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PHYSICAL REVIEW B
Volume 81, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.014205
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- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) [HD-361]
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High-pressure modifications in glassy GeS2 have been investigated up to 45 GPa using the diamond anvil cell through x-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) spectroscopy and x-ray diffraction (XRD). The gradual increase in the Ge-S distance of about 0.1 angstrom between 15 and 25 GPa evidenced by XAFS is interpreted as a signature of a coordination increase around Ge. The negative shift of the germanium K absorption edge position is connected to the progressive metallization of the glass. XRD measurements reveal the amorphous-amorphous nature of the structural transformation. The first sharp diffraction peak loses intensity and shifts toward higher Q values in the first few gigapascal, reflecting changes in the intermediate-range order prior to the local coordination increase. The observed changes are reversible after pressure release with strong hysteresis.
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