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Articles in Scholarly Journals [Incomplete List]

1. ZnO Nanosquids: Branching Nanowires from Nanotubes and Nanorods
   Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 233–236, 2008
2. IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 8, no. 6, pp. 922–929, 2008
3. Strain-induced formation of carbon and boron clusters in boron carbide during dynamic indentation
   Applied Physics Letters, vol. 91, no. 6, p. 061910, 2007
4. Formation of single crystalline ZnO nanotubes without catalysts and templates
   Applied Physics Letters, vol. 90, no. 11, p. 113108, 2007
5. Effect of graphitic order on field emission stability of carbon nanotubes
   Nanotechnology, vol. 18, no. 3, p. 035206, 2007
6. Selective Growth of Pure and Long ZnO Nanowires by Controlled Vapor Concentration Gradients
   Journal of Physical Chemistry C, vol. 111, no. 44, pp. 16092–16095, 2007
7. Synthesis of Vertically Aligned Single- and Double-Walled Carbon Nanotubes without Etching Agents
   Journal of Physical Chemistry C, vol. 111, no. 28, pp. 10158–10161, 2007
8. Stability of field emission current from various types of carbon nanotube films
   Diamond and Related Materials, vol. 15, no. 2-3, pp. 212–216, 2006
9. Growth of adhesive cubic phase boron nitride films without argon ion bombardment
   Diamond and Related Materials, vol. 15, no. 2-3, pp. 444–447, 2006
10. High-density vertically aligned multiwalled carbon nanotubes with tubular structures
    Applied Physics Letters, vol. 86, no. 25, p. 253105, 2005
11. Structural control of vertically aligned multiwalled carbon nanotubes by radio-frequency plasmas
    Applied Physics Letters, vol. 87, no. 17, p. 173106, 2005
12. Nano Letters, vol. 5, no. 12, pp. 2528–2532, 2005
13. Controlling dissociative adsorption for effective growth of carbon nanotubes
    Applied Physics Letters, vol. 85, no. 15, p. 3265, 2004
14. Formation of aligned carbon nanotubes by RF-plasma-assisted pulsed-laser deposition
    Physica B: Condensed Matter, vol. 323, no. 1-4, pp. 341–343, 2002
15. Influence of pressure control on the growth of bulk GaN single crystal using a Na flux
    Journal of Crystal Growth, vol. 237-239, pp. 2112–2115, 2002
16. The crystal growth and nonlinear optical properties of K2Al2B2O7
    Journal of Crystal Growth, vol. 237-239, pp. 654–657, 2002
17. Effect of crystallinity on the bulk laser damage and UV absorption of CLBO crystals
    Journal of Crystal Growth, vol. 237-239, pp. 645–648, 2002
18. Crystal growth of GdYCOB for non-critical phase-matched second-harmonic generation at 860nm
    Journal of Crystal Growth, vol. 237-239, pp. 632–636, 2002
19. Effect of crystal growth atmosphere on the crystal birefringence of GdYCOB for third harmonic generation of Nd:YAG laser
    Journal of Crystal Growth, vol. 237-239, pp. 629–631, 2002
20. Recent development of nonlinear optical borate crystals for UV generation
    Optical Materials, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 1–5, 2002
21. Selective growth of flowerlike carbon structures by Radio Frequency plasma-assisted pulsed-laser deposition
    The Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 116, no. 14, p. 6286, 2002
22. Hybridized boron–carbon nitride fibrous nanostructures on Ni substrates
    Applied Physics Letters, vol. 80, no. 14, p. 2559, 2002
23. Enhancement of CsLiB6O10 surface-damage resistance by improved crystallinity and ion-beam etching
    Optics Letters, vol. 27, no. 8, p. 616, 2002
24. The ohmic character of doped AlN films
    Diamond and Related Materials, vol. 10, no. 3-7, pp. 1322–1325, 2001
25. Bond modification of BCN films on Ni substrate
    Diamond and Related Materials, vol. 10, no. 3-7, pp. 1137–1141, 2001
26. Dependence of gray-track threshold of GdYCOB on the crystal growth atmosphere
    Journal of Crystal Growth, vol. 229, no. 1-4, pp. 265–269, 2001
27. Recent development of nonlinear optical borate crystals: key materials for generation of visible and UV light
    Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports, vol. 30, no. 1-2, pp. 1–54, 2000
28. Growth of nitride crystals, BN, AlN and GaN by using a Na flux
    Diamond and Related Materials, vol. 9, no. 3-6, pp. 512–515, 2000
29. Epitaxial aluminum nitride thin films grown by pulsed laser deposition in various nitrogen ambients
    Diamond and Related Materials, vol. 9, no. 3-6, pp. 516–519, 2000
30. Growth of adhesive c-BN films on a tensile BN buffer layer
    Diamond and Related Materials, vol. 9, no. 3-6, pp. 592–595, 2000
31. The control of B_N and B_C bonds in BCN films synthesized using pulsed laser deposition
    Diamond and Related Materials, vol. 9, no. 3-6, pp. 620–624, 2000
32. Effect of carbon nitride bonding structure on electron field emission
    Diamond and Related Materials, vol. 9, no. 3-6, pp. 1228–1232, 2000
33. Alleviation of photoinduced damage in GdxY1-xCa4O(BO3)3 at elevated crystal temperature for noncritically phase-matched 355-nm generation
    Optics Letters, vol. 25, no. 21, p. 1588, 2000
34. Carbon nitride thin films synthesized at high temperature by using RF-plasma PLD
    Journal of Crystal Growth, vol. 198-199, pp. 1028–1031, 1999
35. Synthesis of adhesive c-BN films in pure nitrogen radio-frequency plasma
    Diamond and Related Materials, vol. 8, no. 2-5, pp. 382–385, 1999
36. Binding state transformation in high temperature synthesized CN thin films
    Diamond and Related Materials, vol. 8, no. 2-5, pp. 614–617, 1999
37. CsLiB6O10 crystal for frequency doubling the Nd:YAG laser
    Optics Communications, vol. 145, no. 1-6, pp. 101–104, 1998
38. Influence of negative dc bias voltage on structural transformation of carbon nitride at 600?°C
    Applied Physics Letters, vol. 73, no. 7, p. 915, 1998
39. Long-term operation of CsLiB_6O_10 at elevated crystal temperature
    Optics Letters, vol. 23, no. 1, p. 34, 1998
40. Alleviation of thermally induced phase mismatch in CsLiB_6O_10 crystal by means of temperature-profile compensation
    Optics Letters, vol. 23, no. 13, p. 1016, 1998
41. Growth of AIN thin films on (111) and (100) silicon by pulsed laser deposition in nitrogen plasma ambient
    Diamond and Related Materials, vol. 6, no. 8, pp. 1015–1018, 1997