The focus topic sessions, consisting of several invited and contributed talks, will assess recent experimental and computational efforts in exploring the fundamental properties of materials at extreme conditions, including (1) high-pressure and high temperature synthesis and characterization of novel materials;  (2) static and shock-induced materials behavior, including plasticity, phase transitions, and chemical reactions; (3) high strain rate phenomena occurring upon ultrafast energy deposition; (4) static and dynamic properties of energetic materials, including detonation phenomena; (5) properties of matter in the warm dense regime; and (6) new computational methods including development of interatomic potentials and multi-scale simulations.

The deadline for submission of abstracts is 5 p.m. November 6, 2015. Please use the sorting category 18.1.1:  “Materials in Extremes: Bridging Simulation and Experiment (DCOMP/DMP/GSCCM)“.