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Atomistic Simulation of the Strain Driven Phase Transition in Pure Iron Thin Films Containing Twin Boundaries. METALS 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/met10070953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Using molecular dynamics (MD) simulation, the strain-induced phase transitions in pure body-centered-cubic (bcc) iron (Fe) thin films containing twin boundaries (TBs) with different TB fractions and orientations are studied. Two groups of bcc thin films with different TB-surface orientation relationships are designed. In film group 1, the (112) [ 11 1 ¯ ] TBs are perpendicular to the ( 11 1 ¯ ) free surfaces, while the (112) [ 11 1 ¯ ] TBs are parallel to the free surfaces in film group 2. We vary the TB numbers inserted into the films to study the effect of TB fraction on the phase transition. Biaxial strains are applied to the films to induce the bcc to close packed (cp) phase transition. The critical strain, at which the first phase transition takes place, decreases with the TB fraction increase in film group 1 with a perpendicular TB-surface orientation, while such a relationship is not observed in film group 2 with parallel TB-surface orientation. We focus on the free surface and TB as the nucleation positions of the new phase and the afterward growth. In addition, the dynamics of the phase transition is discussed. This work may help to understand the mechanism of phase transition in nanoscale or surface-dominant systems with pre-existing defects.
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Lesik M, Plisson T, Toraille L, Renaud J, Occelli F, Schmidt M, Salord O, Delobbe A, Debuisschert T, Rondin L, Loubeyre P, Roch JF. Magnetic measurements on micrometer-sized samples under high pressure using designed NV centers. Science 2019; 366:1359-1362. [DOI: 10.1126/science.aaw4329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2018] [Accepted: 11/06/2019] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Pressure can be used to tune the interplay among structural, electronic, and magnetic interactions in materials. High pressures are usually applied in the diamond anvil cell, making it difficult to study the magnetic properties of a micrometer-sized sample. We report a method for spatially resolved optical magnetometry based on imaging a layer of nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers created at the surface of a diamond anvil. We illustrate the method using two sets of measurements realized at room temperature and low temperature, respectively: the pressure evolution of the magnetization of an iron bead up to 30 gigapascals showing the iron ferromagnetic collapse and the detection of the superconducting transition of magnesium dibromide at 7 gigapascals.
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- Margarita Lesik
- Laboratoire Aimé Cotton, CNRS, Univ. Paris-Sud, ENS Paris-Saclay, Université Paris-Saclay, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire Aimé Cotton, CNRS, Univ. Paris-Sud, ENS Paris-Saclay, Université Paris-Saclay, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire Aimé Cotton, CNRS, Univ. Paris-Sud, ENS Paris-Saclay, Université Paris-Saclay, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire Aimé Cotton, CNRS, Univ. Paris-Sud, ENS Paris-Saclay, Université Paris-Saclay, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire Aimé Cotton, CNRS, Univ. Paris-Sud, ENS Paris-Saclay, Université Paris-Saclay, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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Using X-ray emission spectroscopy, we find appreciable local magnetic moments until 30 GPa to 40 GPa in the high-pressure phase of iron; however, no magnetic order is detected with neutron powder diffraction down to 1.8 K, contrary to previous predictions. Our first-principles calculations reveal a "spin-smectic" state lower in energy than previous results. This state forms antiferromagnetic bilayers separated by null spin bilayers, which allows a complete relaxation of the inherent frustration of antiferromagnetism on a hexagonal close-packed lattice. The magnetic bilayers are likely orientationally disordered, owing to the soft interlayer excitations and the near-degeneracy with other smectic phases. This possible lack of long-range correlation agrees with the null results from neutron powder diffraction. An orientationally disordered, spin-smectic state resolves previously perceived contradictions in high-pressure iron and could be integral to explaining its puzzling superconductivity.
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Pourovskii LV. Electronic correlations in dense iron: from moderate pressure to Earth's core conditions. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2019; 31:373001. [PMID: 31167170 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/ab274f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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We discuss the role of dynamical many-electron effects in the physics of iron and iron-rich solid alloys under applied pressure on the basis of recent ab initio studies employing the dynamical mean-field theory (DMFT). We review in detail two particularly interesting regimes: first, a moderate pressure range up to 60 GPa and, second, the ultra-high pressure of about 360 GPa expected inside the solid inner core of Earth. Electronic correlations in iron under the moderate pressure of several tens GPa are discussed in the first section. DMFT-based methods predict an enhancement of electronic correlations at the pressure-induced body-centered cubic α to hexagonal close-packed [Formula: see text] phase transition. In particular, the electronic effective mass, scattering rate and electron-electron contribution to the electrical resistivity undergo a step-wise increase at the transition point. One also finds a significant many-body correction to the [Formula: see text]-Fe equation of state, thus clarifying the origin of discrepancies between previous DFT studies and experiment. An electronic topological transition is predicted to be induced in [Formula: see text]-Fe by many-electron effects; its experimental signatures are analyzed. The next section focuses on the geophysically relevant pressure-temperature regime of the Earth's inner core (EIC) corresponding to the extreme pressure of 360 GPa combined with temperatures up to 6000 K. The three iron allotropes ([Formula: see text], [Formula: see text] and face-centered-cubic [Formula: see text]) previously proposed as possible stable phases at such conditions are found to exhibit qualitatively different many-electron effects as evidenced by a strongly non-Fermi-liquid metallic state of [Formula: see text]-Fe and an almost perfect Fermi liquid in the case of [Formula: see text]-Fe. A recent active discussion on the electronic state and transport properties of [Formula: see text]-Fe at the EIC conditions is reviewed in details. Estimations for the dynamical many-electron contribution to the relative phase stability are presented. We also discuss the impact of a Ni admixture, which is expected to be present in the core matter. We conclude by outlining some limitation of the present DMFT-based framework relevant for studies of iron-base systems as well as perspective directions for further development.
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- Leonid V Pourovskii
- CPHT, CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, IP Paris, F-91128 Palaiseau, France. Collège de France, 11 place Marcelin Berthelot, 75005 Paris, France
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Akbarzadeh H, Izanloo C, Moradi A. Thermal stabilities of iron nanoparticles under hydrostatic pressure. J Mol Liq 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2017.06.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Surh MP, Benedict LX, Sadigh B. Magnetostructural Transition Kinetics in Shocked Iron. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2016; 117:085701. [PMID: 27588867 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.117.085701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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A generalized Heisenberg model is implemented to study the effect of thermal magnetic disorder on kinetics of the Fe α-ε transition. The barrier to bulk martensitic displacement remains large in α-Fe shocked well past the phase line but is much reduced in the [001] α-ε boundary. The first result is consistent with observed overdriving to metastable α, while the second suggests structural instability, as implied by observation of a [001] shock transformation front without plastic relaxation. Reconciling both behaviors may require concurrent treatment of magnetic and structural order.
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- Michael P Surh
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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Influence of Chemical Composition on the Catalytic Activity of Small Bimetallic FeRu Nanoparticles for Fischer–Tropsch Syntheses. Catal Letters 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/s10562-014-1421-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Torchio R, Mathon O, Pascarelli S. XAS and XMCD spectroscopies to study matter at high pressure: Probing the correlation between structure and magnetism in the 3d metals. Coord Chem Rev 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2014.02.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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