Invited, Plenary and Keynote presentations

Sakai, T., Takahashi, S., Nishitani, N., Mashino, I., Ohtani, E., Hirao, N., Equations of state of core materials; Implication for the core composition, G-COE Symposium 2012 "Achievements of G-COE Program for Earth and Planetary Dynamics and the Future Perspective", Sendai, Japan, September 26, 2012

Irifune, T., Recent activities of Ehime group at BLO4B1, SPring-8, 2nd workshop for Extreme Conditions Research in a Large Volume Press at PETRA III, DESY, Hamburg, Germany, Sept. 10, 2012

Irifune, T., Shinmei, T., Isobe, F., Arimoto, T., Nishiyama, N., Ohfuji, H., Greaux, S., Zou, Y., Kimura, M., Making sintered nano- to micro-polycrystalline high-pressure minerals using multianvil apparatus, 50th EHPRG Meeting, Thessaloniki, Greece, Sept. 17, 2012

Yamada, A., Kono, Y., Yu, T., Inoue, T., Wang, Y., Change in elastic property of vitreous GeO₂ with pressure, AOGS-AGU (WPGM) Joint Assembly, Singapore, August 16, 2012

Dekura, H., Tsuchiya, T., Tsuchiya, J., Ab initio calculations on the lattice thermal conductivity of MgSiO₃ perovskite and post-perovskite, AOGS-AGU (WPGM) Joint Assembly, Singapore, August 16, 2012

Irifune, T., Multianvil technology for synthesis of consolidated nano-micro polycrystalline high-pressure minerals, Gordon Research Conferences, University of New England, Maine, USA, June 28, 2012

Tsuchiya, T., High pressure physics of the Earth and beyond, CPS 9th International School of Planetary Sciences "Across the Earth into Exoplanets", Seapal Suma, Kobe, Japan, June 25, 2012

Nishihara, Y., Deformation experiments of mantle materials at the conditions of deep Earth interior, The 22nd V.M. Goldschmidt Conference, Montreal, Canada, June 25, 2012

Irifune, T., Ultrahard nano-polycrystalline diamond: synthesis, properties, and applications, 吉林大学，長春，中国，2012年5月4日

Research Papers

Liu, X., Ohfuji, H., Nishiyama, N., He, Q., Sanehira, T., Irifune, T. (2012): High-P behavior of anorthite composition and some phase relations of the CaO-Al₂O₃-SiO₂ system to the lower mantle of the Earth, and their geophysical implications, J. Geophys. Res., 117, B09205,doi:10.1029/2012JB009290[LINK]

Ishimatsu, N., Matsumoto, K., Maruyama, H., Naomi, K., Mizumaki, M., Sumiya, H., Irifune, T. (2012): Glitch-free X-ray absorption spectrum under high pressure obtained using nano polycrystalline diamond anvils, J. Synch. Rad. 19(5), 768-772 doi:10.1107/S0909049512026088 [LINK]

Lei, L., Ohfuji, H., Irifune, T., Qin, J., Zhang, Z., Shinmei, T. (2012):Disorder-activated Raman Spectra of Cubic Rocksalt-type Li_(1-x)/2Ga_(1-x)/2M_xO (M = Mg, Zn) Alloys, J. Appl. Phys., 112, 043501, doi:10.1063/1.4739766 [LINK]

Hirai, H., Kagawa, S., Tanaka, T., Matsuoka, T., Yagi, T., Ohishi, Y., Nakano, S., Yamamoto, Y., Irifune, T. (2012) :Structural changes of filled ice Ic hydrogen hydrate under low temperatures and high pressures from 5 to 50 GPa, J. Chem. Phys. 137, 074505 (2012), doi: 10.1063/1.4746017[LINK]

Nishihara, Y., Nakajima, Y., Akashi, A., Tsujino, N., Takahashi, E., Funakoshi, K., Higo, Y. (2012): Isothermal compression of face-centered cubic iron, Amer. Mineral., 97(8-9), 1417-1420, doi:10.2138/am.2012.3958[LINK]

Ishibashi, H., Kagi, H., Sakurai, H., Ohfuji, H., Sumino, H. (2012): Hydrous fluid as the growth media of natural polycrystalline diamond, carbonado: implication from IR spectra and microtextural observations, Amer. Mineral., 97(8-9), 1366-1372, doi:10.2138/am.2012.4097[LINK]

Kojitani, H., Oohata, M., Inoue, T., Akaogi, M. (2012): Redetermination of high-temperature heat capacity of Mg₂SiO₄ ringwoodite: Measurement and lattice vibrational model calculation, Amer. Mineral, 97(8-9), 1314-1319, doi:10.2138/am.2012.4054[LINK]

Zou, Y., Irifune, T., Greaux, S., Whitaker, M.L., Shinmei, T., Ohfuji, H., Negishi, R., Higo, Y. (2012): Elasticity and sound velocities of polycrystalline Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃ garnet up to 20 GPa and 1700 K, J. Appl. Phys., 112(1), 014910, doi: 10.1063/1.4736407[LINK]

Ohfuji, H., Okimoto, S., Kunimoto, T., Isobe, F., Sumiya, H., Komatsu, K., Irifune, T. (2012): Influence of graphite crystallinity on the microtexture of nano-polycrystalline diamond obtained by direct conversion, Phys. Chem. Miner., 39(7), 543-552, doi:10.1007/s00269-012-0510-3[LINK]

Zou, Y., Greaux, S., Irifune T., Whitaker, M., Shinmei T., Higo, Y. (2012): Thermal equation of state of Mg₃Al₂Si₃O₁₂ Pyrope garnet up to 19 GPa and 1700 K, Phys. Chem. Miner., 39(7), 589-598, doi:10.1007/s00269-012-0514-z[LINK]

Qin, J., Nishiyama, N., Ohfuji, H., Shinmei, T., Lei, L., He, D., Irifune, T. (2012):Polycrystalline γ-boron: As hard as polycrystalline cubic boron nitride, Scripta Materialia, 67(3), 257-260, doi:10.1016/j.scriptamat.2012.04.032[LINK]

Ohuchi, T., Nishihara, Y., Kawazoe, T., Spengler, D., Shiraishi, R., Suzuki, A., Kikegawa, T., Ohtani, E. (2012): Superplasticity in hydrous melt-bearing dunite: Implications for shear localization in Earth's upper mantle, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 335-336, 59-71, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2012.04.032[LINK]

Spengler, D. Obata, M., Hirajima, T., Ottoline, L., Ohfuji H., Tamura, A. Arai, S. (2012)： Exsolution of garnet and clinopyroxene from high-Al pyroxenes in Xugou peridotite, E China. J.Petrol., 53(7), 1477-1504, doi:10.1093/petrology/egs023[LINK]

Wang, F., Tange, Y., Irifune, T., Funakoshi, K. (2012): P-V-T equation of state of stishovite up to mid-lower mantle conditions, J. Geophys, Res., 117, B06209, doi:10.1029/2011JB009100[LINK]

Tange, Y., Kuwayama, Y., Irifune, T., Funakoshi, K., Ohishi, Y., (2012): P-V-T equation of state of MgSiO₃ perovskite based on the MgO pressure scale: A comprehensive reference for mineralogy of the lower mantle, J. Geophys. Res., 117, B06201, doi:10.1029/2011JB008988[LINK]

Metsue, A., and Tsuchiya, T., (2012): Thermodynamic properties of (Mg, Fe²⁺)SiO₃ perovskite at the lower mantle pressures and temperatures: An internally consistent LSDA+U study, Geophys. J. Inter., 190(1), 310-322, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2012.05511.x[LINK]

Kameyama, M. and Nishioka, R., (2012): Generation of ascending flows in the Big Mantle Wedge (BMW) beneath Northeast Asia induced by retreat and stagnation of subducted slab, Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, L10309, doi:10.1029/2012GL051678[LINK]

Vlcek, V., De Koker, N., Steinle-Neumann, G. (2012): Electrical and thermal conductivity of Al liquid at high pressures and temperatures from ab-initio computations, Phys. Rev. B, 85(18), 184201, DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.85.184201[LINK]

Okayasu, M., Ohfura, Y,, Takeuchi, S., Takasu S., Ohfuji, H., Shiraishi, T. (2012)： A study of the mechanical properties of an Al-Si-Cu alloy (ADC12) produced by various casting processes., Mater. Sci. Eng. A, 543, 185-192, doi:10.1016/j.msea.2012.02.073[LINK]

Lin, J-F, Alp, E.E., Mao, Z., Inoue, T., McCammon, C., Xiao, Y., Chow, P., Zhao, J. (2012): Electronic spin states of ferric and ferrous iron in the lower-mantle silicate perovskite, Am. Mineral., 97（4）, 592-597, doi:10.2138/am.2012.4000[LINK]

Nishio-Hamane, D., Zhang, M., Yagi, T., Ma, Y. (2012): High-pressure and high-temperature phase transitions in FeTiO₃ and a new dense FeTi₃O₇ structure, Amer. Minral., 97(4), 568-572, doi:10.2138/am.2012.3973[LINK]