Recent progress in search for new functional oxides by high-pressure synthesis

Abstract

High-pressure synthesis is a powerful technique in searching for new materials. We have found a large number of functional oxides using this technique. In this article, three topics will be reviewed from our recent works. These are search for magnetic ferroelectrics in Bi, Pb-3d transition metal perovskites, single crystal growth of oxychloride superconductor, Ca23Na3CuO2Cl2, and pressure-induced structural transition in spin ladder compound, SrCu2O3.