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Crystallographic basis of strength and toughness anisotropy in 3C-SiC (to be submitted)

Zubaer M. Hossain, T. Hao, Heran Yang, Kyle Morris, and Nana Sarpong

Softening and stress localization in diamond nanowires (to be submitted)

Zhaocheng Zhang and Zubaer M. Hossain

Deflection-penetration criteria at slanted interfaces: an atomistic-continuum study (to be submitted)

Tengyuan Hao, Heran Yang, and Zubaer M. Hossain

Existence of positive and negative Poisson's ratios in 3C-SiC (to be submitted)

Adrian Piel*, Henry Fidlow*, and Zubaer M. Hossain

2022

Electronic structure basis of diameter-dependent properties of carbon nanotubes (submitted)

Heran Yang, Millicent Ayako, Nana Sarpong, and Zubaer M. Hossain

Crack-path bifurcation, arrest, and renucleation in porous 3C-SiC (pdf, doi)

Fazle. Elahi and Zubaer M. Hossain

J. of Applied Physics 131, 115105 (2022), Selected as Editor's pick

Molecular dynamics study of interfacial strength and debonding in SiC/SiC nanocomposite (pdf, doi)

Fazle Elahi and Zubaer M. Hossain

MRS Advances (2022)

2021

Strain-induced second-order Jahn-Teller reconstruction and magnetic moment modulation (pdf, doi)

Claire Andreasen*, Tengyuan Hao*, Julia Hatoum, and Zubaer M. Hossain

J. of Applied Physics 130, 034303 (2021), *contributed equally

Strength evolution laws in curing of solvent-welded polymers (pdf, doi)

T. Ahmed, B. Han, M. Sulecki, M. Ferril, and Z. M. Hossain

Physical Review E 103, 022502 (2021)

Line-defect orientation- and length-dependent strength and toughness in hBN (pdf,doi)

T. Hao, Z. Zhang, T. Ahmed, J. Xu, S. Brown, and Z. M. Hossain

J. of Applied Physics 129, 014304 (2021)

2020

Electronic structure basis of strength and toughness in fluoropolymers (pdf, doi)

Justin Xu, Tengyuan Hao, and Zubaer M. Hossain

J. of Applied Physics 128, 154305 (2020)

Structure-dependent strength and toughness in dodecahedral silica nanocage (pdf, doi)

Tengyuan Hao, Justin Xu, and Zubaer M. Hossain

J. of Applied Physics 128, 064303 (2020)

Critical inter-defect distance that modulates strength and toughness in defective 2D sp2-lattice (pdf, doi)

Tengyuan Hao, T. Ahmed, R. J. Mou, J. Xu, S. Brown, and Z. M. Hossain

J. of Applied Physics 127, 204301 (2020)

Stress-localization induced toughening in CNT-SiO2 nanocomposite (pdf, doi)

Tengyuan Hao and Zubaer M. Hossain

J. of Applied Physics 127, 154306 (2020)

Geometric confinement governs toughness and strength in defective diamond nanowires (pdf, doi)
Zhaocheng Zhang and Zubaer M. Hossain

Physical Review B 101, 014111 (2020)

Toughness and strength anisotropy among high-symmetry directions in 3C-SiC (pdf, doi)
Fazle Elahi, Zhaocheng Zhang, and Zubaer M. Hossain

J. of Applied Physics 127, 015104 (2020), Selected as Editors Pick

Surface softening regulates effective stiffness in diamond nanowire (pdf, doi)
Zhaocheng Zhang and Zubaer M. Hossain

Nanotechnology 31, 095709 (2020)

2019

Size-dependent toughness and strength in defective 3C-SiC nanowires (pdf, doi)

Ling Ma*, Tengyuan Hao*, and Zubaer M. Hossain

J. of Applied Physics 126, 164303 (2019), *contributed equally

Atomistic mechanisms of crack nucleation and propagation in amorphous silica (pdf, doi)
Tengyuan Hao and Zubaer M. Hossain

Physical Review B 100, 014204 (2019)

Anisotropy of the effective toughness of layered media (pdf, doi)

Stella Brach, M. Z. Hossain, B. Bourdin, and K. Bhattacharya

J. of Mech. and Phys. of Solids 131, 96 (2019)

Strong anisotropy in strength and toughness in defective hexagonal boron nitride (pdf,doi)
Tousif Ahmed, Allison Procak, Tengyuan Hao, and Zubaer M. Hossain

Physical Review B 99, 134105 (2019)

Differential anharmonicity and thermal expansion coefficient in 3C-SiC nanowires (pdf, doi)
Zubaer M. Hossain, Fazle Elahi, and Zhaocheng Zhang

Physical Review B 99, 115407 (2019)

2018

Heterogeneity governs diameter-dependent toughness and strength in SiC nanowires (pdf, doi)

Fazle Elahi, Ling Ma, and Zubaer M. Hossain

Physical Review B 98, 174111 (2018)

Strength and toughness anisotropy in hexagonal boron nitride: An atomistic picture (pdf, doi)
Tousif Ahmed, Zhaocheng Zhang, Colin McDermitt, and Zubaer M. Hossain

J. Applied Physics 124, 185108 (2018), Selected as Editors Pick.

   Stillinger-Weber potential for elastic and fracture properties in graphene and cnts (pdf, doi)
      M. Z. Hossain, T. Hao, and B. Silverman
    J. of Physics: Condensed Matter 30, 055901 (2018)

Anisotropic toughness and strength in graphene and its atomistic origin (pdf, doi)
      M. Z. Hossain, T. Ahmed, B. Silverman, M. S. Khawaja, J. Calderon, A. Rutten, and S. Tse,
      J. of Mech. and Phys. of Solids 110, 118 (2018)

Measurement of fracture toughness of heterogeneous materials (pdf)
        C.-J.Hsueh, K. Bhattacharya, G. Ravichandran, M. Z. Hossain
        US Patent No. 9903800 (2018)

2016

  Systems and methods for determining the effective toughness of a material .. (pdf)
      M. Z. Hossain, C-J Hsueh, K. Bhattacharya, G. Ravichandran, B. Bourdin
  US 2016/0131564 A1 (2016), US010190955B1 (2019)

2014

  Effective toughness of heterogeneous media (pdf, doi)
      M. Z. Hossain, C-J. Hsueh, B. Bourdin, K. Bhattacharya
    J. of Mech. and Phys. of Solids 71, 15 (2014)

   Stress-dependent solute energetics in W-Re alloys from first-principles calculations (pdf, doi)
      M. Z. Hossain and J. Marian
      Acta Materialia 80, 107 (2014)

2012

  Electron-dependent thermoelectric properties in Si/Si1-xGex heterostructures and alloys (doi)
      M. Z. Hossain, and H. T. Johnson
      Appl. Phys. Lett. 100, 253901 (2012)

   Ion impact energy distribution and sputtering of Si and Ge (pdf, doi)
    M. Z. Hossain, J. B. Freund, and H. T. Johnson
    J. of Appl. Phys. 111, 103513 (2012)

2011

  Ion impact crater asymmetry determines surface ripple orientation (pdf, doi)
    M. Z. Hossain, K. Das, J. B. Freund, and H. T. Johnson
    Appl. Phys. Lett. 99, 151913 (2011)

   Semiconducting graphene nanoribbon retains band gap on amorphous or crystalline SiO₂ (pdf, doi)
      M. Z. Hossain, Appl. Phys. Lett. 99, 183103 (2011)

2010

  Quantum conductance modulation in graphene by strain engineering (pdf, doi)
M. Z. Hossain, Appl. Phys. Lett. 96, 143118 (2010)

   Effects of composition, strain, atomic disorder on optical phonon frequencies in Si_1-xGe_x, (pdf, doi)
     M. Z. Hossain and H. T. Johnson
     J. of Appl. Phys. 107, 073515 (2010)

   Interface-induced bandgap reduction, electron transfer in semiconducting carbon nanotube (pdf, doi),
       M. Z. Hossain, Appl. Phys. Lett. 96, 053118 (2010)

   Enhanced quantum confinement due to nonuniform composition in alloy quantum dots (pdf, doi)
       M. Z. Hossain, N. V. Medhekar, V. B. Shenoy, and H. T. Johnson
Nanotechnology 21, 095401 (2010)

2009

   Structural instability of single-wall carbon nanotube edges from first-principles (pdf, doi)
    M. Z. Hossain, Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 153104 (2009)

   Chemistry at the graphene-SiO₂ interface (pdf, doi)
    M. Z. Hossain, Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 143125 (2009)

   Improved calculation of Si sputter yield via first-principles derived interatomic potential (pdf, doi)
    M. Z. Hossain, J. B. Freund, and H. T. Johnson
   N. Instr. and Meth. in Phys. Res. 261, 1061 (2009)

2008

   Differential sputter yields in Si_1-xGe_x (pdf, doi)
    M. Z. Hossain, J. B. Freund, and H. T. Johnson
    J. of Appl. Phys. 103, 073508 (2008)

2005

   Generalized mathematical model for the solution of mixed boundary-value elastic problems (pdf)
    M. Z. Hossain, S. R. Ahmed and M. W. Uddin
   Applied Mathematics and Computation 169, 1247 (2005)

A new mathematical model for finite-difference solution of 3D mixed-boundary value elastic problems

M. Z. Hossain, S. R. Ahmed and M. W. Uddin

I. J. of Computational Methods 2, 99 (2005)

A general mathematical formulation for finite-difference solution of anisotropic materials (pdf)

S. R. Ahmed, M. Z. Hossain, and M. W. Uddin

Computers & Structures 83, 35 (2005)