First publication
The first scientific publication with data measured at Alba synchrotron has been accepted for publication in Inorganic Chemistry. The article is a collaboration between three institutions, the "Universidad Complutense de Madrid", the "Universidad de Valencia" and the Max-Planck Institut für Festkörperforschung.
The publication describes the structural behavior of mineral Stromeyerite, AgCuS under strong compression. The structure been studied by means of angle-dispersive X-ray diffraction measurements up to 13 GPa at bl04-mspd beamline. Two high pressure phase transtions are found. First principles calculations present an overall agreement with the experimental results in terms of the high pressure sequence, providing chemical insight into the AgCuS structural behaviour under hydrostatic pressure.
figure 1:
The corresponding author (David Santamaria) with Universidad de Valencia collaborators
at the the time of the experiment at the high pressure endstation of bl04-mspd.
figure 2: Powder XRD patterns of AgCuS at different pressure conditions.
Upstroke and downstroke processes are indicated on the right-hand side.
Asterisks denote the diffraction maxima of silver.
Inorganic Chemistry: pubs.acs.org/IC
