Exotic high pressure behavior of light alkali metals, lithium and sodium

Cold melting and solid structures of dense lithium

(2011) Christophe L. Guillaume et al.   Nature Physics

Predicted Novel High-Pressure Phases of Lithium

(2011) Jian Lv et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Crystal Structures of Dense Lithium: A Metal-Semiconductor-Metal Transition

(2011) M. Marqués et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Crystal Structures and Exotic Behavior of Magnesium under Pressure

(2010) Peifang Li et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Kohn anomalies and enhanced superconductivity in simple systems under pressure: Insights from the nearly free electron model

(2010) Bruno Rousseau et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF SOLIDS

Electronic collective excitations in compressed lithium fromab initiocalculations: Importance and anisotropy of local-field effects at large momenta

(2010) Ion Errea et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Crystal structure prediction via particle-swarm optimization

(2010) Yanchao Wang et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Sodium: A Charge-Transfer Insulator at High Pressures

(2010) Matteo Gatti et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

First-Principles Simulations of Lithium Melting: Stability of the bcc Phase Close to Melting

(2010) E. R. Hernández et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Direct observation of a pressure-induced metal-to-semiconductor transition in lithium

(2009) Takahiro Matsuoka et al.   NATURE

Ionic high-pressure form of elemental boron

(2009) Artem R. Oganov et al.   NATURE

Transparent dense sodium

(2009) Yanming Ma et al.   NATURE

Structure stability in the simple element sodium under pressure

(2009) V F Degtyareva et al.   NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS

Observation of theoP8crystal structure in potassium at high pressure

(2009) L. F. Lundegaard et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Superconductivity in lithium under high pressure investigated with density functional and Eliashberg theory

(2009) Yansun Yao et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Single-crystal studies of incommensurate Na to 1.5 Mbar

(2009) L. F. Lundegaard et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Novel High Pressure Structures of Polymeric Nitrogen

(2009) Yanming Ma et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Dense Low-Coordination Phases of Lithium

(2009) Chris J. Pickard et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Structures of Insulating Phases of Dense Lithium

(2009) Yansun Yao et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Anomalous optical and electronic properties of dense sodium

(2009) A. Lazicki et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

High-pressure differential thermal analysis measurements of the melting curve of lithium

(2009) Amy Lazicki et al.   SOLID STATE COMMUNICATIONS

Lindemann criterion and the anomalous melting curve of sodium

(2008) M. Martinez-Canales et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF SOLIDS

Highly compressed ammonia forms an ionic crystal

(2008) Chris J. Pickard et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Origin of bcc to fcc phase transition under pressure in alkali metals

(2008) Y Xie et al.   NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS

Energy loss spectra of lithium under pressure

(2008) A Rodriguez-Prieto et al.   NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS

Melting of Na at high pressure fromab initiocalculations

(2008) L. Koči et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

High-pressure structures of lithium, potassium, and rubidium predicted by anab initioevolutionary algorithm

(2008) Yanming Ma et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Tetrahedral Clustering in Molten Lithium under Pressure

(2008) Isaac Tamblyn et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Interstitial Electronic Localization

(2008) Bruno Rousseau et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Structural Diversity of Sodium

(2008) E. Gregoryanz et al.   SCIENCE