Shock-Induced Chemistry

Toshimori Sekine is a staff scholar at the Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research (HPSTAR) in China and an invited professor at Osaka University in Japan. His work primarily focuses on material studies at high pressure which cover shock science and mineral physics. He received his D. Sc. in chemistry (geochemistry and inorganic chemistry) from the Tokyo Institute of Technology in Japan. He was a senior scientist at the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) and a professor and a research professor at Hiroshima University in Japan. He was honored with the Distinguished Achievement Award from the Minister of the Science and Technology Agency, Japan, and was selected as a foreign expert in China and as a fellow of the American Physical Society (APS).

History and Background.- Methods.- Hard Materials Synthesis.- High-Pressure Phases of Ceramics.- Shock Melting and Degassing Reactions.- Synthesis and Evolution of Biomolecules.- High-Pressure Phases in Meteorites.- Metals and Molecules at Extreme Conditions.- Applications to Earth and Planetary Science.- Perspectives on Shock Chemistry.