Insulator-insulator and insulator-conductor transitions in the phase diagram of aluminium trichloride

Ruberto, Romina and Pastore, Giorgio and Tosi, Mario P. (2009) Insulator-insulator and insulator-conductor transitions in the phase diagram of aluminium trichloride. Atti della Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti - Classe di Scienze MM.FF.NN., LXXXVII (1). ISSN 1825-1242

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Abstract

We report a classical computer-simulation study of the phase diagram of AlCl3 in the pressure-temperature (p, T) plane, showing (i) that melting from a layered crystal structure occurs into a molecular liquid at low (p, T) and into a dissociated ionic liquid at high (p, T), and (ii) that a broad transition from a molecular insulator to an ionic conductor takes place in the liquid state.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	M.U.S. - Contributi Scientifici > 01 - Scienze matematiche e informatiche M.U.S. - Miscellanea > Atti Accademia Peloritana > Classe di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali
Depositing User:	Mr Nunzio Femminò
Date Deposited:	26 Nov 2009
Last Modified:	13 Apr 2010 11:14
URI:	http://cab.unime.it/mus/id/eprint/549

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