Fei Yingwei Fei

E-mail: fei@gl.ciw.edu
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Senior Staff Scientist

Ph.D. 1989, The City University of New York

CV/Publications

Research topics include
(1) the composition and structure of the interiors of the Earth and other terrestrial planets;
(2) the thermal and physical state of the terrestrial planetary cores;
(3) the role of water and hydrous phases in a subducted slab and deep mantle;
(4) physical properties of materials at high pressure and temperature;
(5) phase transformations at high pressure and thermodynamic calculations;
(6) material synthesis at high pressure;
(7) development of high-pressure and high-temperature techniques.


Selected recent publications
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Fei, Y., A. Ricolleau, M. Frank, K. Mibe, G. Shen, V. Prakapenka, Toward an internally consistent pressure scale, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 104, 9182-9186 doi: 10.1073/pnas.0609013104, 2007.

Corgne, A., S. Keshav, Y. Fei and W. F. McDonough, How much potassium is in the Earth’s core? New insights from partitioning experiments, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 256, 567-576, 2007.

Mibe K., M. Kanzaki, T. Kawamoto, K. Matsukage, Y. Fei, and S. Ono, Second critical endpoint in the peridotite-H2O systems, J. Geophys. Res., 112, B03201, doi:10.1029/2005JB004125, 2007.

Fei, Y., L. Zhang, A. Corgne, H. Watson, A. Ricolleau, Y. Meng, and V. Prakapenka, Spin transition and equations of state of (Mg, Fe)O solid solutions, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L17307, doi:10.1029/2007GL030712, 2007.

Goncharov, A. F., S. Sinogeikin, J. C. Crowhurst, M. Ahart, D. Lakshanov, V. Prakapenka, J. Bass, P. Beck, S. Tkachev, J. Zaug, and Y. Fei, Cubic boron nitride as a primary calibrant for a high temperature pressure scale, High Pressure Res., 27, 409-417, 2007.

Zhang, L., and Y. Fei, Effect of Ni on Fe-FeS phase relations at high pressure and high temperature, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 268, 212-218, 2008.

Corgne, A., S. Keshav, B. J. Wood, W. F. McDonough and Y. Fei, Metal-silicate partitioning and constraints on core composition and oxygen fugacity during Earth accretion, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 72, 574-589. DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2007.10.006, 2008.

Zhang, L., Z. Gong, and Y. Fei, Shock-induced phase transitions in the MgO-FeO system to 200 GPa, J. Phys. Chem. Solids 69, 2344-2348, 2008.

Zhang, L., and Y. Fei, Melting behavior of (Mg,Fe)O solid solutions at high pressure, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L13302, doi:10.1029/2008GL034585, 2008.

Corgne, A., B. J. Wood, and Y. Fei, C- and S-rich molten alloy immiscibility and core formation of planetesimals, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 72, 2409-2416. DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2008.03.001, 2008.

Lee, S. K., G. D. Cody, Y. Fei, and B. O. Mysen, Oxygen-17 nuclear magnetic resonance study of the structure of mixed cation calcium-sodium silicate glasses at high pressure:  implications for molecular link to element partitioning between silicate liquids and crystals, J. Phys. Chem. B 112, 11756–11761, 2008.

Watson, H. C., E. B. Watson, and Y. Fei, Diffusion of Au, Pd, Re, and P in FeNi alloys at high pressure, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 72, 3550-3561. DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2008.04.036, 2008.

Deng, L., Z. Gong, and Y. Fei, Direct shock wave loading of MgSiO3 perovskite to lower mantle conditions and its equation of state, Phys. Earth Planet Inter., 170, 210-214, 2008.

Litasov, K. D., Y. Fei, E. Ohtani, T. Kuribayashi, and K. Funakoshi, Thermal equation of state of magnesite to 32 GPa and 2073 K, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter. 168, 191-203, 2008.

Van Orman, J. A., S. Keshav, Y. Fei, High-pressure solid/liquid partitioning of Os, Re and Pt in the Fe-S system, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 274, 250-257, 2008.

Fiquet, G., J. Badroa, E. Gregoryanzb, Y. Fei c, F. Occelli., Sound velocity in iron carbide (Fe3C) at high pressure: Implications for the carbon content of the Earth’s inner core, Phys. Earth Planet Inter. 172, 125-129, doi:10.1016/j.pepi.2008.05.016, 2009.

Jung, H., Y. Fei, P. G. Silver, and H. W. Green, Frictional sliding in serpentine at very high pressure, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 277, 273-279, 2009.

Ricolleau, A., Y. Fei, E. Cottrell, H. Watson, L. Deng, L. Zhang, G. Fiquet, A. Auzende, M. Roskosz, G. Morard, and V. Prakapenka, Density profile of pyrolite under the lower mantle conditions, Geophys. Res. Lett. 36, L06302, doi:10.1029/2008GL036759, 2009.

Phatak, N. A., S. K. Saxena, Y. Fei, and J. Hu, Synthesis of a new MAX compound (Cr0.5V0.5)2GeC and its compressive behavior up to 49 GPa, J. Alloys Compounds, 475, 629-634, 2009.

Phatak, N. A., S. K. Saxena, Y. Fei, and J. Hu, Synthesis and structural stability of Ti2GeC, J. Alloys Compounds, 474, 174-179, 2009.

Mohanty, P., D. Li, T. Liu, Y. Fei, and K. Landskron, Synthesis of stishovite nanocrystals from periodic mesoporous silica, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 131, 2764-2765, 2009.

Komabayashi, T., Y. Fei, Y. Meng, and V. Prakapenka, In-situ X-ray diffraction measurements of the γ-ε transition boundary of iron in an internally-heated diamond anvil cell, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 282, 252–257, 2009.

Jackson, J. M., W. Sturhahn, O. Tschauner, M. Lerche, and Y. Fei, The behavior of iron in (Mg,Fe)SiO3 post-perovskite  at megabar pressures, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L10301, doi:10.1029/2009GL037815, 2009.

Wu, Y., Y. Fei, Z. Jin and X. Liu, The Fate of subducted upper continental crust: An experimental study, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 282, 275-284, 2009.

Weston, L. R., J. M. Brenan, Y. Fei, R. A. Secco, and D. J. Frost, Effect of pressure, temperature and oxygen fugacity on the metal-silicate partitioning of Te, Se, and S: Implications for Earth differentiation, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 73, 4598-4615, 2009.

Mohanty, P., Y. Fei, and K. Landskron, Synthesis of periodic mesoporous coesite, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 131, 9638-9639, 2009.

Shahar, A., K. Ziegler, E. Young, A. Ricolleau, E. Schauble, and Y. Fei, Experimentally determined Si isotope fractionation between silicate and Fe metal and implications for Earth’s core formation, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 288, 228-234, 2009.

Komabayashi, T., and Y. Fei, Internally consistent thermodynamic database for iron to the Earth’s core conditions, J. Geophys. Res., in press, 2010.