Implementation of micro-ball nanodiamond anvils for high-pressure studies above 6 Mbar

Nature Communications

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Dubrovinsky, Leonid ^a   Dubrovinskaia, Natalia ^b   Prakapenka, Vitali B ^c   Abakumov, Artem M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD; NANOCRYSTAL; NANODIAMOND; NANOMATERIAL; RHENIUM;

COMPRESSION; DIAMOND; GOLD; GRAIN SIZE; HIGH PRESSURE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; RHENIUM;

ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEVICES; MATERIAL STATE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICRO BALL NANODIAMOND ANVIL; PHASE TRANSITION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PROCEDURES; QUANTUM YIELD; RADIATION BEAM; ROOM TEMPERATURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84869411694     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2160     Document Type: Article

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