Find highlights of our recent publications by year

2025

  1. Akande, H.A., Perrin, A., Senjean, B. and Saubanère, M., 2025. Variational quantum subspace construction via symmetry-preserving cost functions. Physical Review A, 112(3), p.032623.
  2.  Asrat, A., Keane, C., A. Meriaux, C., Mhopjeni, K., Nickless, E., Boland, M. and Lopes, O.A., 2025. Challenges and needs of African geoscience research. Nature Geoscience, pp.1-3.

 

2024

  1. Hailouf, H.E., Obodo, K.O., Aourag, H., Rani, U., Kamlesh, P.K., Reggab, K., Verma, M.L. and Goumri-Said, S., 2025. Deciphering dimensional transition effects in Bi2Se3 and Bi2Te3 topological insulators. Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, 186, p.109019.
  2. Obodo, K., 2024. The application of magnetic sorbents for the sequestration of pesticides, pharmaceuticals, and perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances from aqueous solutions. In Environmental Applications of Magnetic Sorbents (pp. 6-1). Bristol, UK: IOP Publishing.
  3. Asefa, F.G., Arega, A.A., Kebede, G.G., Mekonnen, Y.S. and Obodo, K.O., 2024. Electronic and Optical Properties of Sn/Ge-Substituted 2D Dion-Jacobson Phase (3-AMPY) 4Pb4I16 Perovskite for Photovoltaic Applications: A First Principle Study. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 128(34), pp.14158-14167.
  4. Obodo, K.O., Kima, L., Adeyinka, A.S. and Rai, D.P., 2024. Surface Segregation in Pt3Nb and Pt3Ti using Density Functional Theory-based Methods.  Advanced Materials and Nano Systems: Theory and Experiment (Part 3) (pp. 202-219). In Bentham Science Publishers.
  5. Pinel V., Mériaux, C. A., 2024, Mount Nyiragongo subsurface magma propagation controlled by topographic effects in an active rift. Revised for J. African Earth Sci.
  6. Mériaux, C. A., D. A. May and C. Jaupart, 2024.  Arrest of lava discharge: A potential trigger for explosion or collapse of lava domes?. Under consideration at Communications Earth & Environment

 

2023

  1. Blau, M., Kakona, M. and Thompson, G., 2023. 3 definitions of BF theory on homology 3-spheres. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2023(4), pp.1-45
  2. Ahmed, W., Moosa, M., Munir, S. and Zubair, U., 2023. Observable r, gravitino dark matter, and non-thermal leptogenesis in no-scale supergravity. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2023(5), pp.1-21. 
  3. Ali, M., Khalil, S., Moretti, S., Munir, S., Nevzorov, R., Nikitenko, A. and Waltari, H., 2023. TeV-scale leptoquark searches at the LHC and their E6SSM interpretation. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2023(3), pp.1-21.
  4. Ndengué, S., Quintas-Sánchez, E., Dawes, R., Blackstone, C.C. and Osborn, D.L., 2023. Temperature dependence of the electronic absorption spectrum of NO2. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 127(29), pp.6051-6062.
  5. Mukiza, J., Habarurema, G., Nkuranga, J.B., Sezirahiga, J., Akin-Ojo, O., Nkurunziza, J.B., Kampire, E., Gakuba, E. and Blacque, O., 2023. Thiocyanate-induced N-activation and nucleophilic 1, 2-dearomatization of pyridinedicarbonyl dichloride: a synthetic route to a novel 1, 2-dihydropyridine-based heterocyclic compound. Journal of the Iranian Chemical Society, 20(10), pp.2657-2664.
  6. Oyeniyi, E., Akin-Ojo, O. and Popoola, O.O., 2023. oeINDO: Efficient determination of excitation energies and UV–Vis absorption spectra of nano-sized Zn, Cd, S and their complexes. Computational and Theoretical Chemistry, 1223, p.114096.
  7. Teixeira, M.A. and Mériaux, C.A., 2023. An improved method for estimating the dissipation rate of turbulent kinetic energy using structure functions evaluated from the motion of finite-sized neutrally buoyant particles. Physics of Fluids, 35(6).
  8.  Ebinger, C., van Wijk, J., Olaka, L., Mériaux, C. and Fontijn, K., 2023. All scales must be considered to understand rifts. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 4(4), pp.209-210.
  9. Tela, H.T., Quintas-Sánchez, E., Dubernet, M.L., Scribano, Y., Dawes, R., Gatti, F. and Ndengué, S., 2023. Rovibrational states calculations of the H2O-HCN heterodimer with the multiconfiguration time dependent Hartree method. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 25(46), pp.31813-31824.

 

2022

  1. Blau, M., Kakona, M. and Thompson, G., 2022. Massive Ray-Singer torsion and path integrals. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2022(8), pp.1-53. 
  2. Ahmed, W., Goodsell, M. and Munir, S., 2022. Dark matter in the CP-violating NMSSM. The European Physical Journal C, 82(6), p.539.
  3. Kassaye Sibhatu, A., Teshome, T., Akin-Ojo, O., Yimam, A. and Asres, G.A., 2022. DFT investigation of the electronic and optical properties of hexagonal MX 2/ZrXO (M= W, Mo and X= S, Se) van der Waals heterostructures for photovoltaic solar cell application. RSC advances, 12(47), pp.30838-30845.
  4. Gebreyesus, G., Ngabonziza, P., Nagura, J., Seriani, N., Akin-Ojo, O. and Martin, R.M., 2022. Electronic structure and magnetism of the triple-layered ruthenate Sr4Ru3O10. Physical Review B, 105(16), p.165119.
  5. Akin-Ojo, O., 2022. Contribution of the Induced-Dipole Interaction to Methane Aggregation in Water. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 126(13), pp.2552-2556.
  6. Omoniyi, O.A., Salifu, A.A., Obayemi, J.D., Oyewole, O.K., Nigay, P.M., Akin-Ojo, O. and Soboyejo, W.O., 2022. Effects of sintering temperature on the filtration and mechanical properties of ceramic water filters. Cogent Engineering, 9(1), p.2119536
  7. Omoniyi, O.A., Salifu, A.A., Obayemi, J.D., Oyewole, O.K., Nigay, P.M., Akin-Ojo, O. and Soboyejo, W.O., 2022. Hydroxyapatite and bone particle-doped ceramic water filters for the removal of fluoride and bacteria. Cogent Engineering, 9(1), p.2006112.
  8. Mériaux, C.A., May, D.A. and Jaupart, C., 2022. The impact of vent geometry on the growth of lava domes. Geophysical Journal International, 229(3), pp.1680-1694.
  9. Teixeira, M.A. and Mériaux, C.A., 2022. Estimating the filtering of turbulence properties by finite-sized particles using analytical energy spectra. Physics of Fluids, 34(4).

 

2021

  1. Musso, M. and Sheth, R.K., 2021. Excursion set peaks in energy as a model for haloes. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 508(3), pp.3634-3648.
  2. Das, B., Moretti, S., Munir, S. and Poulose, P., 2021. Quantum interference effects in Higgs boson pair-production beyond the Standard Model. The European Physical Journal C, 81(4), p.347.
  3. Ndengué, S., Quintas-Sánchez, E., Dawes, R. and Osborn, D., 2021. The low-lying electronic states of NO2: Potential energy and dipole surfaces, bound states, and electronic absorption spectrum. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 125(25), pp.5519-5533.
  4.  Endres, E.S., Ndengué, S., Lakhmanskaya, O., Lee, S., Gianturco, F.A., Dawes, R. and Wester, R., 2021. Temperature-dependent rotationally inelastic collisions of OH− and He. Physical Review A, 103(5), p.052807.
  5. Mohammed Idris Bakhit, A., Mutisya, S. and Scandolo, S., 2021. Raman frequencies of diamond under non-hydrostatic pressure. Applied Physics Letters, 119(21).

 

2020

  1. Young, S. and Musso, M., 2020. Application of peaks theory to the abundance of primordial black holes. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2020(11), p.022.
  2. Kraljic, K., Pichon, C., Codis, S., Laigle, C., Davé, R., Dubois, Y., Hwang, H.S., Pogosyan, D., Arnouts, S., Devriendt, J. and Musso, M., 2020. The impact of the connectivity of the cosmic web on the physical properties of galaxies at its nodes. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 491(3), pp.4294-4309.
  3. Bossion, D., Ndengué, S., Meyer, H.D., Gatti, F. and Scribano, Y., 2020. Theoretical investigation of the H+ HD→ D+ H2 chemical reaction for astrophysical applications: A state-to-state quasi-classical study. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 153(8).
  4. Sur, S., Ndengué, S.A., Quintas-Sánchez, E., Bop, C., Lique, F. and Dawes, R., 2020. Rotationally inelastic scattering of O 3–Ar: state-to-state rates with the multiconfigurational time dependent Hartree method. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 22(4), pp.1869-1880.
  5. Sa’id, R.S., Fuwape, I., Dikandé, A.M., Mimouni, J., Hasford, F., Haynes, D., Gledhill, I., Amolo, G., Akin-Ojo, O. and Eassa, N., 2020. Physics in Africa. Nature Reviews Physics, 2(10), pp.520-523.
  6. Cadiou, C., Pichon, C., Codis, S., Musso, M., Pogosyan, D., Dubois, Y., Cardoso, J.F. and Prunet, S., 2020. When do cosmic peaks, filaments, or walls merge? A theory of critical events in a multiscale landscape. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 496(4), pp.4787-4821.

 

2019

  1. Kraljic, K., Pichon, C., Dubois, Y., Codis, S., Cadiou, C., Devriendt, J., Musso, M., Welker, C., Arnouts, S., Hwang, H.S. and Laigle, C., 2019. Galaxies flowing in the oriented saddle frame of the cosmic web. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 483(3), pp.3227-3254.
  2. Enberg, R., Klemm, W., Moretti, S. and Munir, S., 2019. Electroweak production of multiple (pseudo) scalars in the 2HDM. The European Physical Journal C, 79(6), p.512.
  3. Ndengué, S., Scribano, Y., Gatti, F. and Dawes, R., 2019. State-to-state inelastic rotational cross sections in five-atom systems with the multiconfiguration time dependent Hartree method. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 151(13).
  4. Oyeniyi, E. and Akin-Ojo, O., 2019. Efficient determination of excitation energies and absorption spectra for quantum dots and large systems from ab initio data. Chemical Physics Letters, 721, pp.12-17.
  5. Akin-Ojo, Omololu, and Krzysztof Szalewicz. Does a pair of methane molecules aggregate in water?. The Journal of chemical physics 150.8 (2019).

 

2018

  1. Musso, M., Cadiou, C., Pichon, C., Codis, S., Kraljic, K. and Dubois, Y., 2018. How does the cosmic web impact assembly bias?. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 476(4), pp.4877-4906.