Laser-shock compression of diamond and evidence of a negative-slope melting curve

Nature Materials

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 274-277

  Brygoo, Stéphanie ^a   Henry, Emeric ^a   Loubeyre, Paul ^a   Eggert, Jon ^b   Koenig, Michel ^c   Loupias, Bérénice ^c   Benuzzi Mounaix, Alessandra ^c   Rabec Le Gloahec, Marc ^a,c  

^a DIF   (France)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPH THEORY; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; LASER APPLICATIONS; MEASUREMENT THEORY; SHOCK WAVES;

HUGONIOT DATA; LASER SHOCK; LIQUID MELTING LINE;

DIAMONDS;

EID: 34047092282     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat1863     Document Type: Article

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