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Yin Y, Aslandukova A, Jena N, Trybel F, Abrikosov IA, Winkler B, Khandarkhaeva S, Fedotenko T, Bykova E, Laniel D, Bykov M, Aslandukov A, Akbar FI, Glazyrin K, Garbarino G, Giacobbe C, Bright EL, Jia Z, Dubrovinsky L, Dubrovinskaia N. Unraveling the Bonding Complexity of Polyhalogen Anions: High-Pressure Synthesis of Unpredicted Sodium Chlorides Na 2Cl 3 and Na 4Cl 5 and Bromide Na 4Br 5. JACS AU 2023; 3:1634-1641. [PMID: 37388691 PMCID: PMC10302743 DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.3c00090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2023] [Revised: 05/10/2023] [Accepted: 05/11/2023] [Indexed: 07/01/2023]
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The field of polyhalogen chemistry, specifically polyhalogen anions (polyhalides), is rapidly evolving. Here, we present the synthesis of three sodium halides with unpredicted chemical compositions and structures (tP10-Na2Cl3, hP18-Na4Cl5, and hP18-Na4Br5), a series of isostructural cubic cP8-AX3 halides (NaCl3, KCl3, NaBr3, and KBr3), and a trigonal potassium chloride (hP24-KCl3). The high-pressure syntheses were realized at 41-80 GPa in diamond anvil cells laser-heated at about 2000 K. Single-crystal synchrotron X-ray diffraction (XRD) provided the first accurate structural data for the symmetric trichloride Cl3- anion in hP24-KCl3 and revealed the existence of two different types of infinite linear polyhalogen chains, [Cl]∞n- and [Br]∞n-, in the structures of cP8-AX3 compounds and in hP18-Na4Cl5 and hP18-Na4Br5. In Na4Cl5 and Na4Br5, we found unusually short, likely pressure-stabilized, contacts between sodium cations. Ab initio calculations support the analysis of structures, bonding, and properties of the studied halogenides.
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- Yuqing Yin
- Material
Physics and Technology at Extreme Conditions, Laboratory of Crystallography, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth 95440, Germany
- State
Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong
University, Jinan 250100, China
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- Bayerisches
Geoinstitut, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth 95440, Germany
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- Department
of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM), Linköping University, Linköping SE-581 83, Sweden
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- Department
of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM), Linköping University, Linköping SE-581 83, Sweden
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- Department
of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM), Linköping University, Linköping SE-581 83, Sweden
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- Institute
für Geowissenschaften, Frankfurt
University, Altenhöferallee
1, Frankfurt am Main DE-60438, Germany
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- Photon Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestr. 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Bayerisches
Geoinstitut, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth 95440, Germany
- Earth
and Planets Laboratory, Carnegie Institution
for Science, 5241 Broad Branch Road, NW, Washington, District of Columbia 20015, United States
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- Centre
for Science at Extreme Conditions and School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, U.K.
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- Institute
of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Cologne, Greinstrasse 6, Cologne 50939, Germany
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- Material
Physics and Technology at Extreme Conditions, Laboratory of Crystallography, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth 95440, Germany
- Bayerisches
Geoinstitut, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth 95440, Germany
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- Material
Physics and Technology at Extreme Conditions, Laboratory of Crystallography, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth 95440, Germany
- Bayerisches
Geoinstitut, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth 95440, Germany
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- Photon Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestr. 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- European
Synchrotron Radiation Facility, B.P.220, Grenoble Cedex F-38043, France
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- European
Synchrotron Radiation Facility, B.P.220, Grenoble Cedex F-38043, France
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- European
Synchrotron Radiation Facility, B.P.220, Grenoble Cedex F-38043, France
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- State
Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong
University, Jinan 250100, China
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- Bayerisches
Geoinstitut, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth 95440, Germany
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- Material
Physics and Technology at Extreme Conditions, Laboratory of Crystallography, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth 95440, Germany
- Department
of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM), Linköping University, Linköping SE-581 83, Sweden
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Grzelak A, Grochala W. Stability of hypothetical Ag IICl 2 polymorphs under high pressure, revisited: a computational study. Sci Rep 2022; 12:1153. [PMID: 35064224 PMCID: PMC8782826 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-05211-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2021] [Accepted: 12/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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A comparative computational study of stability of candidate structures for an as-yet unknown silver dichloride AgCl2 is presented. It is found that all considered candidates have a negative enthalpy of formation, but are unstable towards charge transfer and decomposition into silver(I) chloride and chlorine within the DFT and hybrid-DFT approaches in the entire studied pressure range. Within SCAN approach, several of the "true" AgIICl2 polymorphs (i.e. containing Ag(II) species) exhibit a region of stability below ca. 20 GPa. However, their stability with respect to aforementioned decomposition decreases with pressure by account of all three DFT methods, which suggests a limited possibility of high-pressure synthesis of AgCl2. Some common patterns in pressure-induced structural transitions observed in the studied systems also emerge, which further testify to an instability of hypothetical AgCl2 towards charge transfer and phase separation.
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- Adam Grzelak
- Center for New Technologies, University of Warsaw, Banacha 2C, 02-097, Warszawa, Poland.
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- Center for New Technologies, University of Warsaw, Banacha 2C, 02-097, Warszawa, Poland
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Laniel D, Aslandukova AA, Aslandukov AN, Fedotenko T, Chariton S, Glazyrin K, Prakapenka VB, Dubrovinsky LS, Dubrovinskaia N. High-Pressure Synthesis of the β-Zn 3N 2 Nitride and the α-ZnN 4 and β-ZnN 4 Polynitrogen Compounds. Inorg Chem 2021; 60:14594-14601. [PMID: 34520208 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c01532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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High-pressure nitrogen chemistry has expanded at a formidable rate over the past decade, unveiling the chemical richness of nitrogen. Here, the Zn-N system is investigated in laser-heated diamond anvil cells by synchrotron powder and single-crystal X-ray diffraction, revealing three hitherto unobserved nitrogen compounds: β-Zn3N2, α-ZnN4, and β-ZnN4, formed at 35.0, 63.5, and 81.7 GPa, respectively. Whereas β-Zn3N2 contains the N3- nitride, both ZnN4 solids are found to be composed of polyacetylene-like [N4]∞2- chains. Upon the decompression of β-ZnN4 below 72.7 GPa, a first-order displacive phase transition is observed from β-ZnN4 to α-ZnN4. The α-ZnN4 phase is detected down to 11.0 GPa, at lower pressures decomposing into the known α-Zn3N2 (space group Ia3̅) and N2. The equations of states of β-ZnN4 and α-ZnN4 are also determined, and their bulk moduli are found to be K0 = 126(9) GPa and K0 = 76(12) GPa, respectively. Density functional theory calculations were also performed and provide further insight into the Zn-N system. Moreover, comparing the Mg-N and Zn-N systems underlines the importance of minute chemical differences between metal cations in the resulting synthesized phases.
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- Dominique Laniel
- Material Physics and Technology at Extreme Conditions, Laboratory of Crystallography, University of Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Material Physics and Technology at Extreme Conditions, Laboratory of Crystallography, University of Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Material Physics and Technology at Extreme Conditions, Laboratory of Crystallography, University of Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Center for Advanced Radiation Sources, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- Photon Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Advanced Radiation Sources, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- Material Physics and Technology at Extreme Conditions, Laboratory of Crystallography, University of Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany.,Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM), Linköping University, SE-581 83, Linköping, Sweden
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Binns J, Hermann A, Peña-Alvarez M, Donnelly ME, Wang M, Kawaguchi SI, Gregoryanz E, Howie RT, Dalladay-Simpson P. Superionicity, disorder, and bandgap closure in dense hydrogen chloride. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2021; 7:eabi9507. [PMID: 34516915 PMCID: PMC8442878 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abi9507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2021] [Accepted: 07/21/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Hydrogen bond networks play a crucial role in biomolecules and molecular materials such as ices. How these networks react to pressure directs their properties at extreme conditions. We have studied one of the simplest hydrogen bond formers, hydrogen chloride, from crystallization to metallization, covering a pressure range of more than 2.5 million atmospheres. Following hydrogen bond symmetrization, we identify a previously unknown phase by the appearance of new Raman modes and changes to x-ray diffraction patterns that contradict previous predictions. On further compression, a broad Raman band supersedes the well-defined excitations of phase V, despite retaining a crystalline chlorine substructure. We propose that this mode has its origin in proton (H+) mobility and disorder. Above 100 GPa, the optical bandgap closes linearly with extrapolated metallization at 240(10) GPa. Our findings suggest that proton dynamics can drive changes in these networks even at very high densities.
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- Jack Binns
- Center for High Pressure Science & Technology Advanced Research, 1690 Cailun Rd, Pudong, Shanghai 201203, China
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- School of Physics and Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JZ, UK
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- School of Physics and Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JZ, UK
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- Center for High Pressure Science & Technology Advanced Research, 1690 Cailun Rd, Pudong, Shanghai 201203, China
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- Center for High Pressure Science & Technology Advanced Research, 1690 Cailun Rd, Pudong, Shanghai 201203, China
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- Center for High Pressure Science & Technology Advanced Research, 1690 Cailun Rd, Pudong, Shanghai 201203, China
- School of Physics and Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JZ, UK
- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, China
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- Center for High Pressure Science & Technology Advanced Research, 1690 Cailun Rd, Pudong, Shanghai 201203, China
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- Center for High Pressure Science & Technology Advanced Research, 1690 Cailun Rd, Pudong, Shanghai 201203, China
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Duan D, Liu Z, Lin Z, Song H, Xie H, Cui T, Pickard CJ, Miao M. Multistep Dissociation of Fluorine Molecules under Extreme Compression. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2021; 126:225704. [PMID: 34152171 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.126.225704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2020] [Revised: 03/31/2021] [Accepted: 04/29/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
All elements that form diatomic molecules, such as H_{2}, N_{2}, O_{2}, Cl_{2}, Br_{2}, and I_{2}, are destined to become atomic solids under sufficiently high pressure. However, as revealed by many experimental and theoretical studies, these elements show very different propensity and transition paths due to the balance of reduced volume, lone pair electrons, and interatomic bonds. The study of F under pressure can illuminate this intricate behavior since F, owing to its unique position on the periodic table, can be compared with H, with N and O, and also with other halogens. Nevertheless, F remains the only element whose solid structure evolution under pressure has not been thoroughly studied. Using a large-scale crystal structure search method based on first principles calculations, we find that, before reaching an atomic phase, F solid transforms first into a structure consisting of F_{2} molecules and F polymer chains and then into a structure consisting of F polymer chains and F atoms, a distinctive evolution with pressure that has not been seen in any other elements. Both intermediate structures are found to be metallic and become superconducting, a result that adds F to the elemental superconductors.
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- Defang Duan
- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
- Institute of High Pressure Physics, School of Physical Science and Technology, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
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- Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, 27 Charles Babbage Road, Cambridge CB3 0FS, United Kingdom
- Advanced Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University, Northridge, California 91220, USA
- Department of Earth Science, University of California Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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Shi J, Fonda E, Botti S, Marques MAL, Shinmei T, Irifune T, Flank AM, Lagarde P, Polian A, Itié JP, San-Miguel A. Halogen molecular modifications at high pressure: the case of iodine. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:3321-3326. [PMID: 33507189 DOI: 10.1039/d0cp05942k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Metallization and dissociation are key transformations in diatomic molecules at high densities particularly significant for modeling giant planets. Using X-ray absorption spectroscopy and atomistic modeling, we demonstrate that in halogens, the formation of a connected molecular structure takes place at pressures well below metallization. Here we show that the iodine diatomic molecule first elongates by ∼0.007 Å up to a critical pressure of Pc ∼ 7 GPa, developing bonds between molecules. Then its length continuously decreases with pressure up to 15-20 GPa. Universal trends in halogens are shown and allow us to predict for chlorine a pressure of 42 ± 8 GPa for molecular bond-length reversal. Our findings contribute to tackling the molecule invariability paradigm in diatomic molecular phases at high pressures and may be generalized to other abundant diatomic molecules in the universe, including hydrogen.
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- Jingming Shi
- Univ. Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Institut Lumière Matière, F-69622 Lyon, France. and School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221116, China
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- Synchrotron SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, BP48, 91192 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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- Institut für Festkörpertheorie und -Optik, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Max-Wien-Platz 1, 07743 Jena, Germany and European Theoretical Spectroscopy Facility
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- European Theoretical Spectroscopy Facility, and Institut für Physik, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, D-06099 Halle, Germany
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- Geodynamics Research Center, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Ehime 790-8577, Japan
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- Geodynamics Research Center, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Ehime 790-8577, Japan and Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan
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- Synchrotron SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, BP48, 91192 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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- Synchrotron SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, BP48, 91192 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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- Synchrotron SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, BP48, 91192 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France and IMPMC-CNRS UMR 7590, Sorbonne Université, B115, 4 Place Jussieu, F-75252 Paris Cedex 05, France
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- Synchrotron SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, BP48, 91192 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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- Univ. Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Institut Lumière Matière, F-69622 Lyon, France.
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