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  • 2007 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For contributions to the development of multimillionatom multiscale simulation methods on parallel computers and their application to the fundamental understanding of atomistic mechanisms for broad properties and processes in nanostructured materials

Overview

Rajiv K. Kalia is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research primarily spans materials science and engineering, with notable contributions to materials chemistry, electrical and electronic engineering, atomic and molecular physics and optics, artificial intelligence, and biomedical engineering.

The scientist's work covers several main topics including:

  • Machine Learning in Materials Science
  • 2D Materials and Applications
  • Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
  • Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides
  • Ferroelectric and Negative Capacitance Devices
  • Phase-change Materials and Chalcogenides
  • Quantum Dots Synthesis and Properties

Rajiv K. Kalia has published extensively across multiple venues, with frequent publications in:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • npj Computational Materials
  • Applied Physics Letters
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Recent papers include:

  • Enhancing combustion performance of nano-Al/PVDF composites with β-PVDF, 2020, Combustion and Flame
  • Synergistically Chemical and Thermal Coupling between Graphene Oxide and Graphene Fluoride for Enhancing Aluminum Combustion, 2020, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Simultaneous Observation of Carrier-Specific Redistribution and Coherent Lattice Dynamics in 2H-MoTe2 with Femtosecond Core-Level Spectroscopy, 2020, ACS Nano
  • Dielectric Constant of Liquid Water Determined with Neural Network Quantum Molecular Dynamics, 2021, Physical Review Letters
  • Dielectric Polymer Property Prediction Using Recurrent Neural Networks with Optimizations, 2021, Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling

The scientist frequently collaborates with the following coauthors:

  • Aiichiro Nakano
  • Priya Vashishta
  • Ken-ichi Nomura
  • Aravind Krishnamoorthy
  • Fuyuki Shimojo

Rajiv K. Kalia was awarded the Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 2007, with the citation recognizing contributions to the development of multimillion-atom multiscale simulation methods on parallel computers and their application to atomistic mechanisms for various properties and processes in nanostructured materials.

Best Publications

  • Interaction potential for SiO2 : a molecular-dynamics study of structural correlations

    P. Vashishta;Rajiv K. Kalia;José P. Rino;Ingvar Ebbsjö

  • DYNAMICS OF OXIDATION OF ALUMINUM NANOCLUSTERS USING VARIABLE CHARGE MOLECULAR-DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS ON PARALLEL COMPUTERS

    Timothy Campbell;Rajiv K. Kalia;Aiichiro Nakano;Priya Vashishta

  • Interaction potential for silicon carbide: A molecular dynamics study of elastic constants and vibrational density of states for crystalline and amorphous silicon carbide

    Priya Vashishta;Rajiv K. Kalia;Aiichiro Nakano;José Pedro Rino

  • Intermediate-range order in permanently densified vitreous SiO2 : a neutron-diffraction and molecular-dynamics study

    S. Susman;K. J. Volin;D. L. Price;M. Grimsditch

  • Universal behavior of exchange-correlation energy in electron-hole liquid

    P. Vashishta;R. K. Kalia

  • Structure of rings in vitreous SiO 2

    José P. Rino;Ingvar Ebbsjö;Rajiv K. Kalia;Aiichiro Nakano

  • ATOMISTIC ASPECTS OF CRACK PROPAGATION IN BRITTLE MATERIALS: Multimillion Atom Molecular Dynamics Simulations

    Cindy L. Rountree;Rajiv K. Kalia;Elefterios Lidorikis;Aiichiro Nakano

  • Incipient phase separation in Ag/Ge/Se glasses: clustering of Ag atoms

    Hiroshi Iyetomi;Priya Vashishta;Rajiv K. Kalia

  • Re Doping in 2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenides as a New Route to Tailor Structural Phases and Induced Magnetism

    Vidya Kochat;Amey Apte;Jordan A. Hachtel;Hiroyuki Kumazoe;Hiroyuki Kumazoe

  • Molecular dynamics simulation of structural transformation in silicon carbide under pressure

    Fuyuki Shimojo;Fuyuki Shimojo;Ingvar Ebbsjö;Rajiv K. Kalia;Aiichiro Nakano

  • Interaction potentials for alumina and molecular dynamics simulations of amorphous and liquid alumina

    Priya Vashishta;Rajiv K. Kalia;Aiichiro Nakano;José Pedro Rino

  • Hybrid finite-element/molecular-dynamics/electronic-density-functional approach to materials simulations on parallel computers

    Shuji Ogata;Elefterios Lidorikis;Fuyuki Shimojo;Aiichiro Nakano

  • Dynamic transition in the structure of an energetic crystal during chemical reactions at shock front prior to detonation.

    Ken Ichi Nomura;Rajiv K. Kalia;Aiichiro Nakano;Priya Vashishta

  • Direct atomistic simulation of quartz crystal oscillators: Bulk properties and nanoscale devices

    Jeremy Q. Broughton;Christopher A. Meli;Priya Vashishta;Rajiv K. Kalia

  • Multiscale simulation of nanosystems

    A. Nakano;M.E. Bachlechner;R.K. Kalia;E. Lidorikis

  • Active learning for accelerated design of layered materials

    Lindsay Bassman;Pankaj Rajak;Rajiv K. Kalia;Aiichiro Nakano

  • Atomic correlations and intermediate-range order in molten and amorphous GeSe2.

    P. Vashishta;Rajiv K. Kalia;Giomal A. Antonio;I. Ebbsjö

  • Tellurene Photodetector with High Gain and Wide Bandwidth.

    Chenfei Shen;Yihang Liu;Jiangbin Wu;Chi Xu

  • Crack Front Propagation and Fracture in a Graphite Sheet: A Molecular-Dynamics Study on Parallel Computers

    Andrey Omeltchenko;Jin Yu;Rajiv K. Kalia;Priya Vashishta

  • Structural transformation in densified silica glass: A molecular-dynamics study

    Wei Jin;Rajiv K. Kalia;Priya Vashishta;José P. Rino

  • Dynamics and morphology of brittle cracks: A molecular-dynamics study of silicon nitride.

    Aiichiro Nakano;Rajiv K. Kalia;Priya Vashishta

Frequent Co-Authors

Aiichiro Nakano
Aiichiro Nakano University of Southern California
Priya Vashishta
Priya Vashishta University of Southern California
Anupam Madhukar
Anupam Madhukar University of Southern California
Pulickel M. Ajayan
Pulickel M. Ajayan Rice University
Chandra Sekhar Tiwary
Chandra Sekhar Tiwary Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
David L. Price
David L. Price Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Richard E. Clark
Richard E. Clark University of Southern California
Elefterios Lidorikis
Elefterios Lidorikis University of Ioannina
Juan Carlos Idrobo
Juan Carlos Idrobo University of Washington
George Z. Voyiadjis
George Z. Voyiadjis Louisiana State University

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