Awards

Flinn-Hart award to Dr. Spengler

Invited, Plenary and Keynote presentations

Tange, Y., Miyanishi, K., Ozaki, N., Sano, T., Tsuchiya, T., Phase relations in MgO to TPa regime investigated by laser-driven shock compression experiments, Joint Symposium of Misasa-2012 and Geofluid-2 "Dynamics and Evolution of the Earth’s Interior: Special Emphasis on the Role of Fluids", Misasa, Tottori, Japan, March 21, 2012

Irifune, T., Nishiyama, N., Ohfuji, H., Shinmei, T., Isobe, F., Higo, Y., Synthesis of nano-polycrystalline diamond and other consolidated polycrystalline materials using large Kawai-type apparatus, Joint Symposium of Misasa-2012 and Geofluid-2 "Dynamics and Evolution of the Earth's Interior: Special Emphasis on the Role of Fluids", Misasa, Tottori, Japan, March 21, 2012

Inoue, T., Yabuki, T., Yurimoto, H., Water contents of Al-bearing minerals in the mantle transition zone and the lower mantle, Joint Symposium of Misasa-2012 and Geofluid-2 "Dynamics and Evolution of the Earth's Interior: Special Emphasis on the Role of Fluids", Misasa, Tottori, Japan, March 21, 2012

Nishihara, Y., Deformation experiments of mantle materials at the conditions of deep earth`s interior, Joint Symposium of Misasa-2012 and Geofluid-2 "Dynamics and Evolution of the Earth's Interior: Special Emphasis on the Role of Fluids", Misasa, Tottori, Japan, March 21, 2012

Ohfuji,H., Phase transition mechanism and microtexture evolution through graphite-diamond transition under high pressure and high temperature, 9th International Workshop on Water Dynamics, Tohoku Univ., 2012年3月8日

Tsuchiya, T., Ab-initio simulation for deep inner core of planets, ICHED School Workshop, Winter School on High Energy Density Sciences, Kanazawa, November 26, 2011

Kawazoe, T., Nishihara, Y., Ohuchi, T., Nishi, M., Nishiyama, N., Higo, Y., Funakoshi, K., Irifune, T., In situ stress-strain measurements in a deformation-DIA apparatus at P-T conditions of the upper part of the mantle transition zone, AGU Fall Meeting 2011, San Francisco, CA, USA, December 6, 2011

Tsuchiya, T., On the densest phase of silica, AGU Fall Meeting 2011, San Francisco, CA, USA, December 5, 2011

入舩徹男，超高硬度ナノ多結晶ダイヤモンドの合成と応用，第38回セメント・コンクリート研究討論会，松山市立子規記念博物館，愛媛，2011年11月18日

Irifune, T., Nano-polycrystalline diamond (NPD): A new window into the deep Earth, AIRAPT 23 (International Conference on High Pressure Science and Technology), Mumbai, India, September 29, 2011

Tsuchiya, T., Dekura, H., Kuwayama, Y., Tsuchiya, J., Multimegabar phase relations of major Earth and planetary materials, Goldschmidt2011, Prague, Czech Republic, August 19, 2011

Irifune, T., Tange, Y., Shinmei, T., Kimura, Y., Iron partitioning between silicate perovskite and ferropeliclase in pyrolite to 50 GPa using kawai-type multianvil apparatus, Asia Oceania Geosciences Society 2011, Taipei, Taiwan, August 8, 2011

Tsuchiya, T., Insight on lower mantle heterogeneity from Ab initio high-pressure elasticity of subducted crustal materials, Asia Oceania Geosciences Society 2011, Taipei, Taiwan, August 8, 2011

Irifune, T., Introduction of GRC and the global COE program on Deep Earth Mineralogy, IAMP Seminar, IAMP, Sichuan University, Sichuan, China, June 1, 2011

Irifune, T., Synthesis, properties, and applications of ultrahard nano-polycrystalline diamond (HIME-DIA), Sichuan University, Sichuan, China, May 31, 2011

Tsuchiya, T., Ab initio study on the high-P,T phase relations and elasticity of iron and iron-light element systems), Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2011, Chiba, Japan, May 26, 2011.

Irifune, T., Kono, Y., Higo, Y., Nishiyama, N., Fate of stagnant slabs: Constraints from density and sound velocities of pyrolite and subducted slab materials, Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2011, Chiba, Japan, May 25, 2011

Irifune, T., New Developments in systhesis and application of ultrahard nanopolycrystalline diamond, Geophysical Laboratory Seminar, Geophysical Laboratory of The Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington DC, USA, April 25, 2011.

Research Papers

Sano-Furukawa, A., Yagi, T., Okada, T., Gotou, H., Kikegawa, T., (2012): Compression behaviors of distorted rutile-type hydrous phases, MOOH(M=Ga, In, Cr) and CrOOD, Phys. Chem. Miner. 39(5), 375-383, doi: 10.1007/s00269-012-0487-y[LINK]

Kawazoe, T. (2012): A miniature cubic anvil apparatus for optical measurement under high pressure, Rev. Sci. Instrum., 83(3), 035111, doi:10.1063/1.3698206[LINK]

Kawai, K., Tsuchiya, T., (2012): High-P, T phase relations in the NaAlSi₂O₆ system from first principles computation, Phys. Chem. Miner., 39(4), 305-310, DOI: 10.1007/s00269-012-0485-0[LINK]

Yamada, A., Inoue, T. (2012): Structural change in hydrous magma in the Earth's asthenosphere, Photon Factory Activity Report 2010, Highlight and Facility Report, 28, 46-47.[LINK]

Metsue, A. and Tsuchiya, T. (2012): Ab initio investigation on the elasticity of ultrahigh-pressure phases of SiO₂, Phys. Chem. Mineral., 39(3), 177-187, DOI: 10.1007/s00269-011-0473-9[LINK]

Settsu, N., Matsushita, M, Takahashi, M, Tanimoto, M., Ohfuji, H. (2012): Influence of brazing filler metal diffusion on the mechanical strength of SUS304/Cu/Si₃N₄ composite, J. Soc. Mater. Sci. Japan, 61(2), 197-202 doi:10.2472/jsms.61.197[LINK]

Kawai, K., Tsuchiya, T. (2011): First principles investigations on the elasticity and phase stability of grossular garnet, J. Geophys. Res., 117, B02202, doi:10.1029/2011JB008529[LINK]

Kawai, K., Tsuchiya, T. (2011): Phase stability and elastic properties of the NAL and CF phases in the NaMg₂Al₅SiO₁₂ system from first principles, Am. Mineral., 97(2-3), 305-314, doi: 10.2138/am.2012.3915[LINK]

Irifune, T., Hemley, R.J. (2012): Synthetic diamond opens windows into the deep Earth, EOS Trans. AGU, 93(7), 65, doi:10.1029/2012EO070001[LINK]

Nakae, T., Mizobuchi, S., Yano, M., Ukai, T., Sato, H., Shinmei, T., Inoue, T., Irifune, T., Sakaguchi, H. (2012): Benzo[b]trithiophene polymer network prepared by electrochemical polymerization with a combination of thermal conversion, Chem. Lett., 41(2), 140-141, doi:10.1246/cl.2012.140[LINK]

Ohuchi, T., Kawazoe, T., Nishihara, Y., Irifune, T. (2011): Change of olivine a-axis alignment induced by water: origin of seismic anisotropy in subduction zones, Earth. Planet. Sci. Lett., 317-318, 111-119, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2011.11.022[LINK]

Gréaux, S., Farges, F., Gautron, L., Flank, A.-M., Lagarde P. (2011): X-ray Absorption Near Edge Structure (XANES) study of the speciation of uranium and thorium in Al-rich CaSiO₃ perovskites, Am. Mineral. 97(1), 100-109, doi:10.2138/am.2012.3811[LINK]

Shinozaki, A., Hirai, H., Kagi, H., Kondo, T., Okada, T., Nishio-hamane, D., Machida, S., Irifune, T., Kikegawa, T., Yagi, T. (2012): Reaction of forsterite with hydrogen molecules at high pressure and temperature, Phys. Chem. Miner. 39(2), 123-129, DOI: 10.1007/s00269-011-0467-7[LINK]

Fujino, K., Nishio-Hamane, D., Seto, Y., Sata, N., Nagai, T., Shinmei, T., Irifune, T., Ishii, H., Hiraoka, N., Cai, Y.Q., and Tsuei, K.D. (2012): Spin transition of ferric iron in Al-bearing Mg-perovskite up to 200 GPa and its implication for the lower mantle, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 317-318, 407-412, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2011.12.006[LINK]

Qin, J., Irifune, T., Dekura, H., Ohfuji, H., Nishiyama, N., Lei, L., Shinmei, T. (2012): Phase relations in boron at pressures up to 18 GPa and temperatures up to 2200 ℃, Phys. Rev. B, 85, 014107, DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.85.014107[LINK]

Hattori, Y., Mukasa, S., Toyota, H., Inoue, T., Nomura, S. (2011): Continuous synthesis of magnesium-hydroxide, zinc-oxide, and silver nanoparticles by microwave plasma in water, Mater. Chem. Phys., 131(1-2), 425-430, doi:10.1016/j.matchemphys.2011.09.068[LINK]

Yamamoto, J., Otsuka, K., Ohfuji, H., Ishibashi, H., Hirano, N., Kagi, H., (2011): Retentivity of CO₂ in fluid inclusions in mantle minerals, Eur. J. Mineral., 23(5), 805-815, DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2011/0023-2150[LINK]

Yasuhara, H., Kinoshita, N., Ohfuji, H., Lee, D. S., Nakashima, S., Kishida, K., (2011): Temporal alteration of fracture permeability in granite under hydrothermal conditions and its interpretation by coupled chemo-mechanical model, Appl. Geochem., 26(12), 2074-2088, doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.07.005[LINK]

Kawazoe, T., Nishihara, Y., Ohuchi, T., Nishiyama, N., Higo, Y., Funakoshi, K., Irifune, T., (2011): In situ stress-strain measurements in a deformation-DIA apparatus at P-T conditions of the upper part of the mantle transition zone, Am. Mineral., 96(11-12), 1665-1672,　DOI: 10.2138/am.2011.3818[LINK]

Nishi, M., Kubo, T., Kato, T., Tominaga, A., Funakoshi, K., Higo, Y. (2011): Exsolution kinetics of majoritic garnet from clinopyroxene in subducting oceanic crust, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter. 189(1-2), 47-55, doi:10.1016/j.pepi.2011.07.002[LINK]

Stagno, V., Tange, Y., Miyajima, N., McCammon, C., Irifune, T., Frost, D.J., (2011):The stability of magnesite in the transition zone and the lower mantle as function of oxygen fugacity, Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L19309, doi:10.1029/2011GL049560[LINK]

Tsuchiya, T. (2011): Elasciticy of subducted basaltic crust at the lower mantle pressures: Insights on the nature of deep mantle heterogeneity, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 188(3-4), 142-149, doi:10.1016/j.pepi.2011.06.018[LINK]

Li, X., He, Q., Deng, L., Zhai, S., Hu, X., Li, B., Zhang, L., Chen, Z., Liu, Q. (2011): Equation of state of CAS phase to pressure of the uppermost lower mantle at ambient temperature, Chin. Sci., 54(9), 1394-1399, DOI: 10.1007/s11430-011-4262-6[LINK]

Tange, Y., Takahashi, E., Funakoshi, K. (2011): In situ observation of pressure induced electrical resistance changes in zirconium: Pressure calibration points for the large volume press at 8 and 35 GPa, High Press. Res., 31(3), 413-418, doi:10.1080/08957959.2011.596837[LINK]

Kanao, M., Usui, Y., Inoue, T., Yamada, A. (2011): Broadband seismic deployments for imaging the upper mantle structure in the Lutzow-Holm Bay region, East Antarctica, Int. J. Geophys. 272646, doi:10.1155/2011/272646[LINK]

Metsue, A. and Tsuchiya, T. (2011): Lattice dynamics and thermodynamic properties of (Mg,Fe²⁺)SiO₃ post-perovskite, J. Geophys. Res., 116, B08207, doi:10.1029/2010JB008018[LINK]

Dekura, H., Tsuchiya, T., Kuwayama, Y., Tsuchiya, J. (2011): Theoretical and experimental evidence for a new post-cotunnite phase of titanium dioxide with significant optical absorption, Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 045701, doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.045701[LINK]

Gréaux, S., Nishiyama, N., Kono, Y., Irifune, T. and Gautron, L. (2011): P-V-T equation of state of CaAl₄Si₂O₁₁ CAS phase, Phys. Chem. Miner., 38(8), 581-590, doi:10.1007/s00269-011-0430-7[LINK]

Hirai, S., Kojima, Y., Ohfuji, H., Nishiyama, N., Irifune, T. (2011): High-pressure Raman studies and heat capacity measurements on the MgSiO₃ analogue CaIr_0.5Pt_0.5O₃ , Phys. Chem. Miner., 38(8), 631-637, DOI: 10.1007/s00269-011-0435-2[LINK]

Kuwayama, Y., Hirose, K., Sata, N., Ohishi, Y. (2011): Pressure-induced structural evolution of pyrite-type SiO₂, Phys. Chem. Miner., 38(8), 591-597, DOI: 10.1007/s00269-011-0431-6[LINK]

Yamada, A., Inoue, T., Urakawa, S., Funakoshi, K., Funamori, N., Kikegawa, T., Irifune, T. (2011): In situ X-ray diffraction study on pressure-induced structural changes in hydrous forsterite and enstatite melts, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 308(1-2), 115-123, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2011.05.036[LINK]

Ishikawa, T., Tsuchiya, T., Tsuchiya, J. (2011): Stacking-disorder phase of iron in the Earth's inner core from first principles, Phys. Rev. B, 83, 212101, doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.83.212101[LINK]

Nakamoto, Y., Sakata, M., Sumiya, H., Shimizu, K., Irifune, T., Matsuoka, T., Ohishi, Y., (2011): High-pressure generation using nano-polycrystalline diamonds as anvil materials, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 82（6), 066104, doi:10.1063/1.3600794[LINK]

Hirai, H., Komatsu, K., Honda, M., Kawamura,T., Yamamoto, Y., Yagi, T. (2011) Existence of a new high-pressure phase of CO₂ hydrate and lattice expansion with cage-occupancy change of sI structure under lower temperature and high pressure, Phys. Chem. Ice 2010, 209-214

Mibe, K., Kawamoto, T., Matsukage, K.N., Fei, Y., Ono, S. (2011): Slab melting versus slab dehydration in subduction-zone magmatism. PNAS, 108(20), 8177-8182, doi:10.1073/pnas.1010968108[LINK]

Fang, L., Ohfuji, H., Shinmei, T., Irifune, T. (2011): Experimental study on the stability of graphitic C₃N₄ under high pressure and high temperature, Dia. Rel. Mater., 20(5-6), 819-825, doi:10.1016/j.diamond.2011.03.034[LINK]

Machida, S., Hirai, H., Kawamura, T., Yamamoto, Y. and Yagi, T. (2011): Intermolecular interactions between hydrogen and water molecules in filled ice structures for deuterated hydrogen hydrate under high pressure, Phys. Chem. Ice2010, 111-116

Machida, S., Hirai, H., Kawamura, T., Yamamoto, Y. and Yagi, T. (2011): Isotopic effect and amorphisation of deuterated hydrogen hydrate under high pressure, Phys. Rev. B, 83(14), 144101, 10.1103/PhysRevB.83.144101[LINK]

Chen, Y., He, D., Qin, J., Kou, Z. and Bi, Y., (2011): Ultrasonic and hardness measurements for ultrahigh pressure prepared WB ceramics, Int. J. Refract. Met. Hard Mater., 29(2), 329-331, doi:10.1016/j.ijrmhm.2010.12.006[LINK]

Ohuchi, T., Karato, S. and Fujino, K., Strength of single-crystal orthopyroxene under lithospheric conditions, Contrib. Mineral. Petrol., 161(6), 961-975, doi:10.1007/s00410-010-0574-3[LINK]

Liu, X., Liu, W., He, Q., Deng, L., Wang, H., He, D., Li, B. (2011): Isotropic thermal expansivity and anisotropic compressibility of ReB₂, Chin. Phys. Lett, , 28, 036401, doi: 10.1088/0256-307X/28/3/036401[LINK]

Liu, W., Whitaker, M. L., Liu, Q., Wang, L., Nishiyama, N., Wang, Y., Kubo, K., Duffy, T. S., Li, B. (2011): Thermal equation of state of CaIrO₃ post-perovskite, Phys. Chem. Mineral., 38(5), 407-417, doi: 10.1007/s00269-010-0414-z[LINK]

Lin, Z., Zhang, J., Li, B., Wang, H., Mao, K., Hemley, R., Zhao, Y. (2011): Superhard and tough diamond/WC nanocomposites, Appl. Phys. Lett., 98(12), 121914-121914-3, doi:10.1063/1.3570645[LINK]

Dekura, H., Tsuchiya, T. and Tsuchiya, J., (2011): First principles prediction of post-pyrite phase transitions in germanium dioxide, Phys. Rev. B. 83, 134114, doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.83.134114[LINK]

Ohuchi, T., Kawazoe, T., Nishihara, Y., Nishiyama, N. and Irifune, T. (2011): High pressure and temperature fabric transitions in olivine and variations in upper mantle seismic anisotropy, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 304(1-2), 55-63, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2011.01.015 [LINK]

Gréaux, S., Nishiyama, N., Kono, Y., Gautron, L., Ohfuji, H., Kunimoto, T., Menguy, N. and Irifune, T. (2011): Phase transformations of Ca₃Al₂Si₃O₁₂ grossular garnet to the depths of the Earth's mantle transition zone, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 185(3-4), 89-99, doi:10.1016/j.pepi.2011.02.001[LINK]

Matsushita, M., Nakano, S., Ohfuji, H., Yamada, I., Kikegawa, T. (2011): Volume and structural study of Fe₆₄Mn₃₆ anti-ferromagnetic Invar alloy under high pressure. J. Magn. Magn. Mater., 323(6), 838-841, doi: 10.1016/j.jmmm.2010.11.029 [LINK]