Quentin Williams

10.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
161 papers, 7.6k citations indexed

About

Quentin Williams is a scholar working on Geophysics, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Quentin Williams has authored 161 papers receiving a total of 7.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 131 papers in Geophysics, 38 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 31 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Quentin Williams's work include High-pressure geophysics and materials (126 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (92 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (42 papers). Quentin Williams is often cited by papers focused on High-pressure geophysics and materials (126 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (92 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (42 papers). Quentin Williams collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and China. Quentin Williams's co-authors include Edward J. Garnero, Raymond Jeanloz, Elise Knittle, Thorne Lay, Craig C. Lundstrom, Russell J. Hemley, James B. Gill, J. Santillán, H. P. Scott and J. Revenaugh and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Quentin Williams

159 papers receiving 7.3k citations

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Seismic Detection of the Lunar Core

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	A note on the direction of core solidification in asteroids, the iron melting curve, and phase equilibria parameterizations 2024 ·Icarus ·Quentin Williams	2
2	High pressure raman spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction of K2Ca(CO3)2 bütschliite: multiple pressure-induced phase transitions in a double carbonate 2024 ·Physics and Chemistry of Minerals ·(unknown), Bora Kalkan, (unknown), Martin Kunz, Quentin Williams	2
3	Viscosity of Fe‐Ni‐C Liquids up to Core Pressures and Implications for Dynamics of Planetary Cores 2022 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Feng Zhu, Xiaojing Lai, Jianwei Wang, Quentin Williams, Jiachao Liu, Yoshio Kono, Bin Chen	5
4	Density of Fe‐Ni‐C Liquids at High Pressures and Implications for Liquid Cores of Earth and the Moon 2021 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth ·Feng Zhu, Xiaojing Lai, Jianwei Wang, George Amulele, Yoshio Kono, Guoyin Shen, Zhicheng Jing, Murli H. Manghnani, Quentin Williams, Bin Chen	7
5	A high-pressure Raman study of FeTiO3 ilmenite: Fermi resonance as a manifestation of Fe-Ti charge transfer 2021 ·Physics and Chemistry of Minerals ·(unknown), Quentin Williams	11
6	Thermal Pressure in the Laser‐Heated Diamond Anvil Cell: A Quantitative Study and Implications for the Density Versus Mineralogy Correlation of the Mantle 2020 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth ·(unknown), Quentin Williams, Martin Kunz	7
7	Deformation and strength of mantle relevant garnets: Implications for the subduction of basaltic-rich crust 2020 ·American Mineralogist ·(unknown), Feng Lin, Martin Kunz, Masaki Akaogi, Lowell Miyagi, Quentin Williams	4
8	Fractional Crystallization of Martian Magma Oceans and Formation of a Thermochemical Boundary Layer at the Base of the Mantle 2019 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·(unknown), Quentin Williams	11
9	High-pressure Raman and Nd3+ luminescence spectroscopy of bastnäsite-(REE)CO3F 2019 ·American Mineralogist ·(unknown), Quentin Williams	8
10	High‐Pressure/Temperature Behavior of the Alkali/Calcium Carbonate Shortite (Na₂Ca₂(CO₃)₃): Implications for Carbon Sequestration in Earth's Transition Zone 2018 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth ·(unknown), Christine M. Beavers, Quentin Williams	17
11	High-pressure phase transition makes B_4.3C boron carbide a wide-gap semiconductor 2016 ·Journal of Physics Condensed Matter ·Anwar Hushur, Murli H. Manghnani, H. Werheit, Przemysław Dera, Quentin Williams	40
12	High pressure Raman and single crystal X-ray diffraction of the alkali/calcium carbonate, shortite 2015 ·AGUFM ·Quentin Williams, (unknown), Earl F. O’Bannon	1
13	Equivalence of the Boson Peak in Glasses to the Transverse Acoustic van Hove Singularity in Crystals 2011 ·Physical Review Letters ·A. I. Chumakov, G. Monaco, Andrea Monaco, Wilson A. Crichton, Alexeï Bosak, R. Rüffer, Andreas Meyer, Florian Kargl, Lucia Comez, D. Fioretto, Hubertus Giefers, (unknown), G. Wortmann, Murli H. Manghnani, Anwar Hushur, Quentin Williams, J. Balogh, K. Parliński, Paweł T. Jochym, Przemysław Piekarz	226
14	Hit-and-run planetary collisions 2006 ·Nature ·Erik Asphaug, C. B. Agnor, Quentin Williams	197
15	The Equation of State of Fe3P-iron phosphide to 54 GPa 2004 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·J. Santillán, Quentin Williams, H. P. Scott	2
16	Ultralow Compressibility Silicate without Highly Coordinated Silicon 2001 ·Physical Review Letters ·H. P. Scott, Quentin Williams, Elise Knittle	62
17	Band Structures of CdS and CdSe at High Pressure 1997 ·APS March Meeting Abstracts ·(unknown), Quentin Williams, Marvin L. Cohen, Michel Côté, О. В. Захаров	1
18	High-pressure Raman spectroscopy of ZrSiO4: Observation of the zircon to scheelite transition at 300 K 1993 ·American Mineralogist ·Elise Knittle, Quentin Williams	103
19	Cation field effects on orthosilicate glass vibrations 1992 ·American Mineralogist ·Quentin Williams, Thomas F. Cooney	4
20	VIBRATIONAL SPECTRA OF MAGNESITE (MGCO3) AND CALCITE-III AT HIGH PRESSURES 1992 ·American Mineralogist ·Quentin Williams, (unknown), Elise Knittle	60

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