Lin Shao

Texas A&M University, Department of Nuclear Engineering

3133 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843-3133

Tel: 9798454107 (Office), 5054125361(Cell)

EDUCATION

Ph. D in Physics, Department of Physics, University of Houston, Texas, USA, 01/2001

B. S in Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking (Beijing) University, Beijing, P. R. China, 06/1997

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Associate Professor, Dept. of Nuclear Engineering, Texas A&M Univ., 2012-

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Nuclear Engineering, Texas A & M Univ.,2006-2012

Director’s Postdoctoral Fellow, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 2004-2006

Postdoctoral Fellow, Texas Center for Superconductivity and Advanced Materials, 2001-2004

Research Assistant, Ion Beam Processing Lab, University of Houston. USA, 1998—2001
TEACHING EXPERIENCE

NUEN 201, Introduction to Nuclear Engineering I

NUEN 663, Fundamentals of Ion Solid Interactions

NUEN 662, Nuclear Materials under Extreme Conditions

NUEN 265, Materials Science for Nuclear Engineering Applications

RESEARCH EXPERTISE

Experimental

  • Modification of NEC 23 MV, NEC 21.7 MV, HVE 1.7 MV Tandem Accelerators
  • Modification of Varian 200 keV Implanter
  • Modification of Epion Gas Cluster Implanter
  • Ion-beam analysis of thin films or bulk materials by

(i)Rutherford backscattering spectrometry (RBS),

(ii)Nuclear reaction analysis (NRA),

(iii)Particle-induced X-ray emission (PIXE), and

(iv)Elastic recoil detection (ERD)

  • Physical deposition of thin films by

(i)Magnetic sputtering

(ii)Electron-gun evaporation

  • Microstructural characterization and processing by

(i)Transmission electron microscopy (TEM)

(ii)Scanning transmission lectron microscopy (STEM)

(iii)Scanning tunneling Microscopy (STM)

(iv)Scanning electron microscopy (SEM)

(v)Atomic force microscopy (AFM) and

(vi)X-ray diffraction (XRD)

(vii)Focused ion beam (FIB)

Theoretical

(i)Monte Carlo simulation,

(ii)Molecular dynamics simulation,

(iii)Kinetic Monte Carlo simulation,

(iv)First principle ab initio calculation

(v)Rate theory

RESEARCH INTEREST

Radiation damage in nuclear and electronic materials, materials degradation (swelling, creep, cracking, corrosion, oxidation) under extreme conditions, ion implantation and ion doping techniques, CMOS device fabrication, advanced radiation sensor and detectors, ion beam analysis, multiscale modeling of electron/ion/neutron-solid interactions and defect clustering.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

2006-PresentTexas A&M University

Development of radiation tolerant materials for advanced reactor designs, understanding swelling, creep, and radiation induced corrosion cracking of fuel cladding materials, understanding structural and thermal conductivity changes of nuclear fuels, understanding thermal fatigue of coolant pipes, development of new coating techniques for spent fuel container, validation and development of multi-scale modeling capabilities to predict materials degradation under extreme conditions involving high stress, high temperature and high neutron flux.

2004-2006Los Alamos National Laboratory

Director Funded Postdoctoral Fellow. Work with Michael Nastasi (Laboratory Fellow)

I. Layer transfer of electronic materials by ion cutting

(i) Mechanism of cracking and H-induced platelet formation

(ii) Development of novel techniques for layer transfer and wafer bonding

II. Synthesis of nanostructured materials by ion implantation

(i) Electrical and optical properties of nanocrystals.

(ii) Phase transformation in nanostructured thin films.

2001-2004Texas Center for Supercond. and Advanced Materials at Univ. of Houston

Postdoctoral Fellow, Work with Wei-Kan Chu (Robert A. Welch Professor)

I. Ion-irradiation induced transient dopant diffusion in strained and relaxed Si and SiGe

(i)Mechanisms of dopant diffusion in strained Si

(ii)Kinetics of defect clustering in strained Si

II. Vacancy agglomeration and nanovoid formation in ion-irradiated Si.

(i)Development of novel techniques to detect vacancy clusters

(ii)Modeling of vacancy clustering

1998-2001Ion Beam processing laboratory, University of Houston

Research Assistant, Thesis Advisor: Wei-Kan Chu

I. Control of boron diffusion in Si by point defect engineering

(i)Transient enhanced diffusion of dopants

(ii)Oswald ripening of defects in Si

(iii)Sub-10 nm junction formation

II. Ion solid interactions

(i)Modeling of ion-solid interactions and cluster-ion-solid interactions

(ii)Surface smoothing by cluster ions

(iii)Cluster ion implantation for shallow junction formation.

PROFESSIONL ACCTIVITY & AFFILIATIONS

Member

American Physical Society

Materials Research Society

American Nuclear Society

American Society for Metals (ASM International)

Editorship

Executive Editor: Int. Journal of Reactor Safety and Simulation, since 2013

Editorial Board Member: Scientific Report (Nature Publishing Group), since 2014

Academic Editor: AIP Advances, since 2013

Editorial Board Member: Problems of Atomic Science and Technology Series: Nuclear and Reactor Constants, since 2015

Consulting

Consultant to IAEA Coordinated Research Project “Accelerated Simulation and Theoretical Modeling of Radiation Effects in Structural Materials” (CRP SMoRE)

Steering Committee Member

Kharkiv Institute of Physics & Technology (KIPT), Ukrane

Review Panelist

2013,Electronic and Photonic Materials Program, NSF

2011,Electronic and Photonic Materials Program, NSF

2011,Graduate Student Fellowship Program, NSF

2010,Materials and Surface Engineering Program, NSF

Proposal Reviewer

2016, Department of Energy, Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)

2015,Nebraska's Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR)

2015,Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Los Alamos National Laboratory

2015,Basic Energy Science, Department of Energy

2014,Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Los Alamos National Laboratory

2013,Basic Energy Science, Department of Energy

2013,Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Los Alamos National Laboratory

2013,INL Advanced Test Reactor User Facility, Idaho National Laboratory

2012,Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Los Alamos National Laboratory

2012,INL Advanced Test Reactor User Facility, Idaho National Laboratory

Committee Member/Session Chair/Symposium Organizer

2015,MRS Fall, Symposium on “Harsh Environment Sensing—Functional Nanomaterials and Nanocomposites, Materials for Associated Packaging and Electrical Components, and Applications"

2015The 26th IEEE Symposium on Fusion Engineering (SOFE)

2014Topic Editor, Int. Conf. of Application of Accelerators in Res. and Indus. (CAARI)

2014 MRS Fall, Symposium on “Nanomaterials for Harsh Environment Sensors and Related Electronic and Structural Components-Design, Synthesis, Characterization and Utilization”

201021th Int. Conf. of Application of Accelerators in Res. and Indus. (CAARI)

200820th Int. Conf. of Application of Accelerators in Res. and Indus. (CAARI)

200619th Int. Conf. of Application of Accelerators in Res. and Indus. (CAARI)

Journal Paper Reviewer

Science

Physical Review B

Applied Physics Letter

Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A

Materials Science and Engineering B

Computational Materials Science

Applied Mathematical Modeling

Journal of Materials Science

Journal of Measurement Science and Technology

Journal of Nuclear Materials

Journal of Nuclear Engineering and Design

Journal of Applied Physics

Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Nuclear Instruments and Methods B

Nanotechnology

Materials Research Bulletin

Optics Communication (Japan)

Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing

Semiconductor Science and Technology

HONORS & AWARDS

TEES Faculty Fellow

College of Engineering, TAMU, 2015

The BP Teaching Award

College of Engineering, TAMU, 2012

TEES Selected Young Faculty Award

Texas Engineering Experiment Station, 2011

The Teaching Excellence Award(student selected)

Texas A&M University System, 2009, 2010, 2011

NSF Career Award

US National Science Foundation, 2009

IBMM 2008 Prize (inaugural)

Dresden, Germany, International IBMM committee, Sep. 5, 2008

Postdoctoral Distinguished Performance Award

Los Alamos National Lab., Feb 13, 2006

Director Funded Postdoctoral Fellowship,

Los Alamos National Lab., Feb 2, 2004

Sigma Xi Graduate Student Research Achievement Award,
University of Houston, April 6, 2001

First Place, 19th Semiannual TCSUH Student Symposium,

University of Houston, May 4 , 1999

BOOK CHAPTER

L. Shao, Chapter 6, “Channeling Analysis: Applications to Ion Implantation Damage” in “Ion Beam Analysis: Principles and Applications”, edited by M. Nastasi and Y. Wang, to be published by Taylors & Francis Books, inc,.

L. Shao and M. Martin, “Boron Doping in Semiconductor Device Fabrication”, in Boron: Compound, Production and Application, Nova Science Publisher, Inc., 2010.

M.L. Swanson and L. Shao, Chapter 10, “Channeling”, in “Handbook of Modern Ion Beam Materials Analysis”, Materials Research Society, 2009.

L. Shao, Chapter 14 “Application of Ion Implantation Techniques in CMOS fabrication” in Ion Implantation and Synthesis of Materialsby M. Nastasi and J. W. Mayer, Springer, 2005.

PATENTS

US Patent 6812523 (issued), “Semiconductor wafer with ultra thin doping level formed by defect engineering”, Wei-Kan Chu, L. Shao, X. Lu, and J. Liu.

US Patent 7105427 (issued), “Method for shallow dopant distribution”, Wei-Kan Chu, L. Shao, X. Lu, J. Liu, (issued), Filing date: Aug. 30, 2004

US Patent 6835626 (issued), “Method to overcome instability of ultra-shallow semiconductor junctions”, W.K. Chu, L. Shao, and J. Liu,

US Patent 7622372 (issued), “Method for shallow dopant distribution”, Wei-Kan Chu and L. Shao.

US Patent 7153761 (issued), “Method of transferring a ultra-thin layer of crystalline material with high crystalline quality”, M. Nastasi, L. Shao, N.D.Theodore.

US Patent 7638410 (issued), “Method of transferring strained semiconductor structures”, M. Nastasi and L. Shao.

PUBLICATIONS

A total of 188 publications, 158in referred journals, 26 in conference proceedings, 4 book chapters, and 6 U.S. patents. Over 30 invited presentations.

A: JOURNAL (Asterisk “*” refers to students being advised directly)

1J.B. Wallace*, L.B. Bayu, A.A. Martin, S.J. Shin, L. Shao, S.O. Kucheyev, “Evidence for the dominant role of vacancy and interstitial diffusion in dynamic annealing in ion-irradiated Si”, Phys. Rev. Lett., in press, 2015.

2Q. Su, L. Price*, L. Shao, M. Nastasi, “Dose dependence of radiation damage in nano-structured amorphous SiOC/crystalline Fe composite”, Mat. Res. Lett., in press, 2015.DOI:10.1080/21663831.2015.1103796

3J.B. Wallace*, D. Chen*, L. Shao, “Carbon displacement-induced single carbon atomic chain formation and its effects on sliding of SiC fibers in SiC/graphene/SiC composite”, Mat. Res. Lett., in press, 2015.DOI: 10.1080/21663831.2015.1091794

4P. Ashcheulov, R. Škoda, J. Škarohlíd, A. Taylor, L. Fekete, F. Fendrych, R. Vega, L. Shao, L. Kalvoda, S. Vratislav, V. Cháb, K. Horáková, K. Kůsová, J. Kopeček1, P. Sajdl, J. Macák, S. Johnson and I. Kratochvílová, “Thin polycrystalline diamond films protecting Zirconium alloys surfaces: from technology to layer analysis and application in nuclear facilities”, Applied Surface Science 359, 621-628 (2015).

5J. Gigax*, Eda Aydogan*, Tianyi Chen*, Di Chen*, and Lin Shao, “The influence of beam rastering on the swelling of self-ion irradiated pure iron at 450°C”, J. Nucl. Mat. 465, 343-348 (2015).

6Tianyi Chen*, Eda Aydogan*, Jonathan Gigax*, Di Chen*, Jing Wang*, Xuemei Wang, S. Ukai, Yuedong Wu, Yong Yang, F.A. Garner, and Lin Shao, “Microstructural changes and void swelling of a 12Cr ODS ferritic-martensitic alloy after high-dpa self-ion irradiation”, J. Nucl. Mat. 467, 42-49 (2015).

7Tianyi Chen*, Travis Smith*, Jonathan Gigax*, Di Chen*, Robert Balerio*, Lin Shao, Bulent H. Sencer, J.R. Kennedy, “Intermetallic formation and interdiffusion in diffusion couples made of uranium and single crystal iron”, J. Nucl. Mat. 467, 82-88 (2015).

8Zhongyu Li*, Di Chen*, Lin Shao, “Melting and shock wave creation in uranium oxide due to Coulomb explosion after a pulsed ionization”, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Phys. Res. B, 358, 65-71 (2015).

9Jing Wang*, Di Chen*, Julia S Bykova, Anvar A Zakhidov, Xuemei Wang, Lin Shao, “Thermal property tuning in aligned carbon nanotube films and random entangled carbon nanotube films by ion irradiation”, Applied Physics Letters 107, 151904 (2015).

10M.P. Short, D.R. Gaston, M. Jin, L. Shao, F.A. Garner, “Modeling injected interstitial effects on void swelling in self-ion irradiation experiments”, J. Nucl. Mat. on line available, 2015. doi:10.1016/j.jnucmat.2015.10.002.

11J. Wallace*, L.B. Bayu Aji, L. Shao, S.O. Kucheyev, “Time constant of defect relaxation in ion-irradiated 3C-SiC”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 106, 202102 (2015).

12J.B. Wallace*, S. Charnvanichborikarn, L.B. Bayu Aji, M.T. Myers*, L. Shao, S.O. Kucheyev, “Radiation defect dynamics in Si at room temperature studied by pulsed ion beams”, J. Appl. Phys. 118, 135709 (2015).

13J. Wallace*, L.B. Bayu Aji, L. Shao, S.O. Kucheyev, “Damage buildup in Ar-ion-irradiated 3C-SiC at elevated temperatures”, J. Appl. Phys. 118, 105705(2015).

14S. Pasebani, I. Charit, J. Burns, S. Alsagabi, D.P. Butt, J.I. Cole, L.M. Price, L. Shao, “Microstructural stability of a self-ion irradiated lanthana-bearing nanostructured ferritic steel”, J. Nucl. Mat. 462, 191 (2015).

15O.V. Emelyanova, P.S. Dzhumaev, V.L. Yakushin, B.A. Kalin, M.G. Ganchenkova, A.T. Khein, M.V. Leontyeva-Smirnova, R.Z. Valiev, N.A. Enikeev, L. Shao, E. Aydogan, M. Short, F. Garner, “Surface modification of low activation ferritic–martensitic steel EK-181 (Rusfer) by high temperature pulsed plasma flows”, Nucl. Instrum. Methods. Phys. Res. B.

16L. Jiao, K.Y. Yu, D. Chen*, C. Jacob, L. Shao, X. Zhang, H. Wang, “Radiation tolerant nanocrystalline ZrN films under high dose heavy-ion irradiations”, J. Appl. Phys. 117, 145901 (2015).

17M. Nastasi, Q. Su, L. Price*, J.A.C. Santana, T. Chen*, R. Balerio*, L. Shao, “Superior radiation tolerant materials: amorphous silicon oxycarbide”, J. Nucl. Mat. 461, 200 (2015).

18J.A.C. Santana, E.E. Mora, L. Price*, R. Balerio*, L.Shao, M. Nastasi, “Synthesis, thermal stability and the effect of ion irradiation in amorphous Si-O-C alloys”, Nucl. Instrum. Methods in Phys. Res. B 350, 6-13 (2015).

19Q. Su, L. Price*, L. Shao, M. Nastasi, “Irradiation tolerance of amorphous SiOC/crystalline Fe composite”, Mat. Lett. 155, 138-141(2015).

20Q. Yan*, J. Wang*, D. Chen*, J. Gigax*, L. Shao, “Displacement cross sections of electron irradiated graphene and carbon nanotubes”, Nucl. Instrum. Methods. Phys. Res. B 350, 20(2015).

21J. Wallace*, L. Shao, “Defect-induced nano scroll formation”, Carbon 91, 96-102 (2015).

22C. Sun, S. Zheng, C.C. Wei*, Y. Wu, L. Shao, Y. Yang, K.T. Hartwig, S.A. Maloy, S.J. Zinkle, T.R. Allen, H. Wang, X. Zhang, “Superior radiation-resistant nanoengineered austenitic 304L stainless steel for applications in extreme radiation environments”, Scientific Report 5, 7801(2015).

23L. Shao, E. Fu, L. Price, D. Chen, T. Chen, Y. Wang, G. Xie, D.A. Lucca, “Sink property of metallic glass free surfaces”, Scientific Reports 5, 8877 (2015).

24L. Shao, D. Chen*, C. Wei*, M. Martin*, X. Wang*, Y. Park, E.D. Dein, K.R. Coffey, Y. Sohn, B.H. Sencer, J.R. Kennedy, “Radiation effects on interface reactions of U/Fe, U/(Fe+Cr), and U/(Fe+Cr+Ni)”, J. Nucl. Mat. 456, 302 (2015).

25L. Shao, C. Wei*, J. Gigax*, A. Aitkaliyeva*, D. Chen*, B.H. Sencer, F.A. Garner, “Effect of defect imbalance on void swelling distributions produced in pure iron irradiated with 3.5 MeV self-ions”, J. Nucl. Mat. 453, 176-181 (2014).

26I. Kratochvilova, R. Skoda, J. Skarohlid, P. Ashcheulov, A. Jager, J. Racek, L. Shao, “Nanosized polycrystalline diamond cladding for surface protection of zirconium nuclear fuel tubes”, J. Mat. Proc. Tech. 214, 2600-2605 (2014).

27Tianyi Chen*, Di Chen*, B.H. Sencer, Lin Shao, “Molecular dynamics simulations of grain boundary thermal resistance in UO2”, J. Nucl. Mat. 452, 364-369 (2014).

28J. Wang*, D. Chen*, J. Wallace*, J. Gigax*, X. Wang, L. Shao, “Introducing thermally stable inter-tube defects to assist off-axial phonon transport in carbon nanotube films”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 191902 (2014).

29D.A. Lucca, A. Zare, M.J. Klopfstein, G.Q. Xie, L. Shao, “Investigation of the mechanical behavior of ion irradiated Ni-free Ti-based metallic glass by nanoindentation”,CIRP Annals –Manufacturing Technology 63, 533-536 (2014).

30M. Song, Y. Wu; D. Chen*, X. Wang, C. Sun, K. Yu, Y. Chen, L. Shao, Y. Yang, K.T. Hartwig, X. Zhang, “Response of ECAE processed ultrafine grained T91 steel subjected to high temperature heavy ion irradiation”, Acta Materialia 74, 285-295 (2014).

31Zhongyu Li*, Di Chen*, Jing Wang*, L. Shao, “Molecular dynamics simulation of Coulomb explosion, melting, and shock wave creation in silicon after an ionization pulse”, J. Appl. Phys. 115, 143507 (2014).

32Assel Aitkaliyeva*, Michael S. Martin*, Tres A. Harriman, Daniel S. Hildebrand, Don A. Lucca, Jing Wang*, Di Chen*, and L. Shao, “A model to describe the D to G Raman intensity changes of carbon nanotubes”, Phys. Rev. B 89, 235437(2014).

33M. Martin*, N.D. Theodore, C-C Wei*, L. Shao, “Physical assembly of Ag nanocrystals on enclosed surface in monocrystalline Si”, Scientific Report, accepted, to appear in Oc. 2014.

34M. Martin*, D. Wijesundera, P.E. Thompson, X. Wang, W-K. Chu, L. Shao, “Experimental and modeling study on increasing accuracy of strain measurement by ion beam analysis in SiGe strained layer thin films”, Nucl. Instrum. Methods B 332, 385 (2014).

35N. Mondrik*, J. Gigax*, X. Wang*, L. Price*, C. Wei*, L. Shao, “In situ characterization of thermal conductivities of irradiated solids by using ion beam heating and infrared imaging”, Nucl. Instrum. Methods B. 332, 381-384 (2014).

36S. Charnvanichborikam, M.T. Myers*, L. Shao, S.O. Kucheyev, “Enhanced radiation tolerance of non-polar-terminated ZnO”, J. Appl. Phys. 114, 213512 (2013).

37S. Charnvanichborikarn, M.T. Myers*, L. Shao, S.O. Kucheyev, “Pulsed ion beam measurement of defect diffusion lengths in irradiated solids”, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 25, 162203 (2013).

38I. Kim, L. Jiao, F. Khatkhatay, M.S. Martin*, J. Lee, Lin Shao, X. Zhang, J.G. Swadener, Y.Q. Wang, J. Gan, J. Cole, H. Wang, “Size-dependent radiation tolerance in ion irradiated TiN/AlN nanolayer films”, J. Nucl. Mat. 441, 47-53(2013).

39K.Y. Yu, Y. Liu, E.G. Fu, Y.Q. Wang, M.T. Myers*, H. Wang, Lin Shao, X. Zhang, “Comparisons of radiation damage in He ion and proton irradiated immiscible Ag/Ni nanolayers”, J. Nucl. Mat. 440, 310-316 (2013).

40M.T. Myers*, S. Charnvanichborikarn, Lin Shao, S.O. Kucheyev, “Tailoring radiation damage in ZnO by surface modification”, Applied Surface Science 276, 129-132 (2013).

41C.C. Wei*, A. Aitkaliyeva*, M. Martin*, D. Chen*, Lin Shao, “Microstructural changes of T-91 alloy irradiated by Fe self ions to ultrahigh displacement ratios”, Nucl. Instrum. Methods. Phys. Res. B 307, 181-184(2013).

42Zhongyu Li*, Di Chen*, Jing Wang*, Xinrong Cao*, Lin Shao, “Molecular dynamics simulation of Coulomb explosion and structural changes in silicon”, Nucl. Instrum. Methods. Phys. Res. B 307, 86-88(2013).

43Joseph Wallace*, Di Chen*, Jing Wang*, Lin Shao, “Molecular dynamics simulation of damage cascade creation in SiC composites containing SiC/Graphite interface”, Nucl. Instrum. Methods. Phys. Res. B 307, 81-85(2013).

44Lin Shao, Di Chen*, M.T. Myers*, J. Wang*, B Tilakaratne, D. Wijesundera, W-K Chu, G. Xie, A. Zare, D.A. Lucca, “Smoothing metallic glasses without introducing crystallization by gas cluster ion beam”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 102, 101604 (2013).

45Assel Aitkaliyeva* and Lin Shao, “Phonon transport assisted by inter-tube carbon displacements in carbon nanotube mats”, Scientific Reports 3, 2774 (2013).

46Di Chen*, Jing Wang*, Tianyi Chen*, Lin Shao, “Defect annihilation at grain boundaries in alpha-Fe”, Scientific Reports 3, 1450 (2013).

47Assel Aitkaliyeva* and Lin Shao, “The change of microstructure and thermal properties in ion irradiated carbon nanotube mats as a function of ion penetration depth”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 102, 063109 (2013).

48E.G. Fu, H. Wang, J. Carter*, L. Shao, Y.Q. Wang, and X. Zhang, “Fluence-dependent radiation damage in helium (He) ion-irradiated Cu/V multilayers”, Phil. Mag. 93, 883-898(2013).

49L. Shao, B.P. Gorman, A. Aitkaliyeva*, N.D. Theodore, and G.Q. Xie, “Nanometer-scale tunnel formation in metallic glass by helium ion irradiation”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 041901(2012).

50L. Li, W. Hua, S. Prucnal, S-D Yao, L. Shao, K. Potzger, S. Zhou, “Defect induced ferromagnetism in 4H-SiC single crystals”, Nuclear Instrum. Methods. Phys. Res. B 275, 33-36(2012).

51M. T. Myers, S. Charnvanichborikarn, C. C. Wei, Z. P. Luo, G. Q. Xie, S. O. Kucheyev, D. A. Lucca, and L. Shao, “Phase transition, segregation, and nanopore formation in high-energy heavy-ion-irradiated metallic glass”,Scripta Materialia 67, 887 (2012).

52M.A. Myers, M.T. Myers, M.J. General, J.H. Lee, L. Shao, and H. Wang, “P-type ZnO thin films achieved by N ion implantation through dynamic annealing process”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 112101(2012).

53M.T. Myers*, S. Charnvanichborikarn, C.C. Wei*, Z.P. Luo, A. Aitkaliyeva*, L. Shao and S.O. Kucheyev, “Defect microstructures in heavy-ion-bombarded (0001) ZnO”, Acta Materialia 60, 6086(2012).

54Chao-Chen Wei*, Assel Aitkaliyeva*, Zhiping Luo, Ashley Ewh, Yongho Sohn, J. Rory Kennedy, Bulent H. Sencer, M.T. Myers, M. Martin*, J.Wallace*, M. J. General* and L Shao, “Understanding the Phase Equilibrium and Irradiation Effects in Fe-Zr Diffusion Couples”, Journal of Nuclear Materials 432, 205(2013).

55M.T. Myers*, S. Charnvanichborikarn, L. Shao, and S.O. Kucheyev, “Time constant of dynamic annealing in Si under ion irradiation at room temperature”, Physical Review Letters 109, 095502(2012).

56Assel Aitkaliyeva* and L. Shao, “The production of amorphous regions in carbon nanotubes by 140 keV He ion irradiation”, Carbon 50, 4680(2012).

57X. Zhang, E.G. Fu, Nan Li, A. Misra, Y-Q, Wang, L. Shao, and H. Wang, “Design of radiation tolerant nanostructured metallic multilayers”, Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology 134, 041010(2012).

58D.N. Wijesundera, K.B. Ma, X. Wang, B.P. Tilakaratne, L Shao and Wei-Kan Chu, “The role of flux-focusing in the origin of shoulders in ion channeling angular scans”, Physics Letters A 376, 1763(2012).

59M.S. Martin*, D. Chen*, P.E. Thompson, X. Wang, W-K Chu, T. Cagin and L. Shao, “Cluster ion bombardment studies to reveal the amorphization mode in strained Si0.8Ge0.2”, Philosophical Magazine Letters 92, 625(2012).