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Selected Journal Articles

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).

P. Valentini and T. Dumitrica, Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Nanoparticle­Surface Collisions in Crystalline Silicon, Journal of Nano Research 1, 23 (2008).

P. Valentini, W. W. Gerberich, and T. Dumitrica, Phase Transition Plasticity Response in Uniaxially Compressed Silicon Nanospheres, Physical Review Letters 99 (2007).

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).

T. Dumitrica, "Bismuth under Intense Laser Pulses: A Fano-like Interference Description," Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 19, 181003 (2007).

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

T. Dumitrica and R.D. James, "Objective Molecular Dynamics," Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 55, 2237 (2007).

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

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," Physical Review B 74, 193406 (2006).

T. Dumitrica, M. Hua, and B.I. Yakobson, "Symmetry, Time, and Temperature Dependent Strength of Carbon Nanotubes," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 103, 6105 (2006).

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

T. Dumitrica, M. Hua, and B. I. Yakobson, "Endohedral silicon nanotubes as thinnest silicide wires," Physical Review B (R), 2004. 70(24): p. 241303-4.

T. Dumitrica and B. I. Yakobson, "Strain-rate and temperature dependent plastic yield in carbon nanotubes from ab initio calculations," Applied Phys. Lett., 2004. 84(15): p. 2775-2777.

T. Dumitrica, et al., " Selective cap opening in carbon nanotubes driven by laser-induced coherent phonons," Physical Review Lett., 2004. 92(11): p. 117401-4.

T. Dumitrica, T. Belytschko, and B. I. Yakobson, "Bond-breaking bifurcation states in carbon nanotube fracture." Journal Chem. Phys., 2003. 118(21): p. 9485-9488.

T. Dumitrica, et al., " Thermodynamics of yield in boron nitride nanotubes," Physical Review B, 2003. 68(8):
p. 085412-8.

T. Dumitrica, C. M. Landis, and B. I. Yakobson, "Curvature-induced polarization in carbon nanoshells," Chem. Phys. Lett., 2002. 360(1-2): p. 182-188.

T. Dumitrica and R. E. Allen, "Femtosecond-scale response of GaAs to ultrafast laser pulses," Physical Review B (R), 2002. 66: p. 081202-4.

H. F. Bettinger, T. Dumitrica, G.E. Scuseria and B. I. Yakobson, "Mechanically induced defects and strength of BN nanotubes," Physical Review B (R) 2002. 65(4): p. 041406-4.

Book Chapters

B. I. Yakobson and T. Dumitrica, Nanomechanics: Physics between Engineering and Chemistry, in Trends in Nanoscale Mechanics, V. Harik and M.D. Salas, Editors. 2003, Kluwer Academic: Boston. p. 3-33.

R. E. Allen, T. Dumitrica, and B. Torralva, Electronic and structural response of materials to fast, intense laser pulses, in Ultrafast Physical Processes in Semiconductors, K. T. Tsen, Editor. 2001, Academic Press: San Diego. p. 315-388.