Recent Publications 
  1. Quan Huang, Dongli Yu, Bo Xu, Wentao Hu, Yanming Ma, Yanbin Wang, Zhisheng Zhao, Bin Wen, Julong He, Zhongyuan Liu and Yongjun Tian†, "Nanotwinned diamond with unprecedented hardness and stability", Nature 510, 250 (2014)
  2. Li Zhu, Hanyu Liu, Chris J. Pickard, Guangtian Zou and Yanming Ma†, "Reactions of xenon with iron and nickel are predicted in the Earth's inner core", Nature Chem. 6, 644 (2014).
  3. Xin Zhong, Yanchao Wang, Feng Peng, Hanyu Liu, Hui Wang†, and Yanming Ma†, "Pressure stabilization of the long-missing bare C6 hexagonal rings in the Binary Sesquicarbides",Chem. Sci. 5, 3936 (2014).
  4. Hanyu Liu and Yanming Ma†, "Proton or Deuteron Transfer in Phase IV of Solid Hydrogen and Deuterium", Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 025903 (2013).
  5. Cheng Lu, Maosheng Miao†, and Yanming Ma†, "Structural Evolution of Carbon Dioxide under High Pressure", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 135, 14167 (2013).
  6. Guoying Gao, Roald Hoffmann†, N. W. Ashcroft†, Hanyu Liu, Aitor Bergara, and Yanming Ma†, "Theoretical study of the ground-state structures and properties of niobium hydrides under pressure", Phys. Rev. B 88, 184104 (2013).
  7. Feng Peng, Maosheng Miao, Hui Wang, Quan Li, and Yanming Ma†, "Predicted lithium-boron compounds under high pressure", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 134, 18599 (2012).
  8. Xiaoli Wang, Yanchao Wang, Maosheng Miao, Xin Zhong, Jian Lv, Tian Cui, Jianfu Li†, Li Chen, Chris J. Pickard, and Yanming Ma†, "Cagelike Diamondoid Nitrogen at High Pressures", Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 175502 (2012).
  9. Zhisheng Zhao, Fei Tian, Xiao Dong, Quan Li, Qianqian Wang, Hui Wang, Xin Zhong, Bo Xu, Dongli Yu, Julong He, Hui-Tian Wang, Yanming Ma†, and Yongjun Tian†, "Tetragonal Allotrope of Group 14 Elements", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 134, 12362 (2012).
  10. Li Zhu, Ziwei Wang, Yanchao Wang, Guangtian Zou, Ho-kwang Mao†, and Yanming Ma†, "Spiral chain O4 form of dense oxygen", Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 109, 751 (2012).
  11. Guoying Gao, Hui Wang, Li Zhu, and Yanming Ma†, "Pressure-Induced Formation of Noble Metal Hydrides", J. Phys. Chem. C 116, 1995 (2012).
  12. Yanchao Wang, Hanyu Liu, Jian Lv, Li Zhu, Hui Wang and Yanming Ma†, "High pressure partially ionic phase of water ice", Nature Commun. 2, 563 (2011).
  13. Jian Lv, Yanchao Wang, Li Zhu, and Yanming Ma†, "Predicted Novel High-Pressure Phases of Lithium", Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 015503 (2011).
  14. Li Zhu, Hui Wang, Yanchao Wang, Jian Lv, Yanmei Ma†, Qiliang Cui, Yanming Ma†,and Guangtian Zou, "Substitutional Alloy of Bi and Te at High Pressure", Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 145501 (2011).
  15. Peifang Li, Guoying Gao, Yanchao Wang,Yanming Ma†, "Crystal Structures and Exotic Behavior of Magnesium under Pressure", J. Phys. Chem. C 114, 21745 (2010).