Awards

Paper picked up in New Scientist　(Dr. Masayuki Nishi, JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow)

Invited, Plenary and Keynote presentations

Irifune, T., HIME-DIA: potential 3rd generation anvil material for deep Earth mineralogy, Dynamics of the Earth's Interior Symposium, Sendai, February 2011

Irifune, T., Synthesis, properties, and applications of ultrahard nano-polycrystalline diamond at high pressure, Seminar, Inst. Earth Sci., National Chen-Kung Univ, Taiwan, March 2011

Tsuchiya, T.　Multimegabar phase relations of earth and planetary materials. 3rd Japan-France Workshop and School on High Energy Density Science, Les Houches, France, January, 2011.

Metsue, A., Tsuchiya,T., Effects of Fe on the thermodynamic properties of MgSiO₃ perovskite and post-perovskite. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2010, San Francisco, CA, USA, December, 2010.

Tsuchiya, T., Tsuchiya, J., A Novel Dense phase of silica initiating silicates breakdown in giant terrestrial planets. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2010, San Francisco, CA, USA, December, 2010.

Metsue, A., Carrez, P., Cordier, P., Mainprice, D., Usui, Y., Tsuchiya, T., New constraints on the plastic deformation of wadsleyite from atomic modeling: implications for the seismic anisotropy in the mantle transition zone. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2010, San Francisco, CA, USA, December, 2010.

Tsuchiya, T., Tsuchiya, J., A new dense phase of silica initiating silicates breakdown in giant terrestrial planets, 2010 Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting, Taipei, Taiwan, June, 2010.

Kawai, K., Tsuchiya, T., Temperature profile in the lowermost mantle from seismological and mineral physics joint modeling, 2010 Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting, Taipei, Taiwan, June, 2010.

Tsuchiya, T., Kawai, K., Ab initio modeling of thermal chemical properties of the core-mantle boundary region, The 12th Symposium of SEDI, Study of the Earth's Deep Interior, a Committee of IUGG, Santa Barbara, California, July, 2010.

Irifune, T., Sumiya, H., Nature and application of nano-polycrystalline diamond synthesized by direct conversion in large-volume multianvil apparatus, 4th International Conference on New Diamond and Nano Carbons (NDNC2010), Suzhou, China, May 2010.

Kawazoe, T., Nishiyama, N., Nishihara, Y., Ohuchi, T., Irifune, T., Deformation experiments of wadsleyite and ringwoodite at P-T conditions of mantle transition zone using D-DIA apparatus, Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2010, Chiba, Japan, May, 2010.

Hirai, H., Shinozaki, A., Kawamura, T., Yamamoto, Y., Yagi, T., Polymerization of methane under the Earth mantle and Neptune conditions), Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2010, Chiba, Japan, May, 2010.

Research Papers

Wang, Y., Lesher, C., Fiquet, G., Rivers, M.L., Nishiyama, N., Siebert, J., Roberts, J., Morard, G., Gaudio, S., Clark, A., Watson, H., Menguy, N., Guyot, F. (2011): In situ high-pressure and high-temperature X-ray microtomographic imaging during large deformation: A new technique for studying mechanical behavior of multiphase composites, Geosphere, 7(1), 40-53, doi:10.1130/GES00560.1[LINK]

Liu, W., Qing, J., Qiang, L., Zhiqiang, C., Li, B. (2011): Synchrotron X-ray study of filled skutterudites CeFe₄Sb₁₂ and Ce_0.8Fe₃CoSb₁₂, Physica: B, 406(1), 52–55, doi:10.1016/j.physb.2010.10.011 [LINK]

Tsuchiya, J., Tsuchiya, T. (2011): First principles prediction of a high-pressure hydrous phase of AlOOH, Phys. Rev. B., 83, 054115, doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.83.054115 [LINK]

Matsumoto, K., Maruyama, H., Ishimatsu, N., Kawamura, N., Mizumaki, M., Irifune, T., Sumiya, H. (2011): Noncollinear spin structure in Fe-Ni Invar alloy probed by magnetic EXAFS at high pressure, J. Phys. Soc. Jpn.,　80(2),　023709,　doi: 10.1143/JPSJ.80.023709.[LINK]

Kono, Y., Yamada, A.,　Wang, Y.,　Yu, T.,　Inoue, T. (2011): Combined ultrasonic elastic wave velocity and microtomography measurements at high pressures. American Inst. Phys., Rev. Sci. Instrum., 82(2), 023906, doi:10.1063/1.3552185[LINK]

Ma, H., He, D., Lei, L., Wang, S., Chen, Y., Wang, H. (2011): GaN crystals prepared through solid-state metathesis reaction from NaGaO₂ and BN under high pressure and high temperature, J. Alloys Comp., 509(7), L124-L127, doi:10.1016/j.jallcom.2010.12.087.[LINK]

Kawai, K., Tsuchiya, T., Maruyama, S. (2010): The second continent, J. Geography, 119(6),　1197-1214.

Hirai, S., Sanehira, T., Nishiyama, N., Irifune, T., Klemme, S., Attfield, J.P. (2011): Tuning of structure, morphology and magnetism in postperovskite oxide solid solutions. Chem. Mater., 23(1), 114-121, DOI: 10.1021/cm102660q [LINK]

Yamazaki, D., Ito, E., Katsura, T., Yoshino, K., Zhai, S., Fukui, H., Shatskiy, A., Guo, X., Shan, S., Okuchi, T., Tange, Y., Higo, Y., Funakoshi, K. (2011): Phase boundary between perovskite and post-perovskite structures in MnGeO₃ determined by in situ X-ray diffraction measurements using sintered diamond anvils Am. Mineral., 96(1), 89-92, doi:10.2138/am.2011.3499.[LINK]

Machida, S., Hirai, H., Kawamura, T., Yamamoto, Y., Yagi, T. (2010): Raman spectra for hydrogen hydrate under high pressure: Intermolecular interactions in filled ice Ic structure, J. Phys. Chem. Solids, 71(9), 1324-1328, doi:10.1016/j.jpcs.2010.05.015.[LINK]

Tsuchiya, T., Tsuchiya, J. (2011): Prediction of a hexagonal SiO₂ phase affecting stabilities of MgSiO₃ and CaSiO₃ at multimegabar pressures, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 108(4), 1252-1255, doi:10.1073/pnas.1013594108[LINK],[論文概要と記者会見の様子]

Li, B. and Neuville, D.R. (2010): Elasticity of diopside to 8 GPa and 1073 K and implications for the upper mantle, 183 (3-4), 398-403, doi:10.1016/j.pepi.2010.08.009.[LINK]

Shibazaki, Y., Ohtani, E., Terasaki, H., Tateyama, R., Sakamaki, T., Tsuchiya, T. and Funakoshi, K. (2011): Effect of hydrogen on the melting temperature of FeS at high pressure: Implications for the core of Ganymede, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 301(1-2), 153-158, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2010.10.033.[LINK]

Zou, Y., He, D., Wei, X., Yu, R., Lu, T., Chang, X., Wang, S., and Lei, L. (2010): Nanosintering mechanism of MgAl₂O₄ transparent ceramics under high pressure, Mater. Chem. Phys., 123(2-3), 529-533. doi:10.1016/j.matchemphys.2010.05.009[LINK]

Yamada, A., Wang, Y., Inoue, T., Yang, W., Park, C., Yu, T. and Shen, G. (2011): High-pressure X-ray diffraction studies on the structure of liquid silicate using a Paris-Edinburgh type large volume press, Rev. Sci. Instrum., 82(1), 015103, doi:10.1063/1.3514087[LINK]

Hattori, Y., Mukasa, S., Toyota, H., Inoue, T. and Nomura, S. (2010): Synthesis of zinc oxide nanoparticles from zinc electrode using plasma in liquid. Materials Letters, 65(2), 188-190. doi:10.1016/j.matlet.2010.09.068.[LINK]

Suetsugu, D., Inoue, T., Obayashi, M., Yamada, A., Shiobara, H., Sugioka, H., Ito, A., Kanazawa, T., Kawakatsu, H., Shito, A. and Fukao, Y. (2010): Depths of the 410-km and 660-km discontinuities in and around the stagnant slab beneath the Philippine Sea: Is water stored in the stagnant slab? Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 183(1-2), 270-279. doi:10.1016/j.pepi.2010.09.004.[LINK]

Suetsugu, D., Bina, C.R., Inoue, T. and Wiens, D.A.(2010): Preface: Deep slab and mantle dynamics, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 183(1-2), 1-3. doi:10.1016/j.pepi.2010.10.001.[LINK]

Inoue, T., Wada, T., Sasaki, R., Yurimoto, H.. (2010): Water partitioning in the Earth’s mantle, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 183(1-2), 245-251, doi:10.1016/j.pepi.2010.08.003.[LINK]

Kono, Y., Irifune, T., Higo, Y., Inoue, T. and Barnhoorn, A., Suetsugu, D. (2010): P–V–T relation of MgO derived by simultaneous elastic wave velocity and in situ X-ray measurements: A new pressure scale for the mantle transition region, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 183(1-2), 196-211. doi:10.1016/j.pepi.2010.03.010.[LINK]

Fujimoto, Y., Kono, Y., Hirajima, T., Kanagawa, K., Ishikawa, M., Arima, M., Suetsugu, D. (2010): P-wave velocity and anisotropy of lawsonite and epidote blueschists: Constraints on water transportation along subducting oceanic crust, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 183(1-2), 219-228. doi:10.1016/j.pepi.2010.09.003.[LINK]

Kawazoe, T., Nishiyama, N., Nishihara, Y., Irifune, T. (2010): Deformation experiment at P-T conditions of the mantle transition zone using D-DIA apparatus, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 183(1-2), 190-195. doi:10.1016/j.pepi.2010.07.004.[LINK]

Nishihara, Y., Funakoshi, K., Higo, Y., Tsujino, N., Kawazoe, T., Kubo, T., Shimojuku, A., Terasaki, H. and Nishiyama, N. (2010): Stress relaxation experiments of olivine under Earth's deep upper mantle conditions, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter. 183(1-2), 164-174. doi: doi:10.1016/j.pepi.2010.07.006.[LINK]

He, K., He, D., Lei, L., Zou, Y., Qin, J., Wang. S. (2010): Synthesis of low density γ-Al₂O₃ rom high density α-Al₂O₃ in the presence of LiBO₂ melt under high pressure. Solid State communication, 150(43-44), 2016-2018. doi:10.1016/j.ssc.2010.09.018. [LINK]

Tsujino, N. and Nishihara, Y. (2010): Effect of pressure on grain-growth kinetics of ferropericlase to lower mantle conditions, Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L14304. doi:10.1029/2010GL043491.[LINK]

Matsushita, M. and Ohfuji, H. (2010): Analysis of the recrystallization of cold-rolled copper after isothermal annealing using electron backscattered diffraction patterns, Defect and Diffusion Forum, 359(297-301), 359-364. doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/DDF.297-301.359.[LINK]

Wang, Z., He, D., Zhang, W., Li, W. Q., Li, W. Y., Qin, J., Lei, L., Zou, Y., Yang, X. (2010): Portable high pressure sapphire anvil cell for gas hydrates research, Rev. Sci. Instr. 81(8), 085102. doi:10.1063/1.3469780.[LINK]

Hirai, H., Komatsu, K., Honda, M., Kawamura, T., Yamamoto, Y. and Yagi, T. (2010): Phase changes of CO₂ hydrate under high pressure and low temperature, J. Chem. Phys., 133(12), 124511, doi:10.1063/1.3493452.[LINK]

Whitaker, M.L., Liu, W., Wang, L. and Li, B. (2010): Acoustic Velocities and Elastic Properties of Pyrite(FeS₂) to 9.6 GPa, J. Earth Sci., 21(5), 792–800, doi:10.1007/s12583-010-0115-z.[LINK]

Usui, Y., Tsuchiya, T., (2010): Ab Initio Two Phase Molecular Dynamics on the Melting Curve of SiO₂, J. Earth Sci., 21(5), 801–810, doi:10.1007/s12583-010-0126-9.[LINK]

Kono, Y., Gréaux, S., Higo, Y., Ohfuji, H. and Irifune, T. (2010): Pressure and temperature Dependences of Elastic Properties of Grossular Garnet up to 17 GPa and 1650 K, J. Earth Sci., 21(5), 782–791, doi:10.1007/s12583-010-0112-2.[LINK]

Ohuchi, T., Kawazoe, T., Nishiyama, N., Nishirhara, Y. and Irifune, T. (2010): Technical Development of Simple Shear Deformation Experiments Using a Deformation-DIA Apparatus, J. Earth Sci., 21(5), 523-531, doi:10.1007/s12583-010-0110-4.[LINK]

Kawazoe, T., Ohuchi, T., Nishiyama, N., Nishihara, Y. and Irifune, T. (2010):
Preliminary deformation experiment of ringwoodite at 20 GPa and 1700 K using a D-DIA apparatus, J. Earth Sci., 21(5), 517–522, doi:10.1007/s12583-010-0120-2.[LINK]

Lei. L., Irifune, T., Shinmei, T., Ohfuji, H., Fang, L., Cation order-disorder phase transitions in LiGaO₂: Observation of the pathways of ternary wurtzite under high pressure, J. Appl. Phys., 108(8), 083531, doi:10.1063/1.3487976. [LINK]

Kawai, K., Tsuchiya, T., (2010): Ab initio investigation of high-pressure phase relation and elasticity in the NaAlSi₂O₆ system, Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L17302, doi:10.1029/2010GL044310[LINK]

Matsukage, K.N., Kikuchi, S., Ono, S., Nishihara, Y. and Kikegawa, T. (2010): Density and seismic velocities of chromitite body in oceanic mantle peridotite. Am. Mineral., 95(10), 1422-1428. doi:10.2138/am.2010.3498[LINK]

Kawazoe, T., Karato, S., Ando, J., Jing, Z., Otsuka, K. and Hustoft, J. W. (2010): Shear deformation of polycrystalline wadsleyite up to 2100 K at 14-17 GPa using a rotational Drickamer apparatus (RDA), J. Geophys. Res., 115, B08208, doi:10.1029/2009JB007096.[LINK]

Metsue, A. , Carrez, P., Denoual, C., Mainprice, D. and Cordier, P. (2010): Peierls-Nabarro modelling of dislocations in diopside, Phys. Chem. Mineral., doi:10.1007/s00269-010-0370-7. [LINK]

Gréaux, S., Kono, Y., Nishiyama, N., Kunimoto, T., Wada, K. and Irifune, T. (2011): P-V-T equation of state of Ca₃Al₂Si₃O₁₂ grossular garnet, Phys. Chem. Mineral., 38(2), 85-94, doi:10.1007/s00269-010-0384-1. [LINK]

Yokoyama, A., Matsui, M., Higo, Y., Kono, Y., Irifune, T. and Funakoshi, K. (2010): Elastic wave velocities of silica glass at high temperatures and high pressures, J. Appl. Phys., 107(12), 123530, doi:10.1063/1.3452382. [LINK]

Liu, Q., Liu, W., Whitaker, M., Wang, L., Li, B. (2010): In-situ ultrasonic velocity measurement across the olivine-spinel transformation in Fe₂SiO₄, Am. Mineral., 95 (7), 1000-1005, doi:10.2138/am.2010.3369. [LINK]

Yamada, I., Takahashi, Y., Ohgushi, K., Nishiyama, N., Takahashi, R., Wada, K., Kunimoto, T., Ohfuji, H., Kojima, Y., Inoue, T. and Irifune, T. (2010): CaCu₃Pt₄O₁₂: The First Perovskite with the B Site Fully Occupied by Pt⁴⁺, Inorg. Chem., 49(15), 6778-6780, doi:10.1021/ic100474x.[LINK]

Ohfuji, H., Okuchi, T., Odake, S., Kagi, H., Sumiya, H. and Irifune, T. (2010): Micro-/nanostructural investigation of laser-cut surfaces of single- and polycrystalline diamonds, Diamond Relat. Mater., 19(7-9), 1040-1051. doi:10.1016/j.diamond.2010.02.015.[LINK]

Yusa, H., Tsuchiya, T., Sata, N. and Ohishi, Y.(2010): A dense yttria phase eclipsing the A-type sesquioxide structure: high-pressure experiments and ab initio calculations, Inorg. Chem. 49(10), 4478-4485, doi:10.1021/ic100042z.[LINK]

Ujiie, K., Kameyama, M. and Yamaguchi, A. (2010): Geological record of thermal pressurization and earthquake instability of subduction thrusts, Tectonophysics, 485(1-4), 260-268. doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2010.01.002.[LINK]

Ito, E., Yamazaki, D., Yoshino, T., Fukui, H. Zhai, S., Shatzkiy, A., Katsura, T., Tange, Y., Funakoshi, K. (2010): Pressure generation and investigation of the post-perovskite transformation in MgGeO₃ by squeezing the Kawai-cell equipped with sintered diamond anvils, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 293(1-2), 84-89, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2010.02.023.[LINK]

Yoshino, T., Kagi, H., Kamiya, N. and Kokawa, R. (2010): Relation between etch-pit morphology and step retreat velocity on a calcite surface in aspartic acid solution. J. Cryst. Growth, 312(9), 1590-1598. doi:10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2010.01.041.[LINK]

Arakawa, M., Kagi, H. and Fukazawa, H. (2010): Annealing effects on hydrogen ordering in KOD-doped ice observed using neutron diffraction. J. Mol. Struct., 972(1-3), 111-114, doi:10.1016/j.molstruc.2010.02.016.[LINK]

Abe, J., Arakawa, M., Hattori, T., Arima, H., Kagi, H., Komatsu, K., Uwatoko, Y., Matsubayashi, K., Haryo, S., Moriai, A., Ito, T., Aizawa, K., Arai, M. and Utsumi, W. (2010): A cubic-anvil high-pressure device for pulsed neutron powder diffraction. Rev. Sci. Instr., 81(4), 043910, doi:10.1063/1.3384238.[LINK]