Overview
Availability
- Dr Odile Smits is:
- Available for supervision
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
My interest in atomic theory emerged during my PhD studies while performing ab initio calculations to determine the solid-state properties of the heaviest element in the periodic table, oganesson (Z = 118). Through this work, I realised how otherwise abstract physical quantities influence the properties of the system. Now I focus on precision atomic theory, the hyperfine splitting, QED contributions and muonic atoms to probe the nuclear structure.
Works
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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
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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. 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
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
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
2018
Journal Article
Ein hundert Jahre altes Experiment auf dem Prüfstand: hochgenaue Ab‐Initio‐Monte‐Carlo‐Schmelzsimulationen von Radon
Smits, Odile R., Jerabek, Paul, Pahl, Elke and Schwerdtfeger, Peter (2018). Ein hundert Jahre altes Experiment auf dem Prüfstand: hochgenaue Ab‐Initio‐Monte‐Carlo‐Schmelzsimulationen von Radon. Angewandte Chemie, 130 (31), 10109-10113. doi: 10.1002/ange.201803353
2018
Journal Article
A Hundred‐Year‐Old Experiment Re‐evaluated: Accurate Ab Initio Monte Carlo Simulations of the Melting of Radon
Smits, Odile R., Jerabek, Paul, Pahl, Elke and Schwerdtfeger, Peter (2018). A Hundred‐Year‐Old Experiment Re‐evaluated: Accurate Ab Initio Monte Carlo Simulations of the Melting of Radon. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 57 (31), 9961-9964. doi: 10.1002/anie.201803353
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