The charm of subtle H-bonds transformations: Specific features of hydrogen-bonds at increased pressure

Abstract

The human presence and activities on Earth is mainly confined to the temperature range of few hundred kelvin and pressure range of few tenth of a GPa (at explosions). Therefore most of chemical and materials-sciences knowledge has been determined experimentally at these thermodynamic conditions. A more general knowledge is advantageous, as it allows one to extend the understanding of physical and chemical phenomena to any conditions. Actually, the normal conditions are quite unique in Universe - usually temperature and pressure are much lower or much higher outside the biosphere of Earth. © 2010 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.