High-pressure x-ray diffraction measurements on vitreous GeO 2 under hydrostatic conditions

Q. Mei,1,*,† S. Sinogeikin,1 G. Shen,1,*,‡ S. Amin,2 C. J. Benmore,3 and K. Ding4 1HPCAT, Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Bldg. 434E, 9700 S. Cass Avenue, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA 2Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287-1604, USA 3Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA 4School of Metallurgical Engineering, Xian University of Architecture and Technology, 13 Yanta Road, Xian 710055, People’s Republic of China Received 19 February 2010; published 20 May 2010

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