Pressure-induced crystallization of amorphous red phosphorus

Erin N. Rissi; Emmanuel Soignard; Keri A. McKiernan; Chris J. Benmore; Jeffery Yarger

doi:10.1016/j.ssc.2011.12.003

Pressure-induced crystallization of amorphous red phosphorus

Erin N. Rissi, Emmanuel Soignard, Keri A. McKiernan, Chris J. Benmore, Jeffery Yarger

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Abstract

Structural transitions in amorphous red phosphorus were studied at ambient temperature and pressures up to 12 GPa. Amorphous (red) phosphorus was observed to transform into crystalline black phosphorus at 7.5 ± 0.5 GPa using diamond anvil cell Raman spectroscopy, x-ray diffraction and a direct equation of state (EoS) measurement. The transition was found to be irreversible and the material recovered upon pressure cycling to 10 to 12 GPa was crystalline orthorhombic black phosphorus. A third order BirchMurnaghan EoS was fit to the data and a bulk modulus (B0) of 11.2 GPa was measured for amorphous red phosphorus.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	390-394
Number of pages	5
Journal	Solid State Communications
Volume	152
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssc.2011.12.003
State	Published - Mar 2012

Keywords

A. Disordered systems
D. Phase transitions

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General Chemistry
Condensed Matter Physics
Materials Chemistry

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