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Experimental and DFT high pressure study of fluorinated graphite (C2F)n

Vittoria Pischedda, S. Radescu, Marc Dubois, Nicolas Batisse, F. Balima, Chiara Cavallari, Luis Cardenas

Carbon · 2016

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Summary

This peer-reviewed materials science study presents experimental and computational investigation of fluorinated graphite (C₂F)ₙ under high pressure conditions. Using a combination of diamond-anvil cell experiments and density functional theory modelling, the authors characterised the material's structural properties and compression behaviour. The work contributes to understanding of carbon-fluorine compounds under extreme conditions, though it lies outside the scope of agricultural and food systems research.

UK applicability

This fundamental materials science research has no direct applicability to UK farming systems, soil health, or food production. It may have distant relevance only if fluorinated carbon materials eventually find application in advanced agricultural technologies or soil amendments, but this is not discussed in the available metadata.

Key measures

High-pressure behaviour, structural parameters, DFT calculations, phase transitions

Outcomes reported

The study characterised the structural and mechanical properties of fluorinated graphite (C₂F)ₙ under high pressure using experimental techniques and density functional theory (DFT) modelling. The research examined how the material responds to compression and phase transitions.

Theme
General food systems / other
Subject
Other / interdisciplinary
Study type
Research
Study design
Laboratory study with computational modelling
Source type
Peer-reviewed study
Status
Published
System type
Laboratory / in vitro
DOI
10.1016/j.carbon.2016.12.051
Catalogue ID
BFmor3fyor-0qf6dq

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