By Professor Sean Li

Journal articles

Sun CQ; Li CM; Li S; Tay BK, 2004, 'Breaking limit of atomic distance in an impurity-free monatomic chain', Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 69, http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.69.245402

Wang RX; Beling CD; Djuri i AB; Li S; Fung S, 2004, 'Properties of ITO thin films deposited on amorphous and crystalline substrates with e-beam evaporation', Semiconductor Science and Technology, 19, pp. 695 - 698, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0268-1242/19/6/006

Zhong WH; Sun CQ; Li S, 2004, 'Size effect on the magnetism of nanocrystalline Ni films at ambient temperature', Solid State Communications, 130, pp. 603 - 606, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssc.2004.03.025

Sun CQ; Bai HL; Li S; Tay BK; Li C; Chen TP; Jiang EY, 2004, 'Length, strength, extensibility, and thermal stability of a Au-Au bond in the gold monatomic chain', Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 108, pp. 2162 - 2167, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp035815j

Sun CQ; Zhong WH; Li S; Tay BK; Bai HL; Jiang EY, 2004, 'Coordination imperfection suppressed phase stability of ferromagnetic, ferroelectric, and superconductive nanosolids', Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 108, pp. 1080 - 1084, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp0372946

Sun CQ; Bai HL; Li S; Tay BK; Jiang EY, 2004, 'Size-effect on the electronic structure and the thermal stability of a gold nanosolid', Acta Materialia, 52, pp. 501 - 505, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2003.09.033

Xu CX; Sun XW; Chen BJ; Shum P; Li S; Hu X, 2004, 'Nanostructural zinc oxide and its electrical and optical properties', Journal of Applied Physics, 95, pp. 661 - 666, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1632549

Luo YL; Fung S; Beling CD; Ling CC; Li S, 2004, 'A search for defect configurational changes in the post‐breakdown metastability of semi‐insulating GaAs', physica status solidi (b), 241, pp. 317 - 320, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pssb.200301920

Li SS; White T; Sun CQ; Fu YQ; Plevert J; Lauren K, 2004, 'Discriminating Lattice Structural Effects From Electronic contributions to the superconductivity of Doped MgB2 with Nanotechnology', Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 108, pp. 16415 - 16419

Li S; White T; Plevert J; Sun C, 2004, 'Superconductivity of nano-crystalline MgB2', Superconductor Science and Technology, 17, pp. S589 - S594

Wong M; Paramsothy M; Xu XJ; Ren Y; Li S; Liao K, 2003, 'Physical interactions at carbon nanotube-polymer interface', Polymer, 44, pp. 7757 - 7764, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2003.10.011

Sun XW; Yu SF; Xu CX; Yuen C; Chen BJ; Li S, 2003, 'Room-Temperature Ultraviolet Lasing from Zinc Oxide Microtubes', Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 42, pp. L1229 - L1231, http://dx.doi.org/10.1143/jjap.42.l1229

Sun CQ; Bai HL; Tay BK; Li S; Jiang EY, 2003, 'Dimension, strength, and chemical and thermal stability of a single C-C bond in carbon nanotubes', Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 107, pp. 7544 - 7546, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp035070h

Tan TT; Li S; Lau SP; Tay YY; Sun CQ; Zhou SH; Dou SX, 2003, 'Effects of varying mechanical deformations on the relationship between mesotexture and current percolation in (Bi, Pb)2Sr2Ca 2Cu3O10/Ag superconductor tapes', Superconductor Science and Technology, 16, pp. 885 - 892, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0953-2048/16/8/309

Li S; White T; Laursen K; Tan TT; Sun CQ; Dong ZL; Li Y; Zho SH; Horvat J; Dou SX, 2003, 'Intense vortex pinning enhanced by semicrystalline defect traps in self-aligned nanostructured MgB2', Applied Physics Letters, 83, pp. 314 - 316, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1591070

Li S; Yip TH; Ramanujan RV; Liang MH, 2003, 'In situ TEM studies of the mechanisms of crack nucleation and propagation in fully lamellar microstructures', Materials Science and Technology, 19, pp. 902 - 906, http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/026708303225004378

Sun CQ; Pan LK; Fu YQ; Tay BK; Li S, 2003, 'Size dependence of the 2p-level shift of nanosolid silicon', Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 107, pp. 5113 - 5115

Sun CQ; Li S; Tay BK, 2003, 'Comment on "laser-like mechanoluminescence in ZnMnTe-diluted magnetic semiconductor" [Appl. Phys. Lett. 81, 460 (2002)]', Applied Physics Letters, 82, pp. 3568 - 3569, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1576890

Pan LK; Sun CQ; Tay BK; Chen TP; Li S, 2003, 'Photoluminescence of Si Nanosolids Near the Lower End of the Size Limit.', ChemInform, 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chin.200303010

Sun CQ; Tay BK; Fu YQ; Li S; Chen TP; Bai HL; Jiang EY, 2003, 'Discriminating crystal binding from the atomic trapping of a core electron at energy levels shifted by surface relaxation or nanosolid formation', Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 107, pp. 411 - 414, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp027027k

Zhang Y; Li SS; Sun CQ; Gao W, 2003, 'Possible origin of magnetic transition ordering in La2/3A1/3MnO3 oxides', Materials Science and Engineering B - Solid State Materials for Advanced Technology, 98, pp. 54 - 60

Li S; Dong ZL; Lim BK; Liang MH; Sun CQ; Gao W; Park HS; White T, 2002, 'Atomic stacking configurations in atomic layer deposited TiN films', Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 106, pp. 12797 - 12800, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp026814e

Pan LK; Sun CQ; Tay BK; Chen TP; Li S, 2002, 'Photoluminescence of Si nanosolids near the lower end of the size limit', Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 106, pp. 11725 - 11727, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp0266805

Sun CQ; Li S; Tay BK; Chen TP, 2002, 'Upper limit of blue shift in the photoluminescence of CdSe and CdS nanosolids', Acta Materialia, 50, pp. 4687 - 4693, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1359-6454(02)00343-9

Sun CQ; Wang Y; Tay BK; Li S; Huang H; Zhang YB, 2002, 'Correlation between the melting point of a nanosolid and the cohesive energy of a surface atom', Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 106, pp. 10701 - 10705, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp025868l

Sun CQ; Tay BK; Zeng XT; Li S; Chen TP; Zhou J; Bai HL; Jiang EY, 2002, 'Bond-order-bond-length-bond-strength (bond-OLS) correlation mechanism for the shape-and-size dependence of a nanosolid', Journal of Physics Condensed Matter, 14, pp. 7781 - 7795, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/14/34/301

Li S; Prabhakar O; Tan TT; Sun CQ; Wang XL; Soltanian S; Horvat J; Dou SX, 2002, 'Intrinsic nanostructural domains: Possible origin of weaklinkless superconductivity in the quenched reaction product of Mg and amorphous B', Applied Physics Letters, 81, pp. 874 - 876, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1497712

Zhong WH; Sun CQ; Tay BK; Li S; Bai HL; Jiang EY, 2002, 'Curie temperature suppression of ferromagnetic nanosolids', Journal of Physics Condensed Matter, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/14/23/101

Maung Latt K; Park HS; Li S; Rong L; Osipowicz T; Zhu WG; Lee YK, 2002, 'Behaviour of ionized metal plasma deposited Ta diffusion barrier between Cu and SiO2', Journal of Materials Science, 37, pp. 1941 - 1949, http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1015230727381

Zhang YB; Li S; Hing P; Dou SX, 2002, 'Microstructure-dependent magnetization of La0.67Ba0.33MnO3-δ manganites', Materials Chemistry and Physics, 75, pp. 136 - 139, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0254-0584(02)00041-X

Li S; Dong ZL; Latt KM; Park HS; White T, 2002, 'Formation of Cu diffusion channels in Ta layer of a Cu/Ta/SiO 2/Si structure', Applied Physics Letters, 80, pp. 2296 - 2298, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1465107

Zhang YB; Li S; Sun CQ; Widjaja S; Hing P, 2002, 'Transition dependence of La2/3Ca1/3MnO3 oxide on microstructure', Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 122, pp. 266 - 271, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0924-0136(02)00064-X

Latt KM; Park HS; Seng HL; Osipowicz T; Lee YK; Li S, 2002, 'Effect of the silicon nitride passivation layer on the Cu/Ta/SiO2/Si multi-layer structure', Materials Science and Engineering: B, 90, pp. 25 - 33, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0921-5107(01)00746-2

Gao W; Li Z; Wu Z; Li S; He Y, 2002, 'Oxidation behavior of Ni3Al and FeAl intermetallics under low oxygen partial pressures', Intermetallics, 10, pp. 263 - 270, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0966-9795(01)00132-7

Tan TT; Li S; Gao W; Liu HK; Dou SX, 2002, 'Transverse micro- and mesotexture distribution characteristics on the core surface of (Bi,Pb)2Sr2Ca2Cu3O10/Ag superconductor tape', Superconductor Science and Technology, 15, pp. 241 - 246, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0953-2048/15/2/311

Sun CQ; Li S; Tay BK; Sun XW; Lau SP, 2002, 'Solution certainty in the Cu(110)-(2×1)-2O^2- surface crystallography', International Journal of Modern Physics B, 16, pp. 71 - 78, http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0217979202009470

Li Z; Gao W; He Y; Li S, 2002, 'Oxidation of Ti3AI and TiAl Intermetallic Compounds Under Controlled Oxygen Partial Pressures', High Temperature Materials and Processes, 21, pp. 35 - 46, http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/HTMP.2002.21.1-2.35

Sun CQ; Chen TP; Tay BK; Li S; Zhang YB; Huang H; Pan LK; Lau SP; Sun XW, 2001, 'An extended 'quantum confinement' theory: Surface-coordination imperfection modifies the entire band structure of a nanosolid', Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 34, pp. 3470 - 3479, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/34/24/308

Liao K; Li S, 2001, 'Interfacial characteristics of a carbon nanotube-polystyrene composite system', Applied Physics Letters, 79, pp. 4225 - 4227, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1428116

Xie XP; Liang MH; Choo ZM; Li S, 2001, 'A comparative simulation study of silicon (001) surface reconstruction using different interatomic potentials', Surface Review and Letters, 8, pp. 471 - 475, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0218-625X(01)00139-7

Li S; Lee YK; Sun CQ; Liang MH, 2001, 'Formation mechanism and crystallographic relationship of epitaxy Ti and Al thin films in ionized metal plasma deposition', Surface Review and Letters, 8, pp. 465 - 469, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0218-625X(01)00138-5

Zhang YB; Li S; Sun CQ; Gao W; Dou SX; Hing P, 2001, 'Observation of heat flow at transition temperature in La1-xCaxMnO3+δ oxides', Journal of Applied Physics, 90, pp. 4583 - 4586, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1406551

Cooper HT; Gao W; Li S; Liu HK; Dou SX, 2001, 'Intrinsic deformation behaviour in pressed Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O tapes', Superconductor Science and Technology, 14, pp. 862 - 869, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0953-2048/14/10/309

Gao W; Gong H; He J; Thomas A; Chan L; Li S, 2001, 'Oxidation behaviour of Cu thin films on Si wafer at 175-400°C', Materials Letters, 51, pp. 78 - 84, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0167-577X(01)00268-3

Zhang YB; Li S; Hing P; Sun CQ; Gao W; Dou SX, 2001, 'Thermal transition behavior of La1-xCaxMnO3-δ oxides', Solid State Communications, 120, pp. 107 - 112, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0038-1098(01)00326-X

Sun CQ; Tay BK; Lau SP; Sun XW; Zeng XT; Li S; Bai HL; Liu H; Liu ZH; Jiang EY, 2001, 'Bond contraction and lone pair interaction at nitride surfaces', Journal of Applied Physics, 90, pp. 2615 - 2617, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1390305

Li S; Zhang YB; Gao W; Sun CQ; Widjaja S; Hing P, 2001, 'Twin crystallization in La2/3Ba1/3MnO3+δ oxide and its effect on the saturation magnetization', Applied Physics Letters, 79, pp. 1330 - 1332, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1394721

Li S; Lee YK; Zhang L; Gao W; Lee KS, 2001, 'Effective enhancement of C54 TiSi2 phase formation with multi-thermal-shock processing at 600 °C', Applied Physics Letters, 79, pp. 1139 - 1141, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1382630

Sun CQ; Jin D; Zhou J; Li S; Tay BK; Lau SP; Sun XW; Huang HT; Hing P, 2001, 'Intense and stable blue-light emission of Pb(ZrxTi1-x)O3', Applied Physics Letters, 79, pp. 1082 - 1084, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1394946

Sun CQ; Sun XW; Tay BK; Lau SP; Huang HT; Li S, 2001, 'Dielectric suppression and its effect on photoabsorption of nanometric semiconductors', Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 34, pp. 2359 - 2362, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/34/15/316

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