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Photo of Guoyin Shen
The Council of the Mineralogical Society of America has elected Guoyin Shen, as a fellow of the… more
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Iowa State University Professor Valery Levitas and Dr. Krishan K. Pandey presented 2 talks on… more
Photo of Hannah Yeung at HPCAT
Baylor University student, Hannah Yeung, interned at HPCAT during August 2019.  Her mentor, Dr.… more
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HPCAT hosted a group of eight graduate students as part of the 2019 Neutron and X-ray School on… more
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HPCAT Beamline Scientist, Guoyin Shen, was recently recognized for his contribution as one of AGU’s… more
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Please join us in welcoming Dr. Maddury S. Somayazulu as the new Group Leader of HPCAT.  Following… more
Photo with Beamline Scientist Paul Chow
On April 11, 2019, HPCAT hosted Chicago-area high school girls for the Science Careers in Search of… more
Dr. Nenad Velisavljevic as the Director of HPCAT
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Nenad Velisavljevic as the Director of HPCAT,… more

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HPCAT Partners and Affiliates

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory - High Pressure Group

Los Alamos National Laboratory - Static High Pressure Team

Sandia National Laboratory - Dynamic Materials Under Extreme Conditions

CDAC - Capital/DOE Alliance Center

SSAA Groups:

  • Stewardship Science Today (SST) Newsletter - Sept 2019
  • Stewardship Science Today (SST) Newsletter - June 2019
  • Stewardship Science Today (SST) Newsletter - April 2019
  • Department of Chemistry - Washington State University
  • Actinide Center of Excellence - University of Notre Dame
  • University of Alabama at Birmingham - Yogesh Vohra

 

Community Links

American Geophysical Union

International Association for the Advancement of High Pressure Science and Technology

Lightsources.org

 

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Technical Developments

Figure. High resolution pressure and stress visualization in zirconium.
Materials subjected to high pressure and high/low temperature conditions in the diamond anvil cell… more
Figure 1: (left) HPCAT’s Soller slit assembly, positioned between a diamond anvil cell and the Pilatus detector, during commissioning on the General Purpose Table in 16-ID-B. (right) X-ray image of ceria highlighting the slits’ exceptionally large field-of-view.
Optimizing the signal-to-background ratio is an enormous challenge in the context of static high… more
Multi-functional cryostat compatible with laser heating
Synthesizing new materials and preserving them at PT conditions where they can be studied in detail… more
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