Liangchen Chen

Phase transition in layered perovskite-like manganate Ca3Mn2O7 under high pressure

In situ high pressure energy dispersive X-ray diffraction measurements on the layered perovskite-like manganate Ca3Mn2O7 powder under pressures were performed by using the diamond anvil cell with synchrotron radiation. The results show that the structure of layered perovskite-like manganate Ca3Mn2O7 is unstable under pressure due to the easy compression of NaCl-type blocks. The structure of Ca3Mn2O7 underwent two phase transitions under pressures in the range of 0–35 GPa. One was at about 1.3 GPa with the crystal structure changing from tetragonal to orthorhombic. The other was at about 9.5 GPa with the crystal structure changing from orthorhombic back to another tetragonal.

Structural phase transition of edge-sharing copper oxide Ca0.85CuO2 under high pressure

The perovskite-like structure compound Ca0.85-CuO2 has interesting structural properties: it has infinite one-dimensional edge-sharing copper-oxygen chains as well as partial occupancy of the Ca sites resulting in an incommensurate superstructure.In situ high-pressure energy dispersive X-ray diffraction measurements on polycrystalline powder Ca0.85CuO2 have been performed by using diamond anvil cell (DAC) instrument with synchrotron radiation. The results for the first time show that edge-sharing copper oxide Ca0.85CuO2 undergoes a structural transition at 14.5 GPa, and furthermore the structural transition is reversible.