New materials from high-pressure experiments

PF McMillan - Nature materials, 2002 - nature.com
High-pressure synthesis on an industrial scale is applied to obtain synthetic diamonds and
cubic boron nitride (c-BN), which are the superhard abrasives of choice for cutting and …

Hydrogen storage in molecular clathrates

VV Struzhkin, B Militzer, WL Mao, H Mao… - Chemical …, 2007 - ACS Publications
The technology of using hydrogen as an environmentally clean and efficient fuel is an active
research area worldwide. 1, 2 One of the major challenges in establishing a hydrogen …

Perspectives on molecular simulation of clathrate hydrates: Progress, prospects and challenges

NJ English, JMD MacElroy - Chemical Engineering Science, 2015 - Elsevier
In this review, the intriguing properties of clathrate hydrates shall be discussed, as well as
their environmental impact and prospects for energy exploitation in industry. In particular, the …

Gas hydrates: Unlocking the energy from icy cages

CA Koh, AK Sum, ED Sloan - Journal of applied physics, 2009 - pubs.aip.org
Technological advancements to control gas hydrates in energy transportation, recovery, and
storage require detailed knowledge of the structural properties of these materials, and the …

High-pressure gas hydrates

JS Loveday, RJ Nelmes - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2008 - pubs.rsc.org
It has long been known that crystalline hydrates are formed by many simple gases that do
not interact strongly with water, and in most cases the gas molecules or atoms occupy …

A new phase diagram of water under negative pressure: The rise of the lowest-density clathrate s-III

Y Huang, C Zhu, L Wang, X Cao, Y Su, X Jiang… - Science …, 2016 - science.org
Ice and ice clathrate are not only omnipresent across polar regions of Earth or under
terrestrial oceans but also ubiquitous in the solar system such as on comets, asteroids, or icy …

Zeolitic ice: A route toward net zero emissions

A Omran, N Nesterenko, V Valtchev - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
In COP 26, the international community reaffirmed its ambitious targets to reduce carbon
emission to mitigate climate change according to Paris Agreement. To achieve that target, a …

Physical chemistry and technological applications of gas hydrates: topical aspects

AY Manakov, AS Stoporev - Russian Chemical Reviews, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The review considers the research and engineering works in selected fields of the physical
chemistry of gas hydrates and gas hydrate technologies, mainly performed over the last 10 …

Phase behaviour of ices and hydrates

AD Fortes, M Choukroun - Space science reviews, 2010 - Springer
The primary volatile 'rock-forming'minerals in the icy satellites of the outer solar system
include water-ice and various hydrated crystals of methane and ammonia. The rich …

Unusual crystalline and polycrystalline structures in methane hydrates

J Vatamanu, PG Kusalik - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2006 - ACS Publications
We present previously unreported crystalline and polycrystalline structures for methane
hydrates obtained at relatively low pressures. These structures, which contain unusual …