Structural studies and polymorphism in amorphous solids and liquids at high pressure

WILDING, Martin, WILSON, Mark and MCMILLAN, Paul F. (2006). Structural studies and polymorphism in amorphous solids and liquids at high pressure. Chemical Society Reviews, 35 (10), 964-986.

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Link to published version:: https://doi.org/10.1039/B517775H

Abstract

When amorphous materials are compressed their structures are expected to change in response to densification. In some cases, the changes in amorphous structure can be discontinuous and they can even have the character of first-order phase transitions. This is a phenomenon referred to as polyamorphism. Most evidence for polyamorphic transitions between low and high density liquids or analogous transformations between amorphous forms of the same substance to date has been indirect and based on the changes in thermodynamic and other structure-related properties with pressure. Recent studies using advanced X-ray and neutron scattering methods combined with molecular dynamics simulations are now revealing the details of structural changes in polyamorphic systems as a function of pressure. Various ‘‘two state’’ or ‘‘two species’’ models are used to understand the anomalous densification behaviour of liquids with melting curve maxima or regions of negative melting slope. Thermodynamic analysis of the two state model leads to the possibility of low- to high-density liquid transitions caused by differences in bulk thermodynamic properties between different amorphous forms and on the degree of cooperativity between low- and high-density structural configurations. The potential occurrence of first-order transitions between supercooled liquids is identified as a critical-like phenomenon. In this tutorial review we discuss the background to polyamorphism, incorporating the experimental observations, simulation studies and the two-state models. We also describe work carried on several systems that are considered to be polyamorphic.

Item Type: Article
Research Institute, Centre or Group - Does NOT include content added after October 2018: Materials and Engineering Research Institute > Engineering Research
Departments - Does NOT include content added after October 2018: Faculty of Science, Technology and Arts > Department of Engineering and Mathematics
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1039/B517775H
Page Range: 964-986
Depositing User: Martin Wilding
Date Deposited: 04 Jul 2018 09:29
Last Modified: 18 Mar 2021 11:45
URI: https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/21504

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