Advanced functional surfaces through controlled damage and instabilities

N Namdari, B Mohammadian, P Jafari… - Materials …, 2020‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Functional surfaces are of paramount engineering importance with applications in non-
wettable components, adhesion, anti-biofouling, static or dynamic optical properties, and …

Highly coordinated iron and cobalt nitrides synthesized at high pressures and high temperatures

K Niwa, T Terabe, D Kato, S Takayama, M Kato… - Inorganic …, 2017‏ - ACS Publications
Highly coordinated iron and cobalt nitrides were successfully synthesized via direct
chemical reaction between a transition metal and molecular nitrogen at pressures above …

Pressure-induced nano-crystallization of silicate garnets from glass

T Irifune, K Kawakami, T Arimoto, H Ohfuji… - Nature …, 2016‏ - nature.com
Transparent ceramics are important for scientific and industrial applications because of the
superior optical and mechanical properties. It has been suggested that optical transparency …

Natural occurrence of pure nano-polycrystalline diamond from impact crater

H Ohfuji, T Irifune, KD Litasov, T Yamashita, F Isobe… - Scientific Reports, 2015‏ - nature.com
Consolidated bodies of polycrystalline diamond with grain sizes less than 100 nm, nano-
polycrystalline diamond (NPD), has been experimentally produced by direct conversion of …

[HTML][HTML] Perspective: High pressure transformations in nanomaterials and opportunities in material design

D Machon, V Pischedda, S Le Floch… - Journal of Applied …, 2018‏ - pubs.aip.org
Pressure and temperature phase transitions of nanomaterials often differ significantly from
those of their bulk parents, offering novel approaches for the engineering of original …

A novel large-volume Kawai-type apparatus and its application to the synthesis of sintered bodies of nano-polycrystalline diamond

T Irifune, F Isobe, T Shinmei - Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 2014‏ - Elsevier
A Kawai-type multianvil apparatus operated in a 60 MN press has been constructed for
materials synthesis at high pressure and temperature. After having tested various tungsten …

Infrared spectra of silica polymorphs and the conditions of their formation

C Koike, R Noguchi, H Chihara, H Suto… - The Astrophysical …, 2013‏ - iopscience.iop.org
The existence of silica within several debris disks has been suggested. Data on both the
spectroscopy and annealing conditions of the various polymorphs of silica need to be …

Digital strategies for structured and architected materials design

S Bonfanti, R Guerra, M Zaiser, S Zapperi - APL Materials, 2021‏ - pubs.aip.org
Designing materials with tailored structural or functional properties is a fundamental goal of
materials science and engineering. A vast research activity is currently devoted to achieving …

Toughening silica glass by imparting ductility using a small amount of silver nanoparticles

L Liu, K Shinozaki - Materials Science and Engineering: A, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Imparting ductility to glass effectively counters brittleness caused by stress concentration.
Spark plasma sintering of silica (SiO 2) nanopowder and a silver nitrate mixture successfully …

[HTML][HTML] Simultaneous imaging and diffraction in the dynamic diamond anvil cell

RJ Husband, J Hagemann, EF O'Bannon… - Review of Scientific …, 2022‏ - pubs.aip.org
The ability to visualize a sample undergoing a pressure-induced phase transition allows for
the determination of kinetic parameters, such as the nucleation and growth rates of the high …