ABSTRACT The sensitivity of Paenibacillus sp. and Terribacillus aidingensis spores to combined action of HP, nisin and moderate heating were investigated for the first time. The results showed that the effect of HP on spores varies with pressure level, treatment temperature, spore species and presence of nisin. T. aidingensis spores were more resistant than Paenibacillus sp., whatever the treatment

ABSTRACT A new experimental setup to continuously and automatically measure ultrasonic elastic wave velocities, X-ray radiography, and X-ray diffraction in large volume press is developed to explore structural change of amorphous materials at in situ high pressure and high temperature conditions. A continuous measurement for Zr50Cu40Al10 metallic glass is carried out during the heating process from

ABSTRACT The indirect method of obtaining in situ particle velocity of sample, under dynamic high-pressure loading experiments, generates an error due to the influence of rarefaction wave from the sample-window interface. Using the spinel as a window is an attractive method to reduce the error due to the total impedance matching of sample and window in the loading experiments of the spinel. To explore

ABSTRACT A new custom-designed cooling system is described that was developed for the SAPHiR three-axis multi-anvil press with MA6-6 anvil geometry at the FRM II neutron source in Garching. The system was designed to remove heat from the secondary anvils by flowing a cryogen around custom-designed cooling rings or cooling jackets. Currently, this cryo-system is capable of achieving temperatures of

ABSTRACT We describe the use of a silver-coated 90 ∘ parabolic mirror of 33 mm focal length as objective for imaging, on-axis laser heating and radiospectrometric temperature measurements of a sample compressed in a diamond anvil cell in a laser heating system. There, spatial resolution and imaging quality of the parabolic mirror are similar to the one of a 10× objective. The temperature measurements

ABSTRACT The characteristics of hydrostatic stress conditions are discussed and compared with real experimental observations made under high pressure with a diamond-anvil cell. While fluid pressure-transmitting media give a well-defined single stress condition, solid pressure-transmitting media give a variety of stress conditions within the limit of their shear strength under high pressure. Owing to

ABSTRACT We have measured the luminescence shifts of the ruby’s R1- and R2-lines and the line of 5D0→7F0 from Sm2+:SrFCl corresponding to the melting pressure of mercury that is recommended by the AIRAPT task force as an International Practical Pressure Scale (IPPS). The linear coefficients of the pressure dependence of the R1-, R2-lines, and the luminescence line of Sm2+:SrFCl are determined to be

ABSTRACT The Heusler alloys are promising material for various applications, including thermoelectric power generators. There are several ways to improve their properties, among which the substitution of constituent elements, nanostructuring, temperature treatment, thin films engineering etc. This work is devoted to the experimental study of thermoelectric properties of Fe–V–Al-based Heusler alloys

ABSTRACT In this study, the effects of immobilization and high hydrostatic pressure (HHP) on capsaicin production in cell suspension culture of pepper seeds at different application times were investigated. Callus cultures were obtained from in vitro germinated hypocotyl explants of pepper seedlings and cell suspensions were prepared from calluses. Immobilized cell suspension cultures with calcium

ABSTRACT We report theoretical and experimental investigations on the structures of strontium and magnesium oxalates, and corresponding Raman spectra at high pressure. These systems have shown progress in the generation of CO2 and in the synthesis of energetic doped polymeric carbon monoxide after X-ray irradiation and simultaneous application of high pressure. Density functional perturbation theory

ABSTRACT We applied Kawai-type multi-anvil assemblies (MA6-8) for time-of-flight neutron-diffraction experiments to achieve high-pressures and high-temperatures simultaneously. To achieve sufficient signal intensities, the angular access to the sample was enlarged using slits and tapers on the first-stage anvils. Using SiC-binder sintered diamond for the second-stage anvils that transmits neutrons

ABSTRACT Large-volume cubic presses are widely used in scientific research and industrial applications. However, their pressure capability is often limited to 6 GPa, which severely restricts their applications under extended pressures. In this work, we report a newly designed hybrid cell assembly for cubic presses by embedding six WC pressure-enhancing blocks into the pyrophyllite pressure-transmitting

ABSTRACT We applied Kawai-type multi-anvil assemblies (MA6-8) for time-of-flight neutron-diffraction experiments to achieve high-pressures and high-temperatures simultaneously. To achieve sufficient signal intensities, the angular access to the sample was enlarged using slits and tapers on the first-stage anvils. Using SiC-binder sintered diamond for the second-stage anvils that transmits neutrons

ABSTRACT The solubility of NaCl in water is one of the most important thermo-physical properties. However, the solubility behavior of NaCl in water is poorly understood at high pressure and low temperature. Herein, we performed high pressure neutron diffraction and Raman scattering to investigate the solubility of NaCl in water and the corresponding structural change, respectively. With the pressure

ABSTRACT We have developed a new type of experimental setup utilizing a multi-anvil large volume press and designed for simultaneous measurements of structure-sensitive thermophysical properties (diffraction, electrical resistivity, viscosity). This multi-probe capability was tested on iron alloys at 2 GPa and up to 1750 K. Phase transitions as detected by X-ray diffraction patterns are clearly associated

ABSTRACT Thermoelastic behavior of transition metal boride Os2B3 was studied under quasi-hydrostatic and isothermal conditions in a Paris-Edinburgh cell to 5.4 GPa and 1273 K. In-situ Energy Dispersive X-ray diffraction was used to determine interplanar spacings of the hexagonal crystal structure and the P-V-T data were fitted to a 3rd Order Birch–Murnaghan equation of state with a temperature modification

ABSTRACT Two ultrasonic measurement methods for pressure calibration to 4.4 GPa in a multi-anvil apparatus by measuring the travel times of longitudinal wave as a function of pressure are reported. The first method is to continuously calibrate pressure by combining the measured travel times of Z-cut quartz under hydrostatic pressure with the related equation of state and unit-cell parameters of quartz

ABSTRACT The preparation of SEM samples is a complex and time-consuming process. The present report describes the development of a simple and inexpensive high pressure water freeze fracture method for the preparation of SEM samples from hydrogels without using organic solvents. This method involves two key features. First, the sample and water are frozen with liquid nitrogen in a pressure-resistant

ABSTRACT Life adapts to various environments, including high temperatures and high pressures. The brine shrimp Artemia was used to investigate the tolerance to hydrostatic pressure up to 750 bar. The swimming activity of Artemia nauplii (larval form) decreased as pressure increased, and the activity became null at 400 bar and above. Interestingly, at 300 bar and less, the swimming activity gradually

ABSTRACT The structural transformation of FePO 4 from the trigonal berlinite phase to the orthorhombic CrVO 4 phase has been studied using neutron diffraction at high pressure and high-temperature. The berlinite structure was compressed to a pressure of 5.2(2) GPa and amorphisation observed. Upon annealing at temperatures above 798(28) K the high pressure FePO 4 structure was observed to form. This

ABSTRACT The structural transformation of FePO 4 from the trigonal berlinite phase to the orthorhombic CrVO 4 phase has been studied using neutron diffraction at high pressure and high-temperature. The berlinite structure was compressed to a pressure of 5.2(2) GPa and amorphisation observed. Upon annealing at temperatures above 798(28) K the high pressure FePO 4 structure was observed to form. This

We report on the feasibility of high pressure neutron scattering in clamp cells at various diffraction and spectroscopy beamlines in the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum in Garching (Germany). The cell...

ABSTRACT Winter savory is often used in traditional medicine, having several recognized biological properties. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of high pressure-assisted extraction (HPE) and its optimization by response surface methodology to obtain winter savory extracts with a high content of bioactive compounds and high antioxidant activity (the effect of extraction pressure, extraction time

ABSTRACT We present the in situ neutron diffraction data of a water and silica mixture at high pressure and temperature. We show initially the formation of ice VI at 1.5 GPa at 290 K in the presence of crystalline SiO2, upon heating we observe its melting at ∼400 K. Upon further warming to 1200 K, we observe melting of the crystalline silica. Upon cooling to 290 K and recovery to ambient pressure,

ABSTRACT Melting of orthorhombic boron silicide B6Si has been studied at pressures up to 8 GPa using in situ electrical resistivity measurements and quenching. It has been found that in the 2.6–7.7 GPa range B6Si melts congruently, and the melting curve exhibits negative slope of −31(2) K/GPa that points to a higher density of the melt as compared to the solid phase. At very high temperatures B6Si

ABSTRACT Among the non-thermal food technologies, high pressure processing (HPP) is currently the most widespread intervention in the juice industry. The study herein was conducted to challenge a wide range of pressure (401–599 MPa) and dwell time (87–313 s) in orange juice processing. The parameters were combined and targeted a minimum of 5-log cycle reductions in a cocktail for the pathogens of reference

ABSTRACT 3.65 Å-phase (or hydroxide-perovskite), MgSi(OH)6, is a representative of dense hydrous magnesium silicates (DHMS) with maximum water content (up to ∼35 wt.% H2O) and thus is of interest as one of the largest repositories of water among all the known hydrous phases. Sample of 3.65 Å-phase, grown in DIA-type multianvil apparatus, was studied by Raman spectroscopy under pressure up to ∼7 GPa

ABSTRACT Characterization of a new pressure medium Daphne Oil 7575 using a set of three manganin coils, a superconducting temperature of lead and the response of two perpendicular strain-gages down to low temperatures is presented. A complementary study of Daphne Oil 7474 and Daphne Oil 7373 employing identical methods is included as well. Temperature dependence of the solidification point of Daphne

ABSTRACT By means of comparing molar volumes at reference ambient conditions (298 K, 1.105 Pa) of 160 pressure-driven polymorphic transitions in chalcogenides, germanates, silicates, simple molecular compounds, elemental non-metals and a few metals it is shown that for reconstructive transitions between 0.1 and 150 GPa, mean volume contraction ranges around 11% for about 85% of all examined materials

Elastic stiffness constants, C ijs, of single crystal of NaCl B1 phase have been determined at pressure up to 20 GPa using inelastic x-ray scattering to measure elastic wave velocities and x-ray diffraction to measure densities in the same experimental setup. The Voigt-Reuss-Hill average velocities calculated from the present Cijs are in good agreement with previous ultrasonic measurements of polycrystalline

ABSTRACT Elastic stiffness constants, C ijs, of single crystal of NaCl B1 phase have been determined at pressure up to 20 GPa using inelastic x-ray scattering to measure elastic wave velocities and x-ray diffraction to measure densities in the same experimental setup. The Voigt-Reuss-Hill average velocities calculated from the present Cijs are in good agreement with previous ultrasonic measurements

ABSTRACT The compressibility and effect of pressure on the vibrations of merrillite, Ca9NaMg(PO4)7, were studied by using diamond anvil cell at room temperature combined with in-situ synchrotron X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy up to about 18 and 15 GPa, respectively. The pressure-volume data was fitted by a third-order Birch–Murnaghan equation of state to determine the isothermal bulk modulus

ABSTRACT At the 26th AIRAPT conference in 2017, a task group was formed to work on an International Practical Pressure Scale (IPPS). This report summarizes the activities of the task group toward an IPPS ruby gauge. We have selected three different approaches to establishing the relation between pressure (P) and ruby R1-line shift (Δλ) with three groups of optimal reference materials for applying these

ABSTRACT The phase transitions and equation of state measurements were carried out on rare earth metal Holmium (Ho) to 282 GPa using toroidal diamond anvils thereby doubling the pressure range to which it has been studied previously. The first set of experiment employed standard beveled diamond anvils utilizing copper as an x-ray pressure standard to 217 GPa. The second set of experiment employed toroidal

ABSTRACT High temperature is of paramount importance in high pressure science. One of the leading tools in this respect is the resistively heated diamond anvil cell (DAC), where the heat is provided by small heaters, positioned close to the diamond/gasket/sample region (internally heated DAC, IHDAC) or by wrapping the DAC body into bigger heaters (externally heated DAC, EHDAC). Although IHDACs can

ABSTRACT We tested boron-doped diamond (BDD) synthesized by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) as a heating element in a multi-anvil apparatus. We succeeded in manufacturing BDD into a tubular shape by laser cutting and electric discharging machining. The BDD tube shaped by the electric discharging machining was contaminated by discharging electrode materials (Mo and W), which affected the heating performance

ABSTRACT To understand the practical effects of pressure-transmitting media (PTM) on neutron diffraction using Paris–Edinburgh presses, diffraction patterns of MgO were collected to approximately 20 GPa using PTMs of Pb, AgCl, 4:1 methanol–ethanol (ME) mixture with and without heating, N2, and Ar. Hydrostaticity in the sample chamber estimated from the MgO 220 peak width improves in the order of Pb

ABSTRACT High pressure processing (HPP) and sous vide may increase the shelf-life of high value seafood products without the use of additives. This study investigated the effects of 150MPa or 350MPa for 10min on microbial, sensory, and physicochemical qualities of raw and subsequently sous vide cooked (65°C) lobster tails during 28 days of refrigerated storage. Raw lobster pressurized at 350MPa or

ABSTRACT A new method for stirring under high pressure conditions has been developed and tested. The key component is a Teflon cell assembly equipped with magnetic stirring function, which is capable to operate across a wide pressure range, up to at least 2 GPa, in a large volume press. The setup enables adjustable stirrer rotation rate and detection of stirring in a sample, e.g. to observe liquid–solid

ABSTRACT The quasi-hydrostatic compression of cesium chloride and cesium bromide has been measured with X-ray diffraction up to 141 GPa at 300 K. A cubic to orthorhombic transition, with a ≥10% distortion of lattice parameters, is evidenced in CsBr around 60 GPa. A smaller distortion (∼1.5%) appears in CsCl at the same pressure, followed by a likely transition to a lower symmetry phase which starts

ABSTRACT Quantitative single crystal neutron-diffraction in diamond anvil cells has so far been limited by the neutron flux available at the various neutron sources. As a result, highly precise measurements of the exact position of light elements have not been possible preventing, for example, structural studies of hydrogen and hydrogen bonds under pressure. Here we report experiments carried out on

ABSTRACT We report experimental determination of compressibility and thermoelasticity for CrN based on in situ high pressure/high temperature synchrotron x-ray diffraction measurements. The pressure-induced cubic-to-orthorhombic phase transition is observed at ∼ 5 GPa in high-quality CrN samples synthesized using a high pressure reaction route. Equation of state, bulk modulus and axial compressibility

ABSTRACT A systematic study of orthorhombic phase formation at ambient conditions beyond a critical concentration of dopant Tantalum (Ta) in HfO is reported. The effect on the path of structural evolution due to Ta doping in HfO was also investigated. Studies on Ta-doped HfO samples and their path of structural evolution under compression have significant implications for materials undergoing β-decay

ABSTRACT Thermal conductivities of planetary materials under extreme conditions are important input parameters for modeling planetary dynamics such as accretion, geodynamo and magnetic field evolution, plate tectonics, volcanism-related processes etc. However, direct experimental measurements of thermal conductivity at extreme conditions remain challenging and controversial. Here we propose a new technique

ABSTRACT The crystal structures, lattice dynamics, mechanical, electronic properties, and electron–phonon coupling of under environmental conditions and high pressures have been studied by merging first-principles calculations and particle-swarm optimization algorithm. Four structures are identified for , including the , , , and C2/m phases, in which the , , and C2/m phases are newly predicted. Their

ABSTRACT Obtaining both high hardness and toughness is a challenge in B4C-nano-adhesive composites. Solving the inhomogeneous distribution of nano-adhesives in B4C and forming the chemical bonding at grain boundary is an effective method. Here, we reported that the uniform distribution of titanium diboride (TiB2)-reinforced B4C composites synthesized by high-pressure and high temperature (HPHT). It

ABSTRACT TiC-MgO composite was developed as a heating element for X-ray study in the multi-anvil high pressure apparatus. We synthesized TiC-MgO blocks (50–70 wt.% of TiC) by compression in a cold isostatic press followed by baking in a gas flow furnace. Heaters of tubular shape were manufactured from the synthesized blocks either by lathe or numerically controlled milling machine. The so-produced

ABSTRACT An isentropic equation of state (Isen-Eos) in a high-density polyethylene (HDPE) consists of four variables of PS, VS, TS and entropy S where the VS, PS and TS are variables satisfying the isentropic condition that S is constant. The typical values of isentropic derivatives at constant S = 21.35 [J/molK] and T = 313.15 [K] are αS = −1.66 × 10−3 [K−1] and γS = 13.8 [10−3 GPa] where αS and γS

ABSTRACT Based on the first-principles calculations within the density functional theory and crystal structure prediction algorithms iron phosphide phases stable under pressure of the Earth’s core and temperatures up to 4000 K were determined. A new low-temperature modification FeP-P21/c stable above ∼75 GPa was predicted. Fe2P with the allabogdanite structure has been established to be stable in the

ABSTRACT This study was to investigate the piezotolerance and diversity indices of microflora of Indian white prawn (Fenneropenaeus indicus) after high pressure (HP)-treatment. Indian white prawns subjected to HP-treatments and its effect was studied up to species level and compared with unpressurized samples. The bacterium was identified by using bacterial identification schemes, biochemical tests

ABSTRACT The pressure stability of the first hydration shell of Y ions in aqueous solution has been investigated by means of extended x-ray absorption fine-structure spectroscopy at the yttrium K-edge for hydrostatic pressures up to 4.5 kbar and concentrations between 1 M and 2.5 M. We find approximately 8.4 water molecules surrounding the yttrium cation at a mean distance of 2.370 Å at ambient conditions

ABSTRACT A new high pressure cell for neutron diffraction experiments using nano-polycrystalline anvils is presented. The cell design, off-line pressure generation tests and a gas-loading procedure for this cell are described. The performance is illustrated by powder neutron diffraction patterns of ice VII to ∼82 GPa. We also demonstrate the feasibility of single crystal neutron diffraction experiments

ABSTRACT A new opposed type double-stage large volume cell has been developed to compress large volume samples to more than 100 GPa (Mbar) pressure. A pair of second-stage diamond anvils is introduced into the first-stage Paris–Edinburgh press. The double-stage large volume cell allows the generation of ultrahigh pressures using a large culet diameter of the second-stage diamond anvils (diameters of

ABSTRACT Here we report a novel route for synthesizing nano-polycrystalline diamond (NPD) using stearic acid (C18H36O2) as a starting material under high pressure and high temperature. The obtained NPD shows a transparent dark-yellowish color similar to the standard NPD synthesized from graphite and consists of extremely fine diamond grains (∼10 nm). The temperature required for the present synthesis

ABSTRACT High pressure energy-dispersive X-ray absorption spectroscopy is a valuable structural technique, especially, when combined with a nano-polycrystalline diamond anvil cell. Here we present recent results obtained using the dispersive setup of the ODE beamline at SOLEIL synchrotron. The effect of pressure and temperature on the X-ray induced photoreduction is discussed on the example of nanocrystalline

The story of nano-polycrystalline diamond (NPD) begins in the middle of 1980s, when I was working as a post doc at the Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University (ANU) in Can...

ABSTRACT Current anvil designs and problems associated with various efforts to generate static high pressures beyond the limit of conventional diamond anvil cells (DACs) (∼400 GPa) are reviewed. Pressures of up to 1 TPa have been reported by one research group using the double-stage DAC (ds-DAC) technique, but no other research group has successfully reproduced this high pressure result. Some research

ABSTRACT The pressure effect on the electromotive force (EMF) of a Pt13Rh–Pt (type R) thermocouple was examined to determine the temperature measurement accuracy of solid pressure medium apparatuses in high-pressure experiments. Single-wire EMFs were measured up to pressure of 13 GPa and temperature of 1173 K with a Kawai-type multi-anvil apparatus for Pt13Rh and Pt based on the single-wire method

ABSTRACT Nano-polycrystalline diamond (NPD) with various grain sizes has been synthesized from glassy carbon at pressures 15–25 GPa and temperatures 1700–2300°C using multianvil apparatus. The minimum temperature for the synthesis of pure NPD, below which a small amount of compressed graphite was formed, significantly increased with pressure from ∼1700°C at 15 GPa to ∼1900°C at 25 GPa. The NPD having

ABSTRACT Deep-ultraviolet continuous-wave photoluminescence spectroscopy is performed for nano-polycrystalline diamond (NPD) synthesized by a high pressure high-temperature technique. NPD exhibits clear deep-ultraviolet emissions, which originate from intrinsic excitonic transitions assisted by a momentum-conserving phonon with a photon. Surprisingly, the peak emission energy is about 30 meV higher