Publications

2023

Piet, H., Chizmeshya, A., Chen, B., Chariton, S., Greenberg, E., Prakapenka, V., Buseck, P., & Shim, S.-H. (2023) : “Superstoichiometric Alloying of H and Close-Packed Fe-Ni Metal Under High Pressures: Implications for Hydrogen Storage in Planetary Core” Geophysical Research Letters DOI: 10.1029/2022GL101155

2022

‡Huang, S., Wu, X., Chariton, S., Prakapenka, V. B., Liang, L., Zhang, D., Yang, Y., Chen, B., & Qin, S. (2022) : “Experimental Constraints on the Fate of Subducted Sedimentary Nitrogen in the Reduced Mantle” Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth DOI: 10.1029/2022JB025169

†§Lai, X., †Zhu, F., Zhang, D., Tkachev, S., Prakapenka, V., §Chen, B. (2022) : “Thermal equation of state of ice-VII revisited by single-crystal X-ray diffraction” Am. Mineral. DOI: 10.2138/am-2022-8554

Ko, B., Chariton, S., Prakapenka, V., Chen, B., Garnero, E. J., Li, M., & Shim, S.-H. (2022) : “Water-Induced Diamond Formation at Earth’s Core-Mantle Boundary” Geophysical Research Letters DOI: 10.1029/2022GL098271

*§Lai, X., †Zhu, F., ‡Gao, J., Greenberg, E., Prakapenka, V., Meng, Y., §Chen, B. (2022) : “Melting of the Fe-C-H System and Earth’s Deep Carbon-Hydrogen Cycle” Geophysical Research Letters DOI: 10.1029/2022GL098919

Zhou, W.-Y., Hao, M., Zhang, J. S., Chen, B., Wang, R., & Schmandt, B. (2022) : “Constraining composition and temperature variations in the mantle transition zone” Nature Communications DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-28709-7

†Zhu, F., *Lai, X., §Wang, J., Williams, Q., Liu, J., Kono, Y., & §Chen, B. (2022) : “Viscosity of Fe-Ni-C Liquids up to Core Pressures and Implications for Dynamics of Planetary Cores” Geophysical Research Letters DOI: 10.1029/2021GL095991

Zhou, W.-Y., Zhang, J. S., Huang, Q., *Lai, X., Chen, B., Dera, P., & Schmandt, B. (2022) : “High pressure-temperature single-crystal elasticity of ringwoodite: Implications for detecting the 520 discontinuity and metastable ringwoodite at depths greater than 660 km” Earth and Planetary Science Letters DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2021.117359

2021

Piet, H., Chizmeshya, A. V. G., Chen, B., Chariton, S., Greenberg, E., Prakapenka, V. B., & Shim, S.-H. (2021) : “Effect of nickel on the high-pressure phases in FeH” Physical Review B DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.104.224106

‡Liu, Y., Dai, L., Lai, X., Zhu, F., Zhang, D., Hu, Y., Tkachev, S., & §Chen, B. (2021) : “Phase Transitions in Natural Vanadinite at High Pressures” Minerals DOI: 10.3390/min11111217

‡Huang, S., §Wu, X., Zhu, F., Lai, X., Li, J., Neill, O. K., Qin, S., Rapp, R., Zhang, D., Dera, P., Chariton, S., Prakapenka, V. B., & §Chen, B. (2021) : “High-Pressure Phase Stability and Thermoelastic Properties of Iron Carbonitrides and Nitrogen in the Deep Earth” Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth DOI: 10.1029/2021JB021934

Zhou, W.-Y., Ren, Z., Zhang, J. S., Chen, B., Hao, M., Ohuchi, T., et al. (2021) : “The Water-Fe-Pressure dependent single-crystal elastic properties of wadsleyite: Implications for the seismic anisotropy in the upper Mantle Transition Zone” Earth and Planetary Science Letters DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2021.116955

†Zhu, F., Lai, X., Wang, J., Amulele, G., Kono, Y., Shen, G., …, Chen, B. (2021) : “Density of Fe-Ni-C liquids at high pressures and implications for liquid cores of Earth and the Moon” Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth DOI: 10.1029/2020JB021089

2020 and earlier

[38] ‡Gao, J., Yuan, X., §Chen, B., Liu, Z., & Su, W. (2020). High-pressure phase transformation of carbonate malachite Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 driven by [CuO6] regularization and [CO3] rotation. Geoscience Frontiers. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gsf.2020.07.006

[37] †Zhu, F., ‡Liu, J., *Lai, X., Xiao, Y., Prakapenka, V., Bi, W., Alp, E. E., Dera, P., §Chen, B., & §Li, J. (2020). Synthesis, elasticity and spin state of an intermediate MgSiO3-FeAlO3 bridgmanite: Implications for iron in Earth’s lower mantle. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, n/a(n/a), e2020JB019964. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JB019964

[36] *Lai, X., †Zhu, F., Zhang, J. S., Zhang, D., Tkachev, S., Prakapenka, V. B., & §Chen, B. (2020). An Externally-Heated Diamond Anvil Cell for Synthesis and Single-Crystal Elasticity Determination of Ice-VII at High Pressure-Temperature Conditions. JoVE (Journal of Visualized Experiments), (160), e61389. https://doi.org/10.3791/61389

[35] ‡Liu, Y., Li, H., *Lai, X., †Zhu, F., Rapp, R. P., & §Chen, B. (2020). Casting Octahedra for Reproducible Multi-Anvil Experiments by 3D-Printed Molds. Minerals, 10(1), 4. https://doi.org/10.3390/min10010004

[34] *Lai, X., †Zhu, F., ‡Liu, Y., Bi, W., Zhao, J., Alp, E. E., Hu, M. Y., Zhang, D., Tkachev, S., Manghnani, M. H., Prakapenka, V. B., & §Chen, B. (2020). Elastic and magnetic properties of Fe3P up to core pressures: Phosphorus in the Earth’s core. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 531, 115974. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2019.115974

[33] Chen, B., & Wang, J. (2020). Structure and Properties of Liquid Fe-C Alloys at High Pressures by Experiments and First-Principles Calculations. In Carbon in Earth’s Interior (pp. 37–45). American Geophysical Union (AGU). https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119508229.ch4 (Invited Book Chapter)

[32] Wang, J., Chen, B., Williams, Q., & Manghnani, M. H. (2019). Short- and Intermediate-Range Structure and Dynamics of Fe-Ni-C Liquid Under Compression. Frontiers in Earth Science, 7, 258. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2019.00258

[31] Li, J., Chen, B., Mookherjee, M., & Morard, G. (2019). Carbon versus Other Light Elements in Earth’s Core. In B. N. Orcutt, I. Daniel, & R. Dasgupta (Eds.), Deep Carbon: Past to Present (pp. 40–65). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (Invited Book Chapter)

[30] Zhang, J. S., Hao, M., Ren, Z., & Chen, B. (2019). The extreme acoustic anisotropy and fast sound velocities of cubic high-pressure ice polymorphs at Mbar pressure. Applied Physics Letters, 114(19), 191903. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5096989

[29] Liu, J., Wang, W., Yang, H., Wu, Z., Hu, M.Y., Zhao, J., Bi, W., Alp, E.E., Dauphas, N., Liang, W., Chen, B., Lin, J.-F. (2019) Carbon isotopic signatures of super-deep diamonds mediated by iron redox chemistry. Geochem. Persp. Let. 10, 51–55.

[28] Zhu, F., Li, J., Liu, J., *Lai, X., Chen, B., & Meng, Y. (2019). Kinetic control on the depth distribution of superdeep diamonds. Geophy. Res. Lett., 46(4): 1984–1992 https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL080740

[27] *Lai, X., Zhu, F., Liu, J., Zhang, D., Hu, Y., Finkelstein, G. J., Dera, P., & Chen, B. (2018). The high-pressure anisotropic thermoelastic properties of a potential inner core carbon-bearing phase, Fe7C3, by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. American Mineralogist, 103(10), 1568–1574. https://doi.org/10.2138/am-2018-6527

[26] Chen, B., *Lai, X., Li, J., Liu, J., Zhao, J., Bi, W., Ercan Alp, E., Hu, M. Y., & Xiao, Y. (2018). Experimental constraints on the sound velocities of cementite Fe3C to core pressures. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 494, 164–171. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2018.05.002

[25] *Lai, X., Chen, B., Wang, J., Kono, Y., & †Zhu, F. (2017). Polyamorphic transformations in Fe‐Ni‐C liquids: Implications for chemical evolution of terrestrial planets. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 122(12), 9745–9754. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JB014835

[24] Pei, C., Feng, M., Yang, Z., Yao, M., Yuan, Y., Li, X., Hu, B., Shen, M., Chen, B., Sundqvist, B., & Wang, L. (2017). Quasi 3D polymerization in C60 bilayers in a fullerene solvate. Carbon, 124, 499–505. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2017.09.010

[23] Chen, B. & Li, J. Carbon in the core (2016) In R. Fischer and H. Terasaki (Eds.): Deep Earth–Physics and Chemistry of the Lower Mantle and Core, AGU/Wiley publishing, 277–288 (Invited Book Chapter).

[22] Chen, B., Li, Z., Zhang, D., Liu, J., Hu, M. Y., Zhao, J., Bi, W., Alp, E. E., Ercan Alp, E., Xiao, Y., Chow, P., & Li, J. (2014). Hidden carbon in Earth’s inner core revealed by shear softening in dense Fe7C3. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111(50), 17755–17758. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1411154111

[21] Zhang, D., Jackson, J. M., Chen, B., Sturhahn, W., Zhao, J., Yan, J., & Caracas, R. (2013). Elasticity and lattice dynamics of enstatite at high pressure. Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, 118(8), 4071–4082. https://doi.org/10.1002/jgrb.50303

[20] Chen, B., Gao, L., Lavina, B., Dera, P., Alp, E. E., Zhao, J., & Li, J. (2012). Magneto-elastic coupling in compressed Fe7C3 supports carbon in Earth’s inner core. Geophysical Research Letters, 39, L18301. https://doi.org/10.1029/2012GL052875

[19] Chen, B., Gao, L., Lavina, B., Dera, P., Alp, E. E., Zhao, J., & Li, J. (2012). Magneto-elastic coupling in compressed Fe7C3 supports carbon in Earth’s inner core. Geophysical Research Letters, 39, L18301. https://doi.org/10.1029/2012GL052875

[18] Murphy, C. A., Jackson, J. M., Sturhahn, W., & Chen, B. (2011). Grüneisen parameter of hcp-Fe to 171 GPa. Geophysical Research Letters, 38(24). https://doi.org/10.1029/2011GL049531

[17] Gao, L., Chen, B., Zhao, J., Alp, E. E., Sturhahn, W., & Li, J. (2011). Effect of temperature on sound velocities of compressed Fe3C, a candidate component of the Earth’s inner core. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 309(3–4), 213–220. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2011.06.037

[16] Murphy, C. A., Jackson, J. M., Sturhahn, W., & Chen, B. (2011). Melting and thermal pressure of hcp-Fe from the phonon density of states. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 188(1–2), 114–120. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pepi.2011.07.001

[15] Chen, B., W.-P. Hsieh, D. G. Cahill, D. R. Trinkle, and J. Li (2011) Thermal conductivity of compressed H2O to 22 GPa: A test of the Leibfried-Schlömann equation. Phys. Rev. B, 83(13), 132301

[14] Hsieh, W.-P., Chen, B., Li, J., Keblinski, P., & Cahill, D. G. (2009). Pressure tuning of the thermal conductivity of the layered muscovite crystal. Physical Review B, 80(18), 180302. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.80.180302

[13] Gao, L., Chen, B., Lerche, M., Alp, E. E., Sturhahn, W., Zhao, J., Yava, H., & Li, J. (2009). Sound velocities of compressed Fe3C from simultaneous synchrotron X-ray diffraction and nuclear resonant scattering measurements. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, 16(6), 714–722. https://doi.org/10.1107/S0909049509033731

[12] Chen, B., Gao, L., Leinenweber, K., Wang, Y., Sanehira, T., & Li, J. (2008). In situ investigation of high-pressure melting behavior in the Fe-S system using synchrotron X-ray radiography. High Pressure Research, 28(3), 315–326. https://doi.org/10.1080/08957950802318883

[11] Gao, L., Chen, B., Wang, J., Alp, E. E., Zhao, J., Lerche, M., Sturhahn, W., Scott, H. P., Huang, F., Ding, Y., Sinogeikin, S. V., Lundstrom, C. C., Bass, J. D., & Li, J. (2008). Pressure-induced magnetic transition and sound velocities of Fe3C: Implications for carbon in the Earth’s inner core. Geophysical Research Letters, 35, L17306. https://doi.org/10.1029/2008GL034817

[10] Chen, B., Li, J., & Hauck II, S. A. (2008). Non-ideal liquidus curve in the Fe-S system and Mercury’s snowing core. Geophysical Research Letters, 35(7), L07201. https://doi.org/10.1029/2008GL033311

[9] Lakshtanov, D. L., Sinogeikin, S. V., Litasov, K. D., Prakapenka, V. B., Hellwig, H., Wang, J., Sanches-Valle, C., Perrillat, J. P., Chen, B., Somayazulu, M., Li, J., Ohtani, E., & Bass, J. D. (2007). The Post-Stishovite Phase Transition in Hydrous Alumina-Bearing SiO2 in the Lower Mantle of the Earth. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 104(34), 13588–13590. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0706113104

[8] Chen, B., Gao, L., Funakoshi, K., Funakoshi, K.-I., Li, J., & Li, J. (2007). Thermal expansion of iron-rich alloys and implications for the Earth’s core. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 104(22), 9162–9167. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0610474104

[7] Zhao, Z.-F., Chen, B., Zheng, Y.-F., Chen, R.-X., & Wu, Y.-B. (2007). Mineral oxygen isotope and hydroxyl content changes in ultrahigh-pressure eclogite-gneiss contacts from Chinese Continental Scientific Drilling Project cores. Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 25(2), 165–186. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1525-1314.2007.00693.x

[6] Chen, R.-X., Zheng, Y.-F., Gong, B., Zhao, Z.-F., Gao, T.-S., Chen, B., & Wu, Y.-B. (2007). Origin of retrograde fluid in ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic rocks: Constraints from mineral hydrogen isotope and water content changes in eclogite–gneiss transitions in the Sulu orogen. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 71(9), 2299–2325. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2007.02.012

[5] Chen, R.-X., Zheng, Y.-F., Gong, B., Zhao, Z.-F., Gao, T.-S., Chen, B., & Wu, Y.-B. (2007). Oxygen isotope geochemistry of ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic rocks from 200–4000 m core samples of the Chinese Continental Scientific Drilling. Chemical Geology, 242(1), 51–75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2007.03.008

[4] Zhao, Z.-F., Zheng, Y.-F., Gao, T. S., Wu, Y.-B., Chen, B., Chen, F. K., & Wu, F. Y. (2006). Isotopic constraints on age and duration of fluid-assisted high-pressure eclogite-facies recrystallization during exhumation of deeply subducted continental crust in the Sulu orogen. Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 24(8), 687–702. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1525-1314.2006.00662.x

[3] Zhao, Z.-F., Zheng, Y.-F., Chen, B., & WU, Y.-B. (2005). A geochemical study of element and Sr-Nd isotopes for eclogite and gneiss from CCSD core 734 to 933 m. Acta Petrologica Sinica, 21(2), 325–338. (in Chinese with English abstract)

[2] Chen, B., Zheng, Y.-F., & Wu, Y.-B. (2004) A study of oxygen isotopes and hydroxyl content in minerals of UHP metamorphic rocks from CCSD core 734 to 933 m. Acta Petrologica Sinica, 20(5), 1116-1132 (in Chinese with English abstract)

[1] Hui, H.-J., Chen, B., Zheng, Y.-F., & Zhao, Z.-F. (2002) Models of oxygen isotope transport in the process of fluid-rock interactions. Earth Science Frontiers, 9(4), 431-439 (in Chinese with English abstract)

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