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HAIT Journal of Science and Engineering Volume 1, Issue 2, pp. 251-257 © 2004 Holon Academic Institute of Technology | ||||||
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Pressure-induced orientation phase transition in solids
Victor A. Somenkov
Russian Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute",
Moscow 123182, Russia
| e-mail: somenkov@isssph.kiae.ru Received 28 October 2003, revised 25 May 2004, accepted 1 June 2004
| The pressure-induced orientation phase transitions in both molecular and magnetic crystals are considered. On the base of elastic and inelastic neutron scattering data at high pressure up to 10 GPa, variations of structure and dynamics of ammonium halides NH4X (X=F, Cl, Br, I) are described.
___________________ | Presented at Russian-Israeli Conference Frontiers in Condensed Matter Physics Shoresh, Israel, 19-24 October 2003 |