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[196] Belli, F.; Zurek, E., `Efficient Modelling of Anharmonicity and Quantum Effects in
PdCuH2 with Machine Learning Potentials', 2024.
submitted
[195] Redington, M.; Zurek, E., `Predicted High-Pressure Hot Superconductivity in
Li2CaH16 and Li2CaH17 Phases that Resemble the Type-II Clathrate Structure', 2024.
submitted
[194] Hajinazar, S.; Zurek, E., `XtalOpt Version 13: Multi-Objective Evolutionary Search
for Novel Functional Materials', 2024.
submitted
URL http://arxiv.org/abs/2405.02138
[193] Wang, X.; Geng, N.; de Villa, K.; Militzer, B.; Zurek, E., `Superconductivity in
Dilute Hydrides of Ammonia under Pressure', 2012, 15, 5947-5953.
URL https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c01223
[192] Ranjan, R.; Redington, M.; Ologun, A.; Zurek, E.; Miller, D. P.; Trenary, M.,
`Identification of a Stable B2H2 Intermediate in the Decomposition of Zr(BH4)4 on the
Pd(111) Surface', 2024.
submitted
[191] Davariashtiyani, A.; Wang, B.; Hajinazar, S.; Zurek, E.; Kadkhodaei, S., `Impact
of Data Bias on Machine Learning for Crystal Compound Synthesizability Predictions',
2024.
submitted
[190] Racioppi, S.; Saffarian-Deemyad, I.;
Holle, W.; Belli, F.; Ferry, R.; Kenney-Benson, C.; Smith, J.; Zurek, E.; Deemyad, S.,
`Phase Boundaries, Isotope Effect and Superconductivity of Lithium Under Hydrostatic
Conditions', 2024.
submitted
[189] Filipovic, S.; Obradovic, N.; Hilmas, G. E.; Fahrenholtz, W. G.; Brenner, D. W.;
Maria, J. P.; Wolfe, D. E.; Zurek, E.; Campilongo, X.; Curtarolo, S., `A super-hard
high entropy boride containing Hf, Mo, Ti, V, and W', J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 2024, 107,
4430-4435.
URL https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.19795
[188] Liu, Z.; Li, J.; Zurek, E.; Zhuang, Q.; Liu, Y.; Yue, J.; Guo, S.; Zhang, A.; Chi, Z.;
Huang, X.; Cui, T., `Emergence of near room-temperature superconductivity in
hydrides with H2 molecular units', Phys. Rev. B. 2024, 109, L180501.
URL https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.109.L180501
[187] Pandey, P.; Wang, X.; Gupta, H.; Smith, P. W.; Lapsheva, E.; Carroll, P. J.;
Booth, C. H.; Minasian, S. G.; Autschbach, J.; Zurek, E.; Schelter, E. J., `Realization
of Organocerium-Based Fullerene Molecular Materials Showing Mott Insulator-Type
Behavior', ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2023, 16, 17857-17869.
URL https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.3c18766
[186] Roberts, J.; Rijal, B.; Divilov, S.; Maria, J. P.; Fahrenholtz, W. G.; Wolfe, D. E.;
Brenner, D. W.; Curtarolo, S.; Zurek, E., `Machine Learned Interatomic Potentials for
Ternary Carbides trained on the AFLOW Database', 2023.
submitted
[185] Geng, N.; Hilleke, K. P.; Belli, F.; Das, P. K.; Zurek, E., `Superconductivity in CH4
and BH4* Containing Compounds Derived from the High-Pressure Superhydrides',
Mater. Today Phys. 2024, 44, 101443.
URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtphys.2024.101443
[184] Liang, X.; Wei, X.; Zurek, E.; Bergara, A.; Li, P.; Gao, G., `Design of
High-Temperature Superconductors at Moderate Pressures by Alloying AlH3 or GaH3',
Matter Radiat. Extremes 2024, 9, 018401.
URL https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0159590
[183] Divilov, S.; Eckert, H.; Toher, C.; Friedrich, R.; Zettel, A. C.; Brenner, D. W.;
Fahrenholtz, W. G.; Wolfe, D. E.; Zurek, E.; Maria, J. P.; Hotz, N.; Campilongo, X.;
Curtarolo, S., `A Priori Procedure to Establish Spinodal Decomposition in Alloys', Acta
Mater. 2023, 266, 119667.
URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2024.119667
[182] Daigle, S. E.; Curtarolo, S.; Fahrenholtz, W. G.;
Maria, J. P.; Wolfe, D. E.; Zurek, E.; Brenner, D. W., `Interfacial Defect Properties
of High-Entropy Carbides: Stacking Faults, Shockley Partial Dislocations, and a New
Evans-Polanyi-Semenov Relation', 2023.
submitted
[181] Li, H.; Zhang, Y.; He, J.; Geng, N.; Chariton, S.; Prakapenka, V.; Zurek, E.;
Lin, J. F.; Zhou, J., `Experimental and Theoretical Study of Polytypes to Perovskite
Phase Transition in BaPtO3 under High Pressure and High Temperature', 2023.
submitted
[180]
Storm, C. V.; Racioppi, S.; Duff, M. J.; McHardy, J. D.; Zurek, E.; McMahon, M. I.,
`Experimental Evidence of Interstitial Electron Density in Transparent Dense Sodium',
2023.
submitted
[179] Peterson, G. G. C.; Hilleke, K. P.; Lotfi, S.; Zurek, E.; Brgoch, J., `Twists and
Puckers: Tuning Crystal Chemistry in the La(AuxGe1*x)2 Compositional Series', J. Am.
Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 21612-21622.
URL https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c07936
[178] Divilov, S.; Eckert, H.; Hicks, D.; Oses, C.; Toher, C.; Friedrich, R.; Esters, M.;
Mehl, M. J.; Zettel, A. C.; Lederer, Y.; Zurek, E.; Maria, J.-P.; Brenner, D. W.;
Campilongo, X.; Filipovic, S.; Fahrenholtz, W. G.; Ryan, C. J.;
DeSalle, C. M.; Crealese, R. J.; Wolfe, D. E.; Calzolari, A.; Curtarolo, S., `Disordered
enthalpy-entropy descriptor for high-entropy ceramics discovery', Nature 2024, 625,
66-73.
URL https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06786-y
[177] Racioppi, S.; Storm, C. V.; McMahon, M. I.; Zurek, E., `On the Electride Nature
of Na-hP4', Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 135, e202310802.
URL https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.202310802
[176] Wang, B.; Hilleke, K. P.; Hajinazar, S.; Frapper, G.;
Zurek, E., `Structurally Constrained Evolutionary Algorithm for the Discovery and
Design of Metastable Phases', J. Chem. Theory Comput. 2023, 19, 7960-7971.
URL https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jctc.3c00594
[175] Hilleke, K. P.; Wang, X.; Luo, D.; Geng, N.; Wang, B.; Belli, F.; Zurek, E.,
`Structure, Stability and Superconductivity of N-doped Lutetium Hydrides at kbar
Pressures', Phys. Rev. B 2023, 108, 014511 (1-12).
URL http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.108.014511
[174] Racioppi, S.; Miao, M.; Zurek, E., `Intercalating Helium into A-site Vacant
Perovskites', Chem. Mater. 2023, 35, 4297-4310.
URL https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c00353
[173] Wei, X.; Hao, X.; Bergara, A.; Zurek, E.; Liang, X.; Wang, L.; Song, X.; Li, P.;
Wang, L.; Gao, G.; Tian, Y., `Designing Ternary Superconducting Hydrides with
A15-type Structure at Moderate Pressures', Mater. Today Phys. 2023, 34, 101086.
URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtphys.2023.101086
[172] Hanson, M. D.; Miller, D. P.; Kondeti, C.; Brown, A.; Zurek, E.; Simpson, S., `A
Computational Experiment Introducing Undergraduates to Geometry Optimizations,
Vibrational Frequencies, and Potential Energy Surfaces', J. Chem. Educ. 2023, 100,
921-927.
URL https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.2c01129
[171] Fang, M.; Kumar, G. S.; Racioppi, S.; Zhang, H.; Zurek, E.; Lin, Q., `Hydrazonyl
Sultones as Stable Tautomers of Highly Reactive Nitrile Imines for Fast Bioorthogonal
Ligation Reaction', J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 9959-9964.
URL https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.2c12325
[170] Geng, N.; Hilleke, K. P.; Zhu, L.; Wang, X.; Strobel, T. A.;
Zurek, E., `Conventional High-Temperature Superconductivity in Metallic, Covalently
Bonded, Binary-Guest C-B clathrates', J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 1696-1706.
URL https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.2c10089
[169] Wolfe, D. E.; DeSalle, C. M.; Ryan, C. J.; Slapikas, R. E.;
Sweny, R. T.; Crealese, R. J.; Kolonin, P. A.; Stepano, S. P.; Haque, A.; Divilov, S.;
Eckert, H.; Oses, C.; Esters, M.; Brenner, D. W.; Fahrenholtz, W. G.; Maria, J.-P.;
Toher, C.; Zurek, E.; Curtarolo, S., `Influence of Processing on the Microstructural
Evolution and Multiscale Hardness in Titanium Carbonitrides (TiCN) Produced via
Field Assisted Sintering Technology', Materiala 2023, 27, 101682.
URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtla.2023.101682
[168] Hilleke, K. P.; Zurek, E., `3.13 - Crystal chemistry at high pressure', in Reedijk, J.;
Poeppelmeier, K. R. (editors), `Comprehensive Inorganic Chemistry III (Third
Edition)', Elsevier, Oxford, third edition edition, 2023, 421-445.
URL https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780128231449001709
[167] Antle, J. P.; Kimura, M. W.; Racioppi, S.; Damon, C.; Lang, M.;
Gatley-Montross, C.; Sanchez B, L. S.; Miller, D. P.; Zurek, E.; Brown, A. M.;
Gast, K.; Simpson, S. M., `Applying Density Functional Theory to Common Organic
Mechanisms: A Computational Exercise', J. Chem. Educ. 2023, 100, 355-360.
URL https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.2c00935
[166] Hilleke, K. P.; Franco, R.; Pertierra, P.; Salvado, M. A.; Zurek, E.; Recio, J. M.,
`Preference for a Pressure-Induced Orthorhombic Structure after 1T-HfSe2', Mater.
Today Phys. 2023, 36, 101152.
URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtphys.2023.101152
[165] Oses, C.; Esters, M.; Hicks, D.; Divilov, S.; Eckert, H.; Friedrich, R.; Mehl, M. J.;
Smolyanyuk, A.; Campilongo, X.; van de Walle, A.; Schroers, J.; Kusne, A. G.;
Takeuchi, I.; Zurek, E.; Nardelli, M. B.; Fornari, M.; Lederer, Y.; Levy, O.; Toher, C.;
Curtarolo, S., `aflow++: A C++ Framework for Autonomous Materials Design',
Comput. Mater. Sci. 2023, 217, 111889.
URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.commatsci.2022.111889
[164] Sobiech, T. A.; Zhong, Y.; Miller, D. P.; McGrath, J. K.;
Scalzo, C. T.; Redington, M. C.; Zurek, E.; Gong, B., `Ultra-Tight Host-Guest Binding
with Exceptionally Strong Positive Cooperativity', Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61,
e202213467.
URL https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202213467
[163] Hilleke, K.; Zurek, E., `Rational Design of Superconducting Metal Hydrides via
Chemical Pressure Tuning', Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202207589.
URL https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202207589
[162] Wang, B.; Hilleke, K. P.; Wang, X.; Polsin, D. N.; Zurek, E., `Topological
Electride Phase of Sodium at High Pressures and Temperatures', Phys. Rev. B 2023, 107,
184101.
URL https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.107.184101
[161] Roberts, J.; Zurek, E., `Computational Materials Discovery', J. Chem. Phys. 2022,
156, 210401.
URL https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0096008
[160] Wang, X.; Proserpio, D. M.; Oses, C.; Toher, C.; Curtarolo, S.; Zurek, E., `The
Microscopic Diamond Anvil Cell: Stabilization of Superhard, Superconducting Carbon
Allotropes at Ambient Pressure', Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202205129.
URL https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202205129
[159]
Yang, H. J.; Redington, M.; Miller, D. P.; Zurek, E.; Kim, M.; Yoo, C.-S.; Lim, S. Y.;
Cheong, H.; Chae, S.-A.; Ahn, D.; Hur, N. H., `New Monoclinic Ruthenium Dioxide
with Highly Selective Hydrogenation Activity', Catal. Sci. Technol. 2022, 12, 6556.
URL https://doi.org/10.1039/d2cy00815g
[158] Cao, R.; Rossdeutcher, R. B.; Zhong, Y.; Shen, Y.; Miller, D. P.; Sobiech, T. A.;
Wu, X.; Sanchez Buitrago, L.; Ramcharan, K.; Gutay, M. I.;
Frankenthal Figueira, M.; Luthra, P.; Zurek, E.; Szyperski, T.; Button, B.; Shao, Z.;
Gong, B., `Aromatic Pentaamide Macrocycles Bind Anions with High Affinity for
Transport Across Biomembranes', Nat. Chem 2023, 15, 1559-1568.
URL https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-023-01315-w
[157] Schunke, C.; Miller, D. P.; Zurek, E.; Morgenstern, K., `Halogen and Structure
Sensitivity of Halobenzene Adsorption on Copper Surfaces', Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.
2022, 24, 4485-4492.
URL https://doi.org/10.1039/d1cp05660c
[156] Geng, N.; Bi, T.; Zurek, E., `Structural Diversity and Superconductivity in S-P-H
Ternary Hydrides Under Pressure', J. Phys. Chem. C 2022, 126, 7208-7220.
URL https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c10976
[155] Hilleke, K. P.; Bi, T.; Zurek, E., `Materials Under High Pressure: A Chemical
Perspective', J. Appl. Phys. 2022, 128, 441.
URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-022-05576-z
[154] Zhang, S.; Morales, M. A.; Jeanloz, R.; Millot, M.; Hu, S. X.; Zurek, E., `Nature
of the Bonded-to-Atomic Transition in Liquid Silica to TPa Pressures', J. Appl. Phys. 2022,
131, 071101.
URL https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0081293
[153] Breeman, B.; Tiglias, A. T.; Mancuso, J.; Zurek, E.; Miller, D. P.; Velarde, L.,
`Insight into the Adsorption Structure of TIPS-Pentacene on Noble Metal Surfaces', J.
Phys. Chem. C 2022, 126, 2689-2698.
URL https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c10283
[152] Hilleke, K. P.; Zurek, E., `Tuning Chemical Precompression: Theoretical Design
and Crystal Chemistry of Novel Hydrides in the Quest for Warm and Light
Superconductivity at Ambient Pressures', J. Appl. Phys. 2022, 131, 070901.
URL https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0077748
[151] Kumar, G. S.; Racioppi, S.; Zurek, E.; Lin, Q., `Superfast Tetrazole-BCN
Cycloaddition Reaction for Bioorthogonal Protein Labelling in Live Cells', J. Am. Chem.
Soc. 2022, 144, 57-62.
URL https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.1c10354
[150] Wang, X.; Bi, T.; Hilleke, K. P.; Lamichhane, A.; Hemley, R. J.; Zurek, E., `Dilute
Carbon in H3S Under Pressure', npj Comput. Mater. 2022, 8, 87 (1-9).
URL https://doi.org/10.1038/s41524-022-00769-9
[149] Sobiech, T. A.; Zhong, Y.;
Sanchez B, L. S.; Kauffmann, B.; McGrath, J. K.; Scalzo, C.; Miller, D. P.; Huc, I.;
Zurek, E.; Ferrand, Y.; Gong, B., `Stable Pseudo[3]rotaxanes with Strong Positive
Binding Cooperativity Based on Shape-Persistent Aromatic Oligoamide Macrocycles',
Chem. Commun. 2021, 57, 11645-11648.
URL https://doi.org/10.1039/d1cc05193h
[148] Bertram, C.;
Miller, D. P.; Schunke, C.; Kemeny, I.; Kimura, M. W.; Bovensiepen, U.; Zurek, E.;
Morgenstern, K., `Interplay of Halogen and Weak Hydrogen Bonds in the Formation of
Magic Nanoclusters on Surfaces', J. Phys. Chem. C 2022, 126, 588-596.
URL https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c08045
[147] Berhane, I.; Burde, A. S.; Kennedy-Ellis, J. J.; Zurek, E.; Chemler, S. R.,
`Copper-Catalyzed Enantioselective Alkene Carboetherification for the Synthesis of
Saturated Six-Membered Cyclic Ethers', Chem. Commun. 2021, 57, 10099-10102.
URL https://doi.org/10.1039/d1cc03515k
[146] Yu, X.; Zhou, T.; Zhao, Y.; Lu, F.; Zhang, X.; Liu, G.; Gou, H.; Zurek, E.; Luo, X.,
`Surface Magnetism in Pristine Rhombohedral Boron and Intersurface Exchange
Coupling Mechanism of Boron Icosahedra', J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2021, 12, 6812-6817.
URL https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c01860
[145] Yang, Q.; Lin, J.; Li, F.; Zhang, J.; Zurek, E.; Yang, G., `Pressure-Induced Yttrium
Oxides with Unconventional Stoichiometries and Novel Properties', Phys. Rev. Materials
2021, 5, 044802 (1-7).
URL https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.5.044802
[144] Sun, X.; Zhong, Y.; Li, Y.-H.; Miller, D. P.; Buttan, S.; Wu, X.-X.; Zhang, Y.;
Tang, Q.; Tan, H.-W.; Zhu, J.; Liu, R.; Zurek, E.; Lu, Z.-L.; Gong, B., `Reliable Folding
of Hybrid Tetrapeptides into Short beta-Hairpins', Chin. Chem. Lett. 2021, 33, 257-261.
URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cclet.2021.06.019
[143] Hilleke, K. P.; Ogitsu, T.; Zhang, S.; Zurek, E., `Structural Motifs and Bonding in
Two Families of Boron Structures Predicted at Megabar Pressures', Phys. Rev. Materials
2021, 5, 053605.
URL https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.5.053605
[142] Kurzydlowski, D.; Derzsi, M.; Zurek, E.; Grochala, W., `Fluorides of Silver Under
Large Compression', Chem. Eur. J. 2021, 27, 5536-5545.
URL https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202100028
[141] Bi, T.; Shamp, A.; Terpstra, T.; Hemley, R. J.; Zurek, E., `The Li-F-H Ternary
System at High Pressures', J. Chem. Phys. 2021, 154, 124709 (1-11).
URL https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0041490
[140] Swanson, W. B.; Tabaczynski, D.; Lis, D.; Zurek, E.;
Kozik, M., `Direct Experimental 31P 2D DOSY NMR Evidence for Oligomerization of
Transition-Metal Substituted Polyoxotungstates in Nonpolar Solvents', Polyhedron 2021,
204, 115174.
URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2021.115174
[139] Lilia, B.; Hennig, R.; Hirschfeld, P.; Profeta, G.; Sanna, A.; Zurek, E.;
Pickett, W. E.; Amsler, M.; Dias, R.; Eremets, M. I.; Heil, C.; Hemley, R. J.; Liu, H.;
Ma, Y.; Pierleoni, C.; Kolmogorov, A. N.; Rybin, N.; Novoselov, D.; Anisimov, V.;
Oganov, A. R.; Pickard, C. J.; Bi, T.; Arita, R.; Errea, I.; Pellegrini, C.; Requist, R.;
Gross, E. K. U.; Margine, E. R.; Xie, S. R.; Quan, Y.; Hire, A.; Fanfarillo, L.;
Stewart, G. R.; Hamlin, J. J.; Stanev, V.; Gonnelli, R. S.; Piatti, E.; Romanin, D.;
Daghero, D.; Valenti, R., `The 2021 Room-Temperature Superconductivity Roadmap',
J. Phys. Condens. Mat. 2022, 34, 183002.
URL https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-648x/ac2864
[137] Falls, Z.; Avery, P.; Wang, X.; Hilleke, K. P.; Zurek, E., `The XtalOpt Evolutionary
Algorithm for Crystal Structure Prediction', J. Phys. Chem. C 2021, 125, 1601-1620.
URL https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c09531
[136] Riedel, R.; Seel, A. G.; Malko, D.; Miller, D. P.; Sperling, B. T.; Choi, H.;
Headen, T. F.; Zurek, E.; Porch, A.; Kucernak, A.; Pyper, N. C.; Edwards, P. P.;
Barrett, A. G. M., `Superalkali-Alkalide Interactions and Ion Pairing in Low-Polarity
Solvents', J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 3934-3943.
URL https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.1c00115
[135] Yan, Y.; Bi, T.; Geng, N.; Wang, X.; Zurek, E., `A Metastable CaSH3 Phase
Composed of HS Honeycomb Sheets that is Superconducting Under Pressure', J. Phys.
Chem. Lett. 2020, 11, 9629-9636.
URL https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c02299
[134] Cai, W.; Lin, W.; Yan, Y.; Hilleke, K. P.; Coles, J.; Bao, J.-K.; Xu, J.; Zhang, D.;
Chung, D. Y.; Kanatzidis, M. G.; Zurek, E.; Deemyad, S.,
`Pressure-Induced Superconductivity in the Wide Band Gap Semiconductor Cu2Br2Se6
with a Robust Framework', Chem. Mater. 2020, 32, 6237-6246.
URL https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c02151
[133] Cui, X.; Hilleke, K. P.;
Wang, X.; Lu, M.; Zhang, M.; Zurek, E.; Li, W.; Zhang, D.; Yan, Y.; Bi, T., `RbB3Si3:
An Alkali Metal Borosilicide that is Metastable and Superconducting at 1 atm', J. Phys.
Chem. C 2020, 124, 14826-14831.
URL https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c04617
[132] Du, Y.; Li, W.; Zurek, E.; Gao, L.; Cui, X.; Zhang, M.; Liu, H.;
Tian, Y.; Zhang, S.; Zhang, D., `Predicted CsSi Compound: A Promising Material for
Photovoltaic Applications', Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2020, 22, 11578-11582.
URL https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CP01440K
[131] Zhong, Y.; Tang, Q.; Miller, D. P.; Zurek, E.; Liu, R.; Lu, Z.-L.; Gong, B., `Major Factors for the Persistent Folding of Hybrid