Elastic constants of α-GeO2

被引:43
作者
Grimsditch, M
Polian, A
Brazhkin, V
Balitskii, D
机构
[1] Argonne Natl Lab, Div Mat Sci, Argonne, IL 60439 USA
[2] Univ Paris 06, F-75252 Paris 05, France
[3] Russian Acad Sci, Inst High Pressure Phys, Troitsk 142092, Moscow Region, Russia
[4] Moscow MV Lomonosov State Univ, Moscow 117234, Russia
关键词
D O I
10.1063/1.367117
中图分类号
O59 [应用物理学];
学科分类号
摘要
The elastic constants of alpha-GeO2, the quartzlike polymorph of germanium dioxide, have been determined using Brillouin scattering. The data were obtained using a high quality single crystal of alpha-GeO2. When compared with existing data on alpha-SiO2, our results show that the shear constants are considerably softened in GeO2. This could be an indication that the observed pressure induced phase change is related to a shear instability. (C) 1998 American Institute of Physics.
引用
收藏
页码:3018 / 3020
页数:3
相关论文
共 27 条
  • [1] BALITSKII DV, UNPUB
  • [2] BALITSKII DV, 1995, 11 INT C CRYST GROWT, P573
  • [3] BRAZHKIN VV, 1996, HIGH PRESSURE SCI TE, P285
  • [4] BZAZ NS, 1981, HIGH TEMP HIGH PRESS, V13, P313
  • [5] CRYSTAL-STRUCTURES OF THE LOW-TEMPERATURE QUARTZ-TYPE PHASES OF SIO2 AND GEO2 AT ELEVATED PRESSURE
    GLINNEMANN, J
    KING, HE
    SCHULZ, H
    HAHN, T
    LAPLACA, SJ
    DACOL, F
    [J]. ZEITSCHRIFT FUR KRISTALLOGRAPHIE, 1992, 198 (3-4): : 177 - 212
  • [6] EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES OF ELASTIC PROPERTIES OF CRYSTALS BY BRILLOUIN-SCATTERING
    GRIMSDITCH, M
    [J]. PHYSICA B & C, 1988, 150 (1-2): : 271 - 275
  • [7] BRILLOUIN-SCATTERING FROM AMORPHOUS MATERIALS AT HIGH-PRESSURES
    GRIMSDITCH, M
    BHADRA, R
    MENG, Y
    [J]. PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 1988, 38 (11): : 7836 - 7838
  • [8] HIGH-PRESSURE CRYSTAL-CHEMISTRY AND AMORPHIZATION OF ALPHA-QUARTZ
    HAZEN, RM
    FINGER, LW
    HEMLEY, RJ
    MAO, HK
    [J]. SOLID STATE COMMUNICATIONS, 1989, 72 (05) : 507 - 511
  • [9] PRESSURE-INDUCED AMORPHIZATION OF CRYSTALLINE SILICA
    HEMLEY, RJ
    JEPHCOAT, AP
    MAO, HK
    MING, LC
    MANGHNANI, MH
    [J]. NATURE, 1988, 334 (6177) : 52 - 54
  • [10] Hemley RJ., 1987, HIGH PRESSURE RES MI, P347