Plastic and Superionic Helium Ammonia Compounds under High Pressure and High Temperature

Both helium and ammonia are main components of icy giant planets. While ammonia is very reactive, helium is the most inert element in the universe. It is of great interest whether ammonia and helium can react with each other under planetary conditions, and if so, what kinds of structures and states...

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Main Authors: Cong Liu, Hao Gao, Andreas Hermann, Yong Wang, Maosheng Miao, Chris J. Pickard, Richard J. Needs, Hui-Tian Wang, Dingyu Xing, Jian Sun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2020-04-01
Series:Physical Review X
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.10.021007