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High Pressure Science

High pressure (HP) opens a new dimension that alters all scientific disciplines of matter. This special issue collects recent highlights in HP technology, HP physics, HP chemistry and HP geoscience with the emphasis on high quality, comprehensive studies under static compressions.

Guest Editors: Hong Xiao, Lin Wang, Kuo Li, Jin Liu, Huiyang Gou, Bin Chen, and Wenge Yang

EDITORIAL

2020—Transformative science in the pressure dimension

Ho-Kwang Mao; Bin Chen; Huiyang Gou; Kuo Li; Jin Liu; Lin Wang; Hong Xiao; Wenge Yang

10.1063/5.0040607

Perspectives

Exploring nanomechanics with high-pressure techniques

Bin Chen

10.1063/5.0032600

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Diamond gets harder, tougher, and more deformable

Bo Xu; Yongjun Tian

10.1063/5.0029519

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Exploring high-temperature superconductivity in hard matter close to structural instability

Xiao-Jia Chen

10.1063/5.0033143

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Theory-orientated discovery of high-temperature superconductors in superhydrides stabilized under high pressure

Jian Lv; Ying Sun; Hanyu Liu; Yanming Ma

10.1063/5.0033232

Research Articles

Strength enhancement of nanocrystalline tungsten under high pressure

Jing Yang; Wen Deng; Qiang Li; Xin Li; Akun Liang; Yuzhu Su; Shixue Guan; Junpu Wang; Duanwei He

10.1063/5.0005395

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Key problems of the four-dimensional Earth system

Ho-kwang Mao; Wendy L. Mao

10.1063/1.5139023

Research Articles

Crystallography of low Z material at ultrahigh pressure: Case study on solid hydrogen

Cheng Ji; Bing Li; Wenjun Liu; Jesse S. Smith; Alexander Björling; Arnab Majumdar; Wei Luo; Rajeev Ahuja; Jinfu Shu; Junyue Wang; Stanislav Sinogeikin; Yue Meng; Vitali B. Prakapenka; Eran Greenberg; Ruqing Xu; Xianrong Huang; Yang Ding; Alexander Soldatov; Wenge Yang; Guoyin Shen; Wendy L. Mao; Ho-Kwang Mao

10.1063/5.0003288

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