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Polytypism of incommensurately modulated structures of crystalline bromine upon molecular dissociation under high pressure

  • Yuqing Yin*
  • , Andrey Aslandukov
  • , Maxim Bykov
  • , Dominique Laniel
  • , Alena Aslandukova
  • , Anna Pakhomova
  • , Timofey Fedotenko
  • , Wenju Zhou
  • , Fariia Iasmin Akbar
  • , Michael Hanfland
  • , Konstantin Glazyrin
  • , Carlotta Giacobbe
  • , Eleanor Lawrence Bright
  • , Gaston Garbarino
  • , Zhitai Jia
  • , Natalia Dubrovinskaia
  • , Leonid Dubrovinsky*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Polytypism of incommensurately modulated structures was hitherto unobserved. Here, it was found in solid bromine and iodine upon molecular dissociation under pressure up to 112 GPa. Single-crystal synchrotron x-ray diffraction in laser-heated diamond anvil cells revealed a number of allotropes of bromine and iodine, including polytypes of Br-IIIγ(Fmmm(00γ)s00) with γvarying within 0.18 to 0.3, coexisting at a given pressure. This finding opens a research area in the field of solid-solid phase transitions, disordered states of solid matter, and high-pressure structural studies.

Original languageEnglish
Article number104111
Pages (from-to)1-20
Number of pages20
JournalPhysical Review B
Volume110
Issue number10
Early online date1 Sept 2024
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 23 Sept 2024

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