Towards Macroporous α-Al2O3—Routes, Possibilities and Limitations

S Carstens, R Meyer, D Enke - Materials, 2020 - mdpi.com
This article combines a systematic literature review on the fabrication of macroporous α-
Al2O3 with increased specific surface area with recent results from our group. Publications …

[HTML][HTML] Exploration and investigation of stable novel Al2O3 by high-throughput screening and density functional theory

R Zhao, Q Fan, R Yang, Y Song, X Yu, S Yun - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
The graph and group theory based random strategy (RG 2) code is employed to obtain three
stable Al 2 O 3 polymorphs (P2 1/c, Pnma-I, and Pnma-II Al 2 O 3) are obtained based on …

Phase stability and thermal equation of state of δ-AlOOH: Implication for water transportation to the Deep Lower Mantle

Y Duan, N Sun, S Wang, X Li, X Guo, H Ni… - Earth and Planetary …, 2018 - Elsevier
In this study, we present new experimental constraints on the phase stability and thermal
equation of state of an important hydrous phase, δ-AlOOH, using synchrotron X-ray …

Thermodynamic simulation of the RDX–aluminum interface using ReaxFF molecular dynamics

N Wang, J Peng, A Pang, T He, F Du… - The Journal of …, 2017 - ACS Publications
We use reactive molecular dynamics (RMD) simulations to study the interface between
cyclotrimethylene trinitramine (RDX) and aluminum (Al) with different oxide layers to …

Prediction of novel stable compounds in the Mg-Si-O system under exoplanet pressures

H Niu, AR Oganov, XQ Chen, D Li - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Abstract The Mg-Si-O system is the major Earth and rocky planet-forming system. Here,
through quantum variable-composition evolutionary structure explorations, we have …

[HTML][HTML] Metallic aluminum suboxides with ultrahigh electrical conductivity at high pressure

T Huang, C Liu, J Wang, S Pan, Y Han, CJ Pickard… - Research, 2022 - spj.science.org
Aluminum, as the most abundant metallic elemental content in the Earth's crust, usually
exists in the form of alumina (Al 2 O 3). However, the oxidation state of aluminum and the …

Reactive ion beam figuring of optical aluminium surfaces

J Bauer, F Frost, T Arnold - Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Ultra-smooth and arbitrarily shaped reflective optics are necessary for further progress in
EUV/XUV lithography, x-ray and synchrotron technology. As one of the most important …

Pressure-induced yttrium oxides with unconventional stoichiometries and novel properties

Q Yang, J Lin, F Li, J Zhang, E Zurek, G Yang - Physical Review Materials, 2021 - APS
The oxygenic motifs (eg, O 2–, O 2 2–O 2 2–, and O 2–) that are present in compounds have
a substantial effect on their electronic structure and behavior. Herein, first-principles swarm …

High-Pressure Phase Diagram of the Ti–O System

K Li, J Wang, AR Oganov - The Journal of Physical Chemistry …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Titanium oxides are technologically important compounds. The chemistry of the Ti–O system
is quite rich, largely because of the multiple oxidation states that titanium atoms can take. In …

[HTML][HTML] Temperature dependency of structure and order evolution in 2D confined oxide films grown on Al substrates using reactive molecular dynamics

ME Trybula, PA Korzhavyi - Vacuum, 2021 - Elsevier
We performed molecular dynamics simulations by using Reactive Force Field method to
study the impact of temperature on the structure, topology and order given in terms of …