Recent papers

 

pdfIn situ evidence for chirality-dependent growth rates of individual carbon nanotubes”, R. Rao, T. Cherukuri, B.I. Yakobson, and B. Maruyama, Nature Materials, 11, 213-216 (2012).

pdf “Ripping graphene: Preferred directions”, K. Kim, V. Artyukhov, W. Regan, Y. Liu, M. Crommie, B.I. Yakobson, and A. Zettl, Nano Lett. 12, 293-297 (2011).

pdf “Graphene—Pushing the boundaries”, P.M. Ajayan and B.I. Yakobson, Nature Mater., 10, 415-417 (2011).

pdfCarbon nanotube nucleation driven by catalyst morphology dynamics”, E. Pigos, E.S. Penev, M.A. Ribas, R. Sharma, B.I. Yakobson, and A.R. Harutyunyan, ACS Nano, 5, 10096–10101 (2011).

pdf "Structural dislocations in anthracite", Y. Sun, L. Alemany, W.E. Billups, J. Lu, B.I. Yakobson, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2, 2521-2524 (2011).

pdf “BN white graphene with ‘colorful’ edges: The energies and morphology”, Y. Liu, S. Bhowmick, and B.I. Yakobson, Nano Lett. 11, 3113-3116 (2011).

pdf "Upright standing graphene formation on substrates", Q. Yuan, H. Hu, J. Gao, F. Ding, Z. Liu, B.I. Yakobson, J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 133, 16072–16079 (2011).

pdf Calcium-decorated carbyne networks as hydrogen storage media”, P.B. Sorokin, H.K. Lee, L.Yu. Antipina, A.K. Singh, and B.I. Yakobson, Nano Lett., 11, 2660–2665 (2011).

pdf “Electronic properties of twisted armchair graphene nanoribbons”, A. Sadrzadeh, M. Hua, and B.I. Yakobson, Appl. Phys. Lett., 99, 013102 (2011).

pdf “Observational geology of graphene, at the nanoscale”, B.I. Yakobson and F. Ding, ACS Nano, 5, 1569–1574 (2011).

pdf “Ground states of group-IV nanostructures: Magic structures of diamond and silicon nanocrystals”, X. Yang, Y.-J. Zhao, H. Xu, and B.I. Yakobson, Phys. Rev. B, 83, 205314 (2011).

pdf “Patterning nanoroads and quantum dots on fluorinated graphene”, M.A. Ribas, A.K. Singh, P.B. Sorokin, and B.I. Yakobson, Nano Res. 4, 143-152 (2011).

pdfChallenges in hydrogen adsorptions: from physisorption to chemisorptions”, F. Ding and B.I. Yakobson, Frontiers of Physiscs, 6, 142-150 (2011).

pdf “Electronic structure of graphene nanoribbons subjected to twist and nonuniform strain”, A. Dobrinsky, A. Sadrzadeh, B.I. Yakobson, and J. Xu, Intern. J. High Speed Electronics and Systems, 20, 153-160 (2011).

pdf “Graphene nucleation on transition metal surface: Structure transformation and role of the metal step edge”, J. Gao, J. Yip, J. Zhao, B. I. Yakobson, and F. Ding, J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 133, 5009-5015 (2011).

pdf “Hydrogen storage capacity of carbon-foams: Grand canonical Monte Carlo simulations”, A.K. Singh,  J. Lu, R.S. Aga, and B.I. Yakobson, J. Chem. Phys. C, 115, 2476–2482 (2011) .Cover Article.

pdf “Quantum dots and nanoroads of graphene embedded in hexagonal boron nitride”, S. Bhowmick, A.K. Singh, and B.I. Yakobson, J. Phys. Chem. C, 115, 9889–9893 (2011).

pdfInfluence of size effect on the electronic and elastic properties of diamond films with nanometer thickness”, L.A. Chernozatonskii, P.B. Sorokin, A.A. Kuzubov, B.P. Sorokin, A.G. Kvashnin, D.G. Kvashnin, P.V. Avramov, and B.I. Yakobson, J. Phys. Chem. C, 115, 132–136 (2011).

pdf “Interface toughness of carbon nanotube reinforced epoxy composites”, Y. Ganesan, C. Peng, Y. Lu, P.E. Loya, P. Moloney, E. Barrera, B.I. Yakobson, J.M. Tour, R. Ballarini, and J. Lou, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 3, 129–134 (2011).

pdf “Armchair or Zigzag? A tool for characterizing graphene edge”, A.K. Singh, E.S. Penev, and B.I. Yakobson, Computer Physics Communications, 182, 804-807 (2011).

 

pdf “Graphene edge from A to Z—and the origins of nanotube chirality”, Y. Liu, A. Dobrinsky, and B.I. Yakobson, Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 235502 (2010).

pdfMetallacarboranes: Towards promising hydrogen storage metal-organic frameworks”, A.K. Singh, A. Sadrzadeh, and B.I. Yakobson, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 132, 14126–14129 (2010).

pdf "Large scale growth and characterization of atomic hexagonal boron nitride layers", L. Song; L. Ci, H. Lu, P.B. Sorokin, C. Jin, J. Ni, A.G. Kvashnin, D.G. Kvashnin, J. Lou, B.I. Yakobson, P. Ajayan, Nano Lett., 10, 3209-3215 (2010).

pdf “Formation mechanism of peapod-derived double-walled carbon nanotubes”, F. Ding, Z. Xu, B.I. Yakobson, R.J Young, I.A. Kinloch, S. Cui, L. Deng, P. Puech, and M. Monthioux, Phys. Rev. B (Rapid Comm.), 82, 041403 (2010).

“Theory of screw dislocation and chiral angle controlled carbon nanotube growth”, F. Ding and B.I. Yakobson, 3rd International Nanoelectronics Conference, 168 10.1109/INEC.2010.5424604 (2010).

pdf “Cones, Pringles, and Grain Boundary Landscapes in Graphene Topology”, Y. Liu and B.I. Yakobson, Nano Lett., 10, 2178-2183 (2010).

pdf “Vacancy clusters in graphane as quantum dots”, A.K. Singh, E.S. Penev, and B.I. Yakobson, ACS Nano, 4, 3510-3514 (2010). – Cover Article.

pdf “In-situ observations of fullerene fusion and ejection in carbon nanotubes", S. Gorantla, F. Börrnert, A. Bachmatiuk, M. Dimitrakopoulou, R. Schönfelder, F. Schäffel, J. Thomas, T. Gemming, J. H. Warner, B.I. Yakobson, J. Eckert, B. Büchner, and M.H. Rümmeli. Nanoscale, 2, 2077–2079 (2010).

pdf "Ballistic thermal conductance of graphene ribbons", E. Munoz, J. Lu, B.I. Yakobson, Nano Lett., 10, 1652-1656 (2010).

pdf “Interplay of Catalyst Size and Metal-Carbon Interactions in the Growth of Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes”, J. C. Burgos, H. Reyna, B.I. Yakobson, and P.B Balbuena, J. Phys. Chem. C, 114, 6952-6958 (2010).

pdf “Magnesium boride nanotubes: Relative stability, atomic and electronic structure", P.B. Sorokin, L.A. Chernozatonskii, P.V. Avramov, and B.I. Yakobson, J. Phys. Chem. C, 114, 4852 (2010).

pdf “The ultimate diamond slab: graphAne versus graphEne", E. Munoz, A.K. Singh, M.A. Ribas, E.S. Penev, and B.I. Yakobson, Diamond and Related Materials, DOI:10.1016/j.diamond.2010.01.007 (2010).

 

pdf “Dislocation theory of chirality-controlled nanotube growth”, F. Ding, A.R. Harutyunyan, and B. I. Yakobson, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 106, 2506-2509 (2009). Cover Article.

pdfElectronics and magnetism of patterned graphene nanoroads”, A.K. Singh and B.I. Yakobson, Nano Lett., 9, 1540-1543 (2009).

pdfGrowing a carbon nanotube atom by atom: ‘And yet it does turn’”, M. Marchand, C. Journet, D. Guillot, J.-M. Benoit, B. I. Yakobson, and S.T. Purcell, Nano Lett., 9, 2961-2966 (2009).

pdfSpontaneous twist and intrinsic instabilities of pristine graphene nanoribbons”, K.V. Bets and B.I. Yakobson, Nano Research, 2, 161-166 (2009). Cover Article.

pdf “Nanotube nucleation versus carbon-catalyst adhesion—Probed by molecular dynamics simulations”, M.A. Ribas, F. Ding, P.B. Balbuena , and B.I. Yakobson. J. Chem. Phys., 131, 224501 (2009).

pdf H-Spillover through the catalyst saturation: An ab initio thermodynamics study”, A.K. Singh, M.A. Ribas, and B.I. Yakobson, ACS Nano, 3, 1657-1662 (2009).

pdf Templated growth of graphenic materials”, N.W Nicholas, L.M. Connors, F. Ding, B.I Yakobson, H.K. Schmidt, and R.H Hauge, Nanotechnology, 20, 245607 (2009).

pdf In-situ observation of graphene sublimation and multi-layer edge reconstructions: Genesis of interconnected carbon nanostructures”, J.Y. Huang, F. Ding, B.I. Yakobson, P. Lu, L. Qi, and J. Li, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 106, 10103-10108 (2009).

pdf Comment on mechanism for superelongation of carbon nanotubes at high temperatures”, F. Ding, J.Y. Huang, B.I. Yakobson, Phys. Rev. Lett., 103, 039601 (2009).

pdf The Boron Fullerenes”, A. Sadrzadeh and B.I. Yakobson, in: Handbook of Nanophysics, Ed. K. Sattler (Taylor & Francis, 2009) in press.

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pdf “B80 fullerene: An ab initio prediction of geometry, stability, and electronic structure”, N. Gonzalez Szwacki, A. Sadrzadeh, and B.I. Yakobson, Phys. Rev. Lett., 100, 159901 (2008).

pdfFullerene nanocage capacity for hydrogen storage”, O.V. Pupysheva, A.A. Farajian, and B.I. Yakobson, Nano Letters, 8, 767 (2008). Cover Article.

pdfHydrogen storage by spillover on graphene as a phase nucleation process”, Y. Lin, F. Ding, and B.I. Yakobson, Phys. Rev. B, 78, 041402(R) (2008).

pdfPolarization, energetics, and electrorheology in carbon nanotube suspensions under an applied electric field: An exact numerical approach”, A.A. Farajian, O.V. Pupysheva, Howard K. Schmidt, and B.I. Yakobson, Phys. Rev. B, 77, 205432 (2008).

pdf Dislocation dynamics in multiwalled carbon nanotubes at high temperatures”, J.Y. Huang, F. Ding, and B.I. Yakobson, Phys. Rev. Lett., 100, 035503 (2008).

pdfControlled nanocutting of graphene, L. Ci, Z. Xu, L. Wang, W. Gao, F. Ding, K.F. Kelly, B.I. Yakobson, and P.M. Ajayan, Nano Res., 1, 116-122 (2008).

pdf ”Electron transport of nanotube-based gas sensors—An ab initio study”, A. Sadrzadeh, A.A. Farajian, and B.I. Yakobson, Appl. Phys. Lett., 92, 022103 (2008).

pdf ”The boron buckyball and its precursors: An electronic structure study”, A. Sadrzadeh, O.V. Pupysheva, A.K. Singh, and B.I. Yakobson, J. Phys. Chem. A, 112, 13679-13683 (2008).

pdf Low-Temperature Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes Synthesis: Feedstock Decomposition Limited Growth”, E. Mora, J.M. Pigos, F. Ding, B.I. Yakobson, and A.R. Harutyunyan, JACS (Communications), 130, 11840-11841 (2008).

pdf “Probing properties of boron a-tubes by ab initio calculations”, A.K. Singh, A. Sadrzadeh, and B.I. Yakobson, Nano Letters, 8, 1314 (2008).

pdf Mesoscale reverse stick-slip nanofriction behavior of vertically aligned multiwalled carbon nanotube superlattices”, J. Lou, F. Ding, H. Lu, J. Goldman, Y. Sun, and B.I. Yakobson, Appl. Phys. Lett., 92, 203115 (2008).

pdf “New boron barrelenes and tubulenes”, L.A. Chernozatonskii, P.B. Sorokin, and B.I. Yakobson, JETP Letters, 8, 489-493 (2008).

pdf ”Friction and adhesion properties of vertically aligned multi-walled carbon nanotube arrays and fluoro-nanodiamond films”, H. Lu, J. Goldman, F. Ding, Y. Sun, M.X. Pulikkathara,V.N. Khabashesku, B.I. Yakobson, and J. Lou, Carbon, 46, 1294-1301 (2008).

pdf Nonlocal shell model for flexural wave propagation in double-walled carbon nanotubes”, Y. Hu, K.M. Liew, Q. Wang, X.Q. He , and B.I. Yakobson, J. Mech. and Physics of Solids, 56, 3475-3485 (2008).

. . . “Quasi-One-Dimensional Silicon Nanostructures”, Y. Lin, N. Gonzalez Szwacki, and B.I. Yakobson, Chapter 8 in: Nanosilicon, Ed. V. Kumar, p. 289-313 (Elsevier, Amsterdam, ISBN-10: 0-08-044528-4, 2008).

. . . “Green’s Function Formulation of Electronic Transport at Nanoscale”, A.A. Farajian, O.V. Pupysheva, B.I. Yakobson, and Y. Kawazoe, Chapter 8 in: Nano- and Micromaterials. Advances in Materials Research Series, Ed. Y. Kawazoe, Vol. 9, p.219-241 (Springer, Berlin, ISBN: 978-3-540-74556-3, 2008).

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pdf “Real time microscopy, kinetics, and mechanism of giant fullerene evaporation”, J.Y. Huang, F. Ding, K. Jiao, and B.I. Yakobson, Phys. Rev. Lett., 99, 175503 (2007). Editors’ Suggestion.

pdf “Pseudo-climb and dislocation dynamics in superplastic nanotubes”, F. Ding, K. Jiao, M. Wu, and B.I. Yakobson, Phys. Rev. Lett., 98, 075503 (2007).

pdf “The boron buckyball”, N. Gonzalez Szwacki, A. Sadrzadeh, and B.I. Yakobson, Phys. Rev. Lett., 98, 166804 (2007). Editors’ Suggestion.

pdf “How evaporating nanotubes retain their perfection?”, F. Ding, K. Jiao, Y. Lin, and B.I. Yakobson, Nano Letters, 7, 681-684 (2007).

pdf “Clustering of Sc on SWNT and reduction of hydrogen uptake: ab initio all-electron calculations”, P.O. Krasnov, F. Ding, A.K. Singh, and B.I. Yakobson, J. Phys. Chem. C, Letters, 111, 17977-17980 (2007).

pdf “Carbon Nanotube-Enhanced Thermal Destruction of Cancer Cells in a Non-Invasive Radiofrequency Field”, C.J. Gannon, P. Cherukuri, B.I. Yakobson, L. Cognet, C. Kittrell, M. Pasquali, R.B.. Weisman, J.S. Kanzius, R.E. Smalley, H.K. Schmidt, and S.A. Curley, Cancer, 110, 2654-2665 (2007).

pdf “Energy decomposition analysis of metal silicide nanowires from first principles”, N. Gonzalez Szwacki and B.I. Yakobson, Phys. Rev. B, 75, 035406 (2007).

pdf “Designing carbon nanoframeworks tailored for hydrogen storage”, P.F. Weck, E. Kim, N. Balakrishnan, H. Cheng, and B.I. Yakobson, Chem. Phys. Lett., 439, 354-359 (2007).

pdf “Calculating carbon nanotube–catalyst adhesion strengths”, P. Larsson, J.A. Larsson, R. Ahuja, F. Ding, B.I. Yakobson, H. Duan, A. Rosén, and K. Bolton, Phys. Rev. B, 75, 115419 (2007).

pdf “Gate-induced switching and negative differential resistance in a single-molecule transistor: Emergence of fixed and shifting states with molecular length”, A.A. Farajian, R.V. Belosludov, H. Mizuseki, Y. Kawazoe, T. Hashizume, and B.I. Yakobson, J. Chem. Phys., 127, 024901 (2007).

pdf “Nanotube derived carbon foam for hydrogen storage”, F. Ding, Y. Lin, P. Krasnov, and B.I. Yakobson, J. Chem. Phys., 127, 164703 (2007).

pdf Interaction of Low-Energy Ions and Atoms of Light Elements with a Fluorinated Carbon Molecular Lattice”, P.V. Avramov and B.I. Yakobson, J. Phys. Chem. A, 111, 1508 (2007).

pdf “Self-templated growth of carbon nanotube walls at high temperatures”, J.Y. Huang, F. Ding, K. Jiao and B.I. Yakobson, Small, 3, 1735-1739 (2007).

pdf “Symmetry, time, and temperature dependent strength of carbon nanotubes”, T. Dumitrica¸ M. Hua, and B.I. Yakobson, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 103, 6105-6109 (2006). Cover Article.

pdf “Oxygen breaks into carbon world”, P.M. Ajayan and B.I. Yakobson, Nature, 441, 818-819 (2006).