Daniel Errandonea

 

Investigador de la Fundación General de la Universidad de Valencia – ICMUV – Departamento de Fisica Aplicada

Miembro del Proyecto Consolider Ingenio 2010 MALTA

Office:
    Edificio de Investigación, Planta 1ª, 1.01 

    Departamento de Física Aplicada - ICMUV - Universitat de Valencia   

    c/ Doctor Moliner 50 
    46100 BURJASSOT (VALENCIA), Spain    

           

Te.: (+34) 96 3544475

Fax: (+34) 96 3543146

E-mail: daniel.errandonea@uv.es

Web: www.uv.es/~dae

Research interests

High-Pressure Physics

·         Synchrotron studies, Laser-heating technique, Melting properties of metals, Diamond-Anvil Cell, Large Volume Press, P-V-T phase diagrams, Solid-liquid and Solid-solid transitions.

·         Semiconductors under high pressure.

o        Optical properties (absorption edge and reflectivity)

o        Transport properties (Hall effect, resistivity and thermopower)

o        Structural phase transitions

o        Lattice dynamics (Raman spectroscopy)

o        Pressure-induced metallization

·         Melting and structural properties of Fe and other transition metals (Mo, Ta, W, etc.) under extreme pressure and temperature conditions.

·         High-pressure studies of rare-gas solids and its alloys.

·         Super-hard materials.

o        Nitrides synthesis, search of new superhard materials

o        Study of pressure-induced structural transformations.  

o        Characterization of  the optical, electronic and dielectric properties of different nitrides of technological relevance.

·         Pressure effects on the optical and structural properties of technological materials.

o        Scheetile-type tungstates and molybdates: CaWO4, SrWO4, BaWO4, PbWO4, SrMoO4, etc..

o        Wolframite-type tungstates: ZnWO4, CdWO4, MgWO4, etc..

o        Zircon-type oxides: Germanates, Vanadates, Silicates, Phosphates, etc..

o        Spinels and other ternary compounds: ZnGa2O4, ZnGa2Se4, CdIn2S4, MgIn2S4, etc..

o        Pressure-induced phase transformations and amorphization.

Academic Awards 

·         Van Valkenburg Award (at Gordon Conference in Research at High Pressure 2004): in recognition of the contribution to high pressure science.

·         Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship

·         Idea Prize 2007:  Sponsored by Fundación de la Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias de Valencia.

Scientific Publications

More than 86 articles published in International Peer Reviewed Journals

Selected Articles

6.      Characterization of the TiSiO4 structure and its pressure-induced phase transformations: Density functional theory study, L. Gracia, A. Beltran, and D. Errandonea, Phys. Rev. B 80, 094105 (2009).

6.      High-pressure phases, vibrational properties, and electronic structure of Ne(He)2 and Ar(He)2: A first-principles study, C. Cazorla, D. Errandonea, and E. Sola, Phys. Rev. B 80, 064105 (2009).

4.      High-pressure structural investigation of several zircon-type orthovanadates, D. Errandonea, R. Lacomba-Perales, J. Ruiz-Fuertes, et al., Phys. Rev. B 79, 184104 (2009). Science Highlight at Diamond Synchrotron

4.      Phase transitions in wolframite-type CdWO4 at high pressure studied by Raman spectroscopy and density-functional theory, R. Lacomba-Perales, D. Errandonea, D. Martinez-Garcia, et al., Phys. Rev. B 79,   094105 (2009).

5.      X-ray diffraction measurements of Mo melting to 119 GPa and the high pressure phase diagram, D. Santamaria-Perez, M. Ross, D. Errandonea, et al., J. Chem. Phys. 130, 124509 (2009).

6.      Transition Metals: Can metals be a liquid glass?, D. Errandonea, Nature Materials 8, 170 (2009).

7.      Post-spinel transformations and equation of state in ZnGa2O4: Determination at high pressure by in situ x-ray diffraction, D. Errandonea, R. S. Kumar, F.J. Manjon, et al., Phys. Rev. B 79, 024103 (2009).

8.      Raman scattering in hcp rare gas solids under pressure, Y.A. Freiman, A.F. Goncharov, S.M. Tretyak, A. Grechnev, J.S. Tse, D. Errandonea, H.K. Mao, and R.J. Hemley, Phys. Rev. B 78, 014301 (2008).

9.      Structural stability of Fe5Si3 and Ni2Si studied by high-pressure x-ray diffraction and ab initio total-energy calculations, D. Errandonea, D. Santamaría-Perez, A. Vegas, J. Nuss, M. Jansen, P. Rodríguez-Hernandez, and A. Muñoz, Phys. Rev. B 76, 094113 (2008).

10.  High-pressure electronic structure and phase transitions in monoclinic InSe: X-ray diffraction, Raman spectroscopy, and density functional theory, D. Errandonea, D. Martínez-García, A. Segura, J. Haines, E. Machado-Charry, E. Canadell, J. C. Chervin, and A. Chevy, Phys. Rev. B 77, 045208 (2008).

11.  Pressure effects on the structural and electronic properties of ABX4 scintillating crystals, D.  Errandonea and F.J. Manjon, Progress in Materials Science 53, 711 (2008).

12.  Melting of transition metals at high pressure and the influence of liquid frustration: The late metals Cu, Ni, and Fe, M. Ross, R. Boehler, and D. Errandonea,  Phys. Rev. B 76, 184117 (2007).

13.  Melting of transition metals at high pressure and the influence of liquid frustration: The early metals Ta and Mo, M. Ross, D. Errandonea, and R. Boehler,  Phys. Rev. B 76, 184118 (2007).

14.  Structural studies of gadolinium at high pressure and temperature, D. Errandonea, R. Boehler, B. Schwager, and M. Mezouar, Phys. Rev. B 75, 014103 (2007).

15.  Effects of high pressure on the optical absorption spectrum of scintillating PbWO4 crystals, D. Errandonea, D. Martínez-García, R. Lacomba-Perales, J. Ruiz-Fuertes, and A. Segura, Applied Physics Letters 89, 091913 (2006).

16.  Phase behavior of metals at very high P-T conditions: A review of recent experimental studies, D. Errandonea, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids 67, 2017 (2006).

17.  Systematic determination of the high-pressure high-temperature phase diagram of InSe: A comprehensive study of the electronic and structural properties of the monoclinic phase of InSe under high pressure, D. Errandonea, D. Martínez-García, A. Segura, A. Chevy, G. Tobias, E. Canadell, and P. Ordejon, Phys. Rev. B 73, 235202 (2006).

18.  Determination of the high-pressure crystal structure of BaWO4 and PbWO4, D. Errandonea, J. Pellicer-Porres, F. J. Manjón,  et al., Phys. Rev. B 73, 224103 (2006).

19.  Structural transformation of compressed solid Ar: An x-ray diffraction study to 114 GPa, D. Errandonea, R. Boehler, S. Japel, M. Mezouar, and L. R. Benedetti, Phys. Rev. B  73, 092106 (2006).

20.  High-pressure structural study of the scheelite tungstates CaWO4 and SrWO4, D. Errandonea, J. Pellicer-Porres, F. J. Manjón,  et al., Phys. Rev. B 72, 174106 (2005).

21.   Improving the understanding of the melting behaviour of Mo, Ta, and W at extreme pressures, D. Errandonea, Physica B 357, 356 (2005).

22.   Pressure induced a ® w transition in titanium metal: A systematic study of the effects of uniaxial stress, D. Errandonea , Y. Meng, M. Somayazulu, and D. Häusermann, Physica B 355, 116 (2005).

23.   (Mg,Fe)SiO3 perovskite up to 120 GPa using synchrotron Mössbauer spectroscopy, J. M. Jackson, W. Sturhahn, G. Shen, J. Zhao, M. Y. Hu, D. Errandonea, J. D. Bass, and Y. Fei, American Mineralogist 90, 199 (2005).

24.   Effects of pressure on the local atomic structure of CaWO4 and YLiF4: Mechanism of the scheelite-to-wolframite and scheelite-to-fergusonite transitions, D. Errandonea, F.J. Manjón, M. Somayazulu, and D. Häusermann, Journal of Solid State Chemistry 177, 1087 (2004).

25.    Melting of tantalum at high pressure determined by angle dispersive x-ray diffraction in a double-sided laser-heated diamond-anvil cell, D. Errandonea , M. Somayazulu, D. Hausermann, and H. K. Mao, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 15, 7635 (2003).

26.   Study of the phase transformations and equation of state of magnesium by synchrotron x-ray diffraction, D. Errandonea, Y. Meng, D. Häusermann, and T. Uchida, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 15, 1277 (2003).

27.   Angle-dispersive diffraction on solid krypton and xenon to 50 GPa, D. Errandonea , B. Schwager, R. Boehler, and M. Ross, Phys. Rev. B 65, 214110 (2002).

28.   Melting of the alkaline earth metals to 80 GPa, D. Errandonea , R. Boehler, and M. Ross, Phys.Rev.B 65, 012108 (2002).  

29.   Systematics of transition-metal melting, D. Errandonea , B. Schwager, R. Ditz, C. Gessmann, R. Boehler, and M. Ross, Phys.Rev.B 63, 132104 (2001).  

30.  Melting of the rare earth metals and f-electron delocalization, D. Errandonea , R. Boehler, and M. Ross, Phys. Rev. Letters 85, 3444 (2000). 

Scientific Divulgation

·         Scheelitas a altas presiones, Revista Investigación y Ciencia , Nº 374 pag. 13 (2007).

Research in Progress

·         Pressure-induced phase transitions in CaWO4, PbWO4, MgWO4, CdWO4 & CuWO4.

·         High-pressure effects on the optical properties of BaWO4, CaWO4 , SrWO4, MgWO4, CdWO4, and ZnWO4.

·         High-pressure effects on the physical properties on nanocrystalline oxides.

·         Optical properties of orthotungstates and orthomolybdates under compression.

·         Pressure-induced metallization of BaF2.

·         Tantalum, Tungsten, and Vanadium at high-pressure and high-temperature: Laser-heating and synchrotron x-ray micro-diffraction experiments beyond 1 Mbar and 4000 K.

·         High-pressure synthesis and characterization of TiSiO4 and TiGeO4.

·         High-pressure structural studies of defect-chalcopyrites and spinels .

·         High-pressure effects on the optical properties of ZnGa2Se4, CdGa2Se4, and HgGa2Se4.

·         Optical emission of non-polar GaN/AlN quantum dots under high pressure.

·         Raman and x-ray diffraction studies of YPO4, LaPO4, ErPO4, and GdPO4.