Under ambient conditions lithium and sodium adopt simple bcc structures. Under high pressures these alkali metals undergo
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Under ambient conditions lithium and sodium adopt simple bcc structures. Under high pressures these alkali metals undergo a series of complex phase transitions to fcc and then lowersymmetry structures (M.I. McMahon et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 2007, 104, 17297; B. Rousseau et al., Eur. Phys. J. B, 2011, 81, 1). Discuss these phase transitions and the changes in electronic properties that accompany them.
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Inorganic Chemistry
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Authors: Mark Weller, Tina Overton, Jonathan Rourke
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