Publications

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Copper isotope fractionation during asteroid core solidification
P. Ni, Y. Zhan, N. L. Chabot, C. J. Ryan, K. Zhu, N. X. Nie, S. B. Shirey, and A. Shahar (2024)
Geochemical Perspectives Letters 31, 49-53

Copper isotope fractionation by diffusion in a basaltic melt
P. Ni and A. Shahar (2023)
Earth and Planetary Science Letters 624, 118459

The UCLA Cosmochemistry Database
B. Zhang, K. A. Lehnert, A. E. Rubin, K. D. McKeegan, P. H. Warren, J. L. Mays, L. R. Profeta, A. K. Johansson, P. Ni, E. D. Young, F. T. Kyte, M. Liu, E. T. Dunham, H. Tang, P. Ji, and J. D. Figueroa-Salazar (2023)
Scientific Data 10 (1), 874

Endogenous lunar volatiles
F. M. McCubbin, J. J. Barnes, P. Ni, H. Hui, R. L. Klima, D. Burney, J. M. D. Day, T. Magna, J. W. Boyce, R. Tartèse, K. E. Vander Kaaden, E. Steenstra, S. M. Elardo, R. A. Zeigler, M. Anand, and Y. Liu (2023)
Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry 89 (1), 729-786

Planet size controls Fe isotope fractionation between mantle and core
P. Ni, A. Shahar, J. Badro, J. Yang, W. Bi, J. Zhao, M. Y. Hu, and E. E. Alp (2022)
Geophysical Research Letters, 49, 20

Isotopic evidence of sulfur photochemistry during lunar regolith formation
J. W. Dottin III, J. Farquhar, S. T. Kim, C. Shearer, B. Wing, J. Sun, and P. Ni (2022)
Geochemical Perspective Letters, 23, 38-42

Trace element partitioning between olivine and melt in lunar basalts
S. Chen, P. Ni, Y. Zhang, and J. Gagnon (2022)
American Mineralogist, 107, 1519-1531

Heavy iron in large gem diamonds traces deep subduction of serpentinized ocean floor
E. M. Smith, P. Ni, S. B. Shirey, S. H. Richardson, W. Wang, and A. Shahar (2021)
Science Advances, 7, eabe9773

Evaporation induced Cu isotope fractionation during tektite formation: Insights from vaporization experiments
P. Ni, C. A. Macris, E. A. Darling, and A. Shahar (2021)
Geochemica et Cosmochimica Acta, 298, 131-148

Rapid reduction of MORB glass by H2 diffusion in graphite capsule experiments – a XANES study
P. Ni, A. Fiege, Y. Zhang, M. Newville, and T. Lanzirotti (2021)
Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 176, 1-18

Heavy iron isotope composition of iron meteorites explained by core crystallization
P. Ni, N. L. Chabot, C. J. Ryan, and A. Shahar (2020)
Nature Geoscience, 13, 611-615; Link to Cover

A melt inclusion study on volatile abundances in the lunar interior
P. Ni, Y. Zhang, Y. Guan, and J. Gagnon (2019)
Geochemica et Cosmochimica Acta, 249, 17-41

Volatile loss during homogenization of lunar melt inclusions
P. Ni, Y. Zhang, and Y. Guan (2017)
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 478, 214-224

Cu and Fe diffusion in rhyolitic melts during chalcocite “dissolution”: Implications for porphyry ore deposits and tektites
P. Ni, Y. Zhang, A. Simon, and J. Gagnon (2017)
American Mineralogist, 102(6), 1287-1301

Cassiterite dissolution and Sn diffusion in silicate melts of variable water content
Y. Yang, Y. Zhang, A. Simon, and P. Ni (2016)
Chemical Geology, 441, 162-176

Cu diffusion in a basaltic melt
P. Ni and Y. Zhang (2016)
American Mineralogist, 101 (6), 1474-1482