Title

High-pressure optical study of HfW2O8

Authors

Authors

B. Chen; D. V. S. Muthu; Z. X. Liu; A. W. Sleight;M. B. Kruger

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Abbreviated Journal Title

J. Phys.-Condes. Matter

Keywords

NEGATIVE THERMAL-EXPANSION; ZRW2O8; Physics, Condensed Matter

Abstract

A high-pressure optical absorption study and Raman and infrared spectroscopy are carried out on hafnium tungstate (HfW2O8) at room temperature. The band gap decreases rapidly with pressure until similar to9 GPa is reached, increases between 9 and 16 GPa, and slowly decreases with pressure from 16 to 47 GPa. The changes under pressure of the vibrational modes have been studied, and an estimate of the thermal expansion coefficient has been calculated,and found to be in reasonable agreement with the measured value. The alpha-gamma phase transition can be observed via Raman and infrared spectroscopy. Around 2 GPa, HfW2O8 undergoes an irreversible transition from the gamma-phase to an amorphous structure.

Journal Title

Journal of Physics-Condensed Matter

Volume

14

Issue/Number

50

Publication Date

1-1-2002

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

13911

Last Page

13916

WOS Identifier

WOS:000185020400021

ISSN

0953-8984

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