Prof Kostya Trachenko
Professor of Physics
School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
Queen Mary University of London
Queen Mary University of London
Research
theory of states of matter including theory of liquids and supercritical fluids, links between fundamental physical constants and system properties, theory of melting, high pressure, glasses, radiation damage in nuclear and fusion energy and waste forms
Interests
My research interests mostly lie in theoretical and computational condensed matter physics:- fundamental theory of states of matter including theory of liquids and supercritical fluids
- theory of melting
- links between fundamental physical constants and system properties and the origin of fundamental constants
- links between field theory and condensed matter physics
- high pressure
- glasses and glass transition
- radiation damage effects including in nuclear and fusion energy and waste forms
Publications
Publications of specific relevance to the Centre for Experimental and Applied Physics2025
Extrinsic and intrinsic effects setting viscosity in complex fluids and life processes: the role of fundamental physical constants.Trachenko K, Tello PG, Kauffman SA and Succi S
The European Physical Journal E, Springer Nature vol. 48 (1)
01-01-2025
2024
Generally applicable physics-based equation of state for liquidsProctor JE and Trachenko K
Reports on Progress in Physics, Iop Publishing vol. 87 (9)
22-08-2024
High energy radiation tolerance of iron phosphate glasses: Molecular dynamics studyCockrell C, Joseph K, Patel MK, Grimes RW and Trachenko K
Journal of Nuclear Materials, Elsevier vol. 596
01-08-2024
Theory of melting linesTrachenko K
Physical Review E, American Physical Society (Aps) vol. 109 (3)
01-03-2024
Viscosity bounds in liquids with different structure and bonding typesWithington M, Devereux HL, Cockrell C, Elena AM, Todorov IT, Liu ZK, Shang SL, McCloy JS, Bingham PA and Trachenko K
Physical Review B, American Physical Society (Aps) vol. 109 (9)
01-03-2024
How heat propagates in liquid 3HeBehnia K and Trachenko K
Nature Communications, Springer Nature vol. 15 (1)
27-02-2024
Thermodynamics and transport in molten chloride salts and their mixturesCockrell C, Withington M-A, Devereux H, Elena A, Todorov I, Liu Z-K, Shang S, McCloy J, Bingham P and Trachenko K
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Royal Society of Chemistry (Rsc)
01-01-2024
Self-organization of ecosystems to exclude half of all potential invadersCockrell C, O'Sullivan JD, Terry JCD, Nwankwo EC, Trachenko K and Rossberg AG
Physical Review Research, American Physical Society (Aps) vol. 6 (1)
01-01-2024
2023
Viscosity and diffusion in life processes and tuning of fundamental constantsTrachenko K
Reports on Progress in Physics, Iop Publishing vol. 86 (11)
09-10-2023
Fast dynamics and high effective dimensionality of liquid fluidityCockrell C, Dicks O, Todorov IT, Elena AM and Trachenko K
Scientific Reports, Springer Nature vol. 13 (1)
20-09-2023
Constraints on fundamental physical constants from bio-friendly viscosity and diffusionTrachenko K
Science Advances, American Association For The Advancement of Science (Aaas) vol. 9 (34)
23-08-2023
Dynamical indistinguishability and statistics in quantum fluidsZaccone A and Trachenko K
Annals of Physics, Elsevier vol. 452
01-05-2023
Properties of condensed matter from fundamental physical constantsTrachenko K
Advances in Physics, 1-44.
29-03-2023
Microscopic dynamics and Bose–Einstein condensation in liquid heliumTrachenko K
Journal of Physics Condensed Matter, Iop Publishing vol. 35 (8)
24-01-2023
2022
Microscopic Structure of Liquid Nitric OxideMarinakis S, Cockrell C, Trachenko K, Headen TF and Soper AK
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, American Chemical Society (Acs) vol. 126 (47), 9860-9870.
18-11-2022
An Overview of Ukrainian Thermophysics Research (1926 to 2022)Diky V, Zakusylo R and Trachenko K
International Journal of Thermophysics, Springer Nature vol. 44 (1)
08-11-2022
Double universality of the transition in the supercritical state.Cockrell C and Trachenko K
Science Advances, American Association For The Advancement of Science vol. 8 (32), eabq5183-eabq5183.
12-08-2022
Dynamical quantum indistinguishabilityTrachenko K
Annals of Physics, Elsevier Masson vol. 441, 168886-168886.
22-04-2022
2021
The quantum mechanics of viscosityTrachenko K and Brazhkin VV
Physics Today vol. 74 (12), 66-67.
01-12-2021
Transition in the supercritical state of matter: Review of experimental evidenceCockrell C, Brazhkin VV and Trachenko K
Physics Reports vol. 941, 1-27.
19-10-2021
Speed of sound from fundamental physical constantsTrachenko K, Monserrat T, Pickard C and Brazhkin V
Science Advances, American Association For The Advancement of Science
09-10-2021
Universal interrelation between dynamics and thermodynamics and a dynamically driven “c” transition in fluidsCockrell C, Brazhkin VV and Trachenko K
Physical Review E, American Physical Society (Aps) vol. 104 (3), 034108-034108.
07-09-2021
Radiation damage effects on helium diffusion in zirconDiver A, Dicks O, Elena AM, Todorov IT, Geisler T and Trachenko K
Journal of Materials Research, Springer Nature vol. 36 (16), 3239-3247.
17-08-2021
Slow stretched-exponential and fast compressed-exponential relaxation from local event dynamics.Trachenko K and Zaccone A
Journal of Physics Condensed Matter, Iop Publishing vol. 33 (31)
14-06-2021
Dissipation and energy gapTrachenko K
Journal of Physics Communications, Iop Publishing vol. 5 (6)
01-06-2021
Similarity between the kinematic viscosity of quark-gluon plasma and liquids at the viscosity minimumTrachenko K, Brazhkin V and Baggioli M
Scipost Physics, Stichting Scipost vol. 10 (5)
27-05-2021
Similarity between the kinematic viscosity of quark-gluon plasma and liquids at the viscosity minimumBaggioli M, Trachenko K and Brazhkin V
Scipost Physics, Scipost
02-03-2021
Universal L−3 finite-size effects in the viscoelasticity of amorphous systemsPhillips AE, Baggioli M, Sirk TW, Trachenko K and Zaccone A
Physical Review Materials, American Physical Society (Aps) vol. 5 (3)
01-03-2021
Erratum: Collective modes and gapped momentum states in liquid Ga: Experiment, theory, and simulation [Phys. Rev. B 101, 214312 (2020)]Khusnutdinoff RM, Cockrell C, Dicks OA, Jensen ACS, Le MD, Wang L, Dove MT, Mokshin AV, Brazhkin VV and Trachenko K
Physical Review B, American Physical Society (Aps) vol. 103 (9)
01-03-2021
Reply to Angelani et al.: The G′ ∼ L−3 law for the elasticity of confined liquids can be proved exactlyZaccone A and Trachenko K
Proceedings of The National Academy of Sciences of The United States of America, Proceedings of The National Academy of Sciences vol. 118 (9)
22-02-2021
Radiation damage effects in amorphous zirconoliteDiver A, Dicks O, Todorov IT, Elena AM and Trachenko K
Journal of Nuclear Materials, Elsevier vol. 544
01-02-2021
Similarity between the kinematic viscosity of quark-gluon plasma and liquids at the viscosity minimumBaggioli M, Trachenko K and Brazhkin V
31-01-2021
Universal lower bounds on energy and momentum diffusion in liquidsTrachenko K, Matteo B, Kamran B and Vadim B
Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, American Physical Society vol. 103, 1-7.
28-01-2021
2020
Speed of sound from fundamental physical constantsTrachenko K, Monserrat B, Pickard CJ and Brazhkin VV
Science Advances, American Association For The Advancement of Science (Aaas) vol. 6 (41)
09-10-2020
Explaining the low-frequency shear elasticity of confined liquidsZaccone A and Trachenko K
Proceedings of The National Academy of Sciences of Usa, National Academy of Sciences vol. 117 (33), 19653-19655.
03-08-2020
Evolution of amorphous structure under irradiation: zircon case studyDiver A, Dicks O, Elena AM, Todorov IT and Trachenko K
Journal of Physics Condensed Matter, Iop Publishing vol. 32 (41)
22-07-2020
Field theory of dissipative systems with gapped momentum statesBaggioli M, Vasin M, Brazhkin VV and Trachenko K
Physical Review D, American Physical Society (Aps) vol. 102 (2)
13-07-2020
Pronounced structural crossover in water at supercritical pressuresCockrell C, Dicks OA, Brazhkin VV and Trachenko K
Journal of Physics Condensed Matter, Iop Publishing vol. 32 (38)
19-06-2020
Gapped momentum statesBaggioli M, Vasin M, Brazhkin V and Trachenko K
Physics Reports, Elsevier vol. 865, 1-44.
01-06-2020
Collective modes and gapped momentum states in liquid Ga: Experiment, theory, and simulationKhusnutdinoff RM, Cockrell C, Dicks OA, Jensen ACS, Le MD, Wang L, Dove MT, Mokshin AV, Brazhkin VV and Trachenko K
Physical Review B, American Physical Society (Aps) vol. 101 (21)
01-06-2020
Experimental and modeling evidence for structural crossover in supercritical CO2Cockrell CJ, Dicks O, Wang L, Trachenko K, Soper AK, Brazhkin VV and Marinakis S
Physical Review E, American Physical Society (Aps) vol. 101 (5)
01-05-2020
Minimal quantum viscosity from fundamental physical constantsTrachenko K and Brazhkin VV
Science Advances, American Association For The Advancement of Science (Aaas) vol. 6 (17), eaba3747-eaba3747.
24-04-2020
2019
Quantum dissipation in a scalar field theory with gapped momentum statesTRACHENKO KOSTYA
Scientific Reports, Nature Publishing Group
01-05-2019
Maxwell interpolation and close similarities between liquids and holographic modelsBaggioli M and Trachenko K
Physical Review D vol. 99 (10)
18-04-2019
Thermodynamic heterogeneity and crossover in the supercritical state of matterWang L, Yang C, Dove MT, Brazhkin VV and Trachenko K
Journal of Physics Condensed Matter, Iop Publishing vol. 31 (22)
22-03-2019
Low frequency propagating shear waves in holographic liquidsBaggioli M and Trachenko K
The Journal of High Energy Physics, Springer Verlag (Germany) vol. 2019 (3)
15-03-2019
Reply to “Comment on ‘Lagrangian formulation and symmetrical description of liquid dynamics'”Trachenko K
Physical Review E, American Physical Society (Aps) vol. 99 (3)
01-03-2019
The nature of collective excitations and their crossover at extreme supercritical conditionsWang L, Yang C, Dove MT, Mokshin AV, Brazhkin VV and Trachenko K
Scientific Reports, Springer Nature vol. 9 (1)
24-01-2019
2018
Liquid-like and gas-like features of a simple fluid: An insight from theory and simulationBrazhkin VV, Fomin YD, Ryzhov VN, Tsiok EN and Trachenko K
Physica a Statistical Mechanics and Its Applications, Elsevier vol. 509, 690-702.
01-11-2018
Yang et al. Reply:Yang C, Dove MT, Brazhkin VV and Trachenko K
Physical Review Letters, American Physical Society (Aps) vol. 120 (21)
25-05-2018
Comment on Behavior of Supercritical Fluids Across the Frenkel Line.Brazhkin VV, Prescher C, Fomin YD, Tsiok EN, Lyapin AG, Ryzhov VN, Prakapenka VB, Stefanski J, Trachenko K and Sapelkin AV
J Phys Chem B
04-05-2018
Emergence of microstructure and oxygen diffusion in yttrium-stabilized cubic zirconiaYang C, Trachenko K, Hull S, Todorov IT and Dove MT
Physical Review B, American Physical Society (Aps) vol. 97 (18)
01-05-2018
Dynamics, thermodynamics and structure of liquids and supercritical fluids: crossover at the Frenkel lineFomin YD, Ryzhov VN, Tsiok EN, Proctor JE, Prescher C, Prakapenka VB, Trachenko K and Brazhkin VV
Journal of Physics Condensed Matter, Iop Publishing vol. 30 (13)
06-03-2018
2017
Lagrangian formulation and symmetrical description of liquid dynamicsTRACHENKO K
Physical Review E, American Physical Society vol. 96, 062134(1)-062134(5).
21-12-2017
Rigid liquid –to– dense gas transition at supercritical pressuresBrazhkin VV, Fomin YD, Ryzhov VN, Tsiok EN and Trachenko K
Journal of Physics Conference Series. vol. 950 (3)
01-10-2017
Supercritical Grüneisen parameter and its universality at the Frenkel
lineWang L, Dove MT, Trachenko K, Fomin YD and Brazhkin VV
Physical Review E vol. 96
07-07-2017
Short-range dynamics in the solid and liquid phasesAndritsos EI, Dove MT, Demmel F and Trachenko K
20-06-2017
Emergence and Evolution of the k Gap in Spectra of Liquid and Supercritical StatesTRACHENKO K, Yang C, Dove MT and Brazhkin VV
Physical Review Letters, American Physical Society vol. 118, 1-5.
26-05-2017
Experimental evidence of the Frenkel line in supercritical neonPrescher C, Fomin YD, Prakapenka VB, Stefanski J, Trachenko K and Brazhkin VV
Physical Review B vol. 95 (13)
26-04-2017
Direct links between dynamical, thermodynamic and structural properties
of liquids: modelling resultsWang L, Yang C, Dove MT, Fomin YD, Brazhkin VV and Trachenko K
Physical Review E, American Physical Society
07-03-2017
Stable equilibrium point and oscillatory motion of the Universe
in a model with variable vacuum energyTRACHENKO K
Physical Review D, American Physical Society vol. 95, 043522-043522.
21-02-2017
2016
Crossover of collective modes and positive sound dispersion in supercritical state (vol 28, 43LT01, 2016)Fomin YD, Ryzhov VN, Tsiok EN, Brazhkin VV and Trachenko K
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, Iop Publishing vol. 29 (5)
02-12-2016
Crossover of collective modes and positive sound dispersion in supercritical state.Fomin YD, Ryzhov VN, Tsiok EN, Brazhkin VV and Trachenko K
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, Iop Publishing: Hybrid Open Access vol. 28 (43), 43LT01-43LT01.
07-09-2016
Anomalous vacuum energy and stability of a quantum liquid.Trachenko K and Brazhkin VV
J Phys Condens Matter, Iop Publishing vol. 28 (12), 12LT01-12LT01.
24-02-2016
The Frenkel line and isotope effectFomin YD, Ryzhov VN, Tsiok EN, Brazhkin VV and Trachenko K
Physica a Statistical Mechanics and Its Applications, Elsevier vol. 444, 890-896.
01-02-2016
2015
Collective modes and thermodynamics of the liquid stateTrachenko K and Brazhkin VV
Reports on Progress in Physics, Iop Publishing vol. 79 (1)
22-12-2015
Electronic effects in high-energy radiation damage in tungstenZarkadoula E, Duffy DM, Nordlund K, Seaton MA, Todorov IT, Weber WJ and Trachenko K
Journal of Physics Condensed Matter, Iop Publishing vol. 27 (13)
13-03-2015
Reply to “Comment on ‘Dynamic transition of supercritical hydrogen: Defining the boundary between interior and atmosphere in gas giants’ ”Trachenko K and Brazhkin VV
Physical Review E, American Physical Society (Aps) vol. 91 (3)
01-03-2015
Frenkel line and solubility maximum in supercritical fluidsYang C, Brazhkin VV, Dove MT and Trachenko K
Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics, American Physical Society vol. 91 (1)
01-01-2015
Between glass and gas: Thermodynamics of liquid matterBrazhkin VV and Trachenko K
Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids. vol. 407, 149-153.
01-01-2015
Frenkel line and solubility maximum in supercritical fluids.Yang C, Brazhkin VV, Dove MT and Trachenko K
Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys vol. 91 (1), 012112-012112.
01-01-2015
Reply to Comment on 'Dynamic transition of supercritical hydrogen: Defining the boundary between interior and atmosphere in gas giants'Trachenko K and Brazhkin VV
Physical Review E vol. 91 (3)
01-01-2015
2014
The Frenkel line and supercritical technologiesBrazhkin VV, Lyapin AG, Ryzhov VN, Trachenko K, Fomin YD and Tsiok EN
Russian Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Pleiades Publishing vol. 8 (8), 1087-1094.
01-12-2014
Dynamic transition in supercritical ironFomin YD, Ryzhov VN, Tsiok EN, Brazhkin VV and Trachenko K
Scientific Reports, Springer Nature vol. 4 (1)
26-11-2014
Thermodynamics and Widom lines in supercritical carbon dioxideFomin YD, Ryzhov VN, Tsiok EN, Brazhkin VV and Trachenko K
25-11-2014
Solid-state diffusion in amorphous zirconoliteYang C, Zarkadoula E, Dove MT, Todorov IT, Geisler T, Brazhkin VV and Trachenko K
Journal of Applied Physics, Aip Publishing vol. 116 (18)
10-11-2014
Collective Excitations and Thermodynamics of Disordered State: New Insights into an Old ProblemBrazhkin VV and Trachenko K
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, American Chemical Society (Acs) vol. 118 (39), 11417-11427.
17-09-2014
Varying vacuum energy of a self-interacting scalar fieldTrachenko K
Annals of Physics vol. 362
28-08-2014
Dynamic transition of supercritical hydrogen: Defining the boundary between interior and atmosphere in gas giantsTrachenko K, Brazhkin VV and Bolmatov D
Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics vol. 89 (3)
21-03-2014
Measurement of bitumen viscosity in the room-temperature drop
experiment: student education, public outreach and modern science in oneWiddicombe AT, Ravindrarajah P, Sapelkin A, Phillips AE, Dunstan D, Dove MT, Brazhkin VV and Trachenko K
Physics Education 49(4), 406 (2014)
21-03-2014
Dynamic transition of supercritical hydrogen: defining the boundary between interior and atmosphere in gas giants.Trachenko K, Brazhkin VV and Bolmatov D
Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys vol. 89 (3)
01-03-2014
2013
Non-perturbative treatment of strongly-interacting fields: insights from
liquid theoryTrachenko K and Brazhkin VV
Annals of Physics vol. 347
14-11-2013
Liquid-gas transition in the supercritical region: fundamental changes in the particle dynamics.Brazhkin VV, Fomin YD, Lyapin AG, Ryzhov VN, Tsiok EN and Trachenko K
Phys Rev Lett, American Physical Society vol. 111 (14)
04-10-2013
Dynamic transition of supercritical hydrogen in gas giants: defining the
boundary between interior and atmosphereTrachenko K, Brazhkin VV and Bolmatov D
Physical Review E vol. 89
25-09-2013
Structural Origin of Light Emission in Germanium Quantum DotsSapelkin AV, Bolmatov D, Karatutlu A, Little W, Trachenko K, Cibin G, Taylor R, Mosselmans F, Dent AJ and Mountjoy G
16-09-2013
Evidence for structural crossover in the supercritical stateBolmatov D, Brazhkin VV, Fomin YD, Ryzhov VN and Trachenko K
J. Chem. Phys. vol. 139
08-08-2013
High-energy radiation damage in zirconia: modeling resultsZarkadoula E, Devanathan R, Weber WJ, Seaton M, Todorov IT, Nordlund K, Dove MT and Trachenko K
12-07-2013
Electronic effects in high-energy radiation damage in ironZarkadoula E, Daraszewicz S, Duffy DM, Seaton M, Todorov IT, Nordlund K, Dove MT and Trachenko K
J. Phys.: Condens. Matter vol. 26
12-07-2013
Symmetry breaking gives rise to energy spectra of three states of matterBolmatov D, Musaev ET and Trachenko K
Sci. Rep. vol. 3
08-06-2013
The nature of high-energy radiation damage in iron.Zarkadoula E, Daraszewicz SL, Duffy DM, Seaton MA, Todorov IT, Nordlund K, Dove MT and Trachenko K
J Phys Condens Matter vol. 25 (12)
27-03-2013
Thermodynamic behavior of supercritical matterBolmatov D, Brazhkin VV and Trachenko K
Nature Communications vol. 4
13-03-2013
Helium at elevated pressures: Quantum liquid with non-static shear
rigidityBolmatov D, Brazhkin VV and Trachenko K
J. Appl. Phys. vol. 113
08-03-2013
Heat capacity of matter beyond the Dulong-Petit valueAndritsos EI, Zarkadoula E, Phillips AE, Dove MT, Walker CJ, Brazhkin VV and Trachenko K
J. Phys.: Cond. Matt vol. 25
14-02-2013
Structural changes in zirconolite under α-decay.Chappell HF, Dove MT, Trachenko K, McKnight REA, Carpenter MA and Redfern SAT
J Phys Condens Matter vol. 25 (5)
06-02-2013
2012
The nature of high-energy radiation damage in iron: Modeling resultsZarkadoula E, Dove MT, Daraszewicz SL, Duffy DM, Seaton M, Todorov IT, Nordlund K and Trachenko K
J. Phys.: Condens. Matter vol. 25
26-11-2012
Two liquid states of matter: A dynamic line on a phase diagram.Brazhkin VV, Fomin YD, Lyapin AG, Ryzhov VN and Trachenko K
Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys vol. 85 (3-1)
01-03-2012
The phonon theory of liquid thermodynamicsBolmatov D, Brazhkin V and Trachenko K
Sci. Rep. vol. 2
02-02-2012
What separates a liquid from a gas?Brazhkin VV and Trachenko K
Physics Today vol. 65 (11), 68-69.
01-01-2012
Universal crossover of liquid dynamics in supercritical regionBrazhkin VV, Fomin YD, Lyapin AG, Ryzhov VN and Trachenko K
Jetp Letters vol. 95 (3), 164-169.
01-01-2012
Modeling high-energy radiation damage in nuclear and fusion applicationsTrachenko K, Zarkadoula E, Todorov IT, Dove MT, Dunstan DJ and Nordlund K
Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B-Beam Interactions With Materials and Atoms vol. 277, 6-13.
01-01-2012
Where is the supercritical fluid on the phase diagram?Brazhkin VV, Lyapin AG, Ryzhov VN, Trachenko K, Fomin YD and Tsiok EN
Uspekhi Fizicheskih Nauk, Uspekhi Fizicheskikh Nauk (Ufn) Journal vol. 182 (11), 1137-1156.
01-01-2012
2011
Liquid heat capacity in the approach from the solid state: Anharmonic theory (vol 84, 054106, 2011)Bolmatov D and Trachenko K
Phys Rev B vol. 84 (5)
26-08-2011
Erratum: Liquid heat capacity in the approach from the solid state: Anharmonic theory (Physical Review B (2011) 84 (054106))Bolmatov D and Trachenko K
Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics vol. 84 (5)
26-08-2011
Nonlocal dielectric relaxation in glycerolPronin AA, Trachenko K, Kondrin MV, Lyapin AG and Brazhkin VV
Phys Rev B vol. 84 (1)
26-07-2011
Atomistic modeling of multiple amorphous-amorphous transitions in SiO2 and GeO2 glasses at megabar pressuresBrazhkin VV, Lyapin AG and Trachenko K
Phys Rev B vol. 83 (13)
19-04-2011
Two liquid states of matter: A new dynamic line on a phase diagramBrazhkin VV, Fomin YD, Lyapin AG, Ryzhov VN and Trachenko K
18-04-2011
Observation of non-local dielectric relaxation in glycerolPronin AA, Trachenko K, Kondrin MV and Brazhkin VV
Physical Review B vol. 84
22-03-2011
Liquid heat capacity in the approach from the solid state: anharmonic
theoryBolmatov D and Trachenko K
Phys. Rev. B vol. 84
21-03-2011
2010
Understanding spin glass transition as a dynamic phenomenonTrachenko K
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter vol. 23
07-11-2010
Heat capacity at the glass transitionTrachenko K and Brazhkin V
Physical Review B vol. 83
10-02-2010
2009
Understanding the problem of glass transition on the basis of elastic waves in a liquidTrachenko K and Brazhkin VV
J Phys-Condens Mat vol. 21 (42)
21-10-2009
eScience for molecular-scale simulations and the eMinerals project.Salje EKH, Artacho E, Austen KF, Bruin RP, Calleja M, Chappell HF, Chiang G-T, Dove MT, Frame I, Goodwin AL, Kleese van Dam K, Marmier A, Parker SC, Pruneda JM, Todorov IT, Trachenko K, Tyer RP, Walker AM and White TOH
Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci England. vol. 367 (1890), 967-985.
13-03-2009
2008
First-principles calculations of structural changes in B2O3 glass under pressureTrachenko K, Brazhkin VV, Ferlat G, Dove MT and Artacho E
Phys Rev B vol. 78 (17)
01-11-2008
Understanding the problem of glass transition on the basis of elastic
waves in a liquidTrachenko K and Brazhkin VV
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter vol. 21
18-09-2008
Heat capacity of liquids: An approach from the solid phaseTrachenko K
Phys Rev B vol. 78 (10)
01-09-2008
The Vogel-Fulcher-Tammann law in the elastic theory of glass transitionTrachenko K
J Non-Cryst Solids vol. 354 (32), 3903-3906.
15-08-2008
Nature of Structural Transformations in the B2O3 Glass under High
PressureBrazhkin VV, Katayama Y, Trachenko K, Tsiok OB, Lyapin AG, Artacho E, Dove M, Ferlat G, Inamura Y and Saitoh H
Physical Review Letters vol. 101
13-05-2008
Relationship between the nonexponentiality of relaxation and relaxation time in the problem of glass transition.Trachenko K, Roland CM and Casalini R
J Phys Chem B vol. 112 (16), 5111-5115.
24-04-2008
Liquid elasticity length, universal dynamic crossovers, and glass transitionTrachenko K and Brazhkin VV
J Phys-Condens Mat vol. 20 (7)
20-02-2008
2007
The origin of the compressibility anomaly in amorphous silica: a molecular dynamics studyWalker AM, Sullivan LA, Trachenko K, Bruin RP, White TOH, Dove MT, Tyer RP, Todorov IT and Wells SA
J Phys-Condens Mat vol. 19 (27)
11-07-2007
Relationship between non-exponentiality of relaxation and relaxation
time at the glass transitionTrachenko K, Roland CM and Casalini R
See J. Phys. Chem. B vol. 112
03-07-2007
Logarithmic relaxation in radiation-amorphized zirconTrachenko K, Brazhkin VV, Tsiok OB, Dove MT and Salje EKH
Phys Rev B vol. 76 (1)
01-07-2007
Slow dynamics and stress relaxation in a liquid as an elastic mediumTrachenko K
Phys Rev B vol. 75 (21)
01-06-2007
Liquid elasticity length and universal dynamic crossoversTrachenko K and Brazhkin V
J. Phys.: Condens. Matter vol. 20
23-04-2007
Nature of the chemical bond and prediction of radiation tolerance in pyrochlore and defect fluorite compoundsLumpkin GR, Pruneda M, Rios S, Smith KL, Trachenko K, Whittle KR and Zaluzec NJ
J Solid State Chem vol. 180 (4), 1512-1518.
01-04-2007
Pressure-induced structural transformation in radiation-amorphized zircon.Trachenko K, Brazhkin VV, Tsiok OB, Dove MT and Salje EKH
Phys Rev Lett vol. 98 (13)
30-03-2007
Structural flexibility of cuprate superconductorsTrachenko K
Phil Mag Lett vol. 87 (9), 637-643.
01-01-2007
2006
Molecular dynamics in a grid computing environment: experiences using DL_POLY_3 within the eMinerals escience projectDove MT, Sullivan LA, Walker AM, Bruin RP, White TOH, Trachenko K, Murray-Rust P, Todorov IT, Tyer RP, Couch PA, van Dam KK and Smith W
Mol Simulat vol. 32 (12-13), 945-952.
01-10-2006
A stress relaxation approach to glass transitionTrachenko K
J Phys-Condens Mat vol. 18 (19), L251-L258.
17-05-2006
Atomistic simulations of resistance to amorphization by radiation damageTrachenko K, Dove MT, Artacho E, Todorov IT and Smith W
Phys Rev B vol. 73 (17)
01-05-2006
Anatomy of a grid-enabled molecular simulation study: the compressibility of amorphous silicaWalker AM, Dove MT, Sullivan LA, Trachenko K, Bruin RP, White TO, Murray-RuSt P, Tyer RP, Couch PA, Todorov IT, Smith W and van Dam KK
Proceedings of the UK e-Science All Hands Meeting 2006., 653-660. Editors: Cox SJ.
01-01-2006
DL_POLY_3: new dimensions in molecular dynamics simulations via massive parallelismTodorov IT, Smith W, Trachenko K and Dove MT
J Mater Chem vol. 16 (20), 1911-1918.
01-01-2006
Radiation damage in pyrochlore and related compoundsLumpkin GR, Whittle KR, Rios S, Trachenko K, Pruneda M, Harvey EJ, Redfern SAT, Smith KL and Zaluzec NJ
Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXIX. vol. 932, 549-558. Editors: VanIseghem P.
01-01-2006
Tunneling and interaction effects in two-level systems in glasses studied by atomistic simulationsTrachenko K and Turlakov M
Phys Rev B vol. 73 (1)
01-01-2006
Radiation Damage in Pyrochlore and Related CompoundsLumpkin GR, Whittle KR, Rios S, Trachenko K, Pruneda M, Harvey EJ, Redfern SAT, Smith KL and Zaluzec NJ
Mrs Advances, Springer Nature vol. 932
01-01-2006
2005
How the nature of the chemical bond governs resistance to amorphization by radiation damageTrachenko K, Pruneda JM, Artacho E and Dove MT
Phys Rev B vol. 71 (18)
01-05-2005
Radiation damage in the bulk and at the surfaceTrachenko K, Dove MT, Salje EKH, Todorov I, Smith W, Pruneda M and Artacho E
Mol Simulat vol. 31 (5), 355-359.
30-04-2005
Calculation of the effect of intrinsic point defects and volume swelling in the nuclear magnetic resonance spectra of ZrSiO4Pruneda JM, le Polles L, Farnan I, Trachenko K, Dove MT and Artacho E
Mol Simulat vol. 31 (5), 349-354.
30-04-2005
Refinement of the Si-O-Si bond angle distribution in vitreous silicaTucker MG, Keen DA, Dove MT and Trachenko K
JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER. vol. 17 (5), S67-S75.
09-02-2005
2004
Understanding resistance to amorphization by radiation damageTrachenko K
J Phys-Condens Mat vol. 16 (49), R1491-R1515.
15-12-2004
Local events and stretched-exponential relaxation in glassesTrachenko K and Dove MT
Phys Rev B vol. 70 (13)
01-10-2004
Radiation damage effects in the perovskite CaTiO3 and resistance of materials to amorphizationTrachenko K, Pruneda M, Artacho E and Dove MT
Phys Rev B vol. 70 (13)
01-10-2004
Network rigidity and properties of SiO2 and GeO2 glasses under pressure.Trachenko K, Dove MT, Brazhkin V and El'kin FS
Phys Rev Lett vol. 93 (13)
24-09-2004
Radiation damage effects and percolation theoryTrachenko K, Dove MT, Geisler T, Todorov I and Smith B
J Phys-Condens Mat vol. 16 (27), S2623-S2627.
14-07-2004
Effects of volume swelling in crystalline host phases for nuclear waste immobilizationPruneda JM, Trachenko KO, Artacho E, Lumpkin G, Farnan I, Redfern SAT, Ashbrook SE, Whittle K, Salje EK, Rios S, Zhang M, Maddrell E, Attfield JP and Dove M
GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA. vol. 68 (11), A110-A110.
01-01-2004
Radiation-induced structural changes, percolation effects and resistance to amorphization by radiation damageTrachenko K, Dove MT, Pruneda M, Artacho E, Salje E, Geisler T, Todorov I and Smith B
RADIATION EFFECTS AND ION-BEAM PROCESSING OF MATERIALS. vol. 792, 509-524. Editors: Wang LM, Fromknecht R, Snead LL, Downey DF and Takahashi H.
01-01-2004
2003
Rigidity and logarithmic relaxation in network glassesTrachenko K, Dove MT, Brazhkin VV and Phillips JC
J Phys-Condens Mat vol. 15 (49), L743-L748.
17-12-2003
Impact of self-irradiation damage on the aqueous durability of zircon (ZrSiO4): implications for its suitability as a nuclear waste formGeisler T, Trachenko K, Rios S, Dove MT and Salje EKH
J Phys-Condens Mat vol. 15 (37), L597-L605.
24-09-2003
Reply to comment on 'large swelling and percolation in irradiated zircon'Trachenko K, Dove MT and Salje EKH
J Phys-Condens Mat vol. 15 (37), 6457-6471.
24-09-2003
Intermediate state in pressurized silica glass: Reversibility window analogueTrachenko K and Dove MT
Phys Rev B vol. 67 (21)
01-06-2003
Compressibility, kinetics, and phase transition in pressurized amorphous silicaTrachenko K and Dove MT
Phys Rev B vol. 67 (6)
01-02-2003
Large swelling and percolation in irradiated zirconTrachenko K, Dove MT and Salje EKH
J Phys-Condens Mat vol. 15 (2), L1-L7.
22-01-2003
2002
Densification of silica glass under pressureTrachenko K and Dove MT
J Phys-Condens Mat vol. 14 (32), 7449-7459.
19-08-2002
Computer simulation study of low-energy excitations of silicate glassesPalin EJ, Trachenko KO and Dove MT
JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER. vol. 14 (19), 4857-4879.
20-05-2002
Real-space rigid-unit-mode analysis of dynamic disorder in quartz, cristobalite and amorphous silicaWells SA, Dove MT, Tucker MG and Trachenko K
J Phys-Condens Mat vol. 14 (18), 4645-4657.
13-05-2002
Erratum: Publisher's note: Structural changes in zircon under α-decay irradiation (Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics (2002) 65 (180102))Trachenko K, Dove MT and Salje EKH
Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics vol. 65 (18)
01-05-2002
Structural changes in zircon under alpha-decay irradiation (vol B 65, art no 180102, 2002)Trachenko K, Dove MT and Salje EKH
Phys Rev B vol. 65 (18)
01-05-2002
Structural changes in zircon under alpha-decay irradiationTrachenko K, Dove MT and Salje EKH
Phys Rev B vol. 65 (18)
01-05-2002
Origin of the T1+alpha dependence of the heat capacity of glasses at low temperatureTrachenko K, Dove MT and Heine V
Phys Rev B vol. 65 (9)
01-03-2002
Floppy modes in silica glass under pressureTrachenko K and Dove MT
J Phys-Condens Mat vol. 14 (6), 1143-1152.
18-02-2002
2001
Atomistic modelling of radiation damage in zirconTrachenko K, Dove MT and Salje EKH
2001 International Conference on Computational Nanoscience - Iccn 2001, 145-148.
01-12-2001
Simulation of two-level tunneling states and floppy modes in silica glassTrachenko K, Dove MT and Heine V
2001 International Conference on Computational Nanoscience - Iccn 2001, 121-124.
01-12-2001
Atomistic modelling of radiation damage in zirconTrachenko KO, Dove MT and Salje EKH
J Phys-Condens Mat vol. 13 (9), 1947-1959.
05-03-2001
2000
1. Rigid Unit Modes in Framework Structures: Theory, Experiment and ApplicationsDove MT, Trachenko KO, Tucker MG and Keen DA
In Transformation Processes in Minerals, De Gruyter 1-34.
31-12-2000
Dynamics of silica glass: two-level tunnelling states and low-energy floppy modesTrachenko KO, Dove MT, Harris MJ and Heine V
J Phys-Condens Mat vol. 12 (37), 8041-8064.
18-09-2000
Crystal structure of the high-pressure monoclinic phase-II of cristobalite, SiO2Dove MT, Craig MS, Keen DA, Marshall WG, Redfern SAT, Trachenko KO and Tucker MG
Mineral Mag vol. 64 (3), 569-576.
01-06-2000
Modelling the percolation-type transition in radiation damageTrachenko K, Dove MT and Salje E
J Appl Phys vol. 87 (11), 7702-7707.
01-06-2000
Amorphous silica from the Rigid Unit Mode approachDove MT, Hammonds KD, Harris MJ, Heine V, Keen DA, Pryde AKA, Trachenko K and Warren MC
Mineral Mag vol. 64 (3), 377-388.
01-06-2000
Rigid unit modes in framework structures: Theory, experiment and applicationsDove MT, Trachenko KO, Tucker MG and Keen DA
Rev Mineral Geochem vol. 39, 1-33.
01-01-2000
1999
Soft mode in locally anharmonic ‟φ3+φ4” modelStasyuk IV and Trachenko KO
Journal of Physical Studies, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv vol. 3 (1), 81-89.
01-01-1999
1998
Low energy dynamics and tunneling states in silica glassTrachenko K, Dove MT, Hammonds KD, Harris MJ and Heine V
Phys Rev Lett vol. 81 (16), 3431-3434.
19-10-1998
Grants
Grants of specific relevance to the Centre for Experimental and Applied PhysicsA molten salt community framework for predictive modelling of critical characteristicsKostya Trachenko
£147,082 EPSRC Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
01-07-2023 - 30-06-2026
(HEOM) High entropy oxides: understanding their unique properties and dynamics using machine learning interatomic potentials - MSCA PF-GF Trachenko/DicksKostya Trachenko
£262,232 EPSRC - EU Scheme
01-06-2023 - 28-02-2027
Developing next-generation DL_POLY for the benefit of the modelling communityKostya Trachenko
£368,611 EPSRC Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
01-10-2022 - 30-11-2025
Mechanisms and prediction of large scale ecological responses to environmental changeAxel Rossberg and Kostya Trachenko
£1,213,084 NERC Natural Environment Research Council
06-01-2020 - 04-04-2025
UK - India proposalKostya Trachenko
£121,288 EPSRC Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
01-07-2021 - 30-06-2024
Impact Accelerator Account (DL_POLY development)Kostya Trachenko
£3,600 EPSRC Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
01-01-2019 - 31-12-2019
Modelling of glasses as Nuclear Waste FormsKostya Trachenko
£381,907 EPSRC Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
04-12-2017 - 03-12-2020