HPSynR Publications

Publication since 2013 (updated Apr.  2021)

2022

[177] Jiang, D., Wen, T.*, Song, H., Jiang, Z., Li, C., Liu, K., Yang, W., Mao, H. & Wang, Y.* Intrinsic zero-linear and zero-area compressibilities over an ultrawide pressure range within a gear-spring structure. CCS Chem. 4, 3246–3253 (2022).

[176] Liu, H., Wang, Y., Yang, X., Zhao, X., Wang, K., Wu, M., Zuo, X., Yang, W., Sui, Y.* & Zou, B.* Pressure-stimulus-responsive behaviors of core–shell InP/ZnSe nanocrystals: remarkable piezochromic luminescence and structural assembly. Nanoscale 14, 7530–7537 (2022).

[175] Li, C.*, Yang, W. & Sheng, F. W.* Bridge-bond formation in aluminium and its alloys under high pressure. Phys. Rev. Mater. 6, 033601 (2022).

[174] Fan, T.-Y., Yang, W., Cheng, H. & Sun, X.-H. Generalized dynamics of soft-matter quasicrystals. Springer, Singapore (2022).

[173] Xu, L., Wang, Z., Chen, J., Chen, S., Yang, W., Ren, Y., Zuo, X., Zeng, J., Wu, Q.* & Sheng, H.* Folded network and structural transition in molten tin. Nat. Commun. 13, 126 (2022).

[172] Peng, S., Chen, Y., Wang, B., Zhou, X., Yu, H., Wang, J.*, Yang, W.* & Gao, X.* Intrinsic layered defects in solid-state electrolyte Li_0.33La_0.56TiO₃. Mater. Today Energy 23, 100912 (2022).

2021

[171] Li, B., Ding, Y., Kim, D. Y., Wang, L., Weng, T.-C., Yang, W., Yu, Z., Ji, C., Wang, J., Shu, J., Chen, J., Yang, K., Xiao, Y., Chow, P., Shen, G., Mao, W. L. & Mao, H.-K.* Probing the electronic band gap of solid hydrogen by inelastic X-ray scattering up to 90 GPa. Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 036402 (2021).

[170] Du, P., Li, N., Ling, X., Fan, Z., Braun, A., Yang, W.*, Chen, Q.* & Yelon, A. Optimizing the proton conductivity with the isokinetic temperature in perovskite-type proton conductors according to Meyer–Neldel rule. Adv. Energy Mater. 12, 2102939 (2021).

[169] Jiang, D., Jiang, Z., Song, H., Wang, P., Luo, H., Li, C., Liu, K., Wen, T., Yang, W.*, Zhao, Y. & Wang, Y.* Pressure controls the structure and nonlinear optical properties of piezochromic CdTeMoO₆. Chem. Mater. 33, 2929–2936 (2021).

[168] Luo, H., Guo, S., Zhang, Y., Bu, K., Lin, H., Wang, Y., Yin, Y., Zhang, D., Jin, S., Zhang, W., Yang, W., Ma, B. & Lü, X.* Regulating exciton–phonon coupling to achieve a near-unity photoluminescence quantum yield in one-dimensional hybrid metal halides. Adv. Sci. 8, 2100786 (2021).

[167] Wang, B., Li, N.*, Zhao, Y., Liu, X., Li, M., Zhang, Q., Dong, H., He, Y., Zhang, D., Wang, Y., Liu, G., Long, Y. & Yang, W.* A large enhancement of ionic conductivity in SrCoO_2.5 controlled by isostructural phase transition and negative linear compressibility. Appl. Phys. Lett. 119, 043902 (2021).

[166] Li, M., Zhang, D., Han, J., Fang, Y., Li, N., Liu, X., Wang, B., Yan, L., Chen, F.*, Li, Y.-L.* & Yang, W.* Pressure-tuning structural and electronic transitions in semimetal CoSb. Phys. Rev. B 104, 054511 (2021).

[165] Lü, X.*, Stoumpos, C. C., Hu, Q., Ma, X., Zhang, D., Guo, S., Hoffman, J., Bu, K., Guo, X., Wang, Y., Ji, C., Chen, H., Xu, H., Jia, Q., Yang, W., Kanatzidis, M. G.* & Mao, H.-K. Regulating off-centering distortion maximizes photoluminescence in halide perovskites. Natl. Sci. Rev. 8, nwaa288 (2021).

[164] Chen, M., Guo, S., Bu, K., Lee, S., Luo, H., Wang, Y., Liu, B., Yan, Z., Dong, H., Yang, W., Ma, B. & Lü, X.* Pressure-induced robust emission in a zero-dimensional hybrid metal halide (C₉NH₂₀)₆Pb₃Br₁₂. Matter Radiat. Extremes 6, 058401 (2021).

[163] Zhang, K., Xu, M., Li, N., Xu, M., Zhang, Q., Greenberg, E., Prakapenka, V. B., Chen, Y.-S., Wuttig, M., Mao, H.-K. & Yang, W.* Superconducting phase induced by a local structure transition in amorphous Sb₂Se₃ under high pressure. Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 127002 (2021).

[162] Gao, Y., Li, N., Wu, Y., Yang, W.* & Bo, S.-H.* Perspective: Rethinking the design of ionic conductors using Meyer–Neldel–conductivity plot. Adv. Energy Mater. 11, 2100325 (2021).

[161] Guo, S., Bu, K., Li, J., Hu, Q., Luo, H., He, Y., Wu, Y., Zhang, D., Zhao, Y., Yang, W., Kanatzidis, M. G. & Lü, X.* Enhanced photocurrent of all-inorganic two-dimensional perovskite Cs₂PbI₂Cl₂ via pressure-regulated excitonic features. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 143, 2545–2551 (2021).

[160] Mao, H.-K.*, Chen, B., Gou, H., Li, K., Liu, J., Wang, L., Xiao, H. & Yang, W. 2020—Transformative science in the pressure dimension. Matter Radiat. Extremes 6, 013001 (2021).

2020

[159] Bu, K., Luo, H., Guo, S., Li, M., Wang, D., Dong, H., Ding, Y., Yang, W. & Lü, X.* Pressure-regulated dynamic stereochemical role of lone-pair electrons in layered Bi₂O₂S. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 11, 9720–9726 (2020).

[158] Kong, L., Gong, J., Hu, Q., Capitani, F., Celeste, A., Hattori, T., Sano-Furukawa, A., Li, N., Yang, W., Liu, G.* & Mao, H.-K. Suppressed lattice disorder for large emission enhancement and structural robustness in hybrid lead iodide perovskite discovered by high-pressure isotope effect. Adv. Funct. Mater. 31, 2009131 (2021).

[157] Zhao, Y., Chen, K., Li, N., Ma, S., Wang, Y., Kong, Q., Baudelet, F., Wang, X. & Yang, W.* Tri-color Ho³⁺ photoluminescence enhancement from site symmetry breakdown in pyrochlore Ho₂Sn₂O₇ after pressure treatment. Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 245701 (2020).

[156] Lin, C. L.*, Liu, X. Q., Yang, D., Li, X., Smith, J. S., Wang, B., Dong, H., Li, S., Yang, W. G. & Tse, J. S. Temperature- and rate-dependent pathways in formation of metastable silicon phases under rapid decompression. Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 155702 (2020).

[155] Wen, T., Wang, Y., Li, C., Jiang, D., Jiang, Z., Qu, S., Yang, W.* & Wang, Y.* Site-specific pressure-driven spin crossover in Lu_1-xSc_xFeO₃. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 11, 8549–8553 (2020).

[154] Guo, S., Zhao, Y., Bu, K., Fu, Y., Luo, H., Chen, M., Hautzinger, M. P., Wang, Y., Jin, S., Yang, W.* & Lü, X.* Pressure-suppressed carrier trapping leads to enhanced emission in two-dimensional perovskite (HA)₂(GA)Pb₂I₇. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 59, 17686–17692 (2020).

[153] Fan, Z., Li, N., Du, P., Yang, W.* & Chen, Q.* Influence of lattice dynamics on proton transport in BaZrY-oxide perovskites under high pressure. J. Phys. Chem. C 124, 22376–22382 (2020).

[152] Wang, Y., Guo, S., Luo, H., Zhou, C., Lin, H., Ma, X., Hu, Q., Du, M., Ma, B.*, Yang, W.* & Lü, X.* Reaching 90% photoluminescence quantum yield in one-dimensional metal halide C₄N₂H₁₄PbBr₄ by pressure-suppressed non-radiative loss. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 142, 16001–16006 (2020).

[151] Li, N., Zhang, Q., Wang, Y. & Yang, W.* Perspective on the pressure-driven evolution of the lattice and electronic structure in perovskite and double perovskite. Appl. Phys. Lett. 117, 080502 (2020). (Invited Perspective)

[150] Kong, L., Liu, G.*, Gong, J., Mao, L., Chen, M., Hu, Q., Lü, X., Yang, W., Kanatzidis, M. G. & Mao, H.-K.* Highly tunable properties in pressure-treated two-dimensional Dion–Jacobson perovskites. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 117, 16121–16126 (2020).

[149]  Cheng, E., Xia, W., Shi, X., Yu, Z., Wang, L., Yan, L., Peets, D. C., Zhu, C., Su, H., Zhang, Y., Dai, D., Wang, X., Zou, Z., Yu, N., Kou, X., Yang, W., Zhao, W.*, Guo, Y.* & Li, S*. Pressure-induced superconductivity and topological phase transitions in the topological nodal-line semimetal SrAs₃. npj Quantum Mater. 5, 38 (2020).

[148] Zhang, Q., Liu, X., Li, N., Wang, B., Huang, Q., Wang, L., Zhang, D., Wang, Y.* & Yang, W.* Pressure-driven chemical lock-in structure and optical properties in Sillén compounds PbBiO₂X (X = Cl, Br, and I). J. Mater. Chem. A 8, 13610–13617 (2020).

[147]  Lin, C., Liu, X., Yong, X., Tse, J. S.*, Smith, J. S., English, N. J., Wang, B., Li, M., Yang, W.* & Mao, H.-K. Temperature-dependent kinetic pathways featuring distinctive thermal-activation mechanisms in structural evolution of ice VII. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 117, 15437–15442 (2020).

[146] Hwang, H., Galtier, E., Cynn, H., Eom, I., Chun, S. H., Bang, Y., Hwang, G. C., Choi, J., Kim, T., Kong, M., Kwon, S., Kang, K., Lee, H. J., Park, C., Lee, J. I., Lee, Y., Yang, W., Shim, S.-H., Vogt, T., Kim, S., Park, J., Kim, S., Nam, D., Lee, J. H., Hyun, H., Kim, M., Koo, T.-Y., Kao, C.-C., Sekine, T. & Lee, Y.* Subnanosecond phase transition dynamics in laser-shocked iron. Sci. Adv. 6, eaaz5132 (2020).

[145] Zeng, Z.*, Zeng, Q., Ge, M., Chen, B., Lou, H., Chen, X., Yan, J., Yang, W., Mao, H.-K., Yang, D. & Mao, W. Origin of plasticity in nanostructured silicon. Phys. Rev. Lett. 124, 185701 (2020).

[144] Ji, C., Li, B., Liu, W., Smith, J. S., Bjorling, A., Majumdar, A., Luo, W., Ahuja, R., Shu, J., Wang, J., Sinogeikin, S., Meng, Y., Prakapenka, V., Greenberg, E., Xu, R., Huang, X., Ding, Y., Soldatov, A., Yang, W., Shen, G., Mao, W. & Mao, H.-K.* Crystallography of low-Z material at ultrahigh pressure: case study on solid hydrogen. Matter Radiat. Extremes 5, 038401 (2020).

[143] Pei, C. Y., Xia, Y., Wu, J. Z., Zhao, Y., Gao, L., Ying, T., Gao, B., Li, N., Yang, W., Zhang, D., Gou, H., Chen, Y., Hosono, H., Li, G.* & Qi, Y.* Pressure-induced topological and structural phase transitions in an antiferromagnetic topological insulator. Chin. Phys. Lett. 37, 066401 (2020).

[142] Ji, C.*, Li, B., Yang, W. & Mao, H.-K.* Crystallographic studies of ultra-dense solid hydrogen. Chin. J. High Press. Phys. 34, 020101 (2020).

[141] Liu, H., Yang, X.*, Wang, K., Wang, Y., Wu, M., Zuo, X., Yang, W. & Zou, B.* Pressure-induced multidimensional assembly and sintering of CuInS₂ nanoparticles into lamellar nanosheets with band gap narrowing. ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 3, 2438–2446 (2020).

[140] Shu, H., Zhang, Y., Wang, B., Yang, W., Dong, H., Tobase, T., Ye, J., Huang, X., Fu, S., Zhou, Q. & Sekine, T.* Laser-shocked calcium difluoride (CaF₂) as a warm dense matter. Phys. Plasmas 27, 030701 (2020).

[139] Zhang, K., Peng, S., Li, N., Liu, X., Zhang, M., Wu, Y.-D., Yang, Y., Greenberg, E., Prakapenka, V. B., Hui, X., Wang, Y. & Yang, W.* Tuning to a more compressible phase in TiZrHfNb high-entropy alloy by pressure. Appl. Phys. Lett. 116, 031901 (2020).

[138] Li, M., Liu, T., Wang, Y., Yang, W. & Lü, X.* Pressure responses of halide perovskites with various compositions, dimensionalities, and morphologies. Matter Radiat. Extremes 5, 018201 (2020).

[137] Zhang, T., Zhang, K.*, Wang, G.*, Greenberg, E., Prakapenka, V. B. & Yang, W.* Multiple phase transitions in Sc-doped Sb₂Te₃ amorphous nanocomposites under high pressure. Appl. Phys. Lett. 116, 021903 (2020).

2019 

[136] Abdel-Hafiez, M.*, Thiyagarajan, R., Majumdar, A., Ahuja, R., Luo, W., Vasiliev, A. N., Maarouf, A. A., Zybtsev, S. G., Pokrovskii, V. Ya., Zaitsev-Zotov, S. V., Pavlovskiy, V. V., Pai, W. W., Yang, W. & Kulik, L. V. Pressure-induced reentrant transition in NbS₃ phases: combined Raman scattering and X-ray diffraction study. Phys. Rev. B 99, 235126 (2019).

[135] Liu, F., Xu, C., Shen, S., Li, N., Guo, H., Lü, X., Xiang, H., Bellaiche, L., Zhao, J., Yin, L., Yang, W., Wang, W. & Shen, J. Pressure-induced large enhancement of Néel temperature and electric polarization in the hexagonal multiferroic Lu_0.5Sc_0.5FeO₃. Phys. Rev. B 100, 214408 (2019).

[134] Evans-Lutterodt, K.*, Han, F., Yang, W., Ren, Y., Borkiewicz, O., Stein, A., Lu, M. & Shastri, S. Kinoform lenses for high photon energies. AIP Conf. Proc. 2054, 040014 (2019).

[133] Selvadurai, A. P. B.*, Thiyagarajan, R., Pazhanivelu, V., Suriakarthick, R., Yang, W., Murugaraj, R. & Venkateswaran, C. Metamagnetism emergence and spectroscopic elucidation of SmFeO₃ nanoceramics. J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 52, 435002 (2019).

[132] Ji, C., Li, B., Liu, W., Smith, J. S., Majumdar, A., Luo, W., Ahuja, R., Shu, J., Wang, J., Sinogeikin, S., Meng, Y., Prakapenka, V. B., Greenberg, E., Xu, R., Huang, X., Yang, W., Shen, G., Mao, W. L. & Mao, H.-K.* Ultrahigh-pressure isostructural electronic transitions in hydrogen. Nature 573, 558–562 (2019).

[131] Lü, X.*, Chen, A., Dai, Y., Wei, B., Xu, H., Wen, J., Li, N., Luo, Y., Gao, X., Enriquez, E., Wang, Z., Dowden, P., Yang, W., Zhao, Y. & Jia, Q.* Metallic interface induced by electronic reconstruction in crystalline–amorphous bilayer oxide films. Sci. Bull. 64, 1567–1572 (2019).

[130] Wen, T., Zhang, Q., Li, N., Wang, Y.*, Zhang, D., Wang, L. & Yang, W.* Structural phase transition, optical and electrical property evolutions of thiospinel AgIn₅S₈ under high pressure. Inorg. Chem. 58, 12628–12634 (2019).

[129] Liu, G.*, Kong, L.*, Yang, W.* & Mao, H.-K. Pressure engineering of photovoltaic perovskites. Mater. Today 27, 91–106 (2019).

[128] Wang, Y., Lü, X.*, Zheng, C., Liu, X., Chen, Z., Yang, W.*, Lin, J. & Huang, F.* Chemistry design towards a stable sulfide-based superionic conductor Li₄Cu₈Ge₃S₁₂. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 58, 7755–7759 (2019).

[127] Li, N., Manoun, B., Tamraoui, Y., Zhang, Q., Dong, H., Xiao, Y., Chow, P., Lazor, P., Lü, X., Wang, Y. & Yang, W.* Structural and electronic phase transitions of Co₂Te₃O₈ spiroffite under high pressure. Phys. Rev. B 99, 245125 (2019).

[126] Li, N., Fan, F., Sun, F., Wang, Y., Zhao, Y., Liu, F., Zhang, Q., Ikuta, D., Xiao, Y., Chow, P., Heald, S. M., Sun, C., Brewe, D., Li, A., Lü, X., Mao, H.-K., Khomskii, D. I., Wu, H.* & Yang, W.* Pressure-enhanced interplay between lattice, spin, and charge in the mixed perovskite La₂FeMnO₆. Phys. Rev. B 99, 195115 (2019).

[125] Hou, M.*, Zhang, Q., Tao, R., Liu, H., Kono, Y., Mao, H.-K., Yang, W., Chen, B. & Fei, Y. Temperature-induced amorphization in CaCO₃ at high pressure and implications for recycled CaCO₃ in subduction zones. Nat. Commun. 10, 1973 (2019).

[124] Peng, C., Gao, X., Wang, M.*, Wu, L., Tang, H., Li, X., Zhang, Q., Ren, Y., Zhang, F., Wang, Y., Zhang, B., Gao, B., Zou, Q., Zhao, Y., Yang, Q., Tian, D., Xiao, H., Gou, H.*, Yang, W., Bai, X., Mao, W. L. & Mao, H.-K. Diffusion-controlled alloying of single-phase multi-principal transition metal carbides with high toughness and low thermal diffusivity. Appl. Phys. Lett. 114, 011905 (2019).

[123] Zhang, G.*, Zhang, Q., Hu, Q., Wang, B. & Yang, W.* Giant enhancement in electronic transport and photoelectric properties of bismuth oxysulfide by pressure-driven 2D–3D structural reconstruction. J. Mater. Chem. A 7, 4019–4025 (2019).

[122] Liu, F., Li, J., Zhang, K., Peng, S., Huang, H., Yan, M., Li, N., Zhang, Q., Guo, S., Lü, X., Cai, P., Yin, L., Zhou, S., Duan, W.*, Shen, J.* & Yang, W.* Pressure-induced Lifshitz transition in the type-II Dirac semimetal PtTe₂. Sci. China Phys. Mech. Astron. 62, 048211 (2019).

2018 

[121] Lee, S.-H., Huq, A., Yang, W. & Kim, J.* Analysis of local sites of deuterium in Ti₅₃Zr₂₇Ni₂₀ alloys. Physica B: Condens. Matter 551, 33–37 (2018).

[120] Wen, T., Wang, Y.*, Li, N., Zhang, Q., Zhao, Y., Yang, W.*, Zhao, Y.* & Mao, H.-K. Pressure-driven reversible switching between n- and p-type conduction in chalcopyrite CuFeS₂. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 141, 505–512 (2018).

[119] Madhan, K., Thiyagarajan, R., Jagadeeshwaran, C., Selvadurai, A. P. B., Pazhanivelu, V., Aravinth, K., Yang, W. & Murugaraj, R.* Investigations on the phase transition of Mn-doped BaTiO₃ multifunctional ferroelectric ceramics through Raman, dielectric, and magnetic studies. J. Sol-Gel Sci. Technol. 88, 584–592 (2018).

[118] Lin, C., Smith, J. S., Liu, X., Tse, J. S.* & Yang, W.* Venture into water’s no man’s land: structural transformations of solid H₂O under rapid compression and decompression. Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 225703 (2018).

[117] Zhao, Y., Yang, W.*, Schnyders, H. S., Husmann, A., Zhang, G., Ren, Y., Price, D. L., Mao, H.-K. & Saboungi, M.-L*. A new pressure-induced charge density wave phase in Ag_2₋δTe. Phys. Rev. B 98, 205126 (2018).

[116] Sun, F., Zheng, H., Liu, Y., Sandoval, E. D., Xu, C., Jin, C. Q., Sun, C. J., Yang, W. G., Mao, H.-K., Mitchell, J. F., Kolmogorov, A. N.* & Haskel, D*. Electronic and structural response to pressure in the hyperkagome-lattice Na₃Ir₃O₈. Phys. Rev. B 98, 085131 (2018).  

[115] Kolodziej, T., Shvyd’ko, Y., Shu, D., Kearney, S., Stoupin, S., Liu, W., Gog, T., Walko, D. A., Wang, J., Said, A., Roberts, T., Goetze, K., Baldini, M., Yang, W., Fister, T., Blank, V., Terentyev, S. & Kim, K.-J. High Bragg reflectivity of diamond crystals exposed to multi-kW mm^-2 X-ray beams. J. Synchrotron Rad. 25, 1022–1029 (2018).     

[114] Liu, G.*, Gong, J., Kong, L.*, Schaller, R. D., Hu, Q., Liu, Z., Yan, S., Yang, W., Stoumpos, C. C., Kanatzidis, M. G., Mao, H.-K.* & Xu, T.* Isothermal pressure-derived metastable states in 2D hybrid perovskites showing enduring bandgap narrowing. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 115, 12345–12350 (2018).      

[113] Zhang, Q., Chen, C., Li, N., Huang, Q., He, Y., Liu, X., Wang, B., Zhang, D., Kim, D. Y., Wang, Y.*, Xu, B. & Yang, W.* Pressure impact on the crystal structure, optical, and transport properties in layered oxychalcogenides BiCuChO (Ch = S, Se). J. Phys. Chem. C 122, 15929–15936 (2018).

[112] Wang, P., Wang, Y., Qu, J., Zhu, Q., Yang, W., Zhu, J., Wang, L., Zhang, W., He, D. & Zhao, Y.* Pressure-induced structural and electronic transitions, metallization, and enhanced visible-light responsiveness in layered rhenium disulfide. Phys. Rev. B 97, 235202 (2018).

[111] Chi, Z., Chen, X., An, C., Yang, L., Zhao, J., Feng, Z., Zhou, Y., Zhou, Y., Gu, C., Zhang, B., Yuan, Y., Kenney-Benson, C., Yang, W., Wu, G., Wan, X., Shi, Y.*, Yang, X.* & Yang, Z.* Pressure-induced superconductivity in MoP. npj Quantum Mater. 3, 28 (2018).

[110] Wang, Y., Ying, J., Zhou, Z., Sun, J., Wen, T., Zhou, Y., Li, N., Zhang, Q., Han, F., Xiao, Y., Chow, P., Yang, W.*, Struzhkin, V. V.*, Zhao, Y.* & Mao, H.-K. Emergent superconductivity in an iron-based honeycomb lattice initiated by pressure-driven spin crossover. Nat. Commun. 9, 1914 (2018). 

[109] Thiyagarajan, R., Yan, X., Pazhanivelu, V., Selvadural, A. P. B., Murugaraj, R. & Yang, W.* Doping effect of alkali metal elements on the structural stability and transport properties of ZnO at high pressures. J. Alloys Compd. 751, 266–274 (2018).

[108] Zhang, L., Ren, Y., Liu, X.*, Han, F., Evans-Lutterodt, K., Wang, H., He, Y., Wang, J., Zhao, Y. & Yang, W.* Chain breakage in the supercooled liquid–liquid transition and re-entry of the λ-transition in sulfur. Sci. Rep. 8, 4558 (2018).

[107] Phelan, D.*, Han, F., Lopez-Bezanilla, A., Krogstad, M. J., Gim, Y., Rong, Y., Zhang, J., Parshall, D., Zheng, H., Cooper, S. L., Feygenson, M., Yang, W. & Chen, Y.-S. Structural properties of barium stannate. J. Solid State Chem. 262, 142–148 (2018).

[106] Han, F.*, Wang, D., Wang, Y., Li, N., Bao, J.-K., Li, B., Botana, A. S., Xiao, Y., Chow, P., Chung, D. Y., Chen, J., Wan, X., Kanatzidis, M. G., Yang, W.* & Mao, H.-K. Spin quenching assisted by a strongly anisotropic compression behavior in MnP. New J. Phys. 20, 023012 (2018).

[105] Li, B.*, Ji, C., Yang, W., Wang, J., Yang, K., Xu, R., Liu, W., Cai, Z., Chen, J. & Mao, H.-K.* Diamond anvil cell behavior up to 4 Mbar. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 115, 1713–1718 (2018).

[104] Sun, J. P., Shahi, P., Zhou, H. X., Huang, Y. L., Chen, K. Y., Wang, B. S., Ni, S. L., Li, N. N., Zhang, K., Yang, W. G., Uwatoko, Y., Xing, G., Sun, J., Singh, D. J., Jin, K., Zhou, F., Zhang, G. M., Dong, X. L.*, Zhao, Z. X. & Cheng, J.-G.* Reemergence of high-T_c superconductivity in (Li_1-xFe_x)OHFe_1-ySe under high pressure. Nat. Commun. 9, 380 (2018).

[103] Chi, Z., Chen, X.*, Yen, F.*, Peng, F., Zhou, Y., Zhu, J., Zhang, Y., Liu, X., Lin, C., Chu, S., Li, Y., Zhao, J., Kagayama, T., Ma, Y. & Yang, Z.* Superconductivity in pristine 2Ha-MoS₂ at ultrahigh pressure. Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 037002 (2018).  

2017  

[102] Bai, Y., Li, N., Pei, C., Yan, Z., Li, W. & Wei, D. High-pressure transformations of ortho-xylene probed by combined infrared and Raman spectroscopies. Solid State Commun. 269, 96–101 (2017).

[101] Tang, H., Yuan, X., Yu, P., Hu, Q., Wang, M.*, Yao, Y.*, Wu, L., Zou, Q.*, Ke, Y., Zhao, Y., Wang, L., Li, X., Yang, W., Gou, H.*, Mao, H.-K. & Mao, W. L. Revealing the formation mechanism of ultrahard nanotwinned diamond from onion carbon. Carbon 129, 159–167 (2017).

[100] Li, Y., Zhou, Y., Guo, Z., Han, F., Chen, X., Lu, P., Wang, X., An, C., Zhou, Y., Xing, J., Du, G., Zhu, X., Yang, H., Sun, J.*, Yang, Z.*, Yang, W.*, Mao, H.-K., Zhang, Y. & Wen, H.-H.* Concurrence of superconductivity and structural transition in Weyl semimetal TaP under pressure. npj Quantum Mater. 2, 66 (2017).

[99] Gleason, A. E.*, Bolme, C. A., Lee, H. J., Nagler, B., Galtier, E., Kraus, R. G., Sandberg, R., Yang, W., Langenhorst, F. & Mao, W. L. Time-resolved diffraction of shock-released SiO₂ and diaplectic glass formation. Nat. Commun. 8, 1481 (2017).

[98] Wen, J., Zeng, Z., Yang, L., Zeng, Q., Lou, H., Sheng, H., Miller, D. J., Yang, W. & Mao, H.-K. TEM study of amorphous carbon with fully sp³-bonded structure. Microsc. Microanal. 23 (Suppl. 1), 2012–2013 (2017).  

[97] Manoun, B., Tamraoui, Y., Saadoune, I., Lazor, P., Yang, W. & Alami, J.* Crystal structure and high-temperature Raman spectroscopy of Sr₂ZnTeO₆ double perovskite. Mater. Res. Express 4, 105018 (2017). 

[96] Li, Q., Wang, Y., Pan, W., Yang, W., Zou, B.*, Tang, J. & Quan, Z.* High-pressure band-gap engineering in lead-free Cs₂AgBiBr₆ double perovskite. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 56, 15969–15973 (2017).

[95] Veiga, L. S. I., Etter, M., Glazyrin, K., Sun, F., Escanhoela, C. A., Jr., Fabbris, G., Mardegan, J. R. L., Malavi, P. S., Deng, Y., Stavropoulos, P. P., Kee, H.-Y., Yang, W. G., van Veenendaal, M., Schilling, J. S., Takayama, T., Takagi, H. & Haskel, D.* Pressure tuning of bond-directional exchange interactions and magnetic frustration in the hyperhoneycomb iridate β−Li₂IrO₃. Phys. Rev. B 96, 140402(R) (2017).

[94] Zhang, C., Sun, J., Liu, F., Narayan, A., Li, N., Yuan, X., Liu, Y., Dai, J., Long, Y., Uwatoko, Y., Shen, J., Sanvito, S., Yang, W.*, Cheng, J.* & Xiu, F.* Evidence for pressure-induced node-pair annihilation in Cd₃As₂. Phys. Rev. B 96, 155205 (2017).

[93] Wang, J. L., Zhang, S. J., Liu, Y., Jin, C. Q., Li, N. N., Zhang, L. J., Liu, Q. J., Shen, R., He, Z. & Liu, X. R.*

Pressure-induced metallization in Mg₂Si. J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 50, 235304 (2017).

[92] Zhang, K., Li, Y., Huang, Q., Wang, B., Zheng, X., Ren, Y. & Yang, W.* Ultrastable amorphous Sb₂Se₃ film. J. Phys. Chem. B 121, 8188–8194 (2017). 

[91] Han, F., Xu, J., Botana, A. S., Xiao, Z. L.*, Wang, Y. L., Yang, W. G., Chung, D. Y., Kanatzidis, M. G., Norman, M. R., Crabtree, G. W. & Kwok, W. K. Separation of electron and hole dynamics in the semimetal LaSb. Phys. Rev. B 96, 125112 (2017).

[90] Mao, H.-K.*, Hu, Q., Yang, L., Liu, J., Kim, D. Y., Meng, Y., Zhang, L., Prakapenka, V. B., Yang, W. & Mao, W. L. When water meets iron at Earth’s core–mantle boundary. Natl Sci. Rev. 4, 870–878 (2017).

[89] Lü, X.*, Yang, W., Jia, Q.* & Xu, H.* Pressure-induced dramatic changes in organic–inorganic halide perovskites. Chem. Sci. 8, 6760–6765 (2017).  

[88] Arumugam, S.*, Devarajan, U., Esakki Muthu, S., Singh, S., Thiyagarajan, R., Raja, M. M., Rama Rao, N. V. & Banerjee, A. Structural, transport, magnetic, magnetocaloric properties and critical analysis of Ni–Co–Mn–Ga Heusler alloys. J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 442, 460–467 (2017).

[87] Xu, C., Xiao, W., Liu, T., Sun, F., Zheng, J., Peng, S., Liu, X., Pan, F.*, Yang, W.* & Mao, H.-K. Pressure-induced abnormal insulating state in triangular layered cobaltite Li_xCoO₂ (x = 0.9). J. Mater. Chem. A 5, 23179–23185 (2017).

[86] Zhang, J., Liu, F., Ying, T., Li, N., Xu, Y., He, L., Hong, X., Yu, Y., Wang, M., Shen, J., Yang, W.* & Li, S.* Observation of two superconducting domes under pressure in tetragonal FeS. npj Quantum Mater. 2, 49 (2017).

[85] Yan, X.*, Ren, X., Sun, G., Li, D., Li, X., He, D.* & Yang, W. Kinetics of a first-order crystalline–amorphous transformation in zirconium tungstate. Phys. Rev. B 95, 224205 (2017).

[84] Zeng, Z., Yang, L., Zeng, Q.*, Lou, H., Sheng, H., Wen, J., Miller, D. J., Meng, Y., Yang, W., Mao, W. L. & Mao, H.-K.* Synthesis of quenchable amorphous diamond. Nat. Commun. 8, 322 (2017).

[83] Sun, F., Xu, C., Yu, S., Chen, B.-J., Zhao, G.-Q., Deng, Z.*, Yang, W.* & Jin, C.-Q.* Synchrotron X-ray diffraction studies on the new generation ferromagnetic semiconductor Li(Zn,Mn)As under high pressure. Chin. Phys. Lett. 34, 067501 (2017).

[82] Thiyagarajan, R., Arumugam, S.*, Sivaprakash, P., Kannan, M., Sravanan, C. & Yang, W.* Hydrostatic pressure effect on the spin reorientation transition of ferromagnetic Sm_0.7-xLa_xSr_0.3MnO₃ (x = 0, 0.1) polycrystals. J. Appl. Phys. 121, 215902 (2017).

[81] Zhao, Y., Li, N., Xu, C., Li, Y., Zhu, H., Zhu, P., Wang, X.* & Yang, W.* Abnormal pressure-induced photoluminescence enhancement and phase decomposition in pyrochlore La₂Sn₂O₇. Adv. Mater. 29, 1701513 (2017).

[80] Wang, Y.*, Yang, W., Zou, G.*, Wu, J., Coffer, J. L., Sinogeikin, S. V. & Zhang, J. Anomalous surface doping effect in semiconductor nanowires. J. Phys. Chem. C 121, 11824–11830 (2017).

[79] Ke, F., Dong, H., Chen, Y., Zhang, J., Liu, C., Zhang, J., Gan, Y., Han, Y., Chen, Z., Gao, C.*, Wen, J., Yang, W., Chen, X.-J., Struzhkin, V. V., Mao, H.-K. & Chen, B.* Decompression-driven superconductivity enhancement in In₂Se₃. Adv. Mater. 29, 1701983 (2017).

[78] Bai, Y., Yu, Z., Liu, R., Li, N., Yan, S., Yang, K., Liu, B. B., Wei, D. Q.* & Wang, L.* Pressure-induced crystallization and phase transformation of paraxylene. Sci. Rep. 7, 5321 (2017).

[77] Yang, W.*, Kim, D. Y.*, Yang, L., Li, N., Tang, L., Amine, K. & Mao, H.-K. Oxygen-rich lithium oxide phases formed at high pressure for potential lithium–air battery electrode. Adv. Sci. 4, 1600453 (2017).

[76] Abdel-Hafiez, M., Kumar, D., Thiyagarajan, R., Zhang, Q., Howie, R. T., Sethupathi, K., Volkova, O., Vasiliev, A., Yang, W., Mao, H.-K. & Rao, M. S. R. High-pressure behavior of superconducting boron-doped diamond. Phys. Rev. B 95, 174519 (2017).

[75] Liu, Y., Long, Y. J., Zhao, L. X., Nie, S. M., Zhang, S. J., Weng, Y. X., Jin, M. L., Li, W. M., Liu, Q. Q., Long, Y. W., Yu, R. C., Gu, C. Z., Sun, F., Yang, W. G., Mao, H.-K., Feng, X. L., Li, Q., Zheng, W. T., Weng, H. M., Dai, X., Fang, Z.* & Chen, G. F.* Superconductivity in HfTe₅ across weak to strong topological insulator transition induced via pressure. Sci. Rep. 7, 44367 (2017).

[74] Ji, C., Goncharov, A. F., Shukla, V., Jena, N. K., Popov, D., Li, B., Wang, J., Meng, Y., Prakapenka, V. B., Smith, J. S., Ahuja, R., Yang, W. & Mao, H.-K.* Stability of Ar(H₂)₂ to 358 GPa. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 114, 3596–3600 (2017).

[73] Zhang, L., Wang, J., Tang, F., Yang, H. W., Liu, X.*, Zhao, Y. & Yang, W.* Pressure-induced polyamorphism in Nd₆₀Fe₃₀Al₁₀ and Ce₇₀Al₁₀Cu₂₀ metallic glasses by high-energy X-ray diffraction and electrical resistance measurements. High Press. Res. 37, 11–17 (2017).

[72] Zhang, G., Liu, F., Gu, T., Zhao, Y., Li, N., Yang, W.* & Feng, S.* Enhanced ferroelectric and visible-light photoelectric properties in multiferroic KBiFe₂O₅ via pressure-induced phase transition. Adv. Electron. Mater. 3, 1600498 (2017).

[71] Yu, C., Lin, J., Huai, P., Guo, Y., Ke, X., Yu, X., Yang, K., Li, N., Yang, W., Sun, B., Xie, R.* & Xu, H. Structural phase transition of ThC under high pressure. Sci. Rep. 7, 96 (2017).

[70] Sun, F., Zhao, G. Q., Escanhoela, C. A., Jr., Chen, B. J., Kou, R. H., Wang, Y. G., Xiao, Y. M., Chow, P., Mao, H.-K., Haskel, D.*, Yang, W. G.* & Jin, C. Q.* Hole doping and pressure effects on the II–II–V-based diluted magnetic semiconductor (Ba_1-xK_x)(Zn_1-yMn_y)₂As₂. Phys. Rev. B 95, 094412 (2017).

[69] Zhang, L., Sun, F., Hong, X., Wang, J., Liu, G., Kong, L., Yang, H., Liu, X.*, Zhao, Y. & Yang, W.* Pressure-induced polyamorphism by quantitative structure factor and pair distribution function analysis in two Ce-based metallic glasses. J. Alloys Compd. 695, 1180–1184 (2017).

[68] Jin, M. L., Sun, F., Xing, L. Y., Zhang, S. J., Feng, S. M., Kong, P. P., Li, W. M., Wang, X. C., Zhu, J. L., Long, Y. W., Bai, H. Y., Gu, C. Z., Yu, C., Yang, W. G., Shen, G. Y., Zhao, Y. S., Mao, H.-K. & Jin, C. Q.* Superconductivity bordering Rashba-type topological transition. Sci. Rep. 7, 39699 (2017).

2016

[67] Yu, C., Ren, Y., Cui, L.*, Ma, Z. & Yang, W.* Anomalous expansion of Nb nanowires in a NiTi matrix under high pressure. Appl. Phys. Lett. 109, 161903 (2016).

[66] Yan, X.*, Dong, H., Sun, G., Ren, X., He, D.* & Yang, W.* Strength coupling in mixed phases under high pressure. Phys. Rev. B 94, 144104 (2016).

[65] Duan, X., Yang, F., Antono, E., Yang, W., Pianetta, P., Ermon, S., Mehta, A.* & Liu, Y.* Unsupervised data mining in nanoscale X-ray spectromicroscopic study of NdFeB magnet. Sci. Rep. 6, 34406 (2016).

[64] Zhou, Y., Lu, P. C., Du, Y., Zhu, X., Zhang, G., Zhang, R., Shao, D., Chen, X., Wang, X., Tian, M., Sun, J.*, Wan, X.*, Yang, Z.*, Yang, W.*, Zhang, Y. & Xing, D. Pressure-induced new topological Weyl semimetal phase in TaAs. Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 146402 (2016).

[63] Wang, Y.*, Bai, L., Wen, T., Yang, L., Gou, H., Xiao, Y., Chow, P., Pravica, M., Yang, W.* & Zhao, Y.* Giant pressure-driven lattice collapse coupled with intermetallic bonding and spin-state transition in manganese chalcogenides. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 55, 10350–10353 (2016).

[62] Zheng, H., Wang, L., Li, K.*, Yang, Y., Wang, Y., Wu, J., Dong, X., Wang, C.-H., Tulk, C. A., Molaison, J. J., Ivanov, I. N., Feygenson, M., Yang, W., Guthrie, M., Zhao, Y., Mao, H.-K. & Jin, C. Pressure-induced polymerization of acetylide anions in CaC₂ and 10⁷-fold enhancement of electrical conductivity. Chem. Sci. 7, 4917–4922 (2016).

[61] Zheng, H., Li, K.*, Cody, G., Tulk, C. A., Dong, X., Gao, G., Molaison, J. J., Liu, Z., Feygenson, M., Yang, W., Ivanov, I. N., Basile, L., Idrobo, J.-C., Guthrie, M. & Mao, H.-K. Polymerization of acetonitrile via hydrogen transfer reaction from CH₃ to CN under extreme conditions. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 55, 1–6 (2016).

[60] Kong, L., Liu, G.*, Gong, J., Hu, Q., Schaller, R. D., Dera, P., Zhang, D., Liu, Z., Yang, W., Zhu, K., Tang, Y., Wang, C., Wei, S.-H., Xu, T.* & Mao, H.-K.* Simultaneous band-gap narrowing and carrier-lifetime prolongation of organic–inorganic trihalide perovskites. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 113, 8910–8915 (2016).

[59] Zhou, Y., Chen, X.*, Li, N., Zhang, R., Wang, X., An, C., Zhou, Y., Pan, X., Song, F., Wang, B., Yang, W., Yang, Z.* & Zhang, Y. Pressure-induced T_d to 1T′ structural phase transition in WTe₂. AIP Adv. 6, 075008 (2016).

[58] Lü, X., Wang, Y., Stoumpos, C. C., Hu, Q., Guo, X., Chen, H., Yang, L., Smith, J. S., Yang, W., Zhao, Y.*, Xu, H.*, Kanatzidis, M. G.* & Jia, Q*. Enhanced structural stability and photoresponsiveness of CH₃NH₃SnI₃ perovskite via pressure-induced amorphization and recrystallization. Adv. Mater. 28, 8663–8668 (2016).

[57] Wang, Y.*, Zhu, J., Yang, W.*, Wen, T., Pravica, M., Liu, Z., Hou, M., Fei, Y., Kang, L., Lin, Z., Jin, C. & Zhao, Y.* Reversible switching between pressure-induced amorphization and thermally driven recrystallization in VO₂(B) nanosheets. Nat. Commun. 7, 12214 (2016).

[56] Li, N., Manoun, B., Tang, L., Ke, F., Liu, F., Dong, H., Lazor, P. & Yang, W.* Pressure-induced structural and electronic transition in Sr₂ZnWO₆ double perovskite. Inorg. Chem. 55, 6770–6776 (2016).

[55] Zhu, J., Wang, Y., Li, S., Howard, J. W., Neuefeind, J., Ren, Y., Wang, H., Liang, C., Yang, W., Zou, R.*, Jin, C. & Zhao, Y.* Sodium ion transport mechanisms in antiperovskite electrolytes Na₃OBr and Na₄OI₂: an in situ neutron diffraction study. Inorg. Chem. 55, 5993–5998 (2016).

[54] Hu, Q., Kim, D., Yang, W., Yang, L., Meng, Y., Zhang, L. & Mao, H.-K.* FeO₂ and FeOOH under deep lower-mantle conditions and Earth’s oxygen–hydrogen cycles. Nature 534, 241–244 (2016).

[53] Sun, N., Li, N. N., Chen, B. J., Jia, Y. T., Zhang, L. J., Li, W. M., Zhao, G. Q., Xing, L. Y., Fabbris, G., Wang, Y. G., Deng, Z., Uemura, Y. J., Mao, H.-K., Haskel, D.*, Yang, W. G.* & Jin, C. Q.* Pressure effect on the magnetism of the diluted magnetic semiconductor (Ba_1-xK_x)(Zn_1-yMn_y)₂As₂ with independent spin and charge doping. Phys. Rev. B 93, 224403 (2016).

[52] Zhao, Y., Yang, W.*, Li, N., Li, Y., Tang, R., Li, H., Zhu, H., Zhu, P. & Wang, X.* Pressure-enhanced insulating state and trigonal distortion relaxation in geometrically frustrated pyrochlore Eu₂Sn₂O₇. J. Phys. Chem. C 120, 9434–9442 (2016).

[51] Yan, X., Dong, H., Li, Y., Lin, C., Park, C., He, D. & Yang, W. Phase transition-induced strain in ZnO under high pressure. Sci. Rep. 6, 24958 (2016).

[50] Mao, H.-K.*, Chen, B., Chen, J., Li, K., Lin, J.-F., Yang, W. & Zheng, H. Recent advances in high-pressure science and technology. Matter Radiat. Extremes 1, 59–75 (2016).

[49] Tang, F., Zhang, L. J., Liu, F. L., Sun, F., Yang, W.*, Wang, J., Liu, X.* & Shen, R. Pressure-induced solidification of liquid sulfur below and above the λ-transition. Chin. Phys. B 25, 046102 (2016).

[48] Zhou, Y., Wu, J., Ning, W., Li, N., Du, Y., Chen, X., Zhang, R., Chi, Z., Wang, X., Zhu, X., Lu, P., Ji, C., Wan, X., Yang, Z.*, Sun, J.*, Yang, W.*, Tian, M.*, Zhang, Y. & Mao, H.-K.* Pressure-induced superconductivity in a three-dimensional topological material ZrTe₅. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 113, 2904–2909 (2016).

[47] Wang, Y.*, Wen, T., Park, C., Kenney-Benson, C., Pravica, M., Yang, W.* & Zhao, Y.* Robust high-pressure stability and negative thermal expansion in sodium-rich antiperovskites Na₃OBr and Na₄OI₂. J. Appl. Phys. 119, 025901 (2016).

[46] Zeng, Q.*, Lin, Y., Liu, Y., Zeng, Z., Shi, C. Y., Zhang, B., Lou, H., Sinogeikin, S. V., Kono, Y., Kenney-Benson, C., Park, C., Yang, W., Wang, W., Sheng, H., Mao, H.-K.* & Mao, W. L. General 2.5 power law of metallic glasses. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 113, 1714–1718 (2016).

2015

[45] Luo, C., Qi, X., Pan, C. & Yang, W. Diamond synthesis from carbon nanofibers at low temperature and low pressure. Sci. Rep. 5, 13879 (2015).

[44] Zhang, J., Struzhkin, V. V., Yang, W., Mao, H.-K., Lin, H., Ma, Y., Wang, N. & Chen, X.-J.* Effects of pressure and distortion on superconductivity in Ti₂Ba₂CaCu₂O_8+δ. J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 27, 445701 (2015).

[43] Zhu, J., Yang, L., Wang, H.-W., Zhang, J., Yang, W., Hong, X., Jin, C. & Zhao, Y. Local structural distortion and electrical transport properties of Bi(Ni_1/2Ti_1/2)O₃ perovskite under high pressure. Sci. Rep. 5, 18229 (2015).

[42] Li, K.*, Zheng, H.*, Hattori, T., Sano-Furukawa, A., Tulk, C. A., Molaison, J., Feygenson, M., Ivanov, I. N., Yang, W. & Mao, H.-K. Synthesis, structure, and pressure-induced polymerization of Li₃Fe(CN)₆ accompanied with enhanced conductivity. Inorg. Chem. 54, 11276–11282 (2015).

[41] Li, K.*, Zeng, H.*, Wang, L., Tulk, C. A., Molaison, J. J., Feygenson, M., Yang, W., Guthrie, M. & Mao, H.-K. K₃Fe(CN)₆ under external pressure: dimerization of CN^- coupled with electron transfer to Fe(III). J. Phys. Chem. C 119, 22351–22356 (2015).

[40] Yang, J. Y., Terakura, C., Medarde, M., White, J. S., Sheptyakov, D., Yan, X. Z., Li, N. N., Yang, W. G., Xia, H. L., Dai, J. H., Yin, Y. Y., Jiao, Y. Y., Cheng, J. G., Bu, Y. L., Zhang, Q. F.*, Li, X. D., Jin, C. Q., Taguchi, Y., Tokura, Y. & Long, Y. W.* Pressure-induced spin reorientation and transition in SrCoO₃. Phys. Rev. B 92, 195147 (2015).

[39] Huang, X.*, Yang, W.*, Harder, R., Sun, Y., Lu, M., Chu, Y. S., Robinson, I. K. & Mao, H.-K. Deformation twinning of a silver nanocrystal under high pressure. Nano Lett. 15, 7644–7649 (2015).

[38] Zhang, J., Liu, F., Dong, J.*, Xu, Y., Li, N., Yang, W.* & Li, S.* Structural and transport properties of the Weyl semimetal NbAs at high pressure. Chin. Phys. Lett. 32, 097102 (2015).

[37] Wang, Y.*, Lü, X., Yang, W.*, Wen, T., Yang, L., Ren, X., Wang, L., Lin, Z. & Zhao, Y.* Pressure-induced phase transformation, reversible amorphization and anomalous visible-light response in organolead bromide perovskite. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 137, 11144–11149 (2015).

[36] Gleason, S. E.*, Bolme, C. A., Lee, H. J., Nagler, B., Galtier, E., Milathianaki, D., Hawreliak, J., Kraus, R. G., Eggert, J., Fratanduono, D. E., Collins, G. W., Sandberg, R., Yang, W. & Mao, W. L. Ultrafast visualization of crystallization and grain growth in shock-compressed SiO₂. Nat. Commun. 6, 8191 (2015).

[35] Kong, L., Liu, G.*, Yang, W. & Cao, W.* An insight into the origin of low-symmetry bridging phase and enhanced functionality in systems containing competing phases. Appl. Phys. Lett. 107, 042901 (2015).

[34] Kong, L., Liu, G.*, Zhang, S.* & Yang, W. Origin of the enhanced piezoelectric thermal stability in BiScO₃–PbTiO₃ single crystals. Appl. Phys. Lett. 106, 232901 (2015).

[33]  Wang, Y.*, Wen, T., Tang, L., Yang, L., Yang, W.* & Zhao, Y.* Impact of hydrostatic pressure on the crystal structure and photoluminescence properties of Mn⁴⁺-doped BaTiF₆ red phosphor. Dalton Trans. 44, 7578–7585 (2015).

[32] Bi, W.*, Zhao, J., Lin, J.-F., Jia, Q., Hu, M. Y., Jin, C., Ferry, R., Yang, W., Struzhkin, V. & Alp, E. E. Nuclear resonant inelastic X-ray scattering at high pressure and low temperature. J. Synchrotron Rad. 22, 760–765 (2015).

[31] Yan, X., Tan, D., Ren, X., Yang, W.*, He, D.* & Mao, H.-K. Anomalous compression behavior of germanium during phase transformation. Appl. Phys. Lett. 106, 171902 (2015).

[30] Hu, Q. Y., Shu, J. F., Cadien, A., Meng, Y., Yang, W. G., Sheng, H. W.* & Mao, H. K.* Polymorphic phase transition mechanism of compressed coesite. Nat. Commun. 6, 6630 (2015).

[29] Zhai, D., Lau, K. C., Wang, H.-H., Wen, J., Miller, D. J., Lu, J.*, Kang, F., Li, B., Yang, W., Gao, J., Indacochea, E., Curtiss, L. A.* & Amine, K.* Interfacial effects on lithium superoxide disproportionation in Li–O₂ batteries. Nano Lett. 15, 1041–1046 (2015).

[28] Barabash, R. I.*, Barabash, O. M., Popov, D.*, Shen, G., Park, C. & Yang, W. Multiscale twin hierarchy in NiMnGa shape memory alloys with Fe and Cu. Acta Mater. 87, 344–349 (2015).

[27] Nie, Z.*, Wang, Y.*, Shang, S., Zeng, Q., Ren, Y., Liu, D., Yang, W., Wang, Y. & Liu, Z.-K. Strain-induced dimensionality crossover of precursor modulations in Ni₂MnGa. Appl. Phys. Lett. 106, 021910 (2015).

2014

[26] Yang, W. High-pressure studies with microdiffraction: strain and dislocation gradients from diffraction.In: Strain and Dislocation Gradients from Diffraction (eds. Barabash, R. & Ice, G.), pp. 438–450. World Scientific (2014).

[25] Kong, P. P., Sun, F., Xing, L. Y., Zhu, J., Zhang, S. J., Li, W. M., Liu, Q. Q., Wang, X. C., Feng, S. M., Yu, X. H., Zhu, J. L.*, Yu, R. C., Yang, W. G., Shen, G. Y., Zhao, Y. S., Ahuja, R., Mao, H. K. & Jin, C. Q.* Superconductivity in strong spin–orbit coupling compound Sb₂Se₃. Sci. Rep. 4, 6679 (2014).

[24] Qi, L., Bie, B. X., Zhao, F. P., Hu, C. M., Fan, D., Ran, X. X., Xiao, X. H., Yang, W. G.*, Li, P. & Luo, S. N.* A metallography and X-ray tomography study of spall damage in ultrapure Al. AIP Adv. 4, 077118 (2014).

[23] Wang, S., Yu, X., Zhang, J., Zhang, Y., Wang, L., Leinenweber, K., Xu, H., Popov, D., Park, C., Yang, W., He, D. & Zhao, Y.* Crystal structures, elastic properties, and hardness of high-pressure synthesized CrB₂ and CrB₄. J. Superhard Mater. 36, 279–287 (2014).

[22] Yan, X., Ren, X., He, D.*, Chen, B. & Yang, W.* Mechanical behaviors and phase transition of Ho₂O₃ nanocrystals under high pressure. J. Appl. Phys. 116, 033507 (2014).

[21] Ke, F., Liu, C., Gao, Y., Zhang, J., Tan, D., Han, Y., Ma, Y., Shu, J., Yang, W., Chen, B., Mao, H.-K., Chen, X.-J. & Gao, C.* Interlayer-glide-driven isosymmetric phase transition in compressed In₂Se₃. J. Appl. Phys. 116, 212102 (2014).

[20] Zhang, L.*, Meng, Y., Yang, W., Wang, L., Mao, W. L., Zeng, Q., Jeong, J. S., Wagner, A. J., Mkhoyan, K. A., Liu, W., Xu, Q. & Mao, H. K. Disproportionation of (Mg,Fe)SiO₃ perovskite in Earth’s deep lower mantle. Science 344, 877–882 (2014).

[19] Liu, L.*, Kono, Y., Kenney-Benson, C., Yang, W., Bi, Y. & Shen, G. Chain breakage in liquid sulfur at high pressures and high temperatures. Phys. Rev. B 89, 174201 (2014).

[18] Zeng, Q.*, Kono, Y., Lin, Y., Zeng, Z., Wang, J., Sinogeikin, S. V., Park, C., Meng, Y., Yang, W., Mao, H.-K. & Mao, W. L. Universal fractional noncubic power law for density of metallic glasses. Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 185502 (2014).

[17] Yang, W.*, Jia, F. J., Tang, L. Y., Li, L. J., Xu, Z. A. & Chen, X. J.* Structural features controlling superconductivity in compressed BaFe₂As₂. J. Appl. Phys. 115, 083915 (2014).

[16] Liu, Y.*, Wang, J., Azuma, M., Mao, W. L. & Yang, W.* Five-dimensional visualization of phase transition in BiNiO₃ under high pressure. Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 043108 (2014).

[15] Stagno, V., Mandal, M., Yang, W., Ji, C., Fei, Y., Mao, H. K. & Landskron, K.* Synthesis of mesostructured stishovite from FDU-12/carbon composite. Microporous Mesoporous Mater. 187, 145–149 (2014).

[14]  Lü, X.*, Yang, W.*, Quan, Z., Lin, T., Bai, L., Wang, L., Huang, F. & Zhao, Y.* Enhanced electron transport in Nb-doped TiO₂ nanoparticles via pressure-induced phase transitions. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 136, 419–426 (2014).

2013

[13] Liang, Q., Meng, Y. F., Yan, C. S., Krasnicki, S., Lai, J., Hemawan, K., Shu, H., Popov, D., Yu, T., Yang, W., Mao, H. K. & Hemley, R. J. Developments in synthesis, characterization, and application of large, high-quality CVD single-crystal diamond. J. Superhard Mater. 35, 195–213 (2013).

[12] Kao, T. L., Shi, Y., Wang, J., Mao, W. L., Liu, Y.* & Yang, W.* Nanoscale elemental sensitivity of Nd₂Fe₁₄B using absorption correlation tomography. Microsc. Res. Tech. 76, 1112–1118 (2013).

[11] Li, K.*, Zheng, H., Ivanov, I. N., Guthrie, M., Xiao, Y., Yang, W., Tulk, C. A., Zhao, Y. & Mao, H.-K. K₃Fe(CN)₆: pressure-induced polymerization and enhanced conductivity. J. Phys. Chem. C 117, 24174–24180 (2013).

[10] Cheng, J. G., Kweon, K. E., Zhou, J. S.*, Alonso, J. A., Kong, P. P., Liu, Y., Jin, C. Q., Wu, J., Lin, J. F., Larregola, S. A., Yang, W., Shen, G., MacDonald, A. H., Manthiram, A., Hwang, G. S.* & Goodenough, J. B.* Anomalous perovskite PbRuO₃ stabilized under high pressure. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 110, 20003–20007 (2013).

[9] Manoun, B.*, Tamraoui, Y., Lazor, P. & Yang, W. Phase transitions in heated Sr₂MgTeO₆ double perovskite oxide probed by X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy. Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 061908 (2013).

[8] Lin, Y.*, Zeng, Q. S., Yang, W.& Mao, W. L. Pressure-induced densification in GeO₃ glass: a transmission X-ray microscopy study. Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 261909 (2013).

[7] Shi, C. Y., Zhang, L., Yang, W., Liu, Y., Wang, J., Meng, Y., Andrew, J. & Mao, W.* Formation of an interconnected network of iron melt at Earth’s lower mantle conditions. Nat. Geosci. 6, 971–975 (2013).

[6] Lü, X.*, Hu, Q., Yang, W.*, Bai, L., Sheng, H., Wang, L., Huang, F., Wen, J., Miller, D. & Zhao, Y.* Pressure-induced amorphization in single-crystal Ta₂O₅ nanowires: a kinetic mechanism and improved electrical conductivity. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 135, 13947–13954 (2013).

[5] Zhu, J., Zhang, J. L., Kong, P. P., Zhang, S. J., Yu, X. H., Zhu, J. L., Liu, Q. Q., Li, X., Yu, R. C., Ahuja, R., Yang, W. G., Shen, G. Y., Mao, H. K., Weng, H. M., Dai, X., Fang, Z., Zhao, Y. S. & Jin, C. Q. Superconductivity in topological insulator Sb₂Te₃ induced by pressure. Sci. Rep. 3, 2016 (2013).

[4] Zeng, Q.*, Mao, W. L.*, Sheng, H., Zeng, Z., Hu, Q., Meng, Y., Lou, H., Peng, F., Yang, W., Sinogeikin, S. V. & Jiang, J. The effect of composition on pressure-induced devitrification in metallic glasses. Appl. Phys. Lett. 102, 171905 (2013).

[3] Jiang, H., Xu, R., Chen, C. C., Yang, W., Fan, J., Tao, X., Song, C., Kohmura, Y., Xiao, T., Wang, Y., Fei, Y., Ishikawa, T., Mao, W. L. & Miao, J*. Three-dimensional coherent X-ray diffraction imaging of molten iron in mantle olivine at nanoscale resolution. Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 205501 (2013).

[2] Zhang, L.*, Meng, Y., Dera, P., Yang, W., Mao, W. L. & Mao, H. K*. Single-crystal structure determination of (Mg,Fe)SiO₃ postperovskite. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 110, 6292–6295 (2013).

[1] Yang, W.*, Huang, X., Harder, R., Clark, J. N., Robinson, I. K. & Mao, H. K. Coherent diffraction imaging of nanoscale strain evolution in a single crystal under high pressure. Nat. Commun. 4, 1680 (2013).

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