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Curriculum vitae

Name:  Degtyareva Valentina Feognievna
Born     in Chelyabinsk, Russia
1962                      Graduation from the State University of Chelyabinsk Physical - Mathematical department
1963 - 1970           Researcher at the Orient Department of the All-Union Thermotechnical Institute, Metal Science Laboratory
1971-1974             PhD student at the Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys
1975                       Ph. Degree
2002                       Dr. of Science (Habilitus)
from 1974               Research Scientist at the Institute of Solid State Physics Russian Academy of Sciences
Current position      Leading Research Scientist at ISSP

Work experience

1971-1991      Study of structural transformations in binary (s, p) alloys under pressure (quenching-pressure method)

1991                DAAD grant (5 months)
                        Structural studies of binary compounds (LaAg) using diamond anvil   cell with energy dispersive method on synchrotron radiation                         (DESY),
                        University of Paderborn, group of Prof. W.B.Holzapfel, Germany

1993-1994      NATO joint project together with group of Prof. W.B.Holzapfel,
                        University of Paderborn, Germany,
                        Study of Lanthanide LnM compounds under high pressure.

1994-1995      International Science Foundation Grant. Development of structural   high-pressure studies in the Institute of Solid State Physics                         Russian Academy of Science (diamond anvil cell, angle dispersive method).

1996                DFG grant (3 months). Intermetallic phase synthesis in binary  (Sb- and Bi- based) alloys under pressure-temperature action.
                        Bonn University, Institute of Mineralogy, Germany.

1996                DAAD grant (2 months). Structural phase stability in binary alloys of group III-V elements under high pressure, collaboration with the
                        group of Prof. W.B.Holzapfel, University of Paderborn, Germany,

1999                COE NIRIM grant (1 month). High pressure studies of alloys with Imaging plate (angle dispersive method) by Dr. K. Takemura,                         Tsukuba, Japan.

2004-2005       Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, USA. Scientific collaboration with Prof. R. J. Hemley (3 month).

List of selected publications

1. ”Specific Features of T-C-P diagrams for  binary  systems of B-elements”
E.G. Ponyatovskii and V.F. Degtyareva,  High Pressure Research 1 (3), 163-184 (1989).

2. ”Structural transformations in a simple hexagonal Hg-Sn alloy under pressure”
V.F. Degtyareva, O. Degtyareva, M. Winzenick and W.B. Holzapfel,
Phys. Rev. B 59 (9), 6058-6063 (1999).

3. “Phase transitions of a simple hexagonal In_0.2Sn_0.8 alloy under high pressure”
V.F. Degtyareva, O. Degtyareva, W.B. Holzapfel, and K.Takemura,
Phys. Rev. B 61 ( 9), 5823-5826 (2000).

4. “Crystal structure of high-pressure phase in Bi-based alloys related to Si VI.”
V.F. Degtyareva,   Phys. Rev. B 62 (1), 9-12 (2000).

5. “Face-centered cubic to tetragonal transitions in In alloys under high pressure.”
O. Degtyareva, V.F. Degtyareva, F. Porsch and W.B. Holzapfel,
     J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 13 (33), 7295-7303 (2001).

6. “Structural transformations in the In₅Bi₃ compound under high pressure.”
O. Degtyareva, V.F. Degtyareva, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 14 (3), 407-414 (2002).

7. “Phase transition in a tetragonal In₉₀Pb₁₀ alloy under high pressure: a switch from c/a>1 to c/a<1.”
V.F. Degtyareva, I.K. Bdikin, F. Porsch, and N.I. Novokhatskaya,
J. Phys.: Condens. Matter, 15 (10), 1635-1641 (2003)

8. “Ordered Si-VI-type crystal structure in BiSn alloy under high pressure”
V.F. Degtyareva, O. Degtyareva and D.R. Allan, Phys. Rev. B 67, 212105 (2003).

9. “Brillouin zone concept and crystal structures of sp metals under high pressure “
V.F. Degtyareva, High Pressure Research 23 (3), 253-257, 2003.

10. “Novel Hume-Rothery phases in simple metals and alloys under high pressure”
V.F. Degtyareva, in High Pressure Crystallography, pp 447-456, A. Katrusiak and P.McMillan (eds.), 2004, Kluwer Academic Publishers.

11. “Stability of the rhombohedral alfa-Hg phase alloyed with Sn under high pressure up to 30 GPa”
V.F. Degtyareva, I.K. Bdikin, F. Porsch, and N.I. Novokhatskaya,
J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 15 (14), 7489 -7500 (2003).

12. “Electron concentration and phase stability in binary alloys In-Pb and Hg-Sn under high pressure”, V.F. Degtyareva, I.K. Bdikin, F. Porsch, and N.I. Novokhatskaya,
High Pressure Research 24 (4), 551-563 (2004).

13. “Stability of Hume-Rothery phases in Cu-Zn alloys at pressures up to 50 GPa”,
V.F. Degtyareva, O. Degtyareva, M.K. Sakharov, N.I. Novokhatskaya, P. Dera, H.K. Mao, and  R.J. Hemley, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 17, 7955-7962 (2005).

14. “Structure solution in binary systems under high pressure: phase decomposition and phase synthesis”, V.F. Degtyareva, J. Synchrotron Rad. 12, 584-589 (2005).

15. "Simple metals at high pressures: the Fermi sphere–Brillouin zone interaction model",
V F Degtyareva, Uspekhi Fizicheskikh Nauk 176 (4), 383-402 (2006)
(PHYSICS-USPEKHI, 49 (4), 369-388 (2006).

16. “High-pressure behavior of CdSb: Compound decomposition, phase formation, and Amorphization”
Valentina F. Degtyareva, Olga Degtyareva, Ho-kwang Mao, and Russell J. Hemley
Phys. Rev. B 73, 214108 (1-8) (2006).

17. “Anti-isostructural phases and anomalous thermoelasticity in In-based alloys: Synchrotron X-ray diffraction experiments and unified phenomenological model”,  
V.P. Dmitriev, D. Chernyshov , Y.E. Filinchuk, V.F. Degtyareva,
Phys. Rev. B 75, 02411 (1-8) (2007).

18. “BRIZ: a vizualization program for Brillouin zone – Fermi sphere configuration”,
 Valentina F. Degtyareva, Irina S. Smirnova,
Z. Kristallogr. 222, Issue 12, p.718-721 (2007).

19. “Structural stability of the sigma phase FeCr under pressure up to 77 GPa”,
V.F. Degtyareva, L. Dubrovinsky and A. Kurnosov,
J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 21, 075706 (2009).

20. “The fcc - bcc Bain path in In-Sn and related alloys at ambient and high pressure”,
V.F. Degtyareva,
J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 21, 095702, (2009).

21. “Structure stability in the simple element sodium under pressure”,
V.F. Degtyareva, O. Degtyareva,
arXiv:0903.1943v1 [cond-mat.mtrl-sci]
New Journal of Physics 11, 063037 (2009).

22. “Electronic origin of superabundant vacancies in Pd hydride under high hydrogen pressures”,
V.F. Degtyareva
arXiv:1001.1525 [cond-mat.mtrl-sci]

23. “Electronic origin of the incommensurate modulation in the structure of phosphorus IV“,
Valentina F. Degtyareva
arXiv:0911.2409 [cond-mat.mtrl-sci]
J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 226, 012019 (2010)

24. “Modulated superstructure of beta-brass CuZn compressed to 90 GPa”,
Degtyareva O, Degtyareva V.F.,
J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 226, 012018 (2010)

25. “Simple metal binary phases based on the body centered cubic structure: electronic origin of distortions and superlattices “,
Valentina F. Degtyareva and Nataliya S. Afonikova
arXiv:1106.1725 [cond-mat.mtrl-sci]
Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids 74, 18–24 (2013).

26. “Electronic Origin of the Orthorhombic Cmca Structure in Compressed Elements and Binary Alloys”
Valentina F. Degtyareva,
Crystals3, 419-430 (2013).

27. “Structural simplicity and complexity of compressed calcium: electronic origin”,
V.F. Degtyareva,
 Acta Cryst. B 70, 423-428 (2014).

28. “Simple metal and binary alloy phases based on the hcp structure: Electronic origin of distortions and superlattices”,
Valentina F. Degtyareva and Nataliya S. Afonikova,
Solid State Sciences 37, 47-54 (2014).

29. “Potassium under pressure: Electronic origin of complex structures”,
Valentina F. Degtyareva,
Solid State Sciences 36, 62-72 (2014).
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