Recent publications (since 2004)
Professor Chijin Xiao

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  1.    Y.S. Li, Y. Tang, Q. Yang, C. Xiao, and A. Hirose, Growth and adhesion failure of diamond thin films deposited on stainless steel with ultra-thin dual metal interlayers, Appl. Surface Sci.  256, 7653-7657 (2010).

  2. Y.S. Li, Y. Tang, Q. Yang, J. Maley, R. Sammynaiken, T. Regier, C. Xiao, and A. Hirose,  Ultrathin W-Al Dual Interlayer Approach to Depositing Smooth and Adherent Nanocrystalline Diamond Films on Stainless Steel, ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2335-338   (2010).
  3. A. Pant, A. Hirose, and C. Xiao, Repetitive operation of the University of Saskatchewan Compact Torus Injector, RADIATION EFFECTS AND DEFECTS IN SOLIDS 165, 96-105  (2010).
  4. G.S. Germaine, C. Xiao, and A. Hirose, Plasma flow measurements in improved modes on STOR-M and CASTOR tokamaks, RADIATION EFFECTS AND DEFECTS IN SOLIDS 165, 138-164 (2010).
  5. M. Dreval, D. Rohraff, C. Xiao, and A. Hirose, Retarding field energy analyzer for the Saskatchewan Torus-Modified plasma boundary, Review of Scientific Instruments  80, 103505 (2009).
  6. Y.S. Li, Y. Tang, Q. Yang, C. Xiao, A. Hirose, Al-enhanced low temperature deposition of diamond thin films on hetero-substrate, Materials Chemistry and Physics116, 649-653 (2009). 
  7. D. Trembach, C. Xiao, M. DrevalA. Hirose, Diamagnetic measurements in the STOR-M tokamak by a flux loop system exterior to the vacuum vessel, Review of Scientific Instruments 80, 053502 (2009).
  8. Y.S. Li, Y. Tang, Q. Yang, C. Xiao, A. Hirose, Diamond deposition on steel substrates with an Al interlayer, NTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REFRACTORY METALS & HARD MATERIALS 27, 417-420 (2009)
  9. M. Dreval, C. Xiao, D. Trembach, A. Hirose, S. Elgriw, A. Pant, D. Rohraff, T. Niu, Simultaneous evolution of plasma rotation, radial electric field, MHD activity and plasma confinement in STOR-M tokamak, Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 50, 095914 (2008).
  10. C. Xiao, T. Niu, J.E. Morelli, C. Paz-Soldan, M. Dreval, Design and Initial Operation of Multichord Soft X-Ra Detection Arrays on the STOR-M Tokamak, Review of Scientific Instruments 79, 10E926 (2008).
  11. M. Dreval, C. Xiao, D. Trembach, A. Hirose, Heavy-ion Beam Probe Diagnostics for the STOR-M Tokamak: Numerical Simulations and Design Features (Abstract, PDF file), Plasma Devices and Operations 16, 127-134 (2008).
  12. X. Lu, Q. Yang, C. Xiao, A. Hirose, Filed Electron Emission Charachteristics of Chemical Vapor Deposition Diamond Films with Controlled sp(2) Phase Concentration, Thin Solid Films 516, 4217-4221 (2008).
  13. A. Hirose, M. Dreval, S. Elgriw, O. Mitarai, A. Pant, M. Peng, D. Rohraff, A.K. Singh, D. Trembach, C. Xiao, "Recent Results from the STOR-M Tokamak" in Plasma and Fusion Science, 17th IAEA Technical Meeting on Research Using Small Fusion Devices, Lisbon, Potugal, 22-24 October 2007, Edited by C. Varandas and C. Silva, AIP Conference Proceedings Series 996, American Institute of Physics, Melville, NY, 2008, Pp. 14-23.
  14. D. Liu, C. Xiao, A. Hirose, Performance of the University of Saskatchewan Compact Torus Injector with Curved Acceleration Electrodes, Review of Scientific Instruments 79,  013502-1-6 (2008)
  15. Y.S. Li, Q. Yang,C. Xiao, A. HiroseEffect of various alloying elements on diamond growth on Fe-Cr steels, Thin Slolid Films 516, 3089-3093 (2008).
  16. X. Lu,  Q. Yang, C. Xiao, A. Hirose, T. Tiedje, Synthesis and field electron emission characteristics of diamond multilayer films grown by graphite etching, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 40, 4010-4014 (2007).
  17. Y.S. Li, C. Xiao, A. Hirose, Q. Yang, S. Shimada,  Diamong growth on a Si substrate  with ceramic interlayers, Journal  American Ceramic Society  90, 1427-1433 (2007).
  18. Q. Yang, S.N. Yang, C. Xiao, A. Hirose, Transformation of carbon nanotubes to diamond in microwave hydrogen plasma,  Materials Letters 61,2208-2211 (2007).
  19. X. Lu,  Q. Yang, C. Xiao, A. Hirose, Effects of hydrogen flow rate on the growth and field electron emission characteristics of diamond films synthesizedthrough graphite etching, Diamond and  Related  Materials 16, 1623-1627 (2007).
  20. Q.Q. Yang, S.N. Yang, C.J. Xiao, A. Hirose, Effects of nichel thin films on the nucleation and growth of diamond on silicon, Materials Research Innovations 10,  115 (2006).
  21. X. Lu,  Q. Yang, W. Chen, C. Xiao, A. Hirose, Field electron emission characteristics of diamond films with different grain morphologies, Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B  24, 2575-2580 (2006).
  22. A. Singh, J. Morelli, C. Xiao, O. Mitarai, A. Hirose, Investigation of Plasma Equilibrium in the Saskatchewan Torus-Modified (STOR-M) during Alternating Current Operation, Contribution to Plasma Physics 40, 773-789 (2006).
  23. C. Xiao, S.J. Livingstone, A.K. Singh, D. Raju, G.S. Germaine, D. Liu, C. Boucher, A. Hirose, Short Wavelength Density and Low Frequency MHD Fluctuation Measurements in the STOR-M Tokamak,  IAEA Fusion Energy Conference 2006, Paper No. EX/P4-31 .
  24. W.F. Chen, X.F. Lu, Q.Q. Yang, C.J. Xiao, R. Sammynaiken, J. Manly, A. Hirose, Effects of Gas Flow Rate on Diamond Deposition in a MicroWave Plasma Reactor, Thin Slolid Films 515, 1970-1975 (2006).
  25. X. Lu, Q. Yang, C. Xiao, A. Hirose, Nonlinear Fowler-Nordheim plots of the field electron emission from graphitic nanocones: influence of nonuniform field enhancement factors, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 39, 3375-3379 (2006).
  26. A. Hirose, C. Xiao, O. Mitarai, J. Morelli, H.M. Skarsgard, STOR-M Tokamak Design and Instrumentation, Physics in Canada 62, 111-120 (2006) (invited paper).
  27. W. Chen, C. Xiao, Q. Yang, S. Yang, A. Hirose, Controlled Synthesis of Tungsten and Tungsten Oxide nanorod films, Materials Research Innovations 10, 43 (2006).
  28. D. Liu, C. Xiao, A.K. Singh, A. Hirose, Bench Test and Preliminary Results of Vertical Compact Torus Injection Experiments on the STOR-M Tokamak, Nuclear Fusion 46, 104-109 (2006).
  29. Q. Yang, T. Hamilton, C. Xiao, A. Hirose, A. Moewes, Plasma-Enhanced Synthesis of Diamond Nanocone Films, Thin Solid Films 494, 110-115 (2006).
  30. X. Lu, Q. Yang, C. Xiao, A. Hirose, Field Electron Emission of Carbon-based Nanocone Films, Applied Physics A 82, 293-296 (2006).
  31. C.J. Xiao, D. Liu, S. Livingstone, A.K. Singh, E. Zhang, A. Hirose, Tangential and Vertical Compact Torus Injection Experiments on the STOR-M Tokamak, Plasma Science and Technology 7, 2701-2704 (2005). 
  32. Q. Yang, C. Xiao, W. Chen and A. Hirose, Synthesis of Diamond Films and Nanotips through Graphite Etching, Carbon 43, 748-754 (2005).
  33. Q. Yang, C. Xiao, A. Hirose, Plasma Enhanced Deposition of Nano-Structured Carbon Films, Plasma Science and Technology 7, 2660-2664 (2005). 
  34. W. Chen, C. Xiao, Q. Yang, A. Moewes, A. Hirose, The Effects of Bias Polarity on the Growth of Diamond Films, Canadian Journal of Physics 83, 753-759 (2005).
  35. Q. Yang, W. Chen, C. Xiao, A. Hirose, M. Bradley, Low Temperature Synthesis of Diamond Thin Films through Graphite Etching in a Microwave Hydrogen Plasma, Carbon 43, 2635-2638 (2005).
  36. Q. Yang, W. Chen, C. Xiao, A. Hirose, R. Sammynaiken, Simultaneous Growth of Well-aligned Diamond and Graphitic Carbon Nanostructures through Graphite Etching, Diamond and Related Materials 14, 1683-1687 (2005).
  37. Q. Yang, C. Xiao, W. Chen, A. Hirose, Selective growth of diamond and carbon nanostructures by hot filament chemical vapor deposition, Diamond and Related Materials 13, 433-437 (2004).
  38. D. Liu, C. Xiao, A. K. Singh, and A. Hirose, Vertical Injection of Compact Torus into the STOR-M,  IAEA Fusion Energy Conference 2004, Paper No. FT/P6-38.
  39. C. Xiao, S. Sen, A. Hirose, Improved Confinement Induced by Tangential Injection of Compact Torus into the Saskatchewan Torus-Modified (STOR-M) Tokamak, Physics of Plasmas 11, 4041-4049 (2004).
  40. P. Franz , L. Marrelli, P. Piovesan, B.E. Chapman, P. Martin, I. Predebon, G. Spizzo, R.B. White, C. Xiao, Observations of Multiple Magnetic Islands in the Core of a Reversed Field Pinch, Physical Review Letters 92, 125001-4 (2004).


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