40. Sun. N, Z. Mao*, S. Yan, X. Wu, V.B. Prakapenka, and J.F. Lin (2016) Confirming a pyrolitic lower mantle using self-consistent pressure scales and new constraints on CaSiO3 perovskite, Journal of Geophysical Research, 121, doi:10.1002/2016JB013062.
39. Bian. H, N. Sun and Z. Mao*(2016) Effects of chemical, mineralogical, and temperature variations on the density and bulk sound velocity of the bottom lower mantle, Science China Earth Sciences, 59, 1-16.
38. Mao. Z*, and X. Li (2016) Effect of hydration on the elasticity of mantle minerals and its geophysical implications, Science China Earth Sciences, 59, 873-888
37. Mao. Z*, and X. Li (2016) 水对地幔矿物弹性性质的影响及其地球物理意义，中国科学：地球科学， 46, 411-429
36. Mao. Z*., D. Fan, J. F. Lin, J. Yang, S. N. Tkachev, K. Zhuravlev, and V. B. Prakapenka (2015) Elasticity of single-crystal olivine at high pressures and temperatures, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 426, 204-215.
35. Fan, D*., Z. Mao*, J, Yang, J.F. Lin (2015) Determination of the full elastic tensor of single crystals using shear wave velocities by Brillouin spectroscopy, American Mineralogist, 100, 2590-2601.
34. Mao. Z*., J. F. Lin, J. Yang, T. Inoue, and V. B. Prakapenka (2015) Effects of the Fe3+ spin transition on the equation of state of bridgmanite, Geophysics Research Letters, doi:10.1002/2015GL064400.
33. Ye, Y., S. D. Jacobsen, Z. Mao, T.S. Duffy, S. M. Hirner, and J. R. Smyth (2015) Crystal structure, thermal expansivity, and elasticity of OH-chondrodite: trends along dense hydrous magnesium silicates, Contribution to Mineralogy and Petrology, 169, doi: 10.1007/s00410-015-1135-3.
32. Wang, J., Z. Mao, F. Jiang, and T.S. Duffy (2015) Elasticity of single-crystal quartz to 10 GPa, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 42, doi:10.1007/s00269-014-0711-z.
31. Lin, J.F., J. Wu, J. Zhu, Z. Mao, A. Said, B. Leu, J. Cheng, Y. Uwatoko, C. Jin, and J. Zhou (2014) Abnormal elastic and vibrational behavior of magnetite at high pressures, Scientific Reports, 4, doi:10.1038/srep06282.
30. Mao. Z*., J. F. Lin, J. Yang, H. Bian, J. Liu, H.C. Watson, S. Huang, J. Chen, V.B. Prakapenka, Y. Xiao, and P. Chow (2014), (Fe,Al)-bearing post-perovskite in the Earth’s lower mantle, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 403, 157-165.
29. Miao, X., B. Winkler, Z. Mao, A. Kavner, B. Richard (2014) Raman scattering from superhard rhenium diboride under high pressure, Applied Physics Letters, 104, doi:10.1063/1.4858410.
28. Yang, J., Z. Mao, J. F. Lin, and V. Prakapenka (2014) Single-crystal elasticity of the deep-mantle magnesite at high pressure and temperature, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 293, 292-299.
27. Mao. Z*., J. F. Lin, J. Yang, J. Wu, H. C. Watson, Y. Xiao, P. Chow, and J. Zhao (2014), Spin and valence state of iron in Al-bearing silicate glass at high pressures studied by synchrotron Mössbauer and X-ray emission spectroscopy, American Mineralogist, 99, 415-423. Published as Highlights and Breakthroughts (commented by Sung Keun Lee in 99, 877-878, American Mineralogist).
26. Liu, J., J. F. Lin., Z. Mao and V. B. Prakapenka (2013) Thermal equation of state and spin transition of magnesiosiderite at high pressure and temperature, American Mineralogist, 99, 84-93.
25. Lin, J. F., Z. Mao and E.E. Alp (2013), Mössbauer spectroscopy in studying electronic spin and valence states of iron in the Earth’s lower mantle, Mössbauer spectroscopy: Applications in Chemistry, Biology, Industry, and Nanotechnology, V. K. Sharma, G. Klingelhoefer, and T. Nishida (eds), Wiley STM, in press.
24. Lin, J. F., S. Speziale, Z. Mao, and H. Marquardt (2013), Effects of the electronic spin transitions of iron in lower-mantle minerals: implications to deep-mantle geophysics and geochemistry, Review in Geophysics, 51, 2012RG000414.
23. Mao. Z*., J. F. Lin, J. Chen, S. Huang, Y. Xiao and P. Chow (2013), Synchrotron Mössbauer study of Fe-bearing pyrope at high pressures and temperatures, American Mineralogist, 98, 1146-1152.
22. Lu. C., Z. Mao, J.-F, Lin, K. K. Zhuravlev, S. N. Tkachev and V. B. Prakapenka (2013), Elasticity of single-crystal iron-baring pyrope to 20 GPa and 750 K, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 361, 134-142.
21. Mao. Z*., J.-F. Lin, J. Liu, A. Alatas, L. Gao, J. Zhao and H. K. Mao (2012), Sound velocity of hcp-Fe and Fe-Si alloy in the Earth’s core, Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences, 109, 10239-10244.
20. Mao. Z*., J. F. Lin, S. D. Jacobsen, T. S. Duffy, Y-Y. Chang, J. R. Smyth, D. J. Frost, E. Hauri, and V. B. Prakapenka (2012), Sound velocities of hydrous ringwoodite to 16 GPa and 673 K, , Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 331-332, 112-119.
19. Xie, M., R. Mohammadi, Z. Mao., M. M. Armentrout, A. Kavner, R. B. Kaner and S. H. Tolbert (2012), Exploring the high pressure behavior of superhard tungsten tetraboride, Physical Review B, 85, 064118.
18. Lin, J. F., E. E. Alp, Z. Mao, T. Inoue, C. McCammon, Y. Xiao, P. Chow and J. Zhao (2012), Electronic spin and valence states of Iron in the lower-mantle silicate perovskite by synchrotron Mossbauer spectroscopy, American Mineralogist, 97, 592-597.
17. Mao. Z*., J. F. Lin, J. Liu, and V. B. Prakapenka (2011), Thermal equation of state of lower-mantle ferropericlase across the spin crossover, Geophysical Research Letters, 38, doi:10.1029/2011GL049915.
16. Mao. Z*., M. Armentrout, E. Rainey, A. Kavner, C. Manning, D. Hickmott, P. Dera and V. B. Prakapenka (2011), Dolomite-III, A new candidate lower mantle carbonate, Geophysical Research Letters, 38, L22303, doi:10.1029/2011GL049519.
15. Mao. Z*., J.-F. Lin, H. P. Scott, H. C. Watson, V. B. Prakapenka, Y. Xiao and P. Chow (2011), Iron-rich perovskite in the Earth’s lower mantle, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 309, 179-184.
14. Mao. Z*., S. D. Jacobsen, J. R. Smyth, C. M. Holl, D. J. Frost and T. S. Duffy (2011), Effect of hydration on the single-crystal elasticity of Fe-bearing wadsleyite to 12 GPa, American Mineralogist, 96, 1606-1612.
13. Mao. Z*., S. M. Dorfman, S. Shieh, J.-F. Lin, Y. Meng, V. B. Prakapenka and T. S. Duffy (2011), Equation of state of a new high-pressure phase of Gd3Ga5O12, Physical Review B, 83, 054114.
12. Mao. Z*., L.-F. Lin, C. Jacobs, H. C. Watson, Y. Xiao, P. Chow, E. E. Alp, and V. B. Prakapenka (2010), Electronic spin and valence states of Fe in CaIrO3-type silicate post-perovskite in the Earth's lowermost mantle, Geophysical Research Letters, 37, L22304.
11. Mao. Z*., S. D. Jacobsen, F. Jiang, J. R. Smyth, C. M. Holl, D. J. Frost and T. S. Duffy (2010), Velocity crossover between hydrous and anhydrous forsterite at high pressures, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 293, 250-258.
10. Lin. J.-F., Z. Mao, H. Yavas, J. Zhan and L. Dubrovinsky (2010), Shear wave anisotropy of textured hcp-Fe in earth’s core, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 298, 361-366.
9. Lin. J.-F., Z. Mao, I. Jarrige, Y. Xiao, P. Chow, T. Okuchi, N. Hiraoka and S. D. Jacobsen (2010), Resonant X-ray emission study of the lower-mantle ferropericlase at high pressures, American Mineralogist, 95, 1125-113.
8. Dorfman, S. M., F. Jiang, Z. Mao, A. Kubo, Y. Meng, V. Prakapenka, and T. S. Duffy (2010), Phase transitions and equations of state of alkaline earth fluorides CaF2, SrF2, and BaF2 to Mbar pressures, Phys. Rev. B, 81, 174121.
7. Mao. Z*., S. D. Jacobsen, F. Jiang, J. R. Smyth, C. M. Holl, and T. S. Duffy (2008), Elasticity of hydrous wadsleyite at high pressures to 12 GPa: Implications for Earth’s transition zone, Geophysical Research Letters, 35, L21305.
6. Speziale. S., F. Jiang, Z. Mao, P. J. M. Monteiro, H. R. Wenk, T. S. Duffy, F. Schilling (2008), Single-crystal elastic constants of natural ettringite, Cement and Concrete Research, 38, 885-889.
5. Jacobsen. S. D., F. Jiang, Z. Mao, T. S. Duffy, J. R. Smyth, C. M. Holl and D. J. Frost (2008), Effects of hydration on the elastic properties of olivine, Geophysical Research Letters, 35, L14303.
4. Mao, Z*., S. D. Jacobsen, F. Jiang, J. R. Smyth, C. M. Holl, D. J. Frost, and T. S. Duffy (2008), Single-crystal elasticity of wadsleyites, β-Mg2SiO4, containing 0.37- 1.66 wt% H2O, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 266, 78-89.
3. Mao, Z*., F. Jiang, and T. S. Duffy (2007), Single-crystal elasticity of zoisite, Ca2Al3Si3O12(OH) , by Brillouin scattering, American Mineralogist, 92, 570-576.
2. Shi X., Y. Hu., Z. Mao., S. Li., C. Zhao, F. Shi., D. Shao., C. Jiang., and S. Qiao (2005), Vertical Deformation Inversion of Magma Activity in Tengchong area, Journal of Seismological Research, 28, 256-261 (in Chinese).
1. Shi X., Y. Hu., Z. Mao., C. Zhao, F. Shi., and D. Shao (2004), Application of fault model in vertical deformation and gravity analyses in Tengchong volcanic area, Journal of Geodesy and Geodynamics, 24, 24-28 (in Chinese).