Effects of Temperature and Pressure on the Properties of Mineral Materials

A special issue of Minerals (ISSN 2075-163X). This special issue belongs to the section "Crystallography and Physical Chemistry of Minerals & Nanominerals".

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Special Issue Editors

Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Interests: high pressure and temperature properties/ phase diagrams of minerals and (geo-relevant) materials; spectroscopic and structural characterization under varying pressure and temperature conditions; (Novel) chemistry under extreme conditions/ synthesis of new compounds; ultrafast (chemical) dynami; Ab initio modeling and prediction of physico-chemical material properties; solid solutions, ''dirty'' materials, and minerals
1. Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
2. Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main, 60323 Frankfurt, Germany
Interests: identification and study through theory and ab initio modeling of precise features that control the functionalities of complex materials for specific technological applications and the design of new ones; structural, electronic, magnetic, elastic, and vibrational properties of pure phases and solid solutions of naturally occurring materials (minerals) to elucidate the present state and evolution of the Earth and other planets and exoplanets
Guangdong Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Materials Science and Engineering Proggram, Shantou, China
Interests: synthesis of novel compounds under high-pressure conditions; elucidation of the structural evolution and the chemical properties of elements and compounds (crystalline and amorphous) under high-pressure/high-temperature conditions; ultrafast chemical dynamics under extreme conditions; novel synthesis pathways using simultaneous application of high-pressure and plastic shear

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

In this Special Issue, we are focusing on recent progress in the broad field of geomaterials, an important class of materials both from a scientific and a technological perspective. Geomaterials have exhibited a long-standing interest to the scientific community due to their diverse fields of applications, from the construction industry to implications for processes in the Earth’s and planetary interiors.

The properties of geomaterials under varying pressure and temperature conditions currently lie at the center of scientific attention worldwide, as a means of mapping out the phase diagrams of these systems. Notably, over the last few decades, geomaterials have continuously inspired and fueled the search for novel energy-related materials, to be exploited in a variety of applications (e.g., battery, thermoelectrics, photovoltaics). The potential topics of this Special Issue include but are not limited to the following:

  • Complex structural–electronic properties and potential interplay;
  • Synthesis and characterization of georelevant materials and analogs;
  • Modeling of geomaterials;
  • Temperature and/or pressure effects;
  • Scale effects: from nano- to macroscale;
  • Advanced experimental and computational techniques and methods;

Relevant review articles are also welcome.

 

Dr. Ilias Efthymiopoulos
Prof. Dr. Maribel Núñez-Valdez
Prof. Dr. Elissaios Stavrou
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • geo-relevant materials and analogs
  • minerals
  • structural properties
  • electronic properties
  • high temperature and/or high pressure
  • modeling
  • geochemistry

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Thermal Expansion and Polymorphism of Slawsonite SrAl2Si2O8
by Liudmila Gorelova, Oleg Vereshchagin and Anatoly Kasatkin
Minerals 2021, 11(10), 1150; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/min11101150 - 18 Oct 2021
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Abstract
Slawsonite’s (SrAl2Si2O8) structure evolutions depending on temperature (27–1000 °C) have been studied by in situ single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The SrO7 polyhedron expands regularly with the temperature increase. Silicon and aluminum cations are ordered in tetrahedral sites [...] Read more.
Slawsonite’s (SrAl2Si2O8) structure evolutions depending on temperature (27–1000 °C) have been studied by in situ single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The SrO7 polyhedron expands regularly with the temperature increase. Silicon and aluminum cations are ordered in tetrahedral sites of the studied slawsonite; no significant changes in their distribution as temperature increases were observed. Slawsonite demonstrates a relatively high volume thermal expansion (αV = 23 × 10−6 °C−1) with high anisotropy, typical for framework feldspar-related minerals and synthetic compounds. It was found that, contrary to previously published data, the crystal structure of slawsonite is stable in the studied temperature range and no phase transitions occur up to 1000 °C. The role of Ca and Ba substitution for Sr and Al/Si ordering on polymorphism of natural MAl2Si2O8 (M = Ca, Sr, Ba) is herein discussed. Full article
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