Paul Kent Publications By Subject

Nanostructures

Publications on nanostructured systems. There is also a complete list of publications.

1. “Hybrid density functional study of structural and electronic properties of functionalized MXene Ti(n+1)X(n) (X=C,N) monolayers”. Yu Xie and P. R. C. Kent. Submitted to Physical Review B (2013).
2. “Polaronic transport and current blockades in epitaxial silicide nanowires and nanowire arrays”. V. Iancu, X.-G. Zhang, T.-H. Kim, L.D. Menard, P.R.C. Kent, M. E. Woodson, J. M. Ramsey, A.-P. Li, and H. H. Weitering. Submitted (2013).
3. “Structure-activity relationship of Au-ZrO2 catalyst on formation of hydroxyl groups and its influence on CO oxidation”. C. J. Karwacki, P. Ganesh, P. R. C. Kent, W. O. Gordon, G. W. Peterson, J. J. Niu, and Y. Gogotsi. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 1 6051 (2013).
4. “Spin resolved self-doping tunes the intrinsic half-metallicity of AlN nanoribbons”. A. Lopez-Bezanilla, P. Ganesh, P. R. C. Kent, and B. G. Sumpter. Submitted (2013).
5. “Tuning from half-metallic to semiconducting behavior in SiC nanoribbons”. A. Lopez-Bezanilla, J. Huang, P. R. C. Kent, and B. G. Sumpter. Submitted (2013).
6. “Structure and growth of quasi one-dimensional YSi2 nanophases on Si(100)”. V. Iancu, P. R. C. Kent, S. Hus, H. Hu, C. G. Zeng and H. H. Weitering. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 25 014011 (2012).
7. “Theoretical study of the structure, stability, and oxygen reduction activity of ultrathin platinum nanowires”. I. Matanovic, P. R. C. Kent, F. H. Garzon, N. J. Henson. Submitted to Electrochemical Society Transactions (2012).
8. “Density Functional Theory Study of Oxygen Reduction Activity on Ultrathin Platinum Nanowires”. I. Matanovic, P. R. C. Kent, F. H. Garzon, N. J. Henson. Journal of Physical Chemistry C 114 16499 (2012).
9. “Understanding controls on interfacial wetting at epitaxial graphene: Experiment and Theory”. H. Zhou, P. Ganesh, V. Presser, M. C. F. Wander, P. Fenter, P. R. C. Kent, D. Jiang, A. Chialvo, J. McDonough, K. Shuford, and Y. Gogotsi. Physical Review B 85 035406 (2012).
10. “The role of polytetrahedral structures in the elongation and rupture of gold nanowires”. C. Iacovella, W. French, B. G. Cook, P. R. C. Kent and P. T. Cummings. ACS Nano 5 10065 (2011).
11. “Role of hydroxyl groups on the stability and catalytic activity of Au clusters on rutile surface”. P. Ganesh, P. R. C. Kent, and G. M. Veith. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 2 2918 (2011).
12. “Formation, characterization and dynamics of onion like carbon structures from nanodiamonds using reactive force-fields for electrical energy storage”. P. Ganesh, P. R. C. Kent, and V. Mochalin. Journal of Applied Physics 110 073506 (2011).
13. “Nanodopant-induced band modulation in AgPbmSbTe2+m-type thermoelectrics”. Y. Zhang, X. Ke, C. Chen, J. Yang, and P. R. C. Kent. Physical Review Letters 106 206601 (2011).
14. “Phonon softening and metallization of a narrow-gap semiconductor by thermal disorder”. O. Delaire, K. Marty, M. B. Stone, P. R. C. Kent, M. S. Lucas, D. L. Abernathy, D. Mandrus, B. C. Sales. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108 4725 (2011).
15. “Quantum Monte Carlo Calculations of dihydrogen binding energetics on Ca cations: an assessment of errors in density functionals for weakly bonded systems”. M. Bajdich, F. A. Reboredo, and P. R. C. Kent. Physical Review B (Rapid Communications) 82 081405 (2010).
16. “Microstructure and a nucleation mechanism for nanoprecipitates in PbTe-AgSbTe2”. X. Ke, C. Chen, J. Yang, L. Wu, J. Zhou, Y. Zhu, P. R. C. Kent. Phys. Rev. Lett. 103 145502 (2009).
17. “Structure of YSi2 nanowires from scanning tunneling spectroscopy and first-principles”. V. Iancu, P. R. C. Kent, C. G. Zeng, H. H. Weitering. Applied Physics Letters 95 123107 (2009).
18. “van der Waals forces: Accurate calculation and assessment of approximate methods in dielectric nanocolloids up to 16nm”. Hye-Young Kim and P. R. C. Kent. J. Chem. Phys. 131 144705 (2009).
19. “Hydrogen bonds and vibrations of water on (110) rutile”. N. Kumar, S. Neogi, P. R. C. Kent, A. V. Bandura, J. D. Kubicki, D. J. Wesolowski, D. Cole, J. O. Sofo. Journal of Physical Chemistry C 113 13732 (2009).
20. “The origin of nanoscale phase stability reversals in titanium oxide polymorphs”. D. R. Hummer, J. D. Kubicki, P. R. C. Kent, J. E. Post, P. J. Heaney. Journal of Physical Chemistry C 113 4240 (2009).
21. “Computational Challenges of Large-Scale Long-Time First-Principles Molecular Dynamics”. P. R. C. Kent. Journal of Physics: Conference Series 125 012058 (2008).
22. “Charge-order fluctuations in one-dimensional silicides ”. Changgan Zeng, P. R. C. Kent, Tae-Hwan Kim, An-Ping Li, and Hanno H. Weitering. Nature Materials 7 539 (2008).
23. “Neutral and charged excitations in carbon fullerenes from first-principles many-body theories”. Murilo L. Tiago, P.R.C. Kent, Randolph Q. Hood, and Fernando A. Reboredo. Journal of Chemical Physics 129 084311 (2008).
24. “Epitaxial stabilization of ferromagnetism in the nanophase of FeGe”. Changgan Zeng, P. R. C. Kent, M. Eisenbach, G. M. Stocks, Maria Torija, Jian Shen, and Hanno H. Weitering. Physical Review Letters 96 127201 (2006). Adobe PDF [1.2MB].
25. “Electron and Hole Confinement in GaInN/GaN and AlGaN/GaN Quantum Wells”. A. Hangleiter, S. Lahmann, C. Netzel, U. Rossow, P. R. C. Kent, and Alex Zunger. GaN and Related Alloys 2001 (Materials Research Society Symposium Procedings) 693 I7.2 (2002).
26. “Atomistic description of the electronic structure of InGaAs alloys and InAs/GaAs superlattices”. Kwiseon Kim, P. R. C. Kent, Alex Zunger, and C. B. Geller. Physical Review B 66 045208 (2002). Adobe PDF [407KB].
27. “Carrier localization and the origin of luminescence in cubic InGaN alloys”. P. R. C. Kent and Alex Zunger. Applied Physics Letters 79 1977 (2001). Adobe PDF [257KB].
28. “Carbon clusters near the crossover to fullerene stability”. P. R. C. Kent, M. D. Towler, R. J. Needs, and G. Rajagopal. Physical Review B 62 15394 (2000). Adobe PDF [54KB].