High Pressures: Study of Spectroscopic and Thermodynamic Properties
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Valentín García Baonza and Mercedes Taravillo Corralo
GENERAL RESEARCH OBJECTIVE OF THE GROUP
Our group studies - from the experimental and theoretical point of view - the physical-chemical transformations that matter undergoes under extreme conditions of pressure and temperature. The experiments are carried out in anvil-type cells where we can generate pressures of up to tens of GPa (hundreds of thousands of atmospheres). The pressure-induced changes in the different systems are monitored with various spectroscopic techniques. Additionally we have the technology to carry out spectroscopic experiments from liquid nitrogen temperatures up to 1800 K.
LINES OF THE RESEARCH GROUP AND RESPONSIBLE RESEARCHER
- Raman Spectroscopy. Characterization of Organic Compounds, Polymers, etc
- High Pressures and High Temperatures. Diamond Anvil Cells. Instrumental Development of Techniques Coupled to Anvil Cells.
- Calculations by DFT (Density Functional Theory) Methodologies of Spectroscopic Properties and New Chemical Bond Theories Based on Pair Potential Approaches.