Professor Kostya Trachenko

Research

Research Interests:

Theoretical and computational condensed matter physics

My research interests mostly lie in theoretical and computational condensed matter physics:

• fundamental theory of liquid and supercritical states of matter
• glass transition
• glasses
• high pressure
• radiation damage effects including in nuclear waste forms and fusion reactors
• links between field theory and condensed matter physics/statistical physics
• links between fundamental physical constants and system properties.

Here are representative publications in these areas.

This is discussed on my personal website in more detail.

I am a recipient of the EPSRC-CCP prize for "outstanding contributions to theory and modelling of condensed matter phases". Our work has been awarded the top 10 Physics Breakthroughs in 2020.

Highlights in news and media:

- Award of the top 10 Physics World Breakthroughs in 2020


- Upper bound on the speed of sound in the Economist, ("MaxMach" in the Economist print edition), Physics World, Science News, Sky News and Daily Mail
- Minimal quantum viscosity in Physics World and Cosmos Magazine
- Vacuum energy gets flexible - IoP news
- Slow bitumen flow in BBC Feature Article, New Scientist and Physics World. The video abstract is here.
- New understanding of supercritical state in Physics Today
- Phonon theory of liquid thermodynamics in Physics World
- IoP highlight story about the first glimpse into radiation damage processes inside a fusion reactor

Examples of research funding:

After completing my PhD degree, I was awarded a Research Fellowship in Darwin College, Cambridge, and an EPSRC Advanced Research Fellowship.

I have subsequently benefited from EPSRC funding and, more recently, from NERC funding.

My international collaborations are supported by the Royal Society.

Funding details are below:

July 2021 – Sep 2024, Prinicipal Investigator on the EPSRC grant “UK-India cooperation in nuclear energy”. Grant amount: £1.1 mln. This is a collaboration with Imperial, Cambridge, Liverpool and Manchester 

Jan 2020 – Jan 2024, Co-I on the NERC grant “Mechanisms and prediction of large-scale ecological responses to environmental change”. Grant amount: £1.2 mln

Aug 2018 – Aug 2020, Lead Investigator on the EPSRC impact enhancement grant. Grant amount: £46,000

Dec 2017 –Dec 2020, Lead Investigator on the EPSRC grant “Novel nuclear waste forms” awarded under the Nuclear Energy University Programme funded jointly by the US Department of Energy and EPSRC. This is a collaboration between the QMUL on the UK side and three major US research centres: University of California Davis, University of Tennessee and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. UK grant amount: £463,000.

2015-2016, Lead Investigator on Royal Society Grant for International Collaboration. Grant amount: £20,000

2014-2015, Queen Mary Trust Fund to re-develop Physics Museum, £6,000

Oct 2011- Oct 2013, Lead Investigator on the EPSRC grant (“Developing DL_POLY molecular dynamics tackle challenging problems in science and technology”, grant amount: £440,000

2010-2021, Secured funding (fees and scholarships) for PhD students. Funded by EPSRC, SEPnet, NDA, Myerscough Bequest and CSC

2010-2011 Lead Investigator on the ImpactQM teaching replacement award (£48,000). Lead Investigator on the EPSRC Pathways to Impact teaching replacement award (£22,500)

2005-2010 EPSRC Advanced Research Fellowship, £250,000

2003 – 2021, Research Council grants for use of national supercomputers. Approximately £190,000-£30,000 pa. Awarded on competitive basis.

2011-current, Co-investigator on ISIS, ESRF and Diamond beam time proposals

2006, 2008, Royal Society Grant for international joint projects, appr. £5,000

1997, Cambridge Overseas Trust Scholarship, University of Cambridge. ORS Award, Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals, Cambridge.

Publications

https://ccmmp.ph.qmul.ac.uk/~kostya/papers.html

• Cockrell C, Trachenko K (2022), Double universality of the transition in the supercritical state. $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abq5183

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/80398
• Trachenko K (2022), Dynamical quantum indistinguishability $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1016/j.aop.2022.168886

  
  
• Trachenko K, Brazhkin VV (2021), The quantum mechanics of viscosity $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1063/PT.3.4908

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/76126
• Cockrell C, Brazhkin VV, Trachenko K (2021), Transition in the supercritical state of matter: Review of experimental evidence $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1016/j.physrep.2021.10.002

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/76200
• Trachenko K, Monserrat T, Pickard C et al. (2021), Speed of sound from fundamental physical constants $nameOfConference

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/66751
• Cockrell C, Brazhkin VV, Trachenko K (2021), Universal interrelation between dynamics and thermodynamics and a dynamically driven “c” transition in fluids $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1103/physreve.104.034108

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/74082
• Zaccone A, Trachenko K (2021), Dynamical indistinguishability and statistics in quantum fluids $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2107.09995

  
  
• Baggioli M, Trachenko K, Brazhkin V (2021), Similarity between the kinematic viscosity of quark-gluon plasma and liquids at the viscosity minimum $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.21468/SciPostPhys.10.5.118

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/76199
• Trachenko K, Matteo B, Kamran B et al. (2021), Universal lower bounds on energy and momentum diffusion in liquids $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.103.014311

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/70308
• Trachenko K, Monserrat B, Pickard CJ et al. (2020), Speed of sound from fundamental physical constants $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abc8662

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/66578
• Zaccone A, Trachenko K (2020), Explaining the low-frequency shear elasticity of confined liquids $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2010787117

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/66389
• Trachenko K, Brazhkin VV (2020), Minimal quantum viscosity from fundamental physical constants $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aba3747

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/64589
• TRACHENKO KOSTYA (2019), Quantum dissipation in a scalar field theory with gapped momentum states $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-43273-9

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/57556
• Baggioli M, Trachenko K (2019), Maxwell interpolation and close similarities between liquids and holographic models $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.99.106002

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/60716
• Baggioli M, Trachenko K (2019), Low frequency propagating shear waves in holographic liquids $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1007/JHEP03(2019)093

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/60718
• Brazhkin VV, Fomin YD, Ryzhov VN et al. (2018), Liquid-like and gas-like features of a simple fluid: An insight from theory and simulation $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2018.06.084

  
  
• Yang C, Trachenko K, Hull S et al. (2018), Emergence of microstructure and oxygen diffusion in yttrium-stabilized cubic zirconia $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.97.184107

  
  
• Fomin YD, Ryzhov VN, Tsiok EN et al. (2018), Dynamics, thermodynamics and structure of liquids and supercritical fluids: Crossover at the Frenkel line $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1088/1361-648X/aaaf39

  
  
• TRACHENKO K (2017), Lagrangian formulation and symmetrical description of liquid dynamics $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.96.062134

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/31390
• Brazhkin VV, Fomin YD, Ryzhov VN et al. (2017), Rigid liquid –to– dense gas transition at supercritical pressures $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/950/3/032019

  
  
• Wang L, Dove MT, Trachenko K et al. (2017), Supercritical Grüneisen parameter and its universality at the Frenkel line $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.96.012107

  
  
• Andritsos EI, Dove MT, Demmel F et al. (2017), Short-range dynamics in the solid and liquid phases $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.1706.06553

  
  
• TRACHENKO K, Yang C, Dove MT et al. (2017), Emergence and Evolution of the k Gap in Spectra of Liquid and Supercritical States $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.215502

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/23689
• Prescher C, Fomin YD, Prakapenka VB et al. (2017), Experimental evidence of the Frenkel line in supercritical neon $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.95.134114

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/23263
• Wang L, Yang C, Dove MT et al. (2017), Direct links between dynamical, thermodynamic and structural properties of liquids: modelling results $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.95.032116

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/19725
• TRACHENKO K (2017), Stable equilibrium point and oscillatory motion of the Universe in a model with variable vacuum energy $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.95.043522

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/22152
• Fomin YD, Ryzhov VN, Tsiok EN et al. (2017), Crossover of collective modes and positive sound dispersion in supercritical state (vol 28, 43LT01, 2016) $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1088/1361-648X/29/5/059501

  
  
• Fomin YD, Ryzhov VN, Tsiok EN et al. (2016), Crossover of collective modes and positive sound dispersion in supercritical state. $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/28/43/43LT01

  
  
• Trachenko K, Brazhkin VV (2016), Anomalous vacuum energy and stability of a quantum liquid. $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/28/12/12LT01

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/16822
• Fomin YD, Ryzhov VN, Tsiok EN et al. (2016), The Frenkel line and isotope effect $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2015.10.099

  
  
• Trachenko K, Brazhkin VV (2015), Collective modes and thermodynamics of the liquid state $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1088/0034-4885/79/1/016502

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/17734
• Zarkadoula E, Duffy DM, Nordlund K et al. (2015), Electronic effects in high-energy radiation damage in tungsten $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/27/13/135401

  
  
• Trachenko K, Brazhkin VV (2015), Reply to "Comment on 'Dynamic transition of supercritical hydrogen: Defining the boundary between interior and atmosphere in gas giants'" $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.91.036102

  
  
• Trachenko K, Brazhkin VV (2015), Reply to "comment on 'Dynamic transition of supercritical hydrogen: Defining the boundary between interior and atmosphere in gas giants'" $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.91.036102

  
  
• Yang C, Brazhkin VV, Dove MT et al. (2015), Frenkel line and solubility maximum in supercritical fluids $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.91.012112

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/17732
• Brazhkin VV, Trachenko K (2015), Between glass and gas: Thermodynamics of liquid matter $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2014.09.030

  
  
• Yang C, Brazhkin VV, Dove MT et al. (2015), Frenkel line and solubility maximum in supercritical fluids. $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.91.012112

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/7123
• Fomin YD, Ryzhov VN, Tsiok EN et al. (2014), Dynamic transition in supercritical iron $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1038/srep07194

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/17731
• Fomin YD, Ryzhov VN, Tsiok EN et al. (2014), Thermodynamics and Widom lines in supercritical carbon dioxide $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.1411.6849

  
  
• Yang C, Zarkadoula E, Dove MT et al. (2014), Solid-state diffusion in amorphous zirconolite $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1063/1.4901326

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/6365
• Brazhkin VV, Trachenko K (2014), Collective excitations and thermodynamics of disordered state: New insights into an old problem $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1021/jp503647s

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/17022
• Trachenko K (2014), Varying vacuum energy of a self-interacting scalar field $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1016/j.aop.2015.07.020

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/9249
• Trachenko K, Brazhkin VV, Bolmatov D (2014), Dynamic transition of supercritical hydrogen: Defining the boundary between interior and atmosphere in gas giants $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.89.032126

  
  
• Widdicombe AT, Ravindrarajah P, Sapelkin A et al. (2014), Measurement of bitumen viscosity in the room-temperature drop experiment: student education, public outreach and modern science in one $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1088/0031-9120/49/4/406

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/13882
• Trachenko K, Brazhkin VV, Bolmatov D (2014), Dynamic transition of supercritical hydrogen: defining the boundary between interior and atmosphere in gas giants. $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.89.032126

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/17733
• Brazhkin VV, Lyapin AG, Ryzhov VN et al. (2014), The Frenkel line and supercritical technologies $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1134/S199079311408003X

  
  
• Trachenko K, Brazhkin VV (2013), Non-perturbative treatment of strongly-interacting fields: insights from liquid theory $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1016/j.aop.2014.04.025

  
  
• Brazhkin VV, Fomin YD, Lyapin AG et al. (2013), "Liquid-gas" transition in the supercritical region: fundamental changes in the particle dynamics. $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.145901

  
  
• Trachenko K, Brazhkin VV, Bolmatov D (2013), Dynamic transition of supercritical hydrogen in gas giants: defining the boundary between interior and atmosphere $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1103/physreve.89.032126

  
  
• Sapelkin AV, Bolmatov D, Karatutlu A et al. (2013), Structural Origin of Light Emission in Germanium Quantum Dots $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1038/srep07372

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/10001
• Bolmatov D, Brazhkin VV, Fomin YD et al. (2013), Evidence for structural crossover in the supercritical state $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1063/1.4844135

  
  
• Zarkadoula E, Daraszewicz S, Duffy DM et al. (2013), Electronic effects in high-energy radiation damage in iron $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/26/8/085401

  
  
• Zarkadoula E, Devanathan R, Weber WJ et al. (2013), High-energy radiation damage in zirconia: modeling results $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1063/1.4866989

  
  
• Bolmatov D, Musaev ET, Trachenko K (2013), Symmetry breaking gives rise to energy spectra of three states of matter $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1038/srep02794

  
  
• Zarkadoula E, Daraszewicz SL, Duffy DM et al. (2013), The nature of high-energy radiation damage in iron. $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/25/12/125402

  
  
• Bolmatov D, Brazhkin VV, Trachenko K (2013), Thermodynamic behavior of supercritical matter $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3331

  
  
• Bolmatov D, Brazhkin VV, Trachenko K (2013), Helium at elevated pressures: Quantum liquid with non-static shear rigidity $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1063/1.4795340

  
  
• Andritsos EI, Zarkadoula E, Phillips AE et al. (2013), Heat capacity of matter beyond the Dulong-Petit value $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/25/23/235401

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/5263
• Trachenko K, Brazhkin VV (2013), Duality of liquids $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1038/srep02188

  
  
• Chappell HF, Dove MT, Trachenko K et al. (2013), Structural changes in zirconolite under α-decay. $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/25/5/055401

  
  
• Zarkadoula E, Dove MT, Daraszewicz SL et al. (2012), The nature of high-energy radiation damage in iron: Modeling results $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/25/12/125402

  
  
• Brazhkin VV, Trachenko K (2012), What separates a liquid from a gas? $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1063/PT.3.1796

  
  
• Trachenko K, Zarkadoula E, Todorov IT et al. (2012), Modeling high-energy radiation damage in nuclear and fusion applications $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2011.12.058

  
  
• Brazhkin VV, Fomin YD, Lyapin AG et al. (2012), Universal crossover of liquid dynamics in supercritical region $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1134/S0021364012030034

  
  
• Brazhkin VV, Fomin YD, Lyapin AG et al. (2012), Two liquid states of matter: A dynamic line on a phase diagram. $nameOfConference

  
  
• Bolmatov D, Brazhkin V, Trachenko K (2012), The phonon theory of liquid thermodynamics $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1038/srep00421

  
  
• Brazhkin VV, Lyapin AG, Ryzhov VN et al. (2012), Where is the supercritical fluid on the phase diagram? $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.3367/UFNe.0182.201211a.1137

  
  
• Bolmatov D, Trachenko K (2011), Erratum: Liquid heat capacity in the approach from the solid state: Anharmonic theory (Physical Review B (2011) 84 (054106)) $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.84.059907

  
  
• Bolmatov D, Trachenko K (2011), Liquid heat capacity in the approach from the solid state: Anharmonic theory (vol 84, 054106, 2011) $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.84.059907

  
  
• Pronin AA, Trachenko K, Kondrin MV et al. (2011), Nonlocal dielectric relaxation in glycerol $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.84.012201

  
  
• Brazhkin VV, Lyapin AG, Trachenko K (2011), Atomistic modeling of multiple amorphous-amorphous transitions in SiO2 and GeO2 glasses at megabar pressures $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.83.132103

  
  
• Brazhkin VV, Fomin YD, Lyapin AG et al. (2011), Two liquid states of matter: A new dynamic line on a phase diagram $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.85.031203

  
  
• Pronin AA, Trachenko K, Kondrin MV et al. (2011), Observation of non-local dielectric relaxation in glycerol $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.84.012201

  
  
• Bolmatov D, Trachenko K (2011), Liquid heat capacity in the approach from the solid state: anharmonic theory $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.84.054106

  
  
• Trachenko K (2010), Understanding spin glass transition as a dynamic phenomenon $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/23/36/366003

  
  
• Trachenko K, Brazhkin V (2010), Heat capacity at the glass transition $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.83.014201

  
  
• Trachenko K, Brazhkin VV (2009), Understanding the problem of glass transition on the basis of elastic waves in a liquid $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/21/42/425104

  
  
• Salje EKH, Artacho E, Austen KF et al. (2009), eScience for molecular-scale simulations and the eMinerals project. $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2008.0195

  
  
• Trachenko K, Brazhkin VV, Ferlat G et al. (2008), First-principles calculations of structural changes in B2O3 glass under pressure $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.172102

  
  
• Trachenko K, Brazhkin VV (2008), Understanding the problem of glass transition on the basis of elastic waves in a liquid $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/21/42/425104

  
  
• Trachenko K (2008), Heat capacity of liquids: An approach from the solid phase $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.104201

  
  
• Trachenko K (2008), The Vogel-Fulcher-Tammann law in the elastic theory of glass transition $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2008.05.021

  
  
• Brazhkin VV, Katayama Y, Trachenko K et al. (2008), Nature of Structural Transformations in the B2O3 Glass under High Pressure $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.035702

  
  
• Trachenko K, Dove MT (2008), Network rigidity and dynamics of oxides $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.0805.1392

  
  
• Trachenko K, Roland CM, Casalini R (2008), Relationship between the nonexponentiality of relaxation and relaxation time in the problem of glass transition. $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1021/jp800347w

  
  
• Trachenko K, Brazhkin VV (2008), Liquid elasticity length, universal dynamic crossovers, and glass transition $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/20/7/075103

  
  
• Walker AM, Sullivan LA, Trachenko K et al. (2007), The origin of the compressibility anomaly in amorphous silica: a molecular dynamics study $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/19/27/275210

  
  
• Trachenko K, Roland CM, Casalini R (2007), Relationship between non-exponentiality of relaxation and relaxation time at the glass transition $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1021/jp800347w

  
  
• Trachenko K, Brazhkin VV, Tsiok OB et al. (2007), Logarithmic relaxation in radiation-amorphized zircon $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.76.012103

  
  
• Trachenko K (2007), Slow dynamics and stress relaxation in a liquid as an elastic medium $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.75.212201

  
  
• Trachenko K, Brazhkin V (2007), Liquid elasticity length and universal dynamic crossovers $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/20/7/075103

  
  
• Lumpkin GR, Pruneda M, Rios S et al. (2007), Nature of the chemical bond and prediction of radiation tolerance in pyrochlore and defect fluorite compounds $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1016/j.jssc.2007.01.028

  
  
• Trachenko K, Brazhkin VV, Tsiok OB et al. (2007), Pressure-induced structural transformation in radiation-amorphized zircon. $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.135502

  
  
• Trachenko K (2007), Structural flexibility of cuprate superconductors $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1080/09500830701422194

  
  
• Dove MT, Sullivan LA, Walker AM et al. (2006), Molecular dynamics in a grid computing environment: experiences using DL_POLY_3 within the eMinerals escience project $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1080/08927020600883293

  
  
• Trachenko K (2006), A stress relaxation approach to glass transition $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/18/19/L04

  
  
• Trachenko K, Dove MT, Artacho E et al. (2006), Atomistic simulations of resistance to amorphization by radiation damage $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.73.174207

  
  
• Walker AM, Dove MT, Sullivan LA et al. (2006), Anatomy of a grid-enabled molecular simulation study: the compressibility of amorphous silica $nameOfConference

  
  
• Todorov IT, Smith W, Trachenko K et al. (2006), DL_POLY_3: new dimensions in molecular dynamics simulations via massive parallelism $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1039/b517931a

  
  
• Lumpkin GR, Whittle KR, Rios S et al. (2006), Radiation damage in pyrochlore and related compounds $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1557/proc-932-64.1

  
  
• Trachenko K, Turlakov M (2006), Tunneling and interaction effects in two-level systems in glasses studied by atomistic simulations $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1103/Phys.RevB.73.012203

  
  
• Trachenko K, Pruneda JM, Artacho E et al. (2005), How the nature of the chemical bond governs resistance to amorphization by radiation damage $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.71.184104

  
  
• Pruneda JM, le Polles L, Farnan I et al. (2005), Calculation of the effect of intrinsic point defects and volume swelling in the nuclear magnetic resonance spectra of ZrSiO4 $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1080/08927020500066916

  
  
• Trachenko K, Dove MT, Salje EKH et al. (2005), Radiation damage in the bulk and at the surface $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1080/08927020500066825

  
  
• Tucker MG, Keen DA, Dove MT et al. (2005), Refinement of the Si-O-Si bond angle distribution in vitreous silica $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/17/5/008

  
  
• Trachenko K (2004), Understanding resistance to amorphization by radiation damage $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/16/49/R03

  
  
• Trachenko K, Dove MT (2004), Local events and stretched-exponential relaxation in glasses $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.70.132202

  
  
• Trachenko K, Pruneda M, Artacho E et al. (2004), Radiation damage effects in the perovskite CaTiO3 and resistance of materials to amorphization $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.70.134112

  
  
• Trachenko K, Dove MT, Brazhkin V et al. (2004), Network rigidity and properties of SiO2 and GeO2 glasses under pressure. $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.135502

  
  
• Trachenko K, Dove MT, Geisler T et al. (2004), Radiation damage effects and percolation theory $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/16/27/002

  
  
• Pruneda JM, Trachenko KO, Artacho E et al. (2004), Effects of volume swelling in crystalline host phases for nuclear waste immobilization $nameOfConference

  
  
• Trachenko K, Dove MT, Pruneda M et al. (2004), Radiation-induced structural changes, percolation effects and resistance to amorphization by radiation damage $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1557/proc-792-r6.2

  
  
• Trachenko K, Dove MT, Brazhkin VV et al. (2003), Rigidity and logarithmic relaxation in network glasses $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/15/49/L02

  
  
• Geisler T, Trachenko K, Rios S et al. (2003), Impact of self-irradiation damage on the aqueous durability of zircon (ZrSiO4): implications for its suitability as a nuclear waste form $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/15/37/L07

  
  
• Trachenko K, Dove MT, Salje EKH (2003), Reply to comment on 'large swelling and percolation in irradiated zircon' $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/15/37/N02

  
  
• Trachenko K, Dove MT (2003), Intermediate state in pressurized silica glass: Reversibility window analogue $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.67.212203

  
  
• Trachenko K, Dove MT (2003), Compressibility, kinetics, and phase transition in pressurized amorphous silica $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.67.064107

  
  
• Trachenko K, Dove MT, Salje EKH (2003), Large swelling and percolation in irradiated zircon $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/15/2/101

  
  
• Trachenko K, Dove MT (2002), Densification of silica glass under pressure $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/14/32/304

  
  
• Palin EJ, Trachenko KO, Dove MT (2002), Computer simulation study of low-energy excitations of silicate glasses $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/14/19/312

  
  
• Wells SA, Dove MT, Tucker MG et al. (2002), Real-space rigid-unit-mode analysis of dynamic disorder in quartz, cristobalite and amorphous silica $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/14/18/302

  
  
• Trachenko K, Dove MT, Salje EKH (2002), Erratum: Publisher's note: Structural changes in zircon under α-decay irradiation (Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics (2002) 65 (180102)) $nameOfConference

  
  
• Trachenko K, Dove MT, Salje EKH (2002), Structural changes in zircon under alpha-decay irradiation $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.65.180102

  
  
• Trachenko K, Dove MT, Salje EKH (2002), Structural changes in zircon under alpha-decay irradiation (vol B 65, art no 180102, 2002) $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.65.189902

  
  
• Trachenko K, Dove MT, Heine V (2002), Origin of the T1+alpha dependence of the heat capacity of glasses at low temperature $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.65.092201

  
  
• Trachenko K, Dove MT (2002), Floppy modes in silica glass under pressure $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/14/6/303

  
  
• Trachenko K, Dove MT, Salje EKH (2001), Atomistic modelling of radiation damage in zircon $nameOfConference

  
  
• Trachenko K, Dove MT, Heine V (2001), Simulation of two-level tunneling states and floppy modes in silica glass $nameOfConference

  
  
• Trachenko KO, Dove MT, Salje EKH (2001), Atomistic modelling of radiation damage in zircon $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/13/9/317

  
  
• Trachenko KO, Dove MT, Harris MJ et al. (2000), Dynamics of silica glass: two-level tunnelling states and low-energy floppy modes $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/12/37/304

  
  
• Dove MT, Hammonds KD, Harris MJ et al. (2000), Amorphous silica from the Rigid Unit Mode approach $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1180/002646100549454

  
  
• Dove MT, Craig MS, Keen DA et al. (2000), Crystal structure of the high-pressure monoclinic phase-II of cristobalite, SiO2 $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1180/002646100549436

  
  
• Trachenko K, Dove MT, Salje E (2000), Modelling the percolation-type transition in radiation damage $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1063/1.373444

  
  
• Dove MT, Trachenko KO, Tucker MG et al. (2000), Rigid unit modes in framework structures: Theory, experiment and applications $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.2138/rmg.2000.39.01

  
  
• Trachenko K, Dove MT, Hammonds KD et al. (1998), Low energy dynamics and tunneling states in silica glass $nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.3431

  
  

Supervision

This is not an exhaustive list and I would be happy to discuss other project possibilities.