Shi-Yu Wu

Professor Wu recieved his Ph.D in Physics from Cornell University. He was then a Research Associate at Case Western Reserve before joining the faculty position at the University of Louisville.

Listing of Publications

  1. G.B. Thurston and S.Y. Wu. Dilational Wave Transmission Through a Viscoelastic Layer at Normal Incidence J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 1962, 34, 653.
  2. J.A. Krumhansl and S.Y. Wu Solid Molecular Hydrogen as a Quantum Crystal, Phys. Letters 1968, 28A, 263.
  3. S.Y. Wu and P.L. Taylor. Dynamics of a Disordered Chain, Phys. Rev. 1969 181, 1136.
  4. P.L. Taylor and S.Y. Wu. Dynamics of Disordered Alloys and Glasses, Phys. Rev. 1970, B2, 1752.
  5. K.S. Dy and S.Y. Wu. Electronic Structures of Disordered Systems I, Phys. Rev. 1971, B3, 1173.
  6. J.A. Krumhansl and S.Y. Wu. Quantum Theory of the Equation of State for Solid Hydrogen, Phys. Rev. 1972, B5, 4155.
  7. C. Wang, K.S. Dy, and S.Y. Wu. Electronic Structures of Disordered Systems II, Phys. Rev. 1973, B7, 750.
  8. S.Y. Wu, C.C. Tung, and M. Schwartz. Application of Infinite Order Perturbation Theory in Linear Systems I, J. Math. Phys. 1974, 15, 938.
  9. W.F. Huang and S.Y. Wu. Angular Correlation of Positron Annihilation in Hg-In Alloys, Proceedings of Third International Conference on Positon Annihilation, 1973.
  10. S.Y. Wu. Application of Infinite Order Perturbation Theory in Linear Systems II, J. Math. Phys. 1974, 15, 947.
  11. J. Gubernatis and S.Y. Wu. Notes on the Main Band Fine Structure of a Dilute Disordered Binary Chain, Solid State Commun. 1974, 15 1915.
  12. S.Y. Wu and M. Chao. An Analysis of the Fine Structure in the Main Band of a Dilute Disordered Chain with Light Impurities, Phys. Stat. Sol. 1975, B68, 349.
  13. S.Y Wu. Identifying the Resonance Modes of a Disordered Chain, Phys. Stat. Sol. 1975, B69, K75.
  14. S.Y. Wu. Dynamics of a Disordered Chain with Short Range Order, Phys. Stat. Sol. 1975, B69 K95.
  15. S.Y Wu. The Resonance Modes in the Vibrational Spectrum of a Chain with Light Impurities, Phys. Stat. Sol. B74, 349.
  16. S.Y. Wu. The Dynamics of and the Effect of a Short Range Order on a Segregated Binary Chain, Phys. Stat. Sol. 1976, B77.
  17. S.Y. Wu, J.A. Cocks, and V. Chiu. Frequency Spectra of Disordered Chains with Short-Range Order Phys. Stat. Sol. (b) 83, 365 1977.
  18. G.L. Chen, S.Y. Wu, and M. Schwartz. A Classical Analysis of the Resonance Modes in a Randomly Disordered Chain, Phys. Stat. Sol. (b)83, 365 (1977).
  19. Y.C. Leung, S.Y. Wu, and J.A. Cocks. On Disordered Systems with Short-Range Order, J. Phys. C. Solid State Phys., 10 L597 (1977).
  20. H. Groskreutz, S.Y. Wu, and M. Schwartz. The Application of Infinite-Order Perturbation Theory to Biological Polymers, Biopolymers 16, 2785 (1977).
  21. S.Y. Wu and D.C. Wu. Surface Effects and the Electronic Density of States in a Semi-Infinite Array of Identical Potentials, Amer. J. of Phys. 46 349 (1978).
  22. M. Schwartz and S.Y. Wu. Comparison of Wave Propagation in Related Continuous and Discrete Systems- An Example, Amer. J. of Phys. 46, 349 (1978).
  23. S.Y. Wu, Y.C. Chen, and J. Sinai. Some Comments on the Augmented Space Method, J. of Phys. C11, L949 (1978).
  24. J. Sinai and S.Y. Wu. Dynamics of a One-dimensional Mixed Crystal, Phys. Rev. B19, 1800 (1979).
  25. J. Sinai and S.Y. Wu. Short-Range Order in a One-dimenional Mixed Crystal, Phys. Rev. B19, 6267 (1979).
  26. K.S. Dy, S.Y. Wu, and T. Spratlin. Exact Solution for the Resolvent Matrix of a Generalized Tridiagonal Hamiltonian, Phys. Rev. 20B, 4237 (1979).
  27. K.S. Dy, S.Y. Wu, and C. Wontawatnugool. Localization of Impurity Modes, J. of Phys. C12 L141 (1979).
  28. S.Y. Wu, S. Bowen, and K.S. Dy. CRC Critical Review in Solid State Science, 10, 43 (1980).
  29. C. Wongtawatnugool, S.Y. Wu, and C.C. Shih. Eigenvalue Problem of an Infinite Tridiagonal MatrixJ. Math. Phys. 22 633 (1981).
  30. S.Y. Wu and Zhao-Bo Sheng. Theoretical Approach to Disordered Systems, Progress in Physics, 1, 125, (1981).
  31. Y.C. Chen, S.Y. Wu, and J. Sinai. Excitation Spectra for Disordered Systems, Phys. Stat. Sol. (b), 104 (1981).
  32. C. Wongtawatnugool and S.Y. Wu. Effective Medium Theory of Disordered System, Progress Theo. Phys. 6, 373 (1981).
  33. K.S. Dy, S.Y. Wu, and C. Wongtawatnugool. Approach to Localization in the One-dimensional Anderson Model of Disordered Systems, J. of Phys. C14, L781 (1981).
  34. S.Y. Wu and Zhao-Bo Zheng. Amplitude Analysis of Localization in One-dimensional Disordered Binary Chain, Phys. Rev. 24, 4787 (1981).
  35. J.J. Sinai, S.Y. Wu, and Y.C. Chen. Excitation Spectra for Disordered Systems II, Phys. Stat. Sol. (b), 107, 367 (1981).
  36. J.J. Sinai, C. Wongtawatnugool, and S.Y. Wu. Use of the Recursion Method in the Study of Disorderd Systems, Phys. Rev. 26, 1829 (1982).
  37. S.Y. Wu and Zhao-Bo Zheng. Calculation of Phonon Spectrum Using the Recursion Method, Acta Physica Sinica 32>, 46 (1983).
  38. J.J. Sinai and S.Y. Wu. Factors Concerning the Use of Recursion Method in Disordered Systems, J. Phys. C 16, L617 (1983).
  39. J.J. Sinai and S.Y. Wu. Effective Use of the Recursion Method in the Study of Disordered Systems, Phys. Rev. 28, 4261 (1983).
  40. S.Y. Wu and Zhao-Bo Zheng. Theoretical Approaches to Disordered Systems II, Progress in Physics 4, (1984).
  41. J.J. Sinai and S.Y. Wu. Validity of the Use of the Bethe Lattice as Substitute of the Actual Lattice, Phys. Rev. B29, 6991 (1984).
  42. S.Y. Wu and Zi-Fang Zhou. Boundary Effects on the Eigenstates of Disordered Systems, Acta Physica Sinica 33, 1650 (1984).
  43. S.Y. Wu, Zhao-Bo Zheng, and J.P. Wong. The Choice of Pivoting Point in the Amplitude Analysis of the Localization in the Disordered Systems, J. Science and Tech. 15, 150 (1985).
  44. J.J. Sinai and S.Y. Wu. Lattice Dynamics of Mixed III-V Crystals, Phys. Rev. B31, 721 (1985).
  45. J.J. Sinai and S.Y. Wu. Mode-switching in Some Group III-V Mixed Crystals, Physica Stat. Solid (b) 130, K91 (1985).
  46. Zi-fang Zhou, S.Y. Wu, and K.S. Dy. The Recursion Method Applied to a Finite GaP Cluster, Phys. Rev. B 34, 2362 (1986).
  47. S.Y. Wu. Real Space Approach to Disordered System, Proc. Conf. on Statistical Mechanics, 119, (1987).
  48. K.S. Dy and S.Y. Wu. A Direct Calculation of the Electronic Structure of a Two-Dimensional Quantum Well, submitted to Phys. Rev.
  49. K.S. Dy and S.Y. Wu. Recursion Method Calculation of the Electronic Structure of a Two-Dimensional Square Quantum Well, Phys. Rev. B 38, 5709 (1988).
  50. S.Y. Wu and C. Wongtawatnugool. Analysis of Disordered Systems in Real Space: Recursion Method and Green's Function(Invited Review Paper), Proc. Nat. Science Council A 12, 129 (1988).
  51. J.J. Sinai and S.Y. Wu Lattice Dynamics of Isolated Carbon in GaAs, Phys. Rev. B 39, 1859 (1989).
  52. J.J. Sinai, S.Y. Wu and K.S. Dy. Local Vibrational Modes of Isolated Nitrogen Impurites in Diamond, in Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Phonon Physics, edited by S. Humblinger, W. Ludwig and G. Weiss (World Scientific, Singapore, 1990).
  53. J.J. Sinai and S.Y. Wu. Lattice Dynamics of Isolated Nitrogen in Synthetic Diamond, Phys. Rev. B 43, 12419 (1991).
  54. S.Y. Wu, J.A. Cocks, and C.S. Jayanthi. An Accelerated Inversion Algorithm Using the Resolvent Matrix Method, Computer Phys. Commun. 71, 125 (1992).
  55. S.Y. Wu, J.A. Cocks, and C.S. Jayanthi, A Real Space Green's Function Approach to the Dynamics of a Vicsek Fractal, Physical Review Letters, 69, 1955 (1992).
  56. C.S. Jayanthi and S.Y. Wu, Frequency Spectrum of a General Vicsek Fractal, Physical Review B 48, 10188 (1993).
  57. C.S. Jayanthi and S.Y. Wu, Exact Calculation of the Dynamics of a General Vicsek Fractal, Physical Review B 48 10199 (1993).
  58. S.Y Wu, Z.L. Xie, and N. Potoczak, Feasibility Study on the Application of the Method of Resolvent Matrix to Complex Systems, Phys. Rev. B48, 14826 (1993).
  59. C.S. Jayanthi and S.Y. Wu, Effects of Free-End Boundary Condition on the Frequency Spectrum of a Vicsek Fractal, S.Y. Wu and C.S. Jayanthi, Fractals, 1, 922, (1993).
  60. S.Y. Wu, J.A. Cocks and C.S. Jayanthi, General Recursive Relation for the Calculation of the Local Green's Function, S.Y. Wu, J.A. Cocks and C.S. Jayanthi, Physical Review B 49, 7957 (1994).
  61. A. Kara, C.S. Jayanthi, S.Y. Wu and F. Ercolessi, A Local Analysis of the Relaxed and Reconstructed Au(511) Surface using the Method of Real Space Green's Function, Phys. Rev. Lett.,72 , 2223 (1994).
  62. C.K. Yang, Y.C. Cheng, and S.Y. Wu, Electronic Structure Calculation for a Stepped Cu(110) Surface by Using a Real Space Approach, Phys. Lett. A 188, 68 (1994).
  63. C.S. Jayanthi and S.Y. Wu, Dynamics of a Vicsek Fractal: The Boundary Effect and the Interplay Among the Local Symmetry, the Self-Similarity, and the Structure of the Fractal, Phys. Rev. B 50, 897 (1994).
  64. C.S. Jayanthi, S.Y. Wu and J.A. Cocks, Real Space Green's Function Approach to Study the Effects of Disorder on the Frequency Spectrum of Si/Ge Alloys, Phys. Rev. B 50, Sept. 15 (1994).
  65. A. Kara, C.S. Jayanthi, S.Y. Wu, and F. Ercolessi, Structure and Dynamics of the Reconstructed Au(511) Surface, Phys. Rev B, 51,17046 (1995).
  66. S.Y. Wu and C.S. Jayanthi. The Local Analysis via the Real Space Green's Function, Int. J. Modern Physics B Vol. 9, No. 16, p. 1869-1897 (1995) ...(Invited Review).
  67. C.S. Jayanthi, S.Y. Wu, and J.A. Cocks, Dynamics of Random Overlayers, Physical B 219/220, 425 (1996).
  68. J.A. Porto, G. Yang, S.Y. Wu, and J. Sanchez-Dehesa, Structural Properties of Ga28P13 Clusters Encapsulated in Zeolite Y, Solid- State Electronics 40, 771 (1996).
  69. N. Mingo, L. jurczysgn, F.J. Garcia-Vidal, R. Saiz-Pardo, P.L. deAndres, F. Flores, and S.Y. Wu, Theory of the Scanning Tunneling Microscope: Xe on Ni and Al, Phys. Rev. B54, 1 (1996).
  70. C.S. Jayanthi and S.Y. Wu, Act Locally and Think Globally, Journal of Computer-Aided Design 3, 117-127 (1996).
  71. M.W. Wu, H.L. Cui, W. Sun, and S.Y. Wu, Onsanger Relations and Hydrodynamic Balance Equations in 2D Quantum Wells, Physical Letters, A223, 204 (1996).
  72. Z.L. Xie, K.S. Dy, and S.Y. Wu, First-Principles Real-Space Tight Binding LMTO Calculation of Electronic Structures for Atomic Clusters, Phys. Rev. B55, 1748 (1997).
  73. N.S. Luo, S.Y. Wu, and C.S. Jayanthi, Exotics Features in the Lattice Dynamics of the Incommensurate Phase of an Infinite Frenkel Kontorova Chain, Phys. Rev. B55, 11300 (1997).
  74. C.S. Jayanthi, M. Tang, S.Y. Wu, J.A. Cocks, and S. Yip, Insights on Deformation Mechanisms from Atomistic Modeling of Structural Instability in Solids, Computer-Aided Design of High Temperature Materials, ed. A Pechenik, R.K. Kalia, and P. Vashishta, Oxford University Press (1997).
  75. C.S. Jayanthi, M. Tang, S.Y. Wu, J.A. Cocks, and S. Yip, Local Analysis of Structural Instability in Stressed Lattices: Crack Nucleation in a Solid, Physical Review Letters, 79, 4601 (1997).
  76. C.S. Jayanthi, S.Y. Wu, J. Cocks, N.S. Luo, Z.L. Xie, M. Menon, and G. Yang, An Order-N Method for a Non-orthogonal Tight-Binding Hamiltonian, Phys. Rev. B57, 3799 (1998).
  77. D.R. Alfonso, S.Y. Wu, C.S. Jayanthi, and E. Kaxiras, A Local Analysis of Bonding and Reacitivity of Si Clusters, submitted to Physical Review Letters.
  78. Z.L. Xie, S.Y. Wu, K.S. Dy, M. Menon, and C.S. Jayanthi, First- Principles Real-Space Tight-Binding LMTO Calculation for Atomic Clusters II: Stable Structures of Si and Ge Clusters, submitted to Physical Review B.
  79. N.S. Luo, S.Y. Wu, and C.S. Jayanthi, Vibrational Dynamics of a Two-Dimensional Incommensurate Overlayer/substrate Lattice with Incommensurate Structure, submitted to Phys. Rev. B.
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