Experimental evidence for pressure-induced first order transition in cerium nitride from B1 to B10 structure type

Morten B. Nielsen, Davide Ceresoli, Jens-Erik Jørgensen +3

The crystal structure of CeN was investigated up to pressures of 82 GPa, using diamond anvil cell powder X-ray diffraction in two experiments with He and Si-oil as the pressure tra…