Crystal stability and pressure‐induced phase transitions in scheelite AWO4 (A = Ca, Sr, Ba, Pb, Eu) binary oxides. I: A review of recent ab initio calculations, ADXRD, XANES, and Raman studies
Abstract:The structural properties of CaWO 4 , SrWO 4 , BaWO 4 , PbWO 4 , and EuWO 4 scintillating crystals under pressure have been studied by X-ray powder diffraction, X-ray absorption near-edge structure measurements, Raman spectroscopy, and ab initio density functional theory calculations. The results obtained from these studies will be reviewed here and their differences and similitudes discussed.
“…15, I2 / a, Z =4͒. [32][33][34][35] The barite ͑BaSO 4 type, SG no. 62, Pnma, Z =4͒ structure has also been included in our study because it has been observed in CaSO 4 ͑Ref.…”
We have performed a theoretical and experimental study of the structural stability of terbium phosphate at high pressures. Theoretical ab initio total-energy and lattice-dynamics calculations together with x-ray diffraction experiments have allowed us to completely characterize a phase transition at ϳ9.8 GPa from the zircon to the monazite structure. Furthermore, total-energy calculations have been performed to check the relative stability of 17 candidate structures at different pressures and allow us to propose the zircon→ monazite→ scheelite→ SrUO 4 -type sequence of stable structures with increasing pressure. In this sequence, sixfold P coordination is attained for the SrUO 4 -type structure above 64 GPa. The whole sequence of transitions is discussed in association with the high-pressure structural behavior of oxides isomorphic to TbPO 4 .
“…15, I2 / a, Z =4͒. [32][33][34][35] The barite ͑BaSO 4 type, SG no. 62, Pnma, Z =4͒ structure has also been included in our study because it has been observed in CaSO 4 ͑Ref.…”
We have performed a theoretical and experimental study of the structural stability of terbium phosphate at high pressures. Theoretical ab initio total-energy and lattice-dynamics calculations together with x-ray diffraction experiments have allowed us to completely characterize a phase transition at ϳ9.8 GPa from the zircon to the monazite structure. Furthermore, total-energy calculations have been performed to check the relative stability of 17 candidate structures at different pressures and allow us to propose the zircon→ monazite→ scheelite→ SrUO 4 -type sequence of stable structures with increasing pressure. In this sequence, sixfold P coordination is attained for the SrUO 4 -type structure above 64 GPa. The whole sequence of transitions is discussed in association with the high-pressure structural behavior of oxides isomorphic to TbPO 4 .
“…fergusonite (I2/a) ? P2 1 /n, with the different phase-transition pressures being dependent on the sensibility of different techniques (Manjon et al 2006;Lopez-Solano et al 2007;Errandonea and Manjon 2008). For raspite (PbWO 4 -II), a thermal-driven raspite to scheelite-structured transition was identified at 538°C by an in situ transmission electron microscopy observation (Wang et al 2011).…”
In a hydrostatic pressure environment condition and in manual milling, respectively, investigations of PbWO 4 -III (P2 1 /n) have been performed by X-ray diffraction and Raman scattering techniques. Experiments found that PbWO 4 -III keeps its monoclinic structure under hydrostatic pressures with the sample's anisotropic compressibility up to 14.6 GPa, but transforms to PbWO 4 -I (I4 1 /a) in a grinding process. The stability and variability of PbWO 4 -III depending on the strain states were also explored by first-principles calculations of elasticity. Calculations show PbWO 4 -III has an anisotropic compressibility and a ductile nature with increasing pressure up to 15 GPa.
“…The scheelite structure of ABX 4 compound can be described as consisting of BX 4 tetrahedral units and the A cations have eightfold oxygen coordination. 16 only from structural measurements. 1,11 Some of these postscheelite transitions have been found to be associated with a soft mode.…”
In situ Raman spectroscopic study of the pressure induced structural changes in ammonia boraneHigh pressure behavior of ZrGeO 4 has been investigated using Raman and photoluminescence ͑PL͒ spectroscopies up to 25 GPa in a diamond anvil cell. Under the application of pressure, the GeO 4 librational mode exhibits softening, suggesting dynamical instability of the scheelite structure. Qualitative changes are noted in the Raman spectrum above 12 GPa, suggesting a possible transition around this pressure. High pressure PL behavior of Eu 3+ -related crystal field transitions indicates a clear change in the site symmetry of Eu 3+ around 12 GPa, strongly supporting structural transition to a lower symmetry phase at this pressure.
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