Publications.

 Google Scholar profile (citations: 620, h-index: 15, i-10 index: 21) 
Invited papers:
  1. Wen, H., Cherukara, M. J., & Holt, M. V.  Time-resolved x-ray microscopy for materials science. Annual Review of Materials Research, 49 (2019). Impact Factor: 16.8
  2. Chan, H., Narayanan, B., Cherukara, M.J., Sen, F.G., Sasikumar, K., Gray, S.K., Chan, M., and Sankaranarayanan, S.K.R.S., Machine Learning Classical Interatomic Potentials for Molecular Dynamics from First-Principles Training Data, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 123, no. 12 : 6941-6957 (2019) I.F: 4.5

​First author: (* indicates joint first-author)
  1. Chan, H.,* Cherukara, M.J.,* Narayanan, B.,* Loeffler, T., Benmore, C., Gray, S., Sankaranarayanan, S., Machine learning coarse grained models for water, Nature Communications, 10, 379 (2019) Impact Factor: 12.1
  2. Cherukara, M.J., Nashed, Y., Harder, R.J., Real-time coherent diffraction inversion using deep generative networks, Scientific Reports, 8, 16520 (2018) I. F.: 4.1
  3. Cherukara, M.J., Cha, W., Harder, R.J., Anisotropic nano-scale resolution in 3D Bragg coherent diffraction imaging, Applied Physics Letters, 113, 203101 (2018) I. F.: 3.5
  4. Cherukara, M.J., Pokharel, R., O'Leary, T.S., Kevin Baldwin, J., Maxey, E., Cha, W., Maser, J., Harder, R.J., Fensin, S.J., Sandberg, R.L., Three-dimensional X-ray diffraction imaging of dislocations in polycrystalline metals under tensile loading, Nature Communications, 9 (1), 3776, (2018)  I. F.: 12.1
  5. Cherukara, M.J.,* Schulmann, D.,* Sasikumar, K.,* Arnold, A.J., Chan, H., Sadasivam, S.,Cha, W.,Maser, J.,Das, S.,Sankaranarayanan, S.K.R.S and Harder, R.J., Three-dimensional Integrated X-ray diffraction imaging of native strain in multi-layered WSe2 Nano Lett., DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b05441 (2018) I. F.: 12.7
  6. Cherukara, M.J.,* Sasikumar, K.,* DiChiara A., Leake S.J., Cha, W., Dufresne, E.M., Peterka, T., McNulty I., Walko, D., Wen, H., Sankaranarayanan, S.K.R.S., Harder, R.J, Ultrafast Three-Dimensional Integrated Imaging of Strain in Core/Shell Semiconductor/Metal Nanostructures, Nano Letters, 17 (12), pp 7696–7701 (2017) I. F.: 12.7
  7. Fang, Y.,* Jiang, Y.,* Cherukara, M.J.,* Shi, F., Koehler, K., Freyermuth, G., Isheim, D., Narayanan, B., Nicholls, A.W., Seidman, D.N., Sankaranarayanan, S.K.R.S., Tian, B., Alloy-assisted deposition of three-dimensional arrays of atomic gold catalyst for crystal growth studies, Nature Communications, 8, 2014 (2017) I. F.: 12.1
  8. Cherukara, M.J.,* Narayanan, B.,*Chan, H., Sankaranarayanan, S.K.R.S., Silicene growth through island migration and coalescence, Nanoscale, 9, 10186-10192 (2017) I. F.: 7.4
  9. Cherukara, M.J.,* Sasikumar, K.,* Cha, W., Narayanan, B., Leake S.J., Dufresne, E.M., Peterka, T., McNulty I., Wen, H., Sankaranarayanan, S.K.R.S., Harder, R.J, Ultra-fast Three-Dimensional X-ray Imaging of Deformation Modes in ZnO Nanocrystals, Nano Letters,17, pp 1102–1108 (2017) I. F.: 12.7 
  10. Cherukara, M.J.,* Narayanan, B.,* Kinaci, A., Sasikumar, K., Gray, S.K., Chan, M.K.Y, Sankaranarayanan, S.K.R.S., Ab-initio Based Bond Order Potential To Investigate Low Thermal Conductivity Of Stanene Nanostructures, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters,7,pp 3752-3759 (2016) I. F.: 9.3 
  11. Cherukara, M.J., Germann, T.C., Kober, E.M., Strachan, A., Shock loading of granular Ni/Al composites. Part 2: shock-induced chemistry, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 120, 12, pp 6804–6813 (2016) I. F.: 4.5
  12. Wood, M.A.,* Cherukara, M.J.,* Kober, E.M., Strachan, A.,Ultra-fast chemistry under non-equilibrium conditions and the shock to deflagration transition at the nanoscale, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 119,38, pp 22008–22015 (2015) I. F.: 4.5
  13. Cherukara, M.J., Weihs T.P., Strachan A., Molecular dynamics simulations of the reaction mechanism in Ni/Al intermetallics, Acta Materialia, 96, 1-9 (2015) I. F.: 5.0
  14. Cherukara, M.J., Germann, T.C., Kober, E.M., Strachan, A., Shock loading of granular Ni/Al composites. Part 1: mechanics of loading, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 118, 45, pp 26377–26386 (2014) I. F.: 4.5
  15. Cherukara, M.J., Vishnu, K., Strachan, A., Role of nanostructure on reaction and transport in Ni/Al intermolecular reactive composites, Physical Review B, 86, 075470. (2012) I. F.: 3.7

Co-authored:
  1. Chan, H., Sasikumar, K., Srinivasan, S., Cherukara, M., Narayanan, B., Sankaranarayanan, S. K., Machine learning a bond order potential model to study thermal transport in WSe 2 nanostructures, Nanoscale (2019) I.F.: 7.4
  2. Loeffler, T. D., Chan, H., Sasikumar, K., Narayanan, B., Cherukara, M. J., Gray, S. K., & Sankaranarayanan, S. K. (2019). Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks: Machine Learning an Improved TIP3P Potential Model for Liquid-Vapor Phase Phenomena. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. I. F.: 4.5 
  3. Kim, D., Chung, M., Carnis, J., Kim, S, Yun, K., Kang, J., Cherukara, M.J., Maxey, E., Harder, R., Sasikumar, K., Sankaranarayanan, S., Zozulya, A., Sprung, M., Riu, D., Kim, H., Active site localization of methane oxidation on Pt nanocrystals, Nature Communications,9, 3422 (2018) I.F.: 12.1
  4. Sun, Y., Kotiuga, M., Lim, D., Narayanan, B., Cherukara, M., Zhang, Z., Dong, Y., Kou, R., Cheng-Jun, S., Lu, Q., Waluyo, I., Hunt, A., Tanaka, H., Hattori, A., Gamage, S., Abate, Y., Pol, V., Zhou, H., Sankaranarayanan, S., Yildiz, B., Rabe, K., Ramanathan, S., Strongly Correlated Perovskite Lithium Ion Shuttles, PNAS, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1805029115 (2018)  I.F.: 9.7
  5. Patra, T.K., Zhang, F., Schulman, D.S., Chan, H., Cherukara, M.J., Terrones, M., Das, S., Narayanan, B., Sankaranarayanan, S.K.R.S., Defect Dynamics in 2-D MoS2 Probed by Using Machine Learning, Atomistic Simulations, and High-Resolution Microscopy, ACS Nano, 12,8, 8006-8016 (2018)  I.F.: 13.7
  6. Loeffler, T.D., Chan, H., Narayanan, B., Cherukara, M.J., Gray, S., Sankaranarayanan, S.K.R.S., Configurational-Bias Monte Carlo Back-Mapping Algorithm for Efficient and Rapid Conversion of Coarse-Grained Water Structures into Atomistic Models, J. Phys. Chem B, 122 (28), pp 7102-7110 (2018) I.F.: 3.1
  7. Liu, H., Dong, Y., Cherukara, M.J., Sasikumar, K., Narayanan, B., Cai, Z., Lai, B., Stan, L., Hong, S., Chan, M.K.Y., Sankaranarayanan, S.K.R.S., Zhou, H., Fong, D.D., Quantitative Observation of Threshold Defect Behavior in Memristive Devices with Operando X-ray Microscopy, ACS Nano, 12 (5), pp 4938-4945 (2018)  I.F.: 13.7
  8. Berman, D., Narayanan, B., Cherukara, M.J., Sankaranarayanan, S.K.R.S., Erdemir, A., Zinovev, A., Sumant, A.V., Operando Tribochemical Formation of Onion-Like-Carbon Leads to Macroscale Superlubricity, Nature Communications, 9.1 (2018) I.F.: 12.1
  9. Zhang Z., Schwanz D., Narayanan, B., Kotiuga, M., Dura, J. A., Cherukara, M.J., Zhou, H., Freeland J.W., Li, J., Sutarto, R., He, F., Chongzhao, W., Zhu, J., Sun, Y., Ramadoss, K., Nonnenmann, S.S., Nanfang Y., Comin, R., Rabe, K.M, Sankaranarayanan, S.K.R.S., Ramanathan, S., Perovskite nickelates as electric-field sensors in salt water, Nature, doi:10.1038/nature25008 (2017) I.F.: 40.1
  10. Ulvestad, A., Cherukara, M.J., Harder, R., Cha, W., Robinson, I.K., Soog, S., Nelson, S., Zhu, D., Stephenson, G.B., Heinonen, O. and Jokisaari, A., Bragg Coherent Diffractive Imaging of Zinc Oxide Acoustic Phonons at Picosecond Timescales. Scientific Reports, 7:9823 (2017) I.F.: 4.2
  11. Zuo, F., Panda, P., Kotiuga, M., Jiarui, L., Kang, M. G., Mazzoli, C., Zhou, H., Barbour, A., Wilkins S., Narayanan, B., Cherukara, M.J., Zhang Z., Sankaranarayanan, S.K.R.S., Comin, R., Rabe, K.M., Roy, K., Ramanathan, S., Habituation based synaptic plasticity and organismic learning in a quantum perovskite, Nature Communications, 8:240 (2017) I. F.: 12.1
  12. Sasikumar, K.,* Narayanan, B.,* Cherukara, M.J., Kinaci, A., Sen, F.G., Gray, S.K., Chan, M.K.Y, Sankaranarayanan, S.K.R.S., Evolutionary Optimization of a Charge Transfer Ionic Potential Model for Ta/Ta- Oxide Heter-interfaces. Chemistry of Materials, 29 (8), pp 3603-3614 (2017). I. F.: 9.4
  13. Manukyan K.V., Shuck, C.E., Cherukara, M.J., Rouvimov, S., Kovalev, D.Y., Strachan, A., Mukasyan, A.S., Exothermic self-sustained waves with amorphous nickel, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 120, 10, pp 5827-5838. (2016) I. F.: 4.5
  14. Morrison, K., Cherukara, M.J., Kim, H., Strachan, A., Role of grain size on the martensitic transformation and ultra-fast superelasticity in shape memory alloys, Acta Materialia, 95, 37-43. (2015) I. F.: 5.0
  15. Morrison, K., Cherukara, M.J., Vishnu, K., Strachan, A., Role of atomic variability and mechanical constraints on the martensitic phase transformation of a model disordered shape memory alloy via molecular dynamics, Acta Materialia 69,30-36. (2014) I. F.: 5.0
  16. Vishnu, K., Cherukara, M.J., Kim, H., Strachan, A., Amorphous Ni/Al nanoscale laminates as high energy intermolecular reactive composites, Physical Review B, 85, 184206. (2012) I. F.: 3.7
  17. Manukyan, K.V., Mason, B.A., Groven, L.J., Lin, Y., Cherukara, M.J., Son, S.F., Strachan,A., Mukasyan, A.S., Tailored reactivity of Ni+Al nanocomposites: microstructural correlations, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 116, 21027-21038. (2012) I. F.: 4.5
  18. Lin, K., Sullivan, S., Cherukara, M.J, Strachan, A., nanoMATERIALS nanoscale heat transport tool on nanohub.org, http://nanohub.org/resources/nmstthermal. (DOI: 10.4231/D34Q7QQ1V)​