Chaoying Ni   

Research Interests

Transmission electron microscopy in materials science. Structure-property relationships of nanostructures, meso-crystals, multilayers, and coherent growths.

Recent peer-reviewed journal publications:
(Of all the publications, h-index=14 as of May 2009 according to the Thomson ISI Web of Knowledge^SM.)

Xiazhang Li, Chaoying Ni, Feng Chen, Xiaowang Lu, Zhigang Chen, "Mesoporous mesocrystal (Ce1-xZrx)O2 with enhanced catalytic property for CO conversion", Journal of Solid State Chemistry, accepted, 2009

Xiazhang Li, Feng Chen, Xiaowang Lu, Chaoying Ni, Qiang Wang, Xiaobing Zhao, Zhigang Chen, "Layer-by-layer synthesis of hollow spherical CeO2 templated by carbon spheres", Journal of Porous Materials, accepted, 2009

Xiaowang Lu, Xiazhang Li, Feng Chen, Chaoying Ni, Zhigang Chen, "Hydrothermal Synthesis Of Prism-like Mesocrystal CeO2", Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2009, 476 (1-2), 958-962

Shahram Amini, Chaoying Ni, Michel W. Barsoum, "Processing, Microstructural Characterization and Mechanical Properties of a Ti2AlC/Nanocrystalline Mg-Matrix Composite", Composites Science and Technology, 2009, 69, 414-420

A. Goyal, A.K. Rumaiz, Y. Miao, S. Hazra, C. Ni, S.I. Shah, "Synthesis and characterization of TiO2-Ge nanocomposites", Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures, 2008, 26 (4), pp. 1315-1320

W.G. Wang, K.J. Yee, D.H. Kim, K.J. Han, X.R. Wang, C. Ni, T. Moriyama, A. Mathew, R. Opila, T. Zhu, John Q. Xiao, "Microstructure, magnetic, and spin-dependent transport properties of (Zn,Cr)Te films fabricated by magnetron sputtering", Physical Review B, 2008, 77, 155207

Chaoying Ni, Xiazhang Li, Zhigang Chen, Hui-Yin Harry Li, Xinqiao Jia, Ismat Shah and John Q. Xiao, "Oriented polycrystalline mesoporous CeO2 with enhanced pore integrity", Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 2008, 115, 247-252

W.G. Wang, C. Ni, A. Rumaiz, Y. Wang, X. Fan, T. Moriyama, R. Cao, Q.Y. Wen, H.W. Zhang, and John Q. Xiao, "Real-time evolution of tunneling magnetoresistance during annealing in CoFeB/MgO/CoFeB magnetic tunnel junctions", Appl. Phys. Lett., 2008, 92, 152501

W. G. Wang, K. J. Han, K. J. Yee, C. Ni, Q. Wen, H. W. Zhang, Y. Zhang, L. Shahand, and John Q. Xiao, "Properties of (Zn,Cr)Te semiconductor deposited at room temperature by magnetron sputtering", Appl. Phys. Lett., 2008, 92, 102507

Xia-Zhang Li, Chao-Ying Ni, Zhi-Gang Chen, "Synthesis and Characterization of Mesostructured Crystalline-Framework CeO2 and CeO2-ZrO2 Composite", Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2008, 23, 986

Abdullah Ceylan, Sadan Ozcanb, C. Ni, S. Ismat Shah, "Solid state reaction synthesis of NiFe2O4 nanoparticles", Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 2008, 320, 857-863

A. Ahmad, S. Buzby, C. Ni, and S. Ismat Shah, "Effect of Nb and Sc Doping on the Phase Transformation of Sol-Gel Processed TiO2 Nanoparticles", Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2008, 8, 1-9

Bing Li, Chaoying Ni, Christopher Li, "Polyethylene Oxide Single Crystals as Templates for Au Nanoparticle Patterning and Asymmetrical Functionalization", Macromolecules, 2008, 41, 149-155

Lingyu Li, Christopher Y. Li, Chaoying Ni, Lixia Rong, Benjamin Hsiao, "Structure and crystallization behavior of Nylon 66/multi-walled carbon nanotube nanocomposites at low carbon nanotube contents", Polymer, 2007, 48 (12), 3452-3460

X. Li, Y. Chen, Z. Chen, J. Chen, C. Ni, "Preparation of CeO2 Nanoparticles and Their Chemical Mechanical Polishing as Abrasives", Tribology, 2007, 01, 1-5 (in Chinese)

J. Thiel, L. Pakstis, S. Buzby, M. Raffi, C. Ni, D. J. Pochan, and S. Ismat Shah, "Antibacterial Properties of Silver doped Titania", Small, 2007, 3(5), 799-803

Chaoying Ni, Zhanping Zhang, Matthew Wells, Thomas P. Beebe, Jr., Laurent Pirolli, Lucila P. Méndez De Leo, and Andrew V. Teplyakov, "Effect of film thickness and the presence of surface fluorine on the structure of a thin barrier film deposited from tetrakis-(dimethylamino)-titanium onto a Si(100)-2x1 substrate", Thin Solid Films, 2007, 515(5), 3030-3039

H. Lin, C.P. Huang, W. Li, C. Ni, S. Ismat Shah and Yao-Hsuan Tseng, "Size dependency of nanocrystalline TiO2 on its optical property and photocatalytic reactivity exemplified by 2-chlorophenol", Applied Catalysis B, 2006, 68(1-2), 1-11

Linyou Cao, Bora Garipcan, Jennifer S. Atchison, Chaoying Ni, Bahram Nabet, and Jonathan E. Spanier, "Instability and transport of metal catalyst in the growth of tapered silicon nanowires", Nono Letters, 2006, 6(9), 1852-1857

T. Moriyama, C. Ni, W. Wang, X. Zhang, and John Q. Xiao, "Tunneling magnetoresistance in (001)-oriented FeCo/MgO/FeCo magnetic tunneling junctions grown by sputtering deposition", Appl. Phys. Lett., 2006, 88, 222503

W.G. Wang, C. Ni, T. Moriyama, J. Wan, E. Nowak, and John Q. Xiao, "Spin polarized transport in hybrid (Zn,Cr)Te/ Al2O3 / Co Magnetic Tunnel Junctions", Appl. Phys. Lett., 2006, 88, 222501

Özge Aksın, Hayati Türkmen, Levent Artok, Bekir Çetinkaya, Chaoying Ni, Orhan Büyükgüngor and Erhan Özkal, "Effect of immobilization on catalytic characteristics of saturated Pd-N-heterocyclic carbenes in Mizoroki-Heck reactions", Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 2006, 691, 3027-3036

S. Buzby, M. A. Barakat, H. Lin, C. Ni, S. A. Rykov, J. G. Chen, and S. Ismat Shah, "Visible light photocatalysis with nitrogen-doped titanium dioxide nanoparticles prepared by plasma assisted chemical vapor deposition", Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B., 2006, 24(3), 1210-1214

Weigang Wang, Chaoying Ni, Tao Zhu, Huiwu Zhang, John Q Xiao, Structural, "Magnetic and Transport Properties of (Zn,V)Te Semiconductors", J. Appl. Phys., 2006, 99(08), 08D503

Lingyu Li, Christopher Y. Li, Chaoying Ni, "Polymer crystallization-driven, periodic patterning on carbon nanotubes", JACS, 2006, 128(5), 1692-1699

X. Li, Y. Chen, Z. Chen, J. Chen, C. Ni, "Synthesis of CeO2 Nanoparticles and its Chemical Mechanical Polishing Performance", Lubrication Engineering, 2006, 9, 106-108 (in Chinese)

Z. Chen, X. Li, Y. Chen, J. Chen, C. Ni, "Synthesis of nano-sized CeO2 via alcohol-water method and its polishing performance on GaAs wafer", The Chinese Journal of Nonferrous Metals, 2006, 16(6), 1064-1069 (in Chinese)

Phone:

302-831-2318

Fax:

302-831-4545

Email:

cni@udel.edu

Affiliated Center

W. M. Keck Electron Microscopy Facility