Free electron to electride transition in dense liquid potassium

Zong, HX; Robinson, VN; Hermann, A; Zhao, L; Scandolo, S; Ding, XD; Ackland, GJ

Zhao, L (corresponding author), Xi An Jiao Tong Univ, State Key Lab Mech Behav Mat, Xian, Peoples R China.; Ackland, GJ (corresponding author), Univ Edinburgh, Ctr Sci Extreme Condit, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.; Ackland, GJ (corresponding author), Univ Edinburgh, Sch Phys & Astron, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.

NATURE PHYSICS, 2021; 17 (8): 955

Abstract

Alkali metals at high pressures have a liquid-liquid transition that is difficult to study in detail. Numerical calculations now suggest that the high......

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