Keith Refson

Research Complex at Harwell — United Kingdom

Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physical Sciences

43h-index23.0kcitations186works1.62yr avg
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Research Topics

High-pressure geophysics and materials(52), Hydrogen Storage and Materials(16), Geological and Geochemical Analysis(15), Solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography(15), X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography(15)

Publications186 total

A comparative study of the lattice dynamics of alkali titanium hexahalides
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics·2026Open Access
Low-energy phonons in single crystal <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:msub><mml:mi>ZrW</mml:mi><mml:mn>2</mml:mn></mml:msub><mml:msub><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">O</mml:mi><mml:mn>8</mml:mn></mml:msub></mml:mrow></mml:math>
Physical review. B./Physical review. B·2025Open Access
Impurity Band Formation as a Route to Thermoelectric Power Factor Enhancement in n‐type XNiSn Half‐Heuslers
Advanced Physics Research·2025· 4 citedOpen Access
Ca3[C2O5]2[CO3] is a pyrocarbonate which can be formed at p, T-conditions prevalent in the Earth’s transition zone
Communications Chemistry·2024· 4 citedOpen Access
Low energy phonons in single crystal ZrW$_{2}$O$_{8}$
arXiv (Cornell University)·2024Open Access
Which phonons contribute most to negative thermal expansion in ScF<b>3</b>?
APL Materials·2023· 25 citedOpen Access
Nuclear quantum dynamics in Hexamethylenetetramine and its deuterated counterpart: a DFT-augmented neutron study
Physica Scripta·2023· 4 citedOpen Access
The adsorption of nitrobenzene over an alumina-supported palladium catalyst: an infrared spectroscopic study
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics·2023· 9 citedOpen Access
The contribution of phonons to the thermal expansion of some simple cubic hexaboride structures: SmB<sub>6</sub>, CaB<sub>6</sub>, SrB<sub>6</sub> and BaB<sub>6</sub>
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics·2023· 2 citedOpen Access
Unique features of the structural phase transition in acetylene showing simultaneous characteristics of reconstructive, displacive and order–disorder
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics·2023· 1 citedOpen Access
Phonon mechanism for the negative thermal expansion of zirconium tungstate, ZrW<sub>2</sub>O<sub>8</sub>
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics·2023· 12 citedOpen Access
<i>Euphonic</i>: inelastic neutron scattering simulations from force constants and visualization tools for phonon properties
Journal of Applied Crystallography·2022· 22 citedOpen Access
New Insights on the Electronic-Structural Interplay in LaPdSb and CePdSb Intermetallic Compounds
Materials·2022· 1 citedOpen Access
Euphonic: inelastic neutron scattering simulations from force constants and visualisation tools for phonon properties
arXiv (Cornell University)·2022Open Access
Electronic, Structural, and Mechanical Properties of SiO2 Glass at High Pressure Inferred from its Refractive Index
Publication Database GFZ (GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences)·2022· 18 citedOpen Access
CSD 2030955: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination
The Cambridge Structural Database·2020Open Access
Pressure-induced Pb–Pb bonding and phase transition in Pb<sub>2</sub>SnO<sub>4</sub>
Acta Crystallographica Section B Structural Science Crystal Engineering and Materials·2020· 10 citedOpen Access
Negative thermal expansion of cubic silicon dicarbodiimide, Si(NCN) <sub>2</sub> , studied by <i>ab initio</i> lattice dynamics
Journal of Physics Condensed Matter·2020· 8 cited
Phase stabilities of<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:msub><mml:mi>MgCO</mml:mi><mml:mn>3</mml:mn></mml:msub></mml:math>and<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:msub><mml:mi>MgCO</mml:mi><mml:mn>3</mml:mn></mml:msub></mml:math>-II studied by Raman spectroscopy, x-ray diffraction, and density functional theory calculations
Physical Review Materials·2020· 43 citedOpen Access
Stabilities of MgCO<sub>3</sub> Polymorphs up to 150 GPa
Goldschmidt Abstracts·2020Open Access
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