The Center for the Study
of Matter at Extreme Conditions
2009-11-19 - Our first pure polycrystalline diamond sample has been synthesized using our newly installed multianvil press.
2009-11-02 - Prof. Jiuhua Chen is awarded a subcontract of the DOE Energy Frontier Research Center in Extreme Environments (EFree) from Carnegie Institution of Washington.
2009-07-13 - CeSMEC is now equipped with a SEM
H. Couvy, J. Chen, V. Drozd: "Compressibility of nanocrystalline forsterite". Physics and Chemistry of Minerals. in press, DOI: 10.1007/s00269-009-0337-8
A. Durygin, V. Drozd, W. Paszkowicz, E. Werner-Malento, R. Buczko, A. Kaminska, S. Saxena, and A. Suchocki, "Equation of state for gadolinium gallium garnet crystals: Experimental and computational study", Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 141902 (2009), DOI:10.1063/1.3237163
E. Amiguet, P. Raterron, P. Cordier, H. Couvy and J. Chen: "Deformation of Diopside Single Crystal at Mantle Pressure, 1: Mechanical data" PEPI, in press doi:10.1016/j.pepi.2009.08.010
