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High-pressure chemistry of functional materials
Songhao Guo1,2, Yifan Zhang1, Kejun Bu1
1Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research (HPSTAR), Shanghai, China. xujie.lu@hpstar.ac.cn.
Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England)
|January 2, 2025
Summary
High pressure significantly alters functional materials, enabling new properties for energy and quantum applications. This research reviews how pressure-induced changes drive material design and innovation.
Area of Science:
- Materials Science
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Chemistry
Background:
- Functional materials are crucial for energy, environment, and quantum sciences.
- External stimuli like pressure can alter atomic and electronic structures, leading to new properties.
- High-pressure techniques are vital for understanding structure-property relationships.
Purpose of the Study:
- To review the impact of high pressure on functional materials.
- To provide insights into mechanisms driving pressure-induced changes.
- To highlight the translation of high-pressure research to new material design.
Main Methods:
- Review of recent advancements in high-pressure research.
- Analysis of methodological approaches in high-pressure studies.
- Examination of structure-property relationships under pressure.
Main Results:
- High pressure transforms chemical and physical properties of diverse functional materials.
- Mechanisms driving structural and property changes are elucidated.
- Emergent or enhanced properties are observed in materials like perovskites and metal halides.
Conclusions:
- High-pressure research is key to understanding and designing advanced functional materials.
- High-pressure chemistry and nano-architectonics offer pathways for innovation.
- Future directions and challenges in high-pressure materials science are identified.
