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Superconductivity Observed in Tantalum Polyhydride at High Pressure
X. He, C. L. Zhang, Z. W. Li, S. J. Zhang, B. S. Min, J. Zhang, K. Lu, J. F. Zhao, L. C. Shi, Y. Peng, X. C. Wang, S. M. Feng, J. Song, L. H. Wang, V. B. Prakapenka, S. Chariton, H. Z. Liu, and C. Q. Jin, Superconductivity Observed in Tantalum Polyhydride at High Pressure, 2023 Chinese Phys. Lett. 40 057404, DOI 10.1088/0256-307X/40/5/057404

The Ti-in-zircon thermometer revised: The effect of pressure on the Ti site in zircon
Laura J. Crisp, Andrew J. Berry, Antony D. Burnham, Laura A. Miller, Matthew Newville,
The Ti-in-zircon thermometer revised: The effect of pressure on the Ti site in zircon,
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2023,ISSN 0016-7037

Assessing the stability fields of molecular and polymeric CO2
Goncharov, Alexander F., Elena Bykova, Maxim Bykov, Eric Edmund, Jesse S. Smith, Stella Chariton, and Vitali B. Prakapenka. “Assessing the stability fields of molecular and polymeric CO2.” (2023) Phys. Rev. Materials 7, 053604.

Inhibition of Strontium Adsorption and Desorption by Ethylenediaminetetraacetic Acid at the Barite (001)–Water Interface
Amanda Dorfman, Anna Wanhala, Peter Eng, Joanne Stubbs, Omar Colon, Malik Donetian, and Jacquelyn N. Bracco, Inhibition of Strontium Adsorption and Desorption by Ethylenediaminetetraacetic Acid at the Barite (001)–Water Interface, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C Article ASAP
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c01092

Garnet crystallization does not drive oxidation at arcs
Holycross, Megan, and Elizabeth Cottrell. “Garnet crystallization does not drive oxidation at arcs.” Science 380.6644 (2023): 506-509.

High-pressure phase of cold-compressed bulk graphite and graphene nanoplatelets
Efthimiopoulos, Ilias and Stavrou, Elissaios and Umemoto, Koichiro and Mayanna, Sathish and Torode, Antonius and Smith, Jesse S. and Chariton, Stella and Prakapenka, Vitali B. and Goncharov, Alexander F. and Wang, Yuejian, High-pressure phase of cold-compressed bulk graphite and graphene nanoplatelets, (2023) Phys RevB.107.184102, DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevB.107.184102

Eu speciation in apatite at 1 bar: An experimental study of valence-state partitioning by XANES, lattice strain, and Eu/Eu* in basaltic systems
Nicholas D. Tailby, Dustin Trail, Bruce Watson, Antonio Lanzirotti, Matthew Newville, Yanling Wang; Eu speciation in apatite at 1 bar: An experimental study of valence-state partitioning by XANES, lattice strain, and Eu/Eu* in basaltic systems. American Mineralogist 2023;; 108 (5): 789–813

Pressure-induced charge-transfer and structural transition in hexagonal multiferroic HoMnO3
Martin Ottesen, Emma Ehrenreich-Petersen, Camilla Hjort Kronbo, François Baudelet, Lucie Nataf, Innokenty Kantor, Mads Ry Vogel Jørgensen, Martin Bremholm, “Pressure-induced charge-transfer and structural transition in hexagonal multiferroic HoMnO[subscript 3],” Phys. Rev. B 107 (13), 134115 (2023). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.107.134115

Self-Limiting Sub-5 nm Nanodiamonds by Geochemistry-Inspired Synthesis
Lyu, T., Archambault, C. M., Hathaway, E., Zhu, X., King, C., Abu-Amara, L., Wang, S., Kunz, M., Kim, M. J., Cui, J., Yao, Y., Yu, T., Officer, T., Xu, M., Wang, Y., Yan, H., Self-Limiting Sub-5 nm Nanodiamonds by Geochemistry-Inspired Synthesis. Small 2023, 2300659.Self-Limiting Sub-5 nm Nanodiamonds by Geochemistry-Inspired Synthesis

Pressure-Induced Ferroelastic Transition Drives a Large Shape Change in a Ni(II) Complex Single Crystal
Boyang Fu, Ying Zhao, Yu Liu, Weilong He, Fuyang Liu, Dongzhou Zhang, Luhong Wang,Haozhe Liu, Wei Li, and Weizhao Cai, Pressure-Induced Ferroelastic Transition Drives a Large Shape Change in a Ni(II) Complex Single Crystal, . Phys. Chem. Lett. 2023, 14, XXX, 3891–3897