2018
131. M. Z. Akram, V. Atla, A. Nambo, B.P. Ajayi, J.B. Jasinski, J. He, J./R. Gong, and M.K. Sunkara, "Low-Temperature and Fast Kinetics for CO2 Sorption Using Li6WO6Nanowires", Nano Lett., 2018, 18 (8), pp 4891–4899, DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b01529
130. V. Atla, B. Kumar, D.F. Jaramillo-Cabanzo, W. Paxton, J. Spurgeon and M.K. Sunkara, "Electrochemical Reduction of Nitrates Using a Gallium Electrode", Submitted (2018).
129. R. Dharmasena, A. K.Thapa, R. Hona, J. Jasinski, M. Sunkara, G. U. Sumanasekera, "Mesoporous TiO2 coating on carbon–sulfur cathode for high capacity Li–sulfur battery", RSC Adv., 8, 11622 (2018).
128. D.F. Jaramillo, B.P. Ajayi and M.K. Sunkara, "One-dimensional nanomaterials for lithium ion and related batteries", Invited Review, J. of Physics D (2018).
127. A. Martinez-Garcia, H. B. Russell, W. Paxton, S. Ravipati, S. Calero-Barney, M. Menon, E. Richter, J. Young,T. Deutsch, M. K. Sunkara, "Un-assisted Water Splitting Using a GaSbxP(1-x) Photoanode", Advanced Energy Materials, DOI: 10.1002/aenm.201703247 (2018).
126. F. Khmaissia, H. Frigui, M. Sunkara, J. Jasinski, A. Martinez Garcia, T. Pace, M. Menon, "Accelerating Band Gap Prediction for Solar Materials using Feature Selection and Regression techniques", J. Computational Materials Science, 147 (2018) 304–315 (2018).
125. M.L. Carreon, D.F. Jaramillo-Cabanzo, I. Chaudhuri, M. Menon and M.K. Sunkara, "Synergistic interactions of H2 and N2 with molten gallium in the presence of plasma", Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A, 36, 021303 (2018).
2017
124. S. Kumari, B.P. Ajayi, B. Kumar, J.B. Jasinski, M.K. Sunkara and J. Spurgeon, "A Low-noble-metal W1-xIrxO3-δ Water Oxidation Electrocatalyst for Acidic Media via Rapid Plasma Synthesis", Energy & Environmental Science, 10, 2432-2440 (2017).
123. B. P Ajay, A. K. Thapa, U. Cvelbar, J. B. Jasinski, and M.K. Sunkara, "Atmospheric plasma spray pyrolysis of lithiated nickel-manganese-cobalt oxides for cathodes in lithium ion batteries", Chemical Engineering Science, 174, 302–310 (2017).
122. B. Kumar, V. Atla, J.P. Brian, T. Nguyen, S. Kumari, M. Sunkara and J.M. Spurgeon, "Reduced SnO2 Porous Nanowires with a High Density of Grain Boundaries as Catalysts for Efficient Electrochemical CO2 -into-HCOOH Conversion, CO2-to-HCOOH Conversion", Angewandte Chemie, 56, 13, 3645-3649 (2017).
121. A. Nambo, J. He, V. Atla, T. Q. Nguyen, T. Druffel, and M. Sunkara, "Ultrafast carbon dioxide sorption kinetics using lithium silicate nanowires", 17 (6), 3327–3333, Nano Letters (2017).
2016
120. T. Q Nguyen, V. Atla; V. K Vendra, A. K Thapa; J. B Jasinski, T. L Druffel, and M.K. Sunkara, "Scalable Solvo-plasma Production of Porous Tin Oxide Nanowires", Chemical Engineering Science, 154, 20-26 (2016).
119. N. Rajamanickam, P. Soundarrajan, V. K. Vendra, J. B. Jasinski, M. K. Sunkara and K. Ramachandran, "Efficiency enhancement of cubic perovskite BaSnO3 nanostructures based dye sensitized solar cells", Phys.Chem.Chem.Phys., 18, 8468 (2016).
118. H.B. Russell, A.N. Andriotis, M.Menon, J. Jasinski and M.K. Sunkara, "Direct Band Gap Gallium Antimony Phosphide (GaSbxP1-x) Alloys", Scientific Reports (Nature) 6,20822, DOI: 10.1038/srep20822 (2016).
117. D. R. Cummins, U. Martinez, A. Sherehiy, R. Kappera, A. Martinez-Garcia, J. Jasinski, M. Chhowalla, G. Sumanasekera, A. D. Mohite, M. K. Sunkara, and G. Gupta, "Scalable Approach to Efficient Hydrogen Evolution in TMDs via a Simple One-Step Hydrazine Reaction", Nature Communications 7, Article No. 11857, doi:10.1038/ncomms11857 (2016).
116. N. Rajamanickam, S. Kumari, V. Vendra, B.W. Lavery, J. Spurgeon, T. Druffel and M.K. Sunkara, Stable and Durable CH3NH3PbI3 Perovskite Solar Cells at Ambient Conditions , Nanotechnology, 27(23), 235404, doi: 10.1088/0957-4484/27/23/235404 (2016).
115. B.P. Ajayi, S. Kumari, D. Jaramillo-Cabanzo, J. Spurgeon, J. Jasinski and M.K. Sunkara, "A rapid and scalable method for making mixed metal oxide alloys for enabling accelerated materials discovery", J. of Materials Research, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2016.9231 (11), 1596-1607(2016).
114. M. Gupta, T. Nguyen, F. Petzold, D. Fonseca, J. Jasinski and M.K. Sunkara, "Nanowire Based Bi-functional Catalysts for Ultra-deep HydroDesulfurization and Aromatic Hydrogenation", Applied Catalysis B; Environmental, 180, 246–254 (2016).
2015
113. D.F. Jaramillo, G.A. Willing and M.K. Sunkara, "Plasma etching chemistry for smoothening of nanocrystalline diamond films", Electrochemical Solid State Letters, 4, (10), P80-P84 (2015).
112. D. Cummins, U. Martinez, R. Kappera, V. Damien, A. Martinez-Garcia, J. Jasinski, D. Kelly, M. Chhowalla, A. Mohite, M.K. Sunkara, and G. Gupta, "Catalytic Activity in Lithium Treated Core-Shell MoOx/MoS2 Nanowires", J. Physical Chemistry C, 119 (40), 22908–22914 (2015).
111. E. Neyts, K. Ostrikov, M.K Sunkara and A. Bogaerts, "Plasma Catalysis: Synergistic Effects at the Nanoscale", Chemical Reviews, 115 (24), 13408–13446 (2015).
110. V.K. Vendra, T.Q. Nguyen, A.K. Thapa, J.B. Jasinski, and M.K. Sunkara, "Scalable Synthesis and Surface Stabilization of Li2MnO3 Cathode Materials in Li-Ion Batteries", RSC Advances, 5, 36906 – 36912 (2015).
109. A. Martinez-Garcia, A.K. Thapa, R. Dharmadasa, T.Q. Nguyen, J. Jasinski, T. L. Druffel and M.K. Sunkara, "High rate and durable, binder free anode based on silicon loaded MoO3 nanoplatelets", Scientific Reports (Nature), 5, 10530, doi:10.1038/srep10530 (2015).
108. M. Carreon, A. Thapa, J. Jasinski and M.K. Sunkara, "The capacity and durability of amorphous silicon nanotube thin film anode for lithium ion battery applications", ECS Electrochemistry Letters, 4(10): A124-A128 (2015)
107. M. Akhtar, M. Menon, M. Sunkara, G. Sumanasekera, A. Durygin, and J. Jasinski, "High pressure synthesis of rhombohedral a-AgGaO2 via direct solid reaction", J. of Alloys and Compounds, 641, 87-92 (2015).
106. M. Mozetic, G. Primc, A. Vessel, R. Zaplotnik, M. Modic, I. lunkar, R. N. Recek, M. Klanisek-Gunde, L. Guhy, M.K. Sunkara, M.C. Assensio, S. Milosevic, M. Lehocky, V. Sedlarik, M. Gorianc, K. Kutasi, K. Stana-Kleinschek,"Application of extremely non-equilibrium plasmas in the processing of nano and biomedical materials", Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 24 (1), Article Number: 015026, DOI: 10.1088/0963-0252/24/1/015026 (2015).
105. R. Lupitsky, V. Vendra, J. Jasinski, D. Amos, M.K. Sunkara and T. Druffel, " Towards High Efficiency Dye Sensitized Solar Cells with a Photoanode Fabricated Via a Simple Water Based Formulation"", Progress in Photovoltaics, 23, 883–891 (2015)
2014
104. M. Carreon, J. Jasinski and M.K. Sunkara," Low Temperature Synthesis of Silicon Nanowire Arrays", Materials Research Express, 1, 045006 (2014).
103. A. Sherehiy, S. Dumpala, M. K. Sunkara, J. B. Jasinski, R. W. Cohn, G.U. Sumanasekera," Thermionic emission from phosphorus (P) doped diamond nanocrystals supported by conical carbon nanotubes and Ultraviolet Photoelectron Spectroscopy study of P-doped diamond films", Diamond & Related Materials, 50, 66-76 (2014).
102. L. Brockway, V. R. Vasiraju, M.K. Sunkara, and S. Vaddiraju," Engineering Efficient Thermoelectrics from Large-scale Assemblies of doped ZnO Nanowires: Nanoscale Effects and Resonant-Level Scattering", ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 6 (17), 14923-14930 (2014).
101. A. Andriotis, F. Mpourmpakis, S. Broderick, K. Rajan, S. Datta, M. Sunkara, and M. Menon," Informatics Guided Discovery of Surface Structure-Chemistry Relationships in Catalytic Nanoparticles", J. of Chem. Phys., 140, 094705 (2014).
100. A. K. Thapa, B. Pandit, R. Thapa, T. Luitel, H.S. Paudel, G. Sumanasekera, M.K Sunkara, N. Gunawardhana, T. Ishihara, M. Yoshio "Synthesis of mesopourous bimessite- MnO2 composite as a cathode electrode for lithium battery", Electrochem.Acta 116, 188-193,(2014)
99. V. Vendra, T.Q. Nguyen, T. Druffel, D. Amos and M.K. Sunkara, "Nanowire architectures for iodide free dye-sensitized solar cells”, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2, 3543-3550 (2014).
98. T.Q. Nguyen, A.K. Thapa, V.K. Vendra, J.B. Jasinski, G.U. Sumanasekera and M.K. Sunkara, "High rate capacity retention of binder free, tin oxide nanowire arrays using thin titania and alumina coatings”, RSC Adv., 4, 3312-3317 (2014).
97. P. Dey, J. Bible, S. Datta, S. Broderick, J. Jasinski, M.K. Sunkara, M. Menon, and K. Rajan, "Informatics aided band gap engineering for solar materials", J. Comp. Mater. Sci., 83, 185-195 (2014).
2013
96. S. Sunkara, V.K. Vendra, J.B. Jasinski, T. Deutsch, A.N. Andriotis, K. Rajan and M.K. Sunkara, "New Visible Light Absorbing Materials for Solar Fuels, Ga(Sbx)N1-x”, In Press., Adv. Mater. (2013).
95. A. Martinez-Garcia, V.K. Vendra, S. Sunkara, P. Haldankar, J. Jasinski, and M.K. Sunkara, "Tungsten oxide coated copper oxide nanowire arrays for enhanced activity and durability with photoelectrochemical water splitting”, J. Mater. Chem. A.,1 (48), 15235 - 15241, (2013).
94. S. Kolli, C. S. Pendyala, M.K. Sunkara, J.B. Jasinski, and B.A. Alphenaar, "Thermally activated luminescence in InN nanowires”, J. Luminiscence, 141, 162-165 (2013).
93. D. R. Cummins, H. B. Russell, J. Jasinski, and M.K. Sunkara, Single Crystal Pyrite Nanowires and Nanotubes Using Sulfurization of Hematite Nanowires, Nano Lett., 13 (6), 2423-2430 (2013).
92. A. Sherehiy, S. Dumpala, A. Safir, D. Mudd, I. Arnold, R.W. Cohn, M. K. Sunkara, G.U. Sumanasekera, "Thermionic emission properties and the work function determination of arrays of conical carbon nanotubes”, Dia. and Relat. Mater., 34, 1-8 (2013).
91. S. Sunkara, V. K. Vendra, J-H. Kim, T. Druffel, and M. K. Sunkara "Scalable synthesis and photoelectrochemical properties of copper oxide nanowire arrays and films”, Catalysis Today, 199, 27-35 (2013).
2012
90. A. K. Thapa, T.-H. Shin, S. Ida, G. U. Sumanasekera, M. K. Sunkara, T. Ishihara, "Gold-Palladium nanoparticles supported by mesoporous β-MnO2 air electrode for rechargeable Li-Air battery”, J. Power Sources 220, 211-216 (2012). 89. U. Cvelbar and M.K. Sunkara, "Chapter 5: Large Scale Plasma Assisted Growth of Nanowires”, pp109-146, Book on Plasma Processing of Nanomaterials edited by R.M. Sankaran, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL (2012). 88. F. Petzold, J. Jasinski, E.L. Clark, J-H. Kim, J. Absher, H. Toufar, and M.K. Sunkara, "Ni supported on ZnO nanowires as advanced hydrodesulfurization catalyst”, Catalysis Today, 198, 219-227 (2012). 87. U. Cvelbar, Z. Chen, I. Levchenko, R. M. Sheetz, J.B. Jasinski, M. Menon, M. K. Sunkara, K. Ostrikov, "Sub-oxide-to-metallic, uniformly-nanoporous crystalline nanowires by plasma oxidation and electron reduction”. Chem. Comm. 48, 11070-11072 (2012). 86. V.K. Vendra, J. Absher, S.R. Ellis, D. Amos, T.L. Druffel, and M.K. Sunkara, "Photoanode area dependent efficiency, and recombination effects in dye-sensitized solar cells”, J. of the Electrochem. Soc., 159(8), H728-H733 (2012). 85. P. Meduri, E.L. Clark, J-H. Kim, E. Dayalan, G.U. Sumanasekera, and M.K. Sunkara,"MoO3-x nanowire arrays as stable and high capacity anodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries”, Nano Lett., 12(4), 1784-1788 (2012). 84. C. Pendyala, J. B. Jasinski, J. H. Kim, V. K. Vendra, S. Lisenkov, M. Menon and M. K. Sunkara, "Nanowires as semi-rigid substrates for growth of thick, InxGa1-xN (x>0.4) epi-layers without phase segregation for photoelectrochemical water splitting”, Nanoscale, 4, 6269-6275 (2012). 83. R. LaPierre and M. Sunkara, "Nanowire for energy”, editorial, Nanotechnology, 23 (19), 190201 (2012). IF = 3.98; #cit = 1 82. B. Chernomordik, H. B. Russell, U. Cvelbar, J. B. Jasinski, V. Kumar, T. Deutsch, and M. K. Sunkara, "Photoelectrochemical activity of as-synthesized, -Fe2O3 nanowire array electrodes for water splitting”, Nanotechnology, 23 (19), 194009 (2012). 2011 81. Z. Chen, D. Cummins, E.L. Clark, B. Reinecke, M.K. Sunkara, and T.F. Jaramillo, "Core-shell MoO3-MoS2 Nanowires for Hydrogen Evolution: A Functional Design for Electrocatalytic Materials”, Nano Lett., 11 (10), 4168–4175 (2011). 80. L. Brockway, C. Pendyala, M.K. Sunkara, and S. Vaddiraju, " A post-synthesis decomposition strategy for Group III nitride quantum wires”, Crystal Growth and Design, 11 (10), 4559-4564 (2011). 79. V. Kumar, J-H. Kim, J.B. Jasinski, E.L. Clark, and M.K. Sunkara, "Alkali assisted, atmospheric plasma production titania nanowire powders and arrays”, Crystal Growth and Design, 11 (7), 2913 (2011). 78. P. Meduri, E.L. Clark, E. Dayalan, G.U. Sumanasekera, and M.K. Sunkara, "Kinetically limited de-lithiation behavior of nanoscale tin covered tin oxide nanowires”, Energy and Environ. Science, 4, 1695 (2011). 77. M K Sunkara, C Pendyala, D Cummins, P Meduri, J. Jasinski, V Kumar, H B Russell, E L Clark, and J H Kim, "Inorganic nanowires: a perspective about their role in energy conversion and storage applications”, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys., 44 (17), 174032 (2011). 76. J.B. Jasinksi, S. Dumpala, G.U. Sumanasekera, M.K. Sunkara, and P.J. Ouseph, "Transmission Electron Microscopy Study of Moire Patterns of Few Layer Graphene”, Appl. Phys. Lett., 99, 073104 (2011). 75. S. Dumpala, J.B. Jasinksi, G.U. Sumanasekera and M.K. Sunkara, "Synthesis of Conical Carbon Nanotube Arrays: Mechanistic Aspects and Growth on Foil Substrates”, Carbon, 49(8), 2725-2734 (2011). 74. R.M. Sheetz, E. Richter, A.N. Andriotis, C. Pendyala, M.K. Sunkara and M. Menon, "Visible light absorption and large band gap bowing in dilute alloys of gallium nitride with antimony”, Phys. Rev. B., 84, 075304 (2011). 2010 73. K. Ostrikov, I. Levchenko, U. Cvelbar, M.K. Sunkara and M. Mozetic, "From nucleation to nanowires: a single step process”, Nanoscale, 2, 2012 (2010). IF = 5.9; #cit = 49. 72. C. Pendyala, S. Vaddiraju, J-H. Kim, J. Jasinksi, Z.Q. Chen and M.K. Sunkara, "Self nucleation and growth of Group III-antimonide nanowires”, Semicond. Sci. and Technol., 25, 024014 (2010). 71. P. Meduri, J.H. Kim, H.B. Russell, J. Jasinksi, G.U. Sumanasekera and M.K. Sunkara, "Thin Walled Carbon Microtubes as High Capacity and High Rate Anodes in Lithium Ion Batteries", J. Phys. Chem. C., 114, 10621 (2010). 70. B. Deb, V. Kumar, T. L. Druffel, and M.K. Sunkara, "Functionalizing titania nanoparticle surfaces in a fluidized bed plasma reactor”, Nanotechnology, 20, 465701 (2009). 69. Z. Chen, T. F. Jaramillo, T. G. Deutsch, A. Kleiman-Shwarsctein, A. J. Forman, N. Gaillard, R. Garland, K. Takanabe, C. Heske, M. Sunkara, E. W. McFarland, K. Domen, E. L. Miller, J. A. Turner, H. N. Dinh, "Accelerating materials development for photoelectrochemical (PEC) hydrogen production: Standards for methods, definitions, and reporting protocols", J. Mater. Res., 25, No. 1, 3-16 (2010). 2009 68. V. Chakrapani, J. Thangala, and M. K. Sunkara, "WO3 and W2N Nanowire Arrays for Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Production," Intl. J. Hydrogen Energy, 34, 9050-9059 (2009). 67. S. Gubbala, H. B. Russell, H. Shah, B. Deb, J. Jasinski, H. Rypkema, M. K. Sunkara, "Surface properties of SnO2 nanowires for enhanced performance with dye-sensitized solar cells”, Energy Environ. Science, 2, 1302-1309 (2009). 66. S. Dumpala, A. Safir, D. Mudd, R.W. Cohn, M.K. Sunkara and G.U. Sumanasekera, "Field Emission Characteristics of Conical Carbon Nanotube Arrays”, Diamond and Related Materials, 18, 1262-1266 (2009). 65. U. Cvelbar, K. Ostrikov, I. Levchenko, M. Mozetic, and M. K. Sunkara, "Control of morphology and nucleation density of iron oxide nanostructures by electric conditions on iron surfaces exposed to reactive oxygen plasmas”, Appl. Phys. Lett., 94, 211502 (2009). 64. J. Thangala, Z. Chen, A. Chin, C-Z. Ning and M. K. Sunkara, "Phase Transformation Studies of Metal Oxide Nanowires”, Crystal Growth & Design, 9, 3177 (2009). 63. J. Thangala, S. Vaddiraju, S. Malhotra, V. Chakrapani and M.K. Sunkara, " A hot-wire chemical vapor deposition (HWCVD) method for metal oxide and their alloy nanowire arrays”, Thin Solid Films, 517, 3600-3605 (2009). 62. P. Meduri, V. Kumar, C. Pendyala, G.U. Sumanasekera and M.K. Sunkara, "Hybrid Tin Oxide Nanowires as Stable and High Capacity Anodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries”, Nano Lett., 9(2), 612 (2009). 61. S. Kona, J-H. Kim, C. K. Harnett, and M.K. Sunkara, "Carbon nanotube growth studies using an atmospheric, microplasma reactor”, IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology, 8, 286 (2009). 2008 60. J-H. Kim, V. Kumar, B. Chernomordik, and M.K. Sunkara, "Design of an efficient microwave plasma reactor for bulk production of inorganic nanowires”, Informacije MIDEM-J. of Microelectronics Electronic Components and Materials, 38 (4),237 (2008). 59. V. Kumar, J-H. Kim, C. Pendyala, B. Chernomordik, and M.K. Sunkara, "Gas-Phase, Bulk Production of Metal Oxide Nanowires and Nanoparticles Using a Microwave Plasma Jet Reactor”, J. Phys. Chem. C., 112, 46, 17750-17754 (2008). 58. V. Chakrapani, C. Pendyala, K. Kash, A. Anderson, M.K. Sunkara, and J.C. Angus, "Electrochemical pinning of the Fermi level: mediation of photoluminescence from gallium nitride and zinc oxide.”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 130(39), 12944-12952 (2008). 57. U. Cvelbar, Z. Chen, M.K. Sunkara, M. Mozetic, "Spontaneous growth of superstructure α-Fe2O3 nanowire and nanobelt arrays in reactive oxygen plasma”, Small , 4(10), 1610-1614 (2008). 56. Z. Chen, U. Cvelbar, M. Mozetič, J. He, and M. K. Sunkara, "Long Range Ordering of Oxygen Vacancy Planes in a-Fe2O3 Nanowires and Nanobelts”, Chem. of Mater., 20 (9), 3224-3228 (2008). 55. S. Gubbala, V. Chakrapani, V. Kumar, and M. K. Sunkara, "Band-edge engineered hybrid structures for dye sensitized solar cells based on SnO2 nanowires”, Adv. Funct. Mater., 18, 2411-2418 (2008). 54. B. Chernomordik, S. Dumpala, Z. Chen and M.K. Sunkara, "Nanodiamond tipped and coated conical carbon structures”, Chemical Vapor Deposition, 14, 256 (2008). 53. T. Druffel, N. Mandzy, M.K. Sunkara, and E. Grulke, "Polymer Nanocomposite Thin Film for the Infra-red Region”, Small, 4, 459-461 (2008). 52. M. Kozan, J. Thangala, R. Bogale, M.P. Menguc and M.K. Sunkara, "In-situ characterization of dispersion stability of WO3 nanoparticles and nanowires”, J. Nanopart. Res., 10 (4), 599-612 (2008). 51. P. Meduri, G.U. Sumanasekera, Z. Chen and M.K. Sunkara, "Controlled synthesis and Raman analysis of Ge-rich SixGe1-x alloy nanowires”, J. Nanosci. and Nanotech., 8(6), 3153–3157 (2008). 2007 50. H.H. Hassan, M.A. Amin, S. Gubbala and M.K. Sunkara, "Participation of the dissolved O-2 in the passive layer formation on Zn surface in neutral media”, Electrochimica Acta, 52 (24), 6929-6937 (2007). 49. B. Deb, S. Desai, G.U. Sumanasekera and M.K. Sunkara, "Gas sensing behaviour of mat-like networked tungsten oxide nanowire thin films”, Nanotechnology, 18 (28), 285501 (2007). 48. A. H. Chin, T.S. Ahn, H. Li, S. Vaddiraju, C.L. Bardeen, C-Z. Ning and M.K. Sunkara, "Photoluminiscence of GaN Nanowires of Difference Crystallographic Orientations”, Nano Lett., 7(3), 626 - 631 (2007). 47. J. Thangala, S. Vaddiraju, R. Bogale, R. Thurman, T. Powers, B. Deb and M.K. Sunkara, "Large Scale Synthesis of Tungsten Oxide and Related Transition Metal Oxide Nanowires”, Small, 3 (5), 890-896 (2007). 46. S. Gubbala, J. Thangala and M.K. Sunkara, "Nanowire Based Electrochromic Devices”, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 91 (9), 813-820 (2007). 45. S. Vaddiraju, M.K. Sunkara, A.H. Chin, C.Z. Ning, G.R. Dholakia, M. Meyyappan, "Synthesis of Group III Antimonide Nanowires”, J. Phys. Chem. C, 111 (20), 7339 -7347 (2007). 2006 44. R. Jalilian, G.U. Sumanasekera, H. Chandrasekharan and M.K. Sunkara, "Phonon confinement and laser heating effects in Germanium nanowires”, Phys. Rev. B, 74 (15), 155421 (2006). 43. H. Chandrasekaran, G.U. Sumanasekara and M.K. Sunkara, "Rationalization of Nanowire Synthesis Using Low-Melting Point Metals”, J. Phys. Chem. B., 110 (37), 18351 – 18357 (2006). 42. A.H. Chin, S. Vaddiraju, A.V. Maslov, C.Z. Ning, M.K. Sunkara and M. Meyyappan, "Near-infrared Semiconductor Subwavelength-wire Lasers”, Appl. Phys. Lett., 88 (16), 163115 (2006). 41. R. Rao, H. Chandrasekaran, S. Gubbala, M.K. Sunkara, C. Doraio, S. Jin and A.M. Rao, ”Synthesis of low-melting metal oxide and sulfide nanowires and nanobelts”, J. of Electron. Mater., 35 (5): 941-946 (2006). 40. R.D. Lowe, R.C. Mani, R.P. Baldwin and M.K. Sunkara, "Nanoelectrode ensembles using carbon nanopipettes”, Electrochem. and Solid State Lett., 9 (6), H43-H47 (2006). 39. H. Li, A. Chin, and M.K. Sunkara, "Direction-Dependent Homoepitaxial Growth onto GaN Nanowires”, Advanced Materials, 18, 216 (2006). (Featured Article). 38. M.K. Sunkara, J. Thangala, S. Vaddiraju, R. Bogale, R. Thurman, B. Deb and T. Powers, "A Scalable Method for the Synthesis of Metal Oxide Nanowires”, ECS Trans., 3 (9), 97 (2006). 37. M.K. Sunkara, R. Makkena, H. Li and B. Alphenaar, "Direction Dependent Electrical and Optical Properties of Gallium Nitride Nanowires”, ECS Trans., 3 (5) 421 (2006). 2005 36. S. Vaddiraju, A. Mohite, A. Chin, M. Meyyappan, G. Sumanasekera, B.W. Alphenaar, M.K. Sunkara, "Mechanisms of 1D Crystal Growth in Reactive Vapor Transport: Indium Nitride Nanowires” Nano Lett., 5, 1625-1631 (2005). 35. M. Mozeti , U. Cvelbar, M. K. Sunkara, and S. Vaddiraju, "A Method for the Rapid Synthesis of Large Quantities of Metal Oxide Nanowires at Low Temperatures”, Adv. Mater., 17, 2138 (2005). 34. G. Bhimarasetti and M.K. Sunkara, "Synthesis of sub-20-nm-sized bismuth 1-D structures using gallium-bismuth systems, J. of Phys. Chem. B., 109(34), 16219-16222 (2005). 33. K.C. Krogman, T. Druffel, and M.K. Sunkara, "Anti-reflective optical coatings incorporating nanoparticles”, Nanotechnology, 16 (7), S338-343 (2005). 32. G. Bhimarasetti, J.M. Cowley, and M.K. Sunkara, "Carbon microtubes: tuning internal diameters andconical angles”, Nanotechnology, 16 (7), S362-S369 (2005). 31. R.C. Mani, M.K. Sunkara, R.Baldwin, J.A. Chaney, G. Bhimarasetti, J.M. Cowley, A.M. Rao, and R.Rao, "Electrochemical Sensing Using Nanocrystalline Graphite Electrode”, J. Electrochem. Soc., 152 (4), E154-E159 (2005). 2004 30. S. Vaddiraju, S. Eaton-Magana, J.A. Chaney, and M.K. Sunkara, "UPS of boron-sulfur Co-doped, n-type diamond”, Electrochem. and Solid State Lett., 7 (12), G331-G334 (2004). 29. J.M. Cowley, R.C. Mani, M.K. Sunkara, M. O’Keefe, and C. Bonnea, "Structures of Carbon Nanocrystals”, Chem. Mater., 16(24), 4905-4911 (2004). 28. S Sharma and M K Sunkara, "Direct Synthesis of Single-Crystalline Silicon Nanowires Using Molten Gallium and Silane Plasma”, Nanotechnology, 15(1), 130-134 (2004). 27. M.K. Sunkara, S. Sharma, H. Chandrasekaran, M. Talbott, K. Krogman, and G. Bhimarasetti, Invited Paper, "Bulk Synthesis of a-SixNyH and a-SixOy Straight and Coiled Nanowires”, J. Mater. Chem., 2004, 14, 590-594 (2004). 2003 26. G. Bhimarasetti, M.K. Sunkara, U.M. Graham, B.H. Davis, C. Suh, and K. Rajan, "Morphological Control of Tapered and Multi-junctioned Carbon Tubular Structures”, Advanced Materials (Featured on front cover), 15 (19), 1629 (2003). 25. U.M. Graham, S. Sharma, M.K. Sunkara, and B.H. Davis, "Nanoweb Formation: 2-D Self-Assembly of Semiconductor Gallium Oxide Nanowires”, Adv. Funct. Mater., (Featured on front cover) 13 (7), 576-581 (2003). 24. G. Bhimarasetti and M.K. Sunkara, "Process Window for Diamond Deposition from the Vapor Phase with Sulfur in the C-H-O Feed Gas Mixtures”, Thin Solid Films, 440(1-2), 78-86 (2003). 23. S. Vaddiraju, H. Chandrasekaran, and M.K. Sunkara, "Vapor Phase Synthesis of Metallic Tungsten Nanowires”, J Am. Chem. Soc., 125 (36): 10792 (2003). 22. R.C. Mani, M.K. Sunkara, X.Li and K. Rajan, "Carbon Nanopipettes”, Nanoletters 3 (5): 671-673 (2003). (Web pub date: April 1, 2003). 21. R.C. Mani and M.K. Sunkara, "Kinetic faceting of multiply twinned diamond crystals during vapor phase synthesis”, Diam. and Relat. Mater., 12 (3-7): 324-329 MAR-JUL (2003) 2002 20. R. C. Mani, S. Sharma, M. K. Sunkara, J. Gullapalli, R. P. Baldwin, R. Rao, A. M. Rao, and J. M. Cowley, "Synthesis and Electrochemical Characteristics of a Nanocomposite Diamond Electrode”, Electrochem. and Solid-State Lett., 5 (6) E32-E35 (2002). 19. S. Sharma and M.K. Sunkara, "Direct Synthesis of Gallium Oxide Tubes, Nanowires, and Nanopaintbrushes”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 124 (41), 12289 (2002). 18. G.D. Lian, E.C. Dickey, M. Ueno, and M.K. Sunkara, "Ru-Doped Nanostructured Carbon Films”, Diam. and Relat. Mater., 11, 1890-1896 (2002). 2001 17. M.K. Sunkara, S. Sharma, E.C. Dickey and R. Miranda, "Bulk Synthesis of Silicon Nanowires using Low Temperature Vapor-Liquid-Solid Growth of Silicon Nanowires”, Appl. Phys. Lett., 79(10), 1546-1549 (2001). 16. S. Sharma, M.K. Sunkara, M. M. Crain, S.F. Lyuksyutov, S. K.M. Walsh, and R.W. Cohn, "Selective Plasma Nitridation and Contrast Reversed Etching of Silicon”, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B., 19(5), 1743-1746 (2001). 15. S.C. Eaton, M.K. Sunkara, M. Ueno and K.M. Walsh, "Modeling the effect of oxygen on diamond deposition from the vapor phase inside trenches”, Diam. and Relat. Mater., 10/12, 2212-2219 (2001). 2000 14. S.C. Eaton and M.K. Sunkara, "Construction of a New C-H-O Ternary Phase Diagram for Diamond Deposition from the Vapor Phase”, Diam. and Relat. Mater. 9, 1320-1326 (2000). 1999 13. P. Koduri, M. Sunkara, E.C. Dickey, C. Frasier, and S.V. Babu, Surface Engineering, 15 (5), pp. 373-376 (1999). 12. M. K. Sunkara, H. ChandraSekaran and P. Koduri, "Electrochemical Studies of Metal-Doped Diamondlike Carbon Films”, Invited Paper, New Diamond and Frontier Carbon Technology, 9(6), 407-415 (1999). 11. X. Fan, E.C. Dickey, S.P. Pennycook, and M.K. Sunkara, "Z-contrast imaging and EELS analysis of chromium doped diamond-like carbon films”, Appl. Phys. Lett., 75 (18), pp. 2740-2742 (1999). 1997 10. C.V. Srividya, M. Sunkara, and S.V. Babu, " Resistance of Plasma-Deposited a-C:H/Fluorocarbon Films to Anodic Breakdown in Aqueous Electrolytes”, J. of Mater. Res., 12, 2099 - 2103 (1997). 9. C.V. Srividya, M. Sunkara, and S.V. Babu, "Corrosion Protection Ability of Plasma Deposited a-C:H and Fluorocarbon Films”, J. of Mater. Eng. and Perf., 6, 586 - 590 (1997). 1993 8. W. R.Lambrecht, C. H. Lee, B. Segall, J. C. Angus, Z. Li and M. Sunkara,"Diamond Nucleation by Hydrogenation of Prism Surfaces of Graphite", 12 August, Nature, Vol. 364, p607 (1993). 7. J.C. Angus, A. Argoitia, R. Gat, Z. Li, M. Sunkara, L. Wang, and Y. Wang, "Chemical Vapor Deposition of Diamond", Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. Lond. A 342, 195-208 (1993). 1992 6. J.C. Angus, M. Sunkara, S.R. Sahaida, and J.T. Glass, "Twinning and Faceting in Early stages of Diamond Growth by Chemical Vapor Deposition", J. Mater. Res. 7, 3001 (1992). 1991 5. J.C. Angus, Y. Wang, and M. Sunkara, "Metastable Growth of Diamond and Diamondlike Phases", Ann. Rev. Mater. Sci. 21, 221-48 (1991). 4. D-T. Chin, and M. Sunkara, "Selective Pulse Plating of Gold and Tin-Lead Solder", Plat. and Surf. Fin. 78, 57 (1991). 1990 3. M. Sunkara, J.C. Angus, C.C. Hayman, and F. Buck, "Nucleation of Diamond Crystals", Carbon 28, 765-766 (1990). IF =5.4 ; 1989 2. J.C. Angus, F.A. Buck, M. Sunkara, T.F. Groth, C.C. Hayman, and R. Gat, "Diamond Growth at Low Pressures", MRS Bulletin XIV 38-47, October (1989). 1. D-T. Chin, N.R.K. Vilambi, and M. Sunkara, "Current Distribution in Selective Pulse Plating", Plat. and Surf. Fin. 76, 74 (1989).