News and Events

Dynamic Compression Sector Related News and Events

2022

News:

• Platinum really is forever (WSU Insider – September 30, 2022)

2021

News:

• Shock-Induced Melting of a Porous Solid (APS Science Highlight – May 10, 2021)
• Photons go to Extremes (SPIE News – May 1, 2021)
• Shock Wave-Induced Changes in the Structure of Noble Metals (APS Science Highlight – April 26, 2021)
• A New Method for Probing Material Strength (APS Science Highlight – February 17, 2021)

2020

News:

• High-Impact Research: How Meteorite Strikes May Change Quartz on the Earth’s Surface (Argonne National Laboratory Press Release – December 2, 2020)
• Putting a Shine on Metal 3-D Printing (APS Science Highlight – November 17, 2020)
• A Short, Sharp Shock to Gold Structure (APS Science Highlight – November 2, 2020)
• Meteorite Strikes May Create an Unexpected Form of Silica (APS Science Highlight – September 8, 2020)
• Meteorite Strikes May Create Unexpected Form of Silica (Carnegie Science News – August 26, 2020)
• Ultrafast Snapshots of Laser-Metal Dynamics in Additive Manufacturing (APS Science Highlight – May 11, 2020)
• Putting the Squeeze on AM Lattices (APS Science Highlight – February 6, 2020)

2019

News:

• Melting and Recrystallization Established Unambiguously in Shock-Compressed Silicon (APS Science Highlight – May 28, 2019)

Events:

• Dynamic Compression Sector Scientific Working Group (SWG) Meeting
  Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL
  October 22, 2019
• 21st Biennial Conference of the APS Topical Group on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter
  Hilton Portland Downtown Hotel, Portland, OR
  June 16 – 21, 2019
• Dynamic Compression Sector Scientific Working Group (SWG) Meeting
  Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL
  May 15, 2019

2018

News:

• Recrystallization of Shock-Melted Si Observed in Real-Time (MRS Bulletin – October 29, 2018)

Events:

• Dynamic Compression Sector Scientific Working Group (SWG) Meeting
  Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL
  September 19, 2018
• Dynamic Compression Summer School (DCSS)
  Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL
  August 5 – 10, 2018

2017

News:

• Watching How Rare, Meteoric Diamonds Form (Scientific American – December 25, 2017)
• Transformation of Graphite into Hexagonal Diamond (APS Science Highlight – November 6, 2017)
• First-ever U.S. experiments at new x-ray facility may lead to better explosive modeling (Los Alamos National Laboratory – November 6, 2017)

Events:

• Inaugural Dynamic Compression Summer School (DCSS)
  Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL
  August 6 – 10, 2017
• 20th Biennial Conference of the APS Topical Group on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter
  Hyatt Regency St. Louis at the Arch, St. Louis MO
  July 9 – 14, 2017
• Dynamic Compression Sector Scientific Working Group (SWG) Meeting
  Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL
  May 3, 2017

2016

News:

• Shock & Awe (WSU Magazine – Fall, 2016)
• Laser and Target Area System Developed for the Dynamic Compression Sector (Laboratory for Laser Energetics – October, 2016)
• First-of-its-Kind NNSA Capability to Support Study of Materials at Extreme Conditions for Stockpile Stewardship (National Nuclear Security Administration – August 4, 2016)
• “Watching” Crystal Structure Change in Real Time (Advanced Photon Source Science Highlight – July 29, 2016)
• Putting Pressure on 3D-Printed Structures (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory – June 27, 2016)

Events:

• Dynamic Compression Sector Dedication Ceremony
  Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL
  August 4, 2016
• Dynamic Compression Sector Scientific Working Group (SWG) Meeting
  Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL
  May 12, 2016
• Advanced Photon Source Users Meeting – Workshop 9
  Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL
  May 11, 2016

2015

Events:

• Dynamic Compression Sector Scientific Working Group (SWG) Meeting
  Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL
  November 18, 2015
• Dynamic Compression Sector Scientific Working Group (SWG) Meeting
  Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL
  May 14, 2015

2014

Events:

• Dynamic Compression Sector Scientific Working Group (SWG) Meeting
  Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL
  November 5, 2014
• Dynamic Compression Sector Scientific Working Group (SWG) Meeting
  Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL
  April 16 – 17, 2014

2013

Events:

• Dynamic Compression Sector Scientific Working Group (SWG) Meeting
  Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL
  April 10 – 11, 2013

2012

News:

• DCS and APS Sign MOU (Advanced Photon Source News – October 1, 2012)

Events:

• Dynamic Compression Sector User Workshop
  Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL
  January 19 – 20, 2012
• Dynamic Compression Sector Scientific Working Group (SWG) Meeting
  Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL
  March 28, 2012

Representative x-ray diffraction patterns recorded from shocked Si (100) (a) before and (b) after melting. The times listed in (a) and (b) are relative to impact. To read the MRS Bulletin article click here.  Credit: Physical Review Letters 121(13): 135701 (2018).