Metallic high-pressure modifications of main group elements

@article{Schwarz2004MetallicHM,
  title={Metallic high-pressure modifications of main group elements},
  author={Ulrich Schwarz},
  journal={Zeitschrift f{\"u}r Kristallographie - Crystalline Materials},
  year={2004},
  volume={219},
  pages={376 - 390},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:56006683}
}
  • U. Schwarz
  • Published 1 June 2004
  • Materials Science, Physics
  • Zeitschrift für Kristallographie - Crystalline Materials
Abstract The high-pressure structural chemistry of main group elements in the metallic state is reviewed under consideration of more recent determinations of atomic arrangements with to some extend unexpected complexity. Following the concept of the pressure-coordination rule, the number of nearest neighbours is employed as a guiding quantity to reveal systematic trends. Violations of the rule will be mainly discussed in the light of electronic ground state changes upon compression. 
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