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Jian Luo
Associate Professor
Materials Science
   
Phone: (864) 656-5961
Office: 206 Olin Hall
E-mail: jianluo@clemson.edu

 

EDUCATION

B.Eng., Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University (1994)
B.Eng. (dual-degree program), Electronics and Computer Technology, Tsinghua University (1994)
M.S., Materials Science and Engineering, M.I.T. (1999)
Ph.D., Ceramics, M.I.T. (2001)

EXPERIENCE AND SELECTED AWARDS

Prior to joining the Clemson faculty in 2003, Dr. Luo worked in the industry for more than two years with Lucent Technologies Inc. and OFS Fitel/Furukawa Electric Co. in Norcross, Georgia.

Luo is a National Science Foundation CAREER award recipient (2005) and an Air Force Office of Scientific Research Young Investigator (2007).

Please visit http://people.clemson.edu/~jianluo/ for additional information.

RESEARCH

Dr. Luo's current research interests include (but are not limited to): surfaces and interfaces; nanostructured thin films; materials for energy applications (functional oxides and silicon); optical materials and fibers; sintering; microstructural evolution; and materials characterization.


Please visit http://people.clemson.edu/~jianluo/research/ for additional information.

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RECENT PUBLICATIONS

(3) Representative Invited Review Articles:

"Stabilization of Nanoscale Quasi-Liquid Interfacial Films in Inorganic Materials: A Review and Critical Assessment," J. Luo, Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences, 32: 67-109 (2007)

"Wetting and Prewetting on Ceramic Surfaces," J. Luo and Y.-M. Chiang, Annual Review of Materials Research, 38: 227-49 (2008)

"Liquid-Like Interfacial Complexion: From Activated Sintering to Grain Boundary Diagrams," J. Luo, Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science, 12: 81-88 (2008)

(7) Selected Research Articles:

"Grain Boundary Wetting and Prewetting in Ni-Doped Mo," X. Shi and J. Luo, Applied Physics Letters, 94: 251908 (2009)

"Nanoscale Surficial Films and A Surface Transition in V2O5-TiO2-based Ternary Oxide Systems," H. Qian and J. Luo, Acta Materialia, 56: 4702-14 (2008)

"Grain Boundary Disordering in Binary Alloys," J. Luo and X. Shi, Applied Physics Letters, 92: 101901 (2008)

"Anisotropic Wetting of ZnO by Bi2O3 with and without Nanometer-Thick Surficial Amorphous Films," H. Qian, J. Luo, and Y.-M. Chiang, Acta Materialia, 56: 862-73 (2008)

"Thin Intergranular Films and Solid-State Activated Sintering in Nickel-Doped Tungsten," V. K. Gupta, D. H. Yoon, H. M. Meyer III, and J. Luo, Acta Materialia, 55: 3131-42 (2007)

"Modeling Dissimilar Optical Fiber Splices with Substantial Diffusion," J. Luo, IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology, 25: 3575-79 (2007)

"Vanadia-Based Equilibrium-Thickness Amorphous Films on Anatase (101) Surfaces," H. Qian and J. Luo, Applied Physics Letters, 91: 061909 (2007)


Please visit http://people.clemson.edu/~jianluo/publications/
for additional recent publications (with links to PDF files).

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