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Research interests
TEM: conventional and high resolution methods, EDS & EELS analysis; developed analytical approximation for electron scattering and customized software for analysis linear and planar defects in different types of structures.
Material science: conducted studies of correlation between real structure and physical properties in variety of materials (metals and alloys, HTS, fullerenes, semiconductors films, nonlinear optics materials), determination of the structure of new compounds.
Education
1978: Ph.D in Physics and Material Sciences at the Institute of Metal Physics and Metallography, Bardin Central Research Institute of Ferrous Metallurgy, Russia.
Employment
Awards/Honors
Teaching
Selected Publications
Total number of publications: 120
C.C. Peng, S.J. Huang, I.A.Rusakova, and N.L Wu, Synthesis and Photocatalysis of {100} bounded TiO2 Nanocrystallites, submitted to J. Photochem and Photobiology.
A. Gandini, R. P. Sawh, R. Weinstein, B. Mayers, D. Parks, and I. Rusakova, Observations of universal dependence of change in critical temperature on volume of HTS destroyed by ions in YBCO, submitted to Applied Physics Letters.T.
Autug, D.K. Christen, M. Paranthaman, A.A. Gapud, H.M. Christen, S. Kang, M. Varela, K.J. Leonard, A. Goyal, P.M. Martin, J.R. Thompson, A. O. Ijaduola, R. Meng, I. Rusakova, C.W. Chu, T.H. Johansen, and S.W. Chan, Enhancement of Flux Pinning in YBa2Cu3O7-¥ Films via Nano-scale Modifications of Substrate Surfaces, accepted as a chapter in the book "Flux Pinning and AC loss Studies on YBCO Coated Conductors" published by Nova Scientific Publishers.
B. Sitharaman, X. Shi, L. A. Tran, P. P. Spicer, I. Rusakova, L. J. Wilson, and A.G. Mikos, Injectable in situ crosslinkable nanocomposites of biodegradable polymers and carbon nanostructures for bone tissue engineering, accepted to the Journal of Biomaterials Science Polymer Edition.
S.V. Ghalsasi, Y.X. Zhou, I. Rusakova, Y.Y. Sun, and K. Salama, Enhancement of current carrying capability of superconducting YBCO films using chemical doping, accepted to IEEE Transaction on Applied Superconductivity.
I. Rusakova, T. Ould-Ely, C. Hofmann, D. Prieto-Centurion, C. Levin, N. Halas, A. Lüttge and K.H. Whitmire, Nanoparticle Shape Conservation in the Conversion of MnO Nanocrosses into Mn3O4, accepted to Chemistry of Materials.
W. Zagozdzon-Wosik, I. Rusakova, C. Darne, Z.H. Zhang, P. van der Heide, and P. Majhi, Microstructure and Electrical Properties of Diborides Modified by Rapid Thermal Annealing, Journal of Microscopy, 223, 227-230, 2006.
T. Aytug, M. Paranthaman, K.J. Leonard, S. Kang, P.M. Martin, L. Heatherly, A. Goyal, A. O. Ijaduola, J.R. Thompson, D.K Christen, R. Meng, I. Rusakova, and C.W. Chu, Analysis of flux pinning in YBa2Cu3O7-d films by nanoparticle-modified substrate surfaces, Physical Review B 74, 184505 (-1-8), 2006.
C. Lupu, K. L. Jackson, S. Bard, I. Rusakova, and A.R. Barron, Control over Cement Setting Through the Use of Chemically Modified Fly Ash, Advanced Engineering Materials, 8, No.6, 576-580, 2006.
T. Ould-Ely, D. Prieto-Centurion, A. Kumar, W. Guo, W. Knowels, Asokan, M.S. Wong, I. Rusakova, A. Luttge, and K.H. Whitmire, Manganese (II) Oxide Nanohexapods: Insight into Controlling the Form of Nanocrystals, Chemistry of Materials, 18, 1821-1829, 2006.
R.L. Meng, T.H. Johansen, I.A. Rusakova, A. Baikalov, D. Pham, C. Feng. Z.Y. Zuo, and C.W. Chu, Enhanced critical current density of YBa2Cu3Ox films grown on Nd1/3Eu1/3Gd1/3Ba2Cu3Ox with nano-undulated surface morphology, Physica C, 434, 39-44, 2006.
L. Shao, J.K. Lee, T. Hochbauer, M. Nastasi, P. E. Thompson, I. Rusakova, H.W. Seo, Q.Y. Chen, J. Liu and W.K. Chu, Ion-cut of Si facilitated by interfacial defects of Si substrate/epitaxial layer grown by molecular beam epitaxy, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 242, Issues 1-2, 509-511, 2006.
L. Shao, M. Nastasi, P. E. Thompson, I. Rusakova, Q. Chen, J. Liu and W.K. Chu, The energy dependence of excessive vacancies created by high energy Si+ ion implantation in Si, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 242, Issues 1-2, 506-508, 2006.
X.K. Yu, L. Shao, I. Rusakova, X.M. Wang, K.B. Ma, H.Chen, J. Liu, W.K. Chu, Effect of target temperature on the radiation damage from Mev Si self implantation in Si, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 242, Issues 1-2, 434-436, 2006.
T. Aytug, M. Paranthaman, A.A. Gapud, S. Kang, H.M. Christen, K.J. Leonard, P.M. Martin, J.R. Thompson, D.K Christen, R. Meng, I. Rusakova, C.W. Chu, and T.H. Johansen, Enhancement of flux pinning and critical currents in YBa2Cu3O7-d films by nano-scale Iridium pre-treatment of substrate surfaces, Journal of Applied Physics, 98, 114309 (1-5), 2005.
J.M. Zeng, I. Rusakova, Z. Tang, X. Zhang, D. Sanchez, A. Molodyk, N. Wu, and A. Ignatiev, YBa2Cu3O7-x thick films deposited by photo-assisted metal-organic chemical vapor deposition, International Journal of Modern Physics B: Condensed Matter Physics, Statistical Physics, Applied Physics, 19, Part 2, 423-425, 2005.
B. Sitharaman, K. R. Kissell, K. B. Hartman, L. A. Tran, A. Baikalov, I. Rusakova, Y. Sun, H. A. Khant, S. J. Ludtke, W. Chiu, S. Laus, E. Toth, L. Helm. A. E. Merbach, and L.J. Wilson, Superparamagnetic Gadonanotubes Are High-Performance MRI Contrast Agents, Chemical Communications, 3915-3917, 2005.
R.L. Meng, D. Pham, Y.Y. Sun, I.A. Rusakova, J. Cmaidalka, A. Baikalov, C. Wang, and C.W. Chu, YBCO/YCBCO Multi-Layer Healing Technique for YBCO Coated Conductors, IEEE Transactions Applied Superconductivity, 15, No.2, 3086-3089, 2005.
Y.C. Weng, I. Rusakova, A. Baikalov, J.W. Chen, and N.L. Wu, Microstructural Evolution of Nanocrystalline Magnetite Synthesized by Electrocoagulation, Journal of Material Research, 20, No.1, 75-80, 2005.
R. Ranjit, W. Zagozdzon-Wosik, I. Rusakova, P. van der Heide, Z.-H. Zhang, J. Bennett, Formation of contacts and ultra shallow junctions using diborides of Ti, Zr and Hf, Reviews on Advanced Materials Science, 8, #2, 176-184, 2004.
W. Zagozdzon-Wosik, D. Radhakrishnan, C. Darne, I. Rusakova, P. van der Heide, Z.-H. Zhang, J. Bennett, L. Trombetta, P. Majhi, Refractory metallic borides used for gate electrode applications in CMOS integrated circuits, Reviews on Advanced Materials Science, 8, #2, 185-194, 2004.
B. Sitharaman, R. Boskar, I. Rusakova and, L. J. Wilson, Gd@C60(OH)23 and Gd@C60[C(COOK)2]10: Nanoscale Aggregation Studies of Two Metallofullerene MRI Contrast Agents in Aqueous Solution, Nano Letters, 4, No.12, 2373-2378, 2004.
B. Sitharaman, S. Asokan, I. Rusakova, M. S. Wong, and L. J. Wilson, Nanoscale Aggregation Properties of Neuroprotective Carboxyfullerene (C3) in Aqueous Solution, Nano Letters, 4, No.9, 1759-1762, 2004.
L. Shao, X. Wang. I. Rusakova, H. Chen, J. Liu, P.E. Thompson, and W.K. Chu, Study on interfacial Dislocations of Si Substrate/ Epitaxial Layer by Defect Trapping, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B 219-220, 938-941, 2004.
C.Y. Tung, N.L. Wu, I.A. Rusakova, Synthesis of Mesoporous Crystalline SnO2 of Large Surface Area by Combination of Supermolecule Templating and Grain Growth Inhibition, Journal of Material Research, 18, No. 12, 2890-2894, 2003.
W. Zagozdzon-Wosik, C. Darne, D. Radhakrishnan, R. Ranjit, I. Rusakova, P. van der Heide and Z. Zhang, "Alternative Gate Electrode Materials", Proceedings of SRC/SEMATECH GSEWG Meeting, pp. 32-45, 2003.
W. Zagozdzon-Wosik, R.Ranjit, I. Rusakova, P.van der Heide, Z. Zhang, and J. Bennett, RTP of Titanium Boride for Applications in Front End Processing, Proceedings of the 11-th International Conference on Advanced Thermal Processing of Semiconductors, (RTP 2003), 2009-2013, 2003.
L. Shao, X. Wang. I. Rusakova, H. Chen, J. Liu, P.E. Thompson, and W.K. Chu, Study on interfacial Dislocations of Si Substrate/ Epitaxial Layer by self-interstital decoration technique, Applied Physics Letters, 83, 934-936, 2003.
R. P. Sawh, R. Weinstein, D. Parks, A. Gandini, Y. Ren, and I. Rusakova, Tungsten and Molybdenum Double Perovskites as Pinning Centers in Melt-Textured Y123, Physica C 383, 411-416, 2003.
L. Shao, X. Wang, I. Rusakova, H. Chen, J. Liu, J. Bennett, L. Larsen, J. Jin, P.A.W. van der Heide, and W.K. Chu, Stability Studies of Ultra-Shallow Junction formed by Low Energy Boron Implant and Spike Annealing, Journal of Applied Physics, 92, 5788, 2002.
W. Zagozdzon-Wosik, R. Ranjit, D.B. Ravindranath, Z. Zhang, J. Charlson, I. Rusakova, P.van der Heide, L.Larson, J. Bennett, R. Tichy, and M Beebe, Conductive Borides Used for Junction Formation and Intergration with Contacts in Deep 0.1µ m MOSFETts, Proceedings of the 10-th International Conference on Advanced Thermal Processing of Semiconductors, (RTP 2002), 137-142, 2002.
E. Kim, I. Rusakova, I. Berishev, and A. Bensaoula, GaN Thin Film Growth on GaAs (001) by CBE and Plasma Assisted MBE, Journal of Crystal Growth 243, 456-462, 2002.
L. Shao, J. Liu, P.E. Thompson, X. Wang, I. Rusakova, H. Chen, and W.K Chu, Point Defect Engineering and its Application on Shallow Junction Formation, Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters, 5, G 93, 2002.
L. Shao, X. Wang, J Bennett, L. Larsen, I Rusakova, H. Chen, J. Liu, and W.K. Chu, Stability of Ultra Shallow Junction formed by 0.2 keV Boron Implant and Spike Annealing, Proceedings of the 201-th Electrochemical Society Meeting, 11, 333, 2002.
L. Shao, J. Liu, P.E. Thompson, X. Wang, I. Rusakova, H. Chen, and W.K Chu, Point Defect Engineering and its Application on Shallow Junction Formation, Proceedings of the 201-th Electrochemical Society Meeting, 11, 351, 2002.
D.S .Wu, C.Y.Han, S.Y. Wang, N.L. Wu, and I.A. Rusakova, Microwave-Assisted Solution Synthesis of SnO Nanocrystallites, Materials Letters, 53, 155-159, 2002.
Z. Zhang, I.A.Rusakova, and W.K.Chu, Amorphization and Annealing of LiTaO3 Single Crystal Irradiated with Ar+ Ions at 77K, Journal of Applied Physics, 91, #6, 3562-3568, 2002.
L. Shao, X.M. Lu, X. Wang, I. Rusakova, J. R. Liu, and W.K. Chu, Defect Engineering: A Approch on Ultra-Shallow Junction in Silicon, Journal of Vacuum, Science & Technology, B20, 419-421, 2002.
L. Shao, X. Wang, I. Rusakova, H. Chen, J. Liu, J. Bennett, L. Larsen, J. Jin, P.A.W. van der Heide, and W.K. Chu, Stability Studies of Ultra-Shallow Junction formed by Low Energy Boron Implant and Spike Annealing, submitted to Journal Applied Physics, 2002.
R. P. Sawh, R. Weinstein, Drew Parks, A. Gandini, Y. Ren, and I. Rusakova, Tungsten and Molybdenum Double Perovskites as Pinning Centers in Melt-Textured Y123, submitted to Physica C, March 2002.
H.Y. Zhai, I. Rusakova, R. Fairhurst, and W.K. Chu, Different relaxation mechanisms of epitaxial strain in YBa2Cu3O7-d films deposited on SrTiO3 and LaAlO3, Philosophical Magazine Letters 81, No. 10, 683-690, 2001.
L. Shao, X. Lu, X. Wang, I. Rusakova, J. Liu, and W.K.Chu, Retardation of Boron Diffusion in Silicon by Defect Engineering, Applied Physics Letters, 78, 16, 2321-2323, 2001.
N.L. Wu, T.F. Wu, I.A. Rusakova, Thermodynamic Stability of Tetragonal Zirconia Nanocrystallites, Journal of Materials Research, 16, No. 3,1-4, 2001.
B.R. Hickey, L.M. Dezaneti, D.K. Ross, I.A. Rusakova, J. Meen, and D. Elthon, High Pressure Synthesis and Characterization of Superconducting YBa2(Cu3-xAux)O7 and YSr2(Cu3-xAux)O7, Physica C, 341-348, 437-438, 2000.
A.H. Bensaoula, I. Rusakova, and A. Bensaoula, Stress Analysis in Strain Compensated Arsenide/Phosphide Supelattices Grown by Chemical Beam Epitaxy (Part 1), Microelectronics Journal 31, 311-322, 2000.
I. Rusakova, A.H. Bensaoula, A. Fartassi, and A. Bensaoula, Stress Analysis in Strain Compensated Arsenide/Phosphide Supelattices Grown by Chemical Beam Epitaxy (Part 2), Microelectronics Journal 31, 323-331, 2000.
N.L.Wu, D.S.Wu, I .Rusakova, D.K. Ross, and P.W. Stephens, Identification and Structural Characterization of Ca(PtxCu(1-x) )3O4 , Materials Research Bulletin 34, #14-15, 2151-2157, 1999.
N.L.Wu, S.Y. Wang, and I.A. Rusakova, Inhibition of Crystallite Growth in the Sol-Gel Synthesis of Nanocrystalline Metal Oxides, Science, 285, 1375-1377, 1999.
Z. Zhang, I.A.Rusakova, and W.K.Chu, Preservation of Original Single by Using Hot Implantation, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 38, No. 7A, pp. L740-L742, 1999.
E Kim, I. Berishev, A. Bensaoula, I.A. Rusakova, K. Waters, and J.A. Shultz, Time of Flight Mass Spectroscopy of recoiled Ions Studies of Surface Kinetics and Growth Peculiarities During Gas Source Molecular Beam Epitaxy of GaN, Journal of Applied Physics 85, 1178-1185, 1999.
N.L. Wu, L.F. Wu, I.A. Rusakova, A. Hamed, and A.P. Litvinchuk, Evolution in Structural and Optical Properties of Stannic Oxide Xerogel Upon Heat Treatment, J. Am. Ceramic Society 82, No.1, 67-73, 1999.
N.L. Wu, Z.L. Du, Y.Y. Xue, I.A. Rusakova, D.K .Ross, L. Gao, Y. Cao, Y.Y. Sun, C.W. Chu, M. Hervieu, and B. Raveau, Observation and Identification of a 107 K Superconducting Family in the CaBa2Ca2Cu3O9-d System, Physica C 315, 227-234, 1999.
RBS-Channeling and TEM Studies on the Regrowth of Low Temperature Argon Ion Amorphized Lithium Tantalate (LiTaO3) Single Crystal, Z. Zhang, I.A. Rusakova, and W.K. Chu, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B 136-138, 404-409, 1998.
Phase Identification of the New 126 K Ba-Ca-Cu-O Superconductor. Xue, Y.Y., Y.Y. Sun, I.A. Rusakova, D.K. Ross, Z.L. Du, N.L. Wu, Y. Cao, L. Gao, B.R. Hickey and C.W. Chu. Physica C, 294, 316-326,1998
Processing of Bi-2212 Tapes at Low Cost,R.L. Meng, C. Garcia, Y.Q. Wang, W.N. Kang, I.A. Rusakova and C.W. Chu, Physica C 306 (3-4), 223, 1998.
Superconductivity up to 126 Kelvin in Interstitially Doped Ba2Can-1CunOx[O2(n-1)n-Ba]. Chu, C.W., Xue, Y.Y., Du, Z.L., Sun, Y.Y., Gao, L., Wu, N.L., Cao, Y., Rusakova, I., and Ross, K., Science, 277, 1081-1083, 1997.
Search for Novel High Temperature Superconducting Materials: A New 126 K System, Ba2Can-1+xCun+yOz. Chu, C.W., Y. Cao, Z.L. Du, L. Gao, D.K. Ross, I.A. Rusakova, Y.Y. Sun, N.L. Wu and Y.Y. Xue. Physica C, 282-287, 57-60, 1997.
The Structures of the 126 K Ba2Ca2Cu3(CaxCuy)O8+d he 116 K Ba2Ca3Cu4(CaxCuy)O10+d and their Transformed Products. Xue, Y.Y., Y.Y. Sun, Z.L. Du, I. A. Rusakova, D.K. Ross, N.L. Wu, Y. Cao, L. Gao and C.W. Chu. Physica C, 282-287, 883-884, 1997.
Phase Competition, Structures and Superconductivity in Ba-Ca-Cu-(C)-O Samples Synthesized at 5 GPa.Xue, Y.Y., Z.L. Du, Y. Cao, N.L. Wu, Y.Y. Sun, I.A. Rusakova, D.K. Ross, L. Gao, and C.W. Chu, Chinese Journal of Low Temperature Physics, 19, 17-20, 1997.
TEM Study of Strain Compensated InP/GaAs/GaP/GaAs Superlattice Structures. I.A. Rusakova, A.H. Bensaoula and A. Bensaoula, Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, 441, 445-450, 1997.
TOF-LEIS Characterization and Growth of GaN Thin Films Grown with ECR and NH3, E. Kim, A. Bensaoula, I.A. Rusakova, A Shultz, and K. Waters, Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, 449, 319-324, 1997.
Process Integration for Fabrication of Silicide Contacts and Raised Shallow Junctions via Rapid Thermal Processing.W. Zagozdzon-Wosik, S. Rao Gooty, I. Rusakova, Z.H. Zang, D. Marton, T. Lin, D.X. Zhang, R.J. Bleiler, Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Rapid Thermal Processing, (New Orleans, Louisiana: RTP¹97, p. 407-411, 1997.
Chemical Beam Epitaxy of Cubic GaN Thin Films on (001) GaAs, E. Kim, I. Rusakova, I. Berishev, and A. Bensaoula, accepted to the Proceedings of the Materials Research Society Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, December 1- 5, 1997.
Structures of the 126 K Ba2Ca2Cu3(CaxCuy )O8+d , the 116 K Ba 2Ca3Cu4(CaxCuy)O10+ d , and Their Transformed Products, Y. Y. Xue, Y. Y. Sun, Z. L. Du, I. A. Rusakova, D. K. Ross, N. L. Wu, Y. Cao, L. Gao and C. W. Chu, Physica C, pp. 282-287, 883-884, 1997.
Phase Competition, Structures, and Superconductivity in Ba-Ca-Cu-(C)-O Samples Synthesized at 5 GPa, Y. Y. Xue, Z. L. Du, Y. Cao, N. L. Wu, Y. Y. Sun, I. A. Rusakova, D. K. Ross, L. Gao and C. W. Chu, Chinese Journal of Low Temperature Physics, v. 19, pp. 17-20, 1997.
Microstructural changes of YBCO by lanthanide doping, I.A. Rusakova, R.L. Meng, P. Gautier-Picard, and C.W.Chu, Proceedings of the 10th Anniversary HTS Workshop on Physics Materials of Applications ed. by B. Batlogg, C. W. Chu, W. K. Chu, D. U. Gubster and K. A. Muller, Singapore World Scientific, 1996, p. 183.
TEM study of low-angle boundaries in polycrystalline YBCO, M.K. Mironova, G. Du, S. Sathyamurthy, I.A. Rusakova, and K. Salama, Proceedings of the 10th Anniversary HTS Workshop on Physics Materials of Applications ed. by B. Batlogg, C. W. Chu, W. K. Chu, D. U. Gubster and K. A. Muller, Singapore World Scientific, p. 179,1996.
Ion induced damage and their annealing in LiTaO3 single crystal, Z.H. Zhang, I.A. Rusakova, and W.K. Chu, Proceedings of the Material Research Society Symposium proceedings 396, Pittsburg: MRS, p. 273, 1996.
Microstructural changes of YBCO by lanthanide doping, I.A. Rusakova, R.L. Meng, P. Gautier-Picard, and C.W.Chu, submitted to the Proceedings of the 10th Anniversary HTS Workshop, Houston, pp.183-184, 1996.
TEM study of low-angle boundaries in polycrystalline YBCO, M.K. Mironova, G. Du, S. Sathyamurthy, I.A. Rusakova, and K. Salama, submitted to the Proceedings of the 10th Anniversary HTS Workshop, Houston, PP. 179-180, 1996.