Laves phases: a review of their functional and structural applications and an improved fundamental understanding of stability and properties

F Stein, A Leineweber - Journal of Materials Science, 2021 - Springer
Laves phases with their comparably simple crystal structure are very common intermetallic
phases and can be formed from element combinations all over the periodic table resulting in …

Materials discovery at high pressures

L Zhang, Y Wang, J Lv, Y Ma - Nature Reviews Materials, 2017 - nature.com
Pressure is a fundamental thermodynamic variable that can be used to control the properties
of materials, because it reduces interatomic distances and profoundly modifies electronic …

RETRACTED ARTICLE: Room-temperature superconductivity in a carbonaceous sulfur hydride

E Snider, N Dasenbrock-Gammon, R McBride… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
One of the long-standing challenges in experimental physics is the observation of room-
temperature superconductivity 1, 2. Recently, high-temperature conventional …

Solids, liquids, and gases under high pressure

HK Mao, XJ Chen, Y Ding, B Li, L Wang - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2018 - APS
Pressure has long been recognized as a fundamental thermodynamic variable but its
application was previously limited by the available pressure vessels and probes. The …

Pressure-induced metallization of dense (H2S)2H2 with high-Tc superconductivity

D Duan, Y Liu, F Tian, D Li, X Huang, Z Zhao, H Yu… - Scientific reports, 2014 - nature.com
The high pressure structures, metallization and superconductivity of recently synthesized H2-
containing compounds (H2S) 2H2 are elucidated by ab initio calculations. The ordered …

Review of hydrogen storage techniques for on board vehicle applications

DJ Durbin, C Malardier-Jugroot - International journal of hydrogen energy, 2013 - Elsevier
Hydrogen gas is increasingly studied as a potential replacement for fossil fuels because
fossil fuel supplies are depleting rapidly and the devastating environmental impacts of their …

Hydrogen storage in molecular compounds

WL Mao, H Mao - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2004 - National Acad Sciences
At low temperature (T) and high pressure (P), gas molecules can be held in ice cages to
form crystalline molecular compounds that may have application for energy storage. We …

Structural characterization of self-assembled multifunctional binary nanoparticle superlattices

EV Shevchenko, DV Talapin, CB Murray… - Journal of the …, 2006 - ACS Publications
Nanocrystals of different size and functionality (eg, noble metals, semiconductors, oxides,
magnetic alloys) can be induced to self-assemble into ordered binary superlattices (also …

High-pressure studies with x-rays using diamond anvil cells

G Shen, HK Mao - Reports on progress in Physics, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Pressure profoundly alters all states of matter. The symbiotic development of ultrahigh-
pressure diamond anvil cells, to compress samples to sustainable multi-megabar pressures; …

Hydrogen storage in molecular clathrates

VV Struzhkin, B Militzer, WL Mao, H Mao… - Chemical …, 2007 - ACS Publications
The technology of using hydrogen as an environmentally clean and efficient fuel is an active
research area worldwide. 1, 2 One of the major challenges in establishing a hydrogen …