Issue 10, 2015

β-Alanine under pressure: towards understanding the nature of phase transitions

Abstract

We report the unusual behavior of β-alanine under pressure. Depending on the protocol with which pressure was increased, the crystals of β-alanine I after transition to phase II either transformed into monoclinic phase V at approximately 6 GPa or remained orthorhombic at least up to 8 GPa in phase II with a molecular packing very similar to that of phase I.

Graphical abstract: β-Alanine under pressure: towards understanding the nature of phase transitions

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
29 Dec 2014
Accepted
26 Jan 2015
First published
29 Jan 2015

CrystEngComm, 2015,17, 2074-2079

β-Alanine under pressure: towards understanding the nature of phase transitions

B. A. Zakharov, N. A. Tumanov and E. V. Boldyreva, CrystEngComm, 2015, 17, 2074 DOI: 10.1039/C4CE02550D

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