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2018, Hierarchical multi-component inorganic metamaterials: Intrinsically driven self-assembly at nanoscale, Adv. Mater., 30, 1702226, 10.1002/adma.201702226

2018, Towards universal plasma-enabled platform for the advanced nanofabrication: Plasma physics level approach, Rev. Mod. Plasma Phys., 2, 4, 10.1007/s41614-018-0016-7

2019, Plasmonic platform based on nanoporous alumina membranes: Order control via self-assembly, J. Mater. Chem. A, 7, 9565, 10.1039/C8TA11374B

2001, World record flights of beam-riding rocket lightcraft—demonstration of “disruptive” propulsion technology

2014, An advanced optical system for laser ablation propulsion in space, Acta Astronaut., 96, 97, 10.1016/j.actaastro.2013.11.021

2011, Laser propulsion technology on KKS-1 microsatellite, Rev. Laser Eng., 39, 34, 10.2184/lsj.39.34

2006, A ns-pulse laser microthruster, AIP Conf. Proc., 830, 235, 10.1063/1.2203266

2006, Performance test results for the laser-powered microthruster, AIP Conf. Proc., 830, 224, 10.1063/1.2203265

2010, A review of laser ablation propulsion, AIP Conf. Proc., 1278, 710, 10.1063/1.3507164

2010, Laser-ablation propulsion, J. Propul. Power, 26, 609, 10.2514/1.43733

2013, The PEGASES gridded ion-ion thruster performance and predictions

2018, Spacecraft-plasma-debris interaction in an ion beam shepherd mission, Acta Astronaut., 146, 216, 10.1016/j.actaastro.2018.02.030

2018, Demonstrating a new technology for space debris removal using a bi-directional plasma thruster, Sci. Rep., 8, 14417, 10.1038/s41598-018-32697-4

2017, Ten–Ampere–Level, Applied–Field–Dominant Operation in Magnetoplasmadynamic Thrusters, J. Propul. Power, 33, 360, 10.2514/1.B36179

2017, Electrostatic/magnetic ion acceleration through a slowly diverging magnetic nozzle between a ring anode and an on-axis hollow cathode, AIP Adv., 7, 065204, 10.1063/1.4985380

2004, Theoretical components of the VASIMR plasma propulsion concept, Phys. Plasmas, 11, 2942, 10.1063/1.1666328

2004, Experimental evidence of parametric decay processes in the variable specific impulse magnetoplasma rocket (VASIMR) helicon plasma source, Phys. Plasmas, 11, 5125, 10.1063/1.1803579

2012, The innovative dual-stage 4-grid ion thruster concept—Theory and experimental results