Overview
Availability
- Dr Odile Smits is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Masters (Research) of Physics, University of Amsterdam
- Doctor of Philosophy of Physics, Massey University
Research interests
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Precision Atomic Theory
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Superheavy Atoms
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Physics Beyond the Standard Model Searches
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Nuclear Physics
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Numerical Methods
Works
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2025
Journal Article
Exact lattice summations for Lennard-Jones potentials coupled to a three-body Axilrod–Teller–Muto term applied to cuboidal phase transitions
Robles-Navarro, Andres, Cooper, Shaun, Buchheit, Andreas A., Busse, Jonathan K., Burrows, Antony, Smits, Odile and Schwerdtfeger, Peter (2025). Exact lattice summations for Lennard-Jones potentials coupled to a three-body Axilrod–Teller–Muto term applied to cuboidal phase transitions. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 163 (9) 094104. doi: 10.1063/5.0276677
2025
Journal Article
Exploring the mechanism of phase transitions between the hexagonal close-packed and the cuboidal structures
Robles-Navarro, Andres, Cooper, Shaun, Smits, Odile R. and Schwerdtfeger, Peter (2025). Exploring the mechanism of phase transitions between the hexagonal close-packed and the cuboidal structures. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 129 (17), 8389-8394. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5c01083
2025
Journal Article
Vacuum polarization corrections to hyperfine structure in many-electron atoms
Hasted, J. C., Fairhall, C. J., Smits, O. R., Roberts, B. M. and Ginges, J. S. M. (2025). Vacuum polarization corrections to hyperfine structure in many-electron atoms. Physical Review A, 111 (3) 032812. doi: 10.1103/physreva.111.032812
2025
Journal Article
Smallness of the Nuclear Polarization Effect in the Hyperfine Structure of Heavy Muonic Atoms as a Stimulus for Next-Generation Experiments
Vandeleur, J., Sanamyan, G., Smits, O. R., Valuev, I. A., Oreshkina, N. S. and Ginges, J. S. M. (2025). Smallness of the Nuclear Polarization Effect in the Hyperfine Structure of Heavy Muonic Atoms as a Stimulus for Next-Generation Experiments. Physical Review Letters, 134 (9) 093003, 1-5. doi: 10.1103/physrevlett.134.093003
2025
Journal Article
The theory of Barlow packings: Basic properties and cohesive energies from exact lattice summations within the sticky hard-sphere model
Cooper, Shaun, Robles-Navarro, Andres, Smits, Odile R. and Schwerdtfeger, Peter (2025). The theory of Barlow packings: Basic properties and cohesive energies from exact lattice summations within the sticky hard-sphere model. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 162 (1) 014105, 1-22. doi: 10.1063/5.0241375
2024
Journal Article
From hard to soft dense sphere packings: the cohesive energy of barlow structures using exact lattice summations for a general Lennard-Jones potential
Cooper, Shaun, Robles-Navarro, Andres, Smits, Odile R. and Schwerdtfeger, Peter (2024). From hard to soft dense sphere packings: the cohesive energy of barlow structures using exact lattice summations for a general Lennard-Jones potential. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 15 (32), 8387-8392. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c01986
2023
Journal Article
The quest for superheavy elements and the limit of the periodic table
Smits, Odile R., Duellmann, Christoph E., Indelicato, Paul, Nazarewicz, Witold and Schwerdtfeger, Peter (2023). The quest for superheavy elements and the limit of the periodic table. Nature Reviews Physics, 6 (2), 86-98. doi: 10.1038/s42254-023-00668-y
2023
Journal Article
Pushing the limits of the periodic table - A review on atomic relativistic electronic structure theory and calculations for the superheavy elements
Smits, O. R., Indelicato, P., Nazarewicz, W., Piibeleht, M. and Schwerdtfeger, P. (2023). Pushing the limits of the periodic table - A review on atomic relativistic electronic structure theory and calculations for the superheavy elements. Physics Reports-Review Section of Physics Letters, 1035, 1-57. doi: 10.1016/j.physrep.2023.09.004
2022
Journal Article
From the gas phase to the solid state: the chemical bonding in the superheavy element flerovium
Florez, Edison, Smits, Odile R., Mewes, Jan-Michael, Jerabek, Paul and Schwerdtfeger, Peter (2022). From the gas phase to the solid state: the chemical bonding in the superheavy element flerovium. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 157 (6) 064304, 1-6. doi: 10.1063/5.0097642
2021
Journal Article
Oganesson: a noble gas element that is neither noble nor a gas
Smits, Odile R., Mewes, Jan‐Michael, Jerabek, Paul and Schwerdtfeger, Peter (2021). Oganesson: a noble gas element that is neither noble nor a gas. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 59 (52), 23636-23640. doi: 10.1002/anie.202011976
2021
Journal Article
The Lennard-Jones Potential Revisited: Analytical Expressions for Vibrational Effects in Cubic and Hexagonal Close-Packed Lattices
Schwerdtfeger, Peter, Burrows, Antony and Smits, Odile R. (2021). The Lennard-Jones Potential Revisited: Analytical Expressions for Vibrational Effects in Cubic and Hexagonal Close-Packed Lattices. Journal of Physical Chemistry a, 125 (14), 3037-3057. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpca.1c00012
2020
Journal Article
Accurate elemental boiling points from first principles
Mewes, Jan-Michael and Smits, Odile R. (2020). Accurate elemental boiling points from first principles. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 22 (41), 24041-24050. doi: 10.1039/d0cp02884c
2020
Journal Article
Oganesson: Ein Edelgas, das weder edel noch ein Gas ist
Smits, Odile R., Mewes, Jan‐Michael, Jerabek, Paul and Schwerdtfeger, Peter (2020). Oganesson: Ein Edelgas, das weder edel noch ein Gas ist. Angewandte Chemie, 132 (52), 23843-23848. doi: 10.1002/ange.202011976
2020
Journal Article
The periodic table and the physics that drives it
Schwerdtfeger, Peter, Smits, Odile R. and Pyykkö, Pekka (2020). The periodic table and the physics that drives it. Nature Reviews Chemistry, 4 (7), 359-380. doi: 10.1038/s41570-020-0195-y
2020
Journal Article
First-principles melting of krypton and xenon based on many-body relativistic coupled-cluster interaction potentials
Smits, O. R., Jerabek, P., Pahl, E. and Schwerdtfeger, P. (2020). First-principles melting of krypton and xenon based on many-body relativistic coupled-cluster interaction potentials. Physical Review B, 101 (10) 104103, 10. doi: 10.1103/physrevb.101.104103
2019
Journal Article
Copernicium: a relativistic noble liquid
Mewes, Jan‐Michael, Smits, Odile R., Kresse, Georg and Schwerdtfeger, Peter (2019). Copernicium: a relativistic noble liquid. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 58 (50), 17964-17968. doi: 10.1002/anie.201906966
2019
Journal Article
Copernicium: A Relativistic Noble Liquid
Mewes, Jan‐Michael, Smits, Odile R., Kresse, Georg and Schwerdtfeger, Peter (2019). Copernicium: A Relativistic Noble Liquid. Angewandte Chemie, 131 (50), 18132-18136. doi: 10.1002/ange.201906966
2019
Journal Article
Oganesson is a semiconductor: on the relativistic band‐gap narrowing in the heaviest noble‐gas solids
Mewes, Jan‐Michael, Jerabek, Paul, Smits, Odile R. and Schwerdtfeger, Peter (2019). Oganesson is a semiconductor: on the relativistic band‐gap narrowing in the heaviest noble‐gas solids. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 58 (40), 14260-14264. doi: 10.1002/anie.201908327
2019
Journal Article
Oganesson ist ein Halbleiter: Über die relativitische Bandlückenkontraktion in den schwersten Edelgasen
Mewes, Jan‐Michael, Jerabek, Paul, Smits, Odile R. and Schwerdtfeger, Peter (2019). Oganesson ist ein Halbleiter: Über die relativitische Bandlückenkontraktion in den schwersten Edelgasen. Angewandte Chemie, 131 (40), 14398-14402. doi: 10.1002/ange.201908327
2019
Journal Article
Solid Oganesson via a Many-Body Interaction Expansion Based on Relativistic Coupled-Cluster Theory and from Plane-Wave Relativistic Density Functional Theory
Jerabek, Paul, Smits, Odile R., Mewes, Jan-Michael, Peterson, Kirk A. and Schwerdtfeger, Peter (2019). Solid Oganesson via a Many-Body Interaction Expansion Based on Relativistic Coupled-Cluster Theory and from Plane-Wave Relativistic Density Functional Theory. Journal of Physical Chemistry a, 123 (19), 4201-4211. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpca.9b01947
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Nuclear structure and fundamental physics tests in atoms
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Benjamin Roberts, Associate Professor Jacinda Ginges
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