High-Pressure Crystallography

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
High Pressure Diffraction from Good Powders, Poor Powders and Poor Single Crystals....Pages 1-20
Some Practical Aspects of Studying Equations of State and Structural Phase Transitions at High Pressure....Pages 21-36
Structure Maps for Constrained Structures at High Pressures from Powder Diffraction....Pages 37-56
High-Pressure Single-Crystal Diffractometry with Laboratory X-Ray Sources....Pages 57-68
Neutron Diffraction Studies of Ices and Ice Mixtures....Pages 69-80
An Introduction to Diamond Anvil Cells and Loading Techniques....Pages 81-100
High-Pressure Crystallographic Experiments with a CCD-Detector....Pages 101-112
From Phase Identification to Structure Solution: X-Ray Crystallography at High Pressures....Pages 113-130
Synchrotron Radiation Study Using Large Volume Presses....Pages 131-138
Modulation and its Crystallographic Methodology....Pages 139-158
Introduction to High Pressure Computational Crystallography....Pages 159-177
Computational High Pressure Science....Pages 179-198
Theory of Minerals at High and Ultrahigh Pressures : Structure, Properties, Dynamics, and Phase Transitions....Pages 199-215
Equations of State and Thermophysical Properties of Solids Under Pressure....Pages 217-236
Reverse Monte Carlo Modelling of Diffraction Data : Structural Studies of Amorphous Ices....Pages 237-256
X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy under Extreme Conditions....Pages 257-276
Analysis of Localised Strains in Crystals by Convergent Beam Electron Diffraction....Pages 277-294
Phase Transitions Studied by High-Pressure Dielectric Spectroscopy and Calorimetry....Pages 295-310
Electronic, Structural, and Magnetic Properties of Transition-Metal Insulators at Very High Pressures....Pages 311-320
Magnetic Properties of Crystals and their Studies at High-Pressure Conditions....Pages 321-340
Correlation Between the Structure and Optical Properties of Perovskites at High Pressure....Pages 341-352
Solid Phase Transformations under High Dynamic Pressures....Pages 353-366
Crystallography and Solid State Chemistry at High Pressure....Pages 367-392
High-Pressure Crystallography at Elevated Temperatures: Experimental Approach....Pages 393-410
Synthesis of Superhard Phases: In Situ Studies....Pages 411-428
Pressure Effects on Structural and Electronic Properties of Superconductors....Pages 429-446
Novel Hume-Rothery Phases in Simple Metals and Alloys under High Pressure....Pages 447-456
High Pressure Crystal Chemistry: “Stuffed” Framework Structures at High-Pressure....Pages 457-474
The High Pressure Crystallography of Gas Hydrates....Pages 475-494
Molecules in Strained Environment....Pages 495-512
General Description of Hydrogen-Bonded Solids at Varied Pressures and Temperatures....Pages 513-520
Why Study Quasicrystals at High Pressures?....Pages 521-526
State of the Art and Prospects of Macromolecular X-Ray Crystallography at High Hydrostatic Pressure....Pages 527-542
Soft Materials and Biomaterials under Pressure....Pages 543-556
Back Matter....Pages 557-567