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Overview

Malcolm McMahon is affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans Earth and Planetary Sciences, Physics and Astronomy, and Materials Science, with significant emphasis on high-pressure geophysics and materials.

The main subfields McMahon works in include Geophysics, Materials Chemistry, Condensed Matter Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, and Radiation. Their research topics cover a broad range of areas:

  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Rare-earth and actinide compounds
  • Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques
  • Advanced Chemical Physics Studies
  • Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics

Malcolm McMahon has published extensively in several scientific venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

  • Physical review. B./Physical review. B
  • Journal of Applied Physics
  • Communications Materials
  • Journal of Physics Condensed Matter
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

Some recent notable papers authored or co-authored by McMahon are:

  • Experimental and theoretical confirmation of an orthorhombic phase transition in niobium at high pressure and temperature, 2020, Communications Materials
  • Structural complexity in ramp-compressed sodium to 480 GPa, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Structural phase transitions in yttrium up to 183 GPa, 2020, Physical review. B./Physical review. B
  • Novel experimental setup for megahertz X-ray diffraction in a diamond anvil cell at the High Energy Density (HED) instrument of the European X-ray Free-Electron Laser (EuXFEL), 2021, Journal of Synchrotron Radiation
  • Experimental observation of open structures in elemental magnesium at terapascal pressures, 2022, Nature Physics

McMahon's frequent collaborators include:

  • J. McHardy
  • C. V. Storm
  • Simon G. MacLeod
  • R. S. McWilliams
  • Hanns-Peter Liermann

Best Publications

  • High-pressure structures and phase transformations in elemental metals

    Malcolm I. McMahon;Richard J. Nelmes

  • Cold melting and solid structures of dense lithium

    Christophe L. Guillaume;Eugene Gregoryanz;Olga Degtyareva;Malcolm I. McMahon

  • New high-pressure phase of Si.

    M. I. McMahon;R. J. Nelmes

  • Pressure dependence of the Imma phase of silicon

    M. I. McMahon;R. J. Nelmes;N. G. Wright;D. R. Allan

  • SELF-HOSTING INCOMMENSURATE STRUCTURE OF BARIUM IV

    R. J. Nelmes;D. R. Allan;M. I. McMahon;S. A. Belmonte

  • Observation of an O8 molecular lattice in the epsilon phase of solid oxygen.

    Lars F. Lundegaard;Gunnar Weck;Malcolm I. McMahon;Serge Desgreniers

  • Ba-IV-type incommensurate crystal structure in group-V metals

    M. I. McMahon;O. Degtyareva;R. J. Nelmes

  • Structural diversity of sodium.

    Eugene Gregoryanz;Lars F. Lundegaard;Malcolm I. McMahon;Christophe Guillaume

  • Stability and crystal structure of BC8 germanium.

    R. J. Nelmes;M. I. McMahon;N. G. Wright;D. R. Allan

  • New Structural Systematics in the II–VI, III–V, and Group-IV Semiconductors at High Pressure

    M. I. McMahon;R. J. Nelmes

  • Geometric effects of deuteration on hydrogen-ordering phase transitions

    M. I. McMahon;R. J. Nelmes;W. F. Kuhst;R. Dorwarth

  • Crystal structures of dense lithium: a metal-semiconductor-metal transition.

    M. Marques;Malcolm McMahon;Eugene Gregoryanz;M. Hanfland

  • Chapter 3 Structural Transitions in the Group IV, III-V, and II-VI Semiconductors under Pressure

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  • High-pressure structural studies of group-15 elements

    O. Degtyareva;M. I. MCMahon;R. J. Nelmes

  • Observation of a wurtzite form of gallium arsenide.

    M. I. McMahon;R. J. Nelmes

  • High-pressure powder diffraction on synchrotron sources.

    R. J. Nelmes;M. I. McMahon

  • Structure of the intermediate phase of PbTe at high pressure.

    G. Rousse;S. Klotz;A. M. Saitta;J. Rodriguez-Carvajal

  • Observation of the incommensurate barium-IV structure in strontium phase V

    M. I. McMahon;T. Bovornratanaraks;D. R. Allan;S. A. Belmonte

  • Pressure Dependent Incommensuration in Rb-IV

    M. I. McMahon;S. Rekhi;R. J. Nelmes

  • Complex Crystal Structure of Cesium-III

    M. I. McMahon;R. J. Nelmes;S. Rekhi

  • Crystal structure of ZnTe III at 16 GPa.

    R. J. Nelmes;M. I. McMahon;N. G. Wright;D. R. Allan

Frequent Co-Authors

R. J. Nelmes
R. J. Nelmes University of Edinburgh
David R. Allan
David R. Allan University of Edinburgh
Graeme Ackland
Graeme Ackland University of Edinburgh
Gilbert Collins
Gilbert Collins University of Rochester
Eugene Gregoryanz
Eugene Gregoryanz University of Edinburgh
Michael Hanfland
Michael Hanfland European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
Daniel Errandonea
Daniel Errandonea University of Valencia
Mohamed Mezouar
Mohamed Mezouar European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
Vitali B. Prakapenka
Vitali B. Prakapenka University of Chicago
Yue Meng
Yue Meng Argonne National Laboratory

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