Publications by Malcolm McMahon

Dynamic Optical Spectroscopy and Pyrometry under Optical and X-ray Laser Heating at European XFEL DOI
EuXFEL Community, Journal of applied physics, 134, 5, p. 1-38 (2023)
A MHz X-ray diffraction set-up for dynamic compression experiments in the diamond anvil cell DOI
EuXFEL Community Proposal 2592, Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, 30, Pt 4, p. 671-685 (2023)
The stress state in bismuth to 298 GPa and its use as a pressure transmitting medium and pressure marker at multi-megabar pressures DOI
C. V. Storm, J. D. McHardy, M. J. Duff, S. G. MacLeod, E. F. O’Bannon and M. I. McMahon, Journal of applied physics, 133, 24, p. 1-9 (2023)
On the creation of thermal equations of state for use in Dioptas DOI
James D. McHardy, Christian V. Storm, Matthew J. Duff, Simon G. MacLeod and Malcolm I. McMahon, High Pressure Research, 43, 1, p. 40-57 (2023)
Experimental observation of open structures in elemental magnesium at terapascal pressures DOI
M.G. Gorman, S. Elatresh, A. Lazicki, M.M.E. Cormier, S. A. Bonev, D. McGonegle, R. Briggs, A.L. Coleman, S.D. Rothman, M. I. McMahon et al., Nature Physics, 18, 11, p. 1307-1311 (2022)
Atomistic investigation of cavitation and ablation in tantalum foils under irradiation with x-rays approaching 5 keV DOI
M.J. Duff, P.G. Heighway, J.D. McHardy, A. D'Souza, R. S. McWilliams, J.S. Wark and M. I. McMahon, Physical Review B, 106, 2, p. 1-23 (2022)
Structural complexity in ramp-compressed sodium to 480 GPa DOI
Danae N. Polsin, Amy Lazicki, Xuchen Gong, Stephen J. Burns, Federica Coppari, Linda E. Hansen, Brian J. Henderson, Margaret F. Huff, Malcolm, I McMahon, Marius Millot et al., Nature Communications, 13, 1, p. 1-7 (2022)
High-pressure structure of praseodymium revisited: In search of a uniform structural phase sequence for the lanthanide elements DOI
S.E. Finnegan, M.G. Stevenson, E.J. Pace, C.V. Storm, J.D. McHardy, M. I. McMahon, S.G. MacLeod, E. Plekhanov, N. Bonini and C. Weber, Physical Review B, 105, 17, p. 1-8 (2022)
Behavior of rubidium at over eightfold static compression DOI
C., V Storm, J. D. McHardy, S. E. Finnegan, E. J. Pace, M. G. Stevenson, M. J. Duff, S. G. MacLeod and M., I McMahon, Physical Review B, 103, 22, p. 1-8 (2021)
X-ray free electron laser heating of water and gold at high static pressure DOI
Rachel J. Husband, R. Stewart McWilliams, Edward J. Pace, Amy L. Coleman, Huijeong Hwang, Jinhyuk Choi, Taehyun Kim, Gil Chan Hwang, Orianna B. Ball, Sae Hwan Chun, Malcolm, I McMahon et al., Communications Materials, 2, 1, p. 1-9 (2021)
Novel experimental setup for MHz X-ray diffraction in the Diamond Anvil Cell at the High Energy Density (HED) Instrument of the European X-ray Free Electron Laser DOI
EuXFEL Community, J D McHardy, M. I. McMahon, R. S. McWilliams, O B Ball and E J Pace, Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, 28, 3, p. 1-19 (2021)
High-Pressure Structural Systematics in Neodymium to 302 GPa DOI
S E Finnegan, C V Storm, E J Pace, M. I. McMahon, S G MacLeod, E Plekhanov, N Bonini and C Weber, Physical Review B, 103, 13, p. 1-9 (2021)
Pressure-induced bcc-rhombohedral phase transition in vanadium metal DOI
M G Stevenson, E J Pace, C V Storm, S E Finnegan, G Garbarino, C. W. Wilson, D McGonegle, S G MacLeod and M. I. McMahon, Physical Review B, 103, 13, p. 1-13 (2021)
X-ray Free Electron Laser-Induced Synthesis of ε- Iron Nitride at High Pressures DOI
EuXFEL Community, Orianna Ball, James D McHardy, Edward J Pace, Malcolm I McMahon and R Stewart McWilliams, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 12, 12, p. 3246-3252 (2021)
Structural phase transitions in yttrium up to 183 GPa DOI
Ed Pace, Sarah Finnegan, Christian Storm, Michael Stevenson, M. I. McMahon, S G MacLeod, E Plekhanov, N Bonini and C Weber, Physical review B, 102, 9 (2020)
Experimental and theoretical confirmation of an orthorhombic phase transition in niobium at high pressure and temperature DOI
Daniel Errandonea, Leonid Burakovsky, Dean L Preston, Simon MacLeod, David Santamaria-Perez, Shaoping Chen, Hyunchae Cynn, Sergey I Simak, M. I. McMahon, John Proctor et al., Nature Communications, 1 (2020)
Thermomechanical response of thickly tamped targets and diamond anvil cells under pulsed hard x-ray irradiation DOI
J. Meza-Galvez, N. Gomez-Perez, A. Marshall, A. L. Coleman, K. Appel, H. P. Liermann, M. I. McMahon, Z. Konopkova and R. S. McWilliams, Journal of applied physics, 127, 19 (2020)
High-Pressure Structural Systematics in Samarium to 222 GPa DOI
Sarah Finnegan, Ed Pace, Christian Storm, Malcolm McMahon, S G MacLeod, H.-p. Liermann and K. Glazyrin, Physical review B, 101, 17 (2020)
The high-pressure, high-temperature phase diagram of cerium DOI
K. A. Munro, Dominik Daisenberger, S G MacLeod, S McGuire, Ingo Loa, C. Popescu, P Botella, D. Errandonea and Malcolm McMahon, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 32, 33 (2020)
Intense Reactivity in Sulfur-Hydrogen Mixtures at High Pressure under X-ray Irradiation DOI
Ed Pace, Amy L Coleman, Rachel J Husband, Huijeong Hwang, Jinhyuk Choi, Taehyun Kim, Gilchan Hwang, Sae Hwan Chun, Daewoong Nam, Malcolm McMahon, Stewart Mcwilliams et al., Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters (2020)
Coordination changes in liquid tin under shock compression determined using in situ femtosecond x-ray diffraction DOI
R Briggs, M G Gorman, S Zhang, David McGonegle, A L Coleman, F. Coppari, M A Morales-Silva, R. F. Smith, J K Wicks, Malcolm McMahon et al., Applied Physics Letters, 115, 26 (2019)
Structure and magnetism of collapsed lanthanide elements DOI
M. McMahon, S. Finnegan, R. J. Husband, K. A. Munro, E. Plekhanov, N. Bonini, C. Weber, M. Hanfland, U. Schwarz and S. G. Macleod, Physical review B, 100, 2 (2019)
Identification of Phase Transitions and Metastability in Dynamically Compressed Antimony using Ultra-Fast X-Ray Diraction DOI
Amy Coleman, M. G. Gorman, Richard Briggs, Ryan Mcwilliams, David McGonegle, C A Bolme, A E Gleason, D. E. Fratanduono, R. F. Smith, Eric Galtier, Malcolm McMahon et al., Physical Review Letters (2019)
Recovery of Metastable Dense Bi Synthesized by Shock Compression DOI
M. G. Gorman, Amy Coleman, Richard Briggs, Ryan Mcwilliams, Andreas Hermann, David McGonegle, C A Bolme, A E Gleason, Eric Galtier, H. J. Lee, E Granados, Malcolm McMahon et al., Applied Physics Letters (2019)
Synchrotron and FEL Studies of Matter at High Pressure DOI
Malcolm McMahon, Synchroton Light Sources and Free-Electron Lasers, 2nd edition (2018)
Femtosecond diffraction studies of solid and liquid phase changes in shock-compressed bismuth DOI
M. G. Gorman, Amy Coleman, Richard Briggs, Ryan Mcwilliams, David McGonegle, C A Bolme, A E Gleason, Eric Galtier, H. J. Lee, E Granados, Malcolm McMahon et al., Scientific Reports, 8 (2018)
Diamond sculpting pushes extremes DOI
Malcolm McMahon, Nature Materials, 17, 10, p. 858-859 (2018)
Phase diagram of calcium at high pressure and high temperature DOI
S. Anzellini, D. Errandonea, S. G. MacLeod, P. Botella, D. Daisenberger, J. M. De'Ath, J. Gonzalez-Platas, J. Ibanez, M. I. McMahon, K. A. Munro et al., Physical Review Materials, 2, 8 (2018)
High-pressure/high-temperature phase diagram of zinc DOI
D. Errandonea, S. G. MacLeod, J. Ruiz-Fuertes, L. Burakovsky, M. McMahon, C. W. Wilson, J. Ibanez, D. Daisenberger and C. Popescu, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 30, 29 (2018)
Phase diagram of antimony up to 31 GPa and 835 K DOI
A. L. Coleman, M. Stevenson, M. I. McMahon and S. G. Macleod, Physical Review B, 97, 14 (2018)
Ultrafast X-Ray Diffraction Studies of the Phase Transitions and Equation of State of Scandium Shock Compressed to 82 GPa DOI
R Briggs, M G Gorman, A L Coleman, R S McWilliams, E E McBride, D McGonegle, J S Wark, L Peacock, S Rothman, S G Macleod, M I McMahon et al., Physical Review Letters, 118, 2, p. 1-6 (2017)
Thallium under extreme compression DOI
C. Cazorla, S. G. MacLeod, D. Errandonea, K. A. Munro, M. I. McMahon and C. Popescu, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 28, 44 (2016)
Pressure dependence of the structure and electronic properties of Sr3Ir2O7 DOI
C. Donnerer, Z. Feng, J. G. Vale, S. N. Andreev, I. V. Solovyev, E. C. Hunter, M. Hanfland, R. S. Perry, H. M. Ronnow, M. I. McMahon et al., Physical Review B, 93, 17 (2016)
Implementation of Hydrodynamic Simulation Code in Shock Experiment Design for Alkali Metals DOI
A. L. Coleman, R. Briggs, M. G. Gorman, S. Ali, A. Lazicki, D. C. Swift, P. G. Stubley, E. E. McBride, G. Collins, M. I. McMahon et al., JOINT AIRAPT-25TH & EHPRG-53RD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HIGH PRESSURE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 2015, IOP Publishing Ltd. (2016)
Phase transitions in shock compressed bismuth identified using single photon energy dispersive X-ray diffraction (SPEDX) DOI
R. Briggs, M. J. Suggit, M. G. Gorman, A. Coleman, R. Heathcote, A. Higginbotham, S. Patel, J. S. Wark and M. I. McMahon, JOINT AIRAPT-25TH & EHPRG-53RD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HIGH PRESSURE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 2015, IOP Publishing Ltd. (2016)
Direct Observation of Melting in Shock-Compressed Bismuth With Femtosecond X-ray Diffraction DOI
M. G. Gorman, R. Briggs, E. E. McBride, A. Higginbotham, B. Arnold, J. H. Eggert, D. E. Fratanduono, E. Galtier, A. E. Lazicki, M. I. McMahon et al., Physical Review Letters, 115, 9 (2015)
One-dimensional chain melting in incommensurate potassium DOI
E. E. McBride, K. A. Munro, G. W. Stinton, R. J. Husband, Richard Briggs, H. -P. Liermann and M. I. McMahon, Physical review B, 91, 14 (2015)
Diamonds on Diamond DOI
M. I. McMahon, Philosophical Transactions A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 373, 2036 (2015)
The crystal structure of methane B at 8 GPa-An alpha-Mn arrangement of molecules DOI
H. E. Maynard-Casely, L. F. Lundegaard, I. Loa, M. I. McMahon, E. Gregoryanz, R. J. Nelmes and J. S. Loveday, The Journal of Chemical Physics, 141, 23 (2014)
Incommensurate-to-incommensurate phase transition in Eu metal at high pressures DOI
R. J. Husband, I. Loa, K. A. Munro, E. E. McBride, S. R. Evans, H. -P. Liermann and M. I. McMahon, Physical review B, 90, 21 (2014)
Equation of state and high-pressure/high-temperature phase diagram of magnesium DOI
G. W. Stinton, S. G. MacLeod, H. Cynn, D. Errandonea, W. J. Evans, J. E. Proctor, Y. Meng and M. I. McMahon, Physical review B, 90, 13 (2014)
In situ synchrotron X-ray diffraction in the laser-heated diamond anvil cell DOI
Ashkan Salamat, Rebecca A. Fischer, Richard Briggs, Malcolm I. McMahon and Sylvain Petitgirard, Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 277, p. 15-30 (2014)
High-pressure X-ray science on the ultimate storage ring DOI
Malcolm I. McMahon, Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, 21, p. 1077-1083 (2014)
Investigations into rapid uniaxial compression of polycrystalline targets using femtosecond X-ray diffraction DOI
David McGonegle, Andrew Higginbotham, Eric Galtier, Emma E. McBride, Malcolm I. McMahon, Despina Milathianaki, Hae Ja Lee, Bob Nagler, Sam M. Vinko and Justin S. Wark, 18TH APS-SCCM AND 24TH AIRAPT, PTS 1-19, IOP Publishing Ltd. (2014)
The distorted-fcc phase of samarium DOI
R. J. Husband, I. Loa, K. Munro and M. I. McMahon, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, IOP Publishing Ltd., 500 (2014)
Determining complex crystal structures from high pressure single-crystal diffraction data collected on synchrotron sources DOI
M. I. McMahon, I. Loa, G. W. Stinton and L. F. Lundegaard, High Pressure Research, 33, 3, p. 485-500 (2013)
Observation of a reentrant phase transition in incommensurate potassium DOI
L. F. Lundegaard, G. W. Stinton, M. Zelazny, C. L. Guillaume, J. E. Proctor, I. Loa, E. Gregoryanz, R. J. Nelmes and M. I. McMahon, Physical review B, 88, 5 (2013)
Phase transitions in europium at high pressures DOI
R. J. Husband, I. Loa, G. W. Stinton, G. J. Ackland and M. I. McMahon, High Pressure Research, 33, 1, p. 158-164 (2013)
Europium-IV: An Incommensurately Modulated Crystal Structure in the Lanthanides DOI
R. Husband, I. Loa, G. Stinton, S. Evans, G. Ackland and M. Mcmahon, Physical Review Letters, 109, 9 (2012)
The Structure of Eu-III DOI
R J Husband, I Loa, G W Stinton, S R Evans, G J Ackland and M I Mcmahon, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 377, 1 (2012)
Extraordinarily complex crystal structure with mesoscopic patterning in barium at high pressure DOI
I. Loa, R. J. Nelmes, L. F. Lundegaard and M. I. Mcmahon, Nature Materials, 11, 7, p. 627-632 (2012)
Experimental and theoretical study of Ti-6Al-4V to 220 GPa DOI
S. G. MacLeod, B. E. Tegner, H. Cynn, W. J. Evans, J. E. Proctor, M. I. McMahon and G. J. Ackland, Physical review B, 85, 22 (2012)
Lattice Dynamics and Superconductivity in Cerium at High Pressure DOI
I. Loa, E. I. Isaev, Malcolm McMahon, D. Y. Kim, B. Johansson, A. Bosak and M. Krisch, Physical Review Letters, 108, 4 (2012)
High-Pressure Crystallography DOI
Malcolm I. McMahon, ADVANCED X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, p. 69-109 (2012)
High-pressure, high-temperature single-crystal study of Bi-IV DOI
Wanaruk Chaimayo, Lars F. Lundegaard, Ingo Loa, Graham W. Stinton, Alistair R. Lennie and Malcolm I. McMahon, High Pressure Research, 32, 3, p. 442-449 (2012)
Melting of potassium to 22 GPa DOI
E. E. McBride, O. Narygina, G. W. Stinton and M. I. McMahon, 23RD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HIGH PRESSURE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (AIRAPT-23), IOP Publishing Ltd. (2012)
Melting curve of potassium to 22 GPa DOI
O. Narygina, E. E. McBride, G. W. Stinton, M. I. McMahon and Malcolm McMahon, Physical review B, 84, 5, p. - (2011)
Cold melting and solid structures of dense lithium DOI
Christophe L. Guillaume, Eugene Gregoryanz, Olga Degtyareva, Malcolm I. McMahon, Michael Hanfland, Shaun Evans, Malcolm Guthrie, Stanislav V. Sinogeikin and H-K. Mao, Nature Physics, 7, 3, p. 211-214 (2011)
Crystal Structures of Dense Lithium: A Metal-Semiconductor-Metal Transition DOI
M. Marques, Malcolm McMahon, E. Gregoryanz, M. Hanfland, C. L. Guillaume, C. J. Pickard, Graeme Ackland and Richard Nelmes, Physical Review Letters, 106, 9, p. - (2011)
High pressure orthorhombic structure of CuInSe2 DOI
T. Bovornratanaraks, V. Saengsuwan, K. Yoodee, M. I. McMahon, C. Hejny, D. Ruffolo and Malcolm McMahon, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 22, 35, p. - (2010)
The distorted close-packed crystal structure of methane A DOI
H. E. Maynard-Casely, C. L. Bull, M. Guthrie, I. Loa, M. I. McMahon, E. Gregoryanz, R. J. Nelmes, John Loveday and Malcolm McMahon, The Journal of Chemical Physics, 133, 6, p. - (2010)
ALUMINIUM Simple metal no more
Malcolm I. McMahon and Graeme J. Ackland, Nature Materials, 9, 8, p. 607-608 (2010)
High Pressure Structural Studies of AgInTe2 DOI
T. Bovornratanaraks, K. Kotmool, K. Yoodee, M. I. McMahon, D. Ruffolo and Malcolm McMahon, INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HIGH PRESSURE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, JOINT AIRAPT-22 AND HPCJ-50, IOP Publishing Ltd., p. - (2010)
Phase transitions in praseodymium up to 23 GPa: An x-ray powder diffraction study DOI
Shaun Evans, I. Loa, L. F. Lundegaard, M. I. McMahon and Malcolm McMahon, Physical review B, 80, 13 (2009)
The crystal structures of delta and delta* nitrogen DOI
G. W. Stinton, I. Loa, L. F. Lundegaard, M. I. McMahon and Malcolm McMahon, The Journal of Chemical Physics, 131, 10, p. - (2009)
Potassium under Pressure: A Pseudobinary Ionic Compound DOI
M. Marques, Graeme Ackland, L. F. Lundegaard, G. Stinton, Richard Nelmes, Malcolm McMahon and J. Contreras-Garcia, Physical Review Letters, 103, 11, p. - (2009)
Observation of the oP8 crystal structure in potassium at high pressure DOI
L. F. Lundegaard, Miriam Marques, G. Stinton, Graeme Ackland, Richard Nelmes and Malcolm McMahon, Physical review B, 80, 2, p. - (2009)
On the structure of high-pressure high-temperature eta-O-2 DOI
Lars F. Lundegaard, Christophe Guillaume, Malcolm I. McMahon, Eugene Gregoryanz and Marco Merlini, The Journal of Chemical Physics, 130, 16, p. - (2009)
Single-crystal studies of incommensurate Na to 1.5 Mbar DOI
L. F. Lundegaard, E. Gregoryanz, M. I. McMahon, C. Guillaume, I. Loa, R. J. Nelmes and Malcolm McMahon, Physical review B, 79, 6, p. - (2009)
Origin of the Incommensurate Modulation in Te-III and Fermi-Surface Nesting in a Simple Metal DOI
I. Loa, Malcolm McMahon and A. Bosak, Physical Review Letters, 102, 3, p. - (2009)
Two million hours of science DOI
G. N. Greaves, C. R. A. Catlow, G. E. Derbyshire, M. I. McMahon, R. J. Nelmes, G. van der Laan and Malcolm McMahon, Nature Materials, 7, 11, p. 827-830 (2008)
Origin of incommensurate modulations in the high-pressure phosphorus IV phase DOI
M. Marques, Graeme Ackland, L. F. Lundegaard, S. Falconi, C. Hejny, Malcolm McMahon, J. Contreras-Garcia and M. Hanfland, Physical review B, 78, 5, p. - (2008)
Structural diversity of sodium DOI
Eugene Gregoryanz, Lars F. Lundegaard, Malcolm I. McMahon, Christophe Guillaume, Richard J. Nelmes and Mohamed Mezouar, Science, 320, 5879, p. 1054-1057 (2008)
Structure of sodium above 100 GPa by single-crystal x-ray diffraction DOI
Malcolm McMahon, E. Gregoryanz, L. F. Lundegaard, I. Loa, C. Guillaume, R. J. Nelmes, A. K. Kleppe, M. Amboage, H. Wilhelm and A. P. Jephcoat, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 104, 44, p. 17297-17299 (2007)
Competition of charge-density waves and superconductivity in sulfur DOI
O. Degtyareva, M. V. Magnitskaya, J. Kohanoff, G. Profeta, S. Scandolo, M. Hanfland, M. I. McMahon, E. Gregoryanz and Malcolm McMahon, Physical Review Letters, 99, 15, p. - (2007)
Lattice dynamics of incommensurate composite Rb-IV and a realization of the monatomic linear chain model DOI
I. Loa, L. F. Lundegaard, M. I. McMahon, S. R. Evans, A. Bossak, M. Krisch and Malcolm McMahon, Physical Review Letters, 99, 3, p. - (2007)
Incommensurate modulations of Bi-III and Sb-II (vol 75, pg 184114, 2007) DOI
M. I. McMahon, O. Degtyareva, R. J. Nelmes, S. van Smaalen, L. Palatinus and Malcolm McMahon, Physical review B, 75, 21, p. - (2007)
High-pressure structures and phase transformations in elemental metals (vol 35, pg 943, 2006)
Malcolm I. McMahon and Richard J. Nelmes, Chemical Society Reviews, 35, 12, p. 1341-1341 (2006)

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Publications by Malcolm McMahon