Current high pressure powder X-ray crystallography

Abstract

With the availability of powerful synchrotron X-Ray sources and sensitive and fast detectors, X-ray crystallography is now being widely used to solve the problems related to structural variations of materials under high pressures. These studies provide us with the understanding of fundamental mechanisms underlying such changes. and measurements of physical properties for application in various fields. A few typical examples given here elucidate the present international as well as national endeavours in this direction.