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Overview

Mark Wilson is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to the fields of Materials Science and Physics and Astronomy. Their research primarily spans Materials Chemistry, Condensed Matter Physics, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, alongside applications in Biomedical Engineering and Molecular Biology.

Their body of work covers a range of topics, notably in Theoretical and Computational Physics, Material Dynamics and Properties, Graphene research and applications, as well as Machine Learning in Materials Science. Other areas of focus include Topological and Geometric Data Analysis, Glass properties and applications, and Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials.

Wilson's recent papers reflect a diversity of research interests and publication in various noted scientific venues. Noteworthy publications include:

  • Origins of structural and electronic transitions in disordered silicon, 2021, Nature
  • Exploring the configurational space of amorphous graphene with machine-learned atomic energies, 2022, Chemical Science
  • Persistent homology in two-dimensional atomic networks, 2021, The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • The glass transition and the non-Arrhenian viscosity of carbonate melts, 2021, American Mineralogist
  • Generalized network theory of physical two-dimensional systems, 2020, Physical review. E

Their frequent collaborators include:

  • David Ormrod Morley
  • Volker L. Deringer
  • Noam Bernstein
  • Gábor Cśanyi
  • Chiheb Ben Mahmoud

Mark Wilson has published regularly in several academic journals. Their most common publication venues include:

  • The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Physics Condensed Matter
  • Physical review. E
  • RSC Advances

Their interdisciplinary research engages with complex physical systems and computational approaches to materials science. Contributions to machine learning applications in material modeling and investigations into structural transitions at the atomic level are evident throughout their work.

Best Publications

  • ‘Covalent’ effects in ‘ionic’ systems

    Paul A. Madden;Mark Wilson

  • Origins of structural and electronic transitions in disordered silicon

    Volker L. Deringer;Noam Bernstein;Gábor Csányi;Chiheb Ben Mahmoud

  • A density-driven phase transition between semiconducting and metallic polyamorphs of silicon

    Paul F. McMillan;Mark Wilson;Dominik Daisenberger;Denis Machon

  • Polarization Effects, Network Dynamics, and the Infrared Spectrum of Amorphous SiO2.

    Mark Wilson;Paul A. Madden;Mahin Hemmati;C. Austen Angell

  • Polyamorphism and liquid-liquid phase transitions: challenges for experiment and theory

    Paul F. McMillan;Paul F. McMillan;Mark Wilson;Martin Charles Wilding;Dominik Daisenberger

  • Voids, Layers, and the First Sharp Diffraction Peak in ZnCl 2

    Mark Wilson;Paul A. Madden

  • Pressure-induced amorphization and polyamorphism: Inorganic and biochemical systems

    D. Machon;F. Meersman;F. Meersman;Martin Wilding;M. Wilson

  • High-Pressure Transformation of SiO2 Glass from a Tetrahedral to an Octahedral Network: A Joint Approach Using Neutron Diffraction and Molecular Dynamics

    Anita Zeidler;Kamil Wezka;Ruth F Rowlands;Dean A J Whittaker

  • Structural studies and polymorphism in amorphous solids and liquids at high pressure

    Martin C. Wilding;Mark Wilson;Paul F. McMillan;Paul F. McMillan

  • ``Prepeaks'' and ``first sharp diffraction peaks'' in computer simulations of strong and fragile ionic liquids

    Wilson M;Madden Pa

  • Computer Simulations of Mesogenic Molecules Using Realistic Atom-Atom Potentials

    Mark R. Wilson;Michael P. Allen

  • Hydrolysis of the amorphous silica surface. II. Calculation of activation barriers and mechanisms

    Tiffany R. Walsh;Mark Wilson;Adrian P. Sutton

  • Computer simulation study of liquid crystal formation in a semi-flexible system of linked hard spheres

    M.R. Wilson;M.P. Allen

  • The Uncatalyzed Direct Amide Formation Reaction – Mechanism Studies and the Key Role of Carboxylic Acid H‐Bonding

    Hayley Charville;David A. Jackson;George Hodges;Andrew Whiting

  • Evaluation of the many-body contributions to the interionic interactions in MgO

    Adrian J. Rowley;Patrick J̈emmer;Mark Wilson;Paul A. Madden

  • Molecular dynamics simulations of compressible ions

    M. Wilson;P. A. Madden;N. C. Pyper;J. H. Harding

  • Structure of molten MCl3 systems from a polarizable ion simulation model

    Francis Hutchinson;Adrian J. Rowley;Malcolm K. Walters;Mark Wilson

  • Structure of trans-4-(trans-4-n-pentylcyclohexyl)cyclohexylcarbonitrile (CCH5) in the isotropic and nematic phases: a computer simulation study

    M. R. Wilson;M. P. Allen

  • Growth of ionic crystals in carbon nanotubes.

    Mark Wilson;Paul A. Madden

  • A unified description of MCI3 systems with a polarizable ion simulation model

    Francis Hutchinson;Mark Wilson;Paul A. Madden

  • High-pressure x-ray scattering and computer simulation studies of density-induced polyamorphism in silicon

    Dominik Daisenberger;Mark Wilson;Paul F. McMillan;Paul F. McMillan;Raul Quesada Cabrera

  • On the Ewald summation of Gaussian charges for the simulation of metallic surfaces

    Todd R. Gingrich;Mark Wilson

  • Induced and spontaneous deracemization in bent-core liquid crystal phases and in other phases doped with bent-core molecules.

    David J. Earl;Mikhail A. Osipov;Hideo Takezoe;Yoichi Takanishi

  • `Covalent' effects in `ionic' liquids

    Paul A Madden;Mark Wilson

  • Short- and intermediate-range order in MCl2 melts: the importance of anionic polarization

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  • Stability of Small MgO Nanotube Clusters: Predictions of a Transferable Ionic Potential Model

    Mark Wilson

  • Dipole and quadrupole polarization in ionic systems: Ab initio studies

    Patrick J̈emmer;Mark Wilson;Paul A. Madden;Patrick W. Fowler

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul A. Madden
Paul A. Madden University of Oxford
Paul A. Madden
Paul A. Madden University of Edinburgh
Paul F. McMillan
Paul F. McMillan University College London
John B. Parise
John B. Parise Stony Brook University
Patrick W. Fowler
Patrick W. Fowler University of Sheffield
Chris J. Benmore
Chris J. Benmore Argonne National Laboratory
Richard A Brooker
Richard A Brooker University of Bristol
David A. Drabold
David A. Drabold Ohio University
Jamie H. Warner
Jamie H. Warner The University of Texas at Austin
George M. Whitesides
George M. Whitesides Harvard University

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