Novel high-pressure nitrogen phase formed by compression at low temperature

Mungo Frost, Ross T. Howie, Philip Dalladay-Simpson, Alexander F. Goncharov, Eugene Gregoryanz*

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    Abstract

    Raman spectroscopy and powder x-ray diffraction methods have been used to characterize a novel phase of nitrogen which forms on compression from ambient pressure at low temperatures. The new,lambda, phase exhibits an exceptionally wide range of pressure stability from below 1 to 140 GPa, overlapping nine other known phases. On heating, its transformations are different to those observed in other phases, implying that the phase nitrogen adopts depends not only on P-T path, but also on the initial structural configuration, which greatly complicates its phase diagram.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number024113
    Number of pages5
    JournalPhysical Review B
    Volume93
    Issue number2
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 29 Jan 2016

    Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

    • SOLID NITROGEN
    • GPA
    • SPECTROSCOPY
    • RAMAN

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