Research Interests

       Design and construction of the HPCAT research facility, coordination of operation and activities on this facility.

       High pressure research: Properties and structures of materials in extreme conditions of pressure and temperature, new materials and compounds, especially low-Z and super-hard materials. Structures of molecular solids under high pressure and high / low temperature.

 Selected Publications

1. Hausermann D, Itie JP, Conical geometry energy dispersive diffraction - 1st results, REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 63 (1): 1080-1082 Part 2B JAN 1992.

2. Akahama Y, Kawamura H, Hausermann D, et al. New high-pressure structural transition of oxygen at 96 GPa associated with metallization in a molecular-solid, PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 74 (23): 4690-4693 JUN 5 1995.

3. Hausermann D, Hanfland M, Optics and beamlines for high-pressure research at the European synchrotron radiation facility, HIGH PRESSURE RESEARCH 14 (4-6): 223-234 1996.

4. Loubeyre P, LeToullec R, Hausermann D, et al. X-ray diffraction and equation of state of hydrogen at megabar pressures, NATURE 383 (6602): 702-704 OCT 24 1996.

5. Hammersley AP, Svensson SO, Hanfland M, Fitch AN, Hausermann D, Two-dimensional detector software: From real detector to idealised image or two-theta scan, HIGH PRESSURE RESEARCH 14 (4-6): 235-248 1996.

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