Konstantin D. Litasov — Planetary Science Institute

Area of research

Geophysics · Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

Research interest

Research focused on Astrobiology and Mantle (geology), with related work in Diamond anvil cell, Uranus, Aragonite. Notable publications include 'Carbon precipitation from heavy hydrocarbon fluid in deep planetary interiors', 'Aragonite-II and CaCO 3 -VII: New High-Pressure, High-Temperature Polymorphs of CaCO 3', and 'Raman spectroscopy and x-ray diffraction of sp 3 CaC O 3 at lower mantle pressures'.

Recent publications

Impact shock origin of diamonds in ureilite meteorites

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2020cited by 53position: middledoi

High-Pressure Phase Diagrams of Na2CO3 and K2CO3

Minerals 2019cited by 23position: middledoi

The Mg-carbonate–Fe interaction: Implication for the fate of subducted carbonates and formation of diamond in the lower mantle

Geoscience Frontiers 2018cited by 25position: middledoi

Aragonite-II and CaCO<sub>3</sub>-VII: New High-Pressure, High-Temperature Polymorphs of CaCO<sub>3</sub>

Crystal Growth & Design 2017cited by 78position: lastdoi

Raman spectroscopy and x-ray diffraction of <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:msup><mml:mrow><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">sp</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mn>3</mml:mn></mml:msup><mml:mspace width="4pt"/><mml:mi>CaC</mml:mi><mml:msub><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">O</mml:mi><mml:mn>3</mml:mn></mml:msub></mml:mrow></mml:math> at lower mantle pressures

Physical review. B./Physical review. B 2017cited by 76position: middledoi

Carbon precipitation from heavy hydrocarbon fluid in deep planetary interiors

Nature Communications 2013cited by 117position: middledoi

Grants

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Frequent collaborators

Alexander F. Goncharov · Carnegie Institution for Science5 papers (2013–2019)— · 5 papers (2013–2019)Vitali B. Prakapenka · Primary Source4 papers (2017–2019)— · 3 papers (2017–2019)— · 3 papers (2017–2018)Anton Shatskiy · Planetary Science Institute2 papers (2018–2019)— · 2 papers (2017–2019)— · 1 papers (2020–2020)— · 1 papers (2019–2019)— · 1 papers (2020–2020)— · 1 papers (2018–2018)Xiao‐Jia Chen · Harbin Institute of Technology1 papers (2013–2013)— · 1 papers (2013–2013)— · 1 papers (2013–2013)— · 1 papers (2020–2020)Xiao Dong · Nankai University1 papers (2017–2017)— · 1 papers (2020–2020)Vladan Stevanović · University of Colorado Boulder1 papers (2017–2017)— · 1 papers (2017–2017)— · 1 papers (2019–2019)

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