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[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’, 2023.
submitted

[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’, 2023.
submitted

[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’, 2023.
submitted

[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(AuxGe1x)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.
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.; Stepanoff, 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 α 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

[138]   Snider, E.; Dasenbrock-Gammon, N.; McBride, R.; Wang, X.; Meyers, N.; Lawler, K. V.; Zurek, E.; Salamat, A.; Dias, R. P., ‘Synthesis of Yttrium Superhydride Superconductor with a Transition Temperature up to 262 K by Catalytic Hydrogenation at High Pressures’, Phys. Rev. Lett. 2021, 126, 117003 (1–6).
URL https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.117003

[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 α, β, γ-Hybrid Peptides into Hairpins’, Front. Chem. 2020, 8, 530083.
URL https://doi.org/10.3389/fchem.2020.530083

[130]   Cui, W.; Bi, T.; Shi, J.; Li, Y.; Liu, H.; Zurek, E.; Hemley, R. J., ‘Route to High-Tc Superconductivity via CH4-Intercalated H3S Hydride Perovskites’, Phys. Rev. B 2020, 101, 134504 (1–5).
URL https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.101.134504

[129]   Bi, T.; Zurek, E., ‘Electronic Structure and Superconductivity of Compressed Metal Tetrahydrides’, Chem. Eur. J. 2021, 27, 14848–14870.
URL https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202102679

[128]   Tang, Q.; Zhong, Y.; Miller, D. P.; Liu, R.; Zurek, E.; Lu, Z.-L.; Gong, B., ‘Reverse Turn Foldamers: An Expanded β-Turn Motif Reinforced by Double Hydrogen Bonds’, Org. Lett. 2020, 22, 1003–1007.
URL https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.9b04547

[127]   Miao, M.; Sun, Y.; Zurek, E.; Lin, H., ‘Chemistry Under High Pressure’, Nat. Rev. Chem. 2020, 4, 508–527.
URL https://doi.org/10.1038/s41570-020-0213-0

[126]   Kou, C.; Tian, Y.; Zhang, M.; Zurek, E.; Qu, X.; Wang, X.; Yin, K.; Yan, Y.; Gao, L.; Lu, M.; Yang, W., ‘M-graphene: A Metastable Two-Dimensional Carbon Allotrope’, 2D Mater. 2020, 7, 025047 (1–7).
URL https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1583/ab7977

[125]   Hu, Y.; Adhikari, D.; Tan, A.; Dong, X.; Zhu, T.; Wang, X.; Huang, Y.; Mitchell, T.; Yao, Z.; Dasenbrock-Gammon, N.; Snider, E.; Dias, R. P.; Huang, C.; Kim, R.; Neuhart, I.; Ali, A. H.; Zhang, J.; Bechtel, H. A.; Martin, M. C.; Corder, S. N. G.; Hu, F.; Li, Z.; Armstrong, J. N.; Wang, J.; Liu, M.; Benedict, J.; Zurek, E.; Sambandamurthy, G.; Grossmann, J. C.; Zhang, P.; Ren, S., ‘Laser-Induced Cooperative Transition in Molecular Electronic Crystal’, Adv. Mater. 2021, 33, 2103000.
URL https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202103000

[124]   Wang, Q.; Zhong, Y.; Miller, D. P.; Lu, X.; Tang, Q.; Lu, Z.-L.; Zurek, E.; Liu, R.; Gong, B., ‘Self-Assembly and Molecular Recognition in Water: Tubular Stacking and Guest-Templated Discrete Assembly of Water-Soluble, Shape-Persistent Macrocycles’, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 2915–2924.
URL https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacs.9b11536

[123]   Zhao, L.; Liu, W.; Yi, W.; Hu, T.; Khodagholian, D.; Gu, F.; Lin, H.; Zurek, E.; Zheng, Y.; Miao, M., ‘Nano-Makisu: Highly Anisotropic Two-Dimensional Carbon Allotropes Made by Weaving Together Nanotubes’, Nanoscale 2020, 12, 347–355.
URL https://doi.org/10.1039/c9nr08069d

[122]   Selvakumar, J.; Simpson, S. M.; Zurek, E.; Arumugam, K., ‘An Electrochemically Controlled Release of NHCs Using Iron Bis(dithiolene) N-heterocyclic Carbene Complexes’, Inorg. Chem. Front. 2021, 8, 59–71.
URL https://doi.org/10.1039/d0qi00638f

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[118]   Avery, P.; Wang, X.; Oses, C.; Gossett, E.; Proserpio, D. M.; Toher, C.; Curtarolo, S.; Zurek, E., ‘Predicting Superhard Materials via a Machine Learning Informed Evolutionary Structure Search’, npj Comput. Mater. 2019, 5, 89 (1–11).
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[97]    Avery, P.; Ludowieg, H.; Autschbach, J.; Zurek, E., ‘Extended Hückel Calculations on Solids using the Avogadro Molecular Editor and Visualizer’, J. Chem. Educ. 2018, 95, 331–337.
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[58]    Simpson, S.; Gross, M. S.; Olson, J. R.; Zurek, E.; Aga, D. S., ‘Identification of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ether Metabolites Based on Calculated Boiling Points from COSMO-RS, Experimental Retention Times, and Mass Spectral Fragmentation Patterns’, Anal. Chem. 2015, 87, 2299–2305.
URL http://doi.org/10.1021/ac504107b

[57]    Beniwal, S.; Chen, S.; Kunkel, D. A.; Hooper, J.; Simpson, S.; Zurek, E.; Zeng, X. C.; Enders, A., ‘Kagome-Like Lattice of π-π Stacked 3-Hydroxyphenalenone on Cu(111)’, Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 8659–8662.
URL http://doi.org/10.1039/c4cc03523b

[56]    Zurek, E., ‘Discovering New Materials via a priori Crystal Structure Prediction’, in Parrill, A. L.; Lipkowitz, K. B. (editors), ‘Reviews in computational chemistry’, Vol. 29, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey, 2016, 274–326.
URL https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119148739.ch5

[55]    Seel, A. G.; Zurek, E.; Ramirez-Cuesta, A. J.; Ryan, K. R.; Lodge, M. T. J.; Edwards, P. P., ‘Low Energy Structural Dynamics and Constrained Libration of Li(NH3)4, the Lowest Melting Point Metal’, Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 10778–10781.
URL http://doi.org/10.1039/c4cc03397c

[54]    Bovino, M. T.; Liwosz, T. W.; Kendel, N. E.; Miller, Y.; Tyminska, N.; Zurek, E.; Chemler, S. R., ‘Enantioselective Copper-Catalyzed Carboetherification of Unactivated Alkenes’, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 6383–6387.
URL http://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201402462

[53]    Hooper, J.; Kunkel, D. A.; Simpson, S.; Beniwal, S.; Enders, A.; Zurek, E., ‘Chiral Surface Networks of 3-HPLN - A Molecular Analog of Rounded Triangle Assembly’, Surf. Sci. 2014, 629, 65–74.
URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.susc.2014.04.015

[52]    Hooper, J.; Terpstra, T.; Shamp, A.; Zurek, E., ‘Composition and Constitution of Compressed Strontium Polyhydrides’, J. Phys. Chem. C 2014, 118, 6433–6447.
URL https://doi.org/10.1021/jp4125342

[51]    Kunkel, D. A.; Hooper, J.; Simpson, S.; Beniwal, S.; Morrow, K. L.; Smith, D. C.; Cousins, K.; Ducharme, S.; Zurek, E.; Enders, A., ‘Rhodizonic Acid on Noble Metals: Surface Reactivity and Coordination Chemistry’, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2013, 4, 3413–3419.
URL http://doi.org/10.1021/jz4016124

[50]    Pritchard, B. P.; Simpson, S.; Zurek, E.; Autschbach, J., ‘Computation of Chemical Shifts for Paramagnetic Molecules: A Laboratory Experiment for the Undergraduate Curriculum’, J. Chem. Educ. 2014, 91, 1058–1063.
URL https://doi.org/10.1021/ed400902c

[49]    Simpson, S.; van Fleet, A.; Zurek, E., ‘A Computational Investigation of a Molecular Switch’, J. Chem. Educ. 2013, 90, 1528–1532.
URL https://doi.org/10.1021/ed400278x

[48]    Wach, A.; Chen, J.; Falls, Z.; Lonie, D.; Mojica, E.-R.; Aga, D.; Autschbach, J.; Zurek, E., ‘Determination of the Structures of Molecularly Imprinted Polymers and Xerogels Using an Automated Stochastic Approach’, Anal. Chem. 2013, 85, 8577–8584.
URL https://doi.org/10.1021/ac402004z

[47]    Simpson, S.; Kunkel, D. A.; Hooper, J.; Nitz, J.; Dowben, P. A.; Routaboul, L.; Braunstein, P.; Doudin, B.; Enders, A.; Zurek, E., ‘Coverage-Dependent Interactions at the Organics-Metal Interface: Quinonoid Zwitterions on Au(111)’, J. Phys. Chem. C 2013, 117, 16406–16415.
URL https://doi.org/10.1021/jp403384h

[46]    Hooper, J.; Altintas, B.; Shamp, A.; Zurek, E., ‘Polyhydrides of the Alkaline Earth Metals: A Look at the Extremes Under Pressure’, J. Phys. Chem. C 2013, 117, 2982–2992.
URL https://doi.org/10.1021/jp311571n

[45]    Lonie, D. C.; Hooper, J.; Altintas, B.; Zurek, E., ‘Metallization of Magnesium Polyhydrides Under Pressure’, Phys. Rev. B 2013, 87, 054107 (1–8).
URL https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.87.054107

[44]    Simpson, S.; Autschbach, J.; Zurek, E., ‘Computational Modeling of the Optical Rotation of Amino Acids: An ‘in silico’ Experiment for Physical Chemistry’, J. Chem. Educ. 2013, 90, 656–660.
URL http://doi.org/10.1021/ed300680g

[43]    Simpson, S.; Lonie, D. C.; Chen, J.; Zurek, E., ‘A Computational Experiment on Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes’, J. Chem. Educ. 2013, 90, 651–655.
URL https://doi.org/10.1021/ed3006067

[42]    Kunkel, D. A.; Hooper, J.; Simpson, S.; Rojas, G. A.; Ducharme, S.; Usher, T.; Zurek, E.; Enders, A., ‘Proton Transfer in Surface-Stabilized Chiral Motifs of Croconic Acid’, Phys. Rev. B 2013, 87, 041402(R) (1–4).
URL http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.87.041402

[41]    Hanwell, M. D.; Curtis, D. E.; Lonie, D. C.; Vandermeersch, T.; Zurek, E.; Hutchison, G. R., ‘Avogadro: An Advanced Semantic Chemical Editor, Visualization, and Analysis Platform’, J. Cheminf. 2012, 4, 17 (1–17).
URL https://doi.org/10.1186/1758-2946-4-17

[40]    Jewell, A. D.; Simpson, S. M.; Enders, A.; Zurek, E.; Sykes, E. C. H., ‘Magic Electret Clusters of 4-Fluorostyrene on Metal Surfaces’, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2012, 3, 2069–2075.
URL https://doi.org/10.1021/jz3006783

[39]    Shamp, A.; Hooper, J.; Zurek, E., ‘Compressed Cesium Polyhydrides: Cs+ Sublattices and H 3 Three-Connected Nets’, Inorg. Chem. 2012, 51, 9333–9342.
URL http://doi.org/10.1021/ic301045v

[38]    Suen, N.-T.; Hooper, J.; Zurek, E.; Bobev, S., ‘On the Nature of Ge-Pb Bonding in the Solid State. Synthesis, Structural Characterization, and Electronic Structures of Two Unprecedented Germanide-Plumbides’, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 12708–12716.
URL http://doi.org/10.1021/ja3042838

[37]    Simpson, S.; Zurek, E., ‘Substituted Benzene Derivatives on the Cu(111) Surface’, J. Phys. Chem. C 2012, 116, 12636–12643.
URL https://doi.org/10.1021/jp302682n

[36]    Kunkel, D. A.; Simpson, S.; Nitz, J.; Rojas, G. A.; Zurek, E.; Routaboul, L.; Doudin, B.; Braunstein, P.; Dowben, P. A.; Eders, A., ‘Dipole Driven Bonding Schemes of Quinoid Zwitterions on Surfaces’, Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 7143–7145.
URL https://doi.org/10.1039/c2cc32462h

[35]    Hooper, J.; Zurek, E., ‘High Pressure Potassium Polyhydrides: A Chemical Perspective’, J. Phys. Chem. C 2012, 116, 13322–13328.
URL https://doi.org/10.1021/jp303024h

[34]    Hooper, J.; Zurek, E., ‘Lithium Subhydrides Under Pressure and their Superatom–Like Building Blocks’, ChemPlusChem 2012, 77, 969–972.
URL https://doi.org/10.1002/cplu.201200130

[33]    Lonie, D. C.; Zurek, E., ‘Identifying Duplicate Crystal Structures: XtalComp, an Open–Source Solution’, Comput. Phys. Commun. 2012, 183, 690–697.
URL https://doi.org/doi:10.1016/j.cpc.2011.11.007

[32]    Hooper, J.; Zurek, E., ‘Rubidium Polyhydrides Under Pressure: Emergence of the Linear H3 Species’, Chem. Eur. J. 2012, 18, 5013–5021.
URL https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201103205

[31]    Rojas, G.; Simpson, S.; Chen, X.; Kunkel, D. A.; Nitz, J.; Xiao, J.; Dowben, P. A.; Zurek, E.; Enders, A., ‘Surface State Engineering of Molecule-Molecule Interactions’, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2012, 14, 4971–4976.
URL https://doi.org/10.1039/c2cp40254h

[30]    Lonie, D. C.; Zurek, E., ‘XtalOpt version r7: An Open-Source Evolutionary Algorithm for Crystal Structure Prediction’, Comput. Phys. Commun. 2011, 182, 2305–2306.
URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpc.2011.06.003

[29]    Hooper, J.; Baettig, P.; Zurek, E., ‘Pressure Induced Structural Transitions in KH, RbH and CsH’, J. Appl. Phys. 2012, 111, 112611.
URL https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4726210

[28]    Baettig, P.; Zurek, E., ‘Pressure-Stabilized Sodium Polyhydrides, NaHn (n > 1)’, Phys. Rev. Lett. 2011, 106, 237002 (1–4).
URL https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.106.237002

[27]    Zurek, E., ‘Alkali Metals in Ethylenediamine: A Computational Study of the Optical Absorption Spectra and NMR Parameters of [M(en)3+ M] Ion-Pairs’, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 4829–4839.
URL https://doi.org/10.1021/ja1085244

[26]    Zurek, E.; Wen, X.-D.; Hoffmann, R., ‘(Barely) Solid Li(NH3)4: The Electronics of an Expanded Metal’, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 3535–3547.
URL https://doi.org/10.1021/ja109397k

[25]    Lonie, D. C.; Zurek, E., ‘XtalOpt: An Open-Source Evolutionary Algorithm for Crystal Structure Prediction’, Comput. Phys. Commun. 2011, 182, 372–387.
URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpc.2010.07.048

[24]    Zurek, E.; Autschbach, J., ‘Ab-Initio NMR Computations for Carbon Nanotubes’, in Nalwa, H. S. (editor), ‘Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology’, Vol. 11, American Scientific Publishers, Stevenson Ranch, CA, 2nd edition, 2011, 59–73.
URL http://www.aspbs.com/enn.html

[23]    Zurek, E.; Jepsen, O.; Andersen, O. K., ‘Searching for the Interlayer Band and Unravelling the Bonding in β-ThSi2 and α-ThSi2 with NMTO Wannier-like Functions’, Inorg. Chem. 2010, 49, 1384–1396.
URL https://doi.org/10.1021/ic9014515

[22]    Zurek, E.; Autschbach, J., ‘NMR Computations for Carbon Nanotubes from First Principles: Present Status and Future Directions’, Int. J. Quantum Chem. 2009, 109, 3343–3367.
URL https://doi.org/10.1002/qua.22211

[21]    Zurek, E.; Hoffmann, R.; Ashcroft, N. W.; Oganov, A. R.; Lyakhov, A. O., ‘A Little Bit of Lithium Does a Lot for Hydrogen’, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2009, 106, 17640–17643.
URL https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0908262106

[20]    Zurek, E.; Edwards, P. P.; Hoffmann, R., ‘A Molecular Perspective on Lithium-Ammonia Solutions’, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 8198–8232.
URL https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.200900373

[19]    Zurek, E.; Pickard, C. J.; Autschbach, J., ‘A Density Functional Studies of the 13C NMR Chemical Shifts of Fluorinated Single–Walled Carbon Nanotubes’, J. Phys. Chem. A 2009, 113, 4117–4124.
URL http://doi.org/10.1021/jp810523x

[18]    Zurek, E.; Pickard, C. J.; Autschbach, J., ‘Density Functional Study of the 13C NMR Chemical Shifts in Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes with Stone–Wales Defects’, J. Phys. Chem. C 2008, 112, 11744–11750.
URL http://doi.org/10.1021/jp803180v

[17]    Zurek, E.; Autschbach, J.; Malinowski, N.; Enders, A.; Kern, K., ‘Experimental and Theoretical Investigations of the Thermodynamic Stability of Ba–C60 and K–C60 Clusters’, ACS Nano 2008, 2, 1000–1014.
URL http://doi.org/10.1021/nn800022d

[16]    Zurek, E.; Pickard, C. J.; Autschbach, J., ‘Determining the Diameter of Functionalized Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes using 13C NMR: A Theoretical Study’, J. Phys. Chem. C 2008, 112, 9267–9271.
URL https://doi.org/10.1021/jp800873c

[15]    Zurek, E.; Autschbach, J.; Andersen, O. K., ‘Downfolding and N-ization of a Basis Set of Slater Type Orbitals’, in Simos, T. E.; Maroulis, G. (editors), ‘Computation in Modern Science and Engineering Proceedings of the International Conference on Computational Methods in Science and Engineering 2007’, Number volume 2, part B in Conference Proceedings 963, American Institue of Physics, 2007, 1421–1424.
URL https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2836021

[14]    Zurek, E.; Autschbach, J., ‘Density Functional Studies of the 13C NMR Chemical Shifts in Single–Walled Carbon Nanotubes’, in Simos, T. E.; Maroulis, G. (editors), ‘Computation in Modern Science and Engineering Proceedings of the International Conference on Computational Methods in Science and Engineering 2007’, Number volume 2, part B in Conference Proceedings 963, American Institue of Physics, 2007, 1425–1428.
URL https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2836022

[13]    Zurek, E.; Pickard, C. J.; Autschbach, J., ‘A Density Functional Study of the 13C NMR Chemical Shifts in Functionalized Single–Walled Carbon Nanotubes’, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 4430–4439.
URL http://doi.org/10.1021/ja069110h

[12]     Enders, A.; Malinowski, N.; Ievlev, D.; Zurek, E.; Autschbach, J.; Kern, K., ‘Magic Alkali-fullerene Compound Clusters of Extreme Thermal Stability’, J. Chem. Phys. 2006, 125, 191102–(1–4).
URL http://doi.org/10.1063/1.2400027

[11]    Zurek, E.; Pickard, C. J.; Walczak, B.; Autschbach, J., ‘Density Functional Calculations of the 13C NMR Chemical Shifts in Small-to-Medium-Diameter Infinite Single-Walled Carbon nanotube’, J. Phys. Chem. A 2006, 110, 11995–12004.
URL http://doi.org/10.1021/jp064540f

[10]    Zurek, E.; Jepsen, O.; Andersen, O. K., ‘Muffin-Tin Orbital Wannier-Like Functions for Insulators and Metals’, ChemPhysChem 2005, 6, 1934–1942.
URL http://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.200500133

[9]    Zurek, E.; Autschbach, J., ‘Density Functional Calculations of the 13C NMR Chemical Shifts in (9,0) Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes’, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 13079–13088.
URL http://doi.org/10.1021/ja047941m

[8]    Zurek, E.; Ziegler, T., ‘Theoretical Studies of the Structure and Function of MAO (Methylaluminoxane)’, Prog. Polym. Sci. 2004, 29, 107–148.
URL http://doi.org/10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2003.10.003

[7]    Autschbach, J.; Zurek, E., ‘Relativistic Density-Functional Computations of the Chemical Shift of 129Xe in Xe@C 60’, J. Phys. Chem. A 2003, 107, 4967–4972.
URL http://doi.org/10.1021/jp0346559

[6]    Zurek, E.; Ziegler, T., ‘A Theoretical Study of the Insertion Barrier of MAO (methylaluminoxane)-Activated, Cp2ZrMe2-Catalyzed Ethylene Polymerization: Further Evidence for the Structural Assignment of Active and Dormant Species.’, Faraday Discuss. 2003, 124, 93–109.
URL https://doi.org/10.1039/B209455J

[5]    Xu, Z.; Vanka, K.; Firman, T.; Michalak, A.; Zurek, E.; Zhu, C.; Ziegler, T., ‘Theoretical Study of the Interactions between Cations and Anions in Group IV Transition-Metal Catalysts for Single-Site Homogeneous Olefin Polymerization.’, Organometallics 2002, 21, 2444–2453.
URL http://doi.org/10.1021/om011057c

[4]    Zurek, E.; Ziegler, T., ‘Toward the Identification of Dormant and Active Species in MAO (Methylaluminoxane)-Activated, Dimethylzirconocene-Catalyzed Olefin Polymerization.’, Organometallics 2002, 21, 83–92.
URL http://doi.org/10.1021/om010812j

[3]    Zurek, E.; Woo, T. K.; Firman, T. K.; Ziegler, T., ‘Modeling MAO (Methylaluminoxane)’, in Blom, R.; Follestad, A.; Rytter, E.; Tilset, M.; Ystenes, M. (editors), ‘Organometallic Catalysts and Olefin Polymerization: Catalysts for a New Millenium’, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2001, 109–123.
URL https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59465-6˙10

[2]    Zurek, E.; Ziegler, T., ‘A Combined Quantum Mechanical and Statistical Mechanical Study of the Equilibrium of Trimethylaluminum (TMA) and Oligomers of (AlOCH3)n Found in Methylaluminoxane (MAO).’, Inorg. Chem. 2001, 40, 3279–3292.
URL http://doi.org/10.1021/ic001444z

[1]    Zurek, E.; Woo, T. K.; Firman, T. K.; Ziegler, T., ‘Modeling the Dynamic Equilibrium Between Oligomers of (AlOCH3)n in Methylaluminoxane (MAO). A Theoretical Study Based on a Combined Quantum Mechanical and Statistical Mechanical Approach.’, Inorg. Chem. 2001, 40, 361–370.
URL http://doi.org/10.1021/ic000845b

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