Journal publications
G. Stan, C.V. Ciobanu, T.P. Thayer, G.T. Wang, R.J. Creighton, K.P. Purushotam, L.A. Bendersky, and R.F. Cook
Elastic modulus of faceted aluminum nitride nanotubes measured by contact resonance atomic force microscopy
Nanotechnology, accepted for publication, 2008
H.L. Wang, M. Upmanyu, and C.V. Ciobanu
Morphology of epitaxial core-shell nanowires
Nano Letters, accepted for publication, 2008
C.V. Ciobanu, B.N. Jariwala, T.E.B. Davies, and S. Agarwal
Roughness and structural motifs on the Si(103) surface
Computational Materials Science, in press, 2008 (PDF)
G. Stan, C.V. Ciobanu, P.M. Parthangal, and R.F. Cook
Diameter-dependent radial and tangential elastic moduli of ZnO nanowires
Nano Letters 7, 3691 (2007) (PDF)
C.V. Ciobanu, F.C. Chuang, and D. E. Lytle
On the structure of the Si(103) surface
Applied Physics Letters 91, 171909 (2007) (PDF)
N. Lu, C.V. Ciobanu, T.L. Chan, F.C. Chuang, C.Z. Wang, and K.M. Ho
The structure of ultra-thin H-passivated [112] silicon nanowires
Journal of Physical Chemistry C 111, 7933 (2007) (PDF)
R.M. Briggs and C.V. Ciobanu
An evolutionary approach to finding the structure of linear defects on crystal surfaces
Physical Review B 75, 195415 (2007) (PDF)
E. Muller, E. Sutter, P. Zahl, C.V. Ciobanu, and P. Sutter
Short-range order of low-coverage Ti/Al(111): Implications for hydrogen storage in complex metal hydrides
Applied Physics Letters 90, 151917 (2007) (PDF)
C.V. Ciobanu and R.M. Briggs
Stability of strained H:Si(105) and H:Ge(105) surfaces
Applied Physics Letters 88, 133125 (2006) (PDF)
T.L. Chan, C.V. Ciobanu, F.C. Chuang, N. Lu, C.Z. Wang and K.M. Ho
Magic structures of H-passivated <110> silicon nanowires
Nano Letters 6, 277 (2006) (PDF)
D.T. Tambe, C.V. Ciobanu, and V.B. Shenoy
Self-assembly of steps and vacancy lines during the early stages of Ge/Si(001) heteroepitaxy
Applied Physics Letters 87, 251908 (2005). (PDF)
C.V. Ciobanu, A. Barbu, R.M. Briggs
Interactions of carbon atoms and dimer vacancies on the Si(001) surface
Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology -ASME 127, 462 (2005) (PDF)
F.C. Chuang, C.V. Ciobanu, C.Z. Wang, and K.M. Ho
Model reconstructions for the Si(337) orientation
Journal of Applied Physics 98, 073507 (2005) (PDF)
C.V. Ciobanu, D.T. Tambe and V.B. Shenoy
First-principles calculations of step formation energies and step interactions on TiN(001)
Surface Science 582, 145 (2005) (PDF)
F.C. Chuang, C.V. Ciobanu, C. Predescu, C.Z. Wang, and K.M. Ho
Structure of Si(114) determined by global optimization methods
Surface Science 578, 183 (2005) (PDF)
C. Predescu, M. Predescu, and C.V. Ciobanu
On the efficiency of exchange in parallel tempering Monte Carlo simulations
Journal of Physical Chemistry B 109, 4189 (2005) (PDF)
F.C. Chuang, C.V. Ciobanu, V.B. Shenoy, C.Z. Wang and K.M. Ho
Finding the reconstructions of semiconductor surfaces via a genetic algorithm
Surface Science 573, L375 (2004) (PDF)
C.V. Ciobanu and C. Predescu
Reconstruction of silicon surfaces: a stochastic
optimization problem
Physical Review B 70, 085321 (2004) (PDF)
C. Predescu, M. Predescu,
C.V. Ciobanu
The incomplete beta function law for parallel
tempering sampling of classical canonical systems
Journal of Chemical Physics 120, 4119 (2004) (PDF)
C.V. Ciobanu, D.T. Tambe, and V.B. Shenoy
Comparative study of dimer vacancies and dimer-vacancy
lines on Si(001) and Ge(001)
Surface Science 556, 171 (2004) (PDF)
T.L. Ho and C.V. Ciobanu
The Schroedinger Cat Family in Attractive Bose Gases
Journal of Low Temperature Physics 135, 257 (2004)
(PDF)
V.B. Shenoy and C.V. Ciobanu
Orientation dependence of the stiffness of surface
steps: an analysis based on anisotropic elasticity
Surface Science 554, 222 (2004) (PDF)
C.V. Ciobanu, V.B. Shenoy
C.Z. Wang and K.M. Ho
Structure and stability of the Si(105) surface
Surface Science 544, L715 (2003) (PDF)
C.V. Ciobanu, D.T. Tambe,
V.B. Shenoy, C.Z. Wang and K.M. Ho
Atomic-scale perspective on the origin of attractive
step interactions on Si(113)
Physical Review B (Rapid Communications) 68,
201302 (2003) (PDF)
V.B. Shenoy and C.V. Ciobanu
Ab-initio density functional studies of stepped TaC surfaces
Physical Review B (Rapid Communications) 67,
081402 (2003) (PDF)
J.L. Kuo, C.V. Ciobanu, L.
Ojamae, I. Shavitt and S.J. Singer
Short H-bonds and Spontaneous Self-Dissociation in (H2O)20:
Effects of H-bond Topology
Journal of Chemical Physics 118, 3583 (2003) (PDF)
V.B. Shenoy, C.V. Ciobanu, and L.B. Freund
Strain induced stabilization of stepped Si and Ge surfaces near (001)
Applied Physics Letters 81, 364 (2002) (PDF)
C.V. Ciobanu, L. Ojamae, I. Shavitt and S.J. Singer
Structure and Vibrational Spectra of (H2O)8H+:
is the excess proton in a symmetrical hydrogen bond?
Journal of Chemical Physics 113, 5321 (2000) (PDF)
T.L. Ho and C.V. Ciobanu
Rapidly Rotating Fermi Gases
Physical Review Letters 85, 4648 (2000) (PDF)
C.V. Ciobanu, S.K. Yip, and T.L. Ho
The Phase Diagram of F=2 Spinor Bose-Einstein Condensates
Physical Review A 60, 3607 (2000) (PDF)
Y.Z. Wang, Y.H. Liu, C.Ciobanu, B.R. Patton
Simulating microstructural evolution and electrical transport in ceramic gas sensors
Journal of American Ceramic Society 83, 2219 (2000) (PDF)
C. Ciobanu, Y.Liu, Y. Wang, and B.R.Patton
Numerical calculation of electrical conductivity of porous electroceramics
Journal of Electroceramics 3, 17 (1999) (PDF)