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Recent Publications
Weyl Semimetallic Phase in High Pressure CrSb2 and Structural Compression Studies of its High Pressure Polymorphs
Carl Jonas Linnemann, Emma Ehrenreich-Petersen, Davide Ceresoli, Timofey Fedotenko, Innokenty Kantor, Mads Ry Vogel Jørgensen, Martin Bremholm, Weyl Semimetallic Phase in High Pressure CrSb2 and Structural Compression Studies of its High Pressure Polymorphs, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2024, 175457, ISSN 0925-8388
High-Pressure oC16-YBr3 Polymorph Recoverable to Ambient Conditions: From 3D Framework to Layered Material
Alena Aslandukova, Andrey Aslandukov, Fariia Iasmin Akbar, Yuqing Yin, Florian Trybel, Michael Hanfland, Anna Pakhomova, Stella Chariton, Vitali Prakapenka, Natalia Dubrovinskaia, and Leonid Dubrovinsky, “High-Pressure oC16-YBr3 Polymorph Recoverable to Ambient Conditions: From 3D Framework to Layered Material”, Inorganic Chemistry Article ASAP
Deviatoric stress-induced metallization, layer reconstruction and collapse of van der Waals bonded zirconium disulfide
Linfei Yang, Junwei Li, Dongzhou Zhang, Yuegao Liu, Qingyang Hu. Deviatoric stress-induced metallization, layer reconstruction and collapse of van der Waals bonded zirconium disulfide. Commun Chem 7, 141 (2024).
Synthesis and Properties of the Helium Clathrate and Defect Perovskite [He2–x□x][CaNb]F6
Shangye Ma, Brett R. Hester, Anthony J. Lloyd II, Antonio M. dos Santos, Jamie J. Molaison, and Angus P. Wilkinson, Synthesis and Properties of the Helium Clathrate and Defect Perovskite [He2–x□x][CaNb]F6, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
Sulfur isotopes from the Paleoproterozoic Francevillian Basin record multigenerational pyrite formation, not depositional conditions
Paiste, K., Fike, D.A., Mayika, K.B. et al. Sulfur isotopes from the Paleoproterozoic Francevillian Basin record multigenerational pyrite formation, not depositional conditions. Commun Earth Environ 5, 328 (2024)
Biogenic-to-lithogenic handoff of particulate Zn affects the Zn cycle in the Southern Ocean
J. DUAN, R. CLOETE, J. C. LOOCK, A. LANZIROTTI, M. NEWVILLE, A. MARTÍNEZ-GARCÍA, D. M. SIGMAN, P. J. LAM, A. N. ROYCHOUDHURY, AND S. C. B. MYNENI, Biogenic-to-lithogenic handoff of particulate Zn affects the Zn cycle in the Southern Ocean.Science384,1235-1240(2024).
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Formation of zinc carbonate phases on dissolving calcite, aragonite, and vaterite in acidic aqueous solutions
YoungJae Kim, Sang Soo Lee, Bektur Abdilla, Viktor Nikitin, Neil C. Sturchio, Paul Fenter, Formation of zinc carbonate phases on dissolving calcite, aragonite, and vaterite in acidic aqueous solutions, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Volume 380, 2024, Pages 131-139, ISSN 0016-7037.
Pressure–volume equation of state of Fe18Pt82
Meryem Berrada, Siheng Wang, Bin Chen, Vitali Prakapenka, Stella Chariton, Marc M. Hirschmann & Jie Li Pressure–volume equation of state of Fe18Pt82. Phys Chem Minerals 51, 27 (2024). DOI : /doi.org/10.1007/s00269-024-01275-8
Multicaloric Cryocooling Using Heavy Rare-Earth Free La(Fe,Si)13-Based Compounds
Benedikt Beckmann, Lukas Pfeuffer, Johanna Lill, Benedikt Eggert, David Koch, Barbara Lavina, Jiyong Zhao, Thomas Toellner, Esen E. Alp, Katharina Ollefs, Konstantin P. Skokov, Heiko Wende, and Oliver Gutfleisch, “Multicaloric Cryocooling Using Heavy Rare-Earth Free La(Fe,Si)13-Based Compounds”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces Article ASAP DOI: 10.1021/acsami.4c05397
Hydrogenation of calcite and change in chemical bonding at high pressure: Diamond formation above 100 GPa
Alexander F. Goncharov, Huiyao Kuang, John S. Tse, Eric Edmund, Maxim Bykov, Elena Bykova, Stella Chariton, Vitali B. Prakapenka, Timofey Fedotenko, Nico Giordano, Mohamed Mezouar, Jesse S. Smith, Hydrogenation of calcite and change in chemical bonding at high pressure: Diamond formation above 100 GPa, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 2024, 107228, ISSN 0031-9201
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