title: Visualizing the mixed bonding properties of liquid boron with high-resolution x-ray Compton scattering.
abstract: Bonding characteristics of liquid boron at 2500 K are studied by using high-resolution Compton scattering. An excellent agreement is found between the measurements and the corresponding Car-Parrinello molecular dynamics simulations. Covalent bond pairs are clearly shown to dominate in liquid boron along with the coexistence of diffuse pairs. Our study reveals the complex bonding pattern of liquid boron and gives insight into the unusual properties of this high-temperature liquid.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8505, Japan.|PRESTO, JST, 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan.|The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), 3-1-1, Yoshinodai, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan.
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Okada
authors.affiliation: School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong Kowloon, Hong Kong S.A.R.
authors.forename: P H-L
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Sit
authors.affiliation: Institute of Industrial Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 153-8505, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Barbiellini
authors.affiliation: Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8505, Japan.|The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), 3-1-1, Yoshinodai, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ishikawa
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.|Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA.
authors.forename: Y J
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute, SPring-8 Sayo-cho, Hyogo 679-5198, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Itou
authors.affiliation: Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute, SPring-8 Sayo-cho, Hyogo 679-5198, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sakurai
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bansil
authors.affiliation: Institute of Industrial Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 153-8505, Japan.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ishikawa
authors.affiliation: Institute of Industrial Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 153-8505, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hamaishi
authors.affiliation: Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8505, Japan.
authors.forename: P-F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Paradis
authors.affiliation: Department of Advanced Materials Science, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8561, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.affiliation: RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Sayo-cho, Sayo-gun, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ishikawa
authors.affiliation: Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8505, Japan.|Institute of Industrial Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 153-8505, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nanao