The structure of glasses and the melts from which they are formed is intrinsically disordered,
making their structural characterization difficult. Whilst the structure of solid minerals can be …

Containerless processing or 'levitation'is a valuable tool for the synthesis and
characterization of materials, particularly at extreme temperatures and under non …

Existing mouse models of lethal Ebola virus infection do not reproduce hallmark symptoms
of Ebola hemorrhagic fever, neither delayed blood coagulation and disseminated …

Recent advances and highlights in characterization methods are reviewed for cement
minerals, cements and their reaction products. The emphasis is on X-ray and neutron …

Uranium dioxide (UO2) is the major nuclear fuel component of fission power reactors. A key
concern during severe accidents is the melting and leakage of radioactive UO2 as it …

One of the major experimental difficulties in studying materials at extreme temperatures is
unwanted contamination of the sample through contact with the container. This can be …

The combination of neutron diffraction with aerodynamic levitation and laser heating,
pioneered by Neville Greaves and co-workers about 15 years ago, is an important tool for …

Aerodynamic levitation is an effective way to suspend samples which can be heated with CO
2 lasers. The advantages of this containerless technique are the simplicity and compactness …

The high pressure structure of liquid and glassy anorthite (CaAl 2 Si 2 O 8) and calcium
aluminate (CaAl 2 O 4) glass was measured by using in situ synchrotron x-ray diffraction in a …

Under extreme conditions of high pressure and temperature, liquids can undergo substantial
structural transformations as their atoms rearrange to minimise energy within a more …