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Title: Six-fold Coordinated Carbon Dioxide VI

Abstract

Under standard conditions, carbon dioxide (CO{sub 2}) is a simple molecular gas and an important atmospheric constituent while silicon dioxide (SiO{sub 2}) is a covalent solid, and represents one of the fundamental minerals of the planet. The remarkable dissimilarity between these two group IV oxides is diminished at higher pressures and temperatures as CO{sub 2} transforms to a series of solid phases, from simple molecular to a fully covalent extended-solid V, structurally analogous to SiO{sub 2} tridymite. Here, we present the discovery of a new extended-solid phase of carbon dioxide (CO{sub 2}): a six-fold coordinated stishovite-like phase VI, obtained by isothermal compression of associated CO{sub 2}-II above 50GPa at 530-650K. Together with the previously reported CO{sub 2}-V and a-carbonia, this new extended phase indicates a fundamental similarity between CO{sub 2}--a prototypical molecular solid, and SiO{sub 2}--one of Earth's fundamental building blocks. The phase diagram suggests a limited stability domain for molecular CO{sub 2}-I, and proposes that the conversion to extended-network solids above 40-50 GPa occurs via intermediate phases II, III, and IV. The crystal structure of phase VI suggests strong disorder along the caxis in stishovite-like P4{sub 2}/mnm, with carbon atoms manifesting an average six-fold coordination within the framework ofmore » sp{sup 3} hybridization.« less

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
899112
Report Number(s):
UCRL-JRNL-220097
TRN: US200706%%497
DOE Contract Number:  
W-7405-ENG-48
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Nature Materials, vol. 6, no. 1, January 3, 2007, pp. 34-38
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Nature Materials, vol. 6, no. 1, January 3, 2007, pp. 34-38
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; ATOMS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPRESSION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HYBRIDIZATION; OXIDES; PHASE DIAGRAMS; SILICON; STABILITY

Citation Formats

Iota, V, Yoo, C, Klepeis, J, and Jenei, Z. Six-fold Coordinated Carbon Dioxide VI. United States: N. p., 2006. Web.
Iota, V, Yoo, C, Klepeis, J, & Jenei, Z. Six-fold Coordinated Carbon Dioxide VI. United States.
Iota, V, Yoo, C, Klepeis, J, and Jenei, Z. 2006. "Six-fold Coordinated Carbon Dioxide VI". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/899112.
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title = {Six-fold Coordinated Carbon Dioxide VI},
author = {Iota, V and Yoo, C and Klepeis, J and Jenei, Z},
abstractNote = {Under standard conditions, carbon dioxide (CO{sub 2}) is a simple molecular gas and an important atmospheric constituent while silicon dioxide (SiO{sub 2}) is a covalent solid, and represents one of the fundamental minerals of the planet. The remarkable dissimilarity between these two group IV oxides is diminished at higher pressures and temperatures as CO{sub 2} transforms to a series of solid phases, from simple molecular to a fully covalent extended-solid V, structurally analogous to SiO{sub 2} tridymite. Here, we present the discovery of a new extended-solid phase of carbon dioxide (CO{sub 2}): a six-fold coordinated stishovite-like phase VI, obtained by isothermal compression of associated CO{sub 2}-II above 50GPa at 530-650K. Together with the previously reported CO{sub 2}-V and a-carbonia, this new extended phase indicates a fundamental similarity between CO{sub 2}--a prototypical molecular solid, and SiO{sub 2}--one of Earth's fundamental building blocks. The phase diagram suggests a limited stability domain for molecular CO{sub 2}-I, and proposes that the conversion to extended-network solids above 40-50 GPa occurs via intermediate phases II, III, and IV. The crystal structure of phase VI suggests strong disorder along the caxis in stishovite-like P4{sub 2}/mnm, with carbon atoms manifesting an average six-fold coordination within the framework of sp{sup 3} hybridization.},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/899112}, journal = {Nature Materials, vol. 6, no. 1, January 3, 2007, pp. 34-38},
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year = {Wed Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 2006},
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