Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

Chemical Physics Under Extreme Conditions

Additional sessions will consider diamond-anvil and multi-anvil compression studies, shock-compression experiments, laser-driven heating, and cryogenic trapping of reactive species in inert matrices. Presentations may address pressure-induced metallization, superionic phases, polymerization of simple hydrides, and the stability of molecular solids under megabar conditions. Discussion will extend to plasma kinetics, non-equilibrium electron energy distributions, radiation damage in solids, and the chemistry of surfaces exposed to atomic oxygen or intense particle flux. Instrumentation for remote and hostile environments, including in situ Raman, X-ray diffraction, and interferometric diagnostics, will also be considered. Behaviour under unusual atmospheric conditions. will be examined in relation to planetary atmospheres, hypersonic flight, re-entry aerothermodynamics, fusion-relevant materials, and additive manufacturing, with attention to predictive modelling that links extreme-condition measurements to material performance limits.