Updated October 2023

  1. N. Jenkins, X. Zhou, M. Krekeler, M. Bhowmick. Characterization of Dynamically Compressed Oxide and Hydroxide Minerals. Proc. SPIE 12417, Optical Components and Materials XX. 1241710. (DOI:10.1117/12.2647943)
  2. M. Bhowmick, B. Ullrich, M. Murchland, X. Zhou, C. Ramkumar. Substrate and Excitation Intensity Dependence of Saturable Absorption in Perovskite Quantum Dot Films. Nanomaterials 2023, 5, 871. (DOI:10.3390/nano13050871)
  3. M. Bhowmick, J. Fryman, X. Zhou, C. Ramkumar. Probing Shock-Induced Structural Changes in GaSb. Optics Letters 2023, 48, 307-310. (DOI:10.1364/OL.480407)
  4. D. Sellan,  X. Zhou, L. Salvati III, S.K. Valluri, D.D. Dlott. In Operando Measurements of High Explosives. J. Chem. Phys. 2022, 157, 224202. (DOI:10.1063/5.0126703)
  5. M. Bhowmick, X. Zhou. Photon Doppler Velocimetry in Interdisciplinary Shock Compression Studies. 2022 IEEE Research and Applications of Photonics in Defense Conference (RAPID), Miramar Beach, FL, USA, 2022, pp. 1-2. (DOI:10.1109/RAPID54472.2022.9911593)

Prior to UTSA

High Pressure and Shock Wave

  1. S. Roy, B.P. Johnson, X. Zhou, Y.T. Nguyen, D.D. Dlott, H.S. Hot Spot Ignition and Growth from Tandem Micro-Scale Simulations and Experiments on Plastic-Bonded Explosives. J. Appl. Phys. 2022, 131, 205901. (DOI:10.1063/5.0085356)
  2. B.P. Johnson, X. Zhou, D.D. Dlott. Shock Pressure Dependence of Hot Spots in a Model Plastic-Bonded Explosive J. Phys. Chem. A 2022, 126,145-154. (DOI:10.1021/acs.jpca.1c08323)
  3. M. Bhowmick, X. Zhou, C. Ramkumar. Investigation of structural changes in shock compressed III-V materials.  Proc. SPIE 11995 , Physics and Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices XXX, 1199505 (4 March 2022). (DOI:10.1117/12.2606079)
  4. Zhou, Y.-R. Miao, K. S. Suslick, D. D. Dlott. Mechanochemistry of Metal-Organic Frameworks Under Pressure and Shock. Acc. Chem. Res. 2020, 53, 2806-2815. (DOI:10.1021/acs.accounts.0c00396)*
    *This article was selected as the front cover for Acc. Chem. Res. Issue of Dec. 15, 2020.
  5. P. Johnson, X. Zhou, H. Ihara, D. D. Dlott. Observing Hot Spot Formation in Individual Explosive Crystals under Shock Compression. J. Phys. Chem. A 2020, 124, 4646-4653. (DOI:10.1021/acs.jpca.0c02788
  6. Zhou, Y.-R. Miao, W. Shaw, K. S. Suslick and D. D. Dlott. Shock Wave Energy Absorption in Metal-Organic Framework. J. Am. Chem. Soc.2019, 141, 2220-2223. (DOI:10.1021/jacs.8b12905)

Nano-Optics and Plasmonics

  1. Bhowmick, B. Ullrich, M. Murchland, X. Zhou, C. Ramkumar. Substrate and Excitation Intensity Dependence of Saturable Absorption in Perovskite Quantum Dot Films. Nanomaterials 2023, 13, 871. (DOI:10.3390/nano13050871)
  2. Zhou, J. Wenger, F. N. Viscomi, L. Le Cunff, J. Béal, S. Kochtcheev, X. Yang, G. P. Wiederrecht, G. Colas des Francs, A. S. Bisht, S. Jradi, R. Caputo, H. V. Demir, R. D. Schaller, J. Plain, A. Vial, X. W. Sun, R. Bachelot. Two-Color Single Hybrid Plasmonic Nano-Emitters with Real Time Switchable Dominant Emission Wavelength. Nano Lett . 2015, 15, 7458-7466. (DOI:10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b02962)
  3. Zhou, C. Deeb, S. Kochtcheev, G. P. Wiederrecht, P.-M. Adam, J. Béal, J. Plain, D. Gosztola, J. Grand, N. Félidj, H. Wang, A. Vial, R. Bachelot. Selective Functionalization of the Nanogap of a Plasmonic Dimer. ACS Photonics 2015, 2, 121-129. (DOI:10.1021/ph500331c)
  4. Zhou, O. Soppera, J. Plain, S. Jradi, X. W. Sun, H. V. Demir, X. Yang, C. Deeb, S. K. Gray, G. P. Wiederrecht, R. Bachelot. Plasmon-Based Photopolymerization: Near-Field Probing, Advanced Photonic Nanostructures and Nanophotochemistry. J. Opt. 2014, 104, 114002. (DOI:10.1088/2040-8978/16/11/114002)*
    *This publication was highlighted in the Journal of Optics Editorial “Recognizing recent advances in photonics: the JOPT Highlights of 2014” (DOI:10.1088/2040-8978/17/4/040201)
  5. Zhou, C. Deeb, R. Vincent, T. Lerond, P.-M. Adam, J. Plain, G. P. Wiederrecht, F. Charra, C. Fiorini, G. Colas des Francs, O. Soppera. R. Bachelot. Polarization-Dependent Fluorescence from and Anisotropic Gold/ Polymer Hybrid Nano-Emitter. Appl. Phys. Lett. 2014, 104, 023114. (DOI:10.1063/1.4861898)
  6. Deeb, X. Zhou, J. Plain, G. P. Wiederrecht, R. Bachelot, M. J. Russell, P. K. Jain. Size-Dependence of the Plasmonic Near-Field Measured via Single-Nanoparticle Photoimaging. J. Phys. Chem. C 2013, 117, 10669-10676. (DOI:10.1021/jp4020564)
  7. Deeb, X. Zhou, R. Miller, S. K. Gray, S. Marguet, J. Plain, G. P. Wiederrecht, R. Bachelot. Mapping the Electromagnetic Near-Field Enhancements of Gold Nanocubes. J. Phys. Chem. C 2012, 116, 24734-24740. (DOI:10.1021/jp304647e)
  8. Deeb, X. Zhou, D. Gérard, A. Bouhelier, P. K. Jain, J. Plain, O. Soppera, P. Royer, R. Bachelot. Off-Resonant Optical Excitation of Gold Nanorods: Nanoscale Imprint of Polarization Surface Charge Distribution. J. Phys. Chem. Lett . 2011, 2, 7-11. (DOI:10.1021/jz1014696)

Electrochemistry

  1. Hui, S. Pakhira, R. Bhargava, Z. J. Barton, X. Zhou, A. J. Chinderle, J. L. Mendoza-Cortes, J. Rodriguez-Lopez. Modulating Electrocatalysis on Graphene Heterostructures: Physically Impermeable Yet Electronically Transparent Electrodes. ACS Nano 2018, 12, 2980-2990. (DOI:10.1021/acsnano.8b00702)
  2. Zhou, Z. T. Gossage, B. H. Simpson, J. Hui, Z. J. Barton, J. Rodriguez-Lopez. Electrochemical Imaging of Enhanced Water Oxidation on TiO 2 Thin Films Modified with Subsurface Al Nanodimers. ACS Nano 2016, 10, 9346-9352. (DOI:10.1021/acsnano.6b04004)
  3. Hui, X. Zhou, R. Bhargava, A. Chinderle, J. Zhang, J. Rodriguez-Lopez. Kinetic Modulation of Outer-Sphere Electron Transfer Reactions on Graphene Electrode with a Sub-Surface Metal Substrate. Electrochimica Acta 2016, 211, 1016-1023. (DOI:10.1016/j.electacta.2016.06.134)