Neutron diffraction study on -AlOOH at high pressure

Sano, Asami; Komatsu, Kazuki*; Hattori, Takanori; Nagai, Takaya*; Kagi, Hiroyuki*; Molaison, J.*; Moreira Dos Santos, A.*; Tulk, C.*

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-AlOOH is a high pressure polymorph of diaspore. Previous theoretical studies predict that hydrogen bond become symmetric at high pressure. Neutron diffraction experiment at high pressure found that O-D bond is elongated at high pressure, in support these predictions. Powder X-ray diffraction studies also found that the change in compressibility occurs at high pressure. To investigate the sequence to the symmetrization and its relation with the change in compressibility, we conducted neutron diffraction experiments on -AlOOH was conducted at SNAP, SNS. The results suggest the transition from hydrogen ordered structure to disordered structure at 6.7 GPa. Strong DH isotope effect was also found in the hydrogen bond geometry at high pressure.