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Russell J. Hemley

University of Illinois Chicago · US
Area of research
Geophysics · Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Research interest
Research interests include High-pressure geophysics and materials, Advanced Chemical Physics Studies, Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics, and Geological and Geochemical Analysis.
h-index
120
citations
50,319
works
915
NIH funding
primary concept
email

Recent publications

Resiliency, morphology, and entropic transformations in high-entropy oxide nanoribbons
Science 2025cited by 23position: middledoi
Creation, stabilization, and investigation at ambient pressure of pressure-induced superconductivity in Bi <sub>0.5</sub> Sb <sub>1.5</sub> Te <sub>3</sub>
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2025cited by 13position: middledoi
Low fractional volume superconductivity in single crystals of <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">P</mml:mi><mml:msub><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">r</mml:mi><mml:mn>4</mml:mn></mml:msub><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">N</mml:mi><mml:msub><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">i</mml:mi><mml:mn>3</mml:mn></mml:msub><mml:msub><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">O</mml:mi><mml:mn>10</mml:mn></mml:msub></mml:mrow></mml:math> under pressure
Physical review. B./Physical review. B 2025cited by 8position: middledoi
Pressure tuning of competing interactions on a honeycomb lattice
Nature Communications 2025cited by 3position: middledoi
High-temperature superconductivity in quinary clathrate hydrides under pressure
Physical review. B./Physical review. B 2025cited by 3position: middledoi
Charge density waves and structural phase transition in the high-<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:msub><mml:mi>T</mml:mi><mml:mi>c</mml:mi></mml:msub></mml:math> superconducting <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:msub><mml:mi>LaH</mml:mi><mml:mn>10</mml:mn></mml:msub></mml:math> quantum crystal
Physical review. B./Physical review. B 2025cited by 2position: middledoi
Correlation effects on coupled electronic and structural properties of doped rare-earth trihydrides
Physical review. B./Physical review. B 2025cited by 2position: middledoi
Predicted hot superconductivity in LaSc <sub>2</sub> H <sub>24</sub> under pressure
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2024cited by 61position: middledoi
High-temperature concomitant metal-insulator and spin-reorientation transitions in a compressed nodal-line ferrimagnet Mn3Si2Te6
Nature Communications 2024cited by 18position: middledoi
Electronic structure of nitrogen-doped lutetium hydrides
Physical Review Materials 2024cited by 13position: lastdoi
Designing multicomponent hydrides with potential high T<sub><i>c</i></sub>superconductivity
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2024cited by 7position: lastdoi
On the Lineshapes of Temperature-Dependent Transport Measurements of Superconductors Under Pressure
Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism 2024cited by 7position: lastdoi
Structural transition and uranium valence change in <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:msub><mml:mi>UTe</mml:mi><mml:mn>2</mml:mn></mml:msub></mml:mrow></mml:math> at high pressure revealed by x-ray diffraction and spectroscopy
Physical review. B./Physical review. B 2024cited by 4position: middledoi
Chemical interactions that govern the structures of metals
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2023cited by 33position: middledoi
Electronic structure of Co <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:mn>3</mml:mn><mml:mi>d</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:math> states in the Kitaev material candidate honeycomb cobaltate <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:msub><mml:mi>Na</mml:mi><mml:mn>3</mml:mn></mml:msub><mml:msub><mml:mi>Co</mml:mi><mml:mn>2</mml:mn></mml:msub><mml:msub><mml:mi>SbO</mml:mi><mml:mn>6</mml:mn></mml:msub></mml:mrow></mml:math> probed with x-ray dich
Physical review. B./Physical review. B 2023cited by 11position: middledoi
Effect of Fermi surface topology change on the Kagome superconductor CeRu2 under pressure
Materials Today Physics 2023cited by 9position: middledoi
Measuring the melting curve of iron at super-Earth core conditions
Science 2022cited by 110position: middledoi
Prediction of Above-Room-Temperature Superconductivity in Lanthanide/Actinide Extreme Superhydrides
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2022cited by 79position: middledoi
Creating superconductivity in WB2 through pressure-induced metastable planar defects
Nature Communications 2022cited by 52position: middledoi
Hot Hydride Superconductivity Above 550 K
HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) 2022cited by 40position: firstdoi
Stress-induced high- <i> T <sub>c</sub> </i> superconductivity in solid molecular hydrogen
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2022cited by 31position: middledoi
Progress and prospects for cuprate high temperature superconductors under pressure
High Pressure Research 2022cited by 24position: lastdoi
Dilute carbon in H3S under pressure
npj Computational Materials 2022cited by 23position: middledoi
Hot Hydride Superconductivity Above 550 K
Frontiers in Electronic Materials 2022cited by 22position: middledoi
Theory-directed discovery of high-temperature superconductivity in clathrate hydrides at high pressure
The Innovation 2022cited by 16position: middledoi
Low-Pressure Electrochemical Synthesis of Complex High-Pressure Superconducting Superhydrides
Physical Review Letters 2022cited by 16position: middledoi
Coexistence of vitreous and crystalline phases of H <sub>2</sub> O at ambient temperature
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2022cited by 8position: middledoi
Prediction of high-<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:msub><mml:mi>T</mml:mi><mml:mi>c</mml:mi></mml:msub></mml:math> superconductivity in ternary lanthanum borohydrides
Physical review. B./Physical review. B 2021cited by 149position: middledoi
The 2021 Room-Temperature Superconductivity Roadmap
Apollo (University of Cambridge) 2021cited by 47position: middledoi
Thermal conductivity of Fe-Si alloys and thermal stratification in Earth’s core
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2021cited by 40position: middledoi

Grants

Equipment: MRI: Track #1 Acquisition of a Physical Property Measurement System for Interdisciplinary Research and Education on Next Generation Materials
NSF2320728$647,9682023–2025PIRePORTER
Collaborative Research: DMREF: Machine Learning Algorithm Prediction and Synthesis of Next Generation Superhard Functional Materials
NSF2119308$1,414,4942021–2026PIRePORTER
Renewal: Simple Molecular Systems at Ultrahigh Pressures
NSF2104881$696,6502021–2025PIRePORTER
Simple Molecular Systems at Ultrahigh Pressures
NSF1933622$681,5252019–2021PIRePORTER
Simple Molecular Systems at Ultrahigh Pressures
NSF1809783$590,3382018–2019PIRePORTER
Renewal: Simple Molecular Systems at Ultrahigh Pressures
NSF1106132$389,9992011–2015PIRePORTER
Simple Molecular Systems at Ultrahigh Pressures
NSF0805056$375,0002008–2011PIRePORTER
Development of Giant Diamonds from Chemical Vapor Deposition for High-Pressure Research
NSF0550040$958,5442006–2009PIRePORTER
Renewal: Chemistry of the Earth's Deep Mantle and Core
NSF0510555$386,5142005–2010PIRePORTER
Simple Molecular Systems at Ultrahigh Pressure
NSF0508988$375,0012005–2008PIRePORTER
Development of the Single-Crystal Diamond from Chemical Vapor Deposition for the Next Generation High-Pressure Devices
NSF0421020$350,1242004–2006PIRePORTER
Development of the Next Generation Megabar High-Pressure Cells: A COMPRES Grand Challenge
NSF0135626$651,7372002–2005PIRePORTER
Simple Molecular Solids at Ultrahigh Pressure
NSF0205899$395,0002002–2005PIRePORTER
Chemistry of the Earth's Deep Mantle and Core
NSF0126009$350,4772002–2004PIRePORTER
Collaborative Research: Elasticity Grand Challenge of the COMPRES Initiative
NSF0135540$178,5392002–2004PIRePORTER
U.S.-Italy Summer School: "High-Pressure Phenomena" - A Summer School at the Enrico Fermi International School of Physics, Varenna, Italy
NSF0118576$26,2502001–2002PIRePORTER
Integrated Synchrotron Infrared Facility for High-Pressure Spectroscopy and Microspectroscopy
NSF0079510$70,9682000–2001PIRePORTER
Simple Molecular Solids at Ultrahigh Pressures
NSF9972750$375,0001999–2002PIRePORTER
Chemistry of the Earth's Deep Mantle and Core
NSF9814819$294,9991999–2003PIRePORTER
Workshop: Mineralogy at the Millennium
NSF9907081$15,0001999–2000PIRePORTER
CSEDI Collaborative Research: Redox State of the Earth's Interior
NSF9710475$83,0001997–1999PIRePORTER
Simple Molecular Solids at Ultrahigh Pressure
NSF9624050$428,0441996–2000PIRePORTER
Chemistry of the Earth's Deep Mantle and Core
NSF9526763$224,9591996–1998PIRePORTER
Simple Molecular Solids at Ultrahigh Pressure
NSF9304028$379,5001993–1997PIRePORTER
Fourier Transform Spectrometer for High-Pressure SynchrotronInfrared Spectroscopy
NSF9304623$124,5121993–1996PIRePORTER

Frequent collaborators

Hanyu Liu · Northeast Agricultural University10 papers (2017–2025)Yanming Ma · Fudan University5 papers (2020–2024)Ravhi S. Kumar · University of Illinois Chicago5 papers (2022–2024)Nilesh P. Salke · University of Illinois Chicago4 papers (2021–2025)Adam Denchfield · University of Illinois Chicago3 papers (2024–2025)Changfeng Chen · University of Nevada, Reno3 papers (2020–2022)Hyowon Park · University of Illinois Chicago3 papers (2024–2025)E. Poldi · University of Illinois Chicago3 papers (2023–2025) · 3 papers (2020–2025)Xin Zhong · Jiangsu University3 papers (2022–2025)Liangzi Deng · University of Houston2 papers (2023–2025)D. Haskel · University of Connecticut2 papers (2023–2025)Melissa Gooch · University of Houston2 papers (2023–2025)M. Oliff · University of Illinois Chicago2 papers (2022–2022)Hong Zheng · Florida State University2 papers (2023–2025)Maddury Somayazulu · University of Illinois Chicago2 papers (2022–2022)Changyong Park · Argonne National Laboratory2 papers (2022–2024)C. W. Chu · University of Houston2 papers (2023–2025)William A. Coniglio · Florida State University2 papers (2022–2022)G. Fabbris · Argonne National Laboratory2 papers (2023–2025)