D.B. Zhang, R.D. James, and T. Dumitrica, "Dislocation Onset and Glide in Carbon Nanotubes under Torsion" (under review).

M. Suri and T. Dumitrica, "Efficient sticking of surface passivated Si nanospheres via phase transition plasticity", Physical Review B [Rapid Communication] 78, 081405 (2008). Article may be downloaded for personal use from impact.pdf.

D.B. Zhang and T. Dumitrica, "Elasticity of Ideal Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes via Symmetry-Adapted Tight-Binding Objective Modeling", Applied Physics Letters 93, 031919 (2008). Article can be found at the AIP site and at cnt-elastic.pdf. Copyright (2008) American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics.

D.B. Zhang, M. Hua, and T. Dumitrica, "Stability of Polycrystalline and Wurtzite Si Nanowires via Symmetry-Adapted Tight-Binding Objective Molecular Dynamics", Journal of Chemical Physics 128, 084104 (2008). Article can be found at the AIP site and at si-nw.pdf. Copyright (2008) American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics.

P. Valentini and T. Dumitrica, "Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Nanoparticle-Surface Collisions in Crystalline Silicon", Journal of Nano Research 1, 23 (2008), and at impact_1.pdf

T. Dumitrica and R.D. James, "Objective Molecular Dynamics", Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 55, 2206-2236 (2007), and at objective_md.pdf

P. Valentini, W.W. Gerberich, and T. Dumitrica, "Phase Transition Plasticity in Silicon Nanospheres", Physical Review Letters (at press), and at phase-transition.pdf

S.G. Hao, D.B. Zhang, and T. Dumitrica, "Effect of Small Shape Changes on the Optical Response of Highly Symmetric Silicon Quantum Dots" Physical Review B [Rapid Communications] 76, 081305 (2007), and at silicon-shape.pdf

P. Valentini and T. Dumitrica, "Microscopic Theory for Nanoparticle-Surface Collisions in Crystalline Silicon", Physical Review B 22, 224106 (2007), and at impact-prb.pdf

A. Carlson and T. Dumitrica, "Extended Tight-Binding Potential for Modeling Intertube Interactions in Carbon Nanotubes", Nanotechnology 18, 065706 (2007), and at graphite.pdf

T. Dumitrica, M. Hua, and B.I. Yakobson, "Symmetry, Time, and Temperature Dependent Strength of Carbon Nanotubes" Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2006), and at strength.pdf

T. Dumitrica, M.E. Garcia, H.O. Jeschke, and B.I. Yakobson, "Breathing Coherent Phonons and Caps Fragmentation in Carbon Nanotubes Following Ultrafast Laser Pulses", Phys. Rev. B 74, 193406 (2006) and at bcp.pdf

T. Dumitrica and B.I. Yakobson, "Rate Theory of Yield in Boron Nitride Nanotubes", Physical Review B 72, 035418 (2005), and at bn3.pdf

T. Dumitrica, M. Hua, and B.I. Yakobson, "Endohedral Silicon Nanotubes as Thinnest Silicide Wires", Physical Review B [Rapid Communication] 70, 241303 (2004), and at M@SINT.pdf

T. Dumitrica and B.I. Yakobson, "Strain-rate and Temperature Dependent Plastic Yield in Carbon Nanotubes from Ab Initio Calculations", Applied Physics Letters 84, 2775 (2004), and at SW-TS.pdf

T. Dumitrica, M.E Garcia, H.O. Jeschke, and B. I. Yakobson, "Selective Cap Opening in Carbon Nanotubes Driven by Laser-Induced Coherent Phonons", Physical Review Letters 92, 117401 (2004), and at paper_caps.pdf

T. Dumitrica, T. Belytschko, and B.I. Yakobson, "Bond-Breaking Bifurcation States in Carbon Nanotube Fracture", Journal of Chemical Physics [Communication] 118, 9485 (2003), and at JCPbbb.pdf

T. Dumitrica, H.F. Bettinger, G.E. Scuseria, and B.I. Yakobson, "Thermodynamics of Yield in BN Nanotubes", Physical Review B 68, 085412 (2003) , and at bn-thermo.pdf

T. Dumitrica, C.M. Landis, and B. I. Yakobson, "Curvature-Induced Polarization in Carbon Nanoshels", Chemical Physics Letters 360, 182 (2002), and at dipole.pdf

H. F. Bettinger, T. Dumitrica, G. E. Scuseria, and B. I. Yakobson, "Mechanically Induced Defects and Strength of BN Nanotubes", Physical Review B [Rapid Communications] 65, 041406 (2002), and at bnpaper.pdf

T. Dumitrica, "Bismuth under Intense Laser Pulses: A Fano-like Interference Description", [Viewpoint] Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 19, 181003 (2007), and at bi.pdf

T. Dumitrica, A. Burzo, Y. Dou, and R.E. Allen, "Response of Si and InSb to Ultrafast Laser Pulses", Physica Status Solidi (B) 10, 2331 (2004), and at laser-si-insb.pdf

M.E. Garcia, T. Dumitrica, and H.O. Jeschke, "Laser Induced Coherent Phonons in Graphite and Carbon Nanotubes: Theory and Simulations", Applied Physics A 79, 855 (2004) and at laser-graphite-cnt.pdf

T. Dumitrica and R.E. Allen, "Femtosecond-scale Response of GaAs to Ultrafast Laser Pulses", Physical Review B [Rapid Communications] 66, 081202 (2002) and at laser-gaas.pdf

CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS

T. Dumitrica, D-.B. Zhang, M. Hua, "Nanomechanics of Silicon Nanowires via Symmetry-Adapted Tight-Binding and Classical Objective Molecular Dynamics", Proceedings IMECE2008-66802, and at IMECE2008.pdf

T. Dumitrica, P. Valentini, and S. Hao, "Ab Initio Calculations of Plasticity in Boron Nitride Nanotubes" Proceedings of ICCES'07 (2007) and at NATO-ASI-Dumitrica.pdf

T. Dumitrica, V. Barone, M. Hua and B.I. Yakobson, "Design and Relative Stability of Multicomponent Nanowires" Carbon Nanotubes, NATO Science Series II 222, p. 243 (V. Popov and P. Lambin, Eds.), Springer (2006) and at NATO-ASI-Dumitrica.pdf

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