Thermodynamics of diamond formation from hydrocarbon mixtures in planets

B Cheng, S Hamel, M Bethkenhagen - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Hydrocarbon mixtures are extremely abundant in the Universe, and diamond formation from
them can play a crucial role in shaping the interior structure and evolution of planets. With …

Deformation dynamics of h-BN reinforced polyethylene nanocomposite under shock/impact loading

A Chaurasia, RS Mulik, A Parashar - International Journal of Mechanical …, 2022 - Elsevier
The aim of this article was to reveal the dynamic and structural response of hexagonal boron
nitride (h-BN) reinforced polyethylene (PE) nanocomposites under shock/impact loading …

An atomistic approach to study the dynamic and structural response in 2D nanofiller reinforced polyethylene nanocomposites under ultra-short shock pulse loading

A Chaurasia, SK Jalan, A Parashar - Mechanics of Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
An atomistic model was developed to systematically investigate the shock propagation and
its attenuation behavior in two-dimensional (2D) nanofiller reinforced polyethylene (PE) …

Ab initio study of shock-compressed copper

M Schörner, BBL Witte, AD Baczewski, A Cangi… - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
We investigate shock-compressed copper in the warm dense matter regime by means of
density functional theory molecular dynamics simulations. We use neural-network-driven …

Indirect evidence for elemental hydrogen in laser-compressed hydrocarbons

D Kraus, J Vorberger, NJ Hartley, J Lütgert… - Physical Review …, 2023 - APS
We demonstrate a significantly simplified experimental approach for investigating liquid
metallic hydrogen, which is crucial to understand the internal structure and evolution of giant …

Demonstration of an x-ray Raman spectroscopy setup to study warm dense carbon at the high energy density instrument of European XFEL

K Voigt, M Zhang, K Ramakrishna, A Amouretti… - Physics of …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
We present a proof-of-principle study demonstrating x-ray Raman Spectroscopy (XRS) from
carbon samples at ambient conditions in conjunction with other common diagnostics to …

[HTML][HTML] High-energy-density-science capabilities at the Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research

K Schoenberg, V Bagnoud, A Blazevic, VE Fortov… - Physics of …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
The Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR) will employ the World's highest intensity
relativistic beams of heavy nuclei to uniquely create and investigate macroscopic (millimeter …

Diamond precipitation dynamics from hydrocarbons at icy planet interior conditions

M Frost, RS McWilliams, E Bykova, M Bykov… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The pressure and temperature conditions at which precipitation of diamond occurs from
hydrocarbon mixtures is important for modelling the interior dynamics of icy planets …

Rules of formation of H–C–N–O compounds at high pressure and the fates of planetary ices

LJ Conway, CJ Pickard… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
The solar system's outer planets, and many of their moons, are dominated by matter from the
H–C–N–O chemical space, based on solar system abundances of hydrogen and the …

Carbon clusters formed from shocked benzene

DM Dattelbaum, EB Watkins, MA Firestone… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Benzene (C6H6), while stable under ambient conditions, can become chemically
reactive at high pressures and temperatures, such as under shock loading conditions. Here …