The everlasting hunt for new ice phases

Nat Commun. 2021 May 26;12(1):3161. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-23403-6.

Abstract

Water ice exists in hugely different environments, artificially or naturally occurring ones across the universe. The phase diagram of crystalline phases of ice is still under construction: a high-pressure phase, ice XIX, has just been reported but its structure remains ambiguous.