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Publications (*undergraduate advisee, ^graduate student advisee, and #postdoc advisee), most recent first
- K. Daviau^and K. K. M. Lee, “High-pressure, high-temperature behavior of silicon carbide: A review,”Crystals, 8, 217, doi:10.3390/cryst8050217 (2018). pdf
- S. M. Arveson^, B. Kiefer, J. Deng^, Z. Liu, and K. K. M. Lee, “Thermally induced coloration of KBr at high pressures,”Physical Review B, 97, 094103, doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.97.094103 (2018). pdf
- Z. Du^, J. Deng^, K. K. M. Lee, “Experimental constrains on viscosity of (Mg,Fe)O melt up to 70 GPa,” Geophysical Research Letters, 44, doi: 10.1002/2017GL076177 (2017). pdf
- J. Deng^and K. K. M. Lee, “Viscosity jump in the lower mantle inferred from melting curves of (Mg, Fe)O ferropericlase,”Nature Communications, doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-02263-z (2017). pdf
- Z. Du^, C. Jackson, N. Bennett, P. Driscoll, Y. Fei, J. Deng^, K. K. M. Lee, E. Greenberg and V. B. Prakapenka, “Insufficient energy by MgO exsolution to power early geodynamo,”Geophysical Research Letters, 44, doi: 10.1002/2017GL075283 (2017). pdf
- K. Daviau^and K. K. M. Lee, “Decomposition of silicon carbide at high pressures and temperatures,” Physical Review B, 96, 174102, doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.96.174102 (2017). pdf
- K.Daviau^ and K. K. M. Lee, “Zinc-blende to rocksalt transition in SiC in a laser-heated diamond-anvil cell,” Physical Review B, 95, 134108, doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.95.134108 (2017). pdf
- J. Deng^, Z. Du, L. R. Benedetti and K. K. M. Lee, “Wavelength-dependent absorption and temperature correction in the laser-heated diamond-anvil cell,” Journal of Applied Physics, 121(1), doi: 10.1063/1.4973344 (2017). pdf
- T. Gu#, M. Li, C. McCammon and K. K. M. Lee, “Redox-induced lower mantle density contrast and effect on mantle structure and primitive oxygen,” Nature Geoscience, 9, doi:10.1038/ngeo2772 (2016). pdf supplementary info video
- K. Glazyrin#, N. Miyajima, J. Smith and K. K. M. Lee, “Compression of a multiphase mantle assemblage: Effects of undesirable stress and stress annealing on the iron spin state crossover in ferropericlase,” Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 121, doi:10.1002/2015JB012321 (2016). pdf supplementary info
- Z. Du^, T. Gu#, V. Dobrosavljevic*, S. T. Weir, S. Falabella and K. K. M. Lee, “Using stepped anvils to make even insulation layers in laser-heated diamond-anvil cell samples,” Review of Scientific Instruments, 86, 09513, doi:10.1063/1.4929667 (2015). pdf
- T. Duffy, N. Madhusudhan and K. K. M. Lee, “Mineralogy of Super-Earth Planets,” Treatise of Geophysics, ed. G. Schubert, Elsevier, (2015). pdf
- Z. Du^ and K. K. M. Lee, “High-pressure melting of MgO from (Mg,Fe)O solid solutions,” Geophysical Research Letters, 41, (2014). doi: 10.1002/2014GL061954 pdf supplementary info
- Y. Al-Khatatbeh# and K. K. M. Lee, “From superhard to hard: A review of transition metal dioxides TiO2, ZrO2 and HfO2 hardness,” Journal of Superhard Materials, 36(4), 231-245, (2014). pdf
- I. Uts*, K. Glazyrin# and K. K. M. Lee, “Effect of Laser Annealing of Common Solid Pressure Media on Pressure Gradients in a Diamond-Anvil Cell,” Review of Scientific Instruments, 84, 103904 (2013). pdf
- Z. Du^, G. Amulele, L. R. Benedetti and K. K. M. Lee, “Mapping Temperatures and Temperature Gradients during Flash Heating in a Diamond-Anvil Cell,” Review of Scientific Instruments, 84, 075111 (2013). pdf
- Z. Du^, L. Miyagi#, G. Amulele and K. K. M. Lee, “External resistively-heated diamond-anvil cell to temperatures up to 1300 K,” Review of Scientific Instruments, 84, 024502 (2013). pdf
- N. Madhusudhan, K. K. M. Lee and O. Mousis, “Evidence for a Carbon-rich Interior in Super-Earth 55 Cancri e,” Astrophysical Journal Letters, 759: L40 (2012). pdf
- Y. Al-Khatatbeh#, K. K. M. Lee and B. Kiefer, “Compressibility of nanocrystalline TiO2 anatase,” Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 116, 21635 (2012). pdf
- Y. Wang# and K. K. M. Lee, “From Soft to Superhard: Fifty years of experiments on cold-compressed graphite,” Journal of Superhard Materials, 34(6), 25-39 (2012). pdf
- Y. Wang#, J. E. Panzik^, B. Kiefer and K. K. M. Lee, “Crystal structure of graphite under room-temperature compression and decompression,” Scientific Reports, 2, 520 (2012). pdf
- J. M. Montgomery^, B. Kiefer and K. K. M. Lee, “Determining the phase transition boundary in highly-ordered pyrolitic graphite with time-dependent resistance measurements,” Journal of Applied Physics, 110, 047325 (2011). pdf
- L. Miyagi#, W. Kanitpanyacharoen, P. Kaercher, K. K. M. Lee, H.-R. Wenk, “Slip Systems in MgSiO3 Post-Perovskite: Implications for D” Anisotropy,” Science, 329, 1639 (2010). pdf
- Y. Al Khatatbeh^, K. K. M. Lee and B. Kiefer, “Phase diagram up to 105 GPa and mechanical strength of HfO2,” Physical Review B, 82, 144106 (2010). pdf
- Y. Al Khatatbeh^, K. K. M. Lee and B. Kiefer, “Phase relations and hardness trends of ZrO2 phases at high pressure,” Physical Review B, 81, 214102 (2010). pdf
- K. K. M. Lee, “The Enigma of D”,” Nature, 462, 731 (2009). pdf
- K. K. M. Lee, G. Steinle-Neumann and S. Akber-Knutson, “Ab-initio predictions of potassium partitioning between Fe and Al-bearing MgSiO3 perovskite and post-perovskite,” Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 174, 247-253 (2009). pdf
- Y. Al-Khatatbeh^, K. K. M. Lee and B. Kiefer, “High-pressure behavior of TiO2 as determined by experiment and theory,” Physical Review B, 79, 134114 (2009). pdf
- K. K. M. Lee and G. Steinle-Neumann, “Ab-initio study of the effects of pressure and chemistry on the electron-capture radioactive decay constants of 7Be, 22Na and 40K,”Earth & Planetary Science Letters, 267, 628-636 (2008). pdf
- R. Jeanloz, P. M. Celliers, G. W. Collins, J. H. Eggert, K. K. M. Lee, R. S. McWilliams, S. Brygoo, P. Loubeyre, “Achieving novel states through shock-wave loading of pre-compressed samples,” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, doi/10.1073/pnas.0608170104 (2007). pdf
- K. K. M. Lee and G. Steinle-Neumann, “High-pressure alloying of iron and xenon: ‘Missing’ Xe in the Earth’s core,”Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 111, B02202, doi:10.1029/2005JB003781 (2006). pdf
- K. K. M. Lee, L. R. Benedetti, R. Jeanloz, P. M. Celliers, J. H. Eggert, D. G. Hicks, S. J. Moon, A. Mackinnon, L. B. DaSilva, D. K. Bradley, W. Unites, G. W. Collins, E. Henry, M. Koenig, A. Benuzzi-Mounaix, J. Pasley, D. Neely, “Forming conducting water: Implications for magnetic field generation in Icy Giant planets,”Journal of Chemical Physics, 125, 014701, doi: 10.1063/1.2207618 (2006). pdf
- K. K. M. Lee, B. O’Neill, R. Jeanloz, “Limits to resolution in composition and density in ultra high-pressure experiments on natural mantle-rock samples,”Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 143-144, 241 (2004). pdf
- K. K. M. Lee, G. Steinle-Neumann and R. Jeanloz, “Ab-initio high-pressure alloying of iron and potassium: Implications for the Earth’s core,” Geophysical Research Letters, 31(11), L11603 (2004). pdf
- K. K. M. Lee, B. O’Neill, W. R. Panero, S.-H. Shim, L. R. Benedetti and R. Jeanloz, “Equations of state of the high-pressure phases of a natural peridotite and implications for the Earth’s lower mantle,”Earth & Planetary Science Letters, 223(3-4), 381-393, (2004). pdf P-V data
- P. Loubeyre, P. M. Celliers, D. G. Hicks, E. Henry, A. Dewaele, J. Pasley, J. H. Eggert , M. Koenig, F. Occelli, K. K. M. Lee, R. Jeanloz, D. Neely, A. Benuzzi-Mounaix, D. Bradley, M. Bastea, S. Moon and G.W. Collins, “Coupling static and dynamic compressions: First measurements in dense hydrogen,”High Pressure Research, 24(1), 25 (2004). pdf
- P. M. Celliers, G. W. Collins, D. G. Hicks, M. Koenig, E. Henry, A. Benuzzi-Mounaix, D. Batani, D. K. Bradley, L. B. DaSilva, R. J. Wallace, S. J. Moon, J. H. Eggert, K. K. M. Lee, L. R. Benedetti, R. Jeanloz, I. Masclet, N. Dague, B. Marchet, M. Rabec Le Gloahec, Ch. Reverdin, J. Pasley, O. Willi, D. Neely and C. Danson, “Electronic conduction in shock-compressed water,” Physics of Plasmas, 11(8), L41 (2004). pdf
- K. K. M. Lee and R. Jeanloz, “High pressure alloying of potassium and iron: Radioactivity in the Earth’s core?,”Geophysical Research Letters, 30(23), 2212 (2003). pdf
- K. K. M. Lee, L. R. Benedetti, A. Mackinnon, D. Hicks, S. J. Moon, P. Loubeyre, F. Occelli, A. Dewaele, G. W. Collins, and R. Jeanloz, “Taking Thin Diamonds to Their Limit: Coupling Static-Compression and Laser-Shock Techniques to Generate Dense Water,”AIP Conference Proceedings, 620, 1363 (2002). pdf
Theses
K. K. M. Lee (2003). Exploring Planetary Interiors: Experiments at Extreme Conditions. Department of Earth & Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley, p. 122.