High Pressure Crystallography course in Erice - Italy.
Last modified on 18 Jan 2002.

 
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Tentative plan of scientific content


  • Theoretical investigations of hydrogen-bonded systems at high pressures
  • Equation of state and pressure calibration
  • Theoretical prediction of high-pressure phase transitions.
  • Computational high-pressure crystal structures.
  • Pressure-induced modulations and its crystallographic methodology.
  • New insight into the crystal chemistry from high-pressure studies.
  • X-Ray absorption spectroscopy at extreme conditions
  • Theoretical prediction of high-pressure phase transitions.
  • High-pressure crystallography from spectroscopic (optical and x-ray) measurements.
  • Structural studies of high-density forms of amorphous ice: diffraction and computer modelling
  • Synchrotron facilities for high-pressure reseach - the state of art
  • Chemical response of molecular crystals to high pressures - from charge transfer to detonations via "chemical pressure".
  • Coupled time-resolved studies at high pressures and high temperatures by neutron and synchrotron radiation.
  • High-pressure clathrates.
  • Organic molecules in the strained environment.
  • Electronic, structural and magnetic properties of transition metals at very high pressures Elasticity, strain and plasticity of crystals.
  • Magnetic properties of crystals and their studies at high pressure conditions.
  • Diffraction studies in the low range of high pressures in laboratory.
  • Correlation between the structure and optical properties of perovskites at high pressures
  • High-pressure crystallography of the interia of Earth.
  • Soft materials and biomaterials under pressure: putting squeeze on biology
  • Superconductivity of high pressure cuprates
  • High-pressure protein crystallography using ultra-short wavelength x-rays
  • X-Ray laboratory equipped for high-pressure diffraction studies
  • Pressure-induced phase transitions - the Landau theory.


  • Panel discussion on the applications of high pressures in crystallographic practice, research and industry, and on the prospects of employment of the high-pressure crystallographers in universities, and in research or industrial institutions.


     
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