National Centre for High Pressure Studies (NCHPS), Kolkata

The National Centre for High Pressure Studies (NCHPS) at IISER Kolkata aims to foster interdisciplinary and collaborative research in the field of Natural Sciences, Materials Sciences and Geosciences. NCHPS focuses on fundamental studies of structural changes and novel phase transitions of both naturally occurring and designed materials that occur under extreme conditions, using an integration of theory and experimentThe centre has facilities to achieve megabar pressures and very high temperatures using laser heated diamond anvil cell (LHDAC).