Most of the group IV, III-V, and II-VI compounds crystallize in semiconductor structures under
ambient conditions. Upon application of pressure, they undergo structural phase transitions …

A simple external heating assemblage allowing diamond anvil cell experiments at pressures
up to 34 GPa and temperatures up to 653 K was constructed. This cell can be connected to …

An investigation on the structural stabilities and electronic properties of SrX (X= S, Se and
Te) under high pressure is conducted using the first-principles calculation based on density …

A comprehensive density functional study of the group 12 chalcogenides has been carried
out to study the impact of relativistic effects on the solid-state and electronic structure of the …

The unclear structure evolution of mercury sulfides on metal sulfides (MSs) impedes the
mechanistic understanding of the mercury immobilization processes on MSs-based …

We report ab initio calculations of the electronic band structure, the corresponding optical
spectra, and the phonon dispersion relations of trigonal α-HgS (cinnabar). The calculated …

The pressure dependence of bulk properties for the group 12 chalcogenides MX (M= Zn, Cd,
Hg; X= S, Se, Te) from density functional theory are presented. Energy-volume and …

The ionic conduction mechanisms of some super ionic conductors, α-AgI, β-Ag2S, and α-
Ag2Se, have been investigated by means of ab-initio calculations using the VASP (Vienna …

The phase transition and thermal equation of state of cadmium sulfide (CdS) were studied at
high pressure and temperature conditions up to 21.9 GPa and 650 K, by using in situ …

Using a microcircuit fabricated in a diamond anvil cell, we carried out in situ conductivity
measurements on α-HgS and β-HgS under high pressure, and investigated the temperature …