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69. *Sawchuk, K., O’Bannon, E. F., +Vennari, C., Kavner, A., Knittle, E., & Williams, Q. An infrared and Raman spectroscopic study of PbSO 4-anglesite at high pressures. Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 1-15.

68. *McGuire, C., *Sawchuk, K., & Kavner, A. (2018). Measurements of thermal conductivity across the B1-B2 phase transition in NaCl. Journal of Applied Physics, 124(11), 115902.

67. Lei J, Yeung MT, Robinson PJ, Mohammadi R, Turner CL, Yan J, Kavner A, Alexandrova AN, Kaner RB, Tolbert SH. Understanding How Bonding Controls Strength Anisotropy in Hard Materials by Comparing the High-Pressure Behavior of Orthorhombic and Tetragonal Tungsten Monoboride. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 2018 Feb 13;122(10):5647-56.

66. Mi Z, Shieh SR, Kavner A, Kiefer B, Wenk HR, Duffy TS. Strength and texture of sodium chloride to 56 GPa. Journal of Applied Physics. 2018 Apr 7;123(13):135901.

65. Marqueño T, Santamaria-Perez D, Ruiz-Fuertes J, Chuliá-Jordán R, Jordá JL, Rey F, McGuire C, Kavner A, MacLeod S, Daisenberger D, Popescu C. An Ultrahigh CO2-Loaded Silicalite-1 Zeolite: Structural Stability and Physical Properties at High Pressures and Temperatures. Inorganic chemistry. 2018 Jun 4.

64. McGuire, C., D. Santamaria-Perez, A. Makhluf, and A. Kavner (2017), Isothermal equation of state and phase stability of Fe5Si3 up to 96?GPa and 3000?K, J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 122, doi:10.1002/2017JB014136.

63. Santamaría-Pérez, D., Marqueño, T., MacLeod, S., Ruiz-Fuertes, J., Daisenberger, D., Chuliá-Jordan, R., Popescu, C. (2017). Structural Evolution of CO -Filled Pure Silica LTA Zeolite under High-Pressure High-Temperature Conditions . Chemistry of Materials. doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.7b01158

62. D. Santamaria-Perez+, C. McGuire*, A. Makhluf+, A. Kavner, R. Chulia-Jordan, J.L. Jorda, F. Rey,?J. Pellicer-Porres, D. Martinez-Garc?a, P. Rodriguez-Hernandez & A. Munoz (2016) Correspondence: Strongly-driven Re + CO2 redox reaction at high-pressure and high temperature Nature Communications 7:13647 doi: 10.1038/ncomms13647.

61. D. Santamaria-Perez+, C. McGuire*, A. Makhluf,+ A. Kavner, R. Chulia-Jordan, J. Pellicer-Porres, D. Martinez-Garc?a, A. Doran, M. Kunz, P. Rodriguez-Hernandez & A. Munoz (2016) Exploring the chemical reactivity between carbon dioxide and three transition metals (Au, Pt, and Re) at high-pressure, high-temperature conditions Inorganic Chemistry vol. 55, 10793-10799. DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b01858 .

60. A. Kavner and E.S.G. Rainey, Heat Transfer in the Core and Mantle, in AGU Monograph Deep Earth: Physics and Chemistry of the Lower Mantle and Core, H. Terasaki, R. A. Fischer, eds. American Geophysical Union, 2016.

59. S. Palaich*, R. A. Heffern*, M. Hanfland, A. Lausi, A. Kavner, C. E. Manning, M. Merlini, High-Pressure compressibility and thermal expansion of aragonite, American Mineralogist, Vol. 101, pages 1651–1658, 2016

58. A. Kavner (2016), W-WO joins the electrochemical series, American Mineralogist, 101, pp. 1025–1026.

57. M. M. Armentrout and A. Kavner (2015), A new high pressure and temperature equation of state of fcc cobalt, Journal of Applied Physics 118, 194904 (2015); doi: 10.1063/1.4935087.

56. Xie, M., Mohammadi, R., Turner, C. L., Kaner, R. B., Kavner, A., & Tolbert, S. H. (2015). Exploring hardness enhancement in superhard tungsten tetraboride-based solid solutions using radial X-ray diffraction. Applied Physics Letters, 107(4), 041903.

55. Palaich, S. E., Heffern, R. A., Watenphul, A., Knight, J., & Kavner, A. (2015). High-pressure compressibility and phase stability of Mn-dolomite (kutnohorite). American Mineralogist, 100(10), 2242-2245.

54. E. S. G. Rainey* and A. Kavner (2014), Peak scaling method to measure temperatures in the laser-heated diamond anvil cell and application to the thermal conductivity of MgO, J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 119, doi:10.1002/2014JB011267.

53. Y. Kono, C. Kenney-Benson, D. Hummer+, H. Ohfuji, C. Park, G. Shen, Y. Wang, A. Kavner, and C. E. Manning, (2014) Ultralow viscosity of carbonate melts at high pressures, Nature Communications, Oct 14, 2014, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6091 8pp.

52. M. Xie*, R. Mohammadi+, C. L. Turner, R. B. Kaner, A. Kavner,and S. H. Tolbert, (2104) Lattice stress states of superhard tungsten tetraboride from radial X-ray diffraction under non-hydrostatic compression, Phys Rev. B, 90  pp 4104-4104 .

51. X. Tang+, M. C. Ntam, J. Dong, E. S. G. Rainey*, and A. Kavner,  (2014), The thermal conductivity of Earth’s lower mantle, Geophys. Res. Lett. 10.1002/2014GL059385.

50. M. B. Xie*, Winkler, Z. Mao+, R. B. Kaner, A. Kavner, S. H. Tolbert, (2014), Raman scattering of superhard rhenium diboride under high pressure, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol. 104, 011904.

49. J. R. Black, S. G. John, A. Kavner, (2014), Coupled effects of temperature and mass transport on the isotope fractionation of zinc during electroplating, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 124, pp. 272-282.

48. J. M. Rondinelli, N. A. Benedek, D. E. Freedman, A. Kavner, E. E. Rodriguez, E. S. Toberer, and L. W. Martin, Accelerating functional materials discovery: Insights from geological sciences, data-driven approaches, and computational advances,The Bulletin of the American Ceramic Society December 2013 -Vol. 92 No. 9.

47. E. S. G. Rainey*, J. W. Hernlund and A. Kavner. Temperature distributions in the laser-heated diamond anvil cell from 3-D numerical modeling, J. Appl. Phys. 114, 204905 (2013).

46. S. E. M. Palaich*, C. E. Manning, E. Schauble and A. Kavner, (2013), Spectroscopic and X-ray diffraction investigation of the behavior of hanksite and tychite at high pressures, Am. Mineral., 98, pp. 1543-1549.

45. M. M. Armentrout*, E.S.G. Rainey* and A. Kavner, (2013), High pressure and temperature equation of state of cobalt oxide: Implications for redox relations in Earth’s mantle, Am. Mineral., 98, pp. 993-999.

44. R. Mohammadi+, M. Xie*, A. T. Lech, C. L. Turner, A. Kavner, S. H. Tolbert, and R. B. Kaner, (2012), Toward inexpensive superhard materials: Tungsten tetraboride-based solid solution, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 134, pp. 20660?20668.

43. A. Kavner, M. Weinberger*, A. Shahar*, R. W. Cumberland*, J. B. Levine*, R. B. Kaner, and S. H. Tolbert, (2012), Lattice strain of osmium diboride under high pressure and nonhydrostatic stress, J. Appl. Phys. 112, 013526.

42. M. Xie*, R. Mohammadi*, Z. Mao+, M. M. Armentrout*, A. Kavner, R. B. Kaner, and S. H. Tolbert, (2012), Exploring the high-pressure behavior of superhard tungsten tetraboride, Phys. Rev. B, 85, 064118.

41. Z. Mao+, M. M. Armentrout* E. S. G. Rainey* C. E. Manning, P. Dera, V. B. Prakapenka, and A. Kavner, (2011), Dolomite III: A new candidate lower mantle carbonate, Geophys. Res. Lett.,38, L22303.

40.  A. Kavner, M. M. Armentrout*, E. S. G. Rainey*, M. Xie*, B.E. Weaver*, S. H. Tolbert, and R. B. Kaner, (2011), Thermoelastic properties of ReB2 at high pressures and temperatures and comparison with Pt, Os, and Re. J. Appl. Phys., 110, 093518.

39. J. R. Black+, J. Crawford**, S. John, and A. Kavner, (2011), Redox-driven stable isotope fractionation, in Aquatic Redox Chemistry ACS Symposium Series, Vol. 1071. Tratnyek, P.G., T. J. Grundl, and S. B. Haderlein, eds. Chapter 16, pp 345–359.

38. M. M. Armentrout* and A. Kavner, (2011), High pressure, high temperature equation of state for Fe2SiO4 ringwoodite and implications for the Earth’s transition zone, Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L08309.

37. J. Zhang, V. Prakapenka, A. Kubo, A. Kavner, H. W. Green and L. Dobrzhinetskaya, (2011), Diamond formation from amorphous carbon and graphite in presence of COH fluids: an in situ high pressure and temperature laser-heated diamond anvil cell experimental study, in Ultrahigh-Pressure Metamorphism, Edited by Dobrzhinetskaya et al., Elsevier.

36. J. D. Hunt*, A. Kavner, E. Schauble, D. Snyder, C. E. Manning, (2011), Speciation and polymerization of aqueous silica in H2O-KOH solutions at 25 °C, 1 bar, from Raman spectroscopy and ab initio calculations, Chem Geo, 283, pp. 161-170.

35. J. R. Black+, A. Kavner, and E. Schauble, (2011), Calculation of equilibrium stable isotope partition functions for aqueous zinc complexes and metallic zinc,  Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 75, pp. 769-783.

34. J. R. Black+, S. John, E.D. Young, and A. Kavner, (2010), Effect of temperature and mass-transport on transition metal isotope fractionation during electroplating, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 74, pp. 5187-5201.

33. M. M. Armentrout* and A. Kavner, (2010), Incompressibility of osmium metal at high pressures and temperatures, J. Appl. Phys., 107, 093528.

32. J. R. Black, E. D. Young, A. Kavner, (2010), Electrochemically Controlled Iron Isotope Fractionation, Geochim. et Cosmochim. Acta, 74, pp. 809-817.

31. A. Kavner, A. Shahar*, J. Black, E.D. Young, (2009), Iron Isotope Electroplating: Diffusion-Limited Fractionation, Chem. Geol., 267, pp. 131-138.

30. J. R. Black, Umeda*, G., Dunn, B., McDonough, W. F. and A. Kavner, (2009), Electrochemical Isotope Effect and Lithium Isotope Separation, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 131, pp. 9904-9905.

29. L. R. Benedetti, D. Farber, and A. Kavner, (2009), The great wedge:  Quantifying chromatic aberration in imaging spectroscopy systems and applications to temperature measurements in the laser-heated diamond anvil cell, J. Appl. Phys., 105, 023517.

28. K. L. Havens** and A. Kavner, (2009), High-pressure solid electrolyte redox experiments: Application to silver iodide, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 174, pp. 315-322.

27. A. Kavner, (2008), Radial diffraction strength and elastic behavior of CaF2 in low- and high-pressure phases, Phys Rev. B, 77, 224102.

26. A. Kavner, S. G. John*, S. Sass**, and E. A. Boyle, (2008), Redox-driven stable isotope fractionation in transition metals:  Application to Zn electroplating. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 72, pp. 1731-1741.

25. A. Kavner and C. Nugent*, (2008), Precise measurements of two-dimensional radial temperature gradients in the laser-heated diamond anvil cell and application to graphite thermal diffusivity anisotropy. Rev. Sci. Instrument, 79, 024902.

24. M. Weinberger*, S. Tolbert and A. Kavner, (2008), Osmium metal studied under high pressure and nonhydrostatic stress, Phys. Rev. Lett., 100 045506.

23. H.-Y. Chung*, M. B. Weinberger*, J. B. Levine*, R. Cumberland. A. Kavner, J.-M. Yang, S. H. Tolbert, and R. B. Kaner, (2007), Response to comment on ‘Synthesis of ultra-incompressible, super-hard rhenium diboride at ambient pressure’. Science, 318, p. 1550.

22. A. Kavner, (2007), Garnet yield strength at high pressures and implications for upper mantle and transition zone rheology J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 112, B12207.

21. H.-Y. Chung*, M. B. Weinberger*, J. B. Levine*, A. Kavner, J.-M. Yang, S. H. Tolbert and R. B. Kaner, (2007), Synthesis of ultra-incompressible, super-hard rhenium diboride at ambient pressure.  Science, 316, pp. 436-439.

20. A. Kavner, D. Walker, M. Newville and S. Sutton, (2007), Externally-driven charge transfer in silicates at high pressure and temperature: A XANES study, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 256, pp. 314-327.

19. N. Conil+ and A. Kavner, (2006), Elastic behavior and strength of A12O3 fiber/Al matrix composite and implications for equation of state measurements in the diamond anvil cell, J. Appl. Phys., 100, 043517.

18. A. Kavner and D. Walker,  (2006), Core/mantle-like interactions in an electric field, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 248, 301-314.

17. N. Conil and A. Kavner, (2006), Numerical study of pressure relationships between sample and calibrant in the diamond anvil cell, J. Phys. Cond. Matt., 18, pp. S1039-S1047.

16. A. Kavner, A. Shahar*, F. Bonet, J. Simon* and E. Young, (2005), The isotopic effects of electron transfer:  an explanation for Fe isotope fractionation in nature, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 69, pp. 2971-2979.

15. A. Kavner and W. Panero, (2004), Temperature gradients and evaluation of thermoelastic properties in the synchrotron-based laser-heated diamond cell, Phys. Earth Planet. Sci., 143-144, pp. 527-539.

14. A. Kavner, (2003), Elasticity and strength of hydrous ringwoodite at high pressure, Earth Plan. Sci. Lett., 214, pp. 645-654.

13. A. Kavner and T. S. Duffy, (2003), Elasticity and rheology of platinum at high pressure and nonhydrostatic stress, Phys. Rev. B, 68, 144101.

12. A. Kavner, T. S. Duffy, and G. Shen, (2001), Equation of state of FeS at high pressures and temperatures: implications for the interior structure of Mars, Earth Plan. Sci. Lett., 185, pp.  25-33.

11. A. Kavner and T. S. Duffy, (2001), Pressure-Volume-Temperature Paths in the Laser Heated Diamond Anvil Cell,  J. Appl. Phys., 89, pp. 1907-1914.

10. A. Kavner and T. S. Duffy, (2001), Strength and elasticity of ringwoodite at upper mantle pressures, Geophys. Res. Lett,. 28, pp. 2691-2694.

9.  A. Kavner, T. Speed and R. Jeanloz, (2000), Statistical analysis of phase-boundary observations, In K. Aoki, R. J. Hemley and Y. Syono (Eds.), Mineralogy Meets Physics (71-79). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

8.  A. Kavner, S. V. Sinogeikin, J. D. Bass and R. Jeanloz, (2000), Strength and equation of state of majorite, J. Geophys. Res., 105, pp. 5963-5971.

7.  A. Kavner and R. Jeanloz, (1998), The high-pressure melting curve of Allende meteorite, Geophys. Res. Lett., 25, pp. 4161-4164.

6.  N. Funamori, R. Jeanloz, J. Nguyen and A. Kavner, (1998), High-pressure transformations in MgAl2O4, J. Geophys. Res., 103, pp. 20813-20818.

5.   A. Kavner and R. Jeanloz, (1998), High-pressure melting curve of platinum, J. Appl. Phys., 83, pp. 7553-7559.

4.   S. Sinogeikin, A. Kavner, J. D. Bass and R. Jeanloz, (1997), Elasticity of natural majorite and ringwoodite from the Catherwood meteorite, Geophys. Res. Lett., 24, pp. 3265-3268.

3.   A. Kavner and T. M. Devine, (1997), Grain boundary effects on the sensitization of austenitic stainless steel, J. Mat. Sci.,32, pp. 1555-1569.

2.   R. Jeanloz and A. Kavner, (1996), Melting criteria and imaging spectroradiometry in the laser-heated diamond cell,  Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. London, Series A: Mathematical, Physical, and Engineering Sciences, 384, pp. 1279-1307

1.   A. Kavner, X. Li and R. Jeanloz, (1995), The electrical conductivity of a natural (Mg,Fe)SiO3 majorite garnet, Geophys. Res. Lett. 22, pp. 3103-3106.