Pressure-Induced Phase Transitions in Ammonium Squarate: A Supramolecular Structure Based on Hydrogen-Bonding and π-Stacking Interactions
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Abstract
We report the results of high-pressure Raman and X-ray diffraction measurements performed on ammonium squarate ((NH(4))(2)C(4)O(4), AS), a representative supramolecular architecture based on hydrogen bonding and π-stacking interactions, at various pressures up to 19 GPa. Two phase transitions at ∼2.7 GPa and in the pressure range of 11.1-13.6 GPa were observed. Both Raman and XRD results provide convincing evidence for these two phase transitions. The first phase transition is attributed to the rearrangements of hydrogen-bonding networks, resulting in the symmetry transformation from P2(1)/c to P1. The second one, which is identified as an order-disorder phase transition, arises from significant modifications of squarate rings and random orientations of NH(4)(+) cations. The cooperative effects between hydrogen-bonding and π-stacking interactions, as well as mechanisms for the phase transitions, are discussed by virtue of the local structure of AS.
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