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Bulk Modulus and Structural Phase Transitions of Wurtzite CoO Nanocrystals

High-pressure behaviors of wurtzite-type hexagonal CoO nanocrystals were investigated by in situ high-pressure synchrotron radiation X-ray diffraction measurements up to 57.4 GPa at ambient temperature. It is found that bulk modulus of the hexagonal CoO phase is about 115 GPa at zero pressure. Durin...

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Published in:Journal of physical chemistry. C 2007-01, Vol.111 (1), p.2-5
Main Authors: Liu, J. F, He, Y, Chen, W, Zhang, G. Q, Zeng, Y. W, Kikegawa, T, Jiang, J. Z
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Language:English
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Summary:High-pressure behaviors of wurtzite-type hexagonal CoO nanocrystals were investigated by in situ high-pressure synchrotron radiation X-ray diffraction measurements up to 57.4 GPa at ambient temperature. It is found that bulk modulus of the hexagonal CoO phase is about 115 GPa at zero pressure. During compression, the hexagonal CoO phase transfers into rocksalt-type cubic phase in the pressure range of 0.8−6.9 GPa. The volume collapse accompanied by the transition was estimated to be about 20%. This is irreversibly phase transformation; that is, the cubic CoO phase remains after pressure release. Based on the data of peak width vs pressure, a cubic-to-rhombohedral phase transition was detected for the nanocrystalline cubic CoO phase with the transition pressure of about 36 GPa, lower than 43 GPa for bulk cubic CoO phase. The bulk modulus of the nanocrystalline cubic CoO phase of about 258 GPa is larger than 180 GPa for the corresponding bulk cubic CoO phase.
ISSN:1932-7447
1932-7455
DOI:10.1021/jp067354i