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.     

一种高密度玻璃的多形性高压相变和物态方程研究

在二级轻气炮上用无氧铜飞片直接撞击重玻璃平板样品(密度为4.817 g/cm³,材料牌号:ZF6)开展了冲击压缩实验研究,压力范围为52.1—167.8 GPa,并采用多通道瞬态辐射高温计和光分析技术测量了其雨贡纽线、高压声速和冲击波温度等动态特性.实验结果显示,上述性质在三个不同压力区间出现不连续性变化,表明冲击压缩下该样品材料存在多形性高压相变,相变起始压力分别为23,78和120 GPa.实测声速先是随冲击压力的增高而增加,并在78 GPa附近出现急剧下降,之后又随压力增长,并在120 GPa之后下降到体波声速,表明材料进入高压熔化相.温度数据同样在78和120 GPa处出现明显的不连续变化,并在120 GPa之后变化趋于平缓与计算的Lindeman熔化线相符,进一步印证了上述相变行为.实测雨贡纽数据与LASL数据库中的重玻璃数据相符,结果显示除23 GPa附近有一明显的突变外,高压区数据几近线性变化,表明重玻璃的两个高压相变均为二级相变.本文报道的重玻璃材料高压物性数据和序列相变认识对于发展反向加载技术、提高材料声速测量精度和适用压力范围具有实用价值. 关键词： 重玻璃 冲击温度 卸载声速 冲击相变     

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。     

Z切LiTaO3单晶的冲击相变

高压相变是高压科学研究中的一个热点课题，它探索和揭示物质在高温高压极端条件下结构和物态变化的临界现象和规律，在凝聚态物理、材料科学、地球和行星科学研究中占有重要的地位，同时也是武器物理研究的一项重要内容。LiTaO3是一种重要的功能材料，且具有典型的ABO3晶体结构。有关它的高压相变研究，目前人们从有限的静压和动高压实验数据获得的认识还存在较大的分歧，如相变起始压力报道差别较大，高压相结构还不很清楚，有较高的科学研究价值。本项目通过冲击压缩实验结合第一性原理理论计算开展了LiTaO3单晶的冲击相变研究。     

CdTe的状态方程及其高压相变

 用金刚石压砧高压X光衍射技术研究了Ⅱ-Ⅵ族化合物CdTe的室温状态方程和室温高压相变。实验的最高压力达39.2 GPa。实验中发现CdTe从(3.3±0.1)GPa开始从闪锌矿结构相相NaCl结构相转变，相变时体积收缩15.8%；从(10.3±0.2)GPa开始从NaCl相向β-Sn结构相转变，相变时无体积突变；在(12.2±0.2)GPa由β-Sn相向正交结构相转变，相变时也无体积突变。CdTe的压缩数据用最小二乘法以Bridgman状态方程和Murnaghan状态方程拟合，得到其零压时合相变压力时各个相的体弹模量及体弹模量的压力微商，并与其它的实验合理论结果进行比较。     

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。     

高压下Fe3C的磁性和声速性质

采用基于密度泛函理论的包含自旋极化效应的广义梯度近似方法研究了Fe₃C的高压弹性和声学性质. Fe₃C在压力作用下由铁磁基态转变到非磁性的高压态,相变压力约为73 GPa. 计算了Fe₃C 的Hugoniot线,并根据沿Hugoniot线的弹性常数计算了铁磁状态和非磁性状态的声速. 对比Fe单质,非磁性Fe₃C 的压缩波和剪切波声速与地核的地震波数据更为接近,证实了C元素是构成地核的一种成分.     

ZnSe相变、电子结构的第一性原理计算

基于第一性原理平面波赝势(PWP)和广义梯度近似(GGA)方法,对闪锌矿结构(ZB)和岩盐结构(RS)的ZnSe在0—20GPa高压下的几何结构、态密度、能带结构进行了计算研究,分析了闪锌矿结构ZnSe和岩盐结构ZnSe的几何结构.在此基础上,研究了ZnSe的结构相变、弹性常数、成键情况以及相变压强下电子结构的变化机理.结果发现:通过焓相等原理得到的ZB相到RS相的相变压强为15.3GPa,而由弹性常数判据得到的相变压强为11.52GPa,但在9.5GPa左右并没有发现简单立方相的出现;在结构相变过程中,sp3轨道杂化现象并未消除,Zn原子的4s电子在RS相ZnSe的导电性中起主要贡献.     

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TATB压缩性质的LDA和GGA比较研究

本文采用第一性原理密度泛函理论,结合平面波赝势方法,采用局域密度近似(LDA)和广义梯度近似(GGA)两种方法计算了TATB晶体在高压(0~7 GPa)压缩下的结构和物理性质,并与实验数据进行了比较.详细讨论了TATB晶体的晶体结构和分子构型随压力的变化.     

顽火辉石(Mg0.92,Fe0.08)SiO3的冲击相变和高压状态方程及其地球物理意义

 用阻抗匹配法和电探针技术在48~140 GPa冲击压力范围内对化学组分为(Mg_0.92, Fe_0.08)SiO₃、初始密度为3.06 g/cm³的天然顽火辉石进行了冲击压缩实验。根据本工作13发实验数据，结合McQueen等人的数据可以看出，(Mg_0.92, Fe_0.08)SiO₃顽火辉石在冲击压缩过程中，大约经历三个明显区域：低压相区，压力范围为0~40 GPa；混合相区，压力范围为40～67 GPa；高压相区，压力范围为68～140 GPa。在低压相区，D-u关系已由McQueen给出；而在高压相区（68～140 GPa），可由本实验数据得到。由叠加原理计算得到的混合物(Mg_0.92, Fe_0.08)O(Mw)+SiO₂(St)的D-u关系及p-ρ关系曲线明显偏离了实验数据的拟合曲线，从而排除了在高达140 GPa冲击压力下，钙钛矿结构的(Mg_0.92, Fe_0.08)SiO₃发生向氧化物化学分解相变的可能性。对高压相区的实验数据进行拟合，可以得到(Mg_0.92, Fe_0.08)SiO₃钙钛矿的Grüneisen参数γ。通过三阶Birch-Murnaghan有限应变状态方程，由冲击波实验数据得到了零压等熵体积模量K_0S=259.6(9) GPa及其对压力的一阶偏导数K′_0S=4.20(5)，其ρ₀=4.19 g/cm³。(Mg_0.92, Fe_0.08)SiO₃钙钛矿冲击压缩下的密度数据与PREM密度剖面吻合很好，支持钙钛矿为主要成分的下地幔模型。     

氧化镍（绿镍矿）等温压缩及高压相变研究

 本文采用DAC（金刚石压砧高压腔）装置，对氧化镍进行了静水压、非静水压、电导率测量等系统高压实验，获取了氧化镍等温压缩、高压相变及电导率压力效应的新结果，并在实验数据的基础上，对其高压相变与电性及磁性变化关系及体弹性模量作了分析讨论。     

Advances in data reduction of high-pressure x-ray powder diffraction data from two-dimensional detectors: a case study of schafarzikite (FeSb(2)O(4))

Methods have been developed to facilitate the data analysis of multiple two-dimensional powder diffraction images. These include, among others, automatic detection and calibration of Debye-Scherrer ellipses using pattern recognition techniques, and signal filtering employing established statistical procedures like fractile statistics.All algorithms are implemented in the freely available program package Powder3D developed for the evaluation and graphical presentation of large powder diffraction data sets.As a case study, we report the pressure dependence of the crystal structure of iron antimony oxide FeSb(2)O(4) (p≤21?GPa, T = 298?K) using high-resolution angle dispersive x-ray powder diffraction. FeSb(2)O(4) shows two phase transitions in the measured pressure range. The crystal structures of all modifications consist of frameworks of Fe(2+)O(6) octahedra and irregular Sb(3+)O(4) polyhedra. At ambient conditions, FeSb(2)O(4) crystallizes in space group P4(2)/mbc (phase I). Between p = 3.2?GPa and 4.1?GPa it exhibits a displacive second order phase transition to a structure of space group P 2(1)/c (phase II, a = 5.7792(4)??, b = 8.3134(9)??, c = 8.4545(11)??, β = 91.879(10)°, at p = 4.2?GPa). A second phase transition occurs between p = 6.4?GPa and 7.4?GPa to a structure of space group P4(2)/m (phase III, a = 7.8498(4)??, c = 5.7452(5)??, at p = 10.5?GPa). A nonlinear compression behaviour over the entire pressure range is observed, which can be described by three Vinet equations in the ranges from p = 0.52?GPa to p = 3.12?GPa, p = 4.2?GPa to p = 6.3?GPa and from p = 7.5?GPa to p = 19.8?GPa. The extrapolated bulk moduli of the high-pressure phases were determined to K(0) = 49(2)?GPa for phase I, K(0) = 27(3)?GPa for phase II and K(0) = 45(2)?GPa for phase III. The crystal structures of all phases are refined against x-ray powder data measured at several pressures between p = 0.52?GPa, and 10.5?GPa.     

Structural studies of the P-T phase diagram of sodium niobate

The crystal structure of sodium niobate (NaNbO₃) has been investigated by energy-dispersive X-ray diffraction at high pressures (up to 4.3 GPa) in the temperature range 300–1050 K. At normal conditions, NaNbO₃ has an orthorhombic structure with Pbcm symmetry (antiferroelectric P phase). Upon heating, sodium niobate undergoes a series of consecutive transitions between structural modulated phases P-R-S-T(1)-T(2)-U; these transitions manifest themselves as anomalies in the temperature dependences of the positions and widths of diffraction peaks. Application of high pressure leads to a decrease in the temperatures of the structural transitions to the R, S, T(1), T(2), and U phases with different baric coefficients. A phase diagram for sodium niobate has been build in the pressure range 0–4.3 GPa and the temperature range 300–1050 K. The dependences of the unit-cell parameters and volume on pressure and temperature have been obtained. The bulk modulus and the volume coefficients of thermal expansion have been calculated for different structural modulated phases of sodium niobate. A phase transition (presumably, from the antiferroelectric orthorhombic P phase to the ferroelectric rhombohedral N phase) has been observed at high pressure (P = 1.6 GPa) and room temperature.     

High-pressure phase transition of Bi2Fe4O9

The high-pressure behaviour of Bi2Fe4O9 was analysed by in situ powder and single-crystal x-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy. Pressures up to 34.3(8) GPa were generated using the diamond anvil cell technique. A reversible phase transition is observed at approximately 6.89(6) GPa and the high-pressure structure is stable up to 26.3(1) GPa. At higher pressures the onset of amorphization is observed. The crystal structures were refined from single-crystal data at ambient pressure and pressures of 4.49(2), 6.46(2), 7.26(2) and 9.4(1) GPa. The high-pressure structure is isotypic to the high-pressure structure of Bi2Ga4O9. The lower phase transition pressure of Bi2Fe4O9 with respect to that of Bi2Ga4O9 (16 GPa) confirms the previously proposed strong influence of cation substitution on the high-pressure stability and the misfit of Ga3+ and Fe3+ in tetrahedral coordination at high pressure. A fit of a second-order Birch–Murnaghan equation of state to the p–V data results in K0 = 74(3) GPa for the low-pressure phase and K0 = 79(2) GPa for the high-pressure phase. The mode Grüneisen parameters were obtained from Raman-spectroscopic measurements.     

掺氧化钙及相变对高压下立方氧化锆电子结构和光吸收的影响

研究表明,立方氧化锆可作为冲击波实验中的窗口材料.为了使得该材料在常态下保持结构稳定,需添加稳定剂——氧化钙.然而,掺杂会导致其在29 GPa的冲击压力下从立方转变为斜方Ⅱ结构相.因此,该材料在冲击压缩下的电子结构和光学吸收性质以及作为光学窗口的适用压力范围是值得研究的重要问题.本文运用第一性原理的方法,分别计算了在100 GPa范围内两种结构氧化锆的电子结构和光学吸收性质.结果表明:(1)在立方结构相区,冲击压力将导致其吸收边蓝移,而在斜方Ⅱ结构相区,却使得其吸收边红移;(2)在立方结构相区,掺杂将引起能隙变窄(吸收边红移),但对于斜方II相区,却导致能隙变宽(吸收边蓝移);(3)冲击结构相变使得能隙变窄,吸收边红移.本文数据建议,掺氧化钙的立方氧化锆在95GPa的冲击压力范围内可作为光学窗口材料.     

Equal compressibility structural phase transition of molybdenum at high pressure

We have studied the high-pressure compression behavior of molybdenum up to 60 GPa by synchrotron radial x-ray diffraction (RXRD) in a diamond anvil cell (DAC). It is found that all diffraction peaks of molybdenum undergo a split at around 27 GPa, and we believe that a phase transition from a body-centered cubic structure to a rhombohedral structure at room pressure has occurred. The slope of pressure-volume curve shows continuity before and after this phase transition, when fitting the pressure-volume curves of the body-centered cubic structure at low pressure and the rhombohedral structure at high pressure. A bulk modulus of 261.3 (2.7) GPa and a first-order derivative of the bulk modulus of 4.15 (0.14) are obtained by using the nonhydrostatic compression data at the angle ψ = 54.7° between the diffracting plane normal and stress axis.     

Phase transition of Ta2NiO6 with the trirutile-type structure under high pressure and high temperature

High-pressure phase transition of Ta₂NiO₆ with the trirutile-type structure was investigated from the viewpoint of crystal chemistry. A new quenchable high-pressure phase was found in the pressure range higher than 7 GPa and 900°C. The high-pressure phase has an orthorhombic cell (a=4.797(1) Å, b=5.153(2) Å and c=14.85(1) Å and space group; Abm2), and it is more dense by 9.6% than the trirutile-structured phase. Infrared spectra of the trirutile-type phase and the high-pressure phase show that Ni²⁺ ions in the high-pressure phase are still in octahedral sites. The crystal structure of the high-pressure phase is considered as a cation-ordering trifluorite-type structure, which can be stabilized by a crystal field effect of Ni²⁺ ions.     

Structural and electrical transport properties of charge density wave material LaAgSb_2 under high pressure

Layered lanthanum silver antimonide LaAgSb_2 exhibits both charge density wave(CDW) order and Dirac-cone-like band structure at ambient pressure.Here,we systematically investigate the pressure evolution of structural and electronic properties of LaAgSb_2 single crystal.We show that the CDW order is destabilized under compression,as evidenced by the gradual suppression of magnetoresistance.At P_C～22 GPa,synchrotron x-ray diffraction and Raman scattering measurements reveal a structural modification at room-temperature.Meanwhile,the sign change of the Hall coefficient is observed at 5 K.Our results demonstrate the tunability of CDW order in the pressurized LaAgSb_2 single crystal,which can be helpful for its potential applications in the next-generation devices.