CHIARA DARAIO


California Institute of Technology, Aeronautics and Applied Physics


Refereed Journal

35. Molinari, A. and Daraio, C. "Stationary shocks in elastic highly nonlinear granular chains" Physical Review E, 80, 056602, 2009. (PDF)

34. Herbold, E.B.; Kim, J.; Nesterenko, V.F.; Wang, S.; Daraio, C. "Tunable frequency band-gap and pulse propagation in a strongly nonlinear diatomic chain" Acta Mechanica 205 (1-4): 85-103 JUN 2009. (PDF)

33. Porter, M.A.; Daraio, C.; Szelengowicz, I.; Herbold, E.B.; Kevrekidis, P.G. "Highly Nonlinear Solitary Waves in Heterogeneous Periodic Granular Media" Physica D, 238, 666-676, 2009. (PDF)

32. Fraternali, F.; Porter. M.A., Daraio, C.; "Optimal design of composite granular protectors" Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures, 16, 8, (in press), 2009. (PDF)

31. Carretero-Gonzalez, R.; Khatri, D.; Porter, M.A.; Kevrekidis, P.G.; Daraio, C. "Dissipative Solitary Waves in Periodic Granular Media" Physical Review Letters, 102, 024102, 2009. (PDF)

30. Misra, A.; Daraio, C. "Carbon nanotube-sharp tips and carbon nanotubes-soldering iron" Advanced Materials, 20, 1-4, 2008. (PDF)

29. Misra, A.; Greer, J.R.; Daraio, C. "Strain rate effects in the mechanical response of polymer anchored carbon nanotube foams" Advanced Materials, 20, 1-5, 2008. (PDF)

28. Coluci, V.R.; Fonseca, A.F.; Galvao, D.S. and Daraio, C. "Entanglement and the nonlinear elastic behavior of forest of coiled carbon nanotubes" Physical Review Letters, 100, 086807, 2008. (PDF)

27. Porter, M.A.; Daraio, C.; Herbold, E.B.; Szelengowicz, I.; Kevrekidis, P.G. "Highly nonlinear solitary waves in phononic crystal dimers" Physical Review E, 77, 015601(R), 2008.
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26. Bandaru, P.R.; Daraio, C. and Rao, A.M. "A plausible mechanism for the evolution of helical forms in nanostructure growth" Journal of Applied Physics, 101, 094307, 2007. (PDF)

25. Quist, A.P., Chand, A., Ramachandran, S., Daraio, C., Jin, S., Lal, R. "Atomic force microscopy imaging and electrical recording of lipid bilayers supported over microfabricated silicon chip nanopores: Lab-on-a-chip system for lipid membranes and ion channels" Langmuir, 23, 3, 1375-1380, 2007. (PDF)

24. Daraio, C.; Nesterenko, V.F.; Herbold, E.; Jin, S. "Energy Trapping and Shock Disintegration in a Composite Granular Medium" Physical Review Letters, 96, 058002, 2006. (PDF)

23. Daraio, C.; Nesterenko, V.F.; Herbold, E.; Jin, S. "Tunability of solitary wave properties in one dimensional strongly nonlinear phononic crystals" Physical Review E, 73, 026610, 2006. (PDF)

22. Daraio, C.; Nesterenko, V.F. "Strongly nonlinear waves in a chain of polymer coated steel beads" Physical Review E, 73, 026612, 2006. (PDF)

21. Ye, X.R.; Daraio, C.; Wang, C.; Talbot, J. B.; Jin, S. "Room Temperature Solvent-free Synthesis of Monodisperse Magnetite Nanocrystals" Journal of Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, 6, 3, 852-856, 2006. (PDF)

20. Chen, I-Chen and Chen, Li-Han and Ye, Xiang-Rong and Daraio, C. and Jin, Sungho and Orme, Christine A. and Quist, Arjan and Lal, Ratnesh, "Extremely sharp carbon nanocone probes for atomic force microscopy imaging" Applied Physics Letters, 88 (15) 153102, 2006. (PDF)

19. AuBuchon, J.F.; Chen, L.H.; Daraio, C.; Jin, S., "Multibranching Carbon Nanotubes via Self-Seeded Catalysts" Nano Letters, 6, 2, 324-328, 2006. (PDF)

18. Chen, L.H.; AuBuchon, J.F.; Chen, I.C.; Daraio, C.; Ye, X.R.; Gapin, A.I.; Jin, S.; Wang, C. M.; "Growth of Aligned Carbon Nanotubes on Carbon Microfibers by DC Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition" Applied Physics Letters, 88, 033103, 2006. (PDF)

17. Rao, R.; Chandrasekaran, H.; Gubbala, S.; Sunkara, M.K.; Daraio, C.; Jin, S., Rao, A.M. "Synthesis of Low-Melting Metal Oxide and Sulfide Nanowires and Nanobelts" Journal of Electronic Materials, 35, 5, 2006. (PDF)

16. Oh, S.H.; Daraio, C.; Chen, L.H.; Pisanic, T.R.; Finones, R.; Jin, S., "Significantly Accelerated Osteoblast Cell Growth on Aligned TiO2 Nanotubes" Journal of Biomedical & Materials Research A, DOI 10/1002/jbm.a, 97-103, 2006. (PDF)

15. Park, J.; Daraio, C.; Jin, S.; Bandaru, P.R. "Three-way electrical gating characteristics of metallic Yjunction carbon nanotubes" Applied Physics Letters, 88, 243113, 2006. (PDF)

14. Daraio, C.; Nesterenko, V.F.; Jin, S.; Wang, W.; Rao, A. M. "Impact Response by a Forest of Coiled Carbon Nanotubes" Journal of Applied Physics, 100, 064309, 2006. (PDF)

13. Daraio C.*; AuBuchon, J.F.*; Chen, L.H.; Gapin, A.I.; Jin S. "Iron Silicide Root Formation in Carbon Nanotubes Grown by Microwave PECVD" Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 109, 51, 24215-24219, 2005. (PDF)

12. Daraio, C.; Nesterenko, V.F.; Herbold, E.; Jin, S. "Strongly nonlinear waves in a chain of Teflon beads" Physical Review E, 72, 016603, 2005. (PDF)

11. Bandaru, P.R.; Daraio, C.; Jin, S. and Rao, A.M. "Novel electrical switching behavior and logic in carbon nanotube Y-junctions" Nature Materials, 4, 663-666, 2005. (PDF)

10. Nesterenko, V.F.; Daraio, C.; Herbold, E.B.; Jin, S. "Anomalous wave reflection at the interface of two strongly nonlinear granular media" Physical Review Letters, 95, 158702, 2005. (PDF)

9. Oh, S.H.; Finones, R. R.; Daraio, C.; Chen L.-H.; Jin, S. "Growth of nano-scale hydroxyapatite using chemically treated titanium oxide nanotubes" Biomaterials, 26, 4938-4943, 2005. (PDF)

8. Nalla, R.K.; Porter, A.E.; Daraio, C.; Minor, A.M.; Radmilovic, V.; Stach, E.A.; Tomsia, A.P. and Ritchie R.O. "Ultrastructural examination of dentin using focused ion beam cross-sectioning and transmission electron microscopy" Micron, 36, 672-680, 2005. (PDF)

7. Daraio, C.; Nesterenko, V. F.; Aubuchon, J. F.; Jin, S.; "Dynamic Nanofragmentation of Carbon Nanotubes" Nano Letters, 4, 10, 1915-1918, 2004. (PDF)

6. Daraio, C.; Nesterenko, V. F.; Jin, S. "Highly Nonlinear Contact Interaction and Dynamic Energy Dissipation by Forest of Carbon Nanotubes" Applied Physics Letters, 85, 23, 5724-5726, 2004. (PDF)

5. Gothard, N.; Daraio, C.; Gaillard, J.; Zidan, R.; Jin S. and Rao, A. M. "Controlled Growth of Y-Junction nanotubes using Ti-Doped Vapor catalyst" Nano Letters, 4, 2, 213-217, 2004. (PDF)

4. AuBuchon, J.F.; Chen, L.H.; Gapin, A.I.; Kim, D.W.; Daraio, C; Jin S.H. "Multiple sharp bendings of carbon nanotubes during growth to produce zigzag morphology" Nano Letters, 4, 9, 1781-1784, 2004. (PDF)

3. Srivastava D.; Menon M.; Daraio, C.; et al. "Vacancy-mediated mechanism of nitrogen substitution in carbon nanotubes" Physical Review B, 69, 15, 153414, 2004. (PDF)

2. Chen, L.H.; AuBuchon, J. F.; Gapin, A; Daraio, C.; Bandaru, P.; Jin, S.; Kim D. W.; and Yoo, I. K.; Wang, C. M. "Control of carbon nanotube morphology by change of applied bias field during growth" Applied Physics Letters, 85, 22, 5373-53756, 2004. (PDF)

1. Gopal, V.; Radmilovic, V. R.; Daraio, C.; Jin, S.; Yang, P.; Stach, E. A.; "Rapid Prototyping of Site-Specific Nanocontacts by Electron and Ion Beam Assisted Direct-Write Nanolithography" Nano Letters, 4, 11, 2059-2063, 2004. (PDF)


Submitted Papers
36. Daraio, C.; Nesterenko, V. F.; Fraternali, F. "Highly nonlinear pulse splitting and recombination in a two dimensional granular network" Physical Review E (being reviewed), 2009. (pdf)

37. Misra, A.; Giri, J.; Daraio, C. "Hydrogen evolution on hydrophobic aligned carbon nanotubes arrays" ACS Nano (being reviewed), 2009. (pdf)

38. Ponson, L.; Boechler, N.; Porter, M. A.; Lai, Y. M.; Kevrekidis, P. G. and Daraio, C. "Elastic Spin Chains" Physical Review Letters, (being reviewed), 2009. (PDF)

39. Theocharis, G.; Kavousanakis, M.; Kevrekidis, P. G.; Daraio, C.; Porter, M. A. and Kevrekidis, Y. "Localized Breathing Modes in Granular Crystals with Defects" Physica D (being reviewed) 2009. (PDF)


Articles in Preparation
40. Fraternali, F.; Blesgen, T.; Amendola, A.; Daraio, C. "Multiphase mass-spring models for carbon nanotubes arrays accounting for strain localization and hysteresis" 2009.

41. Spadoni, A.; Daraio, C. "Generation and Control of Sound Bullets with a Nonlinear Acoustic Lens" 2009.

42. Spadoni, A.; Daraio, C. "High strain rate impacts in granular chains" 2009.

43. Misra, A.; De Nardo, L.; Daraio, C. "Bioinspired Multilayer carbon nanotube systems for energy dispersive composites" 2009.

44. De Nardo, L.; Daraio, C. "Highly nonlinear solitary waves in multilayer carbon nanotube based systems" 2009.

45. Khatri, D.; Rizzo, P.; Daraio, C. "Nonlinear sensors and actuators for nondestructive evaluation and structural health monitoring" 2009.

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Refereed Conference Proceedings

46. Boechler, N.; Daraio, C. "An experimental investigation of acoustic band gaps and localization in granular elastic chains" Proceedings of the 22nd Biennial Conference on Mechanical Vibration and Noise VIB-5: Dynamics of Band-Gap Materials and Structures, August 30-September 2, 2009, San Diego, CA, USA.

47. Spadoni, A.; Daraio, C. "Vibration isolation via linear and nonlinear periodic devices" Proceedings of the 22nd Biennial Conference on Mechanical Vibration and Noise VIB-5: Dynamics of Band-Gap Materials and Structures, August 30-September 2, 2009, San Diego, CA, USA.

48. Fraternali, F., Daraio, C. "Optimal thermalization of composite granular systems" Colloquium
Lagrangianum 2008, Maratea, Italy, 19-22 February 2009.

49. Fraternali, F., Blesgen, T., Misra, A., Daraio, C., "On the Mechanical Behavior of Multilayered Carbon Nanotube Foams" Sessione Special Session on the Mechanics of Micro- and Nanoscaled materials and systems, AIMETA XIX Conference on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Sept. 2009.

50. Boechler, N., Daraio, C., Narisetti, R., Ruzzene, M., Leamy, M.J. "Analytical and experimental analysis of bandgaps in nonlinear one dimensional periodic structures" IUTAM, Symposium on Recent Advances of Acoustic Waves in Solids, May 25-28, 2009.

51. Khatri, D., Daraio, C., Rizzo, P. "Coupling of Highly Nonlinear Waves with Linear Elastic Media" SSN07 SPIE Sensors and Smart Structures/NDE, 16th annual international symposium, San Diego, CA, 2008.

52. Ni, X.; Rizzo, P.; Daraio, C. "Novel Sensor Technology for NDE of Concrete" SSN07 SPIE Sensors and Smart Structures/NDE, 16th annual international symposium, San Diego, CA, 2008.

53. Coluci, V.R.; Fonseca, A.F.; Galvao, D.S. and Daraio, C. "Entanglement and the Nonlinear Elastic Behavior of Forests of Coiled Carbon Nanotubes" in Carbon Nanotubes and Related Low-Dimensional Materials, edited by L.-C. Chen, D.B. Geohegan, J. Robertson, Z.L. Wang (Symp. Proc. Volume 1081E, Warrendale, PA, 2008), 1081-P08-24, Materials Research Society, 2008.

54. Daraio, C., Porter, M.A., Herbold, E.B., Szelengowicz, I., Kevrekidis, P.G., "Highly Nonlinear Waves in Periodic Granular Media" XXII ICTAM, Adelaide, Australia, 25-29 August 2008.

55. Khatri, D.; Rizzo, P.; Daraio, C. "Highly Nonlinear Waves" Sensor Technology for Highway
Infrastructures" SPIE Smart Structures/NDE, 15th annual international symposium, San Diego, CA, Manuscript number 6934-25, 2008.

56. Daraio, C. and Nesterenko, V.F. "Strongly nonlinear wave propagation in two-dimensional force chains" APS - Shock Compression of Condensed Matter, AIP Conference Proceedings, Big Island, Hawaii, CP955, Edited by M. Elert, M.D. Furnish, R. Chau, N. Holmes and J. Nguyen, American Institute of Physics, 1419-1422, 2007.

57. Daraio, C.; Nesterenko, V.F.; Herbold, E.; Jin, S. "Pulse mitigation by a composite discrete medium" Journal de Physique IV, Proceedings DYMAT 2006, 8th International Conference on Mechanical and Physical Behavior of Materials under Dynamic Loading, J. Cirne, R. Dormeval, et al. 134, 473-479 Dijon, France, 2006.

58. Park, J.; Daraio, C.; Rao, A.; Bandaru, P.; "Electrical Transport in Carbon Nanotube Y-junctions- a Paradigm for Novel Functionality at the Nanoscale" MRS Symp. Proc. Vol. 922, 0922-U11-08, Materials Research Society, 2006.

59. Daraio, C.; Nesterenko, V.F.; Herbold, E.; Jin, S. "Strongly nonlinear waves in polymer based phononic crystals" APS - Shock Compression of Condensed Matter, 1507-1510, American Institute of Physics, Conference Proceedings, Baltimore (MD), 2006.

60. Herbold, E.B.; Nesterenko, V. F.; Daraio, C. "Influence of Controlled Viscous Dissipation on the Propagation of Strongly Nonlinear Waves in Stainless Steel Based Phononic Crystals - APS - Shock Compression of Condensed Matter, 1523-1526, American Institute of Physics, Conference Proceedings, Baltimore (MD), 2006.

61. Daraio, C.; Nesterenko, V.F.; Jin, S.; "Strongly nonlinear waves in 3D phononic crystals" APS - Shock Compression of Condensed Matter, 197-200, American Institute of Physics, Conference Proceedings, Portland (OR), 2003.

62. Barrabes, S.; Daraio, C.; Kassner, M.E.; Hayes, T.A. and Wang, M.Z. "Dynamic Restoration
Mechanisms and Discontinuous Dynamic Recrystallization in α-Zirconium", light Metals 2002, 825-839, T. Lewis ed., Canadian Inst. of Mining, Metallurgy and Petrol. Engineers, Montreal (CA), 2002.

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Book Chapters

“Synthesis and patterning methods for nanostructures useful for biological applications” Daraio, C.; Jin, S., Chapter 5 of the book “At the Building Block Level: Nanotechnology for Biology and Medicine.” By G.A. Silva, Science of Knowledge Press (in progress).

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Patents

1. “Article comprising pulse trapping composite granular medium and methods for fabricating such medium.” Daraio, C.; Jin, S. and Nesterenko, V.F.; V.F.; U.S. WO/2007/084318, International Application No.: PCT/US2007/000704 (2007).

2. "Method and device for actuating and sensing highly nonlinear solitary waves in surfaces, structures and materials" Daraio, C.; Rizzo, P. U.S. Provisional Application, filed (2008).

3. "System supporting the formation and propagation of tunable highly nonlinear pulses, based on granular chains composed of particles with non spherical geometry" Daraio, C. U.S. Provisional Applications, filed (2008).

4. "Automated actuator device for the excitation of turnable highly nonlinear waves in granular systems," Eggenspieler, D.; Daraio, C; Khatri, D. U.S. Provisional Applications, filed (2008).

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