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2004

Mao, Samuel S, Fabien Quéré, Stéphane Guizard, Xianglei Mao, Richard E Russo, Guillaume Petite, and Philippe Martin."Dynamics of femtosecond laser interactions with dielectrics."Applied Physics A-Materials Science & Processing 79.7 (2004) 1695-1709. DOI

Mao, Samuel S, Xianzhong Zeng, Xianglei Mao, and Richard E Russo."Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy: flat surface vs. cavity structures."J.Anal.Atom.Spectrom. 19 (2004) 495-498.

Zeng, Xianzhong, Xianglei Mao, Samuel S Mao, Jong-Hyun Yoo, Ralph Greif, and Richard E Russo."Laser-plasma interactions in fused silica cavities."Journal of Applied Physics 95 (2004) 816-822.

Liu, Chunyi, Xianglei Mao, Samuel S Mao, Xianzhong Zeng, Ralph Greif, and Richard E Russo."Nanosecond and femtosecond laser ablation of brass: Particulate and ICPMS measurements."Analytical Chemistry 76 (2004) 379-383.

2003

Poitrasson, Franck, Xianglei Mao, Samuel S Mao, Rémi Freydier, and Richard E Russo."Comparison of ultraviolet femtosecond and nanosecond laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry analysis in glass, monazite, and zircon."Analytical Chemistry 75.22 (2003) 6184-6190. DOI

Satta, Mauro, Xianzhong Zeng, Xianglei Mao, Samuel S Mao, Richard E Russo, Anna Giardini Guidoni, and Aldo Mele."Laser plasma spectroscopy of Al-Cu-Fe quasicrystal and alloy."Applied Spectroscopy 57.7 (2003) 737-743.

Mao, Xianglei, Samuel S Mao, and Richard E Russo."Imaging femtosecond laser-induced electronic excitation in glass."Applied Physics Letters 82.5 (2003) 697-699. DOI

Zeng, Xianzhong, Samuel S Mao, Chunyi Liu, Xianglei Mao, Ralph Greif, and Richard E Russo."Laser-induced plasmas in micromachined fused silica cavities."Appl.Phys.Lett. 83 (2003) 240-242.

Zeng, Xianzhong, Samuel S Mao, Chunyi Liu, Xianglei Mao, Ralph Greif, and Richard E Russo."Plasma diagnostics during laser ablation in a cavity."Spectrochim.Acta Pt.B-At.Spec. 58 (2003) 867-877.

2002

Yang, Peidong, Haoquan Yan, Samuel S Mao, Richard E Russo, Justin Johnson, Richard Saykally, Nathan Morris, Johnny Pham, Rongrui He, and Heon-Jin Choi."Controlled growth of ZnO nanowires and their optical properties."Advanced Functional Materials 12.5 (2002) 323-331. DOI

Russo, Richard E, Xianglei Mao, Haichen Liu, Jhanis J Gonzalez, and Samuel S Mao."Laser ablation in analytical chemistry - a review."Talanta 57.3 (2002) 425-451. DOI

Gonzalez, Jhanis J, Xianglei Mao, John Roy, Samuel S Mao, and Richard E Russo."Comparison of 193, 213 and 266 nm laser ablation ICP-MS."Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry 17.9 (2002) 1108-1113. DOI

Lu, Quanming, Samuel S Mao, Xianglei Mao, and Richard E Russo."Delayed phase explosion during high-power nanosecond laser ablation of silicon."Applied Physics Letters 80.17 (2002) 3072-3074. DOI

Gonzalez, Jhanis J, Xianglei Mao, Samuel S Mao, and Richard E Russo."Femtosecond laser ablation-ICP-MS."Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry 17 (2002) 1072-1075.

Russo, Richard E, Xianglei Mao, and Samuel S Mao."The physics of laser ablation in microchemical analysis."Analytical Chemistry 74 (2002) 70A-77A.

2001

Huang, Michael H, Samuel S Mao, Henning Feick, Haoquan Yan, Yiying Wu, Hannes Kind, Eicke R Weber, Richard E Russo, and Peidong Yang."Room-temperature ultraviolet nanowire nanolasers."Science 292.5523 (2001) 1897-1899. DOI

Mao, Samuel S, Xianglei Mao, Ralph Greif, and Richard E Russo."Influence of preformed shock wave on the development of picosecond laser ablation plasma."Journal of Applied Physics 89.7 (2001) 4096-4098. DOI

Salleo, Alberto, François Y Génin, Michael D Feit, Alexander M Rubenchik, Timothy Sands, Samuel S Mao, and Richard E Russo."Energy deposition at front and rear surfaces during picosecond laser interaction with fused silica."Applied Physics Letters 78.19 (2001) 2840-2842. DOI

2000

Mao, Samuel S, Xianglei Mao, Ralph Greif, and Richard E Russo."Initiation of an early-stage plasma during picosecond laser ablation of solids."Applied Physics Letters 77.16 (2000) 2464-2466. DOI

Mao, Samuel S, Ralph Greif, Xianglei Mao, and Richard E Russo."Plasma Development During Picosecond Laser Processing of Electronic Materials."Journal of Heat Transfer-Transactions of the ASME 122.3 (2000) 424-424. DOI

Mao, Samuel S, Xianglei Mao, Ralph Greif, and Richard E Russo."Simulation of a picosecond laser ablation plasma."Applied Physics Letters 76.23 (2000) 3370-3372. DOI

Mao, Samuel S, Xianglei Mao, Ralph Greif, and Richard E Russo."Observation of plasma formation during picosecond laser ablation of metals."SPIE Proceedings: Laser Plasma Generation and Diagnostics 3935 (2000) 119. DOI

Mao, Samuel S, Xianglei Mao, Ralph Greif, and Richard E Russo."Dynamics of an air breakdown plasma on a solid surface during picosecond laser ablation."Applied Physics Letters 76 (2000) 31-33.

1999

Russo, Richard E, Xianglei Mao, Haichen Liu, Jong-Hyun Yoo, and Samuel S Mao."Time-resolved plasma diagnostics and mass removal during single-pulse laser ablation."Applied Physics A: Materials Science & Processing 69.1 Supplement (1999) S887-S894. DOI

1998

Mao, Samuel S, Xianglei Mao, Ralph Greif, and Richard E Russo."Breakdown of equilibrium approximation for nanosecond laser-induced electron emission from silicon."Applied Physics Letters 73.10 (1998) 1331-1333. DOI