DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0908262106. A little bit of lithium does a lot for hydrogen

A little bit of lithium does a lot for hydrogen

10.1073/pnas.0908262106

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Abstract

From detailed assessments of electronic structure, we find that a combination of significantly quantal elements, six of seven atoms being hydrogen, becomes a stable metal at a pressure approximately 1/4 of that required to metalize pure hydrogen itself. The system, LiH 6 (and other LiH n ), may well have extensions beyond the constituent lithium. These hypothetical materials demonstrate that nontraditional stoichiometries can considerably expand the view of chemical combination under moderate pressure.

Bibliography

Zurek, E., Hoffmann, R., Ashcroft, N. W., Oganov, A. R., & Lyakhov, A. O. (2009). A little bit of lithium does a lot for hydrogen. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 106(42), 17640â17643.

Authors 5

Eva Zurek (first)
Roald Hoffmann (additional)
N. W. Ashcroft (additional)
Artem R. Oganov (additional)
Andriy O. Lyakhov (additional)

References 31 Referenced 265

Dates

Type	When
Created	15 years, 10 months ago (Oct. 5, 2009, 9:43 p.m.)
Deposited	3 years, 4 months ago (April 12, 2022, 7:03 p.m.)
Indexed	4 weeks, 2 days ago (Aug. 6, 2025, 8:07 a.m.)
Issued	15 years, 10 months ago (Oct. 20, 2009)
Published	15 years, 10 months ago (Oct. 20, 2009)
Published Online	15 years, 10 months ago (Oct. 20, 2009)
Published Print	15 years, 10 months ago (Oct. 20, 2009)

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BibTeX

@article{Zurek_2009, title={A little bit of lithium does a lot for hydrogen}, volume={106}, ISSN={1091-6490}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0908262106}, DOI={10.1073/pnas.0908262106}, number={42}, journal={Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences}, publisher={Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences}, author={Zurek, Eva and Hoffmann, Roald and Ashcroft, N. W. and Oganov, Artem R. and Lyakhov, Andriy O.}, year={2009}, month=oct, pages={17640–17643} }

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