Frontiers of High-Pressure Research / Edition 1

by Hans D. Hochheimer, Richard E. Etters

Overview

The role of high pressure experiments in the discovery of supercon­ ducting materials with a T. above liquid nitrogen temperature has demonstrated the importance of such experiments. The same role holds true in the tailoring of materials for optoelectronic devices. In addition, much progress has been made recently in the search for metallic hydro­ gen, and the application of high pressure in polymer research has brought forth interesting results. These facts together with the suc­ cess of previous small size meetings (such as the "First International Conference on the Physics of Solids at High Pressure", held in 1965 in Tucson, Arizona, U. S. A. ; "High Pressure and Low Temperature Physics", held in 1977 in Cleveland, Ohio, U. S. A. ; and "Physics of Solids Under High Pressure", held in 1981 in bad Honnef, Germany), motivated us to organize a workshop with emphasis on the newest results and trends in these fields of high pressure research. Furthermore, it was intended to mix experienced and young scien­ tists to realize an idea best expressed in a letter by Prof. Weinstein: "I think it is an excellent idea. I have often felt that the number of excellent young researchers in the high pressure field need an opportu­ nity to put forward their work with due recognition. " Thanks to the support of the key speakers, we were able to achieve this goal and had more than 50\ young participants.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780306441882
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	04/30/1992
Series:	NATO Science Series B: , #286
Edition description:	1991
Pages:	500
Product dimensions:	7.01(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.04(d)

Table of Contents

Polymers and Low Dimensional Systems.- Polymers Under Pressure.- Ion Transport Mechanisms in Polymer Electrolytes at Normal and High Pressure.- V(p, T) — Measurements on Polycarbonate and Polystyrene and Their Analytical Description.- Low Dimensional Organic Metals: Structural and Electronic Properties of Cs[Pd(dmit)2]2.- NMR Studies of Motion in Solid Polymer Systems at High Pressure.- Phase Diagram, Superstructure, and Properties of Poly (diethylsiloxane), PDES.- The Effects of Pressure on the Charge Density Wave in Low Dimensional Solids: A Raman Study.- Pressure-Induced Polymerization of Cyclic Molecules: A Study of Benzene and Thiophene.- Highlights of the Round Table Discussion on Polymers at High Pressure.- Molecular Crystals, Liquids, and Pressure Induced Phase Transitions.- Solid Hydrogen at Ultra High Pressure.- Dense Hydrogen and Its States of Order.- High Pressure NMR: Hydrogen at Low Temperatures.- Sulfur at High Pressure and Low Temperatures.- Pressure Dependence of Raman Linewidths of Molecular Crystals.- Calculated High Pressure Properties of Solids Composed of Non-Centrosymmetric Molecules.- Elastic Properties of Rare Gas-Solids.- Pressure and Substitutional Disorder in Molecular Crystals.- Stimulated Brillouin Gain Spectroscopy at High Pressures.- Proton NMR Chemical Shifts in Organic Liquids Measured at High Pressure Using the Diamond Anvil Cell.- The Application of the Mössbauer Effect for Probing Electronic Properties of the Pressure-Induced Mott Transition.- Kinetics of High Pressure Phase Transitions in the Diamond Anvil Cell.- Highlights of the Round Table Discussion on Molecular Crystals at Ultra High Pressure.- Quantum Wells and Semiconductors.- Enhanced Stability of Heterostructures Under Pressure.- Influence of Pseudomorphic Constraints onthe Pressure-Response of Semiconductor Heterostructures.- Hydrostatic Pressure Investigations of Quantum-Well Optoelectronic Devices.- Photoluminesence of Strained-Layer Quantum Well Structures Under High Hydrostatic Pressure.- Pressure-Tuned Resonance Raman Scattering Studies on Superlattices.- Optical Investigations of CdxZn1?xTe/ZnTe Superlattices at High Pressure.- High Pressure Studies of Impurities in Semiconductors.- 2D Transport in Semiconductors Under Pressure.- Band Gaps and Phase Transitions in Cubic ZnS, ZnSe and ZnTe.- Highlights of the Round Table Discussion on High Pressure and Semiconductors.- High Temperature Superconductors.- High Pressure Study of High Temperature Superconductors: Material Base, Universal Tc-Behavior, and Charge Transfer.- High-Tc Superconductors Under Very High Pressure.- Pressure Dependence of TC of YCA0.2Ba1.8Cu4O8.- D.C.A. Device for the Characterisation of the Pressure-Dependence of Superconducting Transitions.- Elastic Properties of High Temperature Superconductors Derived from High Pressure Experiments.- Light Scattering in High TC Superconductors.- Application of a Diamond Anvil Cell for the Study of the Magnetic Susceptibility of Ceramic Superconductors Under Hydrostatic Pressure.- Pressure Dependence of the Superconducting Transition Temperature of Rb3C30 up to 20 kbar.- Highlights of the Round Table Discussion on Trends and Future Developments of the Application of Pressure on High TC Materials.- Contributors.

Editorial Reviews

Papers from a workshop held July 1991, in Fort Collins, Colorado, discuss high pressure experiments in connection with polymers and low dimensional systems; molecular crystals, liquids, and pressure-induced phase transitions; quantum wells and semiconductors; and high temperature superconductors. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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