Profile

Career

BSc (Imperial), PhD (Cambridge), CPhys, MInstP

Summary of expertise

• Nanophysics and nanomaterials
• Electron energy loss spectroscopy
• Aberration-free electron microscopy
• Dynamical scanning probe microscopy

Research

Overview

Research Group: Nanophysics

Highlights

Theory of interaction between vortex electron beam and atoms

Publication: S. Lloyds, M. Babiker and J. Yuan (2012) Phys. Rev. Lett, 108, 074802 (DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.074802)

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Publications

Selected publications

2008

ZY LI, NP YOUNG, M DI VECE, S PALOMBA, RE PALMER, A BLELOCH, BC CURLEY, RL JOHNSTON, J JIANG AND J YUAN
Three-dimensional Atomic-scale Structure of Size-selected Gold Nanoclusters
Nature, 451, 46-8 (2008).

2007

J JIANG, J. YUAN AND A BLELOCH
Cluster Scale Composition Determination in a Boron Rich Compound
Appl. Phys. Letts., 91, 113107-3 (2007).

X ZHANG, WG WANG, LN ZHANG, JJ QI AND J YUAN
Correlation of bonding of grain boundary and fracture mode with local electronic structure in steels by electron energy loss spectroscopy
Appl. Phys. Letts., 90, 171905 (2007).

P WU, Y FANG, X TUO, X WANG, B HAN AND J YUAN
Preparation of FePt Magnetic Nanodot Arrays by Nanosphere Lithography
Chinese Science Bulletin, 52, 1125-8 (2007)

XD HAN, YF ZHANG, K ZHENG, XN Zhang, Z ZHANG, YJ HAO, XY GUO, J YUAN AND ZL WANG
Low-Temperature in Situ Large Strain Plasticity of Ceramic SiC Nanowires and Its Atomic-Scale Mechanism
Nano Letters, 7, 452-7 (2007).

2006

M CAO, J JIANG, H LIU AND J YUAN
A Simple Method to Prepare Boron Suboxide Fibres”
J. Electroceramics, 17(2-4) p817-820 (2006)

J JIANG, M CAO, Y SUN, P WU, AND J YUAN
Star-shaped Cyclic Twinned Nanowire
Appl. Phys. Lett. 88, 163107 (2006)

2005

P WU, X HU, AND J YUAN
Nonepitaxial Growth of (001) Textured L10 Fe-Pt Film in H2 and N2 Annealing Atmospheres
Rare Metal, 25(3), p260-264 (2005)

ZY LI, J YUAN, Y CHEN, RE PALMER, AND JP WILCOXON
Direct Imaging of Core-shell Structure in Silver-gold Bimetallic Nanoparticles
Appl. Phys. Lett., 87, 243103 (2005).

ZY LI, J YUAN, Y CHEN, RE PALMER, AND JP WILCOXON
Local Three Dimensional Visualization of Nanoparticle Assemblies
Advanced Materials, 17, 2885-2888 (2005).

XZ ZHANG, LN ZHANG, Y MA AND J YUAN
Electronic Structure Characterization of Bonding of Grain Boundaries and Fracture Mode of Steels
Acta Metallurgica Sinica, 41(6), 617-621 (2005).

YK SUN AND J YUAN
Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy of Core-electron Excitation in Anisotropic Systems: Magic angle, Magic Orientation and Dichroism
Phys. Rev. B 71, 125109-125119 (2005).

J ZHU, SP GAO, AH ZHANG, AND J YUAN
Theoretical Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy and its Application in Materials Research
J. Electron Microscopy, 54(3), 293-298 (2005).

PL WU, L PENG, X TUO, XG WANG, AND J YUAN
Control of Deposition Channels in Nanosphere Templates for High-density Nanodot Array Production
Nanotechnology, 2005, 16, 1693-1696 (2005).

YK SUN AND J YUAN
Spatially Resolved Core Level Spectroscopy of Nanotube
Materials Science Forum, 475-479, 4085-4088 (2005).

MH CAO, J JIANG, H X LIU, AND J YUAN
The Nature of Fe Phase in Ferromagnetic CaB6
Physica B-Condensed Matter, 364, 150-156(2005).

MH CAO, J JIANG, HX LIU, AND J YUAN
Origin of Ferromagnetism in Polycrystalline Ca₁+dB₆ (-0.05< d <0.05) ceramics
Physica B-Condensed Matter, 369 39-43 (2005).

2004

SP GAO, J ZHU, AND J YUAN
Identification of Polymorphs of sp3 Bonded Carbon and Boron Nitride Using Core-level Absorption Spectroscopy
Chem. Phys. Lett. 400(4-6), 413-418 (2004).

SP GAO, J JIANG, MH CAO, J ZHU, J YUAN
Unoccupied Electronic States in CaB6 Studied by Density Functional Theory and EELS Measurements
Phys. Rev. B 69, 214419 (2004).

SP GAO, A ZHANG, J ZHU, J YUAN
Anisotropic Spectroscopy of Nitrogen K-Edge in Group III Nitrides
Appl. Phys. Lett., 84, 2784 (2004).