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Distortions and stabilization of simple-cubic calcium at high pressure and low temperature
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2010-05-17
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,2010
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LIBRIS-ID:oai:DiVA.org:kth-24635
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https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-24635URI
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https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1005279107DOI
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https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-136068URI
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Language:English
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QC 20100920
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Ca-III, the first superconducting calcium phase under pressure, was identified as simple-cubic (sc) by previous X-ray diffraction (XRD) experiments. In contrast, all previous theoretical calculations showed that sc had a higher enthalpy than many proposed structures and had an imaginary (unstable) phonon branch. By using our newly developed submicrometer high-pressure single-crystal XRD, cryogenic high-pressure XRD, and theoretical calculations, we demonstrate that Ca-III is neither exactly sc nor any of the lower-enthalpy phases, but sustains the sc-like, primitive unit by a rhombohedral distortion at 300 K and a monoclinic distortion below 30 K. This surprising discovery reveals a scenario that the high-pressure structure of calcium does not go to the zero-temperature global enthalpy minimum but is dictated by high-temperature anharmonicity and low-temperature metastability fine-tuned with phonon stability at the local minimum.
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Wang, Lin
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Ding, Yang
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Yang, Wenge
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Liu, Wenjun
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Kim, Duck YoungUppsala universitet,Institutionen för fysik och astronomi
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Luo, WeiUppsala universitet,KTH,Tillämpad materialfysik,Institutionen för fysik och astronomi(Swepub:uu)weluo226
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Ahuja, RajeevUppsala universitet,KTH,Tillämpad materialfysik,Institutionen för fysik och astronomi(Swepub:uu)rajeeva
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Meng, Yue
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Sinogeikin, Stas
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Shu, Jinfu
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Mao, Ho-kwang
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Uppsala universitetInstitutionen för fysik och astronomi
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In:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences107:22, s. 9965-99680027-84241091-6490
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Mao, Wendy L.
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Luo, Wei
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Sinogeikin, Stas
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