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; …

Simulation and understanding of atomic and molecular quantum crystals

C Cazorla, J Boronat - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2017 - APS
Quantum crystals abound in the whole range of solid-state species. Below a certain
threshold temperature the physical behavior of rare gases (He 4 and Ne), molecular solids …

Melting of iron at Earth's inner core boundary based on fast X-ray diffraction

S Anzellini, A Dewaele, M Mezouar, P Loubeyre… - Science, 2013 - science.org
Earth's core is structured in a solid inner core, mainly composed of iron, and a liquid outer
core. The temperature at the inner core boundary is expected to be close to the melting point …

Shock-induced plasticity in tantalum single crystals: Interatomic potentials and large-scale molecular-dynamics simulations

R Ravelo, TC Germann, O Guerrero, Q An… - Physical Review B …, 2013 - APS
We report on large-scale nonequilibrium molecular dynamics simulations of shock wave
compression in tantalum single crystals. Two new embedded atom method interatomic …

In situ characterization of the high pressure – high temperature melting curve of platinum

S Anzellini, V Monteseguro, E Bandiello, A Dewaele… - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
In this work, the melting line of platinum has been characterized both experimentally, using
synchrotron X-ray diffraction in laser-heated diamond-anvil cells, and theoretically, using ab …

A practical review of the laser-heated diamond anvil cell for university laboratories and synchrotron applications

S Anzellini, S Boccato - Crystals, 2020 - mdpi.com
In the past couple of decades, the laser-heated diamond anvil cell (combined with in situ
techniques) has become an extensively used tool for studying pressure-temperature …

Experimental and theoretical confirmation of an orthorhombic phase transition in niobium at high pressure and temperature

D Errandonea, L Burakovsky, DL Preston… - Communications …, 2020 - nature.com
Compared to other body-centered cubic (bcc) transition metals, Nb has been the subject of
fewer compression studies and there are still aspects of its phase diagram which are …

Gaussian approximation potentials for body-centered-cubic transition metals

J Byggmästar, K Nordlund, F Djurabekova - Physical Review Materials, 2020 - APS
We develop a set of machine-learning interatomic potentials for elemental V, Nb, Mo, Ta,
and W using the Gaussian approximation potential framework. The potentials show good …

High-pressure–high-temperature equation of state of KCl and KBr

A Dewaele, AB Belonoshko, G Garbarino, F Occelli… - Physical Review B …, 2012 - APS
The equation of state of KCl and KBr, compressed in a helium pressure medium in a
diamond-anvil cell, has been measured by x-ray diffraction in the B1 and B2 phases up to …

High-pressure melting curves of the transition metals Cu, Ni, Pd, and Pt

D Errandonea - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter and Materials …, 2013 - APS
Melting curves of Cu, Ni, Pd, and Pt were measured in a laser-heated diamond-anvil cell up
to 43, 52, 28, and 28 GPa, respectively. The obtained results are compared with previous …