Zsolt Rak

University of Michigan Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1005 2004 C. C. Little Bldg., 1100 N. University Ave. Phone: 734-615-4076 E-mail: rakzsolt@umich.edu CV Research Groups and Collabrations Computational Mineralogy and Materials Science Group Mineralogy and Materials Science Research Group Materials Science of Actinides - Energy Frontier Research Center

Research Interests

Recent publications

• Jianwei Wang, Zsolt Rak, Fuxiang Zhang, Rodney C. Ewing, and Udo Becker,
  Electronic structure and energetics of tetragonal SrCuO₂ and its high-pressure superstructure phase, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 23 465503 (2011) - article highlighted in LabTalk
  
  
• Zsolt Rak, Rodney C. Ewing, and Udo Becker,
  Role of iron in the incorporation of uranium in ferric garnet matrices, Phys. Rev. B 84, 155128 (2011).
  
  
• Zsolt Rak, Rodney C. Ewing, and Udo Becker,
  First-principles investigation of Ca₃(Ti, Zr, Hf, Sn)₂Fe₂SiO₁₂ garnet structure for incorporation of actinides, Phys. Rev. B 83, 155123 (2011).
  
  
• Zsolt Rak, S. D. Mahanti, Krishna C. Mandal, and Nils Fernelius,
  Doping dependence of electronic and mechanical properties of GaSe_1-xTe_x and Ga_1-xIn_xSe from first principles, Phys. Rev. B 82, 155203 (2010).
  
  
• Zsolt Rak, S. D. Mahanti, Krishna C. Mandal, and Nils C. Fernelius,
  Defect induced rigidity enhancement in layered semiconductors, Solid State Comm. 150, 1200 (2010).
  
  
• Zsolt Rak, S. D. Mahanti, and Krishna C. Mandal,
  Ab initio modeling of hydrogen defects in CdTe, J. Electron. Mater. 38, 1539 (2009)
  
  
• A. Tomic, Zsolt Rak, J. P. Veazey, S. D. Mahanti, S. H. Tessmer, C. D. Malliakas, and M. G. Kanatzidis,
  Scanning tunneling microscopy study of the CeTe₃ charge density wave, Phys. Rev. B 79, 085422 (2009).
  
  
• Zsolt Rak, S. D. Mahanti, Krishna C. Mandal, and Nils C. Fernelius,
  Electronic structure of substitutional defects and vacancies in GaSe, J. Phys. Chem. Solids 70, 344 (2009).
  
  
• Zsolt Rak, S. D. Mahanti, Krishna C. Mandal, and Nils C. Fernelius,
  Theoretical studies of defect states in GaTe, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 21, 015504 (2008).
  
  
• Xiuni Wu, Melanie Francisco, Zsolt Rak, T. Bakas, S.D. Mahanti, and Mercouri G. Kanatzidis,
  Synthesis, magnetism and electronic structure of YbNi_2-xFe_xAl₈ (x=0.91) isolated from Al flux, J. Solid State Chem. 181, 2369 (2008).