Brave New World
@ High-Pressure Extreme Conditions
Scientific and social activities for Prof. Dr. Lisa Liu (Luhong Wang) and her collaborative teams, family members and friends.
Email: lisaliu@sharps.ac.cn
Lisa and ‘BIG FAN” Gabriel at IUCr Congress at Montreal in 2014
Passion for discovering and creating novel materials
with cool structures & properties
Our comprehensive studies on the novel materials and their structures, by taking advantage of cutting-edge synchrotron radiation techniques.
Elements with record high superconducting transition temperature upon compression
Sc (2023) CPL 40, 107403
Ti (2022) Nature Comm 13, 5411
Metal hydrides synthesized in diamond anvil cell (DAC) with high Tc
Nb-H (2024) Mater Today Phys 40, 101298
Lu-H (2023) Sci China PMA 66, 2674
Ta-H (2023) CPL 40, 057404
Hf-H (2022) Mater Today Phys 27, 100826
Ca-H (2022) Nature Comm 13, 2863
Superconducting states and structures at low-T and high-P conditions
La3Ni2O7 (2024) JACS, 146, 7506
BaKBiO (2025) PRB, 111, L020509, 2025
Negative linear compressibility, shape change & complex behaviors under pressure
(MV)BiBr5 (2024) Nature Comm 15, 6678
Eu[Ag(CN)2]3·3H2O (2024) PCCP 26, 1722
Ni(II) complex (2023) JPCL 14, 3891
Se (2023) JPCM 35, 264003
Se (2022) IUCrJ 9, 253
Novel oxides synthesized from high entropy method or nano doping with abnormal behaviors
Ce(Nb)-O2 (2025)
Ti(X)-O2 (2025)
Charge transferring and mixed valances evolution in oxides under high pressure
Bi-O (2023) JAC 56, 1125
Sb-O (2025)
Examples for the new results
Reveal the relationship between structure and properties in novel materials
Phase puzzle solved
- Nickelate (327) with Tc in liquid nitrogen temperature zone
- In-situ XRD at corresponding low-T and high-P conditions
- Theoretical calculations confirmed this updated phase diagram
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-33077-3/figures/4
Ti and Sc
- Record holders for high Tc in elements in 2022 and 2023, respectively
- Structures vs Tc under strong compression
- Insight on the superconducting mechanisms at corresponding P-T domains .
Researches at high-P conditions have unlocked brave new world and offered insights we never thought possible.
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Prof. Dr. Lisa Liu (Maiden Name: Luhong Wang) 