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Phase Transitions and Thermal Equation of State of Fe‐9wt.%Si Applied to the Moon and Mercury
Berrada, M., Chen, B., Chao, K.‐H.,Peckenpaugh, J., Wang, S., Zhang, D.,et al. (2024). Phase transitions and thermal equation of state of Fe‐9wt.%Si applied to the Moon and Mercury. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 129,...
The role of annealing and grain boundary controls on the mechanical properties of limestones and marbles
Rui Zhang, Paul A. Bosomworth, Juliane Weber, Jan Ilavsky, Si Athena Chen, Alexis Flores-Betancourt, Elliot Paul Gilbert, Jitendra Mata, Mark L. Rivers, Peter J. Eng, Lawrence M. Anovitz, "The role of annealing and grain boundary controls on the mechanical properties...
U and Th zonation in apatite observed by synchrotron X-ray fluorescence tomography and implications for the (U–Th) ∕ He system
U and Th zonation in apatite observed by synchrotron X–ray fluorescence tomography and implications for the (U–Th)/He system Geochronology Reference: Sousa, Francis J., Stephen E. Cox, E. Troy Rasbury, Sidney R. Hemming, Antonio Lanzirotti, and Matthew Newville. "U...
Atomistic Mechanism of Al Substitution Effects on the Ferroelastic Post-stishovite Transition by High-Pressure Single-Crystal X-Ray Diffraction
Yanyao Zhang, Stella Chariton, Vitali B. Prakapenka, Takuo Okuchi, Jung-Fu Lin; Atomistic Mechanism of Al Substitution Effects on the Ferroelastic Post-stishovite Transition by High-Pressure Single-Crystal X-Ray Diffraction. American Mineralogist 2024;...
Study of ablation and shock generation across three orders of magnitude of laser intensity with 100 ps laser pulses
S. E. Parsons, M. R. Armstrong, H. J. Lee, A. E. Gleason, A. F. Goncharov, J. Belof, V. Prakapenka, E. Granados, F. N. Beg, H. B. Radousky; Appl. Phys. Lett. 14 October 2024; 125 (16): 164104. doi-org.proxy.uchicago.edu/10.1063/5.0222979 Link to article
Experimental investigation of the influence of drainage condition on change in saturation of sheared sand
MohammedElnur and Khalid A.Alshibli, “Experimental investigation of the influence of drainage condition on change in saturation of sheared sand”, (2024) Géotechnique 00:0,1-57 Link to article
Stability and physical properties of brucite at high pressures and temperatures: Implication for Earth’s deep water cycle
Ningyu Sun, Xinyang Li, Luo Li, Qingchun Zhang, Yingxin Yu, Zhu Mao, Cijin Zhou, Dongzhou Zhang, Geoscience Frontiers, 2024, 101940, ISSN 1674-9871, doi.org/10.1016/j.gsf.2024.101940. Link to article
Microscopic insights into thermal cycling effects in granular materials via X-ray microtomography
Pan, Y., Seo, D., Rivers, M. et al. Microscopic insights into thermal cycling effects in granular materials via X-ray microtomography. Granular Matter 26, 98 (2024). Link to article
Synthesis and Comprehensive Studies of Be-IV-N2 (IV=Si, Ge): Solving the Mystery of Wurtzite-Type Pmc21 Structures
Georg Krach, Kristian Witthaut, Jennifer Steinadler, Thomas Bräuniger, Victor Milman, Lkhamsuren Bayarjargal, Björn Winkler, Elena Bykova, Maxim Bykov, Wolfgang Schnick, "Synthesis and Comprehensive Studies of Be-IV-N2 (IV=Si, Ge): Solving the Mystery of Wurtzite-Type...
X-ray induced synthesis of beta tin (β-Sn)
Trimaan Malik, Petrika Cifligu, Changyong Park, Egor Evlyukhin,”X-ray induced synthesis of beta tin (β-Sn)”, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, Volume 196,2025, 112351, ISSN 0022-3697,