Improvement of nano-polycrystalline diamond anvil cells with Zr-based bulk metallic glass cylinder for higher pressures; Application to Laue-TOF diffractometer

山下 恵史朗*; 小松 一生*; 大原 高志; 宗像 孝司*; 入舩 徹男*; 新名 亨*; 杉山 和正*; 川又 透*; 鍵 裕之*

High Pressure Research, 42(1), p.121 - 135, 2022/03

https://doi.org/10.1080/08957959.2022.2045982

We improved diamond anvil cells with a tubular frame made of Zr-based bulk metallic glass and nano-polycrystalline diamond anvils for single-crystal neutron diffraction. The thicker tubular frame was confirmed through experimentation as stably generating 4.5 GPa. Its feasibility for neutron diffraction was assessed at the Laue-TOF diffractometer at the BL18 (SENJU) beamline in the MLF J-PARC using time-resolved two-dimensional detectors covering wide solid angles. In addition to ambient-pressure measurements of NHCl, diffraction patterns of a high-pressure phase of ice were also collected in-situ. The obtained intensities are of refinable quality sufficient for structure analysis.