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Multiple freezing-melting pathways of high-density ice through ice XXI phase at room temperature.
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- Universal crystallization kinetics of solution-processed semiconductors.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Ultrahigh pressure phase transition in ice.Nature materials · 2026Article
- Using X-ray free electron lasers to explore extreme states under quasi-static compression.Nature communications · 2026Review
- The impact of metastability on the high-pressure behavior of cerium.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Assessing Order in Liquid, Supercooled, and Crystalline Water.The journal of physical chemistry. B · 2026Article
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Various metastable ice phases and their complicated transition pathways have been found by pressurization at low temperatures at which slow kinetics and high metastability are easily achieved. By contrast, such diversity is less expected at room or elevated temperatures. Here, using a combination of a dynamic diamond anvil cell and X-ray free electron laser techniques, we demonstrate that supercompressed water transforms into ice VI through multiple freezing-melting pathways at room temperature, hidden within the pressure region of ice VI. These multiple transition pathways occur via a metastable ice (more specifically, ice XXI with body-centred tetragonal structure (
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