Physics and chemistry at high pressure

材料科学是一个研究领域，关注物质的操纵，以生产具有特定或理想功能的新材料。为了实现合理设计的目标，理解控制结构和性能的基本原则是先决条件。压力是一个方便和强大的热力学参数，用于探测电子结构的细节，并将提供关于电子在材料中的行为的见解。在此，我们提出了新的实验和理论技术，以帮助我们进一步了解压缩晶体的结构原理及其与性质的关系。所获得的信息将在未来用于指导我们制造新材料，例如具有更好的耐腐蚀性或具有超硬度的材料。

Materials Science is a research field concerns with the manipulation of matter in order to produce new materials with specific or desirable functionality. To achieve the goal of rational design, understanding of the fundamental principles governing the structure and properties is a prerequisite. Pressure is a convenient and powerful thermodynamic parameter for probing details of the electronic structure and will provide insight on how electrons behave in a material. We propose here new experimental and theoretical techniques to help us to further our knowledge on the structural principles of crystal under compression and how this related to the properties. The information obtained will be used in the future to guide us in the fabrication of new materials, for example, with better corrosive resistance property or with superhardness.