Science Highlights
High Pressure Formation of the Eight-Fold Coordinated Post-Post Spinel MgFe2O4
Zurkowski, Claire C., Jing Yang, Stella Chariton, Vitali Prakapenka, and Yingwei Fei. "High pressure formation of the eight‐fold coordinated post‐post spinel MgFe2O4." Geophysical Research Letters 53, no. 3 (2026): e2025GL120161.
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The Effects of Iron and Manganese Doping on the Carbonation of Brucite [Mg(OH)2]
Chung, Dong Youn, Juliane Weber, Lawrence M. Anovitz, Barbara R. Evans, Ke Yuan, Sai Adapa, Matthew G. Boebinger et al. "The Effects of Iron and Manganese Doping on the Carbonation of Brucite [Mg (OH) 2]." The Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2026).
Density of Sodium Aluminosilicate Melts Along the NaAlSiO4-NaAlSi3O8 Join at High Pressure: In-Situ Measurements and Re-Calibration of a Modified Hard-Sphere Equation of State For Silicate Melts
Xu, Man, Zhicheng Jing, James A. Van Orman, Qingyang Hu, Qi Chen, Tony Yu, and Yanbin Wang. "Density of sodium aluminosilicate melts along the NaAlSiO4‐NaAlSi3O8 join at high pressure: In‐situ measurements and re‐calibration of a modified hard‐sphere equation of state...
Sound Velocities of FeO-Bearing Ringwoodite and Majorite: Implication for Martian Mantle Seismic Profiles
Li, Luo, Takayuki Ishii, Young Jay Ryu, Dongzhou Zhang, Stella Chariton, Vitali B. Prakapenka, and Jung‐Fu Lin. "Sound velocities of FeO‐bearing ringwoodite and majorite: Implication for Martian mantle seismic profiles." Geophysical Research Letters 53, no. 3 (2026):...
High-pressure Cr3+ luminescence and Raman spectroscopy of a natural MgAl2O4 spinel to ∼60 GPa
Pease, A., D. Sneed, C. Vennari, and E. F. O'Bannon III. "High-pressure Cr3+ luminescence and Raman spectroscopy of a natural MgAl2O4 spinel to∼ 60 GPa." Journal of Luminescence 289 (2026): 121634.
Permeability Enhancement by Slow Faulting Under HighPore Fluid Pressure
Mandolini, T., Zega, Z., Rivers, M., & Zhu, W. (2026). Permeability enhancement by slow faulting under high pore fluid pressure. Geophysical Research Letters, 53, e2025GL119145.
Structural Mechanism for Gas Permeability in Noncrystalline Carbon under Pressure
Zeng, Zhidan, Hongbo Lou, Fujun Lan, Xiao Sun, Yuxin Liu, Hongwei Sheng, Ho-kwang Mao, and Qiaoshi Zeng. "Structural Mechanism for Gas Permeability in Noncrystalline Carbon under Pressure." Journal of the American Chemical Society (2026).
Equation of state of Fe-bearing epidote-group minerals determined by X-ray diffraction
Zhang, Xinyue, Ningyu Sun, and Zhu Mao. "Equation of state of Fe-bearing epidote-group minerals determined by X-ray diffraction." American Mineralogist 111, no. 1 (2026): 108-117.
High-Pressure Synthesis of Antimony Nitride Sb3N5 and Polynitride Sb2N8 Featuring Single-Bonded N810− Chains
Brüning, Lukas, Nityasagar Jena, Elena Bykova, Konstantin Glazyrin, Ievgeniia Iermak, Stella Chariton, Vitali B. Prakapenka, Igor A. Abrikosov, and Maxim Bykov. "High‐Pressure Synthesis of Antimony Nitride Sb3N5 and Polynitride Sb2N8 Featuring Single‐Bonded N810−...
X-ray-diffraction and electrical-transport imaging of superconducting superhydride (La,Y)H10
Manayil Marathamkottil, A.H., Wang, K., Salke, N.P. et al. X-ray-diffraction and electrical-transport imaging of superconducting superhydride (La,Y)H10. Nat Commun 16, 11222 (2025).