Ultraincompressible, superhard materials

MT Yeung, R Mohammadi… - Annual Review of …, 2016 - annualreviews.org
The search for new ultraincompressible, superhard materials has been performed largely
through trial and error. Despite the difficulties in synthesizing such materials, interest in this …

Determination of the electronic and structural configuration of coordination compounds by synchrotron-radiation techniques

C Garino, E Borfecchia, R Gobetto… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2014 - Elsevier
In this review we provide an overview of the potential of synchrotron radiation techniques to
understand the structural and electronic properties of coordination compounds. Besides the …

Implementation of micro-ball nanodiamond anvils for high-pressure studies above 6 Mbar

L Dubrovinsky, N Dubrovinskaia… - Nature …, 2012 - nature.com
Since invention of the diamond anvil cell technique in the late 1950s for studying materials
at extreme conditions, the maximum static pressure generated so far at room temperature …

Compression curves of transition metals in the Mbar range: Experiments and projector augmented-wave calculations

A Dewaele, M Torrent, P Loubeyre, M Mezouar - Physical Review B …, 2008 - APS
The ambient temperature equations of state (EoS) of iron, cobalt, nickel, zinc, molybdenum,
and silver have been measured by x-ray diffraction. These transition metals were …

Ruby under pressure

K Syassen - High Pressure Research, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
The ruby luminescence method is widely used for pressure measurement in the diamond
anvil cell and other optically transparent pressure cells. With this application in mind, we …

Pressure-induced α→ ω transition in titanium metal: a systematic study of the effects of uniaxial stress

D Errandonea, Y Meng, M Somayazulu… - Physica B: Condensed …, 2005 - Elsevier
The effects of uniaxial stress on the pressure-induced α→ ω transition in pure titanium (Ti)
are investigated by means of angle dispersive X-ray diffraction in a diamond-anvil cell …

Laser heated diamond cell system at the Advanced Photon Source for in situ x-ray measurements at high pressure and temperature

G Shen, ML Rivers, Y Wang, SR Sutton - Review of Scientific …, 2001 - pubs.aip.org
We describe a laser heated diamond anvil cell system at the GeoSoilEnviroCARS sector at
the Advanced Photon Source. The system can be used for in situ x-ray measurements at …

Isothermal equation of state for gold with a He-pressure medium

K Takemura, A Dewaele - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter and …, 2008 - APS
The isothermal equation of state (EOS) for gold has been determined by powder x-ray
diffraction experiments up to 123 GPa at room temperature. We have performed experiments …

Deformation of polycrystalline MgO at pressures of the lower mantle

S Merkel, HR Wenk, J Shu, G Shen… - Journal of …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Room temperature investigations on the shear strength, elastic moduli, elastic anisotropy,
and deformation mechanisms of MgO (periclase) are performed in situ up to pressures of 47 …