Publications

Books

  • T. Dumitrică (Editor), Trends in Computational Nanomechanics: Transcending Length and Time Scales (Series: Challenges and Advances in Computational Chemistry and Physics, Vol. 9) p. 620, Springer (2010).

Refereed Journal Articles

  1. Y. Zheng, J. Chen, Y. P. Liu, A. Li, S. J. O’Shea,T. Dumitrică, and K.P. Loh, Quantum Mechanical Rippling of MoS2 Monolayer Controlled by Interlayer Bilayer Coupling, Physical Review Letters (under review)
  2. J. Ma, Y. Ni, S. Volz, and T. Dumitrică,Thermal Transport in Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes under Pure Bending, Physical Review Applied (Letter) – under review.
  3. Y. Ni, J. Jiang, E. Meletis, and T. Dumitrică, Thermal Transport Across Few-Layer Hexagonal Boron Nitride Encased by Silica, Physical Review Applied (Letter) – under review.
  4. Y. Ni, H. Han, S. Volz, and T. Dumitrică,NanoscaleAzide Polymer Functionalization: A Robust Solution for Enhancing the Carbon Nanotube-Polymer Matrix Thermal Interface, ACS Macro Letters – under review.
  5. I. Ostanin, R. Ballarini, and T. Dumitrică, Distinct Element Method for Multiscale Modeling of Cross-Linked Carbon Nanotube Fibers: From Soft to Strong Matter, Journal of Materials Research, at press (2015).
  6. I. Ostanin, Y. Wang, Y. Ni, and T. Dumitrică, Mechanics of Nanocrystalline Particles With the Distinct Element Method, ASME Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology 137, 024501 (2015).
  7. Y. Ni, S. Xiong, S. Volz, and T. Dumitrică, Thermal Transport Along the Dislocation Line in Silicon Carbide, Physical Review Letters 113, 124301 (2014). Cover Article.
  8. I. Nikiforov, B. Hourahine, B. Aradi, Th. Frauenheim,and T. Dumitrică, Formation of Helices in GrapheneNanoribbons under Torsion,The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 5, 4083 (2014).
  9. Y. Wang, M.R. Semler, I. Ostanin, E.K. Hobbie, and T. Dumitrică, Rings and Rackets from Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes: Manifestations of Mesoscale Mechanics, Soft Matter 10, 8635 (2014).
  10. I. Nikiforov, E. Dontsova, R.D. James, and T. Dumitrică, Tight-Binding Theory of Graphene Bending, Physical Review B 89, 155437 (2014).
  11. I.Ostanin, R. Ballarini, and T. Dumitrică, Distinct Element Method Modeling of Carbon Nanotube Bundles with Intertube Sliding and Dissipation,ASMEJournal of Applied Mechanics81, 061004(2014).
  12. S. Xiong, J. Ma, S. Volz, and T. Dumitrică, Thermally-Active Screw Dislocations in Si Nanowires and Nanotubes, Small10, 1756 (2014).
  13. Y. Wang, C. Gaidău, I.Ostanin, and T. Dumitrică,Ring Windings from Single-wall Carbon Nanotubes: A Distinct Element Method Study,Applied Physics Letters103, 183902 (2013).
  14. I. Nikiforov, B. Hourahine, B. Aradi, Th. Frauenheim,and T. Dumitrică, Ewald Summation on a Helix: A Route to Self-Consistent Charge Density-Functional Based Tight-Binding Objective Molecular Dynamics,The Journal of Chemical Physics 139, 094110 (2013).
  15. E. Dontsova and T. Dumitrică,Nanomechanics of Twisted Mono- and Few-layer GrapheneNanoribbons, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 4, 2010 (2013).
  16. I. Ostanin, R. Ballarini, D. Potyondy, and T.Dumitrică, A Distinct Element Method for Large Scale Simulations of Carbon Nanotube Assemblies,Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids61, 762 (2013).
  17. E. Akatyeva and T. Dumitrică,Chiral Graphene Nanoribbons: Objective Molecular Dynamics Simulations and Phase-Transition Modeling,TheJournal of Chemical Physics23, 234702(2012).
  18. E. Akatyeva, L. Kou, I. Nikiforov, Th. Frauenheim,and T. Dumitrică,Electrically-Active Screw Dislocations in Twisted ZnO and Si Nanowires and Nanotubes, ACS Nano 6, 10042–10049 (2012).
  19. E. Akatyeva and T. Dumitrică, Eshelby Twist and Magic Helical Zinc Oxide Nanowires and Nanotubes, Physical Review Letters 109, 035501 (2012).
  20. I. Nikiforov, D.-M. Tang, X. Wei, T. Dumitrică, and D. Golberg, Nanoscale Bending of Multilayered Boron Nitride and Graphene Ribbons: Experiment and Objective Molecular Dynamics Calculations,Physical Review Letters 109, 025504(2012).
  21. L.Tapasztó, T. Dumitrică, K.J. Yoo, P. Nemes-Incze, C.Y. Hwang, and L.P. Biró, Breakdown of Continuum Mechanics for Nanometre-wavelength Rippling of Graphene, Nature Physics8, 739 (2012).
  22. D.-B. Zhang and T. Dumitrică, Role of the Effective Tensile Strain in the Electromechanical Response of Helical GrapheneNanoribbons with Open and Closed Edges,Physical Review B85, 035445 (2012).
  23. L.M. Hale, D.-B. Zhang, X. Zhou, J.A. Zimmerman, N.R. Moody, T. Dumitrică, R. Ballarini, and W.W. Gerberich, Dislocation Morphology and Nucleation within Compressed Si Nanospheres: A Molecular Dynamics Study,Computational Materials Science54, 280 (2012).
  24. A. Mittal, D.-B. Zhang, C. Teresi, T. Dumitrică, and A.K.Mkhoyan, Routes toIdentification of Intrinsic Twist in Helical MoS2 Nanotubes by Electron Diffraction and Annular Dark-Field Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy Imaging,Physical Review B84, 153401 (2011).
  25. I. Nikiforov, D.-B. Zhang, and T. Dumitrică, Screw Dislocations in <110> Silicon Nanowires: An Objective Molecular Dynamics Study,The Journal of Physical ChemistryLetters 2, 2544 (2011).
  26. D.-B. Zhang, E. Akatyeva, and T. Dumitrică, Helical BN and ZnO Nanotubes with Intrinsic Twisting: An Objective Molecular Dynamics Study, PhysicalReview B 84, 115431 (2011).
  27. D.-B. Zhangand T. Dumitrică, The Role of Peierls-like Distortions in the Modification of Electronic Bandgaps of GrapheneNanoribbons under Uniaxial Strain,The Journal of Chemical Physics [Letter to the Editor: Note]134,  196101 (2011).
  28. D.-B. Zhang, E. Akatyeva, and T. Dumitrică,Bending Ultrathin Graphene at the Margins of Continuum Mechanics, Physical Review Letters 106, 255503 (2011).
  29. D.-B. Zhang and T. Dumitrică, Effective Tensional-StrainDriven Band-Gap Modulationsin Helical GrapheneNanoribbons, Small7, 1023 (2011).
  30. D. Teich, T. Lorenz, J.-O. Joswig, G. Seifert, D.-B. Zhang, and T. Dumitrică, Structural and Electronic Properties of Helical TiS2Nanotubes Studied with Objective Molecular Dynamics,TheJournal of  Physical Chemistry C115, 6392 (2011).
  31. D.-B. Zhang and T. Dumitrică, Effective Strain in Helical Rippled Carbon Nanotubes: A Unifying  Concept for Understanding Electromechanical Response, ACS Nano 4, 6966 (2010).
  32. E. Akatyeva, J.Y. Huang, and T. Dumitrică,Edge-Mediated Dislocation Processes inMultishell Carbon Nano-Onions?, Physical Review Letters 105, 106102 (2010).
  33. D.-B. Zhang, T. Dumitrică, and G. Seifert,Helical Nanotube Structures of MoS2with Intrinsic Twisting: An Objective Molecular Dynamics Study, Physical Review Letters 104, 065502 (2010).
  34. I. Nikiforov, D.-B. Zhang, R.D. James, and T. Dumitrică,Wavelike Rippling in Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes under Pure Bending, Applied Physics Letters 96, 123107 (2010).
  35. D.-B. Zhang and T. Dumitrică, Effective Shear-Strain Driven Electromechanical Response in Helical Rippled Carbon Nanotubes, Physical Review B 82, 193401 (2010).
  36. T. Anderson, E. Akatyeva, I.Nikiforov, D. Potyondy, R. Ballarini, and T. Dumitrică, Toward Distinct Element Method Simulations of Carbon Nanotube Systems,ASME Journal of Nanotechnology in Engineering and Medicine 1, 041009 (2010).
  37. D.-B. Zhang and T. Dumitrică,Modulating the Optical and Electronic Properties of Highly Symmetric Si Quantum Dots, Nanotechnology 20, 445401 (2009).Selected for the Lab Talk of 19 November 2009,New Routes to Adjusting Light from Artificial Atoms.
  38. D.-B. Zhang, R.D. James, and T. Dumitrică,Electromechanical Characterization of Carbon Nanotubes in Torsion via Symmetry-Adapted Tight-Binding Objective Molecular Dynamics, Physical Review B 80, 115418 (2009).
  39. D.-B. Zhang, R.D. James, and T. Dumitrică,Dislocation Onset and Nearly Axial Glide  in Carbon Nanotubes under Torsion,The Journal of Chemical Physics [Communication] 130, 071101 (2009).
  40. M. Suri and T. Dumitrică,Efficient Sticking of Surface-Passivated Si Nanospheres via Phase-Transition Plasticity, Physical ReviewB [Rapid Communication] 78, 081405 (2008).Selected for Physical Review Focus of 27 August 2008, Nanoparticles Stick a Perfect Landing, and The New York Science Times of 1 September 2008, If Traveling Very Fast, the Very Small Just Stick.
  41. D.-B. Zhang and T. Dumitrică,Elasticity of Ideal Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes via Symmetry-Adapted Tight-Binding Objective Modeling, Applied Physics Letters  93, 031919 (2008).
  42. D.-B. Zhang, M. Hua, and T. Dumitrică,Stability  of Polycrystalline and Wurtzite Si Nanowires via Symmetry-Adapted Tight-Binding Objective Molecular Dynamics, The Journal of Chemical Physics 128, 084104  (2008).
  43. P. Valentini and T. Dumitrică,Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Nanoparticle-Surface Collisions in Crystalline Silicon, Journal of Nano Research 1, 31-39  (2008). Invited for the inaugural issue.
  44. S.G. Hao, D.-B. Zhang, and T. Dumitrică,Effect of Small Shape Changes on the Optical Response of Highly Symmetric Silicon Quantum Dots, Physical Review B [Rapid Communication] 76, 081305 (2007).
  45. P. Valentini, W. W.Gerberich, and T. Dumitrică,Phase Transition Plasticity Response in UniaxiallyCompressed Silicon Nanospheres, Physical Review Letters 99, 175701  (2007).
  46. T. Dumitrică and R.D. James,Objective Molecular Dynamics, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 55, 2206-2236 (2007).
  47. P. Valentini and T. Dumitrică,Microscopic Theory for Nanoparticle-Surface Collisions in Crystalline Silicon, Physical Review B75, 224106  (2007).
  48. T. Dumitrică,Bismuth under Intense Laser Pulses: A Fano-like Interference Description, Journalof Physics: Condensed Matter19, 181003 (2007).Invited Viewpoint Article.
  49. A. Carlson and T. Dumitrică,Extended Tight-Binding Potential for Modeling Intertube Interactions in Carbon Nanotubes, Nanotechnology 18, 065706 (2007).
  50. T. Dumitrică, M. Hua, and B.I. Yakobson,Symmetry, Time, and Temperature Dependent Strength of Carbon Nanotubes, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 103, 6105-6109 (2006).Cover article. Commented on by R.S. Ruoff,Time, Temperature, and Load: The Flaws of Carbon Nanotubes, PNAS 103, 6779-6780 (2006).
  51. T. Dumitrică, M.E. Garcia, H.O. Jeschke, and B.I.Yakobson,Breathing Coherent Phonons and Caps Fragmentation in CarbonNanotubes Following Ultrafast Laser Pulses, Physical Review B 74, 193406 (2006).
  52. T. Dumitrică and B.I. Yakobson,Rate Theory of Yield in Boron Nitride Nanotubes, Physical Review B 72, 035418 (2005).
  53. T. Dumitrică, M.E. Garcia, H.O. Jeschke, and B.I.Yakobson,Selective Cap Opening in Carbon Nanotubes Driven by Laser-Induced Coherent Phonons, Physical Review Letters 92, 117401 (2004).
  54. T. Dumitrică and B.I. Yakobson,Strain-Rateand Temperature Dependent Plastic Yield in Carbon Nanotubes fromAb Initio Calculations, Applied Physics Letters 84, 2775 (2004).
  55. T. Dumitrică, M. Hua, and B.I.Yakobson,Endohedral Silicon Nanotubes as Thinnest Silicide Wires, Physical Review B [Rapid Communication] 70, 241303 (2004).
  56. M.E.Garcia, T. Dumitrică, and H.O. Jeschke, Laser-Induced Coherent Phonons in Graphite and Carbon Nanotubes, Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing 79, 855-857 (2004).
  57. T. Dumitrică, A. Burzo, Y. Dou, and R.E. Allen,Response of Si and InSb to Ultrafast LaserPulses, PhysicaStatus Solidi 241, 2331-2342 (2004).
  58. T. Dumitrică, T. Belytschko, and B.I.Yakobson,Bond-Breaking Bifurcation States in Carbon Nanotube Fracture, The Journal of Chemical Physics [Communication]118, 9485-9488 (2003).
  59. T. Dumitrică, H.F.Bettinger, G.E. Scuseria, and B.I. Yakobson,Thermodynamicsof Yield in BN Nanotubes, Physical Review B 68, 085412 (2003).
  60. T. Dumitrică and R.E. Allen,Femtosecond-Scale Response ofGaAs to Ultrafast Laser Pulses, Physical Review B [Rapid Communication] 66, 081202 (2002).
  61. T.Dumitrică and R.E. Allen,Nonthermal Transition of GaAs in Ultra-Intense Laser Radiation Field, Lasers and Particle Beams 20, 237-242 (2002).
  62. H.F. Bettinger, T. Dumitrică, G.E. Scuseria,and B.I. Yakobson,Mechanically Induced Defects and Strength of BN Nanotubes, Physical Review B [Rapid Communication] 65, 041406 (2002).
  63. T. Dumitrică, C.M. Landis, and B.I. Yakobson,Curvature-Induced Polarization in Carbon Nanoshells,Chemical Physics Letters 360, 182-188 (2002).
  64. T.Dumitrică and R.E. Allen,Time Evolution of Second-Order Susceptibility in GaAs Following a Fast Intense Laser Pulse, Solid State Communications 113, 653-656 (2000).
  65. T. Dumitrică, J.S. Graves, and R.E. Allen,Second-Order Susceptibility from a Tight-Binding Hamiltonian, Physical Review B 58, 15340-15343 (1998).
  66. M. Dragusin, D. Martin, M. Radoiu, R. Moraru, C. Oproiu, S. Marghitu, and T. Dumitrică, Hydrogels for Medicine and Agriculture, Progress in Colloid and Polymer Science (Gels) 102, 123-125 (1996).

Refereed Conference Proceedings
*As Presenting Author

  1. T. Dumitrică* and D.-B. Zhang,Helical  Nanotube Structures of MoS2 with Chiral-Dependent Properties  16th US National Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics 2010, State College, Pennsylvania USNCTAM2010-1340.
  2. T. Dumitrică*, D-.B. Zhang, and M. Hua, Nanomechanics of Silicon Nanowires via Symmetry-Adapted Tight-Binding and Classical Objective Molecular Dynamics, Proceedings 2008 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and ExpositionIMECE2008-6680213, 1199-1203 (2008).
  3. T. Dumitrică*, P. Valentini, and S.G. Hao, Ab Initio Calculations of Plasticity in Boron Nitride Nanotubes, Proceedings for the 2007 International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences1, 1 (2007).
  4. T. Dumitrică*, V. Barone, M.Hua, and B.I. Yakobson,Design and RelativeStability of Multicomponent Nanowires, Carbon Nanotubes, NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry222, 243-244  (V. Popov and P. Lambin, Eds.), Springer (2006).
  5. R.E. Allen, A. Burzo, and T. Dumitrică,Femtosecond-Scale Response of Semiconductors to Laser Pulses, in``Ultrafast Phenomena in Semiconductors V", (H. Jiang, K.-T. F. Tsen, J.-J. Song, Editors), SPIE Proceedings 4280, 123-137  (2001).
  6. T. Dumitrică, B. Torralva, and R.E. Allen,Response of Semiconductors and Fullerenes to Ultrashort and Ultra-Intense Laser Pulses, inComputational Approaches to Predicting the Optical Properties of Materials, (J.R. Chelikowsky, Ed.), Materials Research Society Proceedings 579, Warrendale, Pennsylvania (2000).

Reviewsor Book Chapters

  1. T. Dumitrică, S. Kodambaka, and S. Jun, Synthesis,Electromechanical Characterization, and Applications of Graphene Nanostructures, Journal of Nanophotonics6, 064501 (2012).Invited review.
  2. T. Dumitrică, Computational Nanomechanics of Quasi-one-dimensional Structures in a Symmetry-Adapted Tight Binding Framework, in Trends in Nanophysics - Theory, Experiment and Technology (A. Aldea, V. Barsan, Editors) Chapter 2. p. 29-55, Springer (2010).
  3. Preface for T. Dumitrică,Trends in Computational Nanomechanics: Transcending Length and Time Scales(Series: Challenges and Advances in Computational Chemistry and Physics, Vol. 9), Springer (2010).
  4. B.I. Yakobson and T. Dumitrică,Nanomechanics: Physics Between Engineering and Chemistry, in Trends in Nanoscale Mechanics (V. Harik and M.D. Salas, Eds.), Chapter 1 in p. 3 – 33, Kluwer Academic (2003).
  5. R.E. Allen, T. Dumitrică, and B. Torralva,Electronic and Structural Response of Materials to Fast IntenseLaser Pulses, in Ultrafast Physical Processes in Semiconductors (K.T. Tsen, Ed.), (Semiconductorsand SemimetalsVol. 67), Chapter 7 p. 315-388,Academic Press, San Diego (2001).

Presentations
Invited Presentations at Professional Meetings, Conferences, and Universities

  1.  
  2. Nanomechanics with Objective Molecular Dynamics.Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, October 2013.[Sponsored Invited Talk]
  3. Nanomechanics with Objective Molecular Dynamics.E-MRSWarsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, September 2013.[Sponsored Invited International Talk]
  4. Nanomechanics with Objective Molecular Dynamics.4rdInternational Conference From Nanoparticles and Nanomaterials to Nanodevices and Nanosystems, Corfu Island, June 2013. [Invited Talk]
  5. Effective Strain – A Key Concept for Understanding the Electromechanics of Carbon Nanostructures,E-MRSWarsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, September 2012.[Sponsored Invited International Talk]
  6. Mechanics at the Nanoscale,Bremen Center for Computational Materials Science, Bremen, April 2012. [Sponsored Invited International Talk]
  7. Mechanics at the Nanoscale: From the Breakdown of Continuum Plate Mechanics in Graphene to the Phase Transition Plasticity of Silicon Nano-spheres, TechnischeUniversitaet Dresden, Dresden, April 2012. [Sponsored Invited International Talk]
  8. Mechanics at the Nanoscale,Beijing Computational Science Research Center, Beijing, August 2011 [Sponsored Invited International Talk]
  9. Effective Strain Driven Electromechanical Response in Carbon Nano-Materials, 3rdInternational Conference From Nanoparticles and Nanomaterials to Nanodevices and Nanosystems, Crete Island, June 2011. [Invited Talk]
  10. Effective Strain Driven Electromechanical Response in Carbon Nano-Materials, 6thM.I.T. Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics, June 2011. [Invited Talk]
  11. Effective Strain Driven Electromechanical Response in Carbon Nano-Materials: A concept that works,6th Annual Minnesota Nanotechnology Conference, Minneapolis, October 2010. [Invited Talk]
  12. Mechanics at the Nanoscale: Engineering between Chemistry and Physics,University of Minnesota, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Minneapolis, October 2010. [Talk]
  13. Mechanics at the Nanoscale,Louisiana State University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Baton Rouge, October 2010. [Sponsored Invited Talk]
  14. Helical Nanotube Structures with Intrinsic Twisting, 6th International Symposium on Computational Challenges and Tools for Nanotubes, Satellite Symposium for NT10 - 11th International Conference on the Science and Applications of Nanotubes, Montreal,June 2010. [InvitedInternationalTalk]
  15. Electromechanical Characterization of C and MoS2Nanotubes,Conference on Transition Metal Chalcogenide and Halide Nanostructures, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, April 2010. [Sponsored InvitedInternational Talk]
  16. Mechanics at the Nanoscale: Engineering between Chemistry and Physics,Pennsylvania State University, Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, University Park, April 2010. [Sponsored Invited Talk]
  17. Mechanics at the Nanoscale: Engineering between Chemistry and Physics,University of Minnesota, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Minneapolis, March 2009. [Talk]
  18. Mechanics at the Nanoscale,University of Iowa, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Iowa, February 2010. [Sponsored Invited Talk]
  19. Helical Nanotube Structures with Intrinsic Twisting: Insights form Objective Molecular Dynamics,TechnischeUniversitaet Dresden, PhysikalischeChemie, Dresden, December 2009. [Sponsored Invited InternationalTalk]
  20. Phase Transition Plasticityin Silicon Nanospheres,UniversitaetKassel, Department of Physics, Kassel, December 2009. [Sponsored Invited InternationalTalk]
  21. Phase Transition Plasticity in Silicon Nanospheres: From High to Low Strain-rate Processes,5th Annual Minnesota Nanotechnology Conference, Minneapolis, November 2009. [Invited Talk]
  22. Phase Transition Plasticity in Silicon Nanospheres,University of California Davis, Department of Materials Science, Davis, November 2009. [Invited Talk]
  23. Mechanics at the Nanoscale: Engineering between Chemistry and Physics,Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Department of Mechanical, Aerospace & Nuclear Eng., Troy, October 2009. [Sponsored Invited Talk]
  24. Nanomechanics for Physicists, Macalester College, Department of Physics, St. Paul, September 2009. [Sponsored Invited Talk]
  25. Understanding Nanomechanical Response via Modeling and Simulation,ICTP Workshop on Trends in Nanoscience: Theory, Experiment, Technology, Sibiu, August 2009. [Sponsored Invited InternationalTalk]
  26. Understanding Nanomechanical Response via Modeling and Simulation, 2ndInternational Conference From Nanoparticles and Nanomaterials to Nanodevices and Nanosystems, Rhodes Island, June 2009. [Sponsored InvitedInternationalTalk]
  27. Mechanics at the Nanoscale,University of Minnesota, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Minneapolis, March 2009. [Talk]
  28. Mechanics at the Nanoscale,Indiana University, Department of Chemistry, Bloomington, January 2009. [Sponsored Invited Talk]
  29. Mechanics at the Nanoscale,Wright-Patterson AirForce Lab, Dayton, January 2009. [Sponsored Invited Talk]
  30. Mechanics of Carbon Nanotubes, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 45th Annual Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science, Symposium to honor R.D. James, October 2008. [Invited Talk]
  31. Computational Nanomechanics, University of Manitoba, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Winnipeg, September 2008. [Sponsored InvitedInternational Talk]
  32. Mechanics at the Nanoscale, University of Minnesota, Department of Civil Engineering, Minneapolis, October 2007. [Talk]
  33. Mechanics of Carbon Nanotubes, 7th Southern School on Computational Chemistry and Materials Science, Jackson, April 2007. [Sponsored Invited Talk]
  34. Mechanics of Carbon Nanotubes, University of Minnesota, Condensed Matter Seminar, Department of Physics, Minneapolis, September 2006. [Talk]
  35. Computational Nanomechanics, ASME 4th Nano Training Bootcamp, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, July 2006. [Sponsored Invited Talk]
  36. Nanomechanical Aspects of quasi 1-Dimensional C and BN Structures,THERMEC'06, Vancouver, July 2006. [Invited InternationalTalk]
  37. Symmetry, Time, and Temperature Dependent Strength of Carbon Nanotubes,University of Minnesota, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Minneapolis, March 2006. [Talk]
  38. Failure Modes in Carbon Nanotube Structures,University of Minnesota, Lunch Seminar, Department of Physics, Minneapolis, January 2006. [Talk]
  39. Modeling and Simulation of Nanoscale Materials,University of Minnesota, IGERT Seminar, Walter Library Minneapolis, October 2005. [Invited Talk]
  40. Modeling and Simulation of Nanoscale Material Structures: Carbon, Boron Nitride, and Silicon Nanotubes, University of Minnesota, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Minneapolis, August 2004. [Sponsored Invited Talk]
  41. Mechanics of Carbon Nanotubes, University of Kassel, Department of Physics, Kassel, July 2004. [Sponsored Invited InternationalTalk]
  42. Modeling and Simulation of Nanoscale Materials, University of Southern Mississippi, Department of Physics, Hattiesburg, April 2004. [Sponsored Invited Talk]
  43. Modeling and Simulation of Nanoscale Material Structures: Carbon, Boron Nitride, and Silicon Nanotubes, University of Toledo, Department of Physics, Toledo, March 2004. [Sponsored Invited Talk]
  44. Simulating the Response of Semiconductors to Ultrafast Laser Pulses,National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, March 2003. [Sponsored Invited InternationalTalk]
  45. Simulating the Response of Semiconductors to Ultrafast Laser Pulses, Wright-Patterson Air Force Lab, Dayton, January 2003. [Sponsored Invited Talk]
  46. Response of Semiconductors to Ultrafast Laser Pulses via Molecular Dynamics, FreieUniversitaet Berlin, Department of Physics, Berlin, October 2002. [Sponsored Invited InternationalTalk]

Editorships and Journal Reviewer Experience

  • Member in the Editorial Board ofJournal of Nano Research, PhysicaScripta.
    • Reviewer for:
  • Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
  • Physical Review Letters
  • Physical Review BPhysical Review ENano Letters
  • ACS Nano
  • Accounts of Chemical Research
  • Journal of American Chemical Society
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • Chemistry of MaterialsAdvanced Materials
  • Physica Status Solidi BApplied Physics Letters
  • Journal of Applied Physics
  • Journal of Nano Research
  • Progress in Surface ScienceInverse Problems
  • New Journal of PhysicsJournal of Physics
  • Condensed MatterNanotechnology
  • Solid State Communications
  • The European Physical Journal B
  • Physica B
  • Physica E
  • CarbonInternational Journal of Solids and Structures
  • Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
  • Chemical Physics Letters
  • Journal of Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures
  • Lasers and Particle Beams
  • ScientiaNanotechnology
  • Journal of Nanophotonics
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Recent Patents on Mechanical Engineering
  • Materials Science and Engineering B
  • Journal of Materials Research
  • Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
  • Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology
  • Computational Materials ScienceProceedings A of the Royal Society

Review Panels for External Funding Agencies

  • NSF Mechanics of Materials program, Division of Engineering, 2014
  • ShotaRustaveli National Science Foundation of Georgia, 2012 and 2013
  • NSF Mechanics of Materials program, Division of Engineering, 2013
  • NSF Materials and Surface Engineering program, Division of Engineering, 2012
  • ShotaRustaveli National Science Foundation of Georgia, 2011
  • NSF Cyber-enabled Discovery and Innovation program,Division of Engineering, 2011
  • NSF Materials and Surface Engineering program, Division of Engineering, 2011
  • NSF Major Research Instrumentationprogram, Division of Engineering, 2010
  • NSF Cyber-enabled Discovery and Innovation program,Division of Engineering, 2010
  • NSF Materials and Surface Engineering program, Division of Engineering, 2009
  • NSF Materials and Surface Engineering program, Division of Engineering, 2008
  • NSF Nano and Bio Mechanics of Materialsprogram, Division of Engineering, 2006

Organization of Symposia

  • Nanowires and Nanotubes: Thermal and Mechanical Properties (Session Chair) American Physical Society March Meeting, Dallas, Texas, 2011
  • Graphene and Carbon-based nanomaterials (Session organizer with C. Galiotis, Univ. of Patras), 2nd International Conference From Nanoparticles and Nanomaterials to Nanodevices and Nanosystems, Rhodes Island, Greece, June 2011
  • Recent Advances in Graphene Modeling and Simulations(Session organizer with C.V. Ciobanu, Colorado School of Mines, and S. Jun, Univ. of Wyoming), 11th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Minneapolis, Minnesota, July 2011
  • Computational Nanoscale Materials, (Session organizer with C.V. Ciobanu, Colorado School of Mines), ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exhibition, Vancouver, November 2010
  • Recent Advances in Computational Methods for Characterization (Session organizer with C.V. Ciobanu, Colorado School of Mines), ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exhibition, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, November 2009
  • Graphene Growth and Properties through Experiments and Simulations (Session organizer with C.V. Ciobanu, Colorado School of Mines, and V. Shenoy, Brown Univ.), 10th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Columbus, Ohio, July 2009
  • Fundamentals of Nanoscale Materials (Session organizer with B. Yakobson, Rice Univ.), 2nd International Conference From Nanoparticles and Nanomaterials to Nanodevices and Nanosystems, Rhodes Island, Greece, June 2009
  • Chemical Modification of Nanotubes (Session Chair) American Physical Society March Meeting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2009

 

Traian Dumitrica

Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering 
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Phone: 612-625-3797
E-mail: dtraian@umn.edu