The London Institute’s papers are the official record of our discoveries. They allow others to build on and apply our work. Each one is the result of many months of research, so we strive to make them clear, inspiring and beautiful, and publish them in leading journals.

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Theory of materials

Dirac cones in 2D borane

The structure of two-dimensional borane, a new semi-metallic single-layered material, has two Dirac cones that meet right at the Fermi energy.

CPChris PickardMMTGAB
Physical Review B
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Theory of materials

Structure and stability of salts

The stable structures of calcium and magnesium carbonate at high pressures are crucial for understanding the Earth's deep carbon cycle.

CPChris PickardRN
Physical Review B
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Theory of materials

Predicting interface structures

Generating random structures in the vicinity of a material’s defect predicts the low and high energy atomic structure at the grain boundary.

CPChris PickardGS
Physical Review B