Publications

Recent Publications

2008

• Direct observation of optically induced transient structures in graphite using ultrafast electron crystallography (Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 077401 (2008)).

• Photovoltage dynamics of the hydroxylated Si(111) surface investigated by ultrafast electron diffraction (Phys. Rev. B 77, 245329(2008)).

2007

• Dynamics of size-selected gold nanoparticles studied by ultrafast electron nanocrystallography (Nano Lett. 7, 1290 (2007)).

Selected Previous Publications

2004

1. C.-Y. Ruan, V. Franco, V.A. Lobastov, S. Chen, A.H. Zewail, “Ultrafast electron crystallography :  transient structures of molecules, surfaces and phase transitions”, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (101), 1123 (2004)

2. C.-Y. Ruan, V.A. Lobastov, V. Franco, S. Chen, A.H. Zewail, “Ultrafast electron crystallography of Interfacial Water”, Science (304), 5667 (2004).

3. C.-Y. Ruan, S.-S. Yang, A.H. Zewail, “Structures and Dynamics of Self-Assembled Surface Monolayers Observed by Ultrafast Electron Crystallography”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 126, 12797 (2004)

2001

1. C.-Y. Ruan, V.A. Lobastov, R. Srinivasan, B.M. Goodson, H. Ihee, A.H. Zewail, “Ultrafast diffraction and structural dynamics: The nature of complex molecules far from equilibrium”, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A . (98), 7117 (2001)

2.  H. Ihee, V. A. Lobastov, U. Gomez, B. M. Goodson,  R. Srinivasan,  C.-Y.  Ruan, A. H. Zewail, “Direct Imaging of Transient Molecular Structures with Ultrafast Diffraction”, Science (291), 458 (2001).