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.     

Probing structural integrity of single walled carbon nanotubes by dynamic and static compression

We report on a first study of single walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) after application of dynamic (shock) compression. The experiments were conducted at 19 GPa and 36 GPa in a recovery assembly. For comparison, an experiment at a static pressure of 36 GPa was performed on the material from the same batch in a diamond anvil cell (DAC). After the high pressure treatment the samples were characterized by Raman spectroscopy and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). After exposure to 19 GPa of shock compression the CNT material exhibited substantial structural damage such as CNT wall disruption, opening of the tube along its axis (“unzipping”) and tube shortening (“cutting”). Dynamic compression to 36 GPa resulted in essentially complete CNT destruction whereas at least a fraction of the nanotubes was recovered after 36 GPa of static compression though severely damaged. The results of these shock wave experiments underline the prospect of using SWCNTs as reinforcing units in material WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH &Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Amorphization and a Polymorphic Transformation of Boron Stimulated by High Dynamic Pressures

Structural transformations of polycrystalline boron have been studied under megabar multiple-shock compression. Shock-wave experiments on the compression and subsequent recovery of polycrystalline samples of β-rhombohedral boron β-B₁₀₆ have been performed. Thermodynamic states of boron under the conditions of the performed experiments have been calculated. According to these calculations, the maximum pressure in the samples is 115 GPa. X-ray diffraction analysis of the stored boron samples has been performed. It has been shown that the dynamic compression of polycrystalline β-B₁₀₆ to 115 GPa results in its partial amorphization and transformation to the tetragonal modification of boron T-B₁₉₂.     

激光驱动材料动态压缩技术

激光驱动动态压缩实验是极端高压高密度研究的主要途径,在多个学科领域具有重要意义,包括地球行星科学,材料科学以及惯性约束聚变,有助于认识极端条件下的材料特性并拓展其在各学科的应用。近年来激光驱动压缩技术在激光装置、激光等离子体、制靶和诊断技术的同步提升下取得了突破性的进展,与其他极端条件实验平台相比,其斜波压缩、复杂路径、衰减冲击等新型加载路径得到快速发展,微介观诊断技术和宏观诊断技术相结合,具有明确的超高压、高温、高应变率以及高同步精度等技术特色。从激光驱动材料压缩的热力学路径、激光驱动的机制与特色、激光驱动实验技术、材料极端压缩物理进展等方面介绍激光驱动实验和理论方面的进展。     

Gold under high pressure

Abstract

First principle predictions for the equation of state of gold using solid and liquid state theories are compared up to combined pressures and temperatures of 600 GPa and 17 000 K with static diamond anvil cell compression, ultrasonic measurements and shock Hugoniot data which include a recent laser driven shock Hugoniot points at 600 GPa. Excellent agreement between theoretical and experimental data is observed. The theoretically estimated 300 K isotherm agrees to within 2 GPa with the isotherm that has been measured to 70 GPa using the diamond anvil cell. The structural energy estimates show that the normal f.c.c. phase remains stable under pressure. The estimate of the shock Hugoniot temperature of gold at 600 GPa based on a liquid state model is consistent with the measurements of laser induced shock luminescence, which in fact provides an experimental determination of the temperature of gold above its Hugoniot melting point. The powerful means provided by theory in the prediction of material properties of gold at ultra high pressures and temperatures is significant because gold is an efficient converter of laser energy into soft X-rays and is a potential candidate as a standard for high pressure, high temperature work.     

基于神光III原型的整形激光直接驱动准等熵压缩实验研究

整形激光直接驱动准等熵压缩实验技术对新材料科学、冲击波物理、地球物理学研究等领域有重要意义. 设计特定的实验条件, 可以将材料压缩到冲击压缩和等熵压缩都无法达到的状态, 从而为材料研究提供新的技术途径. 介绍了在神光III原型装置上开展的直接驱动准等熵压缩实验, 对理论基础、实验靶型、实验结果、关键技术、实验特点和数据都进行了较详细的分析. 通过实验和相应的数据处理程序, 获得了加载面上压力超过400 GPa的数据, 这是目前国际上用激光直接驱动的方式获得的Al材料中最高的压力. 同时, 对经过LiF窗口获得的表观粒子速度与真实粒子速度的关系进行了分析, 获得了一条对表观粒子速度进行动态修正的曲线, 从而使粒子速度的计算更加准确. 对实验的改进方向进行了比较明确的分析. 所提供的数据和分析过程对该领域的研究人员有一定的参考价值.     

纳米多晶铜中冲击波阵面的分子动力学研究

冲击波阵面反映材料在冲击压缩下的弹塑性变形行为以及屈服强度、应变率条件等宏观量, 还与冲击压缩后的强度变化联系. 本文使用分子动力学方法, 模拟研究了冲击压缩下纳米多晶铜中的动态塑性变形过程, 考察了冲击波阵面和弹塑性机理对晶界存在的依赖, 并与纳米多晶铝的冲击压缩进行了比较. 研究发现: 相比晶界对纳米多晶铝的贡献而言, 纳米多晶铜中晶界对冲击波阵面宽度的影响较小; 并且其塑性变形机理主要以不全位错的发射和传播为主, 很少观察到全位错和形变孪晶的出现. 模拟还发现纳米多晶铜的冲击波阵面宽度随着冲击应力的增加而减小, 并得到了冲击波阵面宽度与冲击应力之间的定量反比关系, 该定量关系与他人纳米多晶铜模拟结果相近, 而与粗晶铜的冲击压缩实验结果相差较大.     

Dynamics evolution of shock waves in laser–material interaction

In this work, the dynamics and internal structure of shock waves in picosecond laser–material interaction are explored at the atomistic level. The pressure of the shock wave, its propagation, and interaction zone thickness between the plume and ambience are evaluated to study the effect of the laser absorption depth, ambient pressure, and laser fluence. Sound agreement is observed between the MD simulation and theoretical prediction of shock wave propagation and mass velocity. Due to the strong constraint from the compressed ambient gas, it is observed that the ablated plume could stop moving forward and mix with the ambient gas, or move backward to the target surface, leading to surface redeposition. Under smaller laser absorption depth, lower ambient pressure, or higher laser fluence, the shock wave will propagate faster and have a thicker interaction zone between the target and ambient gas.     

Shock compression of solid deuterium

Experimental data on the compression of solid deuterium at a pressure of ～60 GPa are presented. The data were obtained on a generator of powerful converging spherical shock waves. The results are compared with the data of shock experiments obtained on a Nova laser facility and an electrodynamic EPBF-Z plant.     

基于原位X射线衍射技术的动态晶格响应测量方法研究

获取动态压缩条件下结构演化过程是冲击相变及其动力学机理研究最为关注的基础问题之一.对此,基于激光驱动瞬态X射线衍射技术,通过系列实验的物理状态关联和抽运-探测时序控制,实现了静态与动态晶格衍射信号的同时获取,消除了不同实验的装置结构和样品差异带来的测量误差,建立了一种基于原位X射线衍射技术的动态晶格响应测量方法.利用上述实验方法,成功实现了激光冲击加载下[111]单晶铁晶格压缩过程的原位测量,获取弹性及塑性响应的晶格压缩度与宏观雨贡纽测量结果完全符合,从晶格层面证实了超快激光加载下的高屈服强度(雨贡纽弹性极限值大于6 GPa),以及可能与晶向效应或加载率效应相关的相变迟滞现象(至终态压力23.9 GPa仍为体心立方结构),相关物理机制仍有待进一步研究.上述测量方法的建立为后续开展相变动力学机理研究提供了可行的技术途径和重要的参考价值.     

激光冲击690高强钢位错组态与晶粒细化的实验研究

为研究激光冲击材料内部位错组态和晶粒细化的关系,用脉冲激光对690高强钢试样进行了冲击强化处理,采用扫描电镜和透射电镜分别获得了冲击后试样的扫描电子显微像和透射电子显微像、高分辨电子显微像,并对高分辨电子显微像进行快速傅里叶逆变换,从位错组态角度建立了激光冲击690高强钢晶粒细化模型.结果表明,690高强钢试样经功率密度为5.09 GW/cm^2的激光冲击加载后,其材料内部位错增殖、表层晶粒细化,截面晶粒尺寸大小分布在80~200 nm;析出相与基体保持半共格关系,基体中分布着众多刃型位错、位错偶以及扩展位错等缺陷,其中位错偶是由带割阶的螺型位错运动形成;通过由位错、扩展位错、空位等构成的几何位错界面扩展交汇把原始大晶粒分割成细小晶粒;激光冲击690高强钢晶粒细化模型可以描述激光冲击690高强钢位错运动主导的晶粒细化过程.     

Interface effects on Gd induced disordering of Co films on Pt(111)

Amorphization of epitaxial Co thin films grown on top of a Pt(111) surface has been studied by surface X-ray diffraction after deposition of Gd overlayers. The results indicate strong differences of the disordering process depending on the thickness of the Co film. First basic difference is that thick Co films (15 atomic layers) are only partially amorphized by 4 atomic layers of Gd on top of them, whereas thinner Co films (5 atomic layers) are completely disordered by just 2 atomic layers of Gd. Moreover, amorphization by Gd overlayers induces different stress relaxation processes in both cases. For 15 atomic layers thick Co films a preferential amorphization of the more strained Co grains is observed, leading to an effective relaxation of about ? 0.5% of the in-plane lattice parameter during amorphization, approaching its relaxed value. On the contrary, for 5 atomic layers thick Co films, the initial steps of disordering are accompanied by a stronger increase of the in-plane lattice constant, by about 1.4%, typical of Co–Pt interface alloy formation, followed by a complete amorphization. Furthermore, the magnetic characterization, carried out by magneto-optical Kerr effect and resonant magnetic surface X-ray diffraction, strongly supports that the amorphization of thin Co films is changing the nature of the Co/Pt interface. In particular, as Gd overlayers are deposited, and the amorphization proceeds, the structural disordering of the Co/Pt interface flips its characteristic perpendicular magnetic anisotropy toward in-plane orientation before the complete magnetic depolarization of the interface Pt atoms is reached. All these results confirm a marked dependence of amorphization processes on film thickness, which can be related to the enhanced influence of the nearby film/substrate interface.     

<100> LiF的低压冲击响应和1550 nm波长下的窗口速度修正

利用平板撞击和激光干涉测试技术对<100> LiF在40 GPa内的冲击力学和光学特性进行了精密实验测量和理论分析. 获得了该压力范围内LiF的冲击雨贡纽关系和1550 nm波长下的窗口速度修正, 为相关加窗激光干涉测速实验的数据分析提供了直接依据. LiF在20.3 GPa内均表现出弹性-塑性双波特性, 预计其单波响应冲击压力下限约为22—23 GPa; 低于此压力时, 以LiF为窗口的精密剖面测量实验需考虑其强度影响.     

层错四面体对单晶铜层裂行为影响的分子动力学研究

层错四面体是一种典型的三维空位型缺陷,广泛存在于受辐照后的面心立方金属材料中,对材料的力学性能有显著的影响.目前,关于层错四面体对辐照材料层裂行为的影响还缺乏深入系统的研究.本文使用分子动力学方法模拟了含有层错四面体的单晶铜在不同冲击速度下的层裂行为,对整个冲击过程中的自由表面速度及微结构演化等进行了深入的分析.研究发现,层错四面体在冲击波作用下会发生坍塌,并进一步诱导材料产生位错、层错等缺陷.在中低速度加载下,层错四面体坍塌引起的缺陷快速向周围扩展,为孔洞提供了更宽的形核区域,促进了孔洞的异质成核,造成材料层裂强度大幅度减小.当冲击速度较高时,层错四面体坍塌导致的局部缺陷对材料的层裂强度不再有明显影响.     

激光辐照固体靶产生等离子体反冲研究

提出一种通过诊断等离子体反冲动量来计算激光加载产生冲击压强的方法. 当强激光辐照固体靶表面时, 所产生的高速喷射的等离子体对靶具有反冲作用, 通过诊断等离子体反冲动量的变化可以计算激光辐照固体靶产生的冲击压强变化. 本文利用辐射流体力学软件研究了这种诊断方法, 模拟采用的激光功率密度为5×10¹²-5×10¹³ W/cm², 激光脉宽选取纳秒量级. 模拟结果表明该方法是有效且可行的.     

冲击压缩下钨靶对514.5 nm激光的漫反射率

 在二级轻气炮上完成了一系列铜飞片平面碰撞钨靶的实验,并测量了钨靶在85~250 GPa的冲击压缩下,对波长514.5 nm入射激光的漫反射率。实验结果显示：冲击压缩使钨靶表面的漫反射能力降低,但不是单调下降的,并在165 GPa压力附近出现漫反射率相对增大的现象。     

Change of the kinetics of shock-wave deformation and fracture of VT1-0 titanium as a result of annealing

The paper presents the results of measurements of shock-wave compression profiles of VT1-0 titanium samples after rolling and in the annealed state. In the experiments, the pressure of shock compression and distance passed by the wave before emerging to the sample surface were varied. From measurements of the elastic precursor decay and compression rate in a plastic shock wave of different amplitudes, the plastic strain and the corresponding shear stresses in the initial and subsequent stages of high-rate deformation in an elastoplastic shock wave are determined. It is found that the reduction in the dislocation density as a result of annealing reduces the hardness of the material but significantly increases its dynamic yield strengh, corresponding to the strain rate above 10⁴ s^–1. With a reduction in the strain rate, this anomalous difference in the flow stresses is leveled off.     

100 GPa以上冲击压力区蓝宝石的近红外发光

采用三层夹心靶结构,利用铜箔与抛光蓝宝石之间良好的接触条件,使用辐射式高温计观测到c取向蓝宝石在130～172 GPa冲击高压下的红外辐射。实验信号显示,位于近红外波段的蓝宝石冲击辐射随着压力的增加而变强;强度对比显示,蓝宝石的近红外发射强于界面发射。基于冲击作用下滑移带的温度高于冲击平衡温度的概念,将蓝宝石体内滑移带温度作为蓝宝石发射温度代入线性吸收公式,从而将蓝宝石发光强度的增加和界面冷却引起的发光强度下降相结合;将得到的界面一蓝宝石发射强度数值模拟结果与实验结果相比较,发现二者能够重合。由实验信号的上升趋势得到三个压力下0.85μm近红外波长处蓝宝石的冲击吸收系数数值。     

Dislocation behaviour during anelastic strain recovery in zinc single crystals prestrained under basal glide

Anelastic strain recovery experiments of zinc single crystals strained under basal glide were performed as a function of the forest pyramidal dislocation density at room temperature. The instantaneous strain recovery of specimens unloaded after prestraining in compression is proportional to lγ_p^1.8 where l is the average spacing between forest dislocations and γ_p is the prestrain. It is suggested that the instantaneous strain recovery results from the back motion of basal dislocations which multiplied under prestraining. The basal dislocations move to back under the influence of the internal stress unless they are impeded by intersection with forest dislocations. The time dependent strain recovery was measured on all specimens in either the unloaded or partially unloaded states, which enabled the activation volume of the process to be determined. The time dependent strain recovery is explainable in terms of the thermally activated back motion of basal dislocations via cutting the forest dislocations.     

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.