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Andrés Mujica
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Lattice dynamics study of scheelite tungstates under high pressure I.BaWO4
2006
Room-temperature Raman scattering has been measured in lead tungstate up to 17 GPa. We report the pressure dependence of all the Raman modes of the tetragonal scheelite phase PbWO4-I or stolzite, space group I41 /a, which is stable at ambient conditions. Upon compression the Raman spectrum undergoes significant changes around 6.2 GPa due to the onset of a partial structural phase transition to the monoclinic PbWO4-III phase space group P21 /n. Further changes in the spectrum occur at 7.9 GPa, related to a scheelite-to-fergusonite transition. This transition is observed due to the sluggishness and kinetic hindrance of the I → III transition. Consequently, we found the coexistence of the sche…
Crystal Chemistry of CdIn2S4, MgIn2S4, and MnIn2S4 Thiospinels under High Pressure
2012
We report X-ray diffraction measurements in CdIn2S4, MgIn2S4, and MnIn2S4 thiospinels at room temperature and high pressures. The pressure dependences of the structural parameters have been determined and compared to those from theoretical calculations. It is found that the three thiospinels have similar bulk moduli (B-0) between 75 and 80 GPa (B-0' similar to 3). The degree of inversion of these thiospinels has also been determined. The three thiospinels undergo a phase transition toward a defect LiTiO2-type structure above 9.5, 8.3, and 6.8 GPa in CdIn2S4, MgIn2S4, and MnIn2S4, respectively. Interestingly, the low- and high-pressure phases belong to the same symmetry group (Fd-3m), the tr…
Theoretical and experimental study of CaWO4 and SrWO4 under pressure
2006
Abstract In this paper, we combine a theoretical study of the structural phases of CaWO 4 and SrWO 4 under high pressure along with the results of angle-dispersive X-ray diffraction (ADXRD) and X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) measurements of both tungstates up to approximately 20 GPa. The theoretical study was performed within the ab initio framework of the density functional theory (DFT) using a plane-wave basis set and the pseudopotential scheme, with the generalized gradient approximation (GGA) for the exchange and correlation contribution to the energy. Under normal conditions, CaWO 4 and SrWO 4 crystallize in the scheelite structure. Our results show that in a hydrostatic …
Combined Raman scattering andab initioinvestigation of pressure-induced structural phase transitions in the scintillatorZnWO4
2008
The room-temperature Raman scattering was measured in ${\text{ZnWO}}_{4}$ up to 45 GPa. We report the pressure dependence of all the Raman-active phonons of the low-pressure wolframite phase. As pressure increases additional Raman peaks appear at 30.6 GPa due to the onset of a reversible structural phase transition to a distorted monoclinic $\ensuremath{\beta}$-fergusonite-type phase. The low-pressure and high-pressure phases coexist from 30.6 to 36.5 GPa. In addition to the Raman measurements we also report ab initio total-energy and lattice-dynamics calculations for the two phases. These calculations helped us to determine the crystalline structure of the high-pressure phase and to assign…
Determination of the high-pressure crystal structure ofBaWO4andPbWO4
2006
We report the results of both angle-dispersive x-ray diffraction and x-ray absorption near-edge structure studies in $\mathrm{Ba}\mathrm{W}{\mathrm{O}}_{4}$ and $\mathrm{Pb}\mathrm{W}{\mathrm{O}}_{4}$ at pressures of up to $56\phantom{\rule{0.3em}{0ex}}\mathrm{GPa}$ and $24\phantom{\rule{0.3em}{0ex}}\mathrm{GPa}$, respectively. $\mathrm{Ba}\mathrm{W}{\mathrm{O}}_{4}$ is found to undergo a pressure-driven phase transition at $7.1\phantom{\rule{0.3em}{0ex}}\mathrm{GPa}$ from the tetragonal scheelite structure (which is stable under normal conditions) to the monoclinic fergusonite structure whereas the same transition takes place in $\mathrm{Pb}\mathrm{W}{\mathrm{O}}_{4}$ at $9\phantom{\rule{0…
Phase transitions in wolframite-typeCdWO4at high pressure studied by Raman spectroscopy and density-functional theory
2009
Room-temperature Raman scattering was measured in ${\text{CdWO}}_{4}$ up to 43 GPa. We report the pressure dependence of all the Raman-active phonons of the low-pressure wolframite phase. As pressure increases changes in the Raman spectra are detected at 20 and 35 GPa due to the onset of reversible structural phase transitions. We also report ab initio total-energy and lattice-dynamics calculations for the different phases of ${\text{CdWO}}_{4}$. They helped us determine the crystalline structure of the high-pressure phases. Experimental and theoretical results suggest the coexistence of two structures from 20 to 35 GPa: one with tetragonal symmetry and another with triclinic symmetry. Beyo…
Experimental and Theoretical Study of SbPO 4 under Compression
2019
SbPO4 is a complex monoclinic layered material characterized by a strong activity of the non-bonding lone electron pair (LEP) of Sb. The strong cation LEP leads to the formation of layers piled up along the a-axis and linked by weak Sb-O electrostatic interactions. In fact, Sb is 4-fold coordination with O similar to what occurs with the P-O coordination, despite the large difference of ionic radii and electronegativity between both elements. Here we report a joint experimental and theoretical study of the structural and vibrational properties of SbPO4 at high pressure. We show that SbPO4 is not only one of the most compressible phosphates but also one of the most compressible compounds of …
High-pressure polymorphs of gadolinium orthovanadate: X-ray diffraction, Raman spectroscopy, and ab initio calculations
2019
We present a study of the different high-pressure polymorphs of $\mathrm{GdV}{\mathrm{O}}_{4}$ and its stability. Powder x-ray diffraction and Raman experiments show a phase transition from a zircon- to a scheelite-type structure taking place at 6.8(4) GPa. Ab initio density functional theory calculations support this conclusion. The equations of state of these two phases are reported. In addition, we studied the pressure evolution of the Raman modes for the zircon and scheelite phases, showing good agreement between calculations and experiments. For the sake of completeness, we performed optical-absorption measurements up to 16 GPa, showing a band-gap collapse at the transition point. Beyo…
High-pressure structural study of the scheelite tungstatesCaWO4andSrWO4
2005
Angle-dispersive x-ray-diffraction and x-ray-absorption near-edge structure measurements have been performed on ${\mathrm{CaWO}}_{4}$ and ${\mathrm{SrWO}}_{4}$ up to pressures of approximately 20 GPa. Both materials display similar behavior in the range of pressures investigated in our experiments. As in the previously reported case of ${\mathrm{CaWO}}_{4}$, under hydrostatic conditions ${\mathrm{SrWO}}_{4}$ undergoes a pressure-induced scheelite-to-fergusonite transition around 10 GPa. Our experimental results are compared to those found in the literature and are further supported by ab initio total-energy calculations, from which we also predict the instability at larger pressures of the …