THE PRESSURE-INDUCED FERROELASTIC PHASE-TRANSITION OF SIO2 STISHOVITE

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LEE, XCY
GONZE, X
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[1] CORNELL UNIV, ATOM & SOLID STATE PHYS LAB, ITHACA, NY 14853 USA
[2] UNIV CATHOLIQUE LOUVAIN, UNITE PHYSICOCHIM & PHYS MAT, B-1348 LOUVAIN, BELGIUM
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Using a newly developed accurate ab initio technique, we study the stability and the lattice dynamics of SiO2 polymorph stishovite as a function of pressure. We observe a ferroelastic phase transition to CaCl2 structure at 64 GPa, driven by a mechanical instability associated with a vanishing shear modulus. Other lattice instabilities due to phonon anomalies are theoretically excluded along with a proposed softening of the B1g phonon mode.
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