Research Interests

        High pressure powder diffraction, single crystal diffraction, low temperature and heating facilities setup and researches at synchrotron sources.

 Selected Publications

1. Somayazulu MS, Sharma SM, Sikka SK, Structure of a new high-pressure phase in alpha-quartz determined by molecular-dynamics studies, PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 73 (1): 98-101 JUL 4 1994.

2. Somayazulu MS, Finger LW, Hemley RJ, Mao HK, High-pressure compounds in methane-hydrogen mixtures, SCIENCE 271 (5254): 1400-1402 MAR 8 1996.

3. Somayazulu MS, Madduri A, Goncharov AF, Tschauner O, McMillan PF, Mao HK, Hemley RJ, Novel broken symmetry phase from N2O at high pressures and high temperatures, PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 87 (13): Art. No. 135504 SEP 24 2001.

4. Deb SK, Wilding M, Somayazulu MS, McMillan PF, Pressure-induced amorphization and an amorphous-amorphous transition in densified porous silicon, NATURE 414 (6863): 528-530 NOV 29 2001.

5. Gregoryanz E, Sanloup C, Somayazulu MS, Badro J, Fiquet G, Mao HK, Hemley RJ, Synthesis and characterization of a binary noble metal nitride, NATURE MATERIALS 3 (5): 294-297 MAY 2004.

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