CeSMEC

The Center for the Study
of Matter at Extreme Conditions

Welcome to CeSMEC!

CeSMEC is situed on the main campus of FIU in the building Viertes Haus (VH)

SMEC2009

Latest News

2009-06-18: Dr. S. Srinivasan from USF will visit CeSMEC on June 22. He will give a talk about "Reversible Hydrogen Storage in Polyaniline Nanostructures and Advanced Complex Hydrides" at 11 am.

2009-06-03: The first wadsleyite synthesis has been performed in our new multianvil press

2009-05-29: The multianvil press is now fully operational

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Last Publications

A.R. Oganov, J. Chen, C. Gatti, Y. Ma, Y. Ma, C. W. Glass, Z. Liu, T. Yu, O. O. Kurakevych, and V. L. Solozhenko: Ionic high-pressure form of elemental boron, Nature 457, 863-867, 2009.

P. Raterron, E. Amiguet, J. Chen, L. Li, and P. Cordier: Experimental deformation of olivine single crystals at mantle pressures and temperatures, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 172(1-2), 74-83, 2009.

S. R. Kulkarni, M. Merlini, N. A. Phatak, S. K. Saxena, G. Artioli, S. Amini, M.W. Barsoum, Thermal Stability of Ti2SC in Air and Inert Atmospheres, J. Alloys. Compd., 469, 1-2, 2009.

R. Hrubiak, L. George, S. K Saxena and K. Rajan: A materials database for exploring material properties, Journal of Metals, 61, 59-62, 2009.

Publication list 2009