ACS Nano, DOI: 10.1021/nn204476h

Nano Lett., DOI: 10.1021/nl201376j

Nano Lett. DOI: 10.1021/nl202088h

Nano Lett. 2011, DOI: 10.1021/nl2024118

ACS Nano, 2011, DOI: 10.1021/nn202071y

Xiao Hua Liu and Jian Yu Huang, Energy Environ. Sci., 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C1EE01918J

 Nano Lett. DOI: 10.1021/nl201684d

PRL 106, 248302 (2011)     The atomic scale lithiation mechanism of individual SnO2 nanowires in a flooding geometry was revealed by in situ transmission electron microscopy. The lithiation was initiated by the formation of multiple stripes with a width of a few nanometers parallel to the (020) plane traversing the entire wires, serving as multiple reaction fronts for later stages of lithiation. Inside the stripes, we identified a high density of dislocations and enlarged interplanar spacing, which provided an effective path for lithium ion transport.

Nano Letters, DOI: 10.1021/nl200412p

Appl. Phys. Lett. 98, 183107 (2011), doi:10.1063/1.3585655

ACS Nano, DOI: 10.1021/nn200770p

Huang et al., Nano Lett., 2011, 11 (4), pp 1618–1622

Nature Communications 1, Article number:144 | DOI:10.1038/ncomms1149

Although deformation processes in submicron-sized metallic crystals are
well documented, the direct observation of deformation mechanisms in
crystals with dimensions below the sub-10-nm range is currently lacking.
Here, through in situ high-resolution transmission electron
microscopy (HRTEM) observations, we show that (1) in sharp contrast to
what happens in bulk materials, in which plasticity is mediated by
dislocation emission from Frank-Read sources and multiplication, partial
dislocations emitted from free surfaces dominate the deformation of

Huang et al, Science 330, 1515-1520 (2010) (download pdf , or online version);Read a perspective written by Prof. Yet-Ming Chiang, Science 330, 1485 (2010);

Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 106102 (2010) 

What does a dislocation look like in a spherical geometry, and how does it migrate in such a structure? We report here the counterintuitive motion of the 1/2⟨0001⟩ edge dislocation in carbon onions from the outer surface to the inner core, i.e. from a low pressure surface to a high pressure core, rather than from the core to the surface as expected due to a surface image force. Maybe you can help us to explain this peculiar phenomenon.

PRL 104, 215503 (2010)

Nature Nanotechnology, Feb. 14, 2010. DOI: 10.1038/NNANO.2010.4, Yang Lu, Jian Yu Huang, Chao Wang, Shouheng Sun and Jun Lou

TEM Postdoc Position Available at Sandia National Lab.

Phys. Rev. B 80, 165407 (2009), Ji Feng, Liang Qi, Jian Yu Huang, and Ju Li

PNAS 106, 10103 (2009), doi:10.1073/pnas.0905193106, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPJBalMZ824&feature=channel_page,    http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=11108.php

Nano Letters 9, 2295 (2009), 10.1021/nl9004805, http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2009/May/26050903.asp, http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/07/science/07obsalt.html, http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/45132/title/Salt_stretches_in..., http://www.sandia.gov/LabNews/090605.html, http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17374-salt-crystals-reveal-surpris..., http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGcFCD8E7o8

Phys. Rev. B 78, 155436 (2008)   J.Y. Huang, F. Ding, B.I. Yakobson

PRL 101, 145501 (2008)      http://www.nature.com/news/2008/081010/full/news.2008.1164.html, http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/34974/title/Carbon_tubes,_but...

Job Description: The CINT Science Department is searching for a postdoctoral appointee to pursue research in the area of leading-edge electron microscopy of nanomaterials and their properties. The successful candidate will work closely with the staff scientist heading electron microscopy research activities at CINT on topics related to the structural, mechanical, thermal, and electrical properties of modern nanomaterials. This research effort uses a Tecnai F30 transmission electron microscope (TEM) outfitted with a Nanofactory TEM-scanning probe microscope (SPM) platform capable of conducting in-situ structure and property correlation measurements of nanostructured materials.

PRL 100, 035503 (2008)  Jianyu Huang, Feng Ding, Boris I. Yakobson