A team of researchers at Ehime University Geodynamics Research Center (GRC) led by Dr. Masayuki Nishi, Dr. Yasuhiro Kuwayama, Dr. Jun Tsuchiya and Dr. Taku Tsuchiya succeeded in discovering new FeOOH which is stable under ultra-high pressure.

This research was published on an online version of Nature prior to Nature magazine.

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Journal Nature
https://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature22823.html
Title of original paper

The pyrite-type high-pressure form of FeOOH

Authors Nishi Masayuki(1)(2), Yasuhiro Kuwayama(3),Jun Tsuchiya(1)(2),Taku Tsuchiya(1)(2)

DOI

10.1038/nature22823

Affiliations (1) Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI), Tokyo Institute of Technology
(2) Ehime Univesity Geodynamics Research Center (GRC)
(3) University of Tokyo

For more details, please see Ehime University's website and the press release document. (sorry only Japanese press release is available)

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・ About researchers: Ehime University Geodynamics Research Center (GRC)