Publications
160. Yikai Yin, Shaswat Mohanty, Christopher B. Cooper, Zhenan Bao and Wei Cai, "Network evolution controlling strain-induced damage and self-healing of elastomers with dynamic bonds", to be submitted (2024). [arXiv]
159. Wu-Rong Jian, Mian Xiao, WaiChing Sun and Wei Cai, "Prediction of Yield Surface of Single Crystal Copper from Discrete Dislocation Dynamics and Geometric Learning", submitted (2023). [arXiv]
158. Ottman A. Tertuliano, Philip J. DePond, Andrew C. Lee, Jiho Hong, David Doan, Luc Capaldi, Mark Brongersma, X. Wendy Gu, Manyalibo J. Matthews, Wei Cai and Adrian J. Lew, "High Absorptivity Nanotextured Powders for Additive Manufacturing", submitted (2023). [arXiv]
157. Jaehong Chung, Rasool Ahmad, WaiChing Sun, Wei Cai and Tapan Mukerji, "Prediction of Effective Elastic Moduli of Rocks using Graph Neural Networks", Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 421, 116780 (2024). [arXiv] [DOI]
156. Zhenyuan Zhang, Shaswat Mohanty, Jose Blanchet and Wei Cai, "Modeling Shortest Paths in Polymeric Networks using Spatial Branching Processes", submitted (2023). [arXiv]
155. Rasool Ahmad and Wei Cai, "Accelerating force calculation for dislocation dynamics simulations", submitted (2023). [arXiv]
154. Nicolas Bertin, Wei Cai, Sylvie Aubry, Athanasios Arsenlis and Vasily V. Bulatov, "Enhanced mobility of dislocation network nodes and its effect on dislocation multiplication and strain hardening", submitted (2023). [arXiv]
153. Yifan Wang, Jing Liu, Jian-Zhong Jiang and Wei Cai, "Anomalous temperature dependence of elastic limit in metallic glasses", Nature Communications, 15, 171 (2024). [DOI]
152. Jianan Chen, Chang Liu, Yifan Wang, Wangwang Ding, Qiying Tao, Gang Chen, Wei Cai, Mingli Qin, Xuanhui Qu, "Strong and ductile niobium-based refractory alloy via deformable zirconia nanoparticles", International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials, 118, 106451 (2024). [DOI]
151. Chang Liu, Jianan Chen, Yifan Wang, Wangwang Ding, Qiying Tao, Gang Chen, Wei Cai, Mingli Qin, Xuanhui Qu, "Strong and ductile nanoscale Ti-1Fe dual-phase alloy via deformation twinning", Scripta Materialia, 237, 115720 (2023). [DOI]
150. Yifan Wang, Wei Cai, "Stress-dependent activation entropy in thermally activated cross-slip of dislocations", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120, e2222039120 (2023). [DOI] [arXiv]
149. Vasily Bulatov and Wei Cai, "One dislocation at a time", Nature Materials, 22, 679 (2023). [DOI] [Scholar]
148. Siying Peng, Yanming Wang, Michael Braun, Yikai Yin, Andrew C. Meng, Wanliang Tan, Balreen Saini, Kayla Severson, Ann F. Marshall, Katherine Sytwu, John D. Baniecki, Jennifer Dionne, Wei Cai and Paul C. McIntyre, "Kinetics and Mechanism of Light-Induced Phase Separation in a Mixed-Halide Perovskite", Matter, 6, 2052 (2023). [DOI] [Scholar]
147. Shaswat Mohanty, SangHyuk Yoo, Keonwook Kang and Wei Cai, "Evaluating the Transferability of Machine-Learned Force Fields for Material Property Modeling", Computer Physics Communications, 288, 108723 (2023). [arXiv] [Scholar]
146. Sh. Akhondzadeh, Minju Kang, Ryan B. Sills, K. T. Ramesh and Wei Cai, "Direct Comparison between Experiments and Dislocation Dynamics Simulations of High Rate Deformation of Single Crystal Copper", Acta Materialia, 250, 118851 (2023). [Scholar]
145. Rasool Ahmad, Mingliang Liu, Michael Ortiz, Tapan Mukerji and Wei Cai, "Computation of effective elastic moduli of rocks using hierarchical homogenization", Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 174, 105268 (2023). [arXiv] [Scholar]
144. Mingliang Liu, Rasool Ahmad, Wei Cai and Tapan Mukerji, "Hierarchical Homogenization With Deep-Learning-Based Surrogate Model for Rapid Estimation of Effective Permeability From Digital Rocks", Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, 128, e2022JB025378 (2023). [DOI] [Scholar]
143. Maurice de Koning, Wei Cai, Claudio Cazorla and Jordi Boronat, "Absence of off-diagonal long-range order in hcp 4He dislocation cores", Physical Review Letters, 130, 016001 (2023). [Reply] [Scholar]
142. Maurice de Koning and Wei Cai, "Dislocation-position fluctuations in solid 4He as collective variables in a quantum crystal", npj Quantum Materials, 7, 119 (2022). [Scholar]
141. Xiaoyang Wanga, Yifan Wang, Wei Cai and Haixuan Xu, "Discovery of multimechanisms of screw dislocation interaction in bcc iron from open-ended saddle point searches", Physical Review Materials, 6, 123602 (2022). [Scholar]
140. Oleg A. Kuznetsov, Shaswat Mohanty, Elena Pigos, Gugang Chen, Wei Cai and Avetik R. Harutyunyan, "High Energy Density and Ecofriendly Lithium-Ion Smart Battery", Energy Storage Materials, 54, 266 (2022). [DOI] [Scholar]
139. Shaswat Mohanty, Christopher B. Cooper, Hui Wang, Mengning Liang and Wei Cai, "Computational Approaches to Model X-ray Photon Correlation Spectroscopy from Molecular Dynamics", submitted (2022). [arXiv][Scholar]
138. Rasool Ahmad and Wei Cai, "Free energy calculation of crystalline solids using normalizing flow", submitted (2022). [arXiv][Scholar]
137. Haitao D. Deng, Hongbo Zhao, Norman Jin, Lauren A. Hughes, Benjamin H. Savitzky, Colin Ophus, Dimitrios Fraggedakis, Andras Borbely, Young-Sang Yu, Eder Giovanni Lomeli, Rui Yan, Jueyi Liu, David A. Shapiro, Wei Cai, Martin Z. Bazant, Andrew M. Minor, William C. Chueh, "Correlative image learning of chemo-mechanics in phase-transforming solids", Nature Materials, February 17, (2022).
136. Ottman A. Tertuliano, Philip J. DePond, David Doan, Manyalibo J. Matthews, X. Wendy Gu, Wei Cai, Adrian J. Lew, "Nanoparticle-enhanced Absorptivity of Copper During Laser Powder Bed Fusion", Additive Manufacturing, 51, 102562 (2022).
135. Daan Vorselen, Sarah R. Barger, Yifan Wang, Wei Cai, Julie Theriot, Nils C. Gauthier and Mira Krendel, "Phagocytic “teeth” and myosin-II “jaw” power target constriction during phagocytosis", eLife, in press, (2021). [DOI]
134. Andrew C. Meng, Yanming Wang, Michael R. Braun, J. Zach Lentz, Siying Peng, Huikai Cheng, Ann F. Marshall, Yanming Wang, Andrew C. Meng, Wei Cai and Paul C. McIntyre, "Bending and Precipitate Formation Mechanisms in Epitaxial Ge-Core/GeSn-Shell Nanowires", Nanoscale, in press (2021). [DOI]
133. Chia-Chin Chen, Yikai Yin, Stephen Dongmin Kang, Wei Cai, William C. Chueh, "Electro-Chemo-Mechanical Charge Carrier Equilibrium at Interfaces", Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, in press (2021). [DOI]
132. E. T. Hughes, B. B. Haidet, B. Bonef, Wei Cai, Kunal Mukherjee, "Pipe-diffusion-enriched dislocations and interfaces in SnSe/PbSe heterostructures", Physical Review Materials, in press (2021). [DOI]
131. Yi Shu, Daniel Galles, Ottman Tertuliano, Brandon McWilliams, Nancy Yang, Wei Cai, Adrian Lew, "A Critical Look at the Prediction of the Temperature Field Around a Laser-Induced Melt Pool on Metallic Substrates", Scientific Reports, 11, 12224 (2021).
130. Sh. Akhondzadeh, Nicolas Bertin, Ryan B. Sills, Wei Cai, "Slip-free multiplication and complexity of dislocation networks in FCC metals", Materials Theory, 5, 2 (2021).
129. Nicolas Bertin, Wei Cai, Sylvie Aubry and Vasily V. Bulatov, "Core energies of dislocations in bcc metals", Physical Review Materials, 5, 025002, (2021).
128. Baicheng Zhang, Yaojie Wen, Wei Cai, Junda Ma, Shuying Liu, Xuanhui Qu, "A novel experimental method for in-situ selective laser melting distortion behavior measurement", Virtual and Physical Prototyping, 15, 583, (2020).
127. Wangwang Ding, Zhangwei Wang, Gang Chen, Wei Cai, Cong Zhang, Qiying Tao, Xuanhui Qu, Mingli Qin, "Oxidation behavior of low-cost CP-Ti powders for additive manufacturing via fluidization", Corrosion Science, 178, 109080 (2020).
126. Christopher B. Cooper, Jiheong Kang, Yikai Yin, Zhiao Yu, Hung-Chin Wu, Shayla Nikzad, Yuto Ochiai, Hongping Yan, Wei Cai, and Zhenan Bao, "Multivalent Assembly of Flexible Polymer Chains into Supramolecular Nanofibers", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 142, 16814, (2020).
125. Sh. Akhondzadeh, Ryan B. Sills, Nicolas Bertin, Wei Cai, "Dislocation Density-Based Plasticity Model from Massive Discrete Dislocation Dynamics Database", Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 145, 104152, (2020). [arXiv]
124. Andrew C. Meng, Michael R.Braun, Yanming Wang, Siying Peng, Wanliang Tan, J. Zach Lentz, Muyu Xue, Anahita Pakzad, Ann F.Marshall, James S. Harris, Wei Cai and Paul C.McIntyre, "Growth mode control for direct-gap core/shell Ge/GeSn nanowire light emission", Materials Today, 40, 101, (2020). [DOI]
123. William P. Kuykendall, Yifan Wang and Wei Cai, "Stress Effects on the Energy Barrier and Mechanisms of Cross-Slip in FCC Nickel", Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 144, 104105, (2020). [PDF]
122. Ill Ryu, J. D. Gravell, Wei Cai, William D. Nix, and Huajian Gao, "Intrinsic size dependent plasticity in BCC micro-pillars under uniaxial tension and pure torsion", Extreme Mechanics Letters, 40, 100901, (2020).
121. Yikai Yin, Nicolas Bertin, Yanming Wang, Zhenan Bao and Wei Cai, "Topological origin of strain induced damage of multi-network elastomers by bond breaking", Extreme Mechanics Letters, in press (2020). [arXiv] [DOI]
120. Nicolas Bertin, Ryan Sills and Wei Cai, "Frontiers in the Simulation of Dislocations", Annual Review of Materials Research, in press (2020).
119. Qiying Tao, Zhangwei Wang, Gang Chen, Wei Cai, Peng Cao, Cong Zhang, Wangwang Ding, Xin Lu, Ting Luo, Xuanhui Qu, Mingli Qin, "Selective laser melting of CP-Ti to overcome the low cost and high performance trade-off", Additive Manufacturing, in press (2020).
118. Erik Van der Giessen, Peter Schultz, Nicolas Bertin, Vasily Bulatov, Wei Cai, Gabor Csanyi, Stephen Foiles, Marc Geers, Carlos González, Markus Huetter, Woo Kyun Kim, Dennis Kochmann, Javier LLorca, Ann Mattsson, Joerg Rottler, Alexander Shluger, Ryan Sills, Ingo Steinbach, Alejandro Strachan, Ellad Tadmor, "Roadmap on Multiscale Materials Modelling", Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, in press (2020). [DOI]
117. Daan Vorselen, Yifan Wang, Matt Footer, Wei Cai and Julie Theriot, "Microparticle traction force microscopy reveals subcellular force exertion patterns in immune celltarget interactions", Nature Communications, 11, 20, (2020) [code]
116. Jin Young Oh, Donghee Son, Toru Katsumata, Yeongjun Lee, Yeongin Kim, Jeffrey Lopez, Hung-Chin Wu, Jiheong Kang, Joonsuk Park, Xiaodan Gu, Jaewan Mun, Nathan Ging-Ji Wang, Yikai Yin, Wei Cai, Youngjun Yun, Jeffrey B.-H. Tok and Zhenan Bao, "Strain-sensitive stretchable self-healable semiconducting film for multiplexed skin-like sensor array", Science Advances, 5, eaav3097, (2019).
115. Yanming Wang, Andrew C. Meng, Paul C. McIntyre and Wei Cai, "Phase-Field Investigation of the Stages in Radial Growth of Core-Shell Ge/Ge1-xSnx Nanowires", Nanoscale, 11, 21974 (2019). [PDF]
114. Nicolas Bertin, Sylvie Aubry, A. Arsenlis and Wei Cai, "GPU-accelerated dislocation dynamics using subcycling time-integration", Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 27, 075014 (2019).
113. Lucia T. Gan, Rui Yang, Rachel Traylor, Wei Cai, William D. Nix and Jonathan A. Fan, "High-Througput Growth of Microscale Gold Bicrystals for Single-Grain-Boundary Studies", Advanced Materials, 31, 1902189 (2019). [DOI]
112. Yifan Wang, Xiaohan Zhang and Wei Cai, "Spherical Harmonics Method for Computing the Image Stress Due to A Spherical Void", Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 126, 151 (2019). [code]
111. Andrew C. Meng, Michael R. Braun, Yanming Wang, Colleen S. Fenrich, Muyu Xue, David R. Diercks, Brian P. Gorman, Marie-Ingrid Richard, Ann F. Marshall, Wei Cai, James S. Harris, Paul C. McIntyre, "Coupling of Coherent Misfit Strain and Composition in Core-shell Ge/Ge1-xSnx Nanowire Light Emitters", Materials Today Nano, 5, 100026 (2019).
110. Mehrdad Kiani, Yifan Wang, Nicolas Bertin, Wei Cai and X. Wendy Gu, "Strengthening Mechanism of a Single Precipitate in a Metallic Nanocube", Nano Letters, 19, 255 (2019).
109. Yanming Wang, Peter Woytowitz, David Mui and Wei Cai, "Predicting Stability of Nano-Fin Arrays Against Collapse by Phase Field Modeling", Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B, 36, 051602 (2018). [DOI]
108. David M. Barnett and Wei Cai, "Properties of the Eshelby Tensor and Existence of the Equivalent Ellipsoidal Inclusion Solution", Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 121, 71 (2018). [PDF] [code]
107. Ryan B. Sills, Nicolas Bertin, Amin Aghaei and Wei Cai, "Dislocation networks and the microstructural origin of strain hardening", Physical Review Letters, 121, 085501 (2018). [arXiv]
106. Nicolas Bertin and Wei Cai, "Energy of periodic discrete dislocation networks", Journal of the Mechanics and Physis of Solids, 121, 133 (2018). [PDF]
105. Sh. Akhondzadeh, R. B. Sills, S. Papanicolaou, E. Van der Giessen and Wei Cai, "Geometrically projected discrete dislocation dynamics", Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 26, 065011 (2018).
104. Xiaohan Zhang, Yanming Wang and Wei Cai, "Anisotropy effect on strain-induced instability during growth of heteroepitaxial films", Journal of Materials Science, 53, 5777 (2018).
103. Nicolas Bertain, Vedran Glavas, Dibakar Datta and Wei Cai, "A spectral approach for discrete dislocation dynamics simulations of nanoindentation", Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 26, 055004 (2018).
102. Jiangwei Wang, Yanming Wang, Wei Cai, Jixue Li, Ze Zhang, Scott X. Mao, "Discrete shear band plasticity through dislocation activities in body-centered cubic tungsten nanowires", Scientific Reports, 8, 4574 (2018).
101. Ryan Sills and Wei Cai, "Free Energy Change of a Dislocation Due to a Cottrell Atmosphere", Philosophical Magazine, 98, 1491(2018).
100. Lihua Jin, Alex Chortos, Feifei Lian, Eric Pop, Christian Linder, Zhenan Bao, and Wei Cai, "Microstructural origin of resistance-strain hysteresis in carbon nanotube thin film conductors", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, early edition (2018).
99. Nicolas Bertin and Wei Cai, "Computation of virtual X-ray diffraction patterns from discrete dislocation structures", Computational Materials Science, 146, 268 (2018). [PDF]
98. Yanming Wang, Adriano Santana, and Wei Cai, "Atomistic mechanisms of orientation and temperature dependence in gold-catalyzed silicon growth, Journal of Applied Physics, 122, 085106 (2017).
97. Rajaprakash Ramachandramoorthy, Yanming Wang, Amin Aghaei, Gunther Richter, Wei Cai, and Horacio D. Espinosa, "Reliability of Single Crystal Silver Nanowire-Based Systems: Stress Assisted Instabilities, ACS Nano, 11, 4768 (2017).
96. Yanming Wang, Paul C. McIntyre, and Wei Cai, "Phase Field Model for Morphological Transition in Nanowire Vapor-Liquid-Solid Growth, Crystal Growth and Design, 17, 2211 (2017).
95. Jie Xu, Sihong Wang, Ging-Ji Nathan Wang, Chenxin Zhu, Shaochuan Luo, Lihua Jin, Yanming Wang, Christian Linder, Wei Cai, Jeffery B.-H. Tok, Jong Won Chung, Zhenan Bao, et al. "Highly Stretchable Polymer Semiconductor Films through Nanoconfinement Effect", Science, 355, 59 (2017).
94. Yanming Wang, Adriano Santana, and Wei Cai, "Au-Ge MEAM Potential Fitted to the Binary Phase Diagram", Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 25, 025004 (2017).
93. Ya Gai, Chia Min Leong, Wei Cai, and Sindy K. Y. Tang, "Spatiotemporal periodicity of dislocation dynamics in a two-dimensional microfluidic crystal flowing in a tapered channel", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, early edition (2016).
92. Seunghwa Ryu and Wei Cai, "Stability of Eshelby Dislocations in FCC Crystalline Nanowires", International Journal of Plasticity, in press (2016).
91. Edgar J. L. Borda, Wei Cai, and Maurice de Koning, "Dislocation structure and mobility in hcp 4He", Physical Review Letters, 117, 045301 (2016).
90. Ryan Sills, Amin Aghaei, and Wei Cai, "Advanced Time Integration Algorithms for Dislocation Dynamics Simulations of Work Hardening", Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 24, 045019 (2016). (IOP featured article)
89. Yanying Li, Yanming Wang, Seunghwa Ryu, Ann F. Marshall, Wei Cai and Paul C. McIntyre, "Spontaneous, defect-free kinking via capillary instability during vapor-liquid-solid nanowire growth", Nano Letters, 16, 1713 (2016).
88. Ryan Sills and Wei Cai, "Solute Drag on Perfect and Extended Dislocations", Philosophical Magazine, 96, 895 (2016). [PDF].
87. Kang Rae Cho, Yi-Yeoun Kim, Pengcheng Yang, Wei Cai, Haihua Pan, Alexander N. Kulak, Jolene L. Lau, Prashant Kulshreshtha, Steven P. Armes, Fiona C. Meldrum, and James J. De Yoreo, "Direct observation of mineral-organic composite formation reveals occlusion mechanism", Nature Communications, 7, 10187 (2016).
86. Ill Ryu, Wei Cai, William D. Nix and Huajian Gao, "Anisotropic Size-Dependent Plasticity in Face-Centered Cubic Micropillars Under Torsion", JOM, published online (2015).
85. Yongming Sun, Ryan B. Sills, Xianluo Hu, Zhi Wei Seh, Xu Xiao, Henghui Xu, Wei Luo, Huanyu Jin, Ying Xin, Tianqi Li, Zhaoliang Zhang, Jun Zhou, Wei Cai, Yunhui Huang and Yi Cui, "A Bamboo-Inspired Nanostrucure Design for Flexible, Foldable, and Twistable Energy Storage Devices", Nano Letters, 15, 3899 (2015).
84. Ill Ryu, Wei Cai, William D. Nix and Huajian Gao, "Stochastic behaviors in plastic deformation of face-centered cubic micropillars governed by surface nucleation and truncated source operation", Acta Materialia, 95, 176 (2015).
83. Huiliang Wang, Yanming Wang, Benjamin T. C. Keong, Kwan-Pyo Kim, Jeffrey Lopez, Wei Cai, and Zhenan Bao, "Shape-Controlled, Self-Wrapped Carbon Nanotube Three-Dimensional Electronics", Advanced Science, 2, 1500103 (2015).
82. Rodrigo A. Bernal, Amin Aghaei, Sangjun Lee, Seunghwa Ryu, Kwonnam Sohn, Jiaxing Huang, Wei Cai, and Horacio Espinosa, "Intrinsic Bauschinger Effect and Recoverable Plasticity in Pentatwinned Silver Nanowires Tested in Tension", Nano Letters, 15, 139 (2015). [PDF] [Cover]
81. Edgar J. L. Borda, Wei Cai, and Maurice de Koning "Ideal Shear Strength of a Quantum Crystal", Physical Review Letters, 112, 155303 (2014). Paper Selected as PRL Editor's Suggestion . [PDF]
80. Yanming Wang, Seunghwa Ryu and Wei Cai, "A three-dimensional phase field model for vapor-liquid-solid growth of semiconductor nanowires", Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 22, 055005 (2014). [PDF]
79. Wei Cai, Ryan B. Sills, David M. Barnett, and William D. Nix, "Modeling a Distribution of Point Defects as Misfitting Inclusions in Stressed Solids", Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 66, 154 (2014). [PDF]
78. Ryan Sills and Wei Cai, "Efficient Time Integrators for Dislocation Dynamics Simulations", Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 24, 025003 (2014). [PDF]
77. Keonwook Kang, Jie Yin and Wei Cai, "Stress Dependence of Cross Slip Energy Barrier for Face-Centered Cubic Metals", Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 62, 181 (2014). [PDF]
76. Yoonjin Won, Yuan Gao, Matthew A. Panzer, Rong Xiang, Shigeo Maruyama, Thomas W. Kenny, Wei Cai and Kenneth E. Goodson, "Zipping, Entanglement, and the Modulus of Aligned Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Films", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, early edition (2013).
75. William P. Kuykendall and Wei Cai, "Conditional Convergence in 2-Dimensional Dislocation Dynamics", Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 21, 055003 (2013). [PDF]
74. Hark B. Lee, Friedrich B. Prinz, and Wei Cai, "Atomistic Simulations of Dopant Segregation at the Grain Boundaries of YSZ and GDC", Acta Materialia, 61, 3872 (2013). [link]
73. Ill Ryu, William D. Nix and Wei Cai, "Modelling plasticity of BCC micro-pillars using dislocation dynamics", Acta Materialia, 61, 3233 (2013). [PDF]
72. Keonwook Kang, Vasily V. Bulatov and Wei Cai, "Singular orientations and faceted motion of dislocations in body-centered cubic crystals", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 109, 15174 (2012). [PDF]
71. Eunseok Lee, Friedrich B. Prinz and Wei Cai, "Ab-initio Kinetic Monte Carlo Model of Ionic Conduction in Bulk Yttria-stablized Zirconia", Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 20, 065006 (2012). [PDF]
70. Tobin Filleter, Seunghwa Ryu, Keonwook Kang, Jie Yin, R.A. Bernal, K. Sohn, S. Li, J. Huang, Wei Cai, and Horacio D. Espinosa, "Nucleation-Controlled Distributed Plasticity in Penta-Twinned Silver Nanowires", Small, 8, 2986 (2012). [PDF]
69. Steven P. Fitzgerald, Sylvie Aubry, Sergei L. Dudarev and Wei Cai, "Dislocation Dynamics Simulation of Frank-Read Sources in Anisotropic α-Fe", Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 20, 045022 (2012).
68. Jie Yin, David M. Barnett, Steven P. Fitzgerald and Wei Cai, "Computing dislocation stress fields in anisotropic elastic media using fast multipole expansions", Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 20, 045015 (2012). [PDF] [code]
67. William D. Cash and Wei Cai, "Contribution of dislocation dipole structures to the acoustic nonlinearity", Journal of Applied Physics, 111, 074906 (2012). [PDF]
66. Christopher R. Weinberger and Wei Cai, "Plasticity of Metal Nanowires", Journal of Materials Chemistry. Invited review article, 22, 3277, (2012). [PDF] [RSC] [DOI]
65. William P. Kuykendall, William D. Cash, David M. Barnett and Wei Cai, "Existence of the Equivalent Inclusion for Eshelby's Inhomogeneity Problem", Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids, 17, 840 (2012). [PDF] [DOI]
64. Adele T. Lim, Mikko Haataja, Wei Cai and David J. Srolovitz, "Stress-driven Migration of Simple Low-Angle Mixed Grain Boundaries", Acta Materialia, 60, 1395 (2012). [PDF]
63. Seunghwa Ryu, Keonwook Kang and Wei Cai, "Predicting the Dislocation Nucleation Rate as a Function of Temperature and Stress",Journal of Materials Research, 26, 2335 (2011). Invited feature article [PDF]
62. Sylvie Aubry, Steven P. Fitzgerald, Sergei L. Dudarev and Wei Cai, "Equilibrium Shape of Dislocation Shear Loops in Anisotropic α-Fe", Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 19, 065006 (2011). [PDF]
61. Seunghwa Ryu and Wei Cai, "Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Gold-Catalyzed Growth of Silicon Bulk Crystals and Nanowires",Journal of Materials Research, 26, 2199 (2011). Invited focus issue. [PDF]
60. Sylvie Aubry, Seunghwa Ryu, Keonwook Kang and Wei Cai, "Energy Barrier for Homogeneous Dislocation Nucleation: Comparing Atomistic and Continuum Models", Scripta Materialia, 64, 1043 (2011). [PDF] [DOI]
59. Seunghwa Ryu, Keonwook Kang and Wei Cai, "Entropic Effect on the Rate of Dislocation Nucleation", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 108, 5174 (2011). [PDF] [arXiv] Paper selected in the Research Highlight of Nature Materials.
58. Eunseok Lee, Friedrich B. Prinz and Wei Cai, "Enhancing Ionic Conductivity of Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia Single Crystal by Tailoring Dopant Distribution", Physical Review B (Brief Reports), 83, 052301 (2011). [arXiv] [PDF]
57. Seokwoo Lee, Sylvie Aubry, William D. Nix and Wei Cai, "Dislocation Junctions and Jogs in Free Standing Thin Films", Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 19, 025002 (2011). [PDF] [ISI] (cited 1)
56. William Cash and Wei Cai, "Dislocation contribution to acoustic nonlinearity: The effect of orientation-dependent line energy",Journal of Applied Physics, 109, 014915 (2011). [PDF]
55. Christopher R. Weinberger and Wei Cai, "The Stability of Lomer-Cottrell Jogs in Nanopillars", Scripta Materialia, 64, 529 (2011).[PDF] [DOI] [ISI] (cited 1)
54. Benjamin D. Almquist, Piyush Verma, Wei Cai and Nicholas A. Melosh, "Nanoscale patterning controls inorganic-membrane interface structure", Nanoscale, 3, 391 (2011). [DOI] [PDF] [ISI] (cited 1)
53. Haneesh Kesari, Joseph C. Doll, Beth L. Pruitt, Wei Cai and Adrian J. Lew, "Role of Surface Roughness in Hysteresis during Adhesive Elastic Contact", Philosophical Magazine Letters, 90, 891 (2010). [PDF] One of the three 2010 highly commended papers in Philosophical Magazine / Philosophical Magainze Letters. [ISI] (cited 1)
52. Michael Tonks, Paul Millett, Wei Cai and Dieter Wolf, "Analysis of the Elastic Strain Energy Driving Force for Grain Boundary Migration using Phase Field Simulation", Scripta Materialia, 63, 1049 (2010). [DOI] [PDF] [ISI] (cited 1)
51. Seunghwa Ryu and Wei Cai, "Numerical Tests of Nucleation Theories for the Ising Models", Physical Review E, 82, 011603 (2010).[PDF] [DOI]
50. Christopher R. Weinberger and Wei Cai, "Plasticity of metal wires in torsion: molecular dynamics and dislocation dynamics simulations", Journal of Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 58, 1011 (2010). [DOI] [PDF] [ISI] (cited 1)
49. Jie Yin, David M. Barnett, and Wei Cai, "Efficient Computation of Forces on Dislocation Segments in Anisotropic Elasticity",Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 18, 045013 (2010). [PDF] [ISI] [code] (cited 1)
48. Seunghwa Ryu and Wei Cai, "The Validity of Classical Nucleation Theory for Ising Models", Physical Review E (Rapid Communications), 81, 030601 (R) (2010). [PDF] [ISI] (cited 5)
47. K. Kang, Wei Cai, "Size and Temperature Effects on Brittle and Ductile Fracture of Silicon Nanowires", International Journal of Plasticity, 26, 1387 (2010). [DOI] [PDF] [ISI] (cited 2)
46. Christopher R. Weinberger and Wei Cai, "Orientation dependent plasticity in metal nanowires under torsion: twist boundary formation and Eshelby twist", Nano Letters, 10, 130142 (2010). [PDF] [ISI] (cited 2)
45. Seunghwa Ryu and Wei Cai, "A Gold-Silicon Potential Fitted to the Binary Phase Diagram", Journal of Physics Condensed Matter, 22, 055401 (2010). [PDF] Paper chosen in IOP Select. (cited 0)
44. Hark B. Lee, Friedrich B. Prinz, and Wei Cai, "Atomistic Simulations of Surface Segregation of Defects in Solid Oxide Electrolytes",Acta Materialia, 58, 2197 (2010). [DOI] [PDF] [ISI] (cited 3)
43. Eunseok Lee, Friedrich B. Prinz and Wei Cai, "Kinetic Monte Carlo simulations of oxygen vacancy diffusion in a solid electrolyte: Computing the electrical impedance using the fluctuation-dissipation theorem", Electrochemistry Communications, 12, 223 (2010). [DOI][PDF] [ISI] (cited 2)
42. Seunghwa Ryu, Christopher R. Weinberger, Michael I. Baskes, and Wei Cai, "Improved Modified Embedded-Atom Method Potentials for Gold and Silicon", Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 17, 075008 (2009). [PDF] [isi] [ISI] (cited 2)
41. C. R. Weinberger, S. Aubry, S.-W. Lee, W. D. Nix and Wei Cai, "Modelling Dislocations in a Free-Standing Thin Film", Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 17, 075007 (2009). [PDF] [ISI] (cited 3)
40. H. S. Park, Wei Cai, H. D. Espinosa and H. Huang "Mechanics of Crystalline Nanowires", invited review paper, MRS Bulletin, 34, 178 (March, 2009). [PDF] [isi] (cited 23)
39. Wei Cai and Christopher R. Weinberger, "Energy of a Prismatic Dislocation Loop in an Elastic Cylinder", Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids, 14, 192 (2009). [PDF] [isi] (cited 1)
38. Seunghwa Ryu and Wei Cai, "Comparison of Thermal Properties Predicted by Interatomic Potential Models", Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 16, 085005 (2008). [PDF] Paper selected as MSMSE featured article. [isi] [code] (cited 4)
37. Christopher R. Weinberger and Wei Cai, "Surface Controlled Dislocation Multiplication in Metal Micro-pillars", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 105, 14304 (2008). [PDF] [isi] (cited 28)
36. Wei Cai, William Fong, Erich Elsen and Christopher R. Weinberger, "Torsion and Bending Periodic Boundary Conditions for Modelling the Intrinsic Strength of Nanowires", Journal of Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 56, 3242, (2008). [PDF] [isi] (cited 3)
35. Seunghwa Ryu, Wei Cai and Alfredo Caro, "Quantum Entanglement of Formation between Qudits", Phys. Rev. A, 77, 052312 (2008).[PDF] Paper selected for the May 2008 issue of Virtual Journal of Quantum Information. [code] [isi] (cited 6)
34. J. R. Greer, C. R. Weinberger and Wei Cai, "Comparing the strength of f.c.c. and b.c.c. sub-micrometer pillars: Compression experiments and dislocation dynamics simulations", Materials Science and Engineering A, 493, 21 (2008). [PDF] [isi] (cited 38)
33. K. Kang, Wei Cai, "Brittle and Ductile Fracture of Semiconductor Nanowires – Molecular Dynamics Simulations", Philosophical Magazine, 87, 2169, (2007). [PDF] [isi] (cited 21)
32. E. Lee, Wei Cai, G. Galli, "Electronic Structure Calculations in a Uniform Magnetic Field using Periodic Supercells", Journal of Computational Physics, 226, 1310 (2007). [PDF] [isi] (cited 1)
31. C. R. Weinberger and Wei Cai, "Computing Image Stress in an Elastic Cylinder", Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 55, 2027 (2007) [PDF] [isi] (cited 12)
30. A. Arsenlis, Wei Cai, V. V. Bulatov, M. Rhee, M. Tang, T. Oppelstrup, M. Hiratani, G. Hommes, T. G. Pierce, "Enabling Strain Hardening Simulations with Dislocation Dynamics", Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 15, 553 (2007).[PDF] Paper selected in 2007 Highlights for MSMSE. [isi] (cited 40)
29. V. V. Bulatov, et al. , "Dislocation multi-junctions and strain hardening", Nature, 440, 1174 (2006). [PDF] [isi] (cited 43)
28. Wei Cai, Athanasios Arsenlis, Christopher R. Weinberger, Vasily V. Bulatov, "A non-singular continuum theory of dislocations",Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 54, 561 (2006). [PDF] Paper discussed in Online Textbook of Solid Mechanics (A. F. Bower). [isi] [code] (cited 32)
27. M. Tang, Wei Cai, G. Xu, V. V. Bulatov, "A hybrid method for computing forces on curved dislocations intersecting free surfaces in three-dimensional dislocation dynamics", Modelling Simul. Mater. Sci. Eng. 14, 1139 (2006). [PDF] [isi] (cited 11)
26. V. V. Bulatov, Wei Cai, R. Baran, K. Kang, "Geometric aspects of the ideal shear resistance in simple crystal lattices", Philosophical Magazine, 86, 3847 (2006). [PDF] [isi] (cited 0)
25. C. S. Deo, D. J. Srolovitz, Wei Cai, V. V. Bulatov, "Stochastic simulation of dislocation glide in tantalum and Ta-based alloys", Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 53, 1223 (2005). [PDF] [isi] (cited 4)
24. C. S. Deo, D. J. Srolovitz, Wei Cai, V. V. Bulatov, "Kinetic Monte Carlo method for dislocation migration in the presence of solute",Physical Review B, 71, 014106 (2005). [PDF] [isi] (cited 1)
23. M. de Koning, Wei Cai, B. Sadigh, M. Kalos, V. V. Bulatov, "Adaptive Importance Sampling Monte Carlo Simulation of Rare Transition Events", Journal of Chemical Physics, 122, 074103 (2005). [PDF] [isi] (cited 3)
22. Ju Li, Cai-Zhuang Wang, Jin-Peng Chang, Wei Cai, Vasily V. Bulatov, Kai-Ming Ho, Sidney Yip, "Core energy and Peierls stress of a screw dislocation in bcc molybdenum: A periodic-cell tight-binding study", Phys. Rev. B, 70 104113 (2004). [PDF] [oppie] [isi] (cited 22)
21. Wei Cai and Giulia Galli, "Ab initio calculations in a uniform magnetic field using periodic supercells", Physical Review Letters, 92, 186402 (2004). [PDF] [isi] (cited 8)
20. Jaime Marian, Wei Cai and Vasily V. Bulatov, "Dynamic transitions from smooth to rough to twinning in dislocation motion", Nature Materials, 3, 158 (2004). [PDF] [isi] (cited 63)
19. Wei Cai and Vasily V. Bulatov, "Mobility laws in dislocation dynamics simulations", Materials Science and Engineering A, 387, 277 (2004). [PDF] [isi] (cited 11)
18. Maurice de Koning, Wei Cai and Vasily V. Bulatov, "Anomalous Dislocation Multiplication in FCC Metals", Physical Review Letters,91, 022503 (2003). [PDF] [isi] (cited 21)
17. Wei Cai, V. V. Bulatov, J. Chang, J. Li, and S. Yip, "Periodic Image Effects in Dislocation Modeling", Philosophical Magazine A, 83, 539 (2003). [PDF] [isi] [code] (cited 36)
16. M. de Koning, R. J. Kurtz, V. V. Bulatov, C. H. Henager, R. G. Hoagland, Wei Cai and M. Nomura, "Modeling of dislocation-grain boundary interactions in FCC metals", Journal of Nuclear Materials, 323, 281 (2003). [PDF] [isi] (cited 28)
15. Wei Cai, M. H. Kalos, M. de Koning and V. V. Bulatov, "Importance Sampling of Rare Transition Events in Markov Processes",Physical Review E, 66, 046703 (2002). [PDF] [isi] (cited 11)
14. V. V. Bulatov and Wei Cai, "Nodal effects in dislocation mobility", Physical Review Letters, 89, 115501 (2002). [PDF] [isi] (cited 8)
13. Wei Cai, V. V. Bulatov, J. F. Justo, A. S. Argon and S. Yip, "Kinetic Monte Carlo Approach to Modeling Dislocation Mobility",Computational Materials Science, 23, 124, (2002). [PDF] [isi] (cited 8)
12. J. Chang, Wei Cai, V. V. Bulatov, and S. Yip, "Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Motion of Edge and Screw Dislocations in a Metal", Computational Materials Science, 23, 111, (2002). [PDF] [isi] (cited 24)
11. Wei Cai, V. V. Bulatov, J. Chang, J. Li, and S. Yip, "Anisotropic Elastic Interactions of a Periodic Dislocation Array", Physical Review Letters, 86, 5727 (2001). [PDF] [isi] [code] (cited 29)
10. V. V. Bulatov, J. F. Justo, Wei Cai, S. Yip, A. S. Argon, T. Lenosky, M. de Koning and T. D. de la Rubia, "Parameter-free Modeling of Dislocation Motion: The Case of Silicon", Philosophical Magazine A, 81, 1257 (2001). [PDF] [isi] (cited 37)
9. Wei Cai, V. V. Bulatov, S. Yip and A. S. Argon, "Kinetic Monte Carlo Modeling of Dislocation Motion in BCC Metals", Materials Science and Engineering A, 309-310, 270 (2001). [PDF] [isi] (cited 12)
8. J. Chang, Wei Cai, V. V. Bulatov and S. Yip, "Dislocation Motion in BCC Metals by Molecular Dynamics", Materials Science and Engineering A, 309-310, 160 (2001). [PDF] [isi] (cited 23)
7. J. F. Justo, M. de Koning, Wei Cai and V. V. Bulatov, "Point defect interaction with dislocations in silicon", Materials Science and Engineering A, 309-310, 129 (2001). [isi] (cited 6)
6. Wei Cai, M. de Koning, V. V. Bulatov and S. Yip, "Minimizing Boundary Reflections in Coupled-Domain Simulations", Physical Review Letters, 85, 3213 (2000). [PDF] [isi] (cited 101)
5. Wei Cai, V. V. Bulatov, J. F. Justo, S. Yip and A. S. Argon, "Intrinsic Mobility of a Dissociated Dislocation in Silicon", Physical Review Letters, 84, 3346 (2000). [PDF] [isi] (cited 40)
4. J. F. Justo, M. de Koning, Wei Cai and V. V. Bulatov, "Vacancy Interaction with Dislocation in Silicon: The Shuffle versus Glide Competition", Physical Review Letters, 84 2172 (2000). [PDF] [isi] (cited 40)
3. M. de Koning, Wei Cai, A. Antonelli and S. Yip, "Efficient Free-Energy Calculations by the Simulation of Nonequilibrium Processes",Computing in Science and Engineering, 2, 88 (2000). [PDF] [isi] (cited 11)
2. Wei Cai, V. V. Bulatov and S. Yip, "Kinetic Monte Carlo method for dislocation glide in silicon ", Journal of Computer-Aided Material Design, 6 (2-3), 175 (1999). Journal of Computer-Aided Materials Design, 6, 175 (1999). [PDF] [isi] (cited 12)
1. V. V. Bulatov, J. F. Justo, Wei Cai and S. Yip, "Kink Asymmetry and Multiplicity in Dislocation Cores", Physical Review Letters, 79, 5042 (1997). [PDF] [isi] (cited 29)