Professor Maxim Avdeev
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Professor Maxim Avdeev

  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, USA (2001-2005)
  • Australian Centre for Neutron Scattering, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (2005-present)
  • Adjunct Professor, School of Chemistry, University of Sydney (2018-2021)
  • Professor, School of Chemistry, University of Sydney (2021-present)
  • Crystal and magnetic structure of inorganic materials
  • Neutron and X-ray scattering
  • Atomistic modeling
  • Data mining and machine learning
  • IUCr Commission on Magnetic Structures"
  • 2010 ANBUG Neutron Award "for outstanding research in neutron science and leadership promoting the Australian neutron scattering community"
  • 2019 International Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
Project titleResearch student
Rare earth-free high-performance magnetsArtem MOSKIN
Rare earth-free high-performance magnetsMaria SANCHEZ ECHEVERRIA

Publications

Journals

  • Anderson, R., Salvemini, F., Avdeev, M., Luzin, V. (2025). An African Art Re-Discovered: New Revelations on Sword Manufacture in Dahomey. Heritage, 8(62), 1-26. [More Information]
  • Wang, X., He, B., Liu, B., Avdeev, M., Shi, S. (2024). A Database of Electrochemical Stability Windows Containing over 1500 Solid-State Inorganic Compounds. Advanced Functional Materials. [More Information]
  • Seol, J., Lee, J., Avdeev, M., Kim, Y. (2024). Characterizations of structural, optical, and dielectric properties of oxynitride perovskites ACa0.2M0.8O2.6N0.4 (A= Sr, Ba; M = Nb, Ta). Progress in Solid State Chemistry, , 100439. [More Information]

Conferences

  • Ling, C., Allison, M., Schmid, S., Avdeev, M., Ryan, D., Soehnel, T. (2017). Striped magnetic ground state on an ideal S = 2 Kagomé lattice. XXIV IUCr Congress, Hyderabad, India, August 2017, 5 Abbey Square, Chester CH1 2HU, England: Acta Crystallographica Section A. [More Information]
  • Ling, C., Avdeev, M., Johnson, M. (2010). Structures, phase transitions and ionic conduction mechanisms in hydrated Ba(-4)Nb(-2)O(-9). The Royal Australian Chemical Institute's National Convention in Conjection with the 12th IUPAC International Congress of Pesticide Chemistry, Australia: RACI.
  • Sharma, N., Kennedy, B., Elcombe, M., Avdeev, M., Ling, C. (2007). Neutron Diffraction Results for Three-layer Aurivillius Phases Containing Magnetic Transition Metal Cations: Ru (IV), Ir (IV) and Mn (IV). 31st Annual Condensed Matter and Materials Meeting (2007), AIP online, Australia: Australian Institute of Physics (AIP).

2025

  • Anderson, R., Salvemini, F., Avdeev, M., Luzin, V. (2025). An African Art Re-Discovered: New Revelations on Sword Manufacture in Dahomey. Heritage, 8(62), 1-26. [More Information]

2024

  • Wang, X., He, B., Liu, B., Avdeev, M., Shi, S. (2024). A Database of Electrochemical Stability Windows Containing over 1500 Solid-State Inorganic Compounds. Advanced Functional Materials. [More Information]
  • Seol, J., Lee, J., Avdeev, M., Kim, Y. (2024). Characterizations of structural, optical, and dielectric properties of oxynitride perovskites ACa0.2M0.8O2.6N0.4 (A= Sr, Ba; M = Nb, Ta). Progress in Solid State Chemistry, , 100439. [More Information]
  • Zhou, H., Chen, X., Li, Q., Miao, J., Li, Q., Lin, K., Xing, X., Cao, Y., Khmelevskyi, S., Zhang, Q., Avdeev, M., et al (2024). Colossal Zero-Field-Cooled Exchange Bias via Tuning Compensated Ferrimagnetic in Kagome Metals. Journal of the American Chemical Society. [More Information]

2023

  • Wang, D., Yu, J., Yin, X., Shao, S., Li, Q., Wang, Y., Avdeev, M., Chen, L., Shi, S. (2023). A customized strategy to design intercalation-type Li-free cathodes for all-solid-state batteries. National Science Review, 10(3), nwad010. [More Information]
  • Li, D., Xu, D., Zhao, W., Avdeev, M., Jing, H., Guo, Y., Zhou, T., Liu, W., Wang, D., Zhou, D. (2023). A high-temperature performing and near-zero energy loss lead-free ceramic capacitor. Energy and Environmental Science, 16(10), 4511-4521. [More Information]
  • Wang, D., He, T., Wang, A., Guo, K., Avdeev, M., Ouyang, C., Chen, L., Shi, S. (2023). A Thermodynamic Cycle-Based Electrochemical Windows Database of 308 Electrolyte Solvents for Rechargeable Batteries. Advanced Functional Materials, 33(11). [More Information]

2022

  • Li, T., Nam, G., Liu, K., Wang, J., Zhao, B., Ding, Y., Soule, L., Avdeev, M., Luo, Z., Zhang, W., et al (2022). A niobium oxide with a shear structure and planar defects for high-power lithium ion batteries. Energy and Environmental Science, 15(1), 254-264. [More Information]
  • Liu, Y., Ge, X., Yang, Z., Sun, S., Liu, D., Avdeev, M., Shi, S. (2022). An automatic descriptors recognizer customized for materials science literature. Journal of Power Sources, 545. [More Information]
  • Marchandier, T., Mariyappan, S., Abakumov, A., Jobic, S., Humbert, B., Mevellec, J., Rousse, G., Avdeev, M., Dedryvère, R., Foix, D., et al (2022). Chemical Design of IrS2Polymorphs to Understand the Charge/Discharge Asymmetry in Anionic Redox Systems. Chemistry of Materials, 34(1), 325-336. [More Information]

2021

  • He, B., Mi, P., Ye, A., Chi, S., Jiao, Y., Zhang, L., Pu, B., Zou, Z., Zhang, W., Avdeev, M., et al (2021). A highly efficient and informative method to identify ion transport networks in fast ion conductors. Acta Materialia, 203, 116490. [More Information]
  • Fang, Z., Jiang, P., Avdeev, M., Wei, H., Wang, R., Jiang, X., Yang, T. (2021). A3A'A3Zn6Te4O24 (A = Na, A' = Rare Earth) Garnets: A-Site Ordered Noncentrosymmetric Structure, Photoluminescence, and Na-Ion Conductivity. Inorganic Chemistry, 60(23), 18168-18177. [More Information]
  • Mullens, B., Zhang, Z., Avdeev, M., Brand, H., Cowie, B., D'Angelo, A., Saura Muzquiz, M., Kennedy, B. (2021). Average and local ordering of Yb2(Ti2-xYbx)O7-x/2 ‘stuffed’ pyrochlores: The development of a robust structural model. Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 302, 122412. [More Information]

2020

  • Zhang, L., He, B., Zhao, Q., Zou, Z., Chi, S., Mi, P., Ye, A., Li, Y., Wang, D., Avdeev, M., et al (2020). A Database of Ionic Transport Characteristics for Over 29 000 Inorganic Compounds. Advanced Functional Materials, 30(35), 2003087. [More Information]
  • Manning, A., Avdeev, M., Imperia, P. (2020). A fast-cooling sample-positioning probe for low-temperature neutron scattering experiments. Journal of Applied Crystallography, 53, 297-301. [More Information]
  • Liu, B., Liu, J., Yang, J., Wang, D., Ye, C., Wang, D., Avdeev, M., Shi, S., Yang, J., Zhang, W. (2020). Ab initio thermodynamic optimization of Ni-rich Ni-Co-Mn oxide cathode coatings. Journal of Power Sources, 450, 1-10. [More Information]

2019

  • Keil, S., Chhoeun, J., Avdeev, M., Sullivan, E. (2019). Aliovalent M Site Substitutions of [PO4]3− and [HfO4]4− for [AlO4]5− and [GaO4]5− in the Sr3MO4F-type Anti-Perovskite Oxyfluoride. ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology, 8(1), R1-R8. [More Information]
  • Rahman, M., Mao, J., Kan, W., Sun, C., Li, L., Zhang, Y., Avdeev, M., Du, X., Lin, F. (2019). An Ordered P2/P3 Composite Layered Oxide Cathode with Long Cycle Life in Sodium-Ion Batteries. ACS Materials Letters, 1(5), 573-581. [More Information]
  • Xu, D., Avdeev, M., Battle, P. (2019). Antiferromagnetism and metamagnetism in ErFeCuGe4O12. Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 269, 107-112. [More Information]

2018

  • Salvemini, F., Sheedy, K., Olsen, S., Avdeev, M., Davis, J., Luzin, V. (2018). A multi-technique investigation of the incuse coinage of Magna Graecia. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 20, 748-755. [More Information]
  • Zhao, C., Avdeev, M., Chen, L., Hu, Y. (2018). An O3-type Oxide with Low Sodium Content as the Phase-Transition-Free Anode for Sodium-Ion Batteries. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 57(24), 7056-7060. [More Information]
  • Amaral, R., Lora-Serrano, R., Garcia, D., Iwamoto, W., Betancourth, D., Cadogan, J., Muñoz-Pérez, S., Avdeev, M., Cobas, R., Bittar, E., et al (2018). Antiferromagnetic exchange weakening in the TbRhIn5 intermetallic system with Y-substitution. Intermetallics, 98, 161-168. [More Information]

2017

  • Kosova, N., Rezepova, D., Podgornova, O., Slobodyuk, A., Petrov, S., Avdeev, M. (2017). A comparative study of structure, air sensitivity and electrochemistry of sodium iron pyrophosphates Na2−xFe1+x/2P2O7 (x = 0; 0.44). Electrochimica Acta, 235, 42-55. [More Information]
  • Su, Y., Tsujimoto, Y., Miura, A., Asai, S., Avdeev, M., Ogino, H., Ako, M., Belik, A., Masuda, T., Uchikoshi, T., et al (2017). A layered wide-gap oxyhalide semiconductor with an infinite ZnO2 square planar sheet: Sr2ZnO2Cl2. Chemical Communications, 53(27), 3826-3829. [More Information]
  • Moon, K., Avdeev, M., Kim, Y. (2017). Crystal structure and optical property of complex perovskite oxynitrides ALi0.2Nb0.8O2.8N0.2, ANa0.2Nb0.8O2.8N0.2, and AMg0.2Nb0.8O2.6N0.4 (A = Sr, Ba). Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 254, 1-8. [More Information]

2016

  • Peets, D., Sim, H., Avdeev, M., Park, J. (2016). 3d -electron Heisenberg pyrochlore Mn 2 Sb 2 O 7. Physical Review B, 94(17). [More Information]
  • Liu, S., Avdeev, M., Liu, Y., Johnson, M., Ling, C. (2016). A New n = 4 Layered Ruddlesden-Popper Phase K2.5Bi2.5Ti4O13 Showing Stoichiometric Hydration. Inorganic Chemistry, 55(4), 1403-1411. [More Information]
  • Kang, S., Danilkin, S., Aydemir, U., Avdeev, M., Studer, A., Snyder, G. (2016). Apparent critical phenomena in the superionic phase transition of Cu2-xSe. New Journal of Physics, 18(1). [More Information]

2015

  • Karna, S., Wang, C., Sankar, R., Avdeev, M., Singh, A., Muthuselvam, P., Singh, V., Guo, G., Chou, F. (2015). Antiferromagnetic spin structure and negative thermal expansion of Li2Ni(WO4)2. Physical Review B, 92(1), 1-7. [More Information]
  • Deng, D., Zheng, J., Yu, D., Wang, B., Sun, D., Avdeev, M., Feng, Z., Jing, C., Lu, B., Ren, W., et al (2015). Cooling field tuned magnetic phase transition and exchange bias-like effect in Y0.9Pr0.1CrO3. Applied Physics Letters, 107(10), 1-5. [More Information]
  • Gu, W., Ezbiri, M., Prasada Rao, R., Avdeev, M., Adams, S. (2015). Effects of penta- and trivalent dopants on structure and conductivity of Li7La3Zr2O12. Solid State Ionics, 274, 100-105. [More Information]

2014

  • Blanchard, P., Reynolds, E., Kennedy, B., Kimpton, J., Avdeev, M., Belik, A. (2014). Anomalous thermal expansion in orthorhombic perovskite SrIrO3: Interplay between spin-orbit coupling and the crystal lattice. Physical Review B, 89(21), 1-8. [More Information]
  • Luzin, V., Boland, J., Avdeev, M., Li, X. (2014). Characterization of thermally stable diamond composite material. Materials Science Forum, 777, 165-170. [More Information]
  • Aughterson, R., Lumpkin, G., de los Reyes, M., Sharma, N., Ling, C., Gault, B., Smith, K., Avdeev, M., Cairney, J. (2014). Crystal structures of orthorhombic, hexagonal, and cubic compounds of the Sm(x)Yb(2-x)TiO5 series. Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 213, 182-192. [More Information]

2013

  • Barpanda, P., Ye, T., Avdeev, M., Chung, S., Yamada, A. (2013). A new polymorph of Na2MnP2O7 as a 3.6 V cathode material for sodium-ion batteries. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 1(13), 4194-4197. [More Information]
  • Reynolds, E., Blanchard, P., Kennedy, B., Ling, C., Liu, S., Avdeev, M., Zhang, Z., Cuello, G., Tadich, A., Jang, L. (2013). Anion disorder in lanthanoid zirconates Gd(2-)Tb(x)Zr(2)O(7). Inorganic Chemistry, 52(15), 8409-8415. [More Information]
  • Miiller, W., Dunstan, M., Huang, Z., Mohamed, Z., Kennedy, B., Avdeev, M., Ling, C. (2013). Complex 5d magnetism in a novel S = 1/2 trimer system, the 12L hexagonal perovskite Ba(4)Bilr(3)O(12). Inorganic Chemistry, 52(21), 12461-12467. [More Information]

2012

  • Sale, M., Avdeev, M. (2012). 3DBVSMAPPER: A program for automatically generating bond-valence sum landscapes. Journal of Applied Crystallography, 45(5), 1054-1056. [More Information]
  • Nambu, Y., Ohgushi, K., Suzuki, S., Du, F., Avdeev, M., Uwatoko, Y., Munakata, K., Fukazawa, H., Chi, S., Ueda, Y., et al (2012). Block magnetism coupled with local distortion in the iron-based spin-ladder compound BaFe2Se3. Physical Review B, 85(6), 1-5. [More Information]
  • Miiller, W., Auckett, J., Avdeev, M., Ling, C. (2012). Coexistence of spin glass and antiferromagnetic orders in Ba(3)Fe(2.15)W(0.85)O(8.72). Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 24(20), 206004-1-206004-9. [More Information]

2011

  • Avdeev, M., Thorogood, G., Carter, M., Kennedy, B., Ting, J., Singh, D., Wallwork, K. (2011). Antiferromagnetism in a Technetium Oxide. Structure of CaTcO(3). Journal of the American Chemical Society, 133(6), 1654-1657. [More Information]
  • Thorogood, G., Kennedy, B., Avdeev, M., Peterson, V., Hanna, J., Luca, V. (2011). Cation disorder in NaW(2)O(6+delta).nH(2-z)O post-ion exchange with K, Rb, Sr, and Cs. Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, 72(6), 692-700. [More Information]
  • Simons, H., Daniels, J., Jo, W., Dittmer, R., Studer, A., Avdeev, M., Rodel, J., Hoffman, M. (2011). Electric-field-induced strain mechanisms in lead-free 94% (Bi1/2 Na1/2) TiO3 -6% BaTiO3. Applied Physics Letters, 98(8), 1-3. [More Information]

2010

  • Olsen, S., Pullen, S., Avdeev, M. (2010). A 100-position robotic sample changer for powder diffraction with low-background vacuum chamber. Journal of Applied Crystallography, 43(2), 377-379. [More Information]
  • Macquart, R., Kennedy, B., Avdeev, M. (2010). A primitive tetragonal intermediate in the orthorhombic-cubic phase transition of perovskite-type strontium niobate Sr(0.92)NbO(3). Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 183(10), 2400-2405. [More Information]
  • James, M., Carter, M., Zhang, Z., Zhang, Y., Wallwork, K., Avdeev, M., Vance, E. (2010). Crystal chemistry and structures of (Ca,U) titanate pyrochlores. Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 93(10), 3464-3473. [More Information]

2009

  • Yakovlev, S., Avdeev, M., Mezouar, M. (2009). High-pressure structural behavior and equation of state of NaZnF3. Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 182(6), 1545-1549. [More Information]
  • Kamarulzaman, N., Yusoff, R., Kamarudin, N., Shaari, N., Abdul Aziz, N., Bustam, M., Blagojevic, N., Elcombe, M., Blackford, M., Avdeev, M., et al (2009). Investigation of cell parameters, microstructures and electrochemical behaviour of LiMn2O4 normal and nano powders. Journal of Power Sources, 188(1), 274-280. [More Information]
  • Tsipis, E., Waerenborgh, J., Avdeev, M., Kharton, V. (2009). Mossbauer spectroscopy analysis of 57Fe-doped YBaCo4O7+delta: Effects of oxygen intercalation. Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 182(3), 640-643. [More Information]

2008

  • Rowda, B., Avdeev, M., Lee, P., Henry, P., Ling, C. (2008). Structures of 6H perovskites Ba3CaSb2O9 and Ba3SrSb2O9 determined by synchrotron X-ray diffraction, neutron powder diffraction and ab initio calculations. Acta Crystallographica Section B: Structural Science, 64(2), 154-159. [More Information]
  • Thorogood, G., Kennedy, B., Ismunadar, I., Avdeev, M., Kamiyama, T. (2008). The stability of Na-doped Bi2(NbCr)O7-x pyrochlores: The non-existence of "(BiNa)(NbCr)O6". Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, 69(4), 918-922. [More Information]

2007

  • Sharma, N., Kennedy, B., Elcombe, M., Avdeev, M., Ling, C. (2007). Neutron Diffraction Results for Three-layer Aurivillius Phases Containing Magnetic Transition Metal Cations: Ru (IV), Ir (IV) and Mn (IV). 31st Annual Condensed Matter and Materials Meeting (2007), AIP online, Australia: Australian Institute of Physics (AIP).
  • Saines, P., Spencer, J., Kennedy, B., Avdeev, M. (2007). Structures and crystal chemistry of the double perovskites Ba2LnB'O6 (Ln = lanthanide B' = Nb5+ and Ta5+): Part I. Investigation of Ba2LnTaO6 using synchrotron X-ray and neutron powder diffraction. Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 180(11), 2991-3000. [More Information]
  • Ling, C., Avdeev, M., Aivazian, K. (2007). Synthesis, structure, and stability of the high-temperature 6H-type perovskite phase Ba3BaSb2O9. Acta Crystallographica Section B: Structural Science, B63(4), 584-588. [More Information]

Selected Grants

2023

  • Rare earth-free high-performance magnets, Ling C, Avdeev M, Kennedy B, Australian Research Council (ARC)/Discovery Projects (DP)

2020

  • All-solid-state: new hybrid materials for next-generation lithium batteries, Ling C, Avdeev M, Sharma N, Australian Research Council (ARC)/Discovery Projects (DP)