Publications
2023
Materials under extreme conditions using large X-ray facilities
S. Pascarelli, M. McMahon, C. Pépin, O. Mathon, R. F. Smith, W. L. Mao, H. Liermann and P. Loubeyre, Nature Reviews Methods Primers 3, 82, 2023 (LINK)
Ultrafast x-ray detection of low-spin iron in molten silicate under deep planetary interior conditions
S. Shim, B. Ko, D. Sokaras, B. Nagler, H. Lee, E. Galtier, S. Glenzer, E. Granados, T. Vinci, G. Fiquet, J. Dolinschi, J. Tappan, B. Kulka, W. L. Mao, G. Morard, A. Ravasio, A. E. Gleason and R. Alonso-Mori, Science Advances 9, 42, 2023 (LINK)
2022
Atomistic deformation mechanism of silicon under laser-driven shock compression
S. Pandolfi, S. B. Brown, P. G. Stubley, A. Higginbotham, C. A. Bolme, H. J. Lee, B. Nagler, E. Galtier, R. L. Sandberg, W. Yang, W. L. Mao, J. S. Wark and A. E. Gleason, Nature Communications 13, 5535, 2022 (LINK)
Cesium-mediated electron redistribution and electron-electron interaction in high-pressure metallic CsPbI3
F. Ke, J. Yan, S. Niu, J. Wen, K. Yin, H. Yang, N.R. Wolf, Y.-K. Tzeng, Wolf, H.I. Karunadasa, Y.S. Lee, W.L. Mao, and Y. Lin, Nature Communications 13, 7076, 2022 (LINK)
Quasi-One-Dimentional Metallicity in Compressed CsSnI3
F. Ke, J. Yan, R. Matheu, S. Niu, N.R. Wolf, H. Yang, K. Yin, J. Wen, Y.S. Lee, H.I. Karunadasa, W.L. Mao, and Y. Lin, Journal of the American Chemical Society 144 (51), 23595-23602, 2022 (LINK)
Tuning Defects in a Halide Double Perovskite with Pressure
N.R. Wolf, A. Jaffe, A.H. Slavney, W.L. Mao, L. Leppert and H. I. Karunadasa, Journal of the American Chemical Society 144, 20763-20772, 2022 (LINK)
Preservation of High-Pressure Volatiles in Nanostructured Diamond Capsules
Z. Zeng, J. Wen, H. Lou, X. Zhang, L. Yang, L. Tan, B. Cheng, X. Zuo, W. Yang, W.L. Mao, H. Mao, and Q. Zeng, Nature 608, 513, 2022 (LINK)
Dynamic Compression of Water to Conditions in Ice Giant Interiors
A.E. Gleason, D.R. Rittman, C.A. Bolme, E. Galtier, H.J. Lee, E. Granados, S. Ali, A. Lazicki, D. Swift, P. Celliers, B. Militzer, S. Stanley, and W.L. Mao, Sci Rep 12, 715, 2022 (LINK)
Ultrafast Structural Response of Shock‐compressed Plagioclase
A.E. Gleason, S. Park, D.R. Rittman, A. Ravasio, F. Langenhorst, R.M. Bolis, E. Granados, S. Hok, T. Kroll, M. Sikorski, T. Weng, H.J. Lee, B. Nagler, T. Sisson, Z. Xing, D. Zhu, G. Giuli, W.L. Mao, S.H. Glenzer, D. Sokaras, and R. Alonso‐Mori, Meteorit & Planetary Scien 57, 635, 2022 (LINK)
Making the Most of Metastability
W.L. Mao and Y. Lin, Science 377, 814, 2022 (LINK)
2021
Pressure-Induced Suppression of Jahn–Teller Distortions and Enhanced Electronic Properties in High-Entropy Oxide (Mg 0.2 Ni 0.2 Co 0.2 Zn 0.2 Cu 0.2 )O
J. Yan, L. Zhang, J. Liu, N. Li, N. Tamura, B. Chen, Y. Lin, W.L. Mao, and H. Zhang, Appl. Phys. Lett. 119, 151901, 2021 (LINK)
Femtosecond Visualization of Hcp-Iron Strength and Plasticity under Shock Compression
S. Merkel, S. Hok, C. Bolme, D. Rittman, K.J. Ramos, B. Morrow, H.J. Lee, B. Nagler, E. Galtier, E. Granados, A. Hashim, W.L. Mao, and A.E. Gleason, Phys. Rev. Lett. 127 (20), 205501, 2021 (LINK)
Sub-10-nm graphene nanoribbons with atomically smooth edges from squashed carbon nanotubes
C. Chen, Y. Lin, W. Zhou, M. Gong, Z. He, F. Shi, X. Li, J.Z. Wu, K.T. Lam, J.N. Wang, F. Yang, Q. Zeng, J. Guo, W. Gao, J.-M. Zuo, J. Liu, G. Hong, A.L. Antaris, M.-C. Lin, W.L. Mao, and H. Dai, Nat. Electron. 4, 653, 2021. (LINK)
High Pressure Brillouin Spectroscopy and X-ray Diffraction of Cerium Dioxide
M. Frost, J.D. Lazarz, A.L. Levitan, V.B. Prakapenka, P. Sun, S.N. Tkachev, H. Yang, S.H. Glenzer, and A.E. Gleason, Materials 14, 3683, 2021. (LINK)Ultrafast X-ray Diffraction Study of a Shock-Compressed Iron Meteorite above 100 GPa
S. Tecklenburg, R. Colina-Ruiz, S. Hok, C. Bolme, E. Galtier, E. Granados, A. Hashim, H.J. Lee, S. Merkel, B. Morrow, B. Nagler, K. Ramos, D. Rittman, R. Walroth, W.L. Mao, and A.E. Gleason, Minerals 11, 567, 2021. (LINK)Noble gas incorporation into silicate glasses: implications for planetary volatile storage
H. Yang, A.E. Gleason, S.N. Tkachev, B. Chen, R. Jeanloz, and W.L. Mao, Geochem. Perspect. Lett. 17, 1, 2021. (LINK)Probing the Electronic Band Gap of Solid Hydrogen by Inelastic X-Ray Scattering up to 90 GPa
B. Li, Y. Ding, D.Y. Kim, L. Wang, T.-C. Weng, W. Yang, Z. Yu, C. Ji, J. Wang, J. Shu, J. Chen, K. Yang, Y. Xiao, P. Chow, G. Shen, W.L. Mao, and H.-K. Mao, Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 036402, 2021. (LINK)Mineralogy of the deep lower mantle in the presence of H2O
Q. Hu, J. Liu, J. Chen, B. Yan, Y. Meng, V.B. Prakapenka, W.L. Mao, and H. Mao, National Science Review (8), 2021. (LINK)
Preserving a robust CsPbI3 perovskite phase via pressure-directed octahedral tilt
F. Ke, C. Wang, C. Jia, N.R. Wolf, J. Yan, S. Niu, T.P. Devereaux, H.I. Karunadasa, W.L. Mao, and Y. Lin, Nat. Commun. 12, 461, 2021. (LINK)Revealing Local Disorder in a Silver-Bismuth Halide Perovskite upon Compression
S.P. Girdzis, Y. Lin, L. Leppert, A.H. Slavney, S. Park, K.W. Chapman, H.I. Karunadasa, and W.L. Mao, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 12, 532, 2021. (LINK)Polyamorphism in a solute-lean Al–Ce metallic glass
Z. Yin, H. Lou, H. Sheng, Z. Zeng, W.L. Mao, and Q. Zeng, Journal of Applied Physics 129, 025108, 2021.(LINK)Pressure-induced excimer formation and fluorescence enhancement of an anthracene derivative
Y. Dai, H. Liu, T. Geng, F. Ke, S. Niu, K. Wang, Y. Qi, B. Zou, B. Yang, W.L. Mao, and Y. Lin, J. Mater. Chem. C 9, 934, 2021. (LINK)
2020
Key problems of the four-dimensional Earth system
H. Mao and W.L. Mao, Matter and Radiation at Extremes 5, 038102, 2020. (LINK)
Direct observation of shock‐induced disordering of enstatite below the melting temperature
J. A. Hernandez, G. Morard, M Guarguaglini, R. Alonso-Mori, A. Benuzzi-Mounaix, R. Bolis, G. Fiquet, E. Galtier, A. E. Gleason, S. Glenzer, F. Guyot, B. Ko, H. J. Lee, W. L. Mao, B. Nagler, N. Ozaki, A. K. Schuster, S. H. Shim, T. Vinci, and A. Ravasio. Geophys. Res. Lett. e2020GL088887, 2020. (LINK)
Synthesis of atomically thin hexagonal diamond with compression
F. Ke, L. Zhang, Y. Chen, K. Yin, C. Wang, Y.-K. Tzeng, Y. Lin, H. Dong, H. Z. Liu, J. S. Tse, W. L. Mao, J. Wu, B. Chen. Nano Lett. 20, 8, 5916–5921, 2020. (LINK)
Nitrogen in black phosphorus structure
C. Ji, A. A. Adeleke, L. Yang, B. Wan, H. Gou, Y. Yao, B. Li, Y. Meng, J. S. Smith, V. B. Prakapenka, W. Liu, G. Shen, W. L. Mao, and H-k .Mao. Science Adv. 6, eaba9206, 2020. (LINK)
In situ X-ray diffraction of silicate liquids and glasses under dynamic and static compression to megabar pressures
G. Morard, J.-A. Hernandez, M. Guarguaglini, R. Bolis, A. Benuzzi-Mounaix, T. Vinci, G. Fiquet, M. A. Baron, S-H. Shim, B. Ko, A. E. Gleason, W. L. Mao, R. Alonso-Mori, H. J. Lee, B. Nagler, E. Galtier, D. Sokaras, S. H. Glenzer, D. Andrault, G. Garbarino, M. Mezouar, A. Schuster, A. Ravasio. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 117 (22), 11981-11986, 2020. (LINK)
Evidence for oxygenation of Fe-Mg oxides at mid-mantle conditions and the rise of deep oxygen
J. Liu, C. X. Wang, S. Zhu, C. Lv, X. Su, R. Tang, Z. Du, Y. Liu, Y. Meng, V. B. Prakapenka, S. Kawaguchi, J. Chen, Q. Zhu, Q. Y. Hu, H-k. Mao, and W. L. Mao. Natl. Sci. Rev. doi:10.1093/nsr/nwaa096, 2020. (LINK)
Origin of plasticity in nanostructured silicon
Z. Zeng, Q. S. Zeng, M. Y. Ge, B. Chen, H. Lou, X. Chen, J. Y. Yan, W. Yang, H-k. Mao, D. Yang, and W. L. Mao. Phys. Rev. Lett. 124, 185701, 2020. (LINK)
Diamondoids under pressure
S. Park, Y. Lin, and W. L. Mao. AGU Books, doi:10.1002/9781119508229.ch27, 2020. (LINK)
Facile diamond synthesis from lower diamondoids
S. Park, I. I. Abate, J. Liu, C. X. Wang, J. E. P. Dahl, R. M. K. Carlson, L. X. Yang, V. B. Prakapenka, E. Greenberg, T. P. Devereaux, C. J. Jia, R. C. Ewing, W. L. Mao, and Y. Lin. Science Adv. 6, eaay9405, 2020. (LINK)
2019
High Compression-Induced Conductivity in a Layered Cu-Br Perovskite
A. Jaffe, S. A. Mack, Y. Lin, W. L. Mao, J. B. Neaton, and H. I. Karunadasa. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.59, 4017, 2019. (PDF)
Ultrahigh pressure isostructural electronic transitions in hydrogen
C. Ji, B. Li, W. J. Liu, J. S. Smith, A. Majumdar, W. Luo, R. Ahuja, J. F. Shu, J. Y. Wang, S. Sinogeikin, Y. Meng, V. B. Prakapenka, E. Greenberg, R. Q. Xu, X. R. Huang, W. G. Yang, G. Shen, W. L. Mao, and H-k. Mao. Nature 573, 558, 2019. (PDF)
Pressure-Induced Emission (PIE) and Phase Transition of a Two-dimensional Halide Double Perovskite (BA)4AgBiBr8 (BA = CH3(CH2)3NH3+)
Y. Fang, L. Zhang, L. W. Wu, J. J. Yan, Y. Lin, K. Wang, W. L. Mao, and B. Zou. Angew. Chem. 131, 1, 2019. (PDF)
Electronic spin transition in FeO2: Evidence for Fe(II) with peroxide O22-
B. G. Jang, J. Liu, Q. Y. Hu, K. Haule, H-k Mao, W. L. Mao, D. Y. Kim, J. H. Shim, and D. Y. Kim. Phys. Rev. B 100, 014418, 2019. (PDF)
Applications for nanoscale x-ray imaging at high pressure
W. L. Mao, Y. Lin, Y. J. Liu, and J. Liu. Engineering, doi: 10.1016/j.eng.2019.01.006, 2019. (PDF)
Anomalous behavior of non-equilibrium excitations in UO2
D. R. Rittman, S. W. Teitelbaum, D. A. Reis, W. L. Mao, and R. C. Ewing. Phys. Rev. B 99,134307, 2019. (PDF)
Tuning Optical and Electronic Properties in Low-Toxicity Organic-Inorganic Hybrid (CH3NH3)3Bi2I9 under High Pressure
L. Zhang, C. M. Liu, Y. Lin, K. Wang, F. Ke, C. L. Liu, W. L. Mao, and B. Zou. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 10, 1676, 2019. (PDF)
Direct imaging of ultrafast lattice dynamics
S. B. Brown, A. E. Gleason, E. Galtier, A. Higginbotham, B. Arnold, A. Fry, E. Granados, A. Hashim, C. G. Schroer, A. Schropp, F. Seiboth, F. Tavella, Z. Xing, W. L. Mao, H. J. Lee, and B. Nagler. Science Adv., doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aau8044, 2019. (PDF)
Phase transformations of Al-bearing high-entropy alloys AlxCoCrFeNi (x = 0, 0.1, 0.3, 0.75, 1.5) at high pressure
C. Wang, C.L. Tracy, S. Park, J. Liu, F. Ke, F. Zhang, T. Yang, S. Xia, C. Li, Y. Wang, Y. Zhang, W.L. Mao, and R.C. Ewing. Appl. Phys. Lett. 114, 091902, 2019. (PDF)
Superconducting transition temperatures in the electronic and magnetic phase diagrams of Sr2VFeAsO3-δ, a superconductor
Y. Tojo, T. Shibuya, T. Nakamura, K. Shoji, H. Fujioka, M. Matoba, S. Yasui, M. Itoh, S. Iimura, H. Hiramatsu, H. Hosono, S. Hirai, W. L. Mao, S. Kitao, M. Seto, and Y. Kamihara. J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 31, 115801, 2019. (PDF)
Altered chemistry of oxygen and iron under deep Earth conditions
J. Liu, Q.Y. Hu, W. Bi, L. Yang, Y. Xiao, P. Chow, H.-K. Mao, and W. L. Mao. Nature Comm. 10, 153, 2019. (PDF)
Diffusion-controlled alloying of single-phase multi-principal transition metal carbides with high toughness and low thermal diffusivity
C. Peng, X. Gao, M. Wang, L. Wu, H. Tang, X. Li, Q. Zhang, Y. Ren, F. Zhang, Y. Wang, B. Zhang, B. Gao, Q. Zou, Y. Zhao, Q. Yang, D. Tian, H. Xiao, H. Gou, W. Yang, X. Bai, W. L. Mao, and H-k. Mao. Appl. Phys. Lett. 114, 011905, 2019. (PDF)
2018
Structure controlled oxygen concentration in Fe2O3 and FeO2
S-c. Zhu, Q. Y. Hu, J. Liu, W. L. Mao, Y. Meng, H-k. Mao, and Q. Zhu. Inorg. Chem., doi:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b02764, 2019. (PDF)
The Effect of Nickel on the Strength of Iron Nickel Alloys: Implications for the Earth’s Inner Core
M.M. Reagan, A.E. Gleason, J. Liu, M.J. Krawczynski, J. Van Orman, and W.L. Mao. Phys. Earth Planet. Inter. 283, 43-47, 2018. (PDF)
Bright, mechanosensitive upconversion with cubic-phase heteroepitaxial core-shell nanoparticles
A. Lay, C. Siefe, S. Fischer, R.D. Mehlenbacher, F. Ke, W.L. Mao, A.P. Alivisatos, M.B. Goodman, and J.A. Dionne. Nano Lett. 18, 4454, 2018. (PDF)
Modification of structural disorder by hydrostatic pressure in superconducting YBa2Cu3O6.73 cuprate
H. Huang, H. Jang, M. Fujita, Y. Lin, W.L. Mao, J. Wang, J. Ying, J. Smith, C. Kenney-Benson, G. Shen, C.-C. Kao, Y.-J. Liu, and J.-S. Lee. Phys. Rev. B 97, 174508, 2018. (PDF)
Revealing the Formation Mechanism of Ultrahard Nanotwinned Diamond from Onion Carbon
H. Tang, X.H. Yuan, P.F. Yu, Q.Y. Hu, M.Z. Wang, Y.S. Yao, L.L. Wu, Q. Zou, Y.J. Ke, Y.C. Zhao, L. Wang, X.P. Li, W.G. Yang, H.Y. Gou, H-k. Mao, and W.L. Mao. Carbon 129, 159-167, 2018. (PDF)
Sterically controlled mechanochemistry under hydrostatic pressure
H. Yan, F. Yang, D. Pan, Y. Lin, J. Nathan Hohman, D. Solis-Ibarra, F.H. Li, J.E.P. Dahl, R.M.K. Carlson, B.A. Tkachenko, A.A. Folkin, P.R. Schreiner, G. Galli, W.L. Mao, Z-X. Shen, and N.A. Melosh. Nature 554, 505–510, 2018. (PDF)
Radiation-induced disorder in compressed lanthanide zirconates
S.G.Y. Park, C.L. Tracy, F.X. Zhang, C.Y. Park, C. Trautmann, S.N. Tkachev, M. Lang, W.L. Mao, and R.C. Ewing. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 20, 6187, 2018. (PDF)
A2TiO5 (A = Dy, Gd, Er, and Yb) at high pressure
S.G.Y. Park, D.R. Rittman, C. L. Tracy, F.X. Zhang, K. Chapman, C.Y. Park, S.N. Tkachev, E. O’Quinn, J. Shamblin, M. Lang, W.L. Mao, and R.C. Ewing. Inorg. Chem. 57, 2269-2277, 2018. (PDF)
Swift heavy ion irradiation response and annealing behavior of A2TiO5 (A=Nd, Gd, and Yb)
S.G.Y. Park, C.L. Tracy, F.X. Zhang, R.I. Palomares, C.Y. Park, C. Trautmann, M. Lang, W.L. Mao, and R.C. Ewing. J. Solid State Chem. 258, 108-116, 2018. (PDF)
Phase transformation pathways of ultrafast laser-irradiated Ln2O3 (Ln = Er-Lu)
D.R. Rittman, C.L. Tracy, C.H. Chen, J.M. Solomon, M. Asta, W.L. Mao, S.M. Yalisove, and R.C. Ewing. Phys. Rev. B 97, 024104, 2018. (PDF)
2017
Lanthanide stannate pyrochlores (Ln2Sn2O7; Ln = Nd, Gd, Er) at high pressure
K.M. Turner, C.L. Tracy, W.L. Mao, and R.C. Ewing. J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 29, 504005, 2017. (PDF)
Dynamic optical control of van der Waals/Casimir interactions in layered transition metal dichalcogenides
E.M. Mannebach, C. Nyby, F. Ernst, Y. Zhou, J. Tolsma, Y. Li, M. J. Sher, I.C. Tung, H. Zhou, Q. Zhang, K.L. Seyler, G. Clark, Y. Lin, D. Zhu, J.M. Glownia, M.E. Kozina, S.H. Song, S. Nelson, A. Mehta, Y.F. Yu, A. Pant, O.B. Aslan, A. Raja, Y.S. Guo, A. DiChiara, W.L. Mao, L.Y. Cao, S. Tongay, T.F. Heinz, X.D. Xu, A.H. MacDonald, E. Reed, H.D. Wen, A.M. Lindenberg. Nano Lett. 17, 7761, 2017. (PDF)
Time-Resolved Diffraction of Shock-Released SiO2 and Diaplectic Glass Formation
A.E. Gleason, C.A. Bolme, H.J. Lee, B. Nagler, E. Galtier, R.G. Kraus, R. Sandberg, W. Yang, F. Langenhorst, and W.L. Mao. Nature Comm. 8, 1481, 2017. (PDF)
Hydrogen-bearing iron peroxide and the origin of ultralow-velocity zones
J. Liu, Q.Y. Hu, D.Y. Kim, Z. Q. Wu, W. Z. Wang, Y. Xiao, P. Chow, Y. Meng, H-k. Mao, and W.L. Mao. Nature 551, 494-497, 2017. (PDF)
When water meets iron at Earth’s core-mantle boundary
H-k. Mao, Q.Y. Hu, L.X. Yang, J. Liu, D.Y. Kim, Y. Meng, L. Zhang, W.G. Yang, and W.L. Mao. Natl. Sci. Rev. 4, 870-878, 2017. (PDF)
Uranyl peroxide nanoclusters at high-pressure
Katlyn M. Turner, Jennifer E.S. Szymanowski, Fuxiang Zhang, Yu Lin, Brendan T. McGrail, Wendy L. Mao, Peter C. Burns, and Rodney C. Ewing. J. Mater. Res. 1-10, 2017. (PDF)
Synthesis of quenchable amorphous diamond
Zhidan Zeng, Liuxiang Yang, Qiaoshi Zeng, Hongbo Lou, Hongwei Sheng, Jianguo Wen, Dean J. Miller, Yue Meng, Wenge Yang, Wendy L. Mao, and Ho-kwang Mao. Nat. Commun. 8, 322, 2017. (PDF)
Hydrogen-Bond Symmetrization Breakdown and Dehydrogenation Mechanism of FeO2H at High Pressure
Sheng-cai Zhu, Qingyang Hu, Wendy L. Mao, Ho-kwang Mao, and Hongwei Sheng. J. Am. Chem. Soc.139, 12129−12132, 2017. (PDF)
Compression freezing kinetics of water to ice VII
A. E. Gleason, C. A. Bolme, E. Galtier, H. J. Lee, E. Granados, D. H. Dolan, C. T. Seagle, T. Ao, S. Ali, A. Lazicki, D. Swift, P. Celliers, and W. L. Mao Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 025701 , 2017 (PDF)
Pressure-induced structural modifications of rare-earth hafnate pyrochlore
Katlyn M Turner, Dylan R Rittman, Rachel A Heymach, Cameron L Tracy, Madison L Turner, Antonio F Fuentes, Wendy L Mao and Rodney C Ewing J. Phys.: Condens. Matter. 29, 255401, 2017 (PDF)
Upconverting nanoparticles as optical sensors of nano- to micro-newton forces
Alice Lay, Derek S. Wang, Michael D. Wisser, Randy D. Mehlenbacher, Yu Lin, Miriam B. Goodman, Wendy L. Mao and Jennifer A. Dionne Nano. Lett. (PDF)
Strain engineered pyrochlore at high pressure
Dylan R. Rittman, Katlyn M. Turner, Sulgiye Park, Antonio F. Fuentes, Changyong Park, Rodney C. Ewing & Wendy L. Mao Sci. Rep. 7, 2236, 2017 (PDF)
High pressure synthesis of a hexagonal close-packed phase of the high-entropy alloy CrMnFeCoNi
Cameron L. Tracy, Sulgiye Park, Dylan R. Rittman, Steven J. Zinkle, Hongbin Bei, Maik Lang, Rodney C. Ewing & Wendy L. Mao Nat. Commun. 8, 15634 (2017)
Pressure-Induced Metallization of the Halide Perovskite (CH3NH3)PbI3
Adam Jaffe, Yu Lin, Wendy L. Mao, and Hemamala I. Karunadasa J. Am. Chem. Soc. 139, pp 4330-4333, 2017 (PDF)
The structure and unconventional dihydrogen bonding of a pressure-stabilized hydrogen-rich (NH3BH3)(H2)x (x 1⁄4 1.5) compound
Yu Lin, Evan Welchman, Timo Thonhauser and Wendy L. Mao J. Mater. Chem. A. 5, 7111, 2017 (PDF)
Pressure-induced elastic anomaly in a polyamorphous metallic glass
Qiaoshi Zeng, Zhidan Zeng, Hongbo Lou, Yoshio Kono, Bo Zhang, Curtis Kenney-Benson, Changyong Park and Wendy L. Mao Appl. Phys. Lett. 110, 221902, 2017 (PDF)
Structure and bulk modulus of Ln-doped UO2 (Ln 1⁄4 La, Nd) at high pressure
Dylan R. Rittman, Sulgiye Park, Cameron L. Tracy, Lei Zhang, Raul I. Palomares, Maik Lang, Alexandra Navrotsky, Wendy L. Mao, Rodney C. Ewing J. Nucl. Mater. 490, 28-33, 2017 (PDF)
High-pressure behavior of A2B2O7 pyrochlore (A=Eu, Dy; B=Ti, Zr)
Dylan R. Rittman, Katlyn M. Turner, Sulgiye Park, Antonio F. Fuentes, Jinyuan Yan, Rodney C. Ewing, and Wendy L. Mao J. Appl. Phys. 121, 045902, 2017 (PDF)
Dehydrogenation of goethite in Earth’s deep lower mantle
Qingyang Hu, Duck Young Kim, Jin Liu, Yue Meng, Liuxiang Yang, Dongzhou Zhang, Wendy L. Mao, and Ho-kwang Mao Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A 114, 1498-1501, 2017 (PDF)
2016
Transformations and Decomposition of MnCO3 at Earth's Lower Mantle Conditions
Eglantine Boulard, Yijin Liu, Ai L. Koh, Mary M. Reagan, Julien Stodolna, Guillaume Morard, Mohamed Mezouar and Wendy L. Mao. Front. Earth Sci. 10, 3389, 2016 (PDF)
High-pressure compressibility and vibrational properties of (Ca,Mn)CO3
Jin Liu, Razvan CaRaCas, Dawei Fan, Ema Bobocioiu, Dongzhou Zhang, and Wendy L. Mao, Amer. Mineral.101, 2723-2730, 2016 (PDF)
Effects of molecular geometry on the properties of compressed diamondoid crystals
F. Yang, Y. Lin, M. Baldini, J. E. P. Dahl, R. M. K. Carlson, W. L. Mao. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2016, 7, 4641-4647 (PDF)
Extreme tensile ductility in sputtered Zr-Ni-Al nano-sized metallic glass
R. Liontas, M. J. Zadeh, Q. S. Zeng, Y.-W. Zhang, and W. L. Mao, Acta Mater. 118, 270-285, 2016. (PDF)
High pressure behavior of the polymorphs of FeOOH
M. M. Reagan, A. E. Gleason, L. Daemen, Y. Xiao, W. L. Mao, Amer. Mineral. 101, 1483-1488, 2016. (PDF)
Pressure tuning the lattice and optical response of silver sulfide
Z. Zhao, H. Wei, and W. L. Mao, Appl. Phys. Lett. 108, 261902, 2016. (PDF)
In situ measurements of lithiation-induced stress in silicon nanoparticles using micro-Raman spectroscopy
Z. Zeng, N. Liu, Q. S. Zeng, S. W. Lee, W. L. Mao, and Y. Cui. Nano Energy 22, 105-110. (2016) (PDF)
General 2.5 power law for metallic glasses
Q. S. Zeng, Y. Lin, Y.J. Liu, C.Y. Shi, B. Zhang, Y. Kono, Z.D. Zeng, C. Kenney-Benson, S.V. Sinogeikin, J. Smith, Y. Meng, W. H. Wang, W. Yang, H.-K. Mao, and W. L. Mao. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. doi:10.1073/pnas.1525390113. (2016) (PDF)
High-pressure single-crystal structures of 3D lead-halide hybride perovskites and pressure effects on the electronic and optical properties
A Jaffe, Y. Lin, C. M. Beavers, J. Voss, W. L. Mao, and H. I. Karunadasa. ACS Central Sci. doi: 10.1021/acscentsci.6b00055. (2016) (PDF)
Pressure-dependent isotopic composition of iron alloys
A. Shahar, E. A. Schauble, R. Caracas, A. E. Gleason, M. M. Reagan, Y. Xiao, J. Shu and W. L. Mao. Science 352, 580-582. (2016) (PDF)
2015
- Ultrafast visualization of crystallization and grain growth in shock-compressed SiO2 A.E. Gleason, C.A. Bolme, J.H. Eggert, W. Yang & W.L. Mao. and etc. Nat. Commun.DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9191 (2015) (PDF)
Pressure-induced phase transition in MnCO3 and its implications on the deep carbon cycle
E. Boulard, A. F. Goncharov, M. Blanchard, and W. L. Mao. J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 120,
doi:10.1002/2015JB011901. (2015) (PDF)Fractal atomic-level percolation in metallic glasses
D. Z. Chen, C. Y. Shi, Q. An, Q. Zeng, W. L. Mao, W. A. Goddard,J. R. Greer. Science. DOI: 10.1126/science.aab1233 (2015) (PDF)
Structural transition and amorphization in compressed α−Sb2O3
Z. Zhao, Q. Zeng, H. Zhang, S. Wang, S. Hirai, Z. Zeng, and W. L. Mao, Phys. Rev. B 91, 184112 (2015) (PDF)
Pressure induced metallization with absence of structural transition in layered molybdenum diselenide
Z. Zhao, H. Zhang, H. Yuan, S. Wang, Y. Lin, Q. Zeng, G. Xu, Z. Liu, G.K. Solanki, K.D. Patel, Y.Cui, H. Y. Hwang, and W. L. Mao, Nat. Commun. 6:7312 doi: 10.1038/ncomms8312 (2015) (PDF)
Potentially biogenic carbon preserved in a 4.1 Ga zircon
E. A. Bell, P. Boehnke, T. M. Harrison, and W. L. Mao. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., doi:10.1073/pnas.1517557112. (2015) (PDF)
Compressed hydrogen heats up
W. L. Mao, Nature Materials 14, 466–468 (2015) (PDF)
Tetrahedrally coordinated carbonates in Earth’s lower mantle
E. Boulard, D. Pan, G. Galli, Z. Liu and W. L. Mao, Nature Communications 6, Article number: 6311 doi:10.1038/ncomms7311 (2015) (PDF)
A Novel Phase of Li15Si4 Synthesized under Pressure
Z. Zeng, Q. Zeng, N. Liu, A. R. Oganov, Q. Zeng, Y. Cui, and W. L. Mao, Advanced Energy Materials DOI: 10.1002/aenm.201500214 (2015) (PDF)
Pressure-Induced Conductivity and Yellow-to-Black Piezochromism in a Layered Cu–Cl Hybrid Perovskite
A. Jaffe, Y. Lin, W. L. Mao and H. I. Karunadasa, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2015, 137 (4), pp 1673–1678 (PDF)
Strain-Induced Modification of Optical Selection Rules in Lanthanide-Based Upconverting Nanoparticles
M. D. Wisser, M. Chea, Y. Lin, D. M. Wu, W. L. Mao, A. Salleo and J. A. Dionne, Nano Lett., 2015, 15 (3), pp 1891–1897 (PDF)
Ultrafast laser and swift heavy ion irradiation: Response of Gd2O3 and ZrO2 to intense electronic excitation
D. R. Rittman, C. L. Tracy, A. B. Cusick, M. J. Abere, B. Torralva, R. C. Ewing and S. M. Yalisove, Appl. Phys. Lett. 106, 171914 (2015) (PDF)
2014
Deviatoric stress-induced phase transitions in diamantane
F. Yang, Y. Lin, J. E. P. Dahl, M. K. Carlson, W. L. Mao, J. Chem. Phys. 141, 154305 (2014). (PDF)
Bandgap closure and reopening in CsAuI3 at high pressure
S. Wang, A. F. Kemper, M. Baldini, M. C. Shapiro, S. C. Riggs, Z. Zhao, Z. Liu, T. P. Devereaux, T. H. Geballe, I. R. Fisher, and W. L. Mao. Phys. Rev. B, 89, 245109, (2014) (PDF)
Tuning the crystal structure and electronic states of Ag2Se: Structural transitions and metallization under pressure
Z. Zhao, S. Wang, A. R. Oganov, P. Cheng, Z. Liu, W. L. Mao, Phys, Rev. B, 89, 180102 (2014) (Rapid communication). (PDF)
Phase transitions in indentation induced metastable phases of silicon
Z. Zeng, Q.S. Zeng, W. L. Mao, S. X. Qu, J. Appl. Phys. 115, 103514 (2014). (PDF)
Universal Fractional Noncubic Power law for Density of Metallic Glasses
Q.S. Zeng, Y. Kono, Y. Lin, Z.D. Zeng, J.Y. Wang, S. V. Sinogeiking, C. Park, Y. Meng, W. Yang, H.K. Mao, W. L. Mao, Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 185502 (2014). (PDF)
Pressure induced second-order structural transition in Sr3Ir2O7
Z. Zhao, S. Wang, T. F. Qi, Q. Zeng, S. Hirai, P. P. Kong, L. Li, C. Park, S. J. Yuan, C. Q. Jin, G. Cao, W. L. Mao, J. Phys.: Condens. Matters 26, 215402, (2014). (PDF)
Strain derivatives of Tc in HgBa2CuO4+δ: The CuO2 plane alone is not enough
S. Wang, J. Zhang, J. Yan, X. Chen, V. Struzhkin, W. Tabis, N. Barisic, M. Chan, C. Dorow, X. Zhao, M. Greven, W. L. Mao and T. Geballe, Phys. Rev B 89, 024515 (2014). (PDF)
High pressure Raman and X-ray study of [121] Tetramantane
F. Yang, Y. Lin, J. E. P. Dahl, M. K. Carlson, W. L. Mao, J. Phys. Chem. C. 118, 7683 (2014). (PDF)
Evidence for photo-induced monoclinic metallic VO2 under high pressure
W. Hsieh, M. Trigo, D. A. Reis, G. A. Artioli, L. Malavasi, W. L. Mao, Appl. Phys. Lett 104, 021917 (2014). (PDF)
2013
Elastic moduli of polycrystalline Li15Si4 produced in lithium ion batteries
Z. Zeng, N. Liu, Q. Zeng, Y. Ding, S. X. Qu, Y. Cui, W. L. Mao, J. Power Sources, 242, 732 (2013). (PDF)
Formation of iron melt network in silicate perovskite at Earth’s lower mantle conditions
C. Y. Shi, L. Zhang, W. Yang, Y. Liu, J. Wang, Y. Meng, J.C. Andrews and W. L. Mao, Nature Geoscience, 6, 971, (2013). (PDF)
Pressure-induced structural transitions and metallization in Ag2Te
Z. Zhao, S. Wang, H. Zhang, and W. Mao, Phys. Rev. B 88, 024120 (2013). (PDF)
Shear wave speeds of hcp-iron under hydrostatic conditions to 136 GPa
A. E. Gleason, W. L. Mao, J. Zhao, Geophysical Research Letters, 40, 2983 (2013). (PDF)
The effect of composition on pressure-induced devitrification in metallic glasses
Q. Zeng, W. L. Mao, H. Sheng, Z. Zeng, Q. Hu, Y. Meng, H. Lou, F. Peng, W. Yang, S. V. Sinogeikin, and J. Z. Jiang, Appl. Phys. Lett. 102, 171905 (2013). (PDF)
Strength of iron to over 200 GPa: implications for a weak inner core
A. E. Gleason and W. L. Mao, Nature Geoscience, 6, 571-574 (2013).(Link)
Families of superhard carbon allotropes generated via cold compression of graphite and nanotubes
H. Niu, X-Q. Chen, S. Wang, D. Li, W. L. Mao, Y. Li, Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 135501. (PDF)
Bonding and structural changes in siderite at high pressure
G. Farfan, S. Wang, H. Ma, R. Caracas, and W. L. Mao, Amer. Mineral. 97, 1421 (2012). (PDF)
High pressure nano-tomography study using iteration method
J. Wang, W. Yang, S. Wang, X. Xiao, F. De Carlo, Y. Liu, and W. L. Mao, J. Appl. Phys. 111, 112626, doi: 10.1063/1.4726249. (PDF)
Pressure induced stabilization of antiferromagnetic phase in Nd0.53Sr0.47MnO3
M. Baldini, Y. Ding, S. Wang, Y. Lin, C. A. Tulk, A. M. Dos Santos, D. Haskel, and W. L. Mao, Phys. Rev. B 86, 094407 (2012). (PDF)
Long-range ordered amorphous carbon clusters: a crystalline material with amorphous building blocks
L. Wang, B. Liu, H. Li, W. Yang, Y. Ding, S. V. Sinogeikin, Y. Meng, Z. Liu, X. C. Zeng, and W. L. Mao, Science 337, 825 (2012). (PDF)
Lithographically Fabricated Gratings for the Interferometric Measurement of Material Shear Moduli Under Extreme Conditions
A. E. Gleason, R. C. Tiberio, W. L. Mao, S. Ali, C. Bolme, A. Lazicki, G Bordonaro, J. Treichler, V. Genova, and J. Eggert, J. Vacuum Sci. Tech. B 30, 06F306 (2012). (PDF)
Novel pressure-induced transitions in Co3O4
S. Hirai and W. L. Mao, Appl. Phys. Lett. 102, 041912 (2013). (PDF)
Giant displacement at a magnetic transition in metastable Mn3O4
S. Hirai, A. M. dos Santos, M. Shapiro, J. J. Molaison, N. Pradhan, M. Guthrie, C. A. Tulk, I. R. Fisher, W. L. Mao, Phys. Rev. B 87, 014417 (2013). (PDF)
Pressure-induced tetragonal-orthorhombic phase transitions in CeRuPO
S. Hirai, Y. Kamihara, A. Wakatsuki, M. Matoba, and W. L. Mao, Appl. Phys. Lett. 102, 051917 (2013). (PDF)
Pressure-induced symmetry breaking in tetragonal CsAuI3
S. Wang, S. Hirai, M. C. Shapiro, S. C. Riggs, T. H. Geballe, W. L. Mao and I. R. Fisher, Phys. Rev. B 87, 054104 (2013). (PDF)
Single-crystal structure determination of (Mg,Fe)SiO3 postperovskite
L. Zhang, Y. Meng, P. Dera, W. Yang, W. L. Mao, and H-k. Mao, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. doi/10.1073/pnas.1304402110, 2013. (PDF)
Nanoprobes for deep carbon
W. L. Mao and E. Boulard, Rev. Mineral. Geochem. 75, 423-448, 2013. (PDF)
Nanoscale diffraction imaging of the high-pressure transition in Fe1-xO
Y. Ding, Z. Cai, Q. Hu, H. Sheng, J. Chang, R. J. Hemley, W. L. Mao, Appl. Phys. Lett.100, 041903. (PDF)
Ultrafast pump-probe measurements of short small-polaron lifetime in the mixed-valence perovskite Cs2Au2I6 from high-pressures
M. Trigo, J. Chen, M. P. Jiang, W. L. Mao, S. C. Riggs, M. C. Shapiro, I. R. Fisher, and D. A. Reis, Phys. Rev. B 85, 081102(R). (PDF)
Bonding and electronic changes in rhodochrosite at high pressure
G. A. Farfan, E. Boulard, S. Wang, W. L. Mao, Ameri Mineral, 98, 1817 (2013). (PDF)
Nanoscale Elemental Sensitivity Study of Nd2Fe14B Using Absorption Correlation Tomography
T. L. Kao, C. Y. Shi, J. Wang, W. L. Mao, Y. Liu, W. Yang, Microsc. Res. Tech. 76, 1112 (2013). (PDF)
High-pressure Raman spectroscopy of phase change materials
W. Hsieh, P. Zalden, M. Wuttig, A. M. Lindenberg, W. L. Mao, Appl. Phys. Lett 103, 191908 (2013). (PDF)
Pressure-induced densification in GeO2 glass: A transmission x-ray microscopy study
Y. Lin, Q. Zeng, W. Yang, W. L. Mao, Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 261909 (2013). (PDF)
2012
Crystal structures of (Mg, Fe)SiO3 post-perovskite in the Earth’s deep mantle
T. Yamanaka, K. Hirose, W. L. Mao, Y. Meng, P. Ganesh, L. Shulenburger, and R. J. Hemley, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., doi/10.1073/pnas.1118076108, 2012. (PDF)
Effect of pressure and composition on lattice parameters and unit-cell volume of (Fe,Mg)SiO3 post-perovskite
L. Zhang, Y. Meng, and W. L. Mao, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 317, 120 (2011). (PDF)
The effect of compressive strain on the Raman modes of the dry and hydrated BaCe0.8Y0.2O3 proton conductor
Q. Chen, T-W. Huang, M. Baldini, A. Hushur, V. Pomjakushin, S. Clark, W. L. Mao, M. H. Manghnani, A. Braun, T. Graule, J. Phys. Chem. C 115, 24021-24027 (2011). (PDF)
Experimental and theoretical studies on a high pressure monoclinic phase of ammonia borane
Y. Lin, H. Ma, C. Matthews, B. Kolb, S. Sinogeikin, T. Thonhauser, and W. L. Mao, J. Phys. Chem. C, dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp206726t, 2012. (PDF)
2011
Amorphous Diamond: A High-Pressure Superhard Carbon Allotrope
Y. Lin, L. Zhang, H-k. Mao, P. Chow, Y. Xiao, M. Baldini, J. Shu, and W. L. Mao, Phys. Rev. Lett., 107, 175504 (2011) (PDF)
Long-range topological order in metallic glass
Q. S. Zeng, H. Sheng, Y. Ding, L. Wang, W. Yang, J. Z. Jiang, W. L. Mao, and H.-k. Mao, Science 332, 1404-1406, 2011. (PDF)
Low temperature transport properties of Ce-Al metallic glasses
Q. S. Zeng, C.R. Rotundu, W. L. Mao, J.H. Dai, Y.M. Xiao, P. Chow, X.J. Chen, C. L. Qin, H.-k. Mao, and J. Z. Jiang, J. Appl. Phys. 109, 113716, 2011. (PDF)
Compressional behavior of bulk and nanorod LiMn2O4 under nonhydrostatic stress
Y. Lin, Y. Yang, H. Ma, Y. Cui, W. L. Mao, J. Phys. Chem. C, dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp112289, 2011. (PDF)
Studying single nanocrystals under high pressure using an x-ray nanoprobe
L. Wang, Y. Ding, U. Patel, W. Yang, Z. Xiao, Z. Cai, W. L. Mao, and H-k. Mao, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 82, 043903, 2011. (PDF)
Persistence of Jahn Teller distortion in high pressure metallic phase of LaMnO3
M. Baldini, V. V. Struzhkin, A. F. Goncharov, P. Postorino, and W. L. Mao, Phys. Rev. Lett., 106, 066402 (2011) (PDF)
High pressure EXAFS measurements of crystalline Ge using nano-crystalline diamond anvils
M. Baldini, W. Yang, G. Aquilanti, L. Zhang, Y. Ding, S. Pascarelli, and W. L. Mao, Phys. Rev. B 84, 014111 (2011) (PDF)
Application of a new composite cubic-boron nitride gasket assembly for high pressure inelastic x-ray scattering studies of carbon related materials
L. Wang, W. Yang, Y. Xiao, B. Liu, P. Chow, G. Shen, W. L. Mao, and H-k. Mao, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 82, 073902 (2011) (PDF)