Synthesis of sodium polyhydrides at high pressures

The only known compound of sodium and hydrogen is ionic NaH, but theory predicts the existence of polyhydrides at high pressure. Here, the authors report observations of the formation of polyhydrides above 40 GPa and 2000 K, supporting the idea of multicentre bonding in a material with unusual stoic...

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Main Authors: Viktor V. Struzhkin, Duck Young Kim, Elissaios Stavrou, Takaki Muramatsu, Ho-kwang Mao, Chris J. Pickard, Richard J. Needs, Vitali B. Prakapenka, Alexander F. Goncharov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12267