HPSynC: People: Ho-kwang Mao

 

Dave Mao, Director  
Ho-kwang (David) Mao
Director
(630) 252-0411
mao@gl.ciw.edu

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1963   B.S., National Taiwan University, Taiwan, China.
     
1966   M.S., University of Rochester, NY
     
1968   Ph.D., University of Rochester, NY

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Research Interests


Research Interests

Ultrahigh pressure physics, chemistry, materials sciences, geophysics, geochemistry, and planetary sciences using diamond-anvil cells.


Selected Publications


Selected Publications

Mao, W.L., H.K. Mao, Y. Meng, P. Eng, M.Y. Hu, P. Chow, Y.Q. Cai, J. Shu, and R.J. Hemley, X-ray-induced dissociation of H2O and formation of an O2-H2 alloy at high pressure,  Science, 314, 636-638, (2006)

Mao, W.L., H.K. Mao, W. Sturhahn, J. Zhao, V.B. Prakapenka, Y. Meng, J. Shu, Y. Fei, and R.J. Hemley, Iron-rich post-perovskite and the origin of ultralow-velocity zones,  Science, 312, 564-565, (2006)

Merkel, S., A. Kubo, L. Miyagi, S. Speziale, T.S. Duffy, H.K. Mao, and H.-R. Wenk, Plastic deformation of MgGeO3 post-perovskite at lower mantle pressures,  Science, 311, 644-646, (2006)

Degtyareva, O., E. Gregoryanz, M. Somayazulu, P. Dera, H.K. Mao, and R.J. Hemley, Novel chain structures in group VI elements,  Nature Mat., 4, 152-155, (2005)

Lee, S.K., P.J. Eng, H.K. Mao, Y. Meng, M. Newville, M.Y. Hu, and J. Shu, Probing of bonding changes in B2O3 glasses at high pressure with inelastic X-ray scattering,  Nature Mat., 4, 851-854, (2005)

Lin, J.-F., V.V. Struzhkin, S.D. Jacobsen, M.Y. Hu, P. Chow, J. Kung, H. Liu, H.K. Mao, and R.J. Hemley, Spin transition of iron in magnesiowüstite in the Earth's lower mantle,  Nature, 436, 377-389, (2005)

Lin, J.-F., W. Sturhahn, J. Zhao, G. Shen, H.K. Mao, and R.J. Hemley, Sound velocities of hot dense iron: Birch's law revisited,  Science, 308, 1892-1894, (2005)

Gregoryanz, E., C. Sanloup, M. Somayazulu, J. Badro, G. Fiquet, R.J. Hemley, and H.K. Mao Synthesis and characterization of a binary noble metal nitride,  Nature Mater., 3, 294-297, (2004)

Lin, J.-F., O. Degtyareva, C.T. Prewitt, P. Dera, N. Sata, E. Gregoryanz, H.K. Mao, and R.J. Hemley Crystal structure of a high-pressure/high-temperature phase of alumina by in situ X-ray diffraction,  Nature Mater., 3, 389-393, (2004)

Meng, Y., H.K. Mao, P. Eng, T. Trainor, M. Newville, M.Y. Hu, C.C. Kao, D. Hausermann, and R.J. Hemley, BN under compression: the formation of sp3 bonding,  Nature Mater., 3, 111-114, (2004)

Mao, W.L., H.K. Mao, P. Eng, T. Trainor, M. Newville, C.C. Kao, D.L. Heinz, J. Shu, Y. Meng, and R.J. Hemley, Bonding changes in compressed superhard graphite,  Science, 302, 425-427, (2003)

Mao, W.L., H.K. Mao, A.F. Goncharov, V.V. Struzhkin, Q. Guo, J. Hu, J. Shu, R.J. Hemley, M. Somayazulu, and Y. Zhao, Hydrogen clusters in clathrate hydrate,  Science, 297, 2247-2249, (2002)

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