Good point. The device being used is a diamond anvil cell [1], which is a uniaxial device and why I thought they were directly applying pressure along a single

Good point. The device being used is a diamond anvil cell [1], which is a uniaxial device and why I thought they were directly applying pressure along a single axis, but that's not quite how the device works. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_anvil_cell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_anvil_cell