Materials discovery at high pressures

L Zhang, Y Wang, J Lv, Y Ma - Nature Reviews Materials, 2017 - nature.com
Pressure is a fundamental thermodynamic variable that can be used to control the properties
of materials, because it reduces interatomic distances and profoundly modifies electronic …

Solids, liquids, and gases under high pressure

HK Mao, XJ Chen, Y Ding, B Li, L Wang - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2018 - APS
Pressure has long been recognized as a fundamental thermodynamic variable but its
application was previously limited by the available pressure vessels and probes. The …

Hydrogen clathrate structures in rare earth hydrides at high pressures: possible route to room-temperature superconductivity

F Peng, Y Sun, CJ Pickard, RJ Needs, Q Wu, Y Ma - Physical review letters, 2017 - APS
Room-temperature superconductivity has been a long-held dream and an area of intensive
research. Recent experimental findings of superconductivity at 200 K in highly compressed …

The metallization and superconductivity of dense hydrogen sulfide

Y Li, J Hao, H Liu, Y Li, Y Ma - The Journal of chemical physics, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
Hydrogen sulfide (H 2 S) is a prototype molecular system and a sister molecule of water (H 2
O). The phase diagram of solid H 2 S at high pressures remains largely unexplored arising …

Two-dimensional boron monolayer sheets

X Wu, J Dai, Y Zhao, Z Zhuo, J Yang, XC Zeng - ACS nano, 2012 - ACS Publications
Boron, a nearest-neighbor of carbon, is possibly the second element that can possess free-
standing flat monolayer structures, evidenced by recent successful synthesis of single …

Particle-swarm structure prediction on clusters

J Lv, Y Wang, L Zhu, Y Ma - The Journal of chemical physics, 2012 - pubs.aip.org
We have developed an efficient method for cluster structure prediction based on the
generalization of particle swarm optimization (PSO). A local version of PSO algorithm was …

[HTML][HTML] The physics behind water irregularity

CQ Sun, Y Huang, X Zhang, Z Ma, B Wang - Physics Reports, 2023 - Elsevier
The notion of asymmetrical Hydrogen Bond (O: HO) Cooperativity and Polarizability (HBCP)
has enabled exploration of the core physics behind irregularities of water and ice …

Global structural optimization of tungsten borides

Q Li, D Zhou, W Zheng, Y Ma, C Chen - Physical Review Letters, 2013 - APS
Tungsten borides are among a distinct class of transition-metal light-element compounds
with superior mechanical properties that rival those of traditional superhard materials. An in …

Rich proton dynamics and phase behaviours of nanoconfined ices

J Jiang, Y Gao, L Li, Y Liu, W Zhu, C Zhu, JS Francisco… - Nature Physics, 2024 - nature.com
Water confined in nanopores is ubiquitous in geological, planetary and biological
environments and in nanofluidic settings. Understanding the phase behaviour and proton …

Perspective: Crystal structure prediction at high pressures

Y Wang, Y Ma - The Journal of chemical physics, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
Crystal structure prediction at high pressures unbiased by any prior known structure
information has recently become a topic of considerable interest. We here present a short …