Membrane-driven diamond anvil cell
Our research activities in the area of high pressure mineralogy aim for a better understanding of the structure, composition and dynamics of the Earth interior. Projects include the study of natural high pressure minerals in metamorphic rocks from Earth mantle and the synthesis of mantle minerals in high pressure apparatus. Focal topics are diffusion in minerals, phase transformations, elements distributions and redox reactions.
Selected publications
Richter, M., Pollok, K., Onuzi, K., Ustaszewski, K. (2025). Tectonometamorphic evolution of a subduction plate interface at the base of the Mirdita Ophiolite (Bajram Curri, northeastern Albania). Swiss J Geosci. https://doi.org/10.1186/s00015-024-00472-5External link
Husband, R. J., et al. (2023). A MHz X-ray diffraction set-up for dynamic compression experiments in the diamond anvil cell. J. Synchrotron Rad. 30, 671–685. https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600577523003910External link
Gleason, A.E., Park, S., Rittman, D.R., Ravasio, A., Langenhorst, F., Bolis, R.M., Granados, E., Hok, S., Kroll, T., Sikorski, M., Weng, T.-C., Lee, H.J., Nagler, B., Sisson, T., Xing, Z., Zhu, D., Giuli, G., Mao, W.L., Glenzer, S.H., Sokaras, D., Alonso-Mori, R. (2022). Ultrafast structural response of shock-compressed plagioclase. Meteorit Planet Sci, 57: 635-643. https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.13785External link
Liermann, H.-P., Konôpková, Z., Appel, K., Prescher, C., Schropp, A., Cerantola, V., Husband, R., McHardy, J., McMahon, M., McWilliams, R.S., Pépin, C.M., Mainberger, J., Roeper, M., Berghäuser, A., Damker, H., Talkovski, P., Foese, M., Kujala, N., Ball, O.B., Langenhorst, F. Otzen, C. Strohm, C. and 42 others (2021). Novel experimental setup for megahertz X-ray diffraction in a diamond anvil cell at the High Energy Density (HED) instrument of the European X-ray Free-Electron Laser (EuXFEL). Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, 28, 688-706. 10.1107/S1600577521002551External link
Pellegrino, L., Menegon, L., Zanchetta, S., Langenhorst, F., Pollok, K., Tumiati, S., Malaspina, N. (2021). Reaction-induced mantle weakening at high-pressure conditions: An example from garnet pyroxenites of Ulten Zone (Eastern Alps, N Italy). Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 126, e2021JB022584. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JB022584External link