Notable Recent Papers

    • M. Torbati, K. Mozaffari, L. Liu, P. Sharma, “Coupling of mechanical deformation and electromagnetic fields in biological cells”, Reviews of modern physics, 94(2), 025003(1-61), 2022 (download pdf)

    • M. Grasinger, K. Mozaffari, P. Sharma, “Flexoelectricity in soft elastomers and the molecular mechanisms underpinning the design and emergence of giant flexoelectricity”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118 (21) , 2021
      (download pdf) (supplementary pdf)

    • K. Mozaffari, F. Ahmadpoor, Q. Deng, P. Sharma, “A minimal physics-based model for musical perception”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 5, e2216146120, 2023 (download pdf)
    • S. Yang, P. Sharma, “A Tutorial on the Stability and Bifurcation Analysis of the Electromechanical Behaviour of Soft Materials”, Applied Mechanics Reviews, 044801-1, 2023 (download pdf)
    • A.H. Rahmati, R. Jia, K. Tan, X. Zhao, Q. Deng, L. Liu, P. Sharma, “Theory of hard magnetic soft materials to create magnetoelectricity”, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 171, 2023 (download pdf)

     

    Chronological List

  1. P. Khandagale, L. Liu, P. Sharma, “Statistical mechanics of plasticity: Elucidating anomalous size-effects and emergent fractional nonlocal continuum behavior”, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 191, 105747, 2024 (download pdf)

  2. M. Grasinger, P. Sharma, “Thermal fluctuations (eventually) unfold nanoscale origami”, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 184, 105527, 2024 (download pdf)

  3. Y. Jiang, D. Yan, J. Wang, L. Shao, P. Sharma, “The giant flexoelectric effect in a luffa plant-based sponge for green devices and energy harvesters”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120 (40), e2311755120, 2023 (download pdf)

  4. K. Mozaffari, F. Ahmadpoor, Q. Deng, P. Sharma, “A minimal physics-based model for musical perception”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 5, e2216146120, 2023 (download pdf)

  5. A.H. Rahmati, R. Jia, K. Tan, X. Zhao, Q. Deng, L. Liu, P. Sharma, “Theory of hard magnetic soft materials to create magnetoelectricity”, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 171, 2023 (download pdf)

  6. A. H. Rahmati, R. Jia, K. Tan, L. Liu, X. Zhao, Q. Deng, P. Sharma, “Giant magnetoelectricity in soft materials using hard magnetic soft materials”, Materials Today Physics, 31, 100969, 2023 (download pdf)

  7. S. Yang, P. Sharma, “A Tutorial on the Stability and Bifurcation Analysis of the Electromechanical Behaviour of Soft Materials”, Applied Mechanics Reviews, 044801-1, 2023 (download pdf)

  8. S. Xu, Z. Zhou, Z. Liu, P. Sharma, “Concurrent stiffening and softening in hydrogels under dehydration”, Science Advances, 9(1), eade3240, 2023 (download pdf)

  9. M. Torbati, K. Mozaffari, L. Liu, P. Sharma, “Coupling of mechanical deformation and electromagnetic fields in biological cells”, Reviews of Modern Physics, 94(2), 025003(1-61), 2022 (download pdf)

  10. K. Mozaffari, L. Liu, P. Sharma, “Theory of soft solid electrolytes: Overall properties of composite electrolytes, effect of deformation and microstructural design for enhanced ionic conductivity”, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 158, 104621, 2022 (download pdf)

  11.   I. Arias, G. Catalan and P. Sharma, “The emancipation of flexoelectricity”, Journal of Applied Physics, 131(2), 020401, 2022 (download pdf)

  12. Y. Liu, L. Chen, B. Wang, S. Yang, P. Sharma, “Tuning Crumpled Sheets for An Enhanced Flexoelectric Response”, Journal of Applied Mechanics, 89(1), 011011(1-8), 2022 (download pdf)

  13. N. Khodabandehloo, K. Mozaffari, L. Liu, P. Sharma, “Micro-Structural Design of Soft Solid Composite Electrolytes with Enhanced Ionic Conductivity”, Journal of Applied Mechanics, 89(5), 051004(1-12), 2022 (download pdf)

  14. A. H. Rahmati, L. Liu, P. Sharma, “Homogenization of electrets with ellipsoidal microstructure and pathways for designing piezoelectricity in soft materials”, Mechanics of Materials, 173, 104420, 2022 (download pdf)

  15. M. Grasinger, K. Mozaffari, P. Sharma, “Flexoelectricity in soft elastomers and the molecular mechanisms underpinning the design and emergence of giant flexoelectricity”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118 (21) , 2021
    (download pdf) (supplementary pdf)

  16. K. Mozaffari, F. Ahmadpoor, P. Sharma, “Flexoelectricity and the entropic force between fluctuating fluid membranes”, Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids, 26(12) 1760-1778, 2021 (download pdf)
  17. F. Darbaniyan, K. Mozaffari, L. Liu, P. Sharma, ” Soft Matter Mechanics and the Mechanisms Underpinning the Infrared Vision of Snakes”, Matter, 4, 241-252, 2021 ( Highlighted by Physics World)( Highlighted by Scientific American) (download pdf) (supplementary pdf)

  18. L. Chen, X. Yang, B. Wang, S. Yang, K. Dayal, P. Sharma, “The interplay between symmetry-breaking and symmetry-preserving bifurcations in soft dielectric films and the emergence of giant electro-actuation”, Extreme Mechanics Letters, 101151, 43, 2021 (download pdf)

  19. S. Yang, P. Sharma, ” A tutorial on the stability and bifurcation analysis of the electromechanical behaviour of soft materials”, arXiv preprint arXiv:2011.08665, 2020 (download pdf)

  20. K. Tan, X. Wen, Q. Deng, S. Shen, L. Liu, P. Sharma, “Soft rubber as a magnetoelectric material—Generating electricity from the remote action of a magnetic field”, Materials Today, 43, 8-16, 2021 (download pdf)

  21. A. Apte, K. Mozaffari, L.S. Samghabadi, J.A. Hachtel, L. Chang, S. Susarla, J.C. Idrobo, D.C. Moore, N.R. Glavin, D. Litvinov, P. Sharma, A.B. Puthirath, P.M. Ajayan, “2D Electrets of Ultrathin MoO2 with Apparent Piezoelectricity”, Advanced Materials , 2000006(1-8), 2020 (download pdf) (supplementary pdf)

  22. R. S. Ambekar, B. Kushwaha, P. Sharma, F. Bosia, M. Fraldi, N. M. Pugno, C. S. Tiwary, “Topologically engineered 3D printed architectures with superior mechanical strength”, Materials Today, 48, 72-94, 2021 (download pdf)

  23. F. Darbaniyan, X. Yan, P. Sharma, “An atomistic perspective on the effect of strain rate and lithium fraction on the mechanical behavior of silicon electrodes”, Journal of Applied Mechanics, 87, 031011(1-7), 2020 (download pdf)

  24. C. Liu, X. Yan, P. Sharma, Y. Fan, “Unraveling the non-monotonic ageing of metallic glasses in the metastability-temperature space”, Computational Materials Science, 172, 109347, 2020 (download pdf)

  25. J. Yvonnet, X. Chen, P. Sharma, “Apparent Flexoelectricity Due to Heterogeneous Piezoelectricity”, Journal of Applied Mechanics, 87, 111003(1-10), 2020 (download pdf)

  26. Z. Li, Z. Liu, T. Y. Ng, P. Sharma, “The effect of water content on the elastic modulus and fracture energy of hydrogel”, Extreme Mechanics Letters, 35, 100617, 2020 (download pdf)

  27. B. Wang, S. Yang, P. Sharma, “Flexoelectricity as a universal mechanism for energy harvesting from crumpling of thin sheets”, Physical Review B, 100, 035438(1-11), 2019 (download pdf)

  28. Q. Deng, F. Ahmadpoor, W. E. Brownell, P. Sharma, “The collusion of flexoelectricity and Hopf bifurcation in the hearing mechanism”, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 130, 245-261, 2019 (download pdf)

  29. S. Krichen, L. Liu, P. Sharma, “Liquid inclusions in soft materials: capillary effect, mechanical stiffening and enhanced electromechanical response”, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 127, 332-357, 2019 (download pdf)

  30. K. Mozaffari, S. Yang, P. Sharma, “Surface Energy and Nanoscale Mechanics”, Handbook of Materials Modeling, Andreoni W., Yip S. (eds.), 1-26, 2019 (download pdf)

  31. F. Darbaniyan, K. Dayal, L. Liu, P. Sharma, “Designing soft pyroelectric and electrocaloric materials using electrets”, Soft Matter, 15, 262 – 277, 2019 (download pdf)

  32. A.H. Rahmati, S. Yang, S. Bauer, P. Sharma, “Nonlinear bending deformation of soft electrets and prospects for engineering flexoelectricity and transverse (d31) piezoelectricity”, Soft Matter, 15, 127 – 148, 2019 (download pdf)

  33. R. Zhao, Y. Kim, S. A. Chester, P. Sharma, X. Zhao, “Mechanics of Hard-Magnetic Soft Materials”, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 124, 244-263, 2019 (download pdf)

  34. L. Liu, P. Sharma, “Emergent electromechanical coupling of electrets and some exact relations—the effective properties of soft materials with embedded external charges and dipoles”, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 112, 1-24, 2018 (download pdf)

  35. Z. Alameh, S. Yang, Q. Deng, P. Sharma. “Emergent magnetoelectricity in soft materials, instability, and wireless energy harvesting”, Soft Matter, 14, 5856 – 5868, 2018 (download pdf)

  36. P.S. Owuor, T. Tsafack, H. Agrawal, H.Y. Hwang, M. Zelisko, T. Li, S. Radhakrishnan, J.H. Park, Y. Yang, A.S. Stender, S. Ozden, J. Joyner, R. Vajtai, B.A. Kaipparettu, B. Wei, J. Lou, P. Sharma, C.S. Tiwary, P.M. Ajayan, “Poly-albumen: Bio-derived structural polymer from polymerized egg white”, Materials Today Chemistry, 9, 73 – 79, 2018 (download pdf)

  37. S. Krichen, L. Liu, P. Sharma. “Biological cell as a soft magnetoelectric material: Elucidating the physical mechanisms underpinning the detection of magnetic fields by animals”, Physical Review E, 042404(1-11), 2017 (download pdf)

  38. X. Yan, A. Gouissem, P. Guduru, P. Sharma, “Elucidating the atomistic mechanisms underpinning plasticity in Li-Si nano-structures”, Physical Review Materials, 055401(1-9), 2017 (download pdf)

  39. M. Zelisko, F. Ahmadpoor, H. Gao, P. Sharma, “Determining the Gaussian modulus and edge properties of 2D materials from graphene to lipid bilayers”, Physical Review Letters, 119, 068002(1-6), 2017 (download pdf)

  40. S. Yang, X. Zhao, P. Sharma. “Avoiding the pull-in instability of a dielectric elastomer film and the potential for increased actuation and energy harvesting”, Soft Matter, 13, 4552 – 4558, 2017 (download pdf)

  41. F. Ahmadpoor, P. Wang, R. Huang, P. Sharma, “Thermal fluctuations and effective bending stiffness of elastic thin sheets and graphene: A nonlinear analysis”, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 107, 294–319, 2017 (download pdf)

  42. S. Yang, X. Zhao, P. Sharma, “Revisiting the instability and bifurcation behavior of soft dielectrics”, Journal of Applied Mechanics, 84, 2017 (download pdf)

  43. F. Ahmadpoor, P. Sharma, “A perspective on the statistical mechanics of 2D materials”, Extreme Mechanics Letters, 38-43, 84, 2017 (download pdf)

  44. P. Sharma. “Book Review; Extending the Theory of Composites to Other Areas of Science”, Journal of Applied Mechanics, 84, 2017 (download pdf)

  45. X. Yan, P. Sharma, “Time scaling in atomistics and the rate-dependent mechanical behavior of nanostructures”, Nano Letters, 16, 3487–3492, 2016 (download pdf) (supplementary pdf) (download video #1)(download video #2)(download video #3)(download video #4)(download video #5)(download video #6)

  46. F. Liu, L. You, K. L. Seyler, X. Li, P. Yu, J. Lin, X. Wang, J. Zhou, H. Wang, H. He, S. T. Pantelides, W. Zhou, P. Sharma, X. Xu, P. M. Ajayan, J. Wang, Z. Liu, “Room-temperature ferroelectricity in CuInP2S6 ultrathin flakes”, Nature Communications, 7, 12357(1-6), 2016 (download pdf) (supplementary pdf)

  47. F. Ahmadpoor, P. Sharma, “Thermal fluctuations of vesicles and nonlinear curvature elasticity-implications for size-dependent renormalized bending rigidity and vesicle size distribution”, Soft Matter, 12, 2523-2536, 2016 (Featured as Cover Image) (download pdf)

  48. X. Li, L. P. Liu, P. Sharma, “A new type of Maxwell stress in soft materials due to quantum mechanical-elasticity coupling”, Journal of the Mechanics of Physics of Solids, 87, 115-129, 2016 (download pdf)

  49. S. Yang, P. Sharma, “Eshelby’s tensor for embedded inclusions and the Elasto-Capillary phenomenon”, Journal of Micromechanics and Molecular Physics, 1, 2016 (download pdf)

  50. X. Li, L. P. Liu, P. Sharma, “Geometrically nonlinear deformation and the emergent behavior of polarons in soft matter”, Soft Matter, 11, 8042-8047, 2015 (Featured as Cover Image) (download pdf)

  51. F. Ahmadpoor, P. Sharma, “Flexoelectricity in two-dimensional crystalline and biological membranes”, Nanoscale, 7, 16555-16570, 2015 (download pdf)

  52. X. Yan, P. Cao, W. Tao, P. Sharma, H. S. Park, “Atomistic modeling at experimental strain rates and timescales”, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 49, 493002., 2016 (download pdf)

  53. H. Agrawal, L. Liu, P. Sharma, “Revisiting the curvature-mediated interactions between proteins in biological membranes”, Soft Matter, 12.43, 8907-8918, 2016 (download pdf)

  54. Q. Deng, L. Liu, P. Sharma. “A Continuum Theory of Flexoelectricity.”, Flexoelectricity in Solids: From Theory to Applications, 111, 2016 (download pdf)

  55. H. Agrawal, M. Zelisko, L. Liu, P. Sharma, “Rigid proteins and softening of biological membranes–with application to HIV-induced cell membrane softening”, Scientific Reports, 6, 25412(1-12), 2016 (download pdf)

  56. S. Krichen, P. Sharma, “Flexoelectricity: a perspective on an unusual electromechanical coupling”, Journal of Applied Mechanics, 83, 030801(1-5), 2016 (Invited Perspective Article) (download pdf)

  57. M. Zelisko, J. Li, P. Sharma, “What is the mechanism behind biological ferroelectricity?”, Extreme Mechanics Letters, 4, 162-174, 2015 (download pdf)

  58. A. Gouissem, R. Sarangi, Q. Deng, P. Sharma, “Bridging time-scales: Grain boundary sliding constitutive law from atomistics”, Computational Materials Science, 104, 200-204, 2015 (download pdf)

  59. X. Yan, A. Gouissem, P. Sharma, “Atomistic insights into Li-ion diffusion in amorphous silicon”, Mechanics of Materials, 91, 306-312, 2015 (Invited Paper for Special Issue on Mechanics of Energy Conversion and Storage) (download pdf)

  60. Y. Liu, H. Cai, M. Zelisko, Y. Wang, J. Sun, F. Yan, F. Ma, Pwang, Q. N. Chen, H. Zheng, X. Meng, P. Sharma, Y. Zhang, J. Li, “Ferroelectric switching of elastin”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111 (27) ,E2780-E2786, 2014 ( Highlighted by Nature Physics) (download pdf)

  61. M. Zelisko, Y. Hanlumyuang, S. Yang, Y. Liu, C. Lei, J. Li, P. M. Ajayan, P. Sharma, “Anomalous piezoelectricity in two-dimensional graphene nitride nanosheets”, Nature Communications, 5:4284, 2014 (download pdf)

  62. F. Ahmadpoor, L. P. Liu, P. Sharma, “Thermal fluctuations and the minimum electrical field that can be detected by a biological membrane”, Journal of the Mechanics of Physics of Solids, 78, 110-122, 2015 (download pdf)

  63. Q. Deng, L. P. Liu, P. Sharma, “Electrets in soft materials: nonlinearity, size effects, and giant electromechanical coupling”, Physical Review E, 90, 012603, 2014 (download pdf)

  64. G. Shi, Y. Hanlumyuang, Z. Liu, Y. Gong, W. Gao, B Li, J. Kono, J. Lou, R. Vajtai, P. Sharma, and P. M. Ajayan, “Boron nitride−graphene nanocapacitor and the origins of anomalous size-dependent increase of capacitance”, Nano Letters, 14, 1739-1744, 2014 (download pdf)

  65. Y. Hanlumyuang, X. Li, P. Sharma, “Mechanical strain can switch the sign of quantum capacitance from positive to negative”, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 16(42), 22962-22967, 2014 (download pdf)

  66. Z. Alameh, Q. Deng, L. P. Liu, P. Sharma, “Using electrets to design concurrent magnetoelectricity and piezoelectricity in soft materials”, Journal of Materials Research, 30, 93-100, 2015 (download pdf)

  67. P. Mohammadi, L.P. Liu, P. Sharma, “A theory of flexoelectric membranes and effective properties of heterogeneous membranes”, Journal of Applied Mechanics, 81, 011007-2, 2014. (download pdf)

  68. Q. Deng, L.P. Liu, P. Sharma, “Flexoelectricity in soft materials and biological membranes”, Journal of the Mechanics of Physics of Solids, 62, 209-227, 2014 (Invited Paper for Sixtieth anniversary issue in honor of Professor Rodney Hill) (download pdf)

  69.  Q. Deng, M. Kammoun, A. Erturk, P. Sharma, “Nanoscale flexoelectric energy harvesting”, International Journal of Solids and Structures, 51, 3218-3225, 2014 ( ASME Energy Harvesting Best Paper Award) (download pdf)

  70.  Y. Hanlumyuang, L.P. Liu, P. Sharma, “Revisiting the entropic force between fluctuating biological membranes”, Journal of the Mechanics of Physics of Solids, 63, 179-186, 2014. (download pdf)

  71.  R. Mbarki, N. Baccam, Kaushik Dayal, P. Sharma, “Piezoelectricity above the Curie temperature? Combining exoelectricity and functional grading to enable high-temperature electromechanical coupling”, Applied Physics Letters, 104, 122904, 2014, (download pdf)

  72. P. Sharma, “Entropic force between membranes reexamined”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 110(6), 1976-1977, 2013 (download pdf)

  73. L.P. Liu, P. Sharma, “Giant and universal magneto-electric coupling in soft materials and the concomitant ramifications for materials science and biology”, Physical Review E, 88, 040601(R), 2013. (download pdf)

  74.  L. P. Liu, P. Sharma, “Flexoelectricity and thermal fluctuations of lipid bilayer membranes: Renormalization of flexoelectric, dielectric, and elastic properties”, Physical Review E, 87, 032715-1-032715-8, 2013. (download pdf)

  75.  F. Ahmadpoor, Q. Deng, L. P. Liu, P. Sharma, “Apparent flexoelectricity in lipid bilayer membranes due to external charge and dipolar distributions”, Physical Review E, 88, 050701(R) (2013). (download pdf)

  76.  P. Mohammadi, L.P. Liu, P. Sharma, R.V. Kukta, “Surface energy, elasticity and the homogenization of rough surfaces”, Journal of the Mechanics of Physics of Solids, 61, 325-340, 2013 (download pdf)

  77. A. Gouissem, W. Fan, A.C.T. van Duin, P. Sharma, “A reactive force-field for Zirconium and Hafnium Di-Boride”, Computational Materials Science, 70, 171-177, 2013 (download pdf)

  78.  Z. Liu, Y. Zhan, S. Moldovan, M. Gharbi, L. Song, G. Shi, L. Ma, W. Gao, S. Zhao, J. Huang, R. Vajtai, F. Banhart, P. Sharma, J. Lou, P.M. Ajayan, “Anomalous high capacitance in a coaxial nanowire capacitor”, Nature Communications, 3:879, 2012 (download pdf)

  79.  S. Chandratre, P. Sharma, “Coaxing graphene to be piezolectric”, Applied Physics Letters, 100, 023114-1-023114-3, 2012 (download pdf)

  80.  P. Mohammadi and P. Sharma, “Atomistic elucidation of the effect of surface roughness on curvature-dependent surface energy, surface stress, and elasticity”, Applied Physics Letters, 100, 133110-1-133110-4, 2012 (download pdf)

  81.  C. R. Robinson, K. W. White and P. Sharma, “Elucidating the mechanism for indentation size-effect in dielectrics”, Applied Physics Letters, 101, 122901, 2012 (download pdf)

  82. P. Chhapadia, P. Mohammadi, P. Sharma, “Curvature-dependent surface energy and implications for nanostructures”, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 59, 2103-2115, 2011 (download pdf)

  83.  S. Dai, M. Gharbi, P. Sharma, H. Park, “Surface piezoelectricity: size effects in nanostructures and the emergence of piezoelectricity in non-piezoelectric materials”, Journal of Applied Phyisics, 110, 104305, 2011 (download pdf)

  84.  C. Mi, D. A. Buttry, P. Sharma, D. Kouris, “Atomisitc insights into dislocation-based mechanisms of void growtha and coalescence”, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 59, 1858-1871, 2011 (download pdf)

  85.  M. Gharbi, Z. H. Sun, K. White, S. El-Borgi, and P. Sharma, “Flexoelectric properties of ferroelectrics and the nanoindentation size-effect”, International Journal of Solids and Structures, 48, 249-256, 2011 (download pdf)

  86.  R. Maranganti and P. Sharma, “Revisiting quantum notions of stress”, Proceedings of Royal Society A, 466,1097-1116, 2010 (download pdf)

  87.  N. D. Sharma, C. M. Landis and P. Sharma, “Piezoelectric thin-film super lattices without using piezoelectric materials”, Journal of Applied Physics, 108, 024304, 2010 (download pdf)(download errata)

  88.  M. Gharbi , Z.H. Sun , P. Sharma , K. White, “The origins of electromechanical indentation size effect in ferroelectrics”, Applied Physics Letters, 95, 142901, 2009 (download pdf)

  89.  M. S. Majdoub, R. Maranganti and P. Sharma, “Understanding The origins of the intrinsic dead layer effect in nanocapacitors”, Physical Review B, 79, 115412, 2009 (download pdf)

  90.  A. K. Tagantsev, V. Meunier, and P. Sharma, “Novel electromechanical phenomena at the nanoscale: phenomenological theory and atomistic modeling”, MRS bulletin, volume 34, 2009 (Invited Review Article). (download pdf)

  91.  X. Zhang, M. Gharbi, P. Sharma, and H. T. Johnson, “Quantum field induced strains in nanostructures and prospects for optical actuation”, International Journal of Solids and Structures, 46, 3810-3824, 2009 (download pdf)

  92.  R. Maranganti and P. Sharma, “Atomistic determination of flexoelectric properties of crystalline dielectrics”, Physical Review B, 80, 054109, 2009 (download pdf)

  93.  F. Shi, P. Sharma and G.H. Gunaratne, “How to create perfectly ordered quantum dots via self-assembly”, CHAOS, 19, 033141, 2009 (download pdf)

  94.  M. S. Majdoub, P. Sharma and T. Cagin, “Enhanced size-dependent piezoelectricity and elasticity in nanostructures due to the flexoelectric effect”, Physical Review B, 77, 125424, 2008 (download pdf) (download errata)

  95.  M.S. Majdoub, P. Sharma and T. Cagin, “Dramatic enhancement in energy harvesting for a narrow range of dimensions in piezoelectric nanostructures”, Physical Review B, 78, 121407 (R), 2008 (download pdf) (download errata)

  96.  F. Shi, P. Sharma, D.J. Kouri, F. Hussain and G.H. Gunaratne, “Nanostructures with long-range order in monolayer self-assembly “, Physical Review E, 78, 025203, 2008 (download pdf)

  97.  S. Sahoo, R. Maranganti, S. Lastella, G. Mallick, S. Karna, P. Sharma and P.M. Ajayan, “Reversible separation of single-walled carbon nanotubes in bundles” Applied Physics Letters, 93, 083120, 2008 (download pdf)

  98.  S. Anandampillai, X. Zhang, P. Sharma, Gillian C. Lynch, M.A. Franchek and K.V. Larin, “Quantum dot-DNA interaction: computational issues and preliminary insights on use of quantum dots as biosensors”, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 197, 3378-3385, 2008 (download pdf)

  99.  R. Maranganti and P. Sharma, “Strain field calculations in embedded quantum dots and wires”, Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience, 4, 715-738, 2007 (download pdf)

  100.  R. Maranganti and P. Sharma, “Length scales at which classical elasticity breaks down for various materials”, Physical Review Letters, 98, 195504, 2007 (download pdf)

  101.  X. Zhang, P. Sharma and H. T. Johnson, “Quantum confinement induced strain in quantum dots”, Physical Review B, 75, 155319, 2007 (download pdf)

  102.  N.D. Sharma, R. Maranganti and P. Sharma, “On the possibility of piezoelectric nanocomposites without using piezoelectric materials”, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 55, 2328-2350, 2007 (download pdf)

  103.  S. Hu, G. Nathan, F. Hussain, D.J. Kouri, P. Sharma, and G.H. Gunaratne, “On stability of self-assembled nanoscale patterns”, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 55, 1357-1384, 2007 (download pdf)

  104.  R. Maranganti and P. Sharma, “A novel atomistic approach to determine strain gradient elasticity constants: tabulation and comparison for various metals, semiconductors, silica, polymers and the (lr) relevance for nanotechnologies”, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 55, 1823-1852, 2007 (download pdf)

  105.  R. Maranganti, P. Sharma, and L. Wheeler, “Quantum notion of stress”, Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 20, 22-37, 2007 (Invited Review Article). (download pdf)

  106.  P. Sharma, and L. T. Wheeler, “Size-dependent elastic state of ellipsoidal nano-inclusions incorporating surface/interface tension”, Journal of Applied Mechanics, 74, 447-454, 2007 (download pdf)

  107.  X. Peng, S. Ganti, A. Alizadeh, P. Sharma, S.K. Kumar, S.K. Nayak, “Strain engineered photoluminescence of silicon nanoclusters”, Physical Review B, 74, 035339, 2006 (download pdf)

  108.  R. Maranganti, N.D. Sharma and P. Sharma, “Electromechanical coupling in nonpiezoelectric materials due to nanoscale nonlocal size effects: Green’s function solutions and embedded inclusions”, Physical Review B, 74, 014110, 2006 (download pdf)

  109. R. Maranganti, and P. Sharma, “A review of strain field calculations in embedded quantum dots and wires”, Handbook of Theoretical and Computational Nanotechnology, Michael Reith and Wolfram Schommers (eds.), Chapter 118, 2006 (Invited Review Article). (download pdf)

  110.  X. Zhang, J.Kun, P. Sharma and B. Yakobson, “An atomistic and non-classical continuum field theoretic perspective of elastic interactions between defects (force dipoles) of various symmetries and application to graphene”, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 54, 2304-2329, 2006 (download pdf)

  111.  P. Sharma and X. Zhang, “Gauge field theoretic solution of a uniformly moving screw dislocation and admissibility of supersonic speeds”, Physics Letters A, 349, 170-176, 2006 (download pdf)

  112.  A. Mathur, P. Sharma and R.C. Cammarata, “Negative surface energy–clearing up confusion”, Nature Materials, 4, 186, 2005

  113.   Z. Li, P. Dharap, P. Sharma, S. Nagarajaiah and B. Yakobson, “A Physically Inspired Continuum Field Interpretation of (Stone-Wales) Defect Formation in Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes”, Journal of Applied Physics, 97, p. 074303, 2005

  114.  X. Zhang, and P. Sharma, “Size dependency of strain in Arbitrary shaped, anisotropic embedded quantum dots due to nonlocal dispersive effects”, Physical Review B, 72, p. 195345, 2005 (download pdf)

  115.  X. Zhang and P. Sharma, “Impact of size-dependent nonlocal elastic strain on electronic band structure of embedded quantum dots”, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part N: Journal of Nanoengineering and Nanosystems, 219, 135-145, 2005 (download pdf)

  116.  X. Peng, S. Ganti, P. Sharma, A. Alizadeh, S. Nayak, and S. Kumar, “Novel scaling laws for band gaps of quantum dots”, Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience, 2, 469-472, 2005 (download pdf)

  117.  F. Shahedipour-Sandvik, J. Grandusky, A. Alizadeh, C. Keimel, S. P. Ganti, S. T. Taylor, S. F. LeBoeuf and P. Sharma, “Strain dependent facet stabilization in selective-area heteroepitaxial growth of GaN nanostructures”, Applied Physics Letters, 87, 233108-1-33108-3, 2005 (download pdf)

  118.  X. Zhang and P. Sharma, “Inclusions and Inhomogeneities in Second Gradient Elasticity with Couple Stresses and Related Problems”, International Journal of Solids and Structures, 42, 3833, 2005
  119.  P. Sharma, and S. Ganti, “Gauge-field-theory Solution of the Elastic State of a Screw Dislocation in a Dispersive (non-local) Crystalline Solid”, Proceedings of the Royal Society, 461, 1081, 2005
  120.  P. Sharma and S. Ganti, “Gauge-field-theory solution of the elastic state of a screw dislocation in a dispersive (non-local) crystalline solid”, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A, 1403, 2005 (download pdf)

  121.  P. Sharma, A. Dasgupta, and G. Cuddalorepatta, “The Connection between microstructural damage modeling and continuum damage modeling for eutectic Sn-PbSolder alloys”, International Journal of Damage Mechanics, 14, 343-363, 2005 (download pdf)

  122.  Z. L. Li, P. Dharap, P. Sharma, S. Nagarajaiah and B. I. Yakobson “Continuum field model of defect formation in carbon nanotubes”, Journal of Applied Physics, 97, 2005 (download pdf)

  123.  A. Alizadeh, P. Sharma, S. Ganti, S. LeBoeuf, L. Tsakalakos, “Templated wide bandgap nanostructures”, Journal of Applied Physics, 95, 8199-8206, 2004 (download pdf)

  124.  P. Sharma, S. Ganti, H. Ardebili, A. Alizadeh, “Scaling of thermal stresses in passivated nano-interconnects”, Journal of Applied Physics, 95, 2763-2769, 2004 (download pdf)

  125.  P. Sharma, “Size-dependent elastic fields of embedded inclusions in isotropic chiral solids” International Journal of Solids and Structures, 41, 6317-6333, 2004 (download pdf)

  126.  P. Sharma, and S. Ganti, “Size-dependent Eshelby’s tensor for embedded nano-inclusions incorporating surface/interface energies”, Journal of Applied Mechanics, 71, 663-671, 2004 (download pdf) (download errata)

  127.  P. Sharma, S. Ganti and N. Bhate, “The effect of surfaces on the size-dependent elastic state of (nano) inhomogeneities”, Applied Physics Letters, 82, 535–537, 2003 (download pdf)

  128.  P. Sharma, and S. Ganti, “The size-dependent elastic state of inclusions in non-local elastic solids”, Philosophical Magazine Letters, 72, 83, 745, 2003

  129.  P. Sharma, and R. Sharma, “On the Eshelby’s inclusion problem for ellipsoids with non-uniform dilatational gaussian and exponential eigenstrains”, Journal of Applied Mechanics, 70, 418, 2003

  130.  P. Sharma, A. Dasgupta, S. Ganti and J. Loman, “Prediction of rate-independent constitutive behavior of Pb-Free solders based on first principles”, IEEE Transactions on Components and Packaging, 26, 659–666, 2003 (download pdf)

  131.  P. Sharma, and S. Ganti, “On the grain-size dependent elastic modulus of nanocrystalline materials with and without grain boundary sliding”, Journal of Materials Research, 18, 1823–1826, 2003

  132.  P. Sharma, and A. Dasgupta, “Average elastic fields and scale-dependent overall properties of heterogeneous micropolar materials containing spherical and cylindrical inhomogeneities”, Physical Review B, 66, 224110-10, 2002 (download pdf)

  133.  P. Sharma, and S. Ganti, “Interfacial elasticity corrections to the elastic state of quantum dots”, Physica Status Solidi (b), 234, R10, 2002 (download pdf)

  134.  P. Sharma and A. Dasgupta, “Micro-mechanics of creep-fatigue damage in Pb-Sn solder due to thermal cycling: part I”, Journal of Electronic Packaging, 124, 292–297, 2002 (download pdf)

  135.  P. Sharma, H. Ardebili and J. Loman, “A note on the thermal stresses in passivated metal interconnects”, Applied Physics Letters, 79, 1706–1708, 2001 (download pdf)

  136.  A. Dasgupta, P. Sharma, K. Upadhyayula, “Micro-mechanics of fatigue damage in Pb-Sn solder due to vibration and thermal cycling “, International Journal of Damage Mechanics, 10, 101–132, 2001 (download pdf)

  137.  P. Sharma, K. Upadhyayula, L. Lantz, and M. Pecht, “Impact of preconditioning voltage bias and temperature on reliability of plastic encapsulated microcircuits”, International Journal of Microelectronics Reliability, 38, 581, 1998
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