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Spectroscopy and transitions

Evidence for a monoclinic metallic phase in high-pressure VO 2

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Pages 55-59 | Received 08 Sep 2009, Published online: 17 Mar 2010
 

Abstract

The pressure dependencies at room temperature of Raman and infrared (IR) data on VO 2 are presented up to 19 and 15 GPa, respectively, together with preliminary X-ray diffraction (XRD) data collected up to 42 GPa. Both Raman and XRD indicate the persistence of a monoclinic lattice up the highest pressures. Observed modifications in the pressure dependence of Raman phonon frequencies, IR spectral weight, and unit cell volume at ∼10 GPa allow us to identify two regimes at low and high pressure and to conjecture a transition to a new unknown monoclinic phase where applying pressure activates a metallization mechanism.

Acknowledgement

We kindly acknowledge L. Dubrovinsky and his staff at Bayerisches Geoinstitut for HP XRD measurements.

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