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13949
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2007 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2002 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his contributions to multiscale modeling of materials and seminal research on defect processes in solids under irradiation or high strainrate conditions

Overview

T. Diaz de la Rubia is affiliated with the University of Oklahoma in the United States. Their research focuses on engineering and materials science, with subfields that include mechanical engineering, materials chemistry, and computational mechanics.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, especially in additive manufacturing materials and processes, fusion materials and technologies, and ion-surface interactions and analysis. These topics reflect their involvement in investigating material behavior under various conditions and advanced manufacturing techniques.

Among recent publications, T. Diaz de la Rubia has contributed to research published in the Journal of Nuclear Materials. A notable paper is titled "Heavy ion irradiation response of an additively manufactured 316LN stainless steel", published in 2020, which has received citations in the scientific community.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with T. Diaz de la Rubia include:

  • Zhongxia Shang
  • Cuncai Fan
  • Jie Ding
  • Sichuang Xue
  • Adam Gabriel

Published works appear primarily in the Journal of Nuclear Materials, highlighting a focus on nuclear-related material research.

  • Journal of Nuclear Materials

T. Diaz de la Rubia has been recognized for their contributions through various awards. They were named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2007. Additionally, they received the distinction of Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 2002, with a citation noting their contributions to multiscale modeling of materials and seminal research on defect processes in solids under irradiation or high strain-rate conditions.

Best Publications

  • Radiation effects in crystalline ceramics for the immobilization of high-level nuclear waste and plutonium

    W. J. Weber;R. C. Ewing;C. R. A. Catlow;T. Diaz de la Rubia

  • Defect production in collision cascades in elemental semiconductors and fcc metals

    K. Nordlund;K. Nordlund;M. Ghaly;R. S. Averback;M. Caturla

  • Displacement damage in irradiated metals and semiconductors

    Robert S Averback;T. Diaz de la Rubia

  • Intrinsic point defects in crystalline silicon: Tight-binding molecular dynamics studiesof self-diffusion, interstitial-vacancy recombination, and formation volumes

    Meijie Tang;L. Colombo;Jing Zhu;T. Diaz de la Rubia

  • Role of thermal spikes in energetic displacement cascades.

    T. Diaz De La Rubia;T. Diaz De La Rubia;T. Diaz De La Rubia;Robert S Averback;Robert S Averback;Robert S Averback;R. Benedek;R. Benedek;R. Benedek;W. E. King;W. E. King;W. E. King

  • Defect production, annealing kinetics and damage evolution in α-Fe: An atomic-scale computer simulation

    N. Soneda;T. Diaz de la Rubia

  • Ion beams in silicon processing and characterization

    E. Chason;S. T. Picraux;J. M. Poate;J. O. Borland

  • Multiscale modelling of plastic flow localization in irradiated materials

    Tomas Diaz de la Rubia;Hussein M. Zbib;Tariq A. Khraishi;Brian D. Wirth

  • Thermal stability of helium-vacancy clusters in iron

    K. Morishita;R. Sugano;B.D. Wirth;T. Diaz de la Rubia

  • Ion-beam processing of silicon at keV energies: A molecular-dynamics study.

    M. J. Caturla;T. Diaz de la Rubia;Luis A. Marqués;G. H. Gilmer

  • Models for long-/short-range interactions and cross slip in 3D dislocation simulation of BCC single crystals

    M Rhee;H M Zbib;J P Hirth;H Huang

  • An atomistic simulator for thin film deposition in three dimensions

    Hanchen Huang;George H. Gilmer;Tomas Dı́az de la Rubia

  • Comparative study of radiation damage accumulation in Cu and Fe

    M.J. Caturla;N. Soneda;E. Alonso;B.D. Wirth

  • Ab initio pseudopotential calculations of B diffusion and pairing in Si

    Jing Zhu;Tomas Diaz dela Rubia;L. H. Yang;Christian Mailhiot

  • Structural transformations and defect production in ion implanted silicon: a molecular dynamics simulation study

    T. Diaz de la Rubia;G. H. Gilmer

  • New mechanism of defect production in metals: A molecular-dynamics study of interstitial-dislocation-loop formation in high-energy displacement cascades.

    T. Diaz de la Rubia;M. W. Guinan

  • Molecular dynamics simulation of displacement cascades in Cu and Ni: Thermal spike behavior

    T. Diaz de la Rubia;R. S. Averback;Horngming Hsieh;R. Benedek

  • Atomistic calculations of ion implantation in Si: Point defect and transient enhanced diffusion phenomena

    M. Jaraiz;G. H. Gilmer;J. M. Poate;T. D. de la Rubia

  • Displacement threshold energies in β-SiC

    R. Devanathan;T. Diaz de la Rubia;W.J. Weber

  • Progress in the development of a molecular dynamics code for high-energy cascade studies

    T.Diaz de la Rubia;M.W. Guinan

  • Highly optimized empirical potential model of silicon

    Thomas J Lenosky;Babak Sadigh;Eduardo Alonso;Vasily V Bulatov

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert S Averback
Robert S Averback University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Brian D. Wirth
Brian D. Wirth University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Jaime Marian
Jaime Marian University of California, Los Angeles
Luciano Colombo
Luciano Colombo University of Cagliari
George H. Gilmer
George H. Gilmer Colorado School of Mines
Hussein M. Zbib
Hussein M. Zbib Washington State University
Alfredo Caro
Alfredo Caro George Washington University
Bachu Narain Singh
Bachu Narain Singh Technical University of Denmark
Vasily V. Bulatov
Vasily V. Bulatov Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Kai Nordlund
Kai Nordlund University of Helsinki

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