Synchrotron Infrared Spectroscopy on Materials in Extreme Environments (Workshop 9)

Wednesday 23 May 2018, 13:00 → 20:10 US/Eastern

Physics Bldg. 510, Snyder Seminar Room

This workshop will bring together synchrotron-IR users to discuss the applications of the high-pressure IR spectroscopy in geoscience & planetary science as well as condensed matter physics and materials science. These spectroscopic techniques for materials in extreme conditions exploit the unique instrumentation at NSLS-II, all of which will be available to the user community. These include 1) ultra-high pressure far-IR spectroscopy along with Raman and other optical methods, 2) the combination of extremely low/high temperatures and pressure, 3) THz, infrared and optical spectroscopy in magnetic fields up to 10T. We will also discuss opportunities for dynamic compression (transient high-P) studies, and the potential role of combined pressure and magnetic field to explore novel electronic properties and emergence.

Workshop Organizers: Zhenxian Liu (G. Washington Univ.) and Larry Carr (NSLS-II)

Part 1 - Tuesday, May 22 - Bldg 725 Large Seminar Room

1:00 p.m. Introduction
                Zhenxian Liu (George Washington University)
                Larry Carr (Brookhaven National Laboratory)

1:05 p.m. Welcoming Remarks
                  Speaker: Carl Agee (University of New Mexico)

1:20 p.m. NSLS-II as a World-Class Source of High-Brightness Infrared
                  Speaker: Larry Carr

1:50 p.m. FIS: An Integrated and Dedicated Synchrotron IR-DAC Facility for Optical Studies in Extreme Environments
                  Speaker: Zhenxian Liu

2:20 p.m. MET: The Magneto, Ellipsometric and Time-Resolved Spectroscopy Infrared Beamline at the NSLS
                  Speaker: Larry Carr

2:50 p.m. The NSLS-II Coherent Hard X-ray Beamline: Challenges and Opportunities for High-Pressure Studies
                  Speaker: Andrei Fluerasu

3:10 p.m. Gearing up for High Pressure X-ray Diffraction for the Geosciences at XFM
                  Speaker: Alvin Acerbo

3:30 p.m. Coffee Break

4:00 p.m. Competing Magnetostructural Phases in a Semiclassical System
                  Speaker: Janice Musfieldt, University of Tennessee

4:30 p.m. Using Synchrotron Micro-scale Probes for Analyzing High-pressure Inclusions in Diamonds
                  Speaker: Oliver Tschauner, UNLV

5:00 p.m. Difficulties in Temperature Measurement in Laser-heated Diamond-anvil Cells
                 Speaker: Kanani Lee, Yale University

5:30 p.m. Thermally Induced Coloration of Alkali Halides at High Pressures
                 Speaker: Sarah Arveson, Yale University

Back to Main Agenda

13:00 → 13:45 Using NSLS-II Infrared Light to Probe the Origin of Earth's Water

Speaker: Steven Jacobsen, Northwestern University

13:45 → 14:15 New Dense Hydrous Silica Phases Stable in the Earth’s Deep Mantle

Speaker: Dan Shim, Arizona State University

14:15 → 14:45 IR Spectroscopy of Hydrous Minerals at High Pressures: Implications for the Deep Earth

Speaker: Elizabeth Thompson, University of Chicago

14:45 → 15:15 Challenges and Opportunities for IR Studies of Materials in Extreme Conditions

Speaker: Joshua Townsend, Sandia National Laboratories

15:15 → 15:45 The Pressure-temperature Dependent Anisotropic Elastic Properties of Upper Mantle Minerals and the Implications for the Composition and Dynamics in the Earth’s Interior

Speaker: Jin Zhang, University of New Mexico

15:45 → 16:15 Coffee Break (Included) & Group Photo

16:15 → 16:45 Elasticity of Single Crystal Ice VII Synthesized in Externally-heated diamond Anvil Cells

Speaker: Bin Chen, University of Hawaii

16:45 → 17:15 Investigation of Structural Phase Stability and Decomposition of Energetic Materials at High P-T Conditions Using IR Spectroscopy

Speaker: Dana Dattelbaum, Los Alamos National Laboratory

17:15 → 17:45 Probing Structural Transformations, Chemical Reactivities and Guest-host Interactions at High Pressures using Infrared Spectroscopy and Synchrotron Radiation

Speaker: Yang Song, University of Western Ontario

17:45 → 18:15 Infrared Reflectivity at High Pressure – A Tool for Probing Insulator Metal Transition

Speaker: John Tse, University of Saskatchewan

18:15 → 19:00 Facility Tour

19:00 → 20:00 Dinner