ERC Consolidator Grant · 2024
Pressures above 1 Mbar, equivalent to energy densities stored in chemical bonds, are predicted to severely reshape the periodic table of the elements as we know it. Such extreme conditions can radically alter the electronic structure and chemical properties of materials, especially when heating these to temperatures of several thousand kelvins, which suggests new approaches for the synthesis of so-far unknown material structures and compounds. However, due to a lack of predictive modelling and experimental challenges, exploration and exploitation of new chemistry above one megabar has remained a dark spot in our understanding of matter. Unprecedented experimental capabilities provided by…
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