Baosheng Li

Research Professor, MPI


Faculty in Mineral Physics Institute, 1997-Present
1996, Ph. D in Geophysics; State Univ. of New York at Stony Brook
1986, BSc in Geophysics; Univ. of Science and Technology of China

Office: Earth & Space Sciences 118
Office Phone: (631)-632-9642

Lab Phone (631)-632-8088
FAX: (631) 632-8140
Email: Baosheng (dot) Li (at) sunysb (dot) edu

Ultrasonics Group Website

Research Interests

  • In situ measurements of phase equilibrium and physical properties at high pressure using multi-anvil apparatus and diamond anvil cell
  • Synthesize and characterization of Earth minerals, metals, ceramics, semi/superconductors, nano-structured materials, BMG, thermoelectric materials, melts, and other low dimensional materials
  • Density functional theory calculation of materials properties
  • Development of novel techniques for the study of materials using acoustic and X-ray techniques
  • Mineral physics constraints on the composition, origin of mantle heterogeneity.
  • Earthquake mechanisms and seismic wave propagation in the Earth’s Interior

Selected Publications

Peer- Reviewed Publications

  1. Li, B., On the characteristics of lateral heterogeneities with thermal and chemical origins in pyrolite lower mantle (2009), Progress Natural Science (in press).
  2. Liu, W., Q., Liu, M. Whitaker, L. Wang, B. Li, Experimental and Theoretical Studies on the Elasticity of Molybdenum to 12 GPa (2009), J. App. Phy. (accepted).
  3. Antao, S., C.J. Benmore, B. Li, L. Wang, E. Bychkov, and J. Parise (2008), Network rigidity in GeSe2 glass at high pressure, Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 115501.
  4. Bass, J., S. Sinogeikin, B. Li (2008), Elastic properties of minerals: A key for understanding the composition and temperature of Earth’s interior, Elements  DOI: 10.2113/GSELEMENTS .4.3.165, 165-170.
  5. Higo, Y., T.  Inoue, T. Irifune, K. Funakoshi, B. Li (2008) Elastic wave velocities of (Mg0.91Fe0.09)2SiO4 ringwoodite under P-T condition of the mantle transition region, Phys Earth. Planet Interi. , 66, 167-174.
  6. Lee, S.K., J. Lin, Yong Cai, N. Hiraoka, P. J.  Eng, T. Okuchi, H-K Mao, M. J. Hu, P. Chow, J. Shu, B. Li, H. Fukui, B. Lee, H. Kim, C-S Yoo (2008), Oxygen coordination transformation in MgSiO3 melts in the Earth’s interior, PNAS, 105 no. 23, 7925-7929.
  7. Liu W., J. Kung, L. Wang, B. Li (2008) Thermoelasticity of CaGeO3 to 10 GPa 1273K, Am. Min.,; 93; no. 5-6; p. 745-750; DOI: 10.2138/am.2008.2428.
  8. Liu, W, B. Li (2008) Elasticity of amorphous zirconium tungstate at high pressure, App. Phy. Lett., 93, 191904; DOI:10.1063/1.3023049
  9. Liu, W., Kung, J., Li, B., Nishiyama, N.,Wang, Y., (2008) Elasticity of (Mg0.87Fe0.13)2SiO4 wadsleyite to 12 GPa, 1073 K, Phys Earth Planet. Interi., doi:10.1016/j.pepi.2008.10.020.
  10. Liu, W., L. Wang, B. Li, J. Zhang, Y. Zhao (2008), Ultrasonic study of Zr across  a-w phase transition, J App. Phy., 104, 076102; DOI:10.1063/1.2987001.
  11. Liu, Q., W. Liu, M. Whitaker, L. Wang, and B. Li (2008), Compressional and shear wave velocities of Fe2SiO4 spinel at high pressure and high temperature, High Pressure Research, 28:3,405-413.
  12. Schneider, B., W. Liu, B. Li (2008) Searching for post perovskite transition in CaSnO3 at high pressure: an ultrasonic velocity study to 18 GPa, High Pressure Research, 28:3,397-404.
  13. Whitaker, M., W., Liu, Q. Liu, L. Wang, B. Li (2008), Combined in situ synchrotron X-ray diffraction and ultrasonic interferometry study of -FeSi at high pressure and temperature, High Pressure Research, 28:3,385-395.
  14. Whitaker, M., W. Liu, Q. Liu, L. Wang, B. Li, (2008), Theroelasticity of e-FeSi to 12 GPa 1273K, Am. Min., (accepted)
  15. Uchida, T., Y. Wang, N. Nishiyama, K. Funakoshi, H. Kenko, A. Nozawa, R van Dreele, M. Rivers, S. R. Sutton, A. Yamada, A. Kumimoto, T. Irifune, T. Inoue, B. Li (2008) The crystal symmetry of CaSiO3 perovskite up to 18 GPa 1600K, Phy. Rev, B (in revision).
  16. Zhang, J., B. Li, Y. Zhao (2008) Pressure-induced shear-mode elastic softening in orthorhombic BaCe1-xYxO3-0.5x perovskite, High Pressure Research, Vol. 28, No. 3, 415–421.
  17. Li, B. and R.C. Liebermann (2007), Indoor seismology by probing the Earth’s interior using sound wave velocity measurements at high pressure and high temperatures, Proceed. Nation. Acad Sci. doi:10.1073/pnas.0608609104.
  18. Liu, W., B. Li, L. Wang, J. Zhang, and Y. Zhao (2007), Elasticity of -phase zirconium, Phys Rev. B, 76, 144107.
  19. Zhang, J. Y. Zhao, H. Xu, B. Li, D. Weidner, and A. Novrotsky (2007) Elastic properties of yttrium-doped BaCeO3 perovskite, App Phys. Lett 90, 161903.
  20. Wu, Z., R. Wentzcovictch, K. Umemoto, B. Li, K. Hirose (2007), PVT relations in MgO: an ultra-high P-T scale for planetary science applications, J Geophys Res. ,113, B06204, doi:10.1029/2007JB005275. 
  21. Carpenter, M. A., B. Li, R. C. Liebermann, Elastic anomalies accompanying phase transitions in (CaSr)TiO3 perovskite III: experimental investigation of polycrystalline samples, Am. Min., 92, 344-355, 2007.
  22. Liu W. and B. Li, Compressional and shear wave velocities of CaGeO3 to 10 GPa (2007), Phy Rev B. 75, 024107.
  23. Antao, S., I. Jackson, B. Li, J. Kung, J. Chen, I. Hassan, R. Liebermann and J. Parise (2007), High-temperature elasticity, cation disorder and magnetic transition in magnesioferrite, .Phys Chem  Min 10.1007/s00269-007-0152-z.
  24. Li, B., K. Woody, and J. Kung (2006) Elasticity of MgO to 11 GPa with an independent absolute pressure scale: Implications for pressure calibration, J. Geophys. Res., 111, B11206, doi:10.1029 / 2005JB004251.
  25. Kung, J., B. Li, and R. C. Liebermann, Ultrasonic observations of elasticity changes across phase transformations in Mg SiO3 pyroxenes, J. Phys. Chem. Solids, 67, 2051-2055, 2006
  26. Liu, W. and B. Li (2006), Thermoelasticity of olivine to 8 GPa 1073K, Phys. Earth. Planet. Inter., 157  188–195.
  27. Higo, Y., T. Inoue, B. Li, T. Irifune, and R C Liebermann (2006), The effect of iron on the elastic properties of ringwoodite at high pressure, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 159 (2006) 276–285.
  28. Gwanmesia, G. D., J. Zhang, K. Darling, J. Kung, B. Li, L. Wang, D. Neuville, R. C. Liebermann (2006), Elasticity of polycrystalline pyrope (Mg3Al2Si3O12) to 9GPa and 1000 ◦C, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 155, 179–190.
  29. Carpenter, M A., P. Sondergeld, B. Li, R C. Liebermann, J.W. Walsh, J Schreuer, and T W. Darling(2006), Structural evolution, strain and elasticity of perovskitesat high pressures and temperatures, J. Min. Petrol. Sci., 101, 95─109, 2006.
  30. Sondergeld, P., M. Carpenter, B. Li, J. Schreuer (2006), Discontinuous evolution of single crystal elastic constants as a function of pressure through C2/c <-> P21/c phase transition in spodumene, LiAlSi2O6, J. Geophys. Res., 111, B07202, doi:10.1029/2005JB004098.
  31. Cristian, P., D. Rickel, A. Migliori, J. Zhang, Y. Zhao, R. G. Leisure, and B. Li (2005), A digital ultrasonic pulse-echo overlap system and algorithm for unambiguous determination of pulse transit time, Res. Sci. Instrum. Rev. Sci. Instrum. 76, 114902, 2005.
  32. Liu, W., J. Kung, and B. Li (2005), Elasticity of San Carlos olivine to 8 GPa 1073K, Geophy. Res. Lett., 98, 32, L16301, doi:10.1029/2005GL023453, 2005. 
  33. *Li, B., J. Zhang (2005), Pressure and temperature dependence of elastic wave velocity of MgSiO3 perovskite and the composition of the lower mantle, Physics Earth Planet Inter., 151, 143-154.
  34. Li, B., J. Kung, T. Uchida and Y. Wang (2005), Pressure calibration to 20 GPa by use of simultaneous ultrasonic and X-ray techniques J. Appl. Phys., 98, 013521, 2005.
  35. Li, B., J. Kung, Y. Wang, and T. Uchida, Simultaneous equation of state, pressure calibration and sound velocity measurements to lower mantle pressures using multi-anvil apparatus, In: Frontiers in High Pressure Research: Geophysical Applications. Editors: J. Chen, Y. Wang, T. Duffy, G. Shen, L. Dobrzinetskaya, Elsevier, New York, pp.49-66, 2005.
  36. Kung, J., B. Li, Y. Wang, T. Uchida (2005), In-situ elasticity measurement for the unquenchable high-pressure clinopyroxene phase: Implication for the upper mantle, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L01307, doi:10.1029.
  37. Kung, J., B. Li, T. Uchida, Y. Wang, In situ measurements of sound velocities and densities across the orthopyroxene ->high-pressure clinopyroxene transition in MgSiO3 at high pressure, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 147, 27-44, 2004.
  38. Li, B., J. Kung, and R.C. Liebermann, Modern techniques in measuring elasticity of earth materials at high pressure and high temperature using ultrasonic interferometry in conjunction with synchrotron X-radiation in multi-anvil apparatus, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 143-144, 558-574, 2004.
  39. Darling, K., G. D. Gwanmesia, J. Kung, B. Li, and R. C. Liebermann, Ultrasonic measurements of the sound velocities in polycrystalline San Carlos olivine in multi-anvil, high-pressure apparatus, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 143-144, 19-31,2004.
  40. Shieh, R., T. Duffy, and B. Li, Superhard Superhard Materials Under Pressure: Strength and elasticity of stishovite, Science Highlight, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 2004.
  41. Amulele, G., M. Manghnani, B. Li, D.J. Errandonea, M. Somayazulu, Y. Meng, High pressure ultrasonic and X-ray studies on SiC composite, J. Applied Physics, 95, 1805-1810, 2004.
  42. Li, B., Compressional and shear wave velocity of Ringwoodite -Mg2SiO4 to 12 GPa, Am. Min, 88, 1312-1317, 2003.
  43. Shieh, R., T.S. Duffy, and B. Li, Strength and elasticity of SiO2 across the stishovite - CaCl2 phase boundary, Physics Rev. Lett., 89 (25): art. no. 255507,2002.
  44. Kung, J., B. Li, D.J. Weidner, J. Zhang, and R.C. Liebermann, Elasticity of (Mg0.83,Fe0.17)O ferropericlase at high pressure: ultrasonic measurements in conjunction with X-radiation techniques, Earth Planetary Science Letters, 203, 557-566, 2002.
  45. Li, B., K. Chen, J. Kung, R.C. Liebermann, D.J. Weidner, Ultrasonic velocity measurement using transfer function method, J. of Physics: Condensed Matter, 14, 11337-11342, 2002.
  46. T. Uchida, Y. Wang, M. L. Rivers, S. R. Sutton, D. J. Weidner, M. T. Vaughan, J. Chen, B. Li, R. A. Secco, M. D. Rutter, H. Liu, A large-volume press facility at the Advanced Photon Source: Diffraction and imaging studies on materials relevant to the cores of planetary bodies, J. Phys. Condens. Matter, 44, 11517-11523, 2002.
  47. Li, B., R. C. Liebermann, and D. J. Weidner, P-V-Vp-Vs-T Measurements on Wadsleyite to 7 GPa 873 K: Implications for the 410-km discontinuity, J. Geophy. Res., 106 , 30579-30591, 2001.
  48. Decremps, F., J. Zhang, B. Li, R.C. Liebermann, Pressure-induced softening of shear modes in ZnO, Phy Rev B, 6322, 4105, 2001.
  49. Li., B., M.T. Vaughan, J. Kung, D.J. Weidner, Direct length measurements using X-radiography for the determination of velocities at high pressure and high temperature, Science Highlight, Brookhaven National Lab, pp.2001.
  50. Vaughan, M., J. Chen, L. Li, D. Weidner and B. Li,  Use of X-ray Imaging Techniques at High Pressure and Temperature for Strain Measurements. Science and Technology of High Pressure. M. H. Manghnani, W. J. Nellis and M. F. Nicol. Hyderabad, Idnia, Universities Press Ltd., pp. 1097-1098, 2000.
  51. Li, B, and R. C. Liebermann, Sound velocities of wadsleyite -(Mg0.88Fe0.12)2SiO4 to 10 GPa, Am. Min., 85, 292-295, 2000.
  52. Decremps, F., B. Li, and R. C. Liebermann, Single crystal elasticity of ZnO at high pressure, Science and Technology of High Pressure. M. H. Manghnani, W. J. Nellis and M. F. Nicol. Hyderabad, Idnia, Universities Press Ltd., pp. 810-813, 2000.
  53. Liu, J., J. Zhang, L. Flesch, B. Li, D. J. Weidner, and R. C. Liebermann, Thermal equation of state of stishovite, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 112, 257-266, 1999.
  54. Mao, Ho-Kwang, J. Shu, G. Shen, R.J. Hemley, B. Li, A.K. Singh, Elasticity and rheology of iron above 220 GPa and the nature of the Earth's inner core, Nature, 396 741-743, 1998.
  55. Liebermann, R. C., G. Chen, B. Li, G. D. Gwanmesia, J. Chen, M. T. Vaughan, and D. J. Weidner, Sound Velocity Measurements in Oxides and Silicates at Simultaneous High Pressures and Temperatures using Ultrasonic Techniques in Multi-Anvil Apparatus in Conjunction with Synchrotron X-radiation Determination of Equation of State, The Review of High Pressure Science and Technology, 7, 75-78, 1998.
  56. Liebermann, R. C., and B. Li, Elasticity at High Pressure and Temperature, in Ultrahigh pressure Mineralogy: Physics and Chemistry of the Earth's Deep Interior, editors R. J. Hemley, Review in Mineralogy, 37, pp. 459-492, 1998.
  57. Li, B., G. Chen, G. D. Gwanmesia, and R.C. Liebermann, Sound velocity measurements at mantle transition zone conditions of pressure and temperature using ultrasonic interferometry in a multi-anvil apparatus, in Properties of Earth and Planetary Materials at High Pressure and Temperature, edited by M. Manghnani and T. Yagi, , pp. 41-61, 1998.
  58. Li, B., R. C. Liebermann, and D. J. Weidner, Elasticity of Wadsleyite to 7 GPa and 873 Kelvin, Science, 1998.
  59. Flesch, L., B. Li, and R. C. Liebermann, Sound velocities of polycrystalline MgSiO3-orthpyroxene to 10 GPa at room temperature Am. Min. , 83, 444-450, 1998.
  60. Liebermann, R. C., G. Chen, B. Li, G. D. Gwanmesia, J. Chen, M.V. Vaughan, D. J. Weidner, Sound velocity measurements in Oxides and silicates at simultaneous high pressure and temperatures using ultrasonic techniques in multi-anvil apparatus in conjunction with synchrotron X-radiation determination of equation of state, The Review of High Pressure Science and Technology 7: 75 – 78, 1998.
  61. Li, B, S.M. Rigden, and R. C. Liebermann, Elasticity of stishovite at high pressure. Phys. Earth Planet Interi., Ringwood Symposium Special Volume, editors: T. Irifune and S. Kesson, 96, 113-127, 1996.
  62. Li, B., I. Jackson, T. Gasparik, and R.C. Liebermann, Elastic wave velocity measurement in multi-anvil apparatus to 10 GPa using ultrasonic interferometry, Phys. Earth Planet Interi., editors: O.L Anderson and I. Jackson, 98, 79-91, 1996.
  63. Li, B., G.D. Gwanmesia, and R.C. Liebermann, Sound velocity of olivine and beta polymorphs of Mg2SiO4 at Earth's transition zone pressures. Geophys. Res. Lett, 23, 2259-2262, 1996.
  64. Chen G., B. Li, and R.C. Liebermann, Selected Elastic Moduli of Single crystal olivines from ultrasonic experiments to mantle pressure, Science, 272, 979-980, 1996.
  65. Zhang J., B. Li, W. Utsumi, and R.C. Liebermann, In-situ X-ray observation of the coesite-stishovite transition: Reversed phase boundary and kinetics. Phys. Chem. Min., 23, 1-10, 1996.
  66. Zhao., Y., D.J. Weidner, J. Ko, K. Leinenweber, X. Liu, B. Li, Y. Meng, R. E. Pacalo, M. T. Vaughan, Y. Wang, and A. Yeganeh-Haeri, Perovskite at high P-T conditions: An in situ synchrotron X ray diffraction study of NaMgF3 perovskite. J. Geophys. Res., 99, 2871-2885, 1994.
  67. Gwanmesia, G.D., B. Li, and R.C. Liebermann, Hot-pressing of polycrystals of high pressure phases of mantle minerals in multi-anvil apparatus, PAGEOPH, Schreiber Volume, editors: R.C. Liebermann and C. H. Sondergeld, pp. 467-484, 1993.

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