High-pressure studies with x-rays using diamond anvil cells

G Shen, HK Mao - Reports on progress in Physics, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Pressure profoundly alters all states of matter. The symbiotic development of ultrahigh-
pressure diamond anvil cells, to compress samples to sustainable multi-megabar pressures; …

Phase equilibria at high temperatures

ME Fleet - Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, 2006 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The wide variety of metal sulfide structures and their accommodation of atomic substitution,
non-stoichiometry and metal-metal (MM) and ligand-ligand interactions allows for diverse …

Phase relationships and equations of state for FeS at high pressures and temperatures and implications for the internal structure of Mars

S Urakawa, K Someya, H Terasaki, T Katsura… - Physics of the Earth and …, 2004 - Elsevier
In situ X-ray diffraction experiments on FeS up to 22GPa and 1600K were carried out using
large volume multianvil apparatus, combined with synchrotron radiation at SPring-8. We …

Magnetically driven phonon instability enables the metal–insulator transition in h-FeS

D Bansal, JL Niedziela, S Calder, T Lanigan-Atkins… - Nature Physics, 2020 - nature.com
Hexagonal iron sulfide exhibits a fascinating coexistence of metal–insulator, structural and
magnetic transitions, reflecting an intimate interplay of its spin, phonon and charge degrees …

Synchrotron facilities and the study of the Earth's deep interior

TS Duffy - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2005 - iopscience.iop.org
The combination of synchrotron x-ray facilities with high-pressure methods provides new
experimental tools for addressing geophysical problems relevant to understanding the …

Phase stability and density of FeS at high pressures and temperatures: implications for the interior structure of Mars

A Kavner, TS Duffy, G Shen - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2001 - Elsevier
The phase diagram of stoichiometric iron sulfide (FeS) was investigated at high pressures
and temperatures (15–35 GPa, 1400–2200 K) with a laser-heated diamond anvil cell and …

Inorganic Fe-O and Fe-S oxidoreductases: paradigms for prebiotic chemistry and the evolution of enzymatic activity in biology

XL Huang, JR Harmer, G Schenk, G Southam - Frontiers in Chemistry, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Oxidoreductases play crucial roles in electron transfer during biological redox reactions.
These reactions are not exclusive to protein-based biocatalysts; nano-size (< 100 nm), fine …

Mössbauer spectroscopy with high spatial resolution: spotlight on geoscience

C McCammon - … Mössbauer Spectroscopy: New Challenges Based on …, 2021 - Springer
Mössbauer spectroscopy is an important tool in geoscience. Samples are often small or
heterogeneous, requiring measurements with small beam size. Such measurements can be …

High-pressure phase transformations of FeS: novel phases at conditions of planetary cores

S Ono, AR Oganov, JP Brodholt, L Vočadlo… - Earth and Planetary …, 2008 - Elsevier
Iron sulfide (FeS) was investigated using first-principles calculations up to a pressure of 400
GPa. A number of new phase transitions were found. An antiferromagnetic MnP-type …

High-pressure neutron-diffraction study of FeS

WG Marshall, RJ Nelmes, JS Loveday, S Klotz… - Physical Review B, 2000 - APS
Data collected at 4.0 GPa for the MnP-type FeS-II phase show that the transition to this
phase is accompanied by a 90 magnetic moment reorientation. Nuclear and magnetic …