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| Personal details | |
| Name | Dr James Drewitt |
| Job title | Senior Research Associate |
| Department | School of Earth Sciences University of Bristol |
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| Qualifications | BSc (Hons) (Wales), PhD (Bath) |
| Professional details | |
| Keywords | Pressure Glass liquids diffraction Synchrotron Neutron levitation simulations |
| Areas of expertise | My research interests include the atomic-scale structure and properties of liquids and glasses under extreme conditions and deep earth mineral physics. I make experimental measurements using in situ synchrotron x-ray and neutron scattering techniques at central facilities, including Diamond Light Source (UK), the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (France), and the Institut-Laue Langevin research reactor (France). Specific projects and techniques include: The atomic-scale structure of disordered materials (liquids and glasses). In situ laser-heated diamond anvil cell (LHDAC) experiments. Synchrotron x-ray scattering experiments to investigate sub-solidus phase relations, melting and partitioning behaviour in the Earth's lower mantle. Pair distribution function measurements of liquids and glasses under the high pressures and temperatures experienced in planetary deep interiors. Aerodynamic / acoustic levitation with laser heating. Molecular dynamics computer simulation. Spectroscopy techniques, including micro Raman and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectroscopy. |