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Biological and Chemical Physics

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Physics & Astronomy Faculty Research

2020

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Pressure-Stabilized Divalent Ozonide Cao3 And Its Impact On Earth’S Oxygen Cycles, Yanchao Wang, Meiling Xu, Liuxiang Yang, Bingmin Yan, Qin Qin, Xuecheng Shao, Yunwei Zhang, Dajian Huang, Xiaohuan Lin, Jian Lv, Dongzhou Zhang, Huiyang Gou, Ho-Kwang Mao, Changfeng Chen, Yanming Ma Sep 2020

Pressure-Stabilized Divalent Ozonide Cao3 And Its Impact On Earth’S Oxygen Cycles, Yanchao Wang, Meiling Xu, Liuxiang Yang, Bingmin Yan, Qin Qin, Xuecheng Shao, Yunwei Zhang, Dajian Huang, Xiaohuan Lin, Jian Lv, Dongzhou Zhang, Huiyang Gou, Ho-Kwang Mao, Changfeng Chen, Yanming Ma

Physics & Astronomy Faculty Research

High pressure can drastically alter chemical bonding and produce exotic compounds that defy conventional wisdom. Especially significant are compounds pertaining to oxygen cycles inside Earth, which hold key to understanding major geological events that impact the environment essential to life on Earth. Here we report the discovery of pressure-stabilized divalent ozonide CaO3 crystal that exhibits intriguing bonding and oxidation states with profound geological implications. Our computational study identifies a crystalline phase of CaO3 by reaction of CaO and O2 at high pressure and high temperature conditions; ensuing experiments synthesize this rare compound under compression in a diamond anvil cell with …


Vibration Overtone Hyperpolarizability Measured For H2, Rachel M. Ellis, David P. Shelton Apr 2020

Vibration Overtone Hyperpolarizability Measured For H2, Rachel M. Ellis, David P. Shelton

Physics & Astronomy Faculty Research

The second hyperpolarizability (γ) of the H2 molecule was measured by gas-phase electric field induced second harmonic generation at the frequencies of the one-photon resonance for the 3–0 Q(J) overtone transitions (v, J = 0, J → 3, J for J = 0, 1, 2, and 3). The magnitude of the resonant contribution to γ was measured with 2% accuracy using the previously determined non-resonant γ for calibration. Pressure broadening and frequency shift for the transitions were also measured. A theoretical expression for the resonant vibrational γ contribution in terms of transition polarizabilities is compared to the observations. The measured …