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Electronic and structural transitions in dense liquid sodium

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  • Jean-Yves Raty

    (FNRS-University of Liège)

  • Eric Schwegler

    (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA)

  • Stanimir A. Bonev

    (Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 3J5, Canada)

Abstract

Sodium under pressure It has recently been shown that, when high pressures are applied, crystals of lithium and sodium undergo a sequence of phase transitions — including (for sodium) a striking and as yet unexplained pressure-induced drop in the melting temperature. Jean-Yves Raty et al. have now identified the cause of this unusual melting behaviour: it emerges because liquid sodium undergoes a series of transitions similar to those seen in the solid state, but at much lower pressures. Intriguingly, one of these transitions is driven by the opening of a 'pseudogap' in the electronic density of states, the first time such an effect has been seen in a liquid metal.

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  • Jean-Yves Raty & Eric Schwegler & Stanimir A. Bonev, 2007. "Electronic and structural transitions in dense liquid sodium," Nature, Nature, vol. 449(7161), pages 448-451, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:449:y:2007:i:7161:d:10.1038_nature06123
    DOI: 10.1038/nature06123
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    1. Danae N. Polsin & Amy Lazicki & Xuchen Gong & Stephen J. Burns & Federica Coppari & Linda E. Hansen & Brian J. Henderson & Margaret F. Huff & Malcolm I. McMahon & Marius Millot & Reetam Paul & Raymond, 2022. "Structural complexity in ramp-compressed sodium to 480 GPa," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-7, December.

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