High Pressure Phase Transformations

Abstract

The sections in this article are Introduction Pressure‐Driven Phase Transitions Framework Flexion Increase in Coordination Number Pressure‐Induced Ordering Generating High Pressure Dynamic Pressure Generation Static Pressure Devices Large‐Volume Presses Diamond Anvil Cells Probing Phase Transformations in Materials at High Pressure Volumetric Techniques Spectroscopic Techniques Microscopy R aman and Infrared Spectroscopy Mössbauer Spectroscopy X‐Ray Absorption Spectroscopy NMR Ultrasonic Sound Velocity Diffraction Techniques X‐Ray Diffraction Neutron Diffraction Examples Zincblende‐Type Semiconductors Si and Ge Ga As In Sb Materials in the B – C – N System C B  N C  N B  C B  C  N H 2 O Ice Ih , XI and Ic Ice II Ice III and Ice IX Ice V , Ice IV and Ice XII Ice VI , Ice VII , Ice VIII , Ice X Amorphous Ice at High Pressure Acknowledgements