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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2003 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 1995 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Overview

R. J. Nelmes is affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom. Their scholarly activity is associated with this institution, where they contribute to their academic field.

Throughout their career, Nelmes has been recognized with several distinctions. They were named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1995 and later appointed as a Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, in 2003.

Specific details regarding their research topics, papers, coauthors, publication venues, book publications, and fields or subfields of study have not been provided, so those aspects cannot be detailed here.

Best Publications

  • Neutron powder diffraction above 10 GPa

    J.M. Besson;R.J. Nelmes;G. Hamel;J.S. Loveday

  • Stable methane hydrate above 2 GPa and the source of Titan's atmospheric methane

    J. S. Loveday;R. J. Nelmes;M. Guthrie;S. A. Belmonte

  • High-pressure structures and phase transformations in elemental metals

    Malcolm I. McMahon;Richard J. Nelmes

  • 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

  • A compilation of accurate structural parameters for KDP and DKDP, and a users' guide to their crystal structures

    R. J. Nelmes;Z. Tun;W. F. Kuhs

  • High-pressure gas hydrates

    John Loveday;Richard Nelmes

  • SELF-HOSTING INCOMMENSURATE STRUCTURE OF BARIUM IV

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

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

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

  • Transition from cage clathrate to filled ice: the structure of methane hydrate III.

    J. S. Loveday;R. J. Nelmes;M. Guthrie;D. D. Klug

  • Annealed high-density amorphous ice under pressure

    Richard J. Nelmes;John S. Loveday;Thierry Strässle;Thierry Strässle;Craig L. Bull

  • Structural diversity of sodium.

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

  • Transition from Cage Clathrate to Filled Ice

    M. Guthrie;D. D. Klug;J. S. Loveday;R. J. Nelmes

  • 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

  • Variation of interatomic distances in ice VIII to 10 GPa

    J. M. Besson;Ph. Pruzan;S. Klotz;G. Hamel

  • High-pressure structural studies of group-15 elements

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

  • Nature of the polyamorphic transition in ice under pressure.

    S. Klotz;Th. Strässle;R. J. Nelmes;J. S. Loveday

  • Neutron- and x-ray-diffraction measurements of the bulk modulus of boron

    R. J. Nelmes;J. S. Loveday;D. R. Allan;J. M. Besson

Frequent Co-Authors

Malcolm McMahon
Malcolm McMahon University of Edinburgh
David R. Allan
David R. Allan University of Edinburgh
Eugene Gregoryanz
Eugene Gregoryanz University of Edinburgh
John B. Parise
John B. Parise Stony Brook University
John S. Tse
John S. Tse University of Saskatchewan
Dennis D. Klug
Dennis D. Klug National Research Council Canada
Graeme Ackland
Graeme Ackland University of Edinburgh
Gwenaëlle Rousse
Gwenaëlle Rousse Collège de France
Michael Hanfland
Michael Hanfland European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
Mohamed Mezouar
Mohamed Mezouar European Synchrotron Radiation Facility

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