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most citedOn the Electride Nature of Na-hP4

30 citations · 36 across the 12 of their papers we have counts for

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12 papers

cond-mat.supr-con2026

Anharmonicity and Nonadiabaticity in Hydride Superconductors

Shashi B. Mishra, Francesco Belli, Eva Zurek +1

We study superconductivity in representative hydrides using anharmonic phonons, electron-phonon vertex corrections, and full-bandwidth Eliashberg theory. The high-pressure binary h…

cond-mat.supr-con2026

Metal Atom (Dis)Order and Superconductivity in YCaH () High-Pressure Superhydrides

Masashi W. Kimura, Seong Won Jang, Nisha Geng +1

High-pressure superhydrides have attracted much attention due to their high superconducting critical temperatures (s). Herein, density functional theory (DFT) calculati…

physics.comp-ph2025

Refining Tc Prediction in Hydrides via Symbolic-Regression-Enhanced Electron-Localization-Function-Based Descriptors

Francesco Belli, Sean Torres, Julia Contreras-Garcìa +1

Hydrogen-based materials are able to possess extremely high superconducting critical temperatures, \tc s, due to hydrogen's low atomic mass and strong electron-phonon interaction.…

cond-mat.supr-con2025★ 2 cited

Theoretical Predictions of MB5N5: Atom-Stuffed Boronitride Clathrate Cages Derived from the High-Pressure Superhydride

Nisha Geng, Giacomo Scilla, Eva Zurek

This study investigates 198 MX5Y5 (X, Y = B, C, or N) clathrate-like structures derived from MH10 superhydrides using high-throughput Density Functional Theory (DFT) geometry optim…

cond-mat.supr-con2025★ 1 cited

A chemical bonding based descriptor for predicting the impact of quantum nuclear and anharmonic effects on hydrogen-based superconductors

Francesco Belli, Eva Zurek, Ion Errea

Quantum nuclear effects (QNEs) can significantly alter a material's crystal structure and phonon spectra, impacting properties such as thermal conductivity and superconductivity. H…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024

Quantum Anharmonic Effects on the Superconductivity of I-43m CH4-H3S at High Pressures: a First-Principles Study

Pugeng Hou, Francesco Belli, Tiange Bi +2

Making use of first-principles calculations we analyze the effect of quantum ionic fluctuations and lattice anharmonicity on the crystal structure and superconductivity of I-43m CH…

cond-mat.supr-con2024★ 1 cited

Efficient Modelling of Anharmonicity and Quantum Effects in PdCuH with Machine Learning Potentials

Francesco Belli, Eva Zurek

Quantum nuclear effects and anharmonicity impact a wide range of functional materials and their properties. One of the most powerful techniques to model these effects is the Stocha…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024

Superconductivity in Dilute Hydrides of Ammonia under Pressure

Xiaoyu Wang, Nisha Geng, Kyla de Villa +2

In the last decade, there has been great progress in predicting and synthesizing polyhydrides that exhibit superconductivity when squeezed. Dopants allow these compounds to become…

cond-mat.supr-con2024

Quantum Stabilization and Flat Hydrogen-based Bands of Nitrogen-doped Lutetium Hydride

Adam Denchfield, Francesco Belli, Eva Zurek +2

We explore electronic and structural properties of Fmm Lu-H-N structures with specific N,H ordering as plausible candidates for near-ambient superconductivity possibl…

cond-mat.supr-con2024★ 1 cited

Phase Boundaries, Isotope Effect and Superconductivity of Lithium Under Hydrostatic Conditions

Stefano Racioppi, Iren Saffarian-Deemyad, William Holle +6

We present theoretical and experimental studies of superconductivity and low temperature structural phase boundaries in lithium. We mapped the structural phase diagram of 6Li and 7…

cond-mat.supr-con2023★ 1 cited

Superconductivity in CH4 and BH4- Containing Compounds Derived from the High-Pressure Superhydrides

Nisha Geng, Katerina P. Hilleke, Francesco Belli +2

Inspired by the synthesis of the high-pressure Fm-3m LaH10 superconducting superhydride, systematic density functional theory (DFT) calculations are performed to study ternaries th…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2023★ 30 cited

On the Electride Nature of Na-hP4

Stefano Racioppi, Christian V. Storm, Malcolm I. McMahon +1

Early quantum mechanical models suggested that pressure drives solids towards free-electron metal behavior where the ions are locked into simple close-packed structures. The predic…