Research on actinide materials, both basic and applied, has been greatly advanced by the
general techniques available from high-intensity photon beams from x-ray synchrotron …

The element plutonium occupies a unique place in the history of chemistry, physics,
technology, and international relations. After the initial discovery based on submicrogram …

Measurements of open-circuit voltages (OCV) in half-cells with graphite electrodes were
used to obtain the entropy and enthalpy of lithium intercalation into graphite. At low lithium …

In this work, a machine-learning approach was applied to obtaining an interatomic potential
for lattice dynamics properties calculation with accuracy close to the one of density …

First-principles calculations based on the projector augmented-wave (PAW) technique have
been applied to the prediction of materials properties of α-uranium and its (001) surface. The …

Uranium is an important radioactive material used in the field of nuclear energy and it is
interesting from the scientific point of view because it possesses unique structure and …

Phonon dispersion curves were obtained from inelastic x-ray and neutron scattering
measurements on α-uranium single crystals at temperatures from 298 to 573 K. Both …

Despite the fundamental nature and practical importance of melting, there is still no
generally accepted theory of this ubiquitous phenomenon. Even the earliest simulations of …

The topology of the Fermi surface controls the electronic response of a metal, including
charge density wave (CDW) formation. A topology conducive for Fermi surface nesting …

A microscopic explanation for temperature stabilization of the body-centered cubic (bcc)
phase in the actinide metals is proposed. We show that for a prototype actinide, uranium …