高压下锗化镁的金属化相变研究

锗化镁是一种窄带半导体,压力作用可以使锗化镁导带底与价带顶的能隙变小.本文基于第一性原理计算了锗化镁在高压下的能带结构以及反萤石相(常压稳定相)和反氯铅矿相(高压相)的焓值,发现在7.5 GPa时反萤石结构锗化镁导带底与价带顶的能隙闭合,预示着半导体相转变为金属相,计算结果还预测在11.0 GPa时锗化镁发生从反萤石结构到反氯铅矿结构的相变.实验研究方面,本文采用长条形压砧在连续加压条件下测量了锗化镁高压下的电阻变化,采用金刚石对顶压砧测量了锗化镁的高压原位拉曼光谱,发现在8.7 GPa锗化镁的电阻出现不连续变化,9.8 GPa以上锗化镁的拉曼振动峰消失.由于金属相的自由电子浓度高会阻碍激发光进入样品,进而引起拉曼振动峰消失,因此我们推测锗化镁在9.8 GPa转变为金属相.     

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.     

金刚烷的高压拉曼光谱研究

对金刚烷(C_(10)H_(16))进行了常温原位高压拉曼光谱研究,最高压力为25 GPa。通过分析高压拉曼光谱,结合拉曼频移随压力的变化情况,得出在实验压力范围内C_(10)H_(16)发生了多次相变。0.6 GPa时,C_(10)H_(16)由常温常压下的无序相(α相)转变为有序相(β相);继续加压至1.7 GPa时,第2次结构相变开始,直至3.2 GPa,第2次相变完全结束;第3次相变开始于6.3 GPa,结束于7.7 GPa;22.9 GPa时发生了第4次结构相变。另外,首次在拉曼光谱上探测到第3次相变过程中晶格振动峰的变化,说明第3次相变并非前人报道的等结构相变。     

钍基碳化物ThC的高压结构稳定性研究

钍基碳化物ThC是重要的核材料,基于第一性原理计算,我们研究了ThC的结构稳定性及相变.声子色散曲线表明基态结构的晶格能够稳定到42 GPa附近,当压力继续升高时虚频的出现表明了动力学的不稳定.经比较基态Fm-3m及高压相Pnma结构的自由能,发现零温下,相变压力为22.4 GPa,符合声子色散曲线的结果,同时预测了两种结构的相变边界.     

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。     

ZnSe高压相变和声子谱的第一性原理研究

采用基于第一性原理的平面波赝势和广义梯度近似方法,对闪锌矿(ZB)、纤锌矿(WZ)和岩盐(RS)结构的ZnSe在0~40GPa压力下的热力学性质及相变特性进行了研究。通过数值计算得出3种结构ZnSe的能量随体积变化的曲线,在此基础上,研究了不同结构ZnSe的晶格常数、高温高压物态方程、结构相变及弹性性质,解释了高压下结构相变的机理,并通过焓相等原理得到ZB结构到RS结构的相变压力为14.95GPa。最后,利用VASP软件结合Phonopy计算了ZB结构和RS结构ZnSe的声子谱,并将温度效应引入,得到亥姆霍兹自由能、熵和等容热容随温度的变化关系。     

ZnS结构相变、电子结构和光学性质的研究

运用第一性原理平面波赝势和广义梯度近似方法, 对闪锌矿结构(ZB)和氯化钠结构(RS) ZnS的状态方程及其在高压下的相变进行计算研究, 分析相变点附近的电子态密度、能带结构和光学性质的变化机理. 结果表明: 通过状态方程得到ZB相到RS相的相变压强值为18.1 GPa, 而利用焓相等原理得到的相变压强值为18.0 GPa; 在结构相变过程中, sp³轨道杂化现象并未消失, RS相ZnS的金属性明显增强; 与ZB相ZnS相比, RS相ZnS的介电常数主峰明显增强, 并向低能方向出现了明显偏移, 使得介电峰向低能方向拓展, 在低能区电子跃迁大大增强. 关键词： 硫化锌 相变 电子结构 光学性质     

基于第一性原理计算IrSb压力相变

基于第一性原理并结合粒子群优化算法的卡里普索(CALYPSO)晶体结构预测方法,研究在0～100 GPa压力下,过渡金属铱和类金属锑组成的化合物IrSb的相变行为和物理性质。研究发现:在常压下,具有立方结构α-IrSb相的空间群为P63/mmc,与实验结果一致;在压力为16.4 GPa时,发现了一种新型立方结构β-IrSb相,其空间群为C2/c;在76.5～100 GPa压力范围内,其稳定结构为空间群是P-1的γ-IrSb相。声子色散关系计算结果表明:α-IrSb相、β-IrSb相和γ-IrSb相在各自的布里渊区没有出现虚频,具有动力学稳定性。计算得出3个相的形成焓均小于零,说明3个相均具有热力学稳定性。能带结构计算结果表明:3个相的晶体结构在费米面附近导带和价带均发生交叠,3个相均呈现金属性。计算并讨论了各相的电荷转移情况,研究发现:Ir原子是受主,Sb原子是施主,电荷从Sb原子向Ir原子转移。     

LiTaO3晶体高压结构相变的理论研究

利用基于密度泛函理论的平面波赝势结合局域密度近似的从头算方法,计算了LiTaO3晶体在0~200 GPa压力范围内的冷压曲线(P-V/V0)和零温焓,以研究它的高压结构相变.参照同构体LiNbO3的高压相结构,对LiTaO3的菱形相(R3c对称群,室温大气压结构)和正交相(Pbnm对称群)进行计算.结果表明,菱形相压缩线与低压冲击实验数据和静压结果符合较好,而正交相压缩线与扣除热压贡献的高压冲击实验数据相符;正交相更难压缩且各轴向的压缩率不同,对应的常态密度比菱形相高约24%.理论预测的相变起始压力约为23 GPa.由此可见LiTaO3的冲击高压相具有正交对称性,与LiNbO3的室温高压相类似.     

钒的高压声速测量

采用反向碰撞方法进行了钒冲击实验,利用激光干涉测速技术对V/LiF窗口界面粒子速度剖面进行测量.通过对粒子速度剖面的分析获得了32—88 GPa压力范围内钒的高压声速.实验获得的声速-冲击压力关系在约60 GPa存在间断,表明钒发生了冲击相变.相变压力与静高压实验结果及第一性原理计算结果基本一致.     

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。     

Lattice dynamics of solid xenon under pressure

We use density-functional perturbation theory to obtain the phonon spectrum of fcc xenon under pressure. Thermodynamic properties obtained within the quasiharmonic approximation are in fair to good agreement with experiment at zero pressure. The transition pressure from the fcc to hcp phase is predicted to occur at 5 GPa. The fcc structure is found to be dynamically stable up to a pressure of 100 GPa, beyond which the phonon modes at the X and L symmetry points soften. We attribute the observed sluggish kinetics of the fcc-hcp transition to the small energy difference between the phases as well as to the high dynamical stability of the fcc phase.     

非线性光学晶体的高压拉曼散射研究

 报道了高压下非线性光学晶体KNbO₃（KN）,KIO₃（KI）和KTiOAsO₄（KTA）的Raman散射研究结果,压力引起的Raman光谱非常丰富,在所有的样品中都观察到了压致相变。另外,在KN晶体中发现了非常强的压致振动耦合现象及高压非晶相。对于KTA,建立了Raman光谱变化与其倍频效率随压力提高之间的可能联系。在22 GPa以上,KI晶体的基本组成集团可能由IO₃变为IO₆。     

High-pressure phases of plutonium monoselenide studied by X-ray diffraction

Abstract

Plutonium monoselenide was studied under high pressure up to 47 GPa, at room temperature, using a diamond anvil cell in an energy dispersive X-ray diffraction facility. At ambient pressure, PuSe has the NaC1-type (B1) structure. The compound has been found to undergo a second-order crystallographic phase transition at around 20 GPa. This phase can be described as a distorted B1 structure, with a rhombohedral symmetry. PuSe transforms to a new phase at around 35 GPa, which can be indexed in the cubic CsCl-type (B2). The volume collapse at this phase transition is 11%. When releasing pressure, we observed a strong hysteresis to the inverse transformation down to 5 GPa. From the pressure-volume relationship, the bulk modulus has been determined to B ₀ = 98 GPa and its pressure derivative as B ₀ = 2.6. These results are compared to those obtained with other actinide monmictides and monochalcogenides.     

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.     

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.     

A high pressure Raman study of TeO2 to 30 GPa and pressure-induced phase changes

The effect of pressure on the Raman modes in TeO₂ (paratellurite) has been investigated to 30GPa, using the diamond cell and argon as pressure medium. The pressure dependence of the Raman modes indicates four pressure-induced phase transitions near 1 GPa, 4.5 GPa, 11 GPa and 22 GPa. Of these the first is the well studied second-order transition fromD ₄ ⁴ symmetry toD ₂ ⁴ symmetry, driven by a soft acoustic shear mode instability. The remarkable similarity in the Raman spectra of phases I to IV suggest that only subtle changes in the structure are involved in these phase transitions. The totally different Raman spectral features of phase V indicate major structural changes at the 22GPa transition. It is suggested that this high pressure-phase is similar to PbCl₂-type, from high pressure crystal chemical considerations. The need for a high pressure X-ray diffraction study on TeO₂ is emphasized, to unravel the structure of the various high pressure phases in the system.     

Structural and electronic transitions in gadolinium iron borate GdFe<Superscript>3</Superscript>(BO<Superscript>3</Superscript>)<Superscript>4</Superscript> at high pressures

The optical properties and structure of gadolinium iron borate GdFe₃(BO₃)₄ crystals are studied at high pressures produced in diamond-anvil cells. X-ray diffraction data obtained at a pressure of 25.6 GPa reveal a firstorder phase transition retaining the trigonal symmetry and increasing the unit cell volume by 8%. The equation of state is obtained and the compressibility of the crystal is estimated before and after the phase transition. The optical spectra reveal two electronic transitions at pressures ～26 GPa and ～43 GPa. Upon the first transition, the optical gap decreases jumpwise from 3.1 to ～2.25 eV. Upon the second transition at P=43 GPa, the optical gap deceases down to ～0.7 eV, demonstrating a dielectric-semiconductor transition. By using the theoretical model developed for a FeBO₃ crystal and taking into account some structural analogs of these materials, the anomalies of the high-pressure optical spectra are explained.     

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。     

Structural phase transitions in yttrium under ultrahigh pressures

X-ray diffraction studies were carried out on the rare earth metal yttrium up to 177?GPa in a diamond anvil cell at room temperature. Yttrium was compressed to 37% of its initial volume at the highest pressure. The rare earth crystal structure sequence hcp?→?Sm?type?→?dhcp?→?mixed(dhcp?+?fcc)?→?distorted fcc (dfcc) is observed in yttrium below 50?GPa. The dfcc (hR24) phase has been observed to persist in the pressure range of 50-95?GPa. A structural transition from dfcc to a low symmetry phase has been observed in yttrium at 99?±?4?GPa with a volume change of -?2.6%. This low symmetry phase has been identified as a monoclinic C2/m phase, which has also been observed in other rare earth elements under high pressures. The appearance of this low symmetry monoclinic phase in yttrium shows that its electronic structure under extreme conditions resembles that of heavy rare earth metals, with a significant increase in d-band character of the valence electrons and possibly some f-electron states near the Fermi level.