Effect of shear strain on the α-ε phase transition of iron: a new approach in the rotational diamond anvil cell

The effect of shear strain on the iron α-ε phase transformation has been studied using a rotational diamond anvil cell (RDAC). The initial transition is observed to take place at the reduced pressure of 10.8?GPa under pressure and shear operation. Complete phase transformation was observed at 15.4?GPa. The rotation of an anvil causes limited pressure elevation and makes the pressure distribution symmetric in the sample chamber before the phase transition. However, it causes a significant pressure increase at the centre of the sample and brings about a large pressure gradient during the phase transformation. The resistance to the phase interface motion is enhanced due to strain hardening during the pressure and shear operations on iron and this further increases the transition pressure. The work of macroscopic shear stress and the work of the pressure and shear stress at the defect tips account for the pressure reduction of the iron phase transition.     

A polymerization-depolymerization model for generation of contractile force during bacterial cell division

We have investigated the pressure-induced phase transition of NiO and other structural properties using three-body potential approach. NiO undergoes phase transition from B1 (rocksalt) to B2 (CsCl) structure associated with a sudden collapse in volume showing first-order phase transition. A theoretical study of high pressure phase transition and elastic behaviour in transition metal compounds using a three-body potential caused by the electron shell deformation of the overlapping ion was carried out. The phase transition pressure and other properties predicted by our model is closer to the phase transition pressure predicted by Eto et al.      

Super-pressed and super-cooled (?) P(EO)20LiBETI

High pressure conductivity measurements have been carried out on P(EO)₂₀LiBETI from 295 K to 368 K. The decrease of electrical conductivity with pressure is larger in the partially crystalline phase (low temperature and low pressure or high temperature and high pressure) than in the fully amorphous phase (high temperature and low pressure). It is found that if the phase transition is approached from the crystalline phase (decreasing pressure), the pressure of the phase transition varies from 0 to 0.23 GPa as the temperature increases from 336 K to 358 K. The shift of the phase transition temperature with pressure is approximately the same as the shift of the glass transition temperature with pressure for pure PEO. This can be understood in terms of the defect diffusion model. If the material is above 336 K and is in the fully amorphous phase, after pressure is increased above the critical pressure, the material remains in the amorphous phase for extended periods of time before transforming to the partially crystalline phase. This is reminiscent of a super-pressed state but may be an indication of slow crystallization kinetics.     

给定压力下纯铁材料的冲击相变与层裂特性研究

采用VISAR测量样品自由面速度剖面和回收样品观测分析联合技术,开展等厚对称碰撞实验,结合文献中的实验结果,研究了冲击加载压力大于纯铁材料冲击相变阈值约2~5 GPa和大于冲击相变阈值约10 GPa两种压力状态下纯铁材料的加卸载历程及各相区的变化,并从应力波相互作用的角度,指出了冲击加载压力略大于纯铁材料相变阈值约2 GPa时,等厚对称碰撞样品"反常"二次层裂与冲击相变及逆相变的关联机制。     

Pressure-induced phase transition(s) in KMnF3 and the importance of the excess volume for phase transitions in perovskite structures

We report a pressure-dependent investigation of KMnF(3) by x-ray diffraction up to 30 GPa. The results are discussed in the framework of Landau theory and in relation to the isostructural phase transition in SrTiO(3). The phase transition temperature near 186 K in KMnF(3) shifts to room temperature at a critical pressure of P(c) = 3.4 GPa; the pressure dependence of the transition point follows ΔP(c)/ΔT(c) = 0.0315 GPa K(-1). The transition becomes second order under high pressure, close to the tricritical point. The phase transition is determined by the rotation of MnF(6) octahedra with their simultaneous expansion along the rotation axis. The rotation angle was found to increase to 10.5° at 24 GPa. An additional anomaly was observed at higher pressure around 25 GPa, suggesting a further phase transition.     

Role of internal pressure in a ferroelastic phase transition

It is shown that the driving force of a ferroelastic phase transition is internal pressure. The pressure gives rise to symmetric deformation, whose energy accumulates as pressure increases and, at the phase transition point, is partially transferred into the energy of antisymmetric deformations.     

Mn effect on wurtzite-to-cubic phase transformation in ZnO

Mn doping effect on a wurtzite-to-cubic phase transformation in ZnO has been investigated by in situ high pressure X-ray powder diffraction using synchrotron radiation. Unit cell expansion is clearly observed in Mn-doped ZnO samples. Mn ions sit at Zn site in the wurtzite structure. The onset transition pressure for the wurtzite-to-cubic phase transformation decreases from about 9.5 GPa for pure ZnO to 6 GPa for sintered 2at.% Mn-doped ZnO while the compressibility and volume collapse at transition pressures are not sensitive to the Mn doping in the wurtzite phase. The doping of Mn ions in ZnO increases the onset transition pressure for the cubic-to-wurtzite phase transformation. The results could be explained by a reduction of phase transformation barriers for both transition paths by the Mn doping. The observation of reduction of the wurtzite-to-cubic phase transformation pressure might point out a new direction to synthesize cubic wurtzite phase of ZnO by doping transition element(s).     

高压作用下相分离液体玻璃转变的分子动力学研究

采用分子动力学模拟方法,研究了二元混合液体在不同外压作用下的相分离与玻璃转变过程,计算了相分离液体在玻璃转变过程中的结构和动力学特征.研究发现,外压会促进相分离的产生,并提高玻璃转变温度,会使β弛豫出现的温度更高、存在的时间更长,导致系统扩散性降低.同时还发现,相分离液体的玻璃转变过程存在微观不均匀现象. 关键词： 相分离 玻璃转变 分子动力学模拟 外压影响     

Off-center displacements and hydrostatic pressure induced phase transition in perovskites

Pressure has a profound effect on the paraelectric and ferroelectric properties of perovskite crystals. In this paper we theoretically investigate the effect of pressure on the cubic-to-tetragonal phase transition and on the soft mode dynamics of some classical perovskite crystals: BaTiO(3), PbTiO(3), and KNbO(3). We use a model consisting of three subsystems: electrons, phonons, and off-center displacements treated as spins. Experiments show that pressure has a large effect on the tunneling and hopping of the off-center displacements, that in turn strongly affect the pressure dependence of the transition temperature and the soft mode frequency. This model, with a very small number of adjustable parameters, accounts quantitatively for the experimentally measured nonlinear pressure dependence of the cubic-to-tetragonal phase transition temperature, up to the critical pressure where the transition temperature is zero. It also accounts quantitatively for the pressure dependence of the soft mode frequency, which is finite at the phase transition in spite of the fact that the phase transition at elevated pressures is second order, and for the pressure dependence of the electronic gap energy.     

Structural and elastic properties of barium chalcogenides (BaX,X=O,Se, Te) under high pressure

In the present paper we have investigated the high-pressure, structural phase transition of Barium chalcogenides (BaO, BaSe and BaTe) using a three-body interaction potential (MTBIP) approach, modified by incorporating covalency effects. Phase transition pressures are associated with a sudden collapse in volume. The phase transition pressures and associated volume collapses obtained from TBIP show a reasonably good agreement with experimental data. Here, the transition pressure, NaCl-CsCl structure increases with decreasing cation-to-anion radii ratio. In addition, the elastic constants and their combinations with pressure are also reported. It is found that TBP incorporating a covalency effect may predict the phase transition pressure, the elastic constants and the pressure derivatives of other chalcogenides as well.      

用超声方法研究PSZT铁电陶瓷在高压下的相变

 用超声脉冲回波重合方法研究了具有垂直铁电（F），反铁电（AF）相界的PSZT三元系材料在高压下的相变。发现此种材料在较低压力下都有一级相变发生，并且是可逆相变。伴随着相变的发生，声速和声衰减都有较大的变化。本文对实验结果进行了初步的讨论。     

等静压和温度诱导的PbLa(Zr,Sn,Ti)O3反铁电陶瓷相变和介电性能研究

研究了等静压和温度诱导掺镧La的Pb(Zr,Sn,Ti)O₃(PLZST)陶瓷材料的铁电反铁电相变、介电压力谱和介电温度谱,研究了温度对压致相变和介电压力谱的影响,结果发现温度使铁电反铁电相变压力降低,介电压力谱具有明显的扩散相变和频率弥散的特点;研究了等静压对介电温度谱的影响,结果表明等静压使铁电反铁电相变温度降低,反铁电顺电相变温度升高.这些现象有利于丰富和拓宽人们对温度和压力诱导的多组元弛豫型铁电体和弛豫型反铁电体扩散相变和弛豫行为的认识和理解. 关键词： 等静压和压致相变 铁电反铁电相变 介电压力谱 介电温度谱     

高压下Fe从bcc到hcp结构相变机理的第一性原理计算

采用基于密度泛函理论的第一性原理方法, 分别研究了压力作用下Fe从体心立方 (bcc,α 相) 结构到六角密排(hcp, ε相) 结构相变的两种不同的相变机理: 相变过程中出现亚稳定的面心立方(fcc) 结构(bcc-fcc-hcp) , 以及相变过程中没有出现亚稳定的fcc结构(bcc-hcp) . 计算结果表明: 静水压力条件下, 相变过程中并不会产生亚稳定的fcc结构, 这与最近的原位XRD实验测量结果相一致. 随着压力的增加, fcc-hcp的相变势垒逐渐增加, 压力趋向于阻止Fe从fcc结构到hcp结构的相变. 计算得到了相变过程中原子磁性和结构的详细信息, 分析表明相变过程中涉及复杂的磁性转变, 并且讨论了原子磁性对结构转变影响的物理机理. 此外, 对分子动力学模拟中产生亚稳定的fcc结构的原因也进行了讨论. 关键词： 相变机理 静水压力 第一性原理 铁     

正辛烷的高压拉曼光谱研究

 采用金刚石对顶砧高压装置,在室温下对正辛烷（C₈H₁₈）进行了原位高压拉曼光谱研究,实验的最高压力为13GPa。在实验的压力范围内,正辛烷的拉曼峰位随压力的升高均向高频移动,峰强逐渐减弱,峰形变宽。常态为液态的正辛烷在0.8 GPa时,拉曼频移随压力的变化曲线出现了拐点,发生了液－固相变;在6.8 GPa时,伴随着原拉曼峰的消失或劈裂,以及新拉曼峰的出现,此时正辛烷可能发生了固－固相变。该相变压力低于已有的低碳数正烃烷的压致相变结果。正烃烷的压致相变压力点,具有随着结构链长的增加,其相变压力降低的规律。     

Chiral Phase Transition at Finite Isospin Density in Linear Sigma Model

Using the linear sigma model, we have introduced the pion isospin chemical potential. The chiral phase transition is studied at finite temperatures and finite isospin densities. We have studied the μ-T phase diagram for the chiral phase transition and found the transition cannot happen below a certain low temperature because of the Bose-Einstein condensation in this system. Above that temperature, the chiral phase transition is studied by the isotherms of pressure versus density. We indicate that the transition, in the chiral limit, is a first-order transition from a low-density phase to a high-density phase like a gas-liquid phase transition.     

High pressure phase transition in PbSnTe

The high pressure structural phase transition in the alloy series Pb_{1 ? x}Sn_xTe has been investigated using resistivity and Hall coefficient measurements. With increasing of tin content the critical pressure decreases linearly and the phase transition becomes less drastic. The anomalous behavior of the resistivity in the phase transition region is explained by band structure changes. It is suggested that the high pressure phase transition in Pb_{1 ? x}Sn_xTe is a metallic-covalent transition.     

常温高压下石膏在水中溶解及相变现象的研究

 研究常温下200~1 100 MPa压力范围内石膏的Raman光谱,原位观测了随压力升高,石膏在水中的溶解现象,其过程中伴随着石膏的相变。结果表明：压力小于407 MPa时,石膏的形态无明显变化;随着压力的升高,石膏开始溶解,溶解至一定程度,石膏发生了向半水石膏转化的相变;相变完成后,半水石膏继续溶解至消失。石膏这一溶解相变过程表明在地球内部与压力相应的深部区域内,也可能会发生矿物的溶解相变。     

Lattice vibrational study of the phase transition in the plastic crystal adamantane (C10H16)

Using the Raman technique we have studied the lattice vibrations of the prototype plastic crystal adamantane (C₁₀H₁₆). The measurements, as a function of temperature through the phase transition (208K), show splittings in certain lines. At room temperature using hydrostatic pressure, we also induced a phase transition. The transition is detected by Raman measurements, and we observe splittings of the very same vibrational lines. This indicates that the pressure induced phase transition yields the same crystal structure as the low temperature structure. Some analysis of the pressure and temperature derivatives of the vibrational modes is presented.     

Raman spectroscopic study of the phase transitions induced by hydrostatic pressure in a Rb2KScF6 crystal

The Raman spectra of Rb₂KScF₆ elpasolite crystals are studied in the pressure range up to 7 GPa. A phase transition is revealed at a pressure of approximately 1 GPa. Analysis of the changes in the spectral parameters shows that the phase transition is accompanied by a doubling of the volume of the primitive cell in the initial cubic phase. Judging from the character of the variations in the pressure dependences of the frequency of the observed vibrations, there can exist another transition to the phase with a lower symmetry at a pressure of approximately 2.1 GPa.