Recently, the extreme high-temperature and high-pressure experimental platform of the Center for High Pressure Science and Technology at the Faculty of Science has completed equipment debugging. All performance indicators have met design requirements and passed acceptance.
The extreme high-temperature and high-pressure experimental platform is fundamental for synthesizing new materials under high-temperature and high-pressure conditions. In recent years, applying extreme high-temperature and high-pressure experimental techniques to the synthesis of new materials has become a hot topic in the materials research field. Under extreme pressure conditions exceeding 1 GPa, besides significant atomic compression, phenomena such as atomic recombination, electron excitation, level tuning, and spin reordering often occur, contributing to the discovery of new phenomena and the synthesis of new materials. The study of material behavior under extreme conditions like ultra-high pressure has been identified by Science journal as one of the research areas most likely to achieve significant scientific breakthroughs in the future. Furthermore, technologies such as artificial diamonds and superhard composite materials developed based on high-temperature and high-pressure techniques have formed a superhard materials industry chain with a market value of hundreds of billions, making significant contributions to national economic development. With the continuous expansion of functional applications such as diamond acousto-optic and thermal properties, the market size of this industry chain is expected to exceed trillions in the future.
The extreme high-temperature and high-pressure experimental platform at the Center for High Pressure Science and Technology at the Faculty of Science is entirely based on domestic equipment and boasts significant advantages in tonnage, pressure, and temperature control precision. This high-temperature and high-pressure system features slow and highly precise pressure boosting and reduction, long-term high-precision stable pressure holding, and continuously adjustable pressure boosting and reduction speeds. The system not only meets high-temperature and high-pressure experiments within the conventional pressure range (below 5 GPa) but, with the self-developed booster device, also meets the needs of extreme high-temperature and high-pressure experiments within higher pressure ranges. It ensures that samples up to 10 mm in size can be tested under extreme pressure conditions of up to 15 GPa, providing essential experimental conditions for the development of new superhard materials, superconducting materials, and other new materials at our university.
The construction of the extreme high-temperature and high-pressure experimental platform has received support from the school's "Double First-Class" interdisciplinary team funding. The planning, construction, and completion of the platform have been supported and assisted by school and college leadership. The Center for High Pressure Science and Technology at the Faculty of Science will actively respond to the high-quality development needs of Hubei Province, strengthen platform and team construction, innovate development strategies, contribute to the construction of the school's "Double First-Class" initiative, and contribute to the high-quality development of the school.
