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Wang X, Geng N, de Villa K, Militzer B, Zurek E. Superconductivity in Dilute Hydrides of Ammonia under Pressure. J Phys Chem Lett 2024:5947-5953. [PMID: 38810233 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c01223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2024]
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The past decade has witnessed great progress in predicting and synthesizing polyhydrides that exhibit superconductivity under pressure. Dopants allow these compounds to become metals at pressures lower than those required to metallize elemental hydrogen. Here, we show that by combining the fundamental planetary building blocks of molecular hydrogen and ammonia, conventional superconducting compounds can be formed at high pressure. Through extensive theoretical calculations, we predict metallic metastable structures with NHn (n = 10, 11, 24) stoichiometries that are based on NH4+ superalkali cations and complex hydrogenic lattices. The hydrogen atoms in the molecular cation contribute to the superconducting mechanism, and the estimated superconducting critical temperatures, Tc's, are comparable to the highest values computed for the alkali metal polyhydrides. The largest calculated (isotropic Eliashberg) Tc is ∼180 K for Pnma-NH10 at 300 GPa. Our results suggest that other molecular cations can be mixed with hydrogen under pressure, yielding superconducting compounds.
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- Xiaoyu Wang
- Department of Chemistry, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260, United States
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Department of Astronomy, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260, United States
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Chen L, Chu Y, Qin X, Gao Z, Zhang G, Zhang H, Wang Q, Li Q, Guo H, Li Y, Liu C. Ultrafast Dynamics Across Pressure-Induced Electronic State Transitions, Fluorescence Quenching, and Bandgap Evolution in CsPbBr 3 Quantum Dots. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2024; 11:e2308016. [PMID: 38308192 PMCID: PMC11005694 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202308016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2023] [Revised: 01/17/2024] [Indexed: 02/04/2024]
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This work investigates the impact of pressure on the structural, optical properties, and electronic structure of CsPbBr3 quantum dots (QDs) using steady-state photoluminescence, steady-state absorption, and femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy, reaching a maximum pressure of 3.38 GPa. The experimental results indicate that CsPbBr3 QDs undergo electronic state (ES) transitions from ES-I to ES-II and ES-II to ES-III at 0.38 and 1.08 GPa, respectively. Intriguingly, a mixed state of ES-II and ES-III is observed within the pressure range of 1.08-1.68 GPa. The pressure-induced fluorescence quenching in ES-II is attributed to enhanced defect trapping and reduced radiative recombination. Above 1.68 GPa, fluorescence vanishes entirely, attributed to the complete phase transformation from ES-II to ES-III in which radiative recombination becomes non-existent. Notably, owing to stronger quantum confinement effects, CsPbBr3 QDs exhibit an impressive bandgap tuning range of 0.497 eV from 0 to 2.08 GPa, outperforming nanocrystals by 1.4 times and bulk counterparts by 11.3 times. Furthermore, this work analyzes various carrier dynamics processes in the pressure-induced bandgap evolution and electron state transitions, and systematically studies the microphysical mechanisms of optical properties in CsPbBr3 QDs under pressure, offering insights for optimizing optical properties and designing novel materials.
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- Lin Chen
- School of Physics Science & Information TechnologyLiaocheng UniversityLiaocheng252059P. R. China
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- School of Physics Science & Information TechnologyLiaocheng UniversityLiaocheng252059P. R. China
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- School of Physics Science & Information TechnologyLiaocheng UniversityLiaocheng252059P. R. China
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- School of Physics Science & Information TechnologyLiaocheng UniversityLiaocheng252059P. R. China
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- School of Physics Science & Information TechnologyLiaocheng UniversityLiaocheng252059P. R. China
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- School of Physics Science & Information TechnologyLiaocheng UniversityLiaocheng252059P. R. China
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- School of Physics Science & Information TechnologyLiaocheng UniversityLiaocheng252059P. R. China
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- School of Physics Science & Information TechnologyLiaocheng UniversityLiaocheng252059P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Material PhysicsMinistry of EducationSchool of Physics and MicroelectronicsZhengzhou UniversityZhengzhou450052P. R. China
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- Laboratory of Quantum Functional Materials Design and ApplicationSchool of Physics and Electronic EngineeringJiangsu Normal UniversityXuzhou221116P. R. China
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- School of Physics Science & Information TechnologyLiaocheng UniversityLiaocheng252059P. R. China
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Berni S, Scelta D, Fanetti S, Bini R. Complexities in the structural evolution with pressure of water-ammonia mixtures. J Chem Phys 2023; 158:2889004. [PMID: 37154278 DOI: 10.1063/5.0150639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2023] [Accepted: 04/24/2023] [Indexed: 05/10/2023] Open
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The structural evolution with pressure of icy mixtures of simple molecules is a poorly explored field despite the fundamental role they play in setting the properties of the crustal icy layer of the outer planets and of their satellites. Water and ammonia are the two major components of these mixtures, and the crystal properties of the two pure systems and of their compounds have been studied at high pressures in a certain detail. On the contrary, the study of their heterogeneous crystalline mixtures whose properties, due to the strong N-H⋯O and O-H⋯N hydrogen bonds, can be substantially altered with respect to the individual species has so far been overlooked. In this work, we performed a comparative Raman study with a high spatial resolution of the lattice phonon spectrum of both pure ammonia and water-ammonia mixtures in a pressure range of great interest for modeling the properties of icy planets' interiors. Lattice phonon spectra represent the spectroscopic signature of the molecular crystals' structure. The activation of a phonon mode in plastic NH3-III attests to a progressive reduction in the orientational disorder, which corresponds to a site symmetry reduction. This spectroscopic hallmark allowed us to solve the pressure evolution of H2O-NH3-AHH (ammonia hemihydrate) solid mixtures, which present a remarkably different behavior from the pure crystals likely to be ascribed to the role of the strong H-bonds between water and ammonia molecules characterizing the crystallites' surface.
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- Selene Berni
- LENS, European Laboratory for Non-linear Spectroscopy, Via N. Carrara 1, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
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- ICCOM-CNR, Istituto di Chimica dei Composti OrganoMetallici, Via Madonna del Piano 10, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
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- ICCOM-CNR, Istituto di Chimica dei Composti OrganoMetallici, Via Madonna del Piano 10, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica "Ugo Schiff," Università di Firenze, Via della Lastruccia 3, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
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Zhang H, Datchi F, Andriambariarijaona L, Rescigno M, Bove LE, Klotz S, Ninet S. Observation of a Plastic Crystal in Water-Ammonia Mixtures under High Pressure and Temperature. J Phys Chem Lett 2023; 14:2301-2307. [PMID: 36847363 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c00092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Solid mixtures of ammonia and water, the so-called ammonia hydrates, are thought to be major components of solar and extra-solar icy planets. We present here a thorough characterization of the recently reported high pressure (P)-temperature (T) phase VII of ammonia monohydrate (AMH) using Raman spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, and quasi-elastic neutron scattering (QENS) experiments in the ranges 4-10 GPa, 450-600 K. Our results show that AMH-VII exhibits common structural features with the disordered ionico-molecular alloy (DIMA) phase, stable above 7.5 GPa at 300 K: both present a substitutional disorder of water and ammonia over the sites of a body-centered cubic lattice and are partially ionic. The two phases however markedly differ in their hydrogen dynamics, and QENS measurements show that AMH-VII is characterized by free molecular rotations around the lattice positions which are quenched in the DIMA phase. AMH-VII is thus a peculiar crystalline solid in that it combines three types of disorder: substitutional, compositional, and rotational.
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- H Zhang
- Institut de Minéralogie, de Physique des Matériaux et de Cosmochimie (IMPMC), Sorbonne Université, CNRS UMR 7590, MNHN, 4, place Jussieu, Paris 75005, France
- Shandong Key Laboratory of Optical Communication Science and Technology, School of Physics Science and Information Technology, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng 252059, China
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- Institut de Minéralogie, de Physique des Matériaux et de Cosmochimie (IMPMC), Sorbonne Université, CNRS UMR 7590, MNHN, 4, place Jussieu, Paris 75005, France
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- Institut de Minéralogie, de Physique des Matériaux et de Cosmochimie (IMPMC), Sorbonne Université, CNRS UMR 7590, MNHN, 4, place Jussieu, Paris 75005, France
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita di Roma La Sapienza, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma, Italy
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- Institut de Minéralogie, de Physique des Matériaux et de Cosmochimie (IMPMC), Sorbonne Université, CNRS UMR 7590, MNHN, 4, place Jussieu, Paris 75005, France
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita di Roma La Sapienza, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma, Italy
- LQM, Institute of Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institut de Minéralogie, de Physique des Matériaux et de Cosmochimie (IMPMC), Sorbonne Université, CNRS UMR 7590, MNHN, 4, place Jussieu, Paris 75005, France
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- Institut de Minéralogie, de Physique des Matériaux et de Cosmochimie (IMPMC), Sorbonne Université, CNRS UMR 7590, MNHN, 4, place Jussieu, Paris 75005, France
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Ab Initio Study of Structure and Transport Properties of Warm Dense Nitric Oxide. INORGANICS 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/inorganics10080120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The structure, equation of state and transport properties of warm dense nitric oxide (NO) were investigated in wide density and temperature ranges by ab initio molecular dynamics simulations. Both the Perdew–Burke–Ernzerhof (PBE) and the strongly constrained and appropriately normed functional with revised Vydrov–van Voorhis nonlocal correlation (SCAN−rVV10) functionals were used in the simulations, and the pressures predicted by the SCAN−rVV10 functional were found to be systematically lower than those predicted using PBE and experimental data along the shock Hugoniot curve. Along the Hugoniot curve, as density increased, we found that the system transformed towards a mixture of atomic nitrogen and oxygen liquids with molecular NO that remained present up to the highest densities explored. The electrical conductivity along Hugoniot indicated that nonmetal to metal transition had taken place. We also calculated the electrical and thermal conductivities of nitric oxide in the warm dense matter regime, and used them to compute the Lorentz number. In addition, we also report the electronic density of states.
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Li X, Lowe A, Conway L, Miao M, Hermann A. First principles study of dense and metallic nitric sulfur hydrides. Commun Chem 2021; 4:83. [PMID: 36697602 PMCID: PMC9814481 DOI: 10.1038/s42004-021-00517-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2021] [Accepted: 04/30/2021] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Studies of molecular mixtures containing hydrogen sulfide (H2S) could open up new routes towards hydrogen-rich high-temperature superconductors under pressure. H2S and ammonia (NH3) form hydrogen-bonded molecular mixtures at ambient conditions, but their phase behavior and propensity towards mixing under pressure is not well understood. Here, we show stable phases in the H2S-NH3 system under extreme pressure conditions to 4 Mbar from first-principles crystal structure prediction methods. We identify four stable compositions, two of which, (H2S) (NH3) and (H2S) (NH3)4, are stable in a sequence of structures to the Mbar regime. A re-entrant stabilization of (H2S) (NH3)4 above 300 GPa is driven by a marked reversal of sulfur-hydrogen chemistry. Several stable phases exhibit metallic character. Electron-phonon coupling calculations predict superconducting temperatures up to 50 K, in the Cmma phase of (H2S) (NH3) at 150 GPa. The present findings shed light on how sulfur hydride bonding and superconductivity are affected in molecular mixtures. They also suggest a reservoir for hydrogen sulfide in the upper mantle regions of icy planets in a potentially metallic mixture, which could have implications for their magnetic field formation.
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- Xiaofeng Li
- grid.440830.b0000 0004 1793 4563College of Physics and Electronic Information, Luoyang Normal University, Luoyang, China ,grid.4305.20000 0004 1936 7988Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions and SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- grid.4305.20000 0004 1936 7988Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions and SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- grid.4305.20000 0004 1936 7988Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions and SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- grid.253563.40000 0001 0657 9381Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, California State University, Northridge, CA USA ,grid.133342.40000 0004 1936 9676Department of Earth Science, University of California Santa Barbara, CA, USA
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- grid.4305.20000 0004 1936 7988Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions and SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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Xu W, Robinson VN, Zhang X, Zhang HC, Donnelly ME, Dalladay-Simpson P, Hermann A, Liu XD, Gregoryanz E. Ionic Phases of Ammonia-Rich Hydrate at High Densities. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2021; 126:015702. [PMID: 33480773 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.126.015702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2020] [Accepted: 12/03/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Mixtures of ammonia and water are major components of the "hot ice" mantle regions of icy planets. The ammonia-rich ammonia hemihydrate (AHH) plays a pivotal role as it precipitates from water-rich mixtures under pressure. It has been predicted to form ionic high-pressure structures, with fully disintegrated water molecules. Utilizing Raman spectroscopy measurements up to 123 GPa and first-principles calculations, we report the spontaneous ionization of AHH under compression. Spectroscopic measurements reveal that molecular AHH begins to transform into an ionic state at 26 GPa and then above ∼69 GPa transforms into the fully ionic P3[over ¯]m1 phase, AHH-III, characterized as ammonium oxide (NH_{4}^{+})_{2}O^{2-}.
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- Wan Xu
- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions and School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, United Kingdom
- International Centre for Theoretical Physics, 34151 Trieste, Italy
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research, Shanghai 201203, China
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- Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions and School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, United Kingdom
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
- Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions and School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, United Kingdom
- Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research, Shanghai 201203, China
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Zhang H, Datchi F, Andriambariarijaona LM, Zhang G, Queyroux JA, Béneut K, Mezouar M, Ninet S. Melting curve and phase diagram of ammonia monohydrate at high pressure and temperature. J Chem Phys 2020; 153:154503. [DOI: 10.1063/5.0021207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- H. Zhang
- Institut de Minéralogie, de Physique des Matériaux et de Cosmochimie (IMPMC), Sorbonne Université, CNRS UMR 7590, IRD UMR 206, MNHN, 4, Place Jussieu, Paris, France
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- Institut de Minéralogie, de Physique des Matériaux et de Cosmochimie (IMPMC), Sorbonne Université, CNRS UMR 7590, IRD UMR 206, MNHN, 4, Place Jussieu, Paris, France
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- Institut de Minéralogie, de Physique des Matériaux et de Cosmochimie (IMPMC), Sorbonne Université, CNRS UMR 7590, IRD UMR 206, MNHN, 4, Place Jussieu, Paris, France
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- Institut de Minéralogie, de Physique des Matériaux et de Cosmochimie (IMPMC), Sorbonne Université, CNRS UMR 7590, IRD UMR 206, MNHN, 4, Place Jussieu, Paris, France
- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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- Institut de Minéralogie, de Physique des Matériaux et de Cosmochimie (IMPMC), Sorbonne Université, CNRS UMR 7590, IRD UMR 206, MNHN, 4, Place Jussieu, Paris, France
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- Institut de Minéralogie, de Physique des Matériaux et de Cosmochimie (IMPMC), Sorbonne Université, CNRS UMR 7590, IRD UMR 206, MNHN, 4, Place Jussieu, Paris, France
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- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, BP 2220, F-38043 Grenoble Cedex, France
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- Institut de Minéralogie, de Physique des Matériaux et de Cosmochimie (IMPMC), Sorbonne Université, CNRS UMR 7590, IRD UMR 206, MNHN, 4, Place Jussieu, Paris, France
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Shi J, Cui W, Hao J, Xu M, Wang X, Li Y. Formation of ammonia-helium compounds at high pressure. Nat Commun 2020; 11:3164. [PMID: 32572021 PMCID: PMC7308345 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-16835-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2020] [Accepted: 05/28/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Uranus and Neptune are generally assumed to have helium only in their gaseous atmospheres. Here, we report the possibility of helium being fixed in the upper mantles of these planets in the form of NH3-He compounds. Structure predictions reveal two energetically stable NH3-He compounds with stoichiometries (NH3)2He and NH3He at high pressures. At low temperatures, (NH3)2He is ionic with NH3 molecules partially dissociating into (NH2)- and (NH4)+ ions. Simulations show that (NH3)2He transforms into intermediate phase at 100 GPa and 1000 K with H atoms slightly vibrate around N atoms, and then to a superionic phase at ~2000 K with H and He exhibiting liquid behavior within the fixed N sublattice. Finally, (NH3)2He becomes a fluid phase at temperatures of 3000 K. The stability of (NH3)2He at high pressure and temperature could contribute to update models of the interiors of Uranus and Neptune.
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- Jingming Shi
- Laboratory of Quantum Materials Design and Application, School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, 221116, China
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- Laboratory of Quantum Materials Design and Application, School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, 221116, China
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- Laboratory of Quantum Materials Design and Application, School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, 221116, China.,Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Laser Materials and Devices, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, 221116, China
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- Laboratory of Quantum Materials Design and Application, School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, 221116, China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230031, China.
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- Laboratory of Quantum Materials Design and Application, School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, 221116, China.
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Naden Robinson V, Hermann A. Plastic and superionic phases in ammonia-water mixtures at high pressures and temperatures. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2020; 32:184004. [PMID: 31914434 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/ab68f7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The interiors of giant icy planets depend on the properties of hot, dense mixtures of the molecular ices water, ammonia, and methane. Here, we discuss results from first-principles molecular dynamics simulations up to 500 GPa and 7000 K for four different ammonia-water mixtures that correspond to the stable stoichiometries found in solid ammonia hydrates. We show that all mixtures support the formation of plastic and superionic phases at elevated pressures and temperatures, before eventually melting into molecular or ionic liquids. All mixtures' melting lines are found to be close to the isentropes of Uranus and Neptune. Through local structure analyses we trace and compare the evolution of chemical composition and longevity of chemical species across the thermally activated states. Under specific conditions we find that protons can be less mobile in the fluid state than in the (colder, solid) superionic regime.
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- Victor Naden Robinson
- Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions and SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3FD, United Kingdom. The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Strada Costiera 11, 34151, Italy
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Song X, Yin K, Wang Y, Hermann A, Liu H, Lv J, Li Q, Chen C, Ma Y. Exotic Hydrogen Bonding in Compressed Ammonia Hydrides. J Phys Chem Lett 2019; 10:2761-2766. [PMID: 31067056 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b00973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Hydrogen-rich compounds attract significant fundamental and practical interest for their ability to accommodate diverse hydrogen bonding patterns and their promise as superior energy storage materials. Here, we report on an intriguing discovery of exotic hydrogen bonding in compressed ammonia hydrides and identify two novel ionic phases in an unusual stoichiometry NH7. The first is a hexagonal R3̅ m phase containing NH3-H+-NH3, H-, and H2 structural units stabilized above 25 GPa. The exotic NH3-H+-NH3 unit comprises two NH3 molecules bound to a proton donated from a H2 molecule. Above 60 GPa, the structure transforms to a tetragonal P41212 phase comprising NH4+, H-, and H2 units. At elevated temperatures, fascinating superionic phases of NH7 with part-solid and part-liquid structural forms are identified. The present findings advance fundamental knowledge about ammonia hydrides at high pressure with broad implications for studying planetary interiors and superior hydrogen storage materials.
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- Xianqi Song
- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials of MOE, Department of Materials Science, and Innovation Center for Computational Physics Methods and Software , Jilin University , Changchun 130012 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials of MOE, Department of Materials Science, and Innovation Center for Computational Physics Methods and Software , Jilin University , Changchun 130012 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials of MOE, Department of Materials Science, and Innovation Center for Computational Physics Methods and Software , Jilin University , Changchun 130012 , China
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- Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions and SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy , The University of Edinburgh , Edinburgh EH9 3FD , United Kingdom
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- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials of MOE, Department of Materials Science, and Innovation Center for Computational Physics Methods and Software , Jilin University , Changchun 130012 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials of MOE, Department of Materials Science, and Innovation Center for Computational Physics Methods and Software , Jilin University , Changchun 130012 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials of MOE, Department of Materials Science, and Innovation Center for Computational Physics Methods and Software , Jilin University , Changchun 130012 , China
- International Center of Future Science , Jilin University , Changchun 130012 , China
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy , University of Nevada , Las Vegas , Nevada 89154 , United States
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- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials of MOE, Department of Materials Science, and Innovation Center for Computational Physics Methods and Software , Jilin University , Changchun 130012 , China
- International Center of Future Science , Jilin University , Changchun 130012 , China
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Bove LE, Ranieri U. Salt- and gas-filled ices under planetary conditions. PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS. SERIES A, MATHEMATICAL, PHYSICAL, AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES 2019; 377:20180262. [PMID: 30982457 PMCID: PMC6501915 DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2018.0262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/26/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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In recent years, evidence has emerged that solid water can contain substantial amounts of guest species, such as small gas molecules-in gas hydrate structures-or ions-in salty ice structures-and that these 'filled' ice structures can be stable under pressures of tens of Gigapascals and temperatures of hundreds of Kelvins. The inclusion of guest species can strongly modify the density, vibrational, diffusive and conductivity properties of ice under high pressure, and promote novel exotic properties. In this review, we discuss our experimental findings and molecular dynamics simulation results on the structures formed by salt- and gas-filled ices, their unusual properties, and the unexpected dynamical phenomena observed under pressure and temperature conditions relevant for planetary interiors modelling. This article is part of the theme issue 'The physics and chemistry of ice: scaffolding across scales, from the viability of life to the formation of planets'.
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- Livia E. Bove
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Universitá di Roma ‘La Sapienza’, 00185Roma, Italy
- Sorbonne Université, CNRS UMR 7590, IMPMC, 75005 Paris, France
- EPSL, IPHYS, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, Station 3, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS UMR 7590, IMPMC, 75005 Paris, France
- EPSL, IPHYS, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, Station 3, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
- Institut Laue-Langevin, 71 avenue des Martyrs, 38042 Grenoble, France
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Li H, Han J, Zhao H, Liu X, Luo Y, Shi Y, Liu C, Jin M, Ding D. Lighting Up the Invisible Twisted Intramolecular Charge Transfer State by High Pressure. J Phys Chem Lett 2019; 10:748-753. [PMID: 30704239 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b00026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
Abstract
The twisted intramolecular charge transfer (TICT) state plays an important role in determining the performance of optoelectronic devices. However, for some nonfluorescent TICT molecules, the "invisible" TICT state could only be visualized by modifying the molecular structure. Here, we introduce a new facile pressure-induced approach to light up the TICT state through the use of a pressure-related liquid-solid phase transition of the surrounding solvent. Combining ultrafast spectroscopy and quantum chemical calculations, it reveals that the "invisible" TICT state can emit fluorescence when the rotation of a donor group is restricted by the frozen acetonitrile solution. Furthermore, the TICT process can even be effectively regulated by the external pressure. Our study offers a unique strategy to achieve dual fluorescence behavior in charge transfer molecules and is of significance for optoelectronic and biomedical applications.
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- Hui Li
- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics , Jilin University , Changchun 130012 , China
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics , Jilin University , Changchun 130012 , China
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics , Jilin University , Changchun 130012 , China
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics , Jilin University , Changchun 130012 , China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale , University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei , Anhui 230026 , China
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics , Jilin University , Changchun 130012 , China
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics , Jilin University , Changchun 130012 , China
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics , Jilin University , Changchun 130012 , China
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics , Jilin University , Changchun 130012 , China
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Naden Robinson V, Marqués M, Wang Y, Ma Y, Hermann A. Novel phases in ammonia-water mixtures under pressure. J Chem Phys 2018; 149:234501. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5063569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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- Victor Naden Robinson
- Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions and SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions and SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, United Kingdom
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- State Key Laboratory for Superhard Materials, College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
- Innovation Center for Computational Physics Methods and Software, College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Superhard Materials, College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
- Innovation Center for Computational Physics Methods and Software, College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
- International Center for Future Science, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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- Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions and SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, United Kingdom
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Zhang X, Wang X, Wang Q, Ma X, Liu C, Li P, Liu C, Han Y, Ma Y, Gao C. Hydride ion (H -) transport behavior in barium hydride under high pressure. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:8917-8923. [PMID: 29557428 DOI: 10.1039/c7cp08386f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Hydride ions (H-) have an appropriate size for fast transport, which makes the conduction of H- attractive. In this work, the H- transport properties of BaH2 have been investigated under pressure using in situ impedance spectroscopy measurements up to 11.2 GPa and density functional theoretical calculations. The H- transport properties, including ionic migration resistance, relaxation frequency, and relative permittivity, change significantly with pressure around 2.3 GPa, which can be attributed to the structural phase transition of BaH2. The ionic migration barrier energy of the P63/mmc phase decreases with pressure, which is responsible for the increased ionic conductivity. A huge dielectric constant at low frequencies is observed, which is related to the polarization of the H- dipoles. The current study establishes general guidelines for developing high-energy storage and conversion devices based on hydride ion transportation.
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- Xin Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials and Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China.
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- School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Linyi University, Linyi 276005, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optical Communication Science and Technology, School of Physical Science & Information Technology of Liaocheng University, Liaocheng 252059, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials and Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China. and College of Physics and Electronics Information, Inner Mongolia University for the Nationalities, Tongliao 028005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials and Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China.
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- College of Physics and Electronics Information, Inner Mongolia University for the Nationalities, Tongliao 028005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials and Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials and Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China.
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials and Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China.
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