J. Ma*, T. Dumitrica, Nano-scale Heat Transfer in Nanostructures<\/a>, Springer Briefs in Applied Sciences and Technology (2018)<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Wieman, E.; Nagelj, N.; Curling, E.; Chen, L.; Yu, J.; Alivisatos, A.P.; Lindenberg, A.; Diroll, B.T.; Olshansky, J.H.; Ma, J.*; Guzelturk, B.*; Cotts, B.*, Tracking thermal transport in colloidal quantum dot films using in-situ time-resolved X-ray diffraction<\/a>. Nano Letters (selected as the Cover Image of the issue)<\/em>, 26(32), 10725-10733 (2026).<\/strong><\/p>\r\n Sabokroozroozbahani, F.; Ravula, S.; Camba, A.T.; Shinde, P.S.; Keum, J.; Bara*, J.E.; Ma, J.A.*, Ionic-Content-Driven Restructuring of Spirobisindane Ionene Networks: Implications for Mechanics, Self-Healing, and Gas Transport<\/a>, Soft Matter <\/i>(Invited as part of Soft Matter Emerging Investigators series, selected as the Cover Image of the issue), \u00a022<\/i>(14), 2608-2622 (2026).<\/strong><\/p>\r\n Pyfrom, J. R.; Sun, K.; Ma, J. A.*, Hierarchical topological states without dimension reduction – IOPscience<\/a>, Reports on Progress in Physics<\/em> (Editor’s Highlight), 88(11), 118003, DOI 10.1088\/1361-6633\/ae1c6a (2025).<\/strong><\/p>\r\n Al Ba’ba’a, H. B.*; Ma, J. A.*, Inverse design of topological diatomic lattices based on complex phase locus<\/a>, Frontiers in Acoustics<\/em> (Invited, Special Topic: Acoustic Topological Insulators: Envisioned Applications and Technology Integration), 3:1529474 (2025).<\/strong><\/p>\r\n Walker, T.; Vuong, V.-Q.; Irle, S.*; Ma, J.*,\u00a0 Evaluation of Density-Functional Tight-Binding Methods for Simulation of Protic Molecular Ion Pairs<\/a>, Journal of Computational Chemistry<\/em>, 46: e70064 (2025).<\/strong><\/p>\r\n Boriwaye, T.; Ma, J.*, Effect of Grain Boundaries on Thermal Transport in Bi-Layer Graphene Nanoribbons<\/a>, APL Materials<\/em> \u2013 Special Topic: Emerging Leaders in Materials Science, 12 (12), 121112 (2024).<\/strong><\/p>\r\n Guzelturk, B.*; Portner J.; Ondry, J.; Ghanbarzadeh, S.; Tarantola, M.; Jeong, A.; Field, T.; Chandler, A. M.; Wieman, E.; Hopper, T.; Watkins, N.; Yue, J.; Cheng, X.; Lin, M.-F.; Luo, D.; Kramer, P. L.; Shen, X.; Reid, A. H.; Borkiewicz, O.; Ruett, U.; Zhang, X.; Lindenberg, A. M.; Ma, J.*; Schaller, R.*; Talapin, D. V.*; Cotts, B. L.*, Ultrafast symmetry control in photoexcited quantum dots<\/a>, Advanced Materials<\/em> (Frontispiece), 37, 2414196. (2024)<\/strong><\/p>\r\n A. Rajabpoor Alisepahi, J. Ma*.\u00a0<\/a>In-Gap Edge and Domain-Wall States in Largely Perturbed Phononic Su\u2013Schrieffer\u2013Heeger Lattices<\/a>. Crystals<\/em> (Invited), 14 (1), 102, (2024).<\/strong><\/p>\r\n \r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n A. Rajabpoor Alisepahi, S. Sarkar, K. Sun, J. Ma*.\u00a0Breakdown of Conventional Winding Number Calculation in One-Dimensional Lattices with Interactions Beyond Nearest Neighbors<\/a>. Communications Physics<\/em> (Editor’s Highlights), 6, 334, (2023).<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n J.A. Ma*, Phonon Engineering of Micro- and Nanophononic Crystals and Acoustic Metamaterials: A Review<\/a>, Small Science<\/em> (Invited), 3, 2200052 (2023)<\/strong><\/p>\r\n \r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n E.F. Joubaneh, J.A. Ma*, Wave Propagation in Meta-Sandwich Beams<\/a>, Health Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems XVI.<\/em> Vol. 12048J (2022) https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/smsc.202200052<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\r\n \r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n E.F. Joubaneh, J. Ma*, Symmetry Effect on the Dynamic Behaviors of Sandwich Beams with Periodic Face Sheets<\/a>, Composite Structures<\/em> 289, 115406 (2022)<\/strong><\/p>\r\n \r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n J. Ma, J.Y. Carrillo, C. Do, W-R Chen, P. Falus, Z. Shen, K. Hong, B.G. Sumpter, Y. Wang, Spatial Correlations of Entangled Polymer Dynamics<\/a>, Physical Review E<\/em>\u00a0104 (2), 024503 (2021)<\/strong><\/p>\r\n \r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n Z. Shen, J. Ma, J.Y. Carrillo, W-R Chen, B.G. Sumpter, Y. Wang, Spatiotemporal mapping of mesoscopic liquid dynamics<\/a>, Physical Review E<\/em> 103 (2), 022609 (2021)<\/strong><\/p>\r\n \r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n D. Zhou, J. Ma, K. Sun, S. Gonella, X. Mao, Switchable phonon diodes using nonlinear topological Maxwell lattices<\/a>, Physical Review B<\/em> 101 (10), 104106 (2020)<\/strong><\/p>\r\n \r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n J. Ma, K. Sun, S. Gonella, Valley-Hall In-Plane Edge States as Building Blocks for Elastodynamic Logic Circuits<\/a>, Physical Review Applied<\/em> 12 (4), 044015 (2019)<\/strong><\/p>\r\n \r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n J. Ma, D. Zhou, K. Sun, X. Mao, S. Gonella, Influence of hinge stiffness on the asymmetric wave transport in topological lattices: a parametric study<\/a>, Health Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems XIII.<\/em> Vol. 10972. International Society for Optics and Photonics (2019)<\/strong><\/p>\r\n \r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n J. Ma, D. Zhou, K. Sun, X. Mao, S. Gonella, Edge Modes and Asymmetric Wave Transport in Topological Lattices: Experimental Characterization at Finite Frequencies<\/a>, Physical Review Letters<\/em> 121 (9), 094301 (2018)<\/strong><\/p>\r\n \r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n H. Xu, J. Ma, T. Dumitrica, Smooth sliding and superlubricity in the nanofriction of collapsed carbon nanotubes<\/a>, Carbon<\/em> 134, 531-535 (2018)<\/strong><\/p>\r\n \r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n J. Ma, H. Xu, T. Dumitrica, Collapsed carbon nanotubes as building blocks for high-performance thermal materials<\/a>, Physical Review Materials<\/em> 1 (5), 056001 (2017)<\/strong><\/p>\r\n \r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n J. Ma, A. Dasmahapatra, P. Kroll, E. Meletis, T. Dumitrica, Compositional and structural atomistic study of amorphous Si\u2013B\u2013N networks of interest for high-performance coatings<\/a>, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C<\/em> 120 (42), 24346-24353 (2016)<\/strong><\/p>\r\n \r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n J. Ma, Y. Ni, T. Dumitrica, Nanowires with Dislocations for Ultralow Lattice Thermal Conductivity<\/a>, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics<\/em> (Communication), 18(15), 9888-9892 (2016)<\/strong><\/p>\r\n \r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n C.G. Wang, Y.P. Liu, J. Ma, T. Dumitric\u0103, M.K. Wadee, H.F. Tan, Buckling behavior of carbon nanotubes under bending: from ripple to kink<\/a>, Carbon<\/em> 102, 224-235 (2016)<\/strong><\/p>\r\n \r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n J. Ma, Y. Ni, S. Volz, T. Dumitrica, Thermal transport in single-walled carbon nanotubes under pure bending<\/a>, Physical Review Applied<\/em> 3 (2), 024014 (2015)<\/strong><\/p>\r\n \r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n J. Ma, Y. Ni, T. Dumitrica, Thermal conductivity and phonon scattering in severely bent carbon nanotubes and bi-layer graphene<\/a>, Materials Today: Proceedings<\/em> 2 (6), 3819-3823 (2015)<\/strong><\/p>\r\n \r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\nPapers<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n