Prithachakaran Renganathan

Employment

• Argonne National Laboratory Research Associate
  2022 - Present
• Institute for Shock Physics Post-Doctorate
  2017 - 2021

Education

• Washington State University Ph.D.
  2012 - 2017
• University of Southern California M.S.
  2010 - 2012
• National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli B.S.
  2006 - 2010

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (14)

• Optical transparency of LiF (100) shock compressed to ∼360 GPa
  Journal of Applied Physics 2026 DOI: 10.1063/5.0344905
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• Shock compression of diamond single crystals to 120 GPa: Refractive index and nonlinear photoelasticity
  Physical Review B 2026 DOI: 10.1103/ymz4-tyml
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• Microscopic changes governing melting anisotropy: Real-time nanosecond x-ray diffraction
  Physical Review B 2025 DOI: 10.1103/6n8y-m8sq
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• Optimizing ablator thickness for laser shock experiments
  Review of Scientific Instruments 2025 DOI: 10.1063/5.0286493
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• Melting anisotropy in crystalline solids
  Physical Review B 2024 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.109.L060102
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• Real-time (nanoseconds) determination of liquid phase growth during shock-induced melting
  Science Advances 2023 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.ade5745
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• Sound velocities in shock-compressed soda lime glass: Melting and liquid-state response
  Physical Review B 2021 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.104.014113
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• Optical Response of Soda-Lime Glass Shocked to 14 GPa
  Journal of Dynamic Behavior of Materials 2020 DOI: 10.1007/s40870-020-00239-7
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• Hugoniot states and optical response of soda lime glass shock compressed to 120 GPa
  Journal of Applied Physics 2020 DOI: 10.1063/5.0010396
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• Shock compression/release of magnesium single crystals along a low-symmetry orientation: Role of basal slip
  Journal of Applied Physics 2019 DOI: 10.1063/1.5116822
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• Structural transformations including melting and recrystallization during shock compression and release of germanium up to 45 GPa
  Pritha Renganathan, Stefan J. Turneaure, Surinder M. Sharma +1 more
  Physical Review B 2019 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.99.134101
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• Twinning and Dislocation Evolution during Shock Compression and Release of Single Crystals: Real-Time X-Ray Diffraction
  Physical Review Letters 2018 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.120.265503
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• Shock compression and release of a-axis magnesium single crystals: Anisotropy and time dependent inelastic response
  Journal of Applied Physics 2017 DOI: 10.1063/1.4974365
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• Shock wave compression and release of hexagonal-close-packed metal single crystals: Inelastic deformation of c-axis magnesium
  Journal of Applied Physics 2015 DOI: 10.1063/1.4914525
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