Composition and state of the core

K Hirose, S Labrosse, J Hernlund - Annual Review of Earth and …, 2013 - annualreviews.org
The composition and state of Earth's core, located deeper than 2,900 km from the surface,
remain largely uncertain. Recent static experiments on iron and alloys performed up to inner …

High-pressure studies with x-rays using diamond anvil cells

G Shen, HK Mao - Reports on progress in Physics, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Pressure profoundly alters all states of matter. The symbiotic development of ultrahigh-
pressure diamond anvil cells, to compress samples to sustainable multi-megabar pressures; …

Abundant polymorphic transitions in the Al0. 6CoCrFeNi high-entropy alloy

L Wang, F Zhang, Z Nie, F Wang, B Wang, S Zhou… - Materials Today …, 2019 - Elsevier
Polymorphism and polymorphic transitions are attracting considerable interest because of
their significant effect on the phase stability, switchable properties, and the atomic …

Development of a novel chemical mechanical polishing slurry and its polishing mechanisms on a nickel alloy

Z Zhang, L Liao, X Wang, W **e, D Guo - Applied Surface Science, 2020 - Elsevier
Conventional chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) slurries of pure nickel (Ni) and its alloys
usually consist of toxic and corrosive acids, which is dangerous and contaminative to the …

Lattice dynamics of anharmonic solids from first principles

O Hellman, IA Abrikosov, SI Simak - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter …, 2011 - APS
An accurate and easily extendable method to deal with lattice dynamics of solids is offered. It
is based on first-principles molecular dynamics simulations and provides a consistent way to …

The structure of iron in Earth's inner core

S Tateno, K Hirose, Y Ohishi, Y Tatsumi - Science, 2010 - science.org
Earth's solid inner core is mainly composed of iron (Fe). Because the relevant ultrahigh
pressure and temperature conditions are difficult to produce experimentally, the preferred …

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 …

Advanced flat top laser heating system for high pressure research at GSECARS: application to the melting behavior of germanium

VB Prakapenka, A Kubo, A Kuznetsov… - High Pressure …, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Laser heating plays an essential role for in-situ high pressure high temperature studies into
the physical and chemical properties of materials in the diamond anvil cell (DAC) and …

Phase selection, lattice distortions, and mechanical properties in high‐entropy alloys

RK Nutor, Q Cao, X Wang, D Zhang… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
High‐entropy alloys (HEAs) composed of multiprincipal elements with near‐equiatomic ratio
have gained numerous attention in recent years. The design concept and unique …

Femtosecond visualization of lattice dynamics in shock-compressed matter

D Milathianaki, S Boutet, GJ Williams, A Higginbotham… - Science, 2013 - science.org
The ultrafast evolution of microstructure is key to understanding high-pressure and strain-
rate phenomena. However, the visualization of lattice dynamics at scales commensurate …