Publications

Du D, Baird TJ, Bonella S, Pizzi G
OSSCAR, an open platform for collaborative development of computational tools for education in science
Computer Physics Communications. 2023; 282: 108546 (12 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpc.2022.108546
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Ito S, Schüler M, Meierhofer M, Schlauderer S, Freudenstein J, Reimann J, et al.
Build-up and dephasing of Floquet–Bloch bands on subcycle timescales
Nature. 2023; 616: 696-701. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-05850-x
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Schüler M, Schmitt T, Werner P
Probing magnetic orbitals and Berry curvature with circular dichroism in resonant inelastic X-ray scattering
npj Quantum Materials. 2023; 8(1): 6 (9 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41535-023-00538-x
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Bocharov D, Chesnokov A, Chikvaidze G, Gabrusenoks J, Ignatans R, Kalendarev R, et al.
A comprehensive study of structure and properties of nanocrystalline zinc peroxide
Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids. 2022; 160: 110318 (10 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpcs.2021.110318
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Colonna N, De Gennaro R, Linscott E, Marzari N
Koopmans spectral functionals in periodic boundary conditions
Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 2022; 18(9): 5435-5448. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jctc.2c00161
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De Gennaro R, Colonna N, Linscott E, Marzari N
Bloch's theorem in orbital-density-dependent functionals: band structures from Koopmans spectral functionals
Physical Review B. 2022; 106(3): 035106 (14 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.106.035106
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Hartl A, Jurányi F, Krack M, Lunkenheimer P, Schulz A, Sheptyakov D, et al.
Dynamically disordered hydrogen bonds in the hureaulite-type phosphatic oxyhydroxide Mn₅[(PO₄)₂(PO₃(OH))₂](HOH)₄
Journal of Chemical Physics. 2022; 156(9): 094502 (18 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0083856
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Nichenko S, Kalilainen J, Lind T
MSR simulation with cGEMS: fission product release and aerosol formation
Journal of Nuclear Engineering. 2022; 3(1): 105-116. https://doi.org/10.3390/jne3010006
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Timrov I, Marzari N, Cococcioni M
HP – a code for the calculation of Hubbard parameters using density-functional perturbation theory
Computer Physics Communications. 2022; 279: 108455 (17 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpc.2022.108455
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Tohidi Vahdat M, Agrawal KV, Pizzi G
Machine-learning accelerated identification of exfoliable two-dimensional materials
Machine Learning: Science and Technology. 2022; 3(4): 045014 (9 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/2632-2153/ac9bca
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Bocharov D, Pudza I, Klementiev K, Krack M, Kuzmin A
Study of high-temperature behaviour of ZnO by ab initio molecular dynamics simulations and X-ray absorption spectroscopy
Materials. 2021; 14(18): 5206 (9 pp.). https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14185206
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Bocharov D, Krack M, Rafalskij Y, Kuzmin A, Purans J
Ab initio molecular dynamics simulations of negative thermal expansion in ScF₃: the effect of the supercell size
Computational Materials Science. 2020; 171: 109198 (7 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.commatsci.2019.109198
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Bocharov D, Anspoks A, Timoshenko J, Kalinko A, Krack M, Kuzmin A
Interpretation of the Cu K-edge EXAFS spectra of Cu₃N using ab initio molecular dynamics
Radiation Physics and Chemistry. 2020; 175: 108100 (4 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radphyschem.2018.12.020
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Kalilainen J, Nichenko S, Krepel J
Evaporation of materials from the molten salt reactor fuel under elevated temperatures
Journal of Nuclear Materials. 2020; 533: 152134 (13 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2020.152134
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Kéri A, Dähn R, Marques Fernandes M, Scheinost AC, Krack M, Churakov SV
Iron adsorption on clays inferred from atomistic simulations and X-ray absorption spectroscopy
Environmental Science and Technology. 2020; 54(19): 11886-11893. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.9b07962
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Kühne TD, Iannuzzi M, Del Ben M, Rybkin VV, Seewald P, Stein F, et al.
CP2K: an electronic structure and molecular dynamics software package - quickstep: efficient and accurate electronic structure calculations
Journal of Chemical Physics. 2020; 152(19): 194103 (47 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0007045
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Bocharov D, Rafalskij Y, Krack M, Putnina M, Kuzmin A
Negative thermal expansion of ScF₃: first principles vs empirical molecular dynamics
In: Vol. 503. IOP conference series: materials science and engineering. sine loco: IOP; 2019:01201 (4 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/503/1/012001
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Cozzo C, Ngayam-Happy R, Chen J-C, Pecchia M, Girardin G
Modeling of the U₃Si₂/SiC fuel system behavior for a RIA scenario
In: Global/top fuel 2019. LaGrange Park, IL, USA: American Nuclear Society (ANS); 2019:643-647.
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Kéri A, Dähn R, Krack M, Churakov SV
Characterization of structural iron in smectites — an ab initio based X-ray absorption spectroscopy study
Environmental Science and Technology. 2019; 53(12): 6877-6886. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b06952
DORA PSI
Kéri AG
Mechanism of metal uptake by clay minerals ― X-ray spectroscopy and molecular modelling study
2019.
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Liu X, Vinograd VL, Nichenko S, Kulik DA, Lu X, Winkler B
Emulation of short-range ordering within the compound energy formalism: application to the calcite-magnesite solid solution
Calphad. 2019; 64: 115-125. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.calphad.2018.11.012
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Müller P, Karhan K, Krack M, Gerstmann U, Schmidt WG, Bauer M, et al.
Impact of finite-temperature and condensed-phase effects on theoretical X-ray absorption spectra of transition metal complexes
Journal of Computational Chemistry. 2019; 40(5): 712-716. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcc.25641
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Zhan X, Teplitzky P, Diskin-Posner Y, Sundararajan M, Ullah Z, Chen QC, et al.
Maximizing property tuning of phosphorus corrole photocatalysts through a trifluoromethylation approach
Inorganic Chemistry. 2019; 58(9): 6184-6198. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b00436
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Becquart CS, Ngayam Happy R, Olsson P, Domain C
A DFT study of the stability of SIAs and small SIA clusters in the vicinity of solute atoms in Fe
Journal of Nuclear Materials. 2018; 500: 92-109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2017.12.022
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Ngayam-Happy R, Cozzo C, Khvostov G, Krack M, Ferroukhi H
Fuel thermo-mechanical simulations with uncertainty quantification and sensitivity analysis of the OECD/NEA RIA code benchmark using FALCON and URANIE
In: ANS international conference on best-estimate plus uncertainties methods (BEPU-2018). La Grange Park: American Nuclear Society; 2018:2018-124 (11 pp.).
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Bocharov D, Chollet M, Krack M, Bertsch J, Grolimund D, Martin M, et al.
Analysis of the U L₃-edge X-ray absorption spectra in UO₂ using molecular dynamics simulations
Progress in Nuclear Energy. 2017; 94: 187-193. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pnucene.2016.07.017
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Cozzo C, Bertsch J, Fave L, Rahman S, Dokhane A, Krack M, et al.
SiC cladding behavior: experiments and modelling at PSI
Presented at: Water reactor fuel performance meeting 2017 (WRFPM 2017); September 10-14, 2017; Jeju, Korea.
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Guo Z, Ngayam-Happy R, Krack M, Pautz A
Atomic-scale effects of chromium-doping on defect behaviour in uranium dioxide fuel
Journal of Nuclear Materials. 2017; 488: 160-172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2017.02.043
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Kéri A, Dähn R, Krack M, Churakov SV
Combined XAFS spectroscopy and ab initio study on the characterization of iron incorporation by montmorillonite
Environmental Science and Technology. 2017; 51(18): 10585-10594. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.7b01670
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Yin W, Krack M, Li X, Chen L, Liu L
Periodic continuum solvation model integrated with first-principles calculations for solid surfaces
Progress in Natural Science: Materials International. 2017; 27(2): 283-288. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pnsc.2017.03.003
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Bocharov D, Krack M, Kalinko A, Purans J, Rocca F, Ali SE, et al.
Ab initio molecular dynamics simulations of the Sc K-edge EXAFS of scandium trifluoride
In: Grunwaldt J-D, Hagelstein M, Rothe J, eds. 16th international conference on X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS16). Vol. 712. Journal of physics: conference series. Bristol, Philadelphia: IOP Publishing Ltd; 2016:012009 (4 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/712/1/012009
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Bocharov D, Chollet M, Krack M, Bertsch J, Grolimund D, Martin M, et al.
Interpretation of the U L₃-edge EXAFS in uranium dioxide using molecular dynamics and density functional theory simulations
In: 16th international conference on X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS16). Vol. 712. Journal of physics: conference series. Bristol, Philadelphia: IOP Publishing Ltd; 2016:12091 (4 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/712/1/012091
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Stirling A, Rozgonyi T, Krack M, Bernasconi M
Prebiotic NH₃ formation: insights from simulations
Inorganic Chemistry. 2016; 55(4): 1934-1939. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b02911
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Yin W-J, Wen B, Bandaru S, Krack M, Lau MW, Liu L-M
The effect of excess electron and hole on CO₂ adsorption and activation on rutile (110) surface
Scientific Reports. 2016; 6: 23298 (9 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1038/srep23298
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Bertolus M, Freyss M, Dorado B, Martin G, Hoang K, Maillard S, et al.
Linking atomic and mesoscopic scales for the modelling of the transport properties of uranium dioxide under irradiation
Journal of Nuclear Materials. 2015; 462: 475-495. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2015.02.026
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Canepa S, Krack M, Ferroukhi H, Pautz A
Scalability benchmarking methodology for hybrid parallel core calculations with the code nTRACER
In: Mathematics and computations, supercomputing in nuclear applications and Monte Carlo international conference (M&C and SNA and MC 2015). LaGrange Park, IL, USA: American Nuclear Society; 2015:2819-2831.
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Chollet M, Krack M, Kuzmin A, Bertsch J, Grolimund D, Martin M
Theoretical modelling of pristine and chromium-doped UO₂
Presented at: E-MRS 2015; May 11-15, 2015; Lille, France.
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Krack M
On the ground state electronic structure of uranium dioxide
Physica Scripta. 2015; 90(9): 094014 (7 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/0031-8949/90/9/094014
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Ngayam-Happy R, Krack M, Pautz A
Effects of stoichiometry on the defect clustering in uranium dioxide
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter. 2015; 27(45): 455401 (13 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/27/45/455401
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Stirling A, Rozgonyi T, Krack M, Bernasconi M
Pyrite in contact with supercritical water: the desolation of steam
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 2015; 17(26): 17375-17379. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5cp01146a
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Yin W-J, Krack M, Wen B, Ma S-Y, Liu L-M
CO₂ capture and conversion on rutile TiO₂(110) in the water environment: insight by first-principles calculations
Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 2015; 6(13): 2538-2545. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b00798
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Martin G, Garcia P, Sabathier C, Devynck F, Krack M, Maillard S
A thermal modelling of displacement cascades in uranium dioxide
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms. 2014; 327: 108-112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2013.09.043
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Ngayam-Happy R, Krack M
Investigation of the influence of off-stoichiometry on the radiation damage evolution in uranium dioxide
Progress in Nuclear Energy. 2014; 72: 38-43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pnucene.2013.09.015
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Ngayam-Happy RA, Krack M
Radiation damage characterization in non-stoichiometric uranium dioxide by molecular dynamics simulations
In: Caruge D, Calvin C, Diop CM, Malvagi F, Trama J-C, eds. SNA and MC 2013 - joint international conference on supercomputing in nuclear applications and monte carlo. sine loco: EDP Sciences; 2014:01301 (2 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1051/snamc/201401301
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Rabone J, Krack M
A procedure for bypassing metastable states in local basis set DFT+U calculations and its application to uranium dioxide surfaces
Computational Materials Science. 2013; 71: 157-164. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.commatsci.2013.01.023
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Devynck F, Iannuzzi M, Krack M
Frenkel pair recombinations in UO₂: importance of explicit description of polarizability in core-shell molecular dynamics simulations
Physical Review B. 2012; 85(18): 184103 (12 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.85.184103
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Krack M
Atomistic simulation of nuclear fuels
In: Vol. 1383. Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings. ; 2012:19-25. https://doi.org/10.1557/opl.2012.520
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Caravati S, Colleoni D, Mazzarello R, Kühne TD, Krack M, Bernasconi M, et al.
First-principles study of nitrogen doping in cubic and amorphous Ge₂Sb₂Te₅
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter. 2011; 23(26): 265801 (13 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/23/26/265801
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Kosa M, Tan J-C, Merrill CA, Krack M, Cheetham AK, Parrinello M
Probing the mechanical properties of hybrid inorganic-organic frameworks: a computational and experimental study
ChemPhysChem. 2010; 11(11): 2332-2336. https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.201000362
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Caravati S, Bernasconi M, Kühne TD, Krack M, Parrinello M
First-principles study of crystalline and amorphous Ge₂Sb₂Te₅ and the effects of stoichiometric defects
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter. 2009; 21(25): 255501 (14 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/21/25/255501
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Caravati S, Bernasconi M, Kühne TD, Krack M, Parrinello M
Unravelling the mechanism of pressure induced amorphization of phase change materials
Physical Review Letters. 2009; 102(20): 205502 (4 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.205502
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Cucinotta CS, Miceli G, Raiteri P, Krack M, Kühne TD, Bernasconi M, et al.
Superionic conduction in substoichiometric LiAl alloy: an Ab Initio study
Physical Review Letters. 2009; 103(12): 125901 (4 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.125901
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Kühne TD, Krack M, Parrinello M
Static and dynamical properties of liquid water from first principles by a novel Car-Parrinello-like approach
Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 2009; 5(2): 235-241. https://doi.org/10.1021/ct800417q
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Liu L-M, Krack M, Michaelides A
Interfacial water: a first principles molecular dynamics study of a nanoscale water film on salt
Journal of Chemical Physics. 2009; 130(23): 234702 (12 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3152845
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Kosa M, Krack M, Cheetham AK, Parrinello M
Modeling the hydrogen storage materials with exposed M²⁺ coordination sites
Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 2008; 112(42): 16171-16173. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp806394g
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Liu L, Krack M, Michaelides A
Density oscillations in a nanoscale water film on salt: insight from ab initio molecular dynamics
Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2008; 130(27): 8572-8573. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja8014296
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