Novel Approaches for Enhanced Synthetic Precision in the Diamond Anvil Cell

Extreme pressure provides synthetic access to new materials that could propel next-generation or as-yet unimagined technologies. However, chemical control in the diamond anvil cell is difficult to achieve compared to traditional solid-state methods. In this talk, I will describe some new methods being developed in our lab that aim to empower synthetic chemists with the tools they need to target and recover novel high-pressure phases, in some cases even within systems containing multiple competing phases on the convex hull. I will share some of our recent results on the discovery of novel transition metal carbides, demonstrating how our methods can allow the selective synthesis of high-pressure phases and can support the controlled exploration of high-pressure phase space.