Review Papers:
B.X.Liu, W.S.Lai and Z.J.Zhang, “Solid-State Crystal-to-Amorphous Transition in Metallic Multilayers and Its Thermodynamic and Atomistic Modeling”,
Advances in Physics 50 (4) (2001) 367-429.
B.X.Liu, W.S.Lai, and Q.Zhang, “Irradiation Induced Amorphization in Metallic Multilayers and Calculation of Glass-Forming-Ability from Atomistic Potential in the Binary Metal Systems”,
Mater. Sci. Eng. R-Reports 29 (1-2) (2000) 1-48.
Regular Papers:
W.S. Lai, M.J. Yang, “Observation of largely enhanced hardness and unchanged modulus in nano-multilayers of the Ag-Nb system with positive enthalpy of formation”,
Applied Physics Letters, 90, (2007) Art. No. 181917
W.S. Lai, Y.N. Osetsky, D.J. Bacon, “Point-defect properties of, and sputtering events in, the {001} surfaces of Ni3Al. II. Sputtering events at and near surfaces”, Philosophical Magazine 85 (16) (2005) 1687-1700.
W.S. Lai, Y.N. Osetsky, D.J. Bacon, "Point-defect properties of and sputtering events in the {001} surfaces of Ni3Al - I. Surface and point-defect properties", Philosophical Magazine, 84 (2) (2004) 173-191.
W.S. Lai, X.S. Zhao, "Strain-induced elastic moduli softening and associated fcc < ->bcc transition in iron", Applied Physics Letters, 85(19) (2004) 4340-4342.
W.S. Lai, A.V. Barashev, D.J. Bacon, "Multiscale modeling of surface sputtering in a scanning transmission electron microscope", Physical Review B, 70 (2004) 195429.
W.S. Lai and B.X. Liu, "Glass-forming ability of the Ni-Zr and Ni-Ti systems determined by interatomic potentials", J. Mater. Res. 16 (2001) 446-450.
W.S. Lai, Q. Zhang, B.X. Liu, and E. Ma, "Solubility criterion for sequential disordering in metal-metal multilayers upon solid-state reaction", Philos. Mag. Lett. 81 (2001) 45-53.
W.S. Lai and B.X. Liu, "Lattice stability of some Ni-Ti alloy phases versus their chemical composition and disordering", J. Phys. Condensed Matter, 12 (2000) 53-60.
W.S. Lai et al., "Structural stability and amorphization transition in the Ni-Ti system studied by molecular dynamics simulation with an n-body potential", J. Phys. Soc. Japan, 69 (2000) 2903-2937.
W.S. Lai and B.X.Liu, "Influence of interfacial texture and asymmetric growth in diffusion-limited amorphization in Ni-Zr multilayers upon medium-temperature annealing",
Physical Review B, 58 (1998) 6063-6073.
W.S. Lai and B.X.Liu, "Evidence of diffusion-controlled vitrification in Ni/Zr bilayer at medium temperatures by molecular-dynamics simulation", Europhys. Lett., 39 (1997) 401-405.