Selected Publications

Dr. Yoon Tiem Leong

Associate Professor

School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia

11800 USM

Penang, Malaysia



Peer-reviewed journal papers

2023

 

71. Ying Li Thong, Tiem Leong Yoon, Global Optimization for Extinction Curve Reconstruction in Inverse Electromagnetic Scattering of Multiparticle Aggregates, 119, 75 - 88 (2023). URL: https://www.jpier.org/issues/volume.html?paper=23052601. DOI: 10.2528/PIERM23052601.

Role: Corresponding author

Publisher: THE ELECTROMAGNETICS ACADEMY

ISSN 1937-8726

JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR (JIF): 1.0 (2022)

Clarivate Journal Citation Indicator (JCI): 0.19 (2022)

Clarivate JCI QUARTILE: Q4 (ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC)

 

70. Md Yusoff Siti Harwani and Tiem Leong Yoon, Analyses of Absorbing Boundary Conditions in 2D FDTD Simulations for Electromagnetic Wave Propagation in Anisotropic Ionosphere, Progress In Electromagnetics Research C, 131, 103-117 (2023). DOI: doi:10.2528/PIERC22112302.

Role: Co-author

Publisher: Electromagnetics Academy

ISSN:1937-8718

SCOPUS CiteScore 2021: 2.7

SCOPUS CiteScore ranking 2021: 161/259 (top 38%) (materials Science: Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials)

 

69. T.L. Yoon, Exploration of an extended Hubbard model for high-Tc superconductivity in cuprates via machine learning approaches, in Mohammad Yazdani-Asrami1et al., Roadmap on Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Techniques for superconductivity, Superconductor Science and Technology, 36, pg. 68 – 71 (2023). URL: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-6668/acbb34. DOI: 10.1088/1361-6668/acbb34.

Role: Co-author

Publisher: IOP Publishing Ltd

ISSN 0953-2048

JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR (JIF): 3.464 (2021). Rank by Journal Impact Factor: Q2 (PHYSICS, CONDENSED MATTER).

 

68. Mohammed K. M. Elhabbash, Mohd Mahadi Halim, Tiem Leong Yoon & Sofyan A. Taya, A polynomial model of transmission and reflection of electromagnetic monochromatic plane waves in lossy, non-magnetic multilayer thin films subjected to an external transverse voltage, Optical and Quantum Electronics, 55, 214 (2023). URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11082-022-04468-z#citeas. DOI: 10.1007/s11082-022-04468-z.

Role: Corresponding author

Publisher: Springer

ISSN 0306-8919

JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR (JIF): 2.974 (2021). Rank by Journal Impact Factor: Q2 (OPTICS).

 

2022

67. K. H. Yeoh, K.-H. Chew, Y. H. R. Chang, T. L. Yoon D. S. Ong, The effect of vacancy defects on the electromechanical properties of monolayer NiTe2 from first principles calculations, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 24, 29952 (2022). URL: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2022/cp/d2cp05102h. DOI: 10.1039/D2CP05102H.

Role: Co-author

Publisher: ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY

ISSN 1463-9076

JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR (JIF): 3.945 (2021). Rank by Journal Impact Factor: Q1 (PHYSICS, ATOMIC, MOLECULAR & CHEMICAL).

 

66. Wan Yin Tew, Chen Ying, Zhang Wujun, Liu Baocai, Tiem Leong Yoon, Mun Fei Yam, and Chen Jingying, Application of FT-IR spectroscopy and chemometric technique for the identification of three different parts of Camellia nitidissima and discrimination of its authenticated product, Frontiers in Pharmacology, 27 September 2022. URL: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphar.2022.931203/full. DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2022.931203.

Role: Co-author

Publisher: FRONTIERS MEDIA SA

EISSN 1663-9812

JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR (JIF): 5.988 (2021). Rank by Journal Impact Factor: Q1 (PHARMACOLOGY & PHARMACY).

 

65. Ying Li Thong, Tiem Leong Yoon, A Neural Network Representation of Generalized MultiparticleMie-Solution, Progress In Electromagnetics Research M, 112, 15- 28 (2022). URL: https://www.jpier.org/PIERM/pier.php?paper=22050504. DOI: 10.2528/PIERM22050504.

Role: Corresponding author

Publisher: THE ELECTROMAGNETICS ACADEMY

ISSN 1937-8726

JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR (JIF): Not available

Clarivate Journal Citation Indicator (JCI): 0.19 (2021)

Clarivate JCI QUARTILE: Q4 (ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC)

 

64. Lay Chen Low, Yee Hui Robin Chang, Yik Seng Yong, Thong Leng Lim, Tiem Leong Yoon, Kian Ming Lim, New phase of lead chalcogenide alloy: Ternary alloy PbSrSe2 for future thermoelectric application, Materialia (2022), DOI: 10.1016/j.mtla.2022.101443, URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589152922001260.

Role: Co-author

Publisher: Elsevier

ISSN 2589-1529

Scopus CiteScore: 2.5 (2020)

JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR (JIF): Not available

Clarivate Journal Citation Indicator (JCI): 0.57 (2021)

Clarivate JCI QUARTILE: Q3 (2020) (MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY).

 

63. Yik Seng Yong, Yee Hui Robin Chang, Lay Chen Low, Thong Leng Lim, Tiem Leong Yoon, Pressure-induced enhancement of mechanical performance in ZrC system, International Journal of Quantum Chemistry, e26897 (2022). DOI: 10.1002/qua.26897. URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/qua.26897

Role: Co-author

Publisher: Wiley

ISSN 0020-7608

JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR (JIF): 2.444 (2020). Rank by Journal Impact Factor: Q2 (MATHEMATICS, INTERDISCIPLINARY APPLICATIONS).

 

62. Yusuf Zuntu Abdullahi, Tiem Leong Yoon, Thong Leng Lim, Adsorption and decomposition of H2S on C2N sheet with embedded manganese atom First-principles calculations, Chemical Physics, 555, 111443 (2022). DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2021.111443. URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301010421003542

Role: Co-author

Publisher: Elsevier

ISSN: 0301-0104

JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR (JIF): 2.348 (2020). Rank by Journal Impact Factor: Q2 (PHYSICS, ATOMIC, MOLECULAR & CHEMICA).

 

61. Yoon Tiem Leong, Yam Mun Fei, Yeap Zhao Qin, Tan Chu Shan, Chen Ying, Chen Jingying, A novel machine learning scheme for classification of medicinal herbs based on 2D-FTIR fingerprints, Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 266, 120440 (2022). DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2021.120440. URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1386142521010179

Role: Corresponding author

Publisher: Elsevier

ISSN: 1386-1425

JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR (JIF): 4.098 (2020). Rank by Journal Impact Factor: Q1 (SPECTROSCOPY)

 

60. Mohd Kh. M. Abu El Sheikh, Abdurahim A. Okhunov, Hasan Abu Kassim & Yoon Tiem Leong, The Effect of the Quantization of the Centrifugal Stretching on the Analysis of the Rotational Spectra of Even-Even Nuclei, Sains Malaysiana, 51, 1213-1227 (2022). DOI: 10.17576/jsm-2022-5104-21. URL: https://www.ukm.my/jsm/pdf_files/SM-PDF-51-4-2022/21.pdf

Role: Co-author

Publisher: UKM

ISSN: 0126-6039

JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR (JIF): 1.009 (2020). Rank by Journal Impact Factor: Q4 (MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES)

 

2021

59.  Keat Hoe Yeoh, K.-H Chew, Yoon Tiem Leong, Y. H. R. Chang, D. S. Ong, A first-principles study of two-dimensional NbSe2H/g-ZnO van der Waals heterostructures as a water splitting photocatalyst, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 23, 24222-24232 (2021). DOI: 10.1039/D1CP03565G. URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/D1CP03565G.

Role: Co-author

Publisher: The Royal Society of Chemistry

ISSN: 1463-9076

JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR (JIF): 3.676 (2020). Rank by Journal Impact Factor: Q1 (PHYSICS, ATOMIC, MOLECULAR & CHEMICAL)

 

58. Yee Hui Robin Chang, Tiem Leong Yoon, Keat Hoe Yeoh, Thong Leng Lim, Yik Seng Yong, Mechanical and optical properties of polymeric nitrogen achieved by compression: DFT study, Materialia 20, 101206 (2021). DOI: 10.1016/j.mtla.2021.101206. URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S258915292100209X

Role: Co-author

Publisher: Elsevier

ISSN: 2589-1529

Scopus CiteScore: 2.5 (2020)

JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR (JIF): Not available

Rank by Journal Citation Indicator (JCI): Q3 (2020)(MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY).

 

 

57. Mohammed K. M. Elhabbash, Mohd Mahadi Halim, Tiem Leong Yoon, A polynomial model of transmission and reflection of electromagnetic monochromatic plane waves in lossless, non-magnetic multilayer thin films subjected to an external transverse voltage, Optical and Quantum Electronics 53, 128 (2021) (29 pages). DOI: 10.1007/s11082-020-02731-9. URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11082-020-02731-9.

Role: Corresponding author

Publisher: Springer

ISSN: 0306-8919

JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR (JIF): 1.842 (2019). Rank by Journal Impact Factor: Q3 (Optics)

 

56. Chu Shan Tan, Shin Yee Leow, Chen Ying, Choo Jun Tan, Tiem Leong Yoon, Chen Jingying and Mun Fei Yam, Comparison of FTIR spectrum with chemometric and machine learning classifying analysis for differentiating guan-mutong a nephrotoxic and carcinogenic traditional chinese medicine with chuan-mutong, Microchemical Journal 163, 105835 (2021) (13 pages). DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2020.105835. URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0026265X20337772.

Role: Co-author

Publisher: Elsevier

ISSN: 0026-265X

JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR (JIF): 3.594 (2019). Rank by Journal Impact Factor: Q1 (Chemistry, Analytical)

 

2020

55. Yee H. Robin Chang, Tiem L. Yoon, Keat H. Yeoh, Thong L. Lim, Integrated SnSSe bulk and monolayer as industrial waste heat thermoelectric materials, Int J Energy Res. 2020, 1– 15 (16 pages). DOI: 10.1002/er.5902. URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/er.5902

Role: Co-author

Publisher: Wiley

ISSN 0363-907X

JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR (JIF): 3.741 (2019). Rank by Journal Impact Factor: Q1 (Nuclear Science & Technology)

 

54. K. H. Yeoh, K. H. Chew, T. L. Yoon, Rusi, Y. H. R. Chang and D. S. Ong, Metal to semiconductor transition of two-dimensional NbSe2 through hydrogen adsorption: A first-principles study, Journal of Applied Physics 128, 105301 (2020) (20 pages). DOI: 10.1063/5.0013866. URL: https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/5.0013866

Role: Co-author

Publisher: AIP Publishing

ISSN 0021-8979

JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR (JIF): 2.286 (2019). Rank by Journal Impact Factor: Q2 (Physics, Applied)

 

53. Yusuf Zuntu Abdullahi, Tiem Leong Yoon, Abdullahi Anderson Kassimu, Metal-free ferromagnetic semiconductor: Mechanical, electronic and magnetic properties of boron doped graphitic carbon nitride (g-C6N6) sheet, Materials Chemistry and Physics 254, 123470 (2020) (7 pages). DOI: 10.1088/1361-648X/ab7032. URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2020.123470

Role: Corresponding author

Publisher: Elsevier

ISSN 0254-0584

JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR (JIF): 3.408 (2019). Rank by Journal Impact Factor: Q2 (Material Science, Multidisciplinary)

 

52. Robin Chang Yee Hui, Tiem Leong Yoon, Thong Leng Lim, Pin Wai Koh and Eong Sheng Goh, Effects of oxygen variation on the improved structural stability, electronic and optical properties of ZnTeO compounds, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 32, 225701 (2020) (12 pages). DOI: 10.1088/1361-648X/ab7032. URL: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-648X/ab7032

Role: Co-author

Publisher: IOP Publishing

eISSN 1361-648X

JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR (JIF): 2.711 (2018). Rank by Journal Impact Factor: Q2 (Physics, Condensed Matter)

 

51. K. H. Yeoh, K. -H. Chew, T. L. Yoon, Rusi and D. S. Ong, Strain-Tunable Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Two-Dimensional Gallium Nitride with Vacancy Defects, Journal of Applied Physics 127, 015305 (2020)(8 pages). DOI: 10.1063/1.5132417. URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5132417

Role: Co-author

Publisher: AIP Publishing

eISSN 1089-7550

IF: 2.328 (2018). Rank by Journal Impact Factor: Q2 (Physics, Applied)

 

50. M.R. Omar, J.A. Karim and T.L. Yoon, An efficient Monte Carlo fission source convergence acceleration strategy adapted from the survival biasing technique, Annals of Nuclear Energy 138, 107164 (2020) (12 pages). DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2019.107164. URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306454919306747

Role: Corresponding author

Publisher: Elsevier

ISSN 0306-4549

IF: 1.380 (2018). Rank by Journal Impact Factor: Q2 (Nuclear Science and Technology)

 

49. Yee Hui Robin Chang, Tiem Leong Yoon, Thong Leng Lim, Moi HuaTuh, Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) compatible ZrX (X = Hf, Mo and Ru) alloys with enhanced mechanical properties as alternative biomedical applications, Scripta Materialia 178, 82–85 (2020) (4 pages). DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2019.11.013. URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2019.11.013

Role: Co-author

Publisher: Elsevier

ISSN 1359-6462

IF: 4.539 (2018). Rank by Journal Impact Factor: Q1 (Materials Science, Multidisciplinary) (Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering)

 

48. Yee Hui Robin Chang, Tiem Leong Yoon, Effects of nitrogen addition and growth condition on the enhanced mechanical properties of transition metal carbides TMC (TM = Zr, Hf), Ceramics International 46, 1124-1136 (2020) (13 pages). DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2019.09.081. URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0272884219326100

Role: Co-author

Publisher: Elsevier

ISSN 0272-8842

JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR (JIF): 3.450 (2018). JCP Quartile: Q1 (Materials Science, Ceramics)

 

2019

47. Pin W. Koh, Tiem L. Yoon, Thong L. Lim, Yee H. R. Chang and Eong S. Goh, Generation of ground‐state structures and electronic properties of ternary AlxTiyNiz clusters (x+y+z=6) with a two‐stage density functional theory global search approach, International Journal of Quantum Chemistry 2019;e26079. (12 pages). DOI: 10.1002/qua.26079. URL: https://doi.org/10.1002/qua.26079

Role: Corresponding author

Publisher: Wiley

ISSN 1097-461X

IF: 2.263 (2018). Rank by Journal Impact Factor: Q1.

 

 46. K. H. Yeoh, K.-H. Chew, Y. Z. Chu, T. L. Yoon, Rusi, and D. S. Ong, First-principles study of monolayer Be2C as anode material for lithium-ion batteries, Journal of Applied Physics 126, 125302 (2019) (6 pages). DOI: 10.1063/1.5110225. URL: https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.5110225.

Role: Co-author

Publisher: AIP Publishing

ISSN 1089-7550

IF: 2.328 (2018). Rank by Journal Impact Factor: Q2

 

45. Keat Hoe Yeoh, Tiem Leong Yoon, Thong Leng Lim, Rusi and Duu Sheng Ong, Monolayer GaN functionalized with alkali metal and alkaline earth metal atoms: A first-principles study, Superlattices and Microstructures 130, 428 – 436 (2019) (9 pages). DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.spmi.2019.05.011. URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0749603618324285

Role: Corresponding author

Publisher: Elsevier

ISSN 0749-6036

IF: 2.099 (2017). Rank by Journal Impact Factor: Q3

 

44. Yusuf Zuntu Abdullahi, Tiem Leong Yoon and Thong Leng Lim, Biogas detection on carbon nitride sheet with embedded Mn atom: dispersion-corrected density functional theory, Materials Research Express 6, 065603 (2019). DOI: 10.1088/2053-1591/ab07f2. URL: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2053-1591/ab07f2/pdf

Role: Corresponding author

Publisher: IOP Publishing

ISSN 2053-1591

IF: 1.151 (2017). Rank by Journal Impact Factor: Q4

 

43. Yusuf Zuntu Abdullahi, Tiem Leong Yoon, Tuning the electronic and magnetic properties of Fe atom embedded heptazine sheet by atomic and molecular adsorption: First-principles calculations, Chinese Journal of Physics 57, 1-5 (2019) (6 pages).

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjph.2018.12.019. URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0577907318314308

Role: Corresponding author

Publisher: Elsevier

ISSN 0577-9073

IF: 1.051 (2017). Rank by Journal Impact Factor: Q3.

 

42. M. H. Lian, T. L. Yoon, T. L. Lim, DFTB parameterization and its application for the global minimum search of the small boron-carbon clusters, Chemical Physics Letters 207, 207-210 (2019) (4 pages). DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2018.12.023. URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0009261418310170 

Role: Corresponding author

Publisher: Elsevier

ISSN 0009-2614

IF: 1.686 (2017). Rank by Journal Impact Factor: Q3.

 

41. M. R. Omar, J. A. Karim, T. L. Yoon, The Development of a Multigroup Monte Carlo Code for TRIGA Reactors, Nuclear Engineering and Design 342, 99-114 (2019) (16 pages). DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2018.11.039. URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0029549318307957

Role: Corresponding author

Publisher: Elsevier

ISSN 0029-5493

IF: 1.541 (2018). Rank by Journal Impact Factor: Q1.

 

40. Yee Hui Robin Chang, Tiem Leong Yoon, Thong Leng Lim, Pin Wai Koh, Moi Hua Tuh, Frequency dependent linear and nonlinear optical properties of compositionally tuned inorganic CsSnX (X = Br, I) composites, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 779, 497- 504 (2019) (8 pages). DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2018.11.171. URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925838818343007

Role: Co-author

Publisher: Elsevier

ISSN 0925-8388

IF: 3.779 (2017). Rank by Journal Impact Factor: Q1.

 

 

2018

39. Yusuf Zuntu Abdullahi, Tiem Leong Yoon and Thong Leng Lim, Elastic and electronic properties of C2N monolayer: First-principles calculation, Materials Research Express 6, 025601 (2018). DOI: 10.1088/2053-1591/aae9ca. URL: https://doi.org/10.1088%2F2053-1591%2Faae9ca

Publisher: IOP Publishing

ISSN 2053-1591

IF: 1.151 (2017). Rank by Journal Impact Factor: Q4

 

38. Baharak Mehrdel, Azlan Abdul Aziz and Tiem Leong Yoon, Hydrogen bond sensing ability of CdSe/ZnS colloidal quantum dots in ionic medium, Materials Research Express 6, 015016 (2018). DOI: 10.1088/2053-1591/aae4b3. URL: https://doi.org/10.1088%2F2053-1591%2Faae4b3

Publisher: IOP Publishing

ISSN 2053-1591

IF: 1.151 (2017). Rank by Journal Impact Factor: Q4

 

37. Pin Wai Koh, Tiem Leong Yoon, Thong Leng Lim, Yee Hui Robin Chang, The generation of ground state structures and electronic properties of ternary AlkTilNim clusters (k+l+m=4) from a two-stage DFT global searching approach, International Journal of Quantum Chemistry; e25884 (2018) (14 pages). DOI: 10.1002/qua.25884. URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/qua.25884

Role: Corresponding author

Publisher: Wiley

ISSN 1097-461X

IF: 2.568 (2017). Rank by Journal Impact Factor: Q1.

 

36. Yusuf Zuntu Zuntu Abdullahi, Tiem Leong Yoon and Rania Edrees Adam Mohammad, Selective hydrogen adsorption on a buckled carbon nitride sheet: First-principles calculation, Materials Research Express 5, 125605 (2018). DOI: 10.1088/2053-1591/aae1c1. URL: http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2053-1591/aae1c1

Publisher: IOP Publishing

ISSN 2053-1591

IF: 1.151 (2017). Rank by Journal Impact Factor: Q4

 

35. Keat Hoe Yeoh, Tiem Leong Yoon, Hamsalekha A Kumaresan, Khian Hooi Chew, Duu Sheng Ong, Thong Leng Lim, Rusi, Functionalization of single-layer Pmma-CO by adatoms: A first-principles study of electronic, magnetic and structural properties, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids 123, 294-299 (2018) (6 pages). DOI: 10.1016/j.jpcs.2018.06.040

URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S002236971830708X

Publisher: Elsevier

IF: 2.207 (2017). Rank by Journal Impact Factor: Q2

 

34. Tjun Kit Min, Tiem Leong Yoon and Thong Leng Lim, Molecular dynamics simulation of melting of silicene, Materials Research Express 5, 065054 (2018) (x pages). DOI: 10.1088/2053-1591/aacdb7. URL: http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2053-1591/aacdb7/meta

Publisher: IOP Publishing

ISSN 2053-1591

IF: 1.151 (2017). Rank by Journal Impact Factor: Q4

 

33. Keat Hoe Yeoh, Tiem Leong Yoon, Rusi, Duu Sheng Ong and Thong Leng Lim, First-principles studies on the superconductivity of aluminene, Applied Surface Science 445, 161-166 (2018) (7 pages). DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2018.03.133. URL: https://DOI:.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2018.03.133; Corrigendum to ‘‘First-principles studies on the superconductivity of aluminene” [Appl. Surf. Sci. 445 (2018) 161–166], Applied Surface Science 463, 1168–1169 (2019). DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2018.03.133. URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169433218312881

Publisher: Elsevier

IF: 4.439 (2017). Rank by Journal Impact Factor: Q1

 

32. Yusuf Zuntu Abdullahi, Tiem Leong Yoon, Mohd Mahadi Halim, Md. Roslan Hashim, Thong Leng Lim, Effects of atoms and molecules adsorption on electronic and magnetic properties of s-triazine with embedded Fe atom: DFT investigations, Philosophical Magazine 98, 1114-1129 (2018) (16 pages). DOI: 10.1080/14786435.2017.1418096. URL: http://dx.DOI:.org/10.1080/14786435.2017.1418096. (arXiv version: https://arxiv.org/abs/1703.07128)

Publisher: Taylor and Francis

IF: 1.632 (2017). Rank by Journal Impact Factor: Q2

 

31. Yusuf Zuntu Abdullahi, Tiem Leong Yoon, Mohd Mahadi Halim, Md. Roslan Hashim, Thong Leng Lim, First-principles investigation of graphitic carbon nitride monolayer with embedded Fe atom, Surface Science 667, 112-120 (2018) (9 pages). DOI:10.1016/j.susc.2017.10.006. URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0039602817303849

Publisher: Elsevier

IF: 1.997 (2017). Rank by Journal Impact Factor: Q3

 

2017

30. Yusuf Zuntu Abdullahi, Yoon Tiem Leong, Mohd Mahadi Halim, Md. Roslan Hashim, Lim Thong Leng, Kazuhiko Uebayashi, Adsorption of atoms and molecules on s-triazine sheet with embedded manganese atom: First-Principles calculations, Physics Letters A 381, 3664–3674 (2017)(11 pages). DOI: 10.1016/j.physleta.2017.09.026. URL: http://dx.DOI:.org/10.1016/j.physleta.2017.09.026

Publisher: Elsevier

IF: 1.863 (2017). Rank by Journal Impact Factor: Q2

 

29. Keat Hoe Yeoh, Tiem Leong Yoon, Duu Sheng Ong, Thong Leng Lim and Yusuf Zuntu Abdullahi, First-principles studies on the effects of halogen adsorption on monolayer antimony. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 19, 25786-25795 (2017) (10 pages). DOI:10.1039/C7CP03028B. URL: http://dx.DOI:.org/10.1039/C7CP03028B

Role: Co-author

Publisher: The Royal Society of Chemistry

ISSN: 1463-9076

IF: 3.906 (2017). Rank by Journal Impact Factor: Q1

 

28. Robin Chang Yee Hui, Tiem Leong Yoon, Thong-Leng Leng Lim, Eong Sheng Goh, Thermoelectric and piezoelectric properties of predicted AlxIn1-xN composites based on Ab initio calculations, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 19, 24613-24625 (2017) (23 pages). DOI: 10.1039/C7CP03749J. URL: http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2017/cp/c7cp03749j#!divAbstract.

Role: Co-author

Publisher: The Royal Society of Chemistry

ISSN: 1463-9076

IF: 3.906 (2017). Rank by Journal Impact Factor: Q1

 

27. Tsung-Wen Yen, Thong-Leng Lim, Tiem-Leong Yoon and S.K. Lai, Studying the varied shapes of gold clusters by an elegant optimization algorithm that hybridizes the density functional tight-binding theory and the density functional theory, Computer Physics Communications 220, 143-149 (2017) (7 pages). DOI: 10.1016/j.cpc.2017.07.002. URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0010465517302096.

Publisher: Elsevier

IF: 3.748 (2017). Rank by Journal Impact Factor: Q1

 

26. E. S. Goh, J. W. Mah, T. L. Yoon, Effects of Hubbard term correction on the structural parameters and electronic properties of wurtzite Zn, Computational Materials Science 138, 111-116 (2017) (7 pages). DOI: 10.1016/j.commatsci.2017.06.032. URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0927025617303361; arXiv:1703.02496 [cond-mat.mtrl-sci] (2017) (14 pages). URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1703.02496

Publisher: Elsevier

IF: 2.53 (2017). Rank by Journal Impact Factor: Q1

 

25. Yusuf Zuntu Abdullahi, Tiem Leong Yoon, Mohd Mahadi Halim, Md. Roslan Hashim, Thong Leng Lim, Theoretical studies on mechanical and electronic properties of s-triazine sheet, Philosophical Magazine 97, 2077-2088 (2017) (11 pages). DOI: 10.1080/14786435.2017.1328135. URL: http://dx.DOI:.org/10.1080/14786435.2017.1328135.

Publisher: Taylor and Francis

IF: 1.632 (2017). Rank by Journal Impact Factor: Q2

 

24. B. S. Lee, T. L. Yoon, R. Abd-Shukor, Theory of d-wave high temperature superconductivity in the cuprates involving non-linear lattice modes, Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism (2017) (20 pages). DOI: 10.1007/s10948-017-4087-4. URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10948-017-4087-4

Publisher: Springer

IF: 1.142 (2017). Rank by Journal Impact Factor: Q4

 

23. Tjun Kit Min, Tiem Leong Yoon, Chuo Ann Ling, Shahrom Mahmud, Thong Leng Lim, Kim Guan Saw, Molecular dynamics simulations and photoluminescence measurements of annealed ZnO surfaces, Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures 90, 28-36 (2017) (26 pages). DOI: 10.1016/j.physe.2017.03.005. URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1386947716312814 

Publisher: Elsevier

IF: 2.399 (2017). Rank by Journal Impact Factor: Q2

 

22. Yee Hui Robin Chang, Tiem Leong Yoon, Thong Leng Lim, Moi Hua Tuh, High-pressure phases of AlxIn1-xN compounds: First principles calculations, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 704, 160–169 (2017) (10 pages). DOI: 10.1016/j.cap.2016.07.010. URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S156717391630178X

Publisher: Elsevier

ISSN 0925-8388

IF: 3.779 (2017). Rank by Journal Impact Factor: Q1

 

21. Wei Chun Ng, Thong Leng Lim, and Tiem Leong Yoon, Investigation of melting dynamics of hafnium clusters, J. Chem. Inf. Model. 57, 517-528 (2017) (12 pages). DOI: 10.1021/acs.jcim.6b00553. URL: http://pubs.acs.org/DOI:/abs/10.1021/acs.jcim.6b00553.

Publisher: ACS Publications

IF: 3.804 (2017). Rank by Journal Impact Factor: Q1

 

20. B. Mehrdel, A. Abdul Aziz, T. L. Yoon, and S. C. Lee, Effect of chemical interface damping and aggregation size of bare gold nanoparticles in NaCl on the plasmon resonance damping, Optical Materials Express 7, 955-966 (2017) (12 pages). DOI: 10.1364/OME.7.000955. URL: https://www.osapublishing.org/ome/abstract.cfm?uri=ome-7-3-955

Publisher: OSA Publishing

IF: 2.566 (2017). Rank by Journal Impact Factor: Q2

 

2016

19. Yusuf Zuntu Abdullahi, Yoon Tiem Leong, Mohd Mahadi Halim, Md. Roslan Hashim, Mohd. Zubir Mat Jafri, Lim Thong Leng, Mechanical and electronic properties of graphitic carbon nitride sheet: First-principles calculations, Solid State Communications 248, 144-150 (2016) (7 pages). DOI: 10.1016/j.ssc.2016.10.005. URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0038109816302666

Publisher: Elsevier

IF: 1.554 (2016). Rank by Journal Impact Factor: Q3

 

18. E.S. Goh and L.H. Ong and T.L. Yoon and K.H. Chew, Structural relaxation of BaTiO3 slab with tetragonal (100) surface: Ab-initio comparison of different thickness, Current Applied Physics 16, 1491-1497 (2016) (8 pages). DOI: 10.1016/j.cap.2016.08.024. URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1567173916302346.

Publisher: Elsevier

IF: 1.971 (2016). Rank by Journal Impact Factor: Q2

 

17. Y.H. Robin Chang, T.L. Yoon, T.L. Lim, Ab initio computations of the linear and nonlinear optical properties of stable compounds in Al-In-N system, Current Applied Physics 16, 1277–1283 (2016) (8 pages). DOI: 10.1016/j.cap.2016.07.010. URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S156717391630178X

Publisher: Elsevier

IF: 1.971 (2016). Rank by Journal Impact Factor: Q2

 

16. Yee Hui Robin Chang, Tiem Leong Yoon, Thong Leng Lim and Maksim Rakitin, Thorough investigations of the structural and electronic properties of AlxIn1-xN ternary compound via ab initio computations, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 682, 338-344 (2016) (7 pages). DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2016.04.281. URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925838816312683

Publisher: Elsevier

ISSN 0925-8388

IF: 3.133 (2016). Rank by Journal Impact Factor: Q1

 

15. Yusuf Zuntu Abdullahi, Yoon Tiem Leong, Mohd Mahadi Halim, Md. Roslan Hashim, Mohd. Zubir Mat Jafri, Lim Thong Leng, Geometric and electric properties of graphitic carbon nitride sheet with embedded single manganese atom under bi-axial tensile strain, Current Applied Physics 16, 809–815 (2016) (7 pages). DOI: 10.1016/j.cap.2016.04.019. URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S156717391630092X

Publisher: Elsevier

IF: 1.971 (2016). Rank by Journal Impact Factor: Q2

 

14. E.S. Goh, L.H. Ong, T.L. Yoon and K.H. Chew, Structural and response properties of all BaTiO3 phases from density functional theory using the projector-augmented-wave methods, Computational Materials Science 117, 306-314 (2016) (9 pages), DOI: 10.1016/j.commatsci.2016.01.037. URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0927025616300106

Publisher: Elsevier

IF: 2.292 (2016). Rank by Journal Impact Factor: Q2

 

2015

13. F. Tan, H. S. Lim, K. Abdullah, T. L. Yoon, and B. Holben, Monsoonal variations in aerosol optical properties and estimation of aerosol optical depth using ground-based meteorological and air quality data in Peninsular Malaysia, Atmos. Chem. Phys. 15, 3755–3771 (2015) (17 pages). DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-3755-2015. URL: http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/15/3755/2015/acp-15-3755-2015.html

Publisher: Copernicus Publications on behalf of the European Geosciences Union

IF: 5.114 (2015). Rank by Journal Impact Factor: Q1

 

12. Fuyi Tan, Hwee San Lim, Khiruddin Abdullah, Tiem Leong Yoon, Brent Holben, AERONET data–based determination of aerosol types, Atmospheric Pollution Research 6, 682-695 (2015) (14 pages). DOI: 10.5094/APR.2015.077. URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1309104215302014

Publisher: Elsevier

 

2014

11. B. S. Lee and T. L. Yoon, Magnetic Moments due to Orbital Currents in an Electron-Lattice Model of Cuprate Superconductors, Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism 27, 2673-2677 (2014) (5 pages). DOI: 10.1007/s10948-014-2753-3. URL: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10948-014-2753-3#

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

IF: 1.08 (2014). Rank by Journal Impact Factor: Q4

 

10. Thong Leng Lim, Mihail Nazarov, Tiem Leong Yoon, Lay Chen Low, M. N. Ahmad Fauzi, First-principles LDA+U calculations and luminescence study of YNbO4, Phys. Scr. 89, 095102 (2014) (7 pages). DOI: 10.1088/0031-8949/89/9/095102. URL: http://iopscience.iop.org/1402-4896/89/9/095102

Publisher: IOP Publishing

 

2013

9. T. L. Yoon, T. L. Lim, T. K. Min, S. H. Hung, N. Jakse, S.K. Lai, Epitaxial growth of graphene on 6H-silicon carbide substrate by simulated annealing method, The Journal of Chemical Physics 139, 204702 (2013) (13 pages). DOI: 10.1063/1.4832043. URL: http://aip.scitation.org/DOI:/10.1063/1.4832043

Publisher: AIP Publishing

 

8. Thong Leng Lim, Mihail Nazarov, Tiem Leong Yoon, Lay Chen Low, M. N. Ahmad Fauzi, X-ray diffraction experiments, luminescence measurements and first-principles GGA+U calculations on YTaO4, Computational Materials Science 77, 13–18 (2013) (6 pages). DOI: 10.1016/j.commatsci.2013.03.042. URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0927025613001651

Publisher: Elsevier

 

7. Wen Fong Goh, Sohail Aziz Khan and Tiem Leong Yoon, A molecular dynamics study of the thermodynamic properties of barium zirconate, Modelling Simul. Mater. Sci. Eng. 21, 045001 (2013) (11 pages). DOI: 0.1088/0965-0393/21/4/045001. URL: http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0965-0393/21/4/045001/meta

Publisher: Elsevier

 

2012

6. Goh Wen Fong, Yoon Tiem Leong, Sohail Aziz Khan, Molecular dynamics simulation of thermodynamic and thermal transport properties of strontium titanate with improved potential parameters, Computational Material Science 60, 123–129 (2012) (7 pages). DOI: 10.1016/j.commatsci.2012.03.027. URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0927025612001747

Publisher: IOP Publishing

 

2009

5. S. S. Ng, T. L. Yoon, Z. Hassan, and H. Abu Hassan, Surface and interface phonon polaritons of wurtzite GaN thin film grown on 6H-SiC substrate, Applied Physics Letters 94, 24191 (2009) (3 pages). DOI: 10.1063/1.3157130. URL: http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/journal/apl/94/24/10.1063/1.3157130

Publisher: AIP Publishing

 

2003

4. T. L. Yoon and R. Foot, Cosmological implications of low scale quark-lepton unification, Acta Phys. Polon. B 34, 2815 (2003) (27 pages). URL: http://www.actaphys.uj.edu.pl/vol34/abs/v34p2815.htm

Publisher: Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland

 

2002

3. R. Foot and T. L. Yoon, Exotic meteoritic phenomena: The Tunguska event and anomalous low altitude fireballs - manifestations of the mirror world? Acta Phys. Pol. B 33, 197 (2002) (31 pages). URL: http://www.actaphys.uj.edu.pl/vol33/abs/v33p1979.htm

Publisher: Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland

 

2. T. L. Yoon and R. Foot, Solutions of the atmospheric, solar and LSND neutrino anomalies large from TeV scale quark-lepton unification, Phys. Rev. D 65, 015002 (2002) (18 pages). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.65.015002. URL: http://journals.aps.org/prd/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevD.65.015002

Publisher: American Physical Society

 

2000

1. T. L. Yoon and R. Foot, Maximalνμ-ντ  oscillations, the see-saw mechanism and the Exact Parity Model, Phys. Lett. B 491, 29 (2000) (7 pages). DOI: 10.1016/S0370-2693(00)01048-0. URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269300010480

Publisher: Elsevier

 

Pre-print portal https://arxiv.org/

 

2017

1. Lian Ming Huei, Tiem Leong Yoon, Yee Yeen Soon, Thong Leng Lim, Molecular dynamics simulation of melting of finite and infinite size graphene, arXiv:1611.04161 [cond-mat.mtrl-sci] (2017) (35 pages). URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1611.04161

 


International Conference Proceedings

1996


1. S. P. Chia, N. K. Chong and T. L. Yoon, The Electroweak Penguins from the Standard Model, in proceedings of the Inauguration Conference of the Asia-Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics: Seoul National University, Korea, June 1996, editors, Y.M. Cho, J.B. Hong, C.N. Yang.


National Conference Proceedings

2015

11.    Yee Pin Ong, Thong Leng Lim and Tiem Leong Yoon, Melting behaviour of gold-platinum nanoalloy clusters by molecular dynamics simulations, PERFIK 2014, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 18–19 November 2014, AIP Conf. Proc. 1657, 110007 (5 pages) (2015), http://dx.DOI:.org/10.1063/1.4915226.

10.    Yee Pin Ong, Tiem Leong Yoon and Thong Leng Lim, Structures of 38-atom gold-platinum nanoalloy clusters, PERFIK 2014, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 18–19 November 2014, AIP Conf. Proc. 1657, 110005 (5 pages) (2015), http://dx.DOI:.org/10.1063/1.4915224.

9.    Yee Yeen Soon, Tiem Leong Yoon and Thong Leng Lim, Electronic and magnetic properties of small rhodium clusters, PERFIK 2014, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 18–19 November 2014, AIP Conf. Proc. 1657, 110003 (5 pages) (2015), http://dx.DOI:.org/10.1063/1.4915222.

8.    Yee Yeen Soon, Thong Leng Lim and Tiem Leong Yoon, Structural properties of small rhodium clusters, PERFIK 2014, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 18–19 November 2014, AIP Conf. Proc. 1657, 110001 (5 pages) (2015), http://dx.DOI:.org/10.1063/1.4915220.

7.    P. Yew, S. C. Lee, S. S. Ng, T. L. Yoon and H. Abu. Hassan, Influence of force constant on surface phonon polariton properties of cubic ZnS1−xSex crystals, PERFIK 2014, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 18–19 November 2014, AIP Conf. Proc. 1657, 100006 (5 pages) (2015), http://dx.DOI:.org/10.1063/1.4915213.

6.    Tjun Kit Min, Thong Leng Lim and Tiem Leong Yoon, Growth of bi- and tri-layered graphene on silicon carbide substrate via molecular dynamics simulation, PERFIK 2014, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 18–19 November 2014, AIP Conf. Proc. 1657, 070007 (5 pages) (2015), http://dx.DOI:.org/10.1063/1.4915202.

5.    Tjun Kit Min, Tiem Leong Yoon and Thong Leng Lim, Molecular dynamics simulation of annealed ZnO surfaces, PERFIK 2014, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 18–19 November 2014, AIP Conf. Proc. 1657,
070006 (5 pages) (2015), http://dx.DOI:.org/10.1063/1.4915201.

4.    Wei Chun Ng, Tiem Leong Yoon and Thong Leng Lim, Guided basin-hopping search of small boron clusters with density functional theory, PERFIK 2014, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 18–19 November 2014, AIP Conf. Proc. 1657, 070004 (4 pages) (2015), http://dx.DOI:.org/10.1063/1.4915199.

 

3.    Wei Chun Ng, Thong Leng Lim and Tiem Leong Yoon, Ground-state structures of Hafnium clusters, PERFIK 2014, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 18–19 November 2014, AIP Conf. Proc. 1657, 070003 (4 pages) (2015), http://dx.DOI:.org/10.1063/1.4915198

 

2013

2.    Yoon Tiem Leong, Goh Eong Shen, Calculation of ground state energy of a “4 × 4” flux qubit Josephson junction array using diffusion quantum Monte Carlo Method, PERFIK 2012, Bukit Tinggi, Pahang, Malaysia, 21 Nov 2012, AIP Conf. Proc. 1528, pp. 384-389 (6 pages) (2013); http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/proceeding/aipcp/10.1063/1.4803631.

 

1996

1. T. L. Yoon and S.P. Chia, Momentum dependence of the Z-Penguin vertex and its implication to direct CP violation effects, in proceedings of National Physical Symposium 96 (PERFIK 96): Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia, December 1996.