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Toru Inoue is affiliated with Hiroshima University in Japan and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on Geophysics. Their work spans several subfields including Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Ceramics and Composites.

The research topics predominantly cover high-pressure geophysics and materials, geological and geochemical analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, crystal structures and properties, glass properties and applications, paleontology and stratigraphy of fossils, as well as aspects of astro and planetary science.

The scientist has contributed to a variety of peer-reviewed journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Physics and Chemistry of Minerals
  • American Mineralogist
  • Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology
  • Scientific Reports

Recent papers provide insight into the scope and detail of their research, such as:

  • 3D Puzzle in Cube Pattern for Anisotropic/Isotropic Mechanical Control of Structure Fabricated by Metal Additive Manufacturing, 2021, Crystals
  • Effect of Al on the stability of dense hydrous magnesium silicate phases to the uppermost lower mantle: implications for water transportation into the deep mantle, 2021, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals
  • Sound Velocities of Al-Bearing Phase D up to 22 GPa and 1300 K, 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • Enhanced Visibility of Subduction Slabs by the Formation of Dense Hydrous Phase A, 2021, Geophysical Research Letters
  • Melting of carbonated pelite at 5.5-15.5 GPa: implications for the origin of alkali-rich carbonatites and the deep water and carbon cycles, 2021, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Collaborative work is a significant aspect of their research activities. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Chaowen Xu
  • Sho Kakizawa
  • Masamichi Noda
  • Jing Gao
  • Steeve Gréaux

The body of work reflects sustained contributions to understanding the properties and dynamics of Earth's interior materials under extreme conditions, as well as applications of additive manufacturing in material science. Their interdisciplinary approach involves combining geophysical methods with materials science and engineering principles.

Best Publications

  • Hydrous modified spinel, Mg1.75SiH0.5O4: A new water reservoir in the mantle transition region

    Toru Inoue;Hisayoshi Yurimoto;Yasuhiro Kudoh

  • Effect of water on melting phase relations and melt composition in the system Mg2SiO4MgSiO3H2O up to 15 GPa

    Toru Inoue

  • The Postspinel Phase Boundary in Mg2SiO4 Determined by in Situ X-ray Diffraction

    Tetsuo Irifune;Norimasa Nishiyama;Koji Kuroda;Toru Inoue

  • Elastic properties of hydrous ringwoodite (γ-phase) in Mg2SiO4

    Toru Inoue;Donald J Weidner;Paul A Northrup;John B Parise

  • Sound velocities of majorite garnet and the composition of the mantle transition region

    T. Irifune;Y. Higo;T. Inoue;Y. Kono

  • Formation of pure polycrystalline diamond by direct conversion of graphite at high pressure and high temperature

    Tetsuo Irifune;Ayako Kurio;Shizue Sakamoto;Toru Inoue

  • Effect of water on olivine‐wadsleyite phase boundary in the (Mg, Fe)2SiO4 system

    Jiuhua Chen;Toru Inoue;H. Yurimoto;Donald J. Weidner

  • PVT relation of MgO derived by simultaneous elastic wave velocity and in situ X-ray measurements: A new pressure scale for the mantle transition region

    Yoshio Kono;Tetsuo Irifune;Yuji Higo;Toru Inoue

  • Subduction recycling of continental sediments and the origin of geochemically enriched reservoirs in the deep mantle

    Robert P. Rapp;Tetsuo Irifune;Nobumichi Shimizu;Norimasa Nishiyama

  • Microstructure features of polycrystalline diamond synthesized directly from graphite under static high pressure

    H. Sumiya;T. Irifune;A. Kurio;S. Sakamoto

  • Water partitioning in the Earth's mantle

    Toru Inoue;Tomoyuki Wada;Rumi Sasaki;Hisayoshi Yurimoto

  • Strength and water weakening of mantle minerals, olivine, wadsleyite and ringwoodite

    Jiuhua Chen;Toru Inoue;Donald J. Weidner;Yujun Wu

  • Design and performance of high-pressure PLANET beamline at pulsed neutron source at J-PARC

    T. Hattori;A. Sano-Furukawa;H. Arima;K. Komatsu

  • Thermal expansion of wadsleyite, ringwoodite, hydrous wadsleyite and hydrous ringwoodite

    Toru Inoue;Yasuchika Tanimoto;Tetsuo Irifune;Taku Suzuki

  • Effect of water on the spinel‐postspinel transformation in Mg2SiO4

    Yuji Higo;Toru Inoue;Tetsuo Irifune;Hisayoshi Yurimoto

  • Structure and crystal chemistry of hydrous wadsleyite, Mg1.75SiH0.5O4: possible hydrous magnesium silicate in the mantle transition zone

    Y. Kudoh;T. Inoue;H. Arashi

  • Compressibility of hydrous wadsleyite (β‐phase) in Mg2SiO4 by high pressure X‐ray diffraction

    Hitoshi Yusa;Toru Inoue

  • Isothermal compressibility of hydrous ringwoodite and its relation to the mantle discontinuities

    Hitoshi Yusa;Toru Inoue;Yasuo Ohishi

  • The phase boundary between wadsleyite and ringwoodite in Mg 2 SiO 4 determined by in situ X-ray diffraction

    T. Inoue;T. Irifune;Y. Higo;T. Sanehira

  • In situ X-ray observations of phase transitions in MgAl 2 O 4 spinel to 40 GPa using multianvil apparatus with sintered diamond anvils

    T. Irifune;H. Naka;T. Sanehira;T. Inoue

  • The effect of iron on the elastic properties of ringwoodite at high pressure

    Yuji Higo;Toru Inoue;Baosheng Li;Tetsuo Irifune

  • Elastic properties of hydrous ringwoodite

    Jingyun Wang;Stanislav V. Sinogeikin;Toru Inoue;Jay D. Bass

Frequent Co-Authors

Tetsuo Irifune
Tetsuo Irifune Ehime University
Ken-ichi Funakoshi
Ken-ichi Funakoshi Comprehensive Research Organization for Science and Society
Hisayoshi Yurimoto
Hisayoshi Yurimoto Hokkaido University
Takumi Kikegawa
Takumi Kikegawa High Energy Accelerator Research Organization
Hiroyuki Kagi
Hiroyuki Kagi University of Tokyo
Daisuke Yamazaki
Daisuke Yamazaki Okayama University
Ryoji Takahashi
Ryoji Takahashi Ehime University
Tomoo Katsura
Tomoo Katsura University of Bayreuth
Hitoshi Sumiya
Hitoshi Sumiya Sumitomo Electric Industries (United States)
Donald J. Weidner
Donald J. Weidner Stony Brook University

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