Publications
Recent Papers
54 Xing Zhang, Haofan Sun, Bo Mao, Rui Dai, Houlong Zhuang, Yiliang Liao, Qiong Nian, “Nanosecond Laser Shock Detonation of Nanodiamonds: from Laser-Matter Interaction to Graphite-to-Diamond Phase Transition”, International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing, accepted, 2021
53 Rui Dai, Yuqi Guo, Zengrong Hu, Qing Hua Wang, Qiong Nian*, “Three‑dimensional hollow graphene–metallic
nanocomposite foam manufactured by polymer‑templated electrochemical co‑deposition”, Journal of Materials Research, accepted, 2021
52 Rui Dai, Gokul Chandrasekaran, Jie Chen, Chayton Jackson, Yongming Liu, Qiong Nian*, Beomjin Kwon*, “Thermal conductivity of metal coated polymer foam: Integrated experimental and modeling study”, International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 169, 107045, 2021
51 Weiheng Xu, Sayli Jambhulkar, Dharneedar Ravichandran, Yuxiang Zhu, Mounika Kakarla, Qiong Nian, Bruno Azeredo, Xiangfan Chen, Kailong Jin, Brent Vernon, David G Lott, Jeffrey L Cornella, Orit Shefi, Guillaume Miquelard‐Garnier, Yang Yang, Kenan Song, “3D Printing‐Enabled Nanoparticle Alignment: A Review of Mechanisms and Applications”, Small, 2100817, 2021
50 Sayli Jambhulkar, Siying Liu, Pruthviraj Vala, Weiheng Xu, Dharneedar Ravichandran, Yuxiang Zhu, Kun Bi, Qiong Nian, Xiangfan Chen, Kenan Song, “Aligned Ti3C2Tx MXene for 3D Micropatterning via Additive Manufacturing”, ACS nano, 15, 7, 2021
49 Rui Dai, Beomjin Kwon, Qiong Nian*, “A Novel Packing Hollow Dodecahedron Model to Study the Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Stocastic Metallic Foams”, International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference, 85079, 2021
48 Zeng-rong Hu, Rui Dai, Di-ni Wang, Xiao-nan Wang, Feng Chen, Xue-liang Fan, Chang-jun Chen, Yi-liang Liao, Qiong Nian,* “Preparation of graphene/copper nanocomposites by ball milling followed by pressureless vacuum sintering”, New Carbon Materials, 36, 2, 2021
47 Xiangjia Li, Weitong Shan, Yang Yang, Dylan Joralmon, Yizhen Zhu, Yiyu Chen, Yuan Yuan, Han Xu, Jiahui Rong, Rui Dai, Qiong Nian, Yang Chai, Yong Chen, “Limpet Tooth‐Inspired Painless Microneedles Fabricated by Magnetic Field‐Assisted 3D Printing”, Advanced Functional Materials, 31, 5, 2021
46 Ling Ding, Huan He, Jin Zhou, Dini Wang, Qiong Nian,* Shiqian Li, Shihui Qian, Wenbing Li, Cui Liu, Zhengyong Liang, “
Preparation of high-quality graphene oxide-carbon quantum dots composites and their application for electrochemical sensing of uric acid and ascorbic acid”, Nanotechnology, 32(13):135501, 2021
45 Maithilee Motlag, Xingtao Liu, Ni Putu Dewi Nurmalasari, Shengyu Jin, Qiong Nian, Charles Park, Linrui Jin, Libai Huang, Jing Liu, Gary J Cheng, “Molecular-Scale Nanodiamond with High-Density Color Centers Fabricated from Graphite by Laser Shocking”, Cell Reports Physical Science, 100054, 2020
44 Zhongyong Wang, Arun Sundar S Singaravelu, Rui Dai, Qiong Nian, Nikhilesh Chawla, Robert Y Wang, “Ligand Crosslinking Boosts Thermal Transport in Colloidal Nanocrystal Solids”, Angewandte Chemie, 132(24), 9643, 2020
43 Rui Dai, Meng Wang, Dini Wang, Zengrong Hu, Matthew D. Green, Qiong Nian,* “Understanding Mechanical Behavior of Hollow Metallic Foam Using New Pentagonal Dodecahedron model”, Scripta Materialia, 182, 114, 2020
42 Dini Wang, Rui Dai, Xing Zhang, Lei Liu, Houlong Zhuang, Yongfeng Lu, Yan Wang, Yiliang Liao, Qiong Nian, * “Scalable and controlled creation of nanoholes in graphene by microwave-assisted chemical etching for improved electrochemical properties”, Carbon, 161, 880, 2020
41 Zengrong Hu, Rui Dai, Dini Wang, Xiaonan Wang, Feng Chen, Xueliang Fan,Changjun Chen, Yiliang Liao, Qiong Nian,* “Pressureless Sintering of Graphene-copper Nanocomposites”, New Carbon Material, in press, 2020
40 Zengrong Hu, Dini Wang, Changjun Chen, Xiaonan Wang, Xiaming Chen, Qiong Nian,* “Bulk Graphene-Titanium Composites Fabricated by Selective Laser Melting”, Journal of Materials Research, 34 (10), 1744, 2019
39 Qiong Nian, David Look, Kevin Leedy, Gary J Cheng “Optoelectronic performance enhancement in pulsed laser deposited gallium-doped zinc oxide (GZO) films after UV laser crystallization,* Applied Physics A, 124, 9, 633, 2018
38 Zengrong Hu, Feng Chen, Jiale Xu, Qiong Nian,* Dong Lin, Changjun Chen, Xing Zhu, Yao Chen, Min Zhang “3D printing graphene-aluminum nanocomposites”, Journal of Alloys and Compound, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2018.02.272, 2018
37 Zhongyang Zhang, Qiong Nian, Charalabos C Doumanidis, Yiliang Liao,* “First-principles modeling of laser-matter interaction and plasma dynamics in nanosecond pulsed laser shock processing”, Journal of Applied Physics, 123, 054901, 2018
36 Zengrong Hu, Feng Chen, Jiale Xu, Zhenwu Ma, Huafeng Guo, Changjun Chen, Qiong Nian,* Xiaonan Wang, Min Zhang, “Fabricating graphene-titanium composites by laser sintering PVA bonding graphene titanium coating: Microstructure and mechanical properties”, Composites Part B: Engineering, 134, 133, 2018
35 Gang Qiu, Qiong Nian, Maithilee Motlag, Shengyu Jin, Biwei Deng, Yexin Deng, Adam R Charnas, Peide D Ye, Gary J Cheng,* “Ultrafast Laser‐Shock‐Induced Confined Metaphase Transformation for Direct Writing of Black Phosphorus Thin Films”, Advanced Materials, DOI: 10.1002/adma.201704405, 2018
34 Shengyu Jin, Yixiu Wang, Maithilee Motlag, Shengjie Gao, Jin Xu, Qiong Nian, Wenzhuo Wu, Gary J Cheng,* “Large‐Area Direct Laser‐Shock Imprinting of a 3D Biomimic Hierarchical Metal Surface for Triboelectric Nanogenerators”, Advanced Materials, DOI: 10.1002/adma.201705840, 2018
33 Qiong Nian, Liang Gao, Yaowu Hu, Biwei Deng, Jiang Tang, Gary J Cheng,* “Graphene/PbS-Quantum Dots/Graphene Sandwich Structures Enabled by Laser Shock Imprinting for High Performance Photodetectors”, ACS applied materials & interfaces, 9, 51, 44715, 2017
32 Zengrong Hu, Feng Chen, Dong Lin, Qiong Nian, Pedram Parandoush, Xing Zhu, Zhuqiang Shao, Gary J Cheng,* “Laser additive manufacturing bulk graphene–copper nanocomposites”, Nanotechnology, 28, 445705, 2017
31 Zhao Zhao, Joe Hilman, Manny Oropeza, Qiong Nian, Terry L Alford,* “Comparison of scanning laser annealing and microwave annealing for As+ implanted Si”, Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B, 35, 011202, 2017
30 Qiangqiang Zhang, Dong Lin, Biwei Deng, Xiang Xu, Qiong Nian, Shengyu Jin, Kevin D Leedy, Hui Li, Gary J Cheng,* “Flyweight, Superelastic, Electrically Conductive, and Flame‐Retardant 3D Multi‐Nanolayer Graphene/Ceramic Metamaterial”, Advanced Materials, 29, 28, 2017
29 Zengrong Hu, Mojib Saei, Guoquan Tong, Dong Lin, Qiong Nian, Yaowu Hu, Shengyu Jin, Jiale Xu, Gary J Cheng,* “Numerical Simulation of temperature field distribution for laser sintering graphene reinforced nickel matrix nanocomposites”, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 688,438,2017
28 Suprem R Das,* Qiong Nian,* Allison A Cargill, John A Hondred, Shaowei Ding, Mojib Saei, Gary J Cheng,* Jonathan C Claussen,* “3D Nanostructured Inkjet Printed Graphene via UV-Pulsed laser Irradiation Enables Paper-Based Electronics and Electrochemical Devices”, Nanoscale, 8(35), 15870, 2016
27 Qiong Nian, Mojib Saei, Yaowu Hu, Biwei Deng, Shengyu Jin, Gary J. Cheng,* “Additive Roll Printing Activated Low Junction Resistance Self-Integration of 2D Crystals and 1D Silver Nanowires Laminated Functional Structures”, Extreme Mechanics Letters, doi:10.1016/j.eml.2016.02.014, 2016
26 Zengrong Hu, Guoquan Tong, Dong Lin, Qiong Nian, Jiayi Shao, Yaowu Hu, mojib Saei, Shengyu Jin, Gary J. Cheng,* “Laser Sintered Graphene Nickel Nanocomposites”, Journal of Materials Processing and Technology, 235,105, 2016
25 Zengrong Hu,* Guoquan Tong, Qiong Nian,* Rong Xu, Mojib Saei, Feng Chen, Changjun Chen, Min Zhang, Huafeng Guo, Jiale Xu, “Laser sintered single layer graphene oxide reinforced titanium matrix nanocomposites”, Composites Part B: Engineering, 93,352, 2016
24 Qiong Nian, Michael Callahan, David Look, John Bailey, Harry Efstathiadis, Mojib, Saei, Gary Cheng,* “Large Scale Laser Crystallization of Solution-based Alumina-doped Zinc Oxide (AZO) Nanoinks for Highly Transparent Conductive Electrode”, Scientific Reports, 5, 15517, 2015.
23 Qiong Nian, Mojib Saei, Yang Xu, Ganguli Sabyasachi, Biwei Deng, Gary J. Cheng,* “Crystalline Nanojoining Silver Nanowire Percolated Networks on Flexible Substrate”, ACS Nano, 9(10), 10018, 2015.
22 Suprem Das*, Qiong Nian*, mojib Saei, Prashant Kumar, David Janes, Muhammad Alam, Gary J. Cheng,* “Single Layer Graphene as a barrier layer for intense UV laser induced damages for Silver Nanowire Network”, ACS Nano, 9(11), 11121, 2015.
21 Yaowu Hu, Seunghyun Lee, Prashant Kumar, Qiong Nian, Wenqi Wang, Joseph Irudayaraj, Gary J. Cheng,* “Water flattens graphene wrinkles: laser shock wrapping of graphene onto substrate-supported crystalline plasmonic nanoparticle arrays”, Nanoscale, DOI: 10.1039/C5NR04810A, 2015.
20 Kelly Rickey, Qiong Nian, Genqiang Zhang, Liangliang Chen, Sergey Suslov, S. Venkataprasad Bhat, Yue Wu, Gary Cheng,* Xiulin Ruan,* “Welding of Semiconductor Nanowires by Coupling Laser-Induced Peening and Localized Heating”, Scientific Reports, 5, 16052, 2015.
19 Qiong Nian, Kyle H. Montgomery, Xin Zhao, Thomas N. Jackson, Jerry M. Woodall, Gary Cheng,* “InP/i-ZnO/Al-ZnO Heterojunction Solar Cells Using Pulsed Laser Deposition”, Applied Physics A, 121(3), 1219, 2015
18 Ling Ding,* Zeze Peng, Peijiang Zhou, Gary J. Cheng, Qiong Nian, Dong Lin, Jinhui Zhou, Yuhe Liang, “Preparation and Effect of Lighting on Structures and Properties of GSH Capped ZnSe QDs”, Journal of fluorescence, 25(6), 1663, 2015.
17 Dong Lin, Prashant Kumar, Shengyu Jin, Shuo Liu, Qiong Nian, Gary J. Cheng,* “Laser direct writing of crystalline Fe2O3 atomic sheets on steel surface in aqueous medium”, Applied Surface Science, 351, 148, 2015.
16 Qiong Nian, Martin Zhang, Dong Lin, Suprem Das, Yung Shin, Gary Cheng,* “Crystalline photoactive copper indium diselenide thin films by pulsed laser crystallization of nanoparticle-inks at ambient conditions”, RSC Advances, 5(71), 57550, 2015.
15 Qiong Nian, Michael Callahan, David Look, Harry Efstathiadis, John Bailey, Gary Cheng,* “Highly Transparent Conductive Electrode with Ultra-low HAZE by Grain Boundary Modification of Aqueous Solution Fabricated Alumina-Doped Zinc Oxide (AZO) Nanocrystals”, APL Materials, 3(6), 062803, 2015 (Invited).
14 Qiong Nian, Yuefeng Wang, Yingling Yang, Ji Li, Martin Y Zhang, Jiayi Shao, Liang Tang, Gary J Cheng,* “Direct Laser Writing of Nanodiamond Films from Graphite under Ambient Conditions”, Scientific Reports, 4, 6612, 2014.
13 Dong Lin , Qiong Nian, Biwei Deng , Shengyu Jin , Yaowu Hu , Wenqi Wang , and Gary J. Cheng,* “Three-Dimensional Printing of Complex Structures: Man Made or toward Nature?”, ACS Nano, 8(10), 9710, 2014 (Invited).
12 Qiong Nian, Martin Y. Zhang, Bradley Schwartz, Gary J. Cheng,* “Ultraviolet laser crystallized ZnO:Al films on sapphire with high Hall mobility for simultaneous enhancement of conductivity and transparency”, Applied Physics Letters, 104, 201907, 2014
11 Qiong Nian, MY Zhang, Y Wang, SR Das, VS Bhat, F Huang, GJ Cheng,* “Charger Carrier Transport and Collection Enhancement of Copper Indium Diselenide Photoactive Nanoparticle-Ink by Laser Crystallization”, Applied Physics Letters, 105, 111909, 2014
10 Xin Zhao, Yunfeng Cao, Qiong Nian, Yung C Shin, Gary Cheng,* “Precise selective scribing of thin- film solar cells by a picosecond laser”, Applied Physics A, 116, 671, 2014
9 Xin Zhao, Yunfeng Cao, Qiong Nian, Gary Cheng,* Yung C Shin,* “Control of Ablation Depth and Surface Structure in P3 Scribing of Thin-Film Solar Cells by A Picosecond Laser”, Journal of Micro and Nano-Manufacturing, 2(3), 031007, 2014
8 Bryan T Spann, S Venkataprasad Bhat, Qiong Nian, Kelly M Rickey, Gary J Cheng,* Xiulin Ruan,* Xianfan Xu,* “Enhancing photo-induced ultrafast charge transfer across heterojunctions of CdS and laser-sintered TiO2 nanocrystals”, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 16, 10669, 2014
7 Qiong Nian, CR Liu, GJ Cheng,* “Laser assisted electro-deposition of earth abundant Cu2ZnSnS4 photovoltaic thin film”, Manufacturing Letters, 1(1) 54-58, 2013 (Invited)
6 MY Zhang, Q Nian, Y Shin, GJ Cheng,* “Direct pulsed laser crystallization of nanocrystals for absorbent layers in photovoltaics: Multiphysics simulation and experiment”, Journal of Applied Physics, 113 (19), 193506, 2013
5 P Kumar, J Li, Q Nian, Y Hu, GJ Cheng,* “Plasmonic tuning of silver nanowires by laser shock induced lateral compression”, Nanoscale, 5 (14), 6311-6317, 2013
4 Martin Y. Zhang, Qiong Nian, Gary J. Cheng,* “Room Temperature Deposition of Alumina-doped zinc oxide (AZO) on flexible substrates by Direct Pulsed Laser recrystallization”, Applied Physics Letter, 100, 151902, 2012
3 Qiong Nian, Ling Zhao, Beibei He, Bin Lin, Ranran Peng, Guangyao Meng, Xingqin Liu,* “Layered SmBaCuCoO5+δ and SmBaCuFeO5+δ perovskite oxides as cathode materials for proton-conducting SOFCs”, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 492 (1), 291-294, 2010
2 Ling Zhao, Qiong Nian, Beibei He, Bin Lin, Hanping Ding, Songlin Wang, Ranran Peng, Guangyao Meng, Xingqin Liu,* “Novel layered perovskite oxide PrBaCuCoO5+δ as a potential cathode for intermediate-temperature solid oxide fuel cells”, Journal of power sources, 195(2) 453-456, 2010
1 L Zhao, B He, Q Nian, Z Xun, R Peng, G Meng, X Liu,* “In situ drop-coated BaZr0.1Ce0.7Y0.2O3-δ electrolyte-based proton-conductor solid oxide fuel cells with a novel layered PrBaCuFeO5+ cathode”, Journal of power sources 194 (1), 291-294, 2009
Patents
3 Qiong Nian, Dini Wang, “Graphene with Nanosized Openings”, 2020, U.S. Provisional Application No. 62/783,845
2 GJ Cheng, Q Nian, “Method of enhancing electrical conduction in gallium-doped zinc oxide films and films made therefrom”, 2019, US Patent App. 16/033,669
1 Gary Cheng, Qiong Nian, Michael Callahan, John S Bailey “Composite transparent conducting films and methods for production thereof,” 2017, US Patent App. 15/054,568