Anomalous behavior and phase transformation of α-GaOOH nanocrystals under static compression*

Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 50772043, 51172087, and 11074089) and the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2011CB808200)

Zhang Zhao1, Cui Hang1, Yang Da-Peng2, †, Zhang Jian1, ‡, Tang Shun-Xi1, Wu Si1, Cui Qi-Liang1
       

(color online) Representative x-ray diffraction patterns of α-GaOOH at (a) some high pressures (up to 31.0 GPa) and are indexed and refined by using EXPGUI software, (b) ambient pressure, and (c) 17.1 GPa.