High-Pressure Behavior of Nano-Pt in Hydrogen Environment

We choose nano-Pt in hydrogen environment to explore the size effect on the formation of metal hydrides.At30 GPa,a phase transition in the metal lattice from the cubic to hexagonal phase is observed characterized by a drastically increased volume per metal atom,indicating the formation of PtH-P6_3/mmc.We find that nano-Pt could form PtH at a lower pressure than the bulk Pt due to its high specific surface and structure defects.The present work provides the possible route to new metal hydrides under mild conditions.     

纳米氮化镓的拉曼光谱研究

纳米氮化镓的拉曼光谱研究罗薇邹广田崔启良赵永年崔田李红东韩杰（吉林大学超硬材料国家重点实验室长春１３００２３）ＳｔｕｄｙｏｆＲａｍａｎＳｐｅｃｔｒａｏｎＧａＮＮａｎｏｃｒｙｓｔａｌＬｕｏＷｅｉ，ＺｏｕＧｕａｎｇｔｉａｎ，ＣｕｉＱｉｌｉａｎｇ，Ｚｈａｏ...     

压力及杂质氢对金属锂弹性特性的影响

针对六角密堆金属锂16个原子超晶胞(supercell)、填隙一个氢原子的周期单元，采用基于密度泛函理论的平面波-赝势方法，研究了零温条件下压力及填隙氢掺杂对体系弹性性质的影响.结果表明氢掺杂导致体系的体模量增加.常压下掺杂体系的弹性常数C₁₁，C₃₃，C₆₆和C₁₂高于单质体系，剪切模量C₄₄有所下降，而C₁₃则与单质体系持平.压力作用下C₁₁，C₃₃和C₆₆一直大于单质体系，但C₁₂的值低于单质体系.在2GPa—4GPa压力区间内，弹性常数C₁₃呈反常变化，小于单质体系；在高压区掺杂体系的C₄₄和C₁₃则高于单质体系的相应量值，压力导致掺杂体系和单质体系之间剪切模的偏离加剧.掺杂体系在压力作用下依然保持压缩模的各向同性，具有和单质体系相似的特性. 关键词： 第一性原理 压力效应 弹性常数 金属锂     

First-Principles Prediction of High-Pressure Phase of CaC6

The lattice dynamics of rhombohedral GaG6 is studied as a function orpressure to probe Its high pressure phase with low superconducting transition temperature using the density functional liner-response theory. The pressureinduced phase transition in CaC6 is attributable to the softening transverse acoustic （TA） phonon mode at the zone boundary X （0.5, 0.0, 0.5） point. The high pressure phase is then explored by performing fully structural optimization in the supercell which accommodates the atomic displacements corresponding to the eigenvectors of the unstable mode of TA（X）. The high-pressure phase is predicted to be a monoclinic unit cell with space group P21/m.     

High volumetric hydrogen density phases of magnesium borohydride at high-pressure: A first-principles study

The previously proposed theoretical and experimental structures,bond characterization,and compressibility of Mg(BH 4) 2 in a pressure range from 0 to 10 GPa are studied by ab initio density-functional calculations.It is found that the ambient pressure phases of meta-stable I4 1 /amd and unstable P-3m1 proposed recently are extra stable and cannot decompose under high pressure.Enthalpy calculation indicates that the ground state of F 222 structure proposed by Zhou et al.[2009 Phys.Rev.B 79 212102] will transfer to I4 1 /amd at 0.7 GPa,and then to a P-3m1 structure at 6.3 GPa.The experimental P 6 1 22 structure(α-phase) transfers to I4 1 /amd at 1.2 GPa.Furthermore,both I4 1 /amd and P-3m1 can exist as high volumetric hydrogen density phases at low pressure.Their theoretical volumetric hydrogen densities reach 146.351 g H 2 /L and 134.028 g H 2 /L at ambient pressure,respectively.The calculated phonon dispersion curve shows that the I4 1 /amd phase is dynamically stable in a pressure range from 0 to 4 GPa and the P-3m1 phase is stable at pressures higher than 1 GPa.So the I4 1 /amd phase may be synthesized under high pressure and retained to ambient pressure.Energy band structures show that they are both always ionic crystalline and insulating with a band-gap of about 5 eV in this pressure range.In addition,they each have an anisotropic compressibility.The c axis of these structures is easy to compress.Especially,the c axis and volume of P-3m1 phase are extraordinarily compressible,showing that compression along the c axis can increase the volumetric hydrogen content for both I4 1 /amd and P-3m1 structures.     

Crystal structures and electronic properties of solid fluorine under high pressure

As the previously proposed structures of C2/m and C2/c possess similar enthalpies and x-ray diffraction patterns, the space group of fluorine at ambient pressure is in controversy. We successfully obtain its thermodynamically stable lowpressure phase, which shares the same structure as the earlier known C2/c. Further investigations on phonon spectra reveal the instability of the C2/m structure with imaginary frequency in the Brillouin zone and confirm the dynamically stable property of the C2/c structure at the same time. Compressing fluorine up to 8 GPa, the C2/c phase is found to undergo a phase transition to a new structure with a space group of Cmca. Electronic energy band structures indicate the insulating feature of C2/c and Cmca with no bands across the Fermi level. The infrared(IR) and Raman spectra of C2/c and Cmca at selected pressures are calculated to provide useful information to future experiments.     

原位高压测试技术在高压结构及性质研究中的应用

高压科学是研究不同压力条件下物质的结构、状态、理化性质及变化规律的学科。在高压科学研究中,多以凝聚态物质为研究对象,涉及的领域也非常广泛,包括物理学、化学、材料学、地质学、生物学、航天学等等,是一门以实验为基础的学科。高压科学之所以能成为一门独立的学科,还因为高压研究需要使用特殊且精巧的技术和方法来实现,是以技术创新为牵引的科学研究领域。而今,各种实验测试手段已经可以成熟地运用在该学科中,比较常见的有:高压拉曼散射、高压红外光谱、高压布里渊散射、高压同步辐射XRD、高压电学测量以及高压磁学测量等诸多技术。文章系统介绍了以上高压原位实验测试方法的原理、发展、作用及应用,有助于读者对原位高压测试技术有更深刻的认识和理解,为更高压力下的原位高压探测技术的发展提供重要的基础和借鉴。     

第二类拓扑外尔半金属WP2高压超导相的常压截获

第二类拓扑外尔半金属WP₂高压下发生超导转变,然而,高压超导相能否在常压截获还没有相关报道.本文对密封于金刚石对顶砧中的WP₂高压超导相在室温条件下快速卸压至不同压强,原位测量电阻-温度曲线,验证能否在常压截获高压超导相.研究表明：WP₂的高压超导相可以在常压截获,从而提供了一个通过角分辨光电子能谱和扫描隧道谱探寻马约拉纳零能模的拓扑超导体材料平台.     

固体氢的压缩行为

 同时考虑分子的平动与转动自由度，用等温等压系综的路径积分蒙特卡罗方法研究了固体氢的状态方程。在有实验数据的区域，计算结果同实验结果符合很好，在无实验数据的超高压区域，计算结果同实验的外推结果符合。为了定量研究零点运动，还计算了体系的能量。     

紫外激光和压力共同作用下C60-peapod的聚合相变研究

采用气相扩散方法将C60分子填充到单壁碳纳米管(SWNTs)中,制备出高填充比率的豆荚形纳米材料C60@SWNT,又称为peapod.用金刚石对顶砧(DAC)装置获得高压,在高压下同时利用紫外激光处理样品,通过激光和压力的共同作用研究了C60分子在碳管内的聚合相变.在21.5 Gpa高压下,同时紫外激光(325 nm)照射30 min后,拉曼光谱表明C60分子在碳管内发生了聚合,形成一维链状O相聚合结构,且该相变是不可逆的.紫外激光的引入使样品发生O相聚合所需的压力值低于仅由压力诱导的聚合压力.