calculations based on density functional theory (DFT), in the presence and absence of spin–orbit coupling (SOC). Our results demonstrate that there exists a structural phase transition from the NaCl-type (B1) structure to a primitive tetragonal (PT) structure at the transition pressure of 11.2 GPa (without SOC) and 12.9 GPa (with SOC). The chemical bond between La and Bi is mainly ionic. The band structure shows that B1-LaBi is metallic. A pseudogap appears around the Fermi level of the total density of states (DOS) of the B1 phase of LaBi, which may contribute to its stability.     

硼酸锂系列晶体的高压拉曼散射研究

本文进行了硼酸锂系列晶体的高压拉曼散射及其压致相变的研究。对于三硼酸锂（ＬｉＢ３Ｏ５），我们发现在５．０ＧＰａ有一可逆的晶态到晶态的相变，在２７．０ＧＰａ有一不可逆的晶态到非晶态的相变。二硼酸锂（Ｌｉ２Ｂ４Ｏ７）不可逆压致非晶相变发生在３２．０ＧＰａ附近。对于一硼酸锂，我们研究了０—５５．８ＧＰａ范围内的高压拉曼光谱，只在２．０ＧＰａ发现了一个晶态到晶态的相变，但未发现不可逆压致非晶化现象。在硼酸锂系列晶体中，不可逆压致非晶化的压力随Ｌｉ２Ｏ的含量的增加而升高。硼酸锂晶体中Ｌｉ２Ｏ的含量越高，压致非晶化越不容易发生，这与熔体急冷法制备硼酸锂玻璃的规律是一致的。     

压力高达27 GPa下天然奥长石的XRD分析

在室温高达27 GPa压力下对天然奥长石(Na_0.86K_0.02Ca_0.12Mg_0.01(Fe_0.01Al_1.12Si_2.87O₈))粉晶进行了原位同步辐射X光衍射(XRD)测量,获得了样品的状态方程。实验数据表明随着压力增大奥长石样品在大约3.5 GPa发生了三斜向单斜的相变(P1→C2)和在大约10.0 GPa发生了单斜对称相变(C2→C2/m)。样品三个相的体模量计算值分别为K₀=73.8 GPa (K′=10.98), K_(C2)=124 GPa (K′=1.05) 和K_(C2/m)=272 GPa (K′=0.625)。样品的元素组成影响其T-O-T 键角的刚度、M-O键的强度和Si-O-Al键角的弯曲,从而导致奥长石样品在高压行为的特殊变化。三斜相的奥长石晶胞压缩性具明显的各向异性。实验结果表明在冷俯冲带奥长石可能是碱金属和碱土金属深循环的载体。     

Pressure-induced amorphization of Gd2(MoO4)3: A high pressure Raman investigation

High pressure Raman spectroscopic studies on Gd₂(MoO₄)₃(GMO) have been carried out at ambient temperature in the diamond cell to 10 GPa hydrostatic pressure. These experiments have revealed pressure-induced phase transitions in GMO near 2 GPa and 6.0 GPa. The first transition is from Pba2(β′) phase to another undetermined crystalline phase, designated as phase II, and the second transition is to an amorphized state. On releasing pressure there is a partial reversion to the crystalline state. The Raman data indicate that the amorphization is due to disordering of the MoO₄ tetrahedral units. Further, it is inferred from the nature of the Raman bands in the amorphized material that the Mo-O bond lengths and bond angles have a range of values, instead of a few set values. The results of the present study as well as previous high pressure-high temperature quenching experiments strongly support that pressure-induced amorphization in GMO is a consequence of the kinetically impededβ toα phase transition. The system in frustration becomes disordered. The rare earth trimolybdates crystallizing in theβ′ structure are all expected to undergo similar pressure-induced amorphization.     

High-pressure structures of disilane and their superconducting properties

A systematic ab initio search for low-enthalpy phases of disilane (Si2H6) at high pressures was performed based on the minima hopping method. We found a novel metallic phase of disilane with Cmcm symmetry, which is enthalpically more favorable than the recently proposed structures of disilane up to 280 GPa, but revealing compositional instability below 190 GPa. The Cmcm phase has a moderate electron-phonon coupling yielding a superconducting transition temperature T(c) of around 20 K at 100 GPa, decreasing to 13 K at 220 GPa. These values are significantly smaller than previously predicted T(c))s for disilane at equivalent pressure. This shows that similar but different crystalline structures of a material can result in dramatically different T(c)'s and stresses the need for a systematic search for a crystalline ground state.     

Pressure-induced phase transition of crystalline and amorphous silicon and germanium at low temperatures

Abstract

X-ray diffraction has been measured for crystalline silicon, crystalline germanium, amorphous silicon and amorphous germanium at temperatures down to 100 K and pressures up to 20 GPa using a diamond anvil cell and synchrotron radiation. The structural phase transitions, including amorphization, take place in the pressure-temperature range. It has been found that the structures after the phase transitions strongly depend on the path in the pressure-temperature diagram through which the system undergoes the phase transitions. For any of the aforementioned four materials, the high-pressure phase with the p-Sn structure is quenched during a release of pressure at 100 K, and transforms into an amorphous state when heated up to around 2 GPa. The path dependence of the states is discussed in relation to the pressure dependence of the heights of the energy barriers which have to be overcome when phase transitions occur. The effect of a structural disorder on the phase transition is also discussed by comparing the experimental results for the crystalline and amorphous materials.     

Phase transitions of lanthanide monophosphides with NaCl-type structure at high pressures

Lanthanide monophosphides LnP (Ln = La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Gd, Tb, Tm and Yb) with a NaCl-type structure have systematically been prepared at high temperatures. Using synchrotron radiation, X-ray diffractions of LnP have been studied up to 61 GPa at room temperature. The NaCl---CsCl transition for CeP is found at around 25 GPa. First-order phase transitions of LnP (Ln = La, Pr and Nd) with the crystallographic change occur at around 24, 26 and 30 GPa, respectively. The structure of the high pressure phases of these phosphides is a body center tetragonal structure (Ln: 0, 0, 0; P: 1/2, 1/2, 1/2; space group P4/mmm), which can be seen as the distorted CsCl-type structure. The Pr---P distance in the high pressure form of PrP is 2.789 Å. This almost agrees with the sum of covalent radii of Pr and P. The Pr---P bond has the covalent character at very high pressures. Similar results are also obtained for LaP and NdP. The pressure-induced phase transitions of SmP, GdP, TbP, TmP and YbP occur at around 35, 40, 38, 53 and 51 GPa, respectively. The structure of the high pressure phase is unknown. The phase transitions of LnP with many f-electrons are not due to the mechanism of the ordinary NaCl---CsCl transition. The transition pressures of LnP increase with decreasing the lattice constants in the NaCl-type structure, which decrease with increasing atomic number of the lanthanide atoms.     

High-pressure Raman study of solid hydrogen up to 300 GPa

The high-pressure behavior of solid hydrogen has been investigated by in situ Raman spectroscopy upon compression to 300 GPa at ambient temperature. The hydrogen vibron frequency begins to decrease after it initially increases with pressure up to 38 GPa. This softening behavior suggests the weakening of the intramolecular bond and the increased intermolecular interactions. Above 237 GPa, the vibron frequency softens very rapidly with pressure at a much higher rate than that of phase III, corresponding to transformation from phase III into phase IV. The phase transition sequence has been confirmed from phase I to phase III and then to phase IV at 208 and 237 GPa, respectively. Previous theoretical calculations lead to the proposal of an energetically favorable monoclinic C2/c structure for phase III and orthorhombic Pbcn structure for phase IV. Up to 304 GPa, solid hydrogen is not yet an alkali metal since the sample is still transparent.