| Persistence and eventual demise of oxygen molecules at terapascal pressures. | |
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PMID: 22400862 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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Computational searches for structures of solid oxygen under high pressures in the multi-TPa range are carried out using density-functional-theory methods. We find that molecular oxygen persists to about 1.9 TPa at which it transforms into a semiconducting square-spiral-like polymeric structure (I4_{1}/acd) with a band gap of ∼3.0 eV. Solid oxygen forms a metallic zigzag chainlike structure (Cmcm) at about 3.0 TPa, but the chains in each layer gradually merge as the pressure is increased and a structure of Fmmm symmetry forms at about 9.3 TPa in which each atom has four nearest neighbors. The superconducting properties of molecular oxygen do not vary much with compression, although the structure becomes more symmetric. The electronic properties of oxygen have a complex evolution with pressure, swapping between insulating, semiconducting, and metallic. |
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Jian Sun; Miguel Martinez-Canales; Dennis D Klug; Chris J Pickard; Richard J Needs |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2012-01-27 |
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Title: Physical review letters Volume: 108 ISSN: 1079-7114 ISO Abbreviation: Phys. Rev. Lett. Publication Date: 2012 Jan |
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Created Date: 2012-03-09 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0401141 Medline TA: Phys Rev Lett Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 045503 Citation Subset: IM |
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Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Chemie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 44780 Bochum, Germany. |
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