High-Pressure Crystallography: From Fundamental Phenomena to Technological Applications (NATO Science for Peace and Security Series B: Physics and Biophysics)

High-Pressure Crystallography
PREFACE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION TO HIGH-PRESSURE SCIENCE
ALL DIFFERENT FLAVORS OF SYNCHROTRON SINGLE CRYSTAL X-RAY DIFFRACTION EXPERIMENTS
SYNCHROTRON HIGH-PRESSURE HIGH-TEMPERATURE TECHNIQUES
MINERAL PHYSICS OF EARTH CORE: IRON ALLOYS AT EXTREME CONDITION
SYNCHROTRON-BASED SPECTROSCOPIC TECHNIQUES: MÖSSBAUER AND HIGH-RESOLUTION INELASTIC SCATTERING
HIGH-PRESSURE X-RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY: APPLICATION TO THE LOCAL ASPECTS OF PHASE TRANSITIONS IN FERROELECTRIC PEROVSKITES
PRESENT-DAY HIGH-INTENSITY AND HIGH-RESOLUTION NEUTRON DIFFRACTION AND NEUTRON SCATTERING UNDER HIGH PRESSURE
LARGE VOLUME PRESSES FOR HIGH-PRESSURE STUDIES USING SYNCHROTRON RADIATION
RHEOLOGY AT HIGH PRESSURES AND HIGH TEMPERATURES
RADIAL DIFFRACTION IN THE DIAMOND ANVIL CELL: METHODS AND APPLICATIONS
REDUCTION AND ANALYSIS OF TWO-DIMENSIONAL DIFFRACTION DATA INCLUDING TEXTURE ANALYSIS
EQUATIONS OF STATE AND THEIR APPLICATIONS IN GEOSCIENCES
ANISOTROPIC COMPRESSION. WHAT CAN IT TEACH US ABOUT INTERMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS?
HIGH-PRESSURE STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION OF MOLECULAR CRYSTALS
INTRODUCTION INTO THE THEORY OF PHASE TRANSITIONS
PHASE TRANSITIONS IN AB SYSTEMS. SYMMETRY ASPECTS
THE CHARM OF SUBTLE H-BONDS TRANSFORMATIONS
CARRIER BANDWIDTH PHYSICAL PHENOMENA IN STRONGLY CORRELATED MAGNETIC OXIDES: LESSONS FROM NEUTRON DIFFRACTION AT HIGH PRESSURES
JAHN–TELLER SYSTEMS AT HIGH PRESSURE
EFFECT OF SPIN TRANSITIONS IN IRON ON STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES OF MANTLE MINERALS
BORON AND BORON-RICH SOLIDS AT HIGH PRESSURES
NON-MOLECULAR CARBON DIOXIDE AT HIGH PRESSURE
SIMPLE METALS AT HIGH PRESSURES
LIGHT METAL HYDRIDES UNDER NON-AMBIENT CONDITIONS: PROBING CHEMISTRY BY DIFFRACTION?
EVOLUTIONARY CRYSTAL STRUCTURE PREDICTION AND NOVEL HIGH-PRESSURE PHASES
AB INITIO QUANTUM CHEMISTRY AND SEMI-EMPIRICAL DESCRIPTION OF SOLID STATE PHASES UNDER HIGH PRESSURE: CHEMICAL APPLICATIONS
FIRST-PRINCIPLES SIMULATIONS OF ALLOY THERMODYNAMICS IN MEGABAR PRESSURE RANGE
FIRST-PRINCIPLES MOLECULAR DYNAMICS AND APPLICATIONS IN PLANETARY SCIENCE
MOLECULAR ORBITAL APPROACH TO INTERPRET HIGH PRESSURE PHENOMENA – CASE OF ELUSIVE GOLD MONOFLUORIDE
HIGH-PRESSURE SYNTHESIS OF MATERIALS
HIGH-PRESSURE SYNTHESIS OF NOVEL SUPERHARD PHASES IN THE B–C–N–O SYSTEM
SYNTHESIS AND STRUCTURE–PROPERTY RELATIONS OF BINARY TRANSITION METAL CARBIDES AT EXTREME CONDITIONS
HIGH PRESSURE AND SUPERCONDUCTIVITY: INTERCALATED GRAPHITE CaC6 AS A MODEL SYSTEM
STRUCTURE–PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS IN NOVEL HIGH PRESSURE SUPERHARD MATERIALS
CARBON NANOTUBES UNDER HIGH PRESSURE PROBED BY RESONANCE RAMAN SCATTERING
HIGH-PRESSURE STUDIES OF ENERGETIC MATERIALS
AMORPHOUS MATERIALS AT HIGH PRESSURE
AMORPHOUS X-RAY DIFFRACTION AT HIGH PRESSURE: POLYAMORPHIC SILICON AND AMYLOID FIBRILS
MICROPOROUS MATERIALS AT HIGH-PRESSURE: ARE THEY REALLY SOFT?
HYDROGEN BONDING IN MINERALS AT HIGH PRESSURES
NANOMATERIALS AT HIGH PRESSURE: SPECTROSCOPY AND DIFFRACTION TECHNIQUES
ANALYSIS OF THE TOTAL SCATTERING USING THE QUANTITATIVE HIGH PRESSURE PAIR DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION: PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS
ANALYSIS OF THE TOTAL SCATTERING USING THE QUANTITATIVE HIGH PRESSURE PAIR DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION: CASE STUDIES
HIGH-PRESSURE STUDIES OF PHARMACEUTICALS AND BIOMIMETICS. FUNDAMENTALS AND APPLICATIONS. A GENERAL INTRODUCTION
NEW FRONTIERS IN PHYSICAL FORM DISCOVERY: HIGH-PRESSURE RECRYSTALLIZATION OF PHARMACEUTICALS AND OTHER MOLECULAR COMPOUNDS
PRESSURE-INDUCED PHASE TRANSITIONS IN CRYSTALLINE AMINO ACIDS. RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY AND X-RAY DIFFRACTION
EXPLORING THE ENERGY AND CONFORMATIONAL LANDSCAPE OF BIOMOLECULES UNDER EXTREME CONDITIONS
HIGH-PRESSURE CRYSTALLOGRAPHY OF BIOMOLECULES: RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS. I – INTRODUCTION, MATERIALS AND METHODS
HIGH-PRESSURE CRYSTALLOGRAPHY OF BIOMOLECULES: RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS. II – APPLICATIONS