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Stable all-nitrogen metallic salt at terapascal Pressures

Sun, J; Martinez-Canales, M; Klug, DD; Pickard, CJ; Needs, RJ; (2013) Stable all-nitrogen metallic salt at terapascal Pressures. Physical Review Letters , 111 (17) , Article 175502. 10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.175502. Green open access

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Abstract

The phase diagram and equation of state of dense nitrogen are of interest in understanding the fundamental physics and chemistry under extreme conditions, including planetary processes, and in discovering new materials. We predict several stable phases of nitrogen at multi-TPa pressures, including a P4/nbm structure consisting of partially charged N2δ+ pairs and N5δ- tetrahedra, which is stable in the range 2.5–6.8 TPa. This is followed by a modulated layered structure between 6.8 and 12.6 TPa, which also exhibits a significant charge transfer. The P4/nbm metallic nitrogen salt and the modulated structure are stable at high pressures and temperatures, and they exhibit strongly ionic features and charge density distortions, which is unexpected in an element under such extreme conditions and could represent a new class of nitrogen materials. The P-T phase diagram of nitrogen at TPa pressures is investigated using quasiharmonic phonon calculations and ab initio molecular dynamics simulations.

Type: Article
Title: Stable all-nitrogen metallic salt at terapascal Pressures
Identifier: PubMed ID: 24206503
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.175502
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.175502
Language: English
Additional information: © 2013 American Physical Society
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1378067
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