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 …

High-pressure synthesized lithium pentazolate compound metastable under ambient conditions

D Laniel, G Weck, G Gaiffe, G Garbarino… - The Journal of …, 2018‏ - ACS Publications
Polynitrogen compounds have been actively pursued driven by their potential as ultra-high-
performing propellants or explosives. Despite remarkable breakthroughs over the past two …

High‐Pressure Synthesis of a Nitrogen‐Rich Inclusion Compound ReN8x N2 with Conjugated Polymeric Nitrogen Chains

M Bykov, E Bykova, E Koemets… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
A nitrogen‐rich compound, ReN8⋅ x N2, was synthesized by a direct reaction between
rhenium and nitrogen at high pressure and high temperature in a laser‐heated diamond …

Materials informatics based on evolutionary algorithms: Application to search for superconducting hydrogen compounds

T Ishikawa, T Miyake, K Shimizu - Physical Review B, 2019‏ - APS
We present a materials informatics approach to search for superconducting hydrogen
compounds, which is based on a genetic algorithm and a genetic programing. This method …

High Pressure and High Temperature Synthesis of the Iron Pernitride FeN2

D Laniel, A Dewaele, G Garbarino - Inorganic chemistry, 2018‏ - ACS Publications
The high pressure chemistry of transition metals and nitrogen was recently discovered to be
richer than previously thought, due to the synthesis of several transition metal pernitrides …

Pentazole and ammonium pentazolate: Crystalline hydro-nitrogens at high pressure

BA Steele, II Oleynik - The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2017‏ - ACS Publications
Two new crystalline compounds, pentazole (N5H) and ammonium pentazolate (NH4)(N5),
both featuring cyclo-N5–are discovered using a first-principles evolutionary search of the …

Hydride units filled boron–carbon clathrate: a pathway for high-temperature superconductivity at ambient pressure

Y Sun, L Zhu - Communications Physics, 2024‏ - nature.com
Recent advances in the search for room-temperature superconductors have focused on high-
temperature superconductivity in compressed hydrides, though sustaining this at ambient …

Stabilization of ammonia-rich hydrate inside icy planets

V Naden Robinson, Y Wang, Y Ma… - Proceedings of the …, 2017‏ - National Acad Sciences
The interior structure of the giant ice planets Uranus and Neptune, but also of newly
discovered exoplanets, is loosely constrained, because limited observational data can be …

Chemical reaction mechanisms of solid state ammonia and hydrogen under high pressure

J Miao, S He, K He, K Ding, W Dai, C Lu - Physical Review Materials, 2024‏ - APS
Ammonia is the most stable compound of nitrogen and hydrogen at ambient pressure.
However, the chemical reaction of nitrogen and hydrogen is more complex and difficult to …

Stability and superionicity of and at extreme conditions

K Yang, J Shi, W Cui, J Hao, Y Li - Physical Review B, 2024‏ - APS
Stable compounds comprising nitrogen, sulfur, and hydrogen elements hold significant
promise in hydride superconductors and astrophysical matter. Herein, we utilize a blend of …