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Dynamic X-Ray and Neutron Scattering: From Materials Synthesis and In-Situ Studies to Biology at High Pressure

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X-ray and neutron scattering techniques are applied to a very wide range of condensed matter systems and problems ranging from solid state materials to biological organisms in order to study and understand their structures and phase transformations under static and dynamic compression, as well as their synthesis and function under extreme conditions. Here we illustrate the applications of several of these techniques to problems of current scientific and technological interest.

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Acknowledgements

Work in PFMs group has been supported by funding from the Wolfson Trust/Royal Society, EPSRC, the Institute of Shock Physics supported by AWE, Leverhulme Trust (UK) and the Deep Life directorate of the Deep Carbon Observatory (Sloan Foundation, USA). PB has been supported by EPSRC and industry. Colleagues and co-workers who contributed to the data shown here include Drs. D. Daisenberger, A. Salamat (high-P,T studies of Sn melting), P. Hutchins (Si clathrate formation), T. Forsyth, M. Haertlein, G. Simeoni, M.-S. Appavou, R. Hazael (high-P biological studies and QENS experiments). We thank Dr. A.M. Squires for providing a high resolution version of his SAXS data.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London, WC1H 0AJ, UK

    Paul F. McMillan, Filip Meersman, Fabriza Foglia & Paul Barnes

  2. Rousselot – Expertise Center, R&D Laboratory, Meulestedekaai 81, 9000, Gent, Belgium

    Filip Meersman

  3. Biological Sciences, Birkbeck College, Malet Street, London, WC1E7HX, UK

    Paul Barnes

  4. The School of Materials, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK

    Simon D. M. Jacques

  5. Research Complex at Harwell (RCaH), Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, Didcot, Oxon, OX11 0FA, UK

    Simon D. M. Jacques

  6. Center for Science at Extreme Conditions, School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK

    Richard Briggs

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McMillan, P.F., Meersman, F., Foglia, F., Barnes, P., Jacques, S.D.M., Briggs, R. (2014). Dynamic X-Ray and Neutron Scattering: From Materials Synthesis and In-Situ Studies to Biology at High Pressure. In: Howard, J., Sparkes, H., Raithby, P., Churakov, A. (eds) The Future of Dynamic Structural Science. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series A: Chemistry and Biology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8550-1_5

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