International Journal of Materials and Chemistry

International Journal of Materials and Chemistry is a peer-reviewed international journal that publishes high impact work on the chemistry of novel materials. It covers the chemistry of materials in all forms, particularly materials associated with new technologies. Coverage is broad and includes the design and synthesis of materials, their characterization, processing, modeling, properties and applications.

Natalia Dubrovinskaia

Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Materials and Chemistry

Professor, Physics Department, Laboratory of Crystallography, Germany

Research Areas

High-Pressure and High-Temperature (HPHT) Crystallography, Crystal Physics and Crystal Chemistry, Physics, Chemistry, Thermodynamics, Mechanical Properties of Matter in Nanocrystalline State, Thermoelastic and Transport Properties of Solids in a Broad Pre

Education

1995-1996Post-docUppsala University, Sweden
1989Ph.DMoscow State University
1983-1989Research FellowMinistry of Geology, USSR
1983M.ScMoscow State University

Experience

2011Full Professor in Material Physics and Technology at Extreme Conditions, Physics Department, Laboratory of Crystallography, University of Bayreuth, Germany
2011Heisenberg Professor in the Excellence Program of the German Science Foundation (DFG)
2008Umhabilitation, Priv.-Doz., University of Heidelberg
2007-2011Staff Scientist, Inst. of Earth Sciences, University of Heidelberg, Germany
2007Habilitation in crystallography, Priv.-Doz., Physics Department, University of Bayreuth
2005Visiting Professor, Université Paris-Nord, France
2001-2006 Senior Research Fellow, University of Bayreuth, Germany
1996-2001Senior Research Fellow, Uppsala University, Sweden

Academic Achievement

Award from the Ministry of Geology of the USSR for invention, 1989
Nominee for "Bayerischen Innovationspreis 2006"
Named by Scientific American magazine as a Research Leader within the '2006 Scientific American 50' in materials science (materials progress)

Membership

Elected Member of the European High Pressure Research Group (EHPRG) Committee
Member of the German Physical Society
Member of the American Physical Society
Member of "Deutscher Hochschulverband"
Member of the German Crystallography Society
Invited member of the American Nano Society
Individual member of the European Crystallographic Association
ESF (European Science Foundation) peer reviewer
NSF (National Science Foundation, USA) peer reviewer
Scientific expert for the Research Council of Lithuania
Referee for the State Natural Science Award Evaluation Committee of the People's Republic of China
Organizer of the ESF Exploratory Workshop on Novel Superhard Materials, Bayreuth, Germany (2005)
Guest Editor for a special issue of the High Pressure Research- International Journal, 2006
Guest Editor for a special issue of the journal Materials, 2011

Publications: Journals

[1]  N.A. Dubrovinskaya. Investigation of opals and siplast by X-ray and IR spectroscopy methods. Regional Geology of the USSR 6, 102-106, 1983 (in Russian).
[2]  V.V. Tsarev, I.I. Plyusnina, N.A. Dubrovinskaya. Typomorphic details of quartz as indicators of conditions of genesis and productivity. Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnikh Zavedeniy, Moscow, 9, 27-33, 1985 (in Russian).
[3]  N.A. Dubrovinskaya. Structural investigation of natural amorphous silica. Regional Geology of the USSR 7, 73-75, 1986 (in Russian).
[4]  N.A. Dubrovinskaya, V.S. Urusov. Essays in structural mineralogy: V. Crystal growth from oxygen octahedrons. Mineral. Mag., L'vovsky University Press, 41, 1, 3-10, 1987 (in Russian).
[5]  N.A. Dubrovinskaya, V.S. Urusov. Essays in structural mineralogy: VI. Constructing of probable crystal structures from oxygen tetrahedrons. Mineral. Mag., L'vovsky University Press, 41, 2, 3-7 1987 (in Russian).
[6]  N.A. Dubrovinskaya, L.S. Dubrovinskiy, V.S. Urusov. Essays in structural mineralogy: VII. Modeling of possible crystal structures from polyhedron clusters. Mineral. Mag., L'vovsky University Press, 42, 1, 3-8, 1988 (in Russian).
[7]  N.A. Dubrovinskaya, L.S. Dubrovinsky, V.S. Urusov. DLS-and VLS-calculations of spinel crystal structures. Mineral. Mag., L'vovsky University Press, 42, 1, 9-14, 1988 (in Russian).
[8]  D.A. Khramov, K.I. Tobelko, N.A. Dubrovinskaya, V.S. Urusov. New structural modifications of tin dioxide in the α-Fe2O3-SnO2 system. Soviet Physics 33, 7, 478-480, 1988. Translated from: Reports of Academy of Sciences of USSR 310, 2, 346-350, 1988 (in Russian).
[9]  N.A. Dubrovinskaya, D.A. Chramov, K.I. Tobelko, V.S. Urusov. Theoretical simulation and experimental investigation of the α-Fe2O3-SnO2 system by X-ray and NMR methods. In: X-ray studies of minerals 133-154, 1988. Tbilisy, Nauka (in Russian).
[10]  V.S. Urusov, L.S. Dubrovinsky, G.O. Piloyan, N.A. Dubrovinskaya. Computer simulation of the structure and thermodynamic properties of orthosilicates. Soviet Physics 33, 7, 475-477, 1988. Translated from: Reports of Academy of Sciences of USSR 301, 1-3, 102-107, 1988 (in Russian).
[11]  L.S. Dubrovinsky, N.A. Dubrovinskaya, V.S. Urusov. Application of atom-atom potentials to simulations of structures and properties of inorganic molecular crystals. Bulletin of Moscow State University, Chemistry Part, 1, 34-41, 1990 (in Russian).
[12]  L.S. Dubrovinsky, N.A. Dubrovinskaya, V.S. Urusov. DLS-and VLS-calculations of spinel crystal structures. Mineral. Mag., L'vovsky University Press, 45, 2, 11-13, 1993 (in Russian).
[13]  L.S. Dubrovinskii, N.A. Dubrovinskaya, V.S. Urusov. Influence of a lone-electron pair on α-TeO2 paratellurite crystal symmetry based on computer simulation data. Physics 39, 2, 95-98, 1994. Translated from: Reports of Academy of Sciences of USSR, 334, 2-6, 441-444, 1994 (in Russian).
[14]  N.A. Dubrovinskaya, L.S. Dubrovinsky. DLS-and VLS-modeling of Al2SiO5 polymorphs crystal structures. In: Problems of mineralogy, Nauka, 67-72, 1994 (in Russian). Articles
[15]  L.S. Dubrovinsky, A.B. Belonoshko, N.A. Dubrovinsky, S.K. Saxena. New high pressure silica phases obtained by computer simulation. In: High Pressure Science and Technology (Ed. W.A. Trzeciakowski), World Scientific Publishing, 921-923, 1995.
[16]  N.A. Dubrovinsky, L.S. Dubrovinsky, S.K. Saxena. Assessment of thermodynamic data for several oxides for geophysical applications. In: Supplement to Eos, Transactions, AGU, 77, No. 22, 1996.
[17]  A.B. Belonoshko, L.S. Dubrovinsky, N.A. Dubrovinskaya, S.K. Saxena. Phase diagram and properties of silica: lattice and molecular dynamics study. Petrology 4, No. 6, 563-580, 1996.
[18]  A.B. Belonoshko, L.S. Dubrovinsky, N.A. Dubrovinsky. A new high-pressure silica phase obtained by molecular dynamics. Amer. Mineral. 81, 785-788, 1996.
[19]  N.A. Dubrovinskaya, L.S. Dubrovinsky, S.K. Saxena. Systematics of thermodynamic data on solids: thermochemical and pressure-volume-temperature properties of some minerals. Geochim. et Cosmochim. Acta 61, No. 19, 4151-4158, 1997.
[20]  N.A. Dubrovinskaia, L.S. Dubrovinsky, S.K. Saxena, B. Sundman. Thermal expansion of chromium (Cr) to melting temperature. Calphad 21, No. 4, 497-508, 1997.
[21]  L.S. Dubrovinsky, N.A. Dubrovinskaia, S.K. Saxena. The lower mantle. In: Adv. Mineralogy (Edt. A.S. Marfunin), 1998, N.-Y., Springer-Verlag, v. 3, 186-195.
[22]  V. Swamy, N.A. Dubrovinskaya, L.S. Dubrovinsky. High-temperature powder X-ray diffraction of yttria to melting point. J. Mater. Res. 14, No. 2, 456-459, 1999.
[23]  N.A. Dubrovinskaia, L.S. Dubrovinsky, A. Karlsson, S.K. Saxena, B. Sundman. Experimental study of thermal expansion and phase transformations in iron-rich Fe-Al alloys, Calphad 23, 1, 69-84, 1999.
[24]  N.A. Dubrovinskaia, L.S. Dubrovinsky, S.K. Saxena, M. Selleby, B. Sundman. Thermal expansion and compressibility of Co6W6C. J. Alloys Comp. 285, 242-245, 1999.
[25]  N.A. Dubrovinskaia, L.S. Dubrovinsky, S.K. Saxena, R. Ahuja, B. Johansson. High-pressure study of titanium carbide (TiC). J. Alloys Comp. 289, 24-27, 1999.
[26]  L.S. Dubrovinsky, N.A. Dubrovinskaia, S.K. Saxena, S. Rekhi, T. LeBihan. Aggregate shear moduli of iron up to 90 GPa and 1100 K. J. Alloys Comp. 297, 156-161, 2000.
[27]  L.S. Dubrovinsky, S.K. Saxena, N.A. Dubrovinskaia, S. Rekhi, T. LeBihan. Grüneisen parameter of ε-iron up to 300 GPa from in-situ X-ray study. Amer. Mineral. 85, 386-389, 2000.
[28]  L.S. Dubrovinsky, N.A. Dubrovinskaia, S.K. Saxena, S. Rekhi, T. LeBihan. Aggregate Shear moduli of iron up to 90 GPa and 1100 K. J. Alloys Comp. 297, 156-161, 2000.
[29]  N.A. Dubrovinskaia, L.S. Dubrovinsky. High-pressure silica polymorphs as hardest known oxides. Mater. Chem. Phys. 68, 77-79, 2001.
[30]  L.S. Dubrovinsky, N.A. Dubrovinskaia, S. Saxena, T. LeBihan. X-ray diffraction under non-hydrostatic conditions in experiments with diamond anvil cell: wüstite (FeO) as an example. Mater. Sci. Engineering A288, 187-190, 2000.
[31]  L.S. Dubrovinsky, N.A. Dubrovinskaia, S.K. Saxena, F. Tutti, S. Rekhi, T. LeBihan, G. Shen, J. Hu. Pressure-induced transformations of silica. Chem. Phys. Lett. 333, 264-270, 2001.
[32]  N.A. Dubrovinskaia, M. Vennström, I.A. Abrikosov, R. Ahuja, P. Ravindran, Y. Andersson, O. Eriksson, V. Dmitriev, L.S. Dubrovinsky. Absence of a pressure-induced structural phase transition in Ti3Al up to 25 GPa. Phys. Rev. B 63, 024106-5, 2000.
[33]  N. Dubrovinskaia, L. Dubrovinsky, S.K. Saxena, F. Tutti, S. Rekhi, T. LeBihan. Direct transition from cristabolite to post-stishovite α-PbO2-like silica phase. Eur. J. Mineral. 13, 479-483, 2001.
[34]  L.S. Dubrovinsky, N.A. Dubrovinskaia, S.K. Saxena, H. Annersten, E. Hålenius, H. Harryson, F. Tutti, S. Rekhi, T. LeBihan. Stability of ferropericlase in the lower mantle. Science 289, 430-432, 2000.
[35]  L.S. Dubrovinsky, N.A. Dubrovinskaia H. Annersten. Study of MgO-FeO solid solution at conditions of Earth's lower mantle, ESRF Highlights, 2000.
[36]  L.S. Dubrovinsky, N.A. Dubrovinskaia, H. Annersten, E. Hålenius, H. Harryson. Stability of magnesiowüstites (Mg0.50Fe0.50)O and (Mg0.80Fe0.20)O in the lower mantle. Eur. J. Mineral. 13, 857-861, 2001.
[37]  L.S. Dubrovinsky, N.A. Dubrovinskaia, T. LeBihan. Aggregate sound velocities and acoustic Grüneisen parameter of iron up to 300 GPa and 1200 K. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 98, 17, 9484-9489, 2001.
[38]  L.S. Dubrovinsky, N.A Dubrovinskaia, I.A. Abrikosov, M. Vennström, F. Westman, S. Carlson, M. van Schilfgaarde, B. Johansson. Pressure induced invar effect in Fe-Ni alloys. Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 21, 4851-4854, 2001.
[39]  L.S. Dubrovinsky, N.A Dubrovinskaia, V. Swamy, J. Muscat, N.M. Harrison, R. Ahuja, B. Holm, B. Johansson. The hardest known oxide. Nature 410, 653-654, 2001.
[40]  L.S. Dubrovinsky, H. Annersten, N.A. Dubrovinskaia, F. Westman, H. Harryson, O. Fabrichnaya, S. Carlson. Chemical interaction of iron and corundum as a source of heterogeneity at the core-mantle boundary. Nature 412,527-529, 2001.
[41]  N.A. Dubrovinskaia, L.S. Dubrovinsky, R. Ahuja, V. B. Prokopenko, V. Dmitriev, J.M. Osorio-Guillen, B. Johansson. Experimental and theoretical identification of new high-pressure TiO2 polymorph. Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 27, 275501-4, 2001.
[42]  V. Swamy, N.A. Dubrovinskaia, L.S. Dubrovinsky, A.S. Simionovici, M. Drakopoulos, V. Dmitriev, H.-P. Weber. Compression behavior of nanocrystalline anatase TiO2. Solid State Communic. 125, 111-115, 2003.
[43]  L.S. Dubrovinsky, N.A. Dubrovinskaia, V. Prakapenka, F. Seifert, F. Langenhorst, V. Dmitriev, H.-P. Weber, T. LeBihan. High-pressure and high-temperature polymorphism in silica, High Press. Res. 23, N 1-2, 35-39, 2003.
[44]  N. Dubrovinskaia, L. Dubrovinsky. Melting curve of water studied in externally heated diamond-anvil cell. High Press. Res. 23, N 3, 307-312, 2003.
[45]  L. Dubrovinsky, N. Dubrovinskaia, F. Langenhorst, D. Dobson, D. Rubie, C. Geßmann, I. Abrikosov, B. Johansson. Iron-silica interaction at extreme conditions and the nature of the electrically conducting layer at the base of Earth's mantle, Nature 422, 58-61, 2003.
[46]  V. Swamy, N.A. Dubrovinskaia, L.S. Dubrovinsky. Compressibility of baddeleyite-type TiO2 from static compression to 40 Gpa. J. Alloys Comp. 340, 46-48, 2002.
[47]  N.A. Dubrovinskaia, L.S. Dubrovinsky, V. Swamy, R. Ahuja. Cotunnite-structured titanium dioxide. High Press. Res. 22, 391-394, 2002.
[48]  L.S. Dubrovinsky, N.A Dubrovinskaia, V. Prokopenko, T. LeBihan. Equation of state and crystal structure of NaAlSiO4 with calcium-ferrite type structure in the conditions of the lower mantle. High Press. Res. 22, 495-499, 2002.
[49]  L.S. Dubrovinsky, N.A Dubrovinskaia. Chemical interaction of iron and corundum at high pressure and temperature: implication for the Earth's deep interior. ESRF Highlights, 2002.
[50]  Y.A. Abdu, T. Ericsson, H. Annersten, N.A. Dubrovinskaia, L.S. Dubrovinsky, A.M. Gismelseed. Mössbauer studies on the metallic phases of Al Kidirate and New Halfa meteorites. Hyperfine Interac. (C) 5, 375-378, 2002.
[51]  L. Dubrovinsky, N. Dubrovinskaia. Synthesis, structures and properties of high-pressure modifications of the group IV metals dioxides. Proceedings of International Symposium on Advanced Materials (ISAM), 33-35, 2003.
[52]  N. Dubrovinskaia, L. Dubrovinsky. Whole-cell heater for the diamond anvil cell, Rev. Sci. Inst. 74, 3433-3477, 2003.
[53]  L. Dubrovinsky, N. Dubrovinskaia. High-pressure crystallography at elevated temperatures, Lecture Notes of 34th Course in High-Pressure Crystallography, Erice, 187-206, 2003.
[54]  L. S. Dubrovinsky, N. A. Dubrovinskaia, C. McCammon, G. Kh. Rozenberg, R. Ahuja, J. M. Osorio-Guillén, V. Dmitriev, H.-P. Weber, T. Le Bihan, B. Johansson. Structure of metallic high-pressure Fe3O4 polymorph: experimental and theoretical study. J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 15, 45, 7697-7706, 2003.
[55]  E.A. Kozlov, L.V. Sazonova, V.I. Fel'dman, N.A. Dubrovinskaya, L.S. Dubrovinskii. Formation of ringwoodite during shock-wave loading of two-mica quartz schist: experimental data. Doklady Earth Scie. 390, 4, 571-573, 2003. Translated from Doklady Akademii Nauk, 390, 3, 379-381, 2003.
[56]  L. Dubrovinsky, N. Dubrovinskaia, High-pressure crystallography at elevated temperatures: experimental approach. In: High-pressure crystallography (Eds. A. Katrusiak, P. McMillan), NATO Science Series, II. Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, Vol. 140, 393-410, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Boston, London, 2004.
[57]  L.S. Dubrovinsky, N.A. Dubrovinskaia, V. Prakapenka, F. Seifert, F. Langenhorst, V. Dmitriev, H.-P. Weber, T. LeBihan. A class of new high-pressure silica polymorphs. Phys. Earth Planet. Inter. 143-144, 231-240, 2004.
[58]  N. Dubrovinskaia, L. Dubrovinsky, F. Langenhorst, S. Jacobsen, C. Liebske. Nanocrystalline diamond synthesized from C60, Diamond Relat. Mater. 14, 1, 16-22, 2004.
[59]  L. Dubrovinsky, N. Dubrovinskaia. Angle dispersive diffraction under nonhydrostatic stress in diamond anvil cells. J. Alloys Comp. 375, 86-92, 2004.
[60]  N.A. Dubrovinskaia, L.S. Dubrovinsky, C. McCammon. Iron-magnesium alloying at high pressures and temperatures. J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 16, S1143-S1150, 2004.
[61]  V. Solozhenko, N.A. Dubrovinskaia, L.S. Dubrovinsky. Synthesis of bulk superhard semiconducting B–C material. Appl. Phys. Lett. 85, 9, 1508-1510, 2004.
[62]  V. Brazhkin, N. Dubrovinskaia, M. Nicol, N. Novikov, R. Riedel, V. Solozhenko, Y. Zhao. What does "harder than diamond" mean? Nature Mater. 3, 576-577, 2004.
[63]  M. Mattesini, J. Souza de Almeida, L. Dubrovinsky, N. Dubrovinskaia, B. Johansson, R. Ahuja. Cubic TiO2 polymorphs as potential light absorbers in solar-energy conversion, Phys. Rev. B. 7011 (11), 5101-5101, 2004.
[64]  L. Dubrovinsky, N. Dubrovinskaia, F. Langenhorst, D. Dobson, D. Rubie, C. Gessmann, T. Le Bihan, W.A. Crichton. Reaction of iron and silica at core-mantle boundary conditions, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter. 146, 243-247, 2004.
[65]  R. Ahuja, L. Dubrovinsky, N. Dubrovinskaia, J. M. O. Guillen, M. Mattesini, B. Johansson, T. Le Bihan, Titanium metal at high pressure: synchrotron experiments and ab initio calculations, Phys. Rev. B. 6918, 4102-4102, 2004.
[66]  L. Dubrovinsky, N. Dubrovinskaia, I. Kantor, C. McCammon, W. Crichton, V. Urusov. Decomposition of ferropericlase (Mg0.80Fe0.20)O at high pressures and temperatures, J. Alloys Comp. 390, 41-45, 2005.
[67]  A.V. Talyzin, F. Langenhorst, N. Dubrovinskaia, L.S. Dubrovinsky, S. Dub Structural characterization of the hard fullerite phase obtained at 13 GPa and 830 K, Phys. Rev. B 71, 115424, 2005.
[68]  L. Dubrovinsky, N. Dubrovinskaia, A. Kuznetsov, I. Kantor. Chemistry at extreme conditions: approaching the Earth's major interface. In: J. Chen et al. (Eds.) Advances in High-Pressure Technology for Geophysical Applications, Elsevier Publishing., 289-314, 2005.
[69]  N.A. Dubrovinskaia, L.S. Dubrovinsky. Internal and external electrical heating in diamond anvil cells. In: J. Chen et al. (Eds.) Advances in High-Pressure Technology for Geophysical Applications, Elsevier Publishing., 487-501, 2005.
[70]  A.P. Kantor, L.S. Dubrovinsky, N.A. Dubrovinskaia, I.Yu. Kantor, I.N. Goncharenko. Phase transitions in MnO and FeO at low temperatures: a neutron powder diffraction study. J. Alloys Comp. 402 (1-2), 42-45, 2005.
[71]  N. Dubrovinskaia, L. Dubrovinsky, W. Crichton, F. Langenhorst, A. Richter. Aggregated diamond nanorods, the densest and least compressible form of carbon. Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 083106, 2005.
[72]  N. Dubrovinskaia, L. Dubrovinsky. Melting of ice VII and new high-pressure high-temperature amorphous ice. GSA monograph (Edt. Ohtani Eiji) 105-113, 2007.
[73]  N. Dubrovinskaia, L. Dubrovinsky, I. Kantor, I. Abrikosov, L. Vitos, R. Ahuja, W. A. Crichton, A. Simonovici, V. Dmitriev, V. B. Prakapenka, G. Shen. Beating the miscibility barrier between iron group elements and magnesium by high-pressure alloying, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 245502, 2005.
[74]  N. Dubrovinskaia, G. Eska, G. A. Sheshin, H. Braun. Superconductivity in polycrystalline boron-doped diamond synthesized at 20 GPa and 2700 K. J. Appl. Phys. 99, 033903-1-7, 2006.
[75]  L.S. Dubrovinsky, N. Dubrovinskaia, D. Gatta, F. Nestola. High-brilliance x-ray system for high-pressure in-house research. Proceedings of the Joint 20th AIRAPT-43rd EHPRG Conference on Science and Technology of High Pressure, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, ISBN 3-723704-49-6, 2005.
[76]  A.V. Talyzin, F. Langenhorst, N. Dubrovinskaia, L.S. Dubrovinsky, S. Dub. Structural characterization of the "hard fullerite" phase obtained at 13 GPa and 830 K. Fullerenes Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures 13, 83-89, 2005.
[77]  N. Dubrovinskaia, S. Dub, L. Dubrovinsky. Superior wear resistance of aggregated diamond nanorods. Nano Letters 6 (4), 824-826, 2006.
[78]  A. Richter, R. Smith, N. Dubrovinskaia, E. McGee. Mechanical properties of superhard materials synthesised at various P-T conditions investigated by nanoindentation. High Press. Res. 26, 2, 99-109, 2006.
[79]  N. Dubrovinskaia, L. Dubrovinsky, W. A. Crichton, E. Zarechnaya, E. Isaev, I.A. Abrikosov. Compressibility of B-doped diamond. High Press. Res. 26, 2, 79–85, 2006.
[80]  L. Dubrovinsky, N. Dubrovinskaia, I. Kantor, F. Nestola, D. Gatta. High-brilliance X-ray system for high-pressure in-house research: applications for studies of superhard materials. High Press. Res. 26, 2, 137-143, 2006.
[81]  N. Dubrovinskaia, L. Dubrovinsky. Special issue: Novel Superhard Materials-Guest editors' preface . High Press. Res. 26 (2) 55-60, 2006.
[82]  N. Dubrovinskaia, L. Dubrovinsky. Special issue: Novel Superhard Materials-Introduction. High Press. Res. 26 (2) 61-62, 2006.
[83]  J.E. Westraadt, J.H. Neethling, N. Dubrovinskaia, I. Sigalas. Characterization of the microstructure of thermally stable polycrystalline diamond sintered with calcium carbonate. Proceedings of the Microscopy Society of South Africa, v. 36, 35, 2006.
[84]  A.P. Kantor, I.Yu. Kantor, A.V. Kurnosov, A.Y. Kuznetsov, N.A. Dubrovinskaia, M. Krisch, A.A. Bossak, V.P. Dmitriev, V.S. Urusov, L.S. Dubrovinsky. Sound wave velocities of fcc Fe-Ni alloy at high pressure and temperature by mean of inelastic X-ray scattering. Phys. Earth Planet. Inter. 164 (1-2), 83-89, 2007.
[85]  A.A. Shiryaev, K. Iakoubovskii, D. Grambole, N. Dubrovinskaia. Spectroscopic study of defects and inclusions in bulk poly-and nanocrystalline diamond aggregates. J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 18, L493-L501, 2006.
[86]  N. Dubrovinskaia, V.L. Solozhenko, N. Miyajima, V. Dmitriev, O.O. Kurakevych, L. Dubrovinsky. Superhard nanocomposite of dense polymorphs of boron nitride: noncarbon material has reached diamond hardness. Appl. Phys. Lett. 90, 101912, 2007.
[87]  N. Dubrovinskaia, L. Dubrovinsky, N. Miyajima, F. Langenhorst, W.A. Crichton, H.F. Braun. High-pressure high-temperature synthesis and characterization of boron-doped diamond. Z. Naturforsch. 61b, 1561-1565, 2006.
[88]  V.L. Solozhenko, O.O. Kurakevych, N. Dubrovinskaia, L. Dubrovinsky. Synthesis of superhard composites in the B-C system. J. Superhard Mater. 5, 3-8, 2006.
[89]  E.Yu. Zarechnaya, E.I. Isaev, S.I. Simak, Yu.Kh. Vekilov, L. Dubrovinsky, N. Dubrovinskaia, I.A. Abrikosov. Ground state properties of boron-doped diamond. J. Experim. Theor. Phys., 106, 781-787, 2008.
[90]  L. Dubrovinsky, N. Dubrovinskaia, W.A. Crichton, A.S. Mikhaylushkin, S.I. Simak, I.A. Abrikosov, J.S. de Almeida, R. Ahuja, W. Luo, B. Johansson. Noblest of all metals is structurally unstable at high pressure, Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 045503 1-4, 2007.
[91]  L. Dubrovinsky, N. Dubrovinskaia O. Narygina, I. Kantor, A. Kuznetzov, V.B. Prakapenka, L. Vitos, B. Johansson, A.S. Mikhaylushkin, S.I. Simak, I.A. Abrikosov. Body-centred-cubic iron-nickel alloy in the Earth's core. Science 316, 1880, 2007.
[92]  J. Westraadt, N. Dubrovinskaia, J.H. Neethling, J. Sigalas. Thermally stable polycrystalline diamond sintered with calcium carbonate. Diamond Relat. Mater. 16 (11), 1929-1935, 2007.
[93]  A.Yu. Kuznetsov, V. Dmitriev, Y. Volkova, A. Kurnosov, N. Dubrovinskaia, L. Dubrovinsky. In-situ combined X-ray diffraction and electrical resistance measurements at high pressures and temperatures in diamond anvil cells. High Press. Res. 27 (2), 213-222, 2007.
[94]  N. Dubrovinskaia, L. Dubrovinsky, V. Solozhenko. Comment on "Synthesis of ultra-incompressible superhard rhenium diboride at ambient pressure". Science 318, 1550c, 2007.
[95]  E. Kroke, M. Schwarz, T. Barsukova, M. Motylenko, V. Klemm, D. Rafaja, D. Frost, L. Dubrovinsky, N. Dubrovinskaia. Synthesis, microstructure and hardness of bulk ultrahard BN nanocomposites, J. Mater. Res. 23(4), 981-993, 2008.
[96]  A.V. Shushkanova, L. Dubrovinsky, N. Dubrovinskaia, U.A. Litvin, V.S. Urusov. Synthesis and in situ Raman spectroscopy of nanodiamond. Doclady Physics 53, 1, 1-4 (2008), translated from: Doklady Akademii Nauk, 418, 1, 33-36, 2008.
[97]  N. Dubrovinskaia, L. Dubrovinsky, T.P. Papageorgiou, A. Bosak, M. Krisch, H. F. Braun, and J. Wosnitza. Large carbon-isotope shift of Tc in boron-doped diamond. Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 132506, 2008.
[98]  N. Dubrovinskaia, R. Wirth, J. Wosnitza, T. Papageorgiou, H.F. Braun, N. Miyajima, L. Dubrovinsky. An insight into what superconducts in polycrystalline boron-doped diamonds based on investigations of microstructure. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 105, 33, 11619–11622, 2008.
[99]  E.Yu. Zarechnaya, L. Dubrovinsky, N. Dubrovinskaia, N. Miyajima, Y. Filinchuk, D. Chernyshov, V. Dmitriev. Synthesis of an orthorhombic high pressure boron phase. Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. 9, 044209, 4pp, 2008.
[100]  A. Ponomareva, A. Ruban, N. Dubrovinskaia, L. Dubrovinsky, I.A. Abrikosov. Influence of global magnetic state on chemical interactions in high-pressure high temperature synthesis of B2-Fe2Si. Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 181912, 2009.
[101]  E. Yu. Zarechnaya, L. Dubrovinsky, N. Dubrovinskaia, Y. Filinchuk, D. Chernyshov, V. Dmitriev, N. Miyajima, A.El Goresy, H. F. Braun, S. Van Smaalen, I. Kantor, A. Kantor, V. Prakapenka, M. Hanfland, A. S. Mikhaylushkin, I. A. Abrikosov, S. I. Simak. Superhard semiconducting optically transparent high pressure phase of boron. Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 185501, 2009.
[102]  L. Dubrovinsky, K. Glazyrin, C. McCammon, O.Narygina, E. Greenberg, S. Übelhack, A. Chumakov, S. Pascarelli, V. Prakapenka, J. Bock, N. Dubrovinskaia. Portable laser heating system for diamond anvil cells. J. Synchrotron Rad. 16, 737–741, 2009.
[103]  E. Yu. Zarechnaya, N. Dubrovinskaia, L. Dubrovinsky. Polarized Raman Spectroscopy of High Pressure Boron. High Press. Res. 29, 4, 530-535, 2009.
[104]  N. Dubrovinskaia, L. Dubrovinsky. Structure-property relationships in novel high pressure superhard materials. In: High-Pressure Crystallography: From Fundamental Phenomena to Technological Applications, E. Boldyreva and P. Dera (eds.), DOI 10.1007/978-90-481-9258-8_34, p. 419-434, Springer Science + Business Media B.V., 2010.
[105]  E.Yu. Zarechnaya, N. Dubrovinskaia, L. Dubrovinsky, Y. Filinchuk, D. Chernyshov, V. Dmitriev. Growth of single crystals of B28 at high pressures and high tempertature J. Cryst. Growth 312, 3388–3394, 2010.
[106]  L. Dubrovinsky, J.-F. Lin, N. Dubrovinskaia. Mineral physics of Earth core: iron alloys at extreme conditions. In: High-Pressure Crystallography: From Fundamental Phenomena to Technological Applications, E. Boldyreva and P. Dera (eds.), DOI 10.1007/978-90-481-9258-8_34, p. 35-42, Springer Science + Business Media B.V., 2010.
[107]  S. V. Ovsyannikov, X. Wu, V. V. Shchennikov, A. E. Karkin, N. Dubrovinskaia, G. Garbarino, L. Dubrovinsky. Structural stability of a golden semiconducting orthorhombic polymorph of Ti2O3 under high pressures and high temperatures. J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 22, 375402 (10 p.), 2010.
[108]  D. A. Chareev, A. V. Kurnosov, L. S. Dubrovinsky, O. V. Narygina, P. G. Gavrilenko, E. Yu. Zarechnaya, N. A. Dubrovinskaya, Yu. A. Litvin, and E. G. Osadchii, New synthetic high-density nickel sulfide: A plausible component of the Earth's core and terrestrial planets. Doklady Earth Sciences, Vol. 432, Part 2, pp. 771–774, 2010.
[109]  E. Yu. Zarechnaya, N. Dubrovinskaia, R. Caracas, M. Merlini, M. Hanfland, Y. Filinchuk, D. Chernyshov, V. Dmitriev, L. Dubrovinsky. Pressure-induced isostructural phase transformation in γ-B28. Phys. Rev. B 82, 184111, 2010.
[110]  L. Dubrovinsky, T. Boffa-Ballaran, K. Glazyrin, A. Kurnosov, D. Frost, M. Merlini, M. Hanfland, V. B. Prakapenka, P. Schouwink, T. Pippinger, N. Dubrovinskaia. Single Crystal X-ray Diffraction at Megabar Pressures and Temperatures of Thousands Degrees. High Press. Res. Vol. 30, No. 4, 620–633, 2010.
[111]  N. Dubrovinskaia, L. Dubrovinsky, R. Caracas, M. Hanfland. Diamond as a high pressure gauge up to 2.7 Mbar. Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 251903, 2010.
[112]  E.I. Isaev, S.I. Simak, A. S. Mikhaylushkin, Yu.Kh. Vekilov, E. Yu. Zarechnaya, L. Dubrovinsky, N. Dubrovinskaia, M. Merlini, M. Hanfland, I. A. Abrikosov. Impact of lattice vibrations on equation of state of the hardest boron phase, Phys. Rev. B 83, 132106, 2011.
[113]  O. Narygina, L. S. Dubrovinsky, C. A. McCammon, A. Kurnosov, I. Yu. Kantor, V. B. Prakapenka, N. A. Dubrovinskaia. X-ray diffraction and Mössbauer spectroscopy study of fcc iron hydride FeH at high pressures and implications for the composition of the Earth's core. Earth and Planetary Sci. Lett. 307, 409-414, 2011.
[114]  G. Parakhonskiy, N. Dubrovinskaia, Leonid Dubrovinsky, Swastik Mondal, and S. van Smaalen. High Pressure Synthesis of Single Crystals of α-Boron. J. Cryst. Growth 321, 162-166 (2011).
[115]  S. Mondal, S. van Smaalen, A. Schönleber, Y. Filinchuk, D. Chernyshov, S. I. Simak, A. S. Mikhaylushkin, I. A. Abrikosov, E. Yu. Zarechnaya, L. Dubrovinsky, N. Dubrovinskaia. Electron deficient and polycenter bonds in the high-pressure γ-B28 phase of boron. Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 215502, 2011.
[116]  K. Glazyrin, L. Dubrovinsky, S. Klotz, M. Uhlarz, J. Wosnitza, Th. Hansen, N. Dubrovinskaia. Effect of composition and pressure on phase transitions in FexO at low temperature. J. Appl. Phys. 110, 026109 (2011).
[117]  T. Pippinger, L. Dubrovinsky, K. Glazyrin, Ronald Miletich, and N. Dubrovinskaia. Detection of melting by in-situ observation of spherical-drop formation in laser-heated diamond-anvil cells. In press-J. Alloys and Compounds, 2011.
[118]  Q. Wei, N. Dubrovinskaia, L. Dubrovinsky. Ruby and Sm:YAG fluorescence pressure gauges up to 120 GPa and 700 K. J. Appl. Phys., 110, 043513 (2011).

Publications: Books/Book Chapters

[1]  V.S. Urusov, N.A. Dubrovinskaya, L.S. Dubrovinsky. Design of probable crystal structures of minerals. Moscow Univ. Press, Moscow, 1991, 129 p.