Pressure-Induced Phase Transformations

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Subjects: band gap; benzene phase I; carbon dioxide; carbonates; computational methods; dehydration reaction; DFT and Force Field methods; electrical conductivity; electrical resistivity; energy calculations; epsomite; extreme conditions; frustrated magnets; fullerenes; heat flow; high pressure; high-pressure high-temperature experiments; high-pressure measurements; high-pressure phase transitions; homogeneous melting; infrared laser; intermolecular interactions; Landau theory; laser-heated diamond anvil cell; Laue diffraction; mechanisms of phase transitions; melting curve; melting transition; metastable phase; molecular crystals; molecular dynamics simulation; multi-phase materials; n/a; nonlinear elasticity theory; optical absorption; Ostwald’s step rule; perovskites; phase diagram; phase transition; phase transitions; polymerization; pressure-induced; quantum molecular dynamics; quantum phase transitions; quantum spin liquids; Raman; Raman spectra; reactivity; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; Research and information: general; rhenium; sesquioxides; synchrotron radiation; thermal and chemical convection; thermal conductivity; tungsten; vanadate; Z methodology; zircon
• ISBN: 3039368176; 9783039368174; 3039368168; 9783039368167
• DOI: 10.3390/books978-3-03936-817-4

This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue of Crystals entitled Pressure-Induced Phase Transformations. It includes selected articles on the behavior of matter under high-pressure and high-temperature conditions, describing and discussing contemporary achievements, which were selected based on their relevance and scientific quality.