Publications and Abstracts

Journal Publications

S. Agarwal, P.E. Krajewski, C.L. Briant, A.F. Bower and E. Taleff "Experimental validation of a two-dimensional finite element method for simulating constitutive response of polycrystals during high temperature deformation"  Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance  16 (2) pp.170-178  (2007)  doi:10.1007/s11665-007-9028-0

S. Agarwal, C.L. Briant, L.G. Hector, Jr. and Y.L. Chen, "Friction stir processed AA5182-O and AA6111-T4 aluminum alloys. Part 1: electron backscattered diffraction analysis," Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, 16, (4), pp.391-403, (2007) doi:10.1007/s11665-007-9064-9

D.S. Balint, V.S. Deshpande, A. Needleman and E. Van der Giessen "A Discrete Dislocation Analysis of Grain Size Strengthening" Materials Science and Engineering, A 400-401 (2005) 186-190 doi:10.1016/j.msea.2005.02.082

 D.S. Balint, V.S. Deshpande, A. Needleman and E. Van der Giessen "Discrete dislocation plasticity analysis of crack-tip fields in polycrystalline materials" Philosophical Magazine, 85 (26-27) pp.3047-3071 (2005) doi:10.1080/14786430500073887

A.F. Bower, V. Sethuraman and P.R. Guduru, “A finite strain model of stress, diffusion, plastic flow and electrochemical reactions in a lithium-ion half-cell,” J. Mech. Phys. Solids, in press (2011).

A.F. Bower and E. Wininger, "A two-dimensional finite element method for simulating the constitutive response and microstructure of polycrystals during high temperature plastic deformation," Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Volume 52, Issue 6, June 2004, Pages 1289-1317 PDF>> doi:10.1016/j.jmps.2003.11.004

D.E. Cipoletti, A.F. Bower, Y. Qi and P.E. Krajewski "The influence of heterogeneity in grain boundary sliding resistance on the constitutive behavior of AA5083 during high-temperature deformation" Materials Science and Engineering A, 504, (1-2), pp. 175-182 (2009). doi:10.1016/j.msea.2008.10.037

D.E. Cipoletti, A.F. Bower and P.E. Krajewski, “A microstructure based model of the deformation mechanisms and flow stress during elevated temperature straining of magnesium alloys,” Scripta Materialia, in press (2011).

D. Coker, G. Lykotrafitis, A. Needleman, and A.J. Rosakis  "Frictional sliding modes along an interface between identical elastic plates subject to shear impact loading" Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 53  (4) 884-922 (2005).    doi:10.1016/j.jmps.2004.11.003 

W. A. Curtin, “New interpretation of the Haasen plot in solute-strengthened metal alloys”, Scripta Mat. 63, 917-920, (2010).

W.A. Curtin, D.L. Olmsted, L.G. Hector, "A Predictive Mechanism for Dynamic Strain Ageing in Aluminum-Magnesium Alloys," Nature Materials, 5 (11), pp.875-880 (2006) doi:10.1038/nmat1765

V. S. Deshpande, A. Needleman and E. van der Giessen  "Discrete dislocation plasticity analysis of static friction," Acta Materialia, 52, 3135-3149 (2004)  doi:10.1016/j.actamat.2004.03.018

M. Dewald and W. A. Curtin, "Analysis and Minimization of Dislocation Interactions with Atomistic/Continuum Interfaces",  Modeling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 14 (3) pp.497-514 (2006) doi:10.1088/0965-0393/14/3/011

M. Dewald and W. A. Curtin, "Multiscale Modelling of Dislocation/Grain-Boundary Interactions: I. Edge Dislocations Impinging on Sigma11(113) Tilt Boundary in Al",  Modeling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 15  pp.S193-S215 (2007) doi:10.1088/0965-0393/15/1/S16

M. Dewald and W. A. Curtin, "Multiscale Modelling of Dislocation/Grain-Boundary Interactions: II. Screw Dislocations Impinging on Tilt Boundaries in Al",  Philosophical Magazine, 87 (30) pp.4615-4641, (2007) doi:10.1080/14786430701297590

N. Du, A.F. Bower, P.E. Krajewski and E. Taleff, "The Influence of a Threshold Stress for Grain Boundary Sliding on the Constitutive Response of Polycrystalline Al During High Temperature Deformation," Materials Science and Engineering A, Volume 494, Issues 1-2, 25 October 2008, Pages 86-91 doi:10.1016/j.msea.2007.10.089

N. Du, A.F. Bower and P.E. Krajewski “Numerical simulations of void growth in Aluminum alloy AA5083 during elevated temperature deformation,” Materials Science and Engineering: A, Volume 527, Issues 18-19,  Pages 4837-4846 (2010)

N. Du, Y. Qi, P.E. Krajewski and A.F. Bower “Aluminum grain boundary sliding enhanced by vacancy diffusion,” Acta Materialia, Volume 58, Issue 12, July 2010, Pages 4245-4252

 N. Du, Y. Qi, P.E. Krajewski and A.F. Bower “The Effect of Solute Atoms on Aluminum Grain Boundary Sliding at Elevated Temperature,”  Metallurgical and Materials Transactions, in press (2011) doi:10.1007/s11661-010-03260z.

Y.F. Gao, A.F. Bower, K.-S. Kim, L. Lev, Y.T. Cheng, "The behavior of an elastic-perfectly plastic sinusoidal surface under contact loading  Wear 261 pp.145-154 (2006) doi:10.1016/j.wear.2005.09.016

Y.F. Gao, A.F. Bower, "Elastic-plastic contact of a rough surface with Weierstrass profile." Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A462 (2065), pp.319-348, (2006) doi:10.1098/rspa.2005.1563

Y.F. Gao, A.F. Bower, "A simple technique for avoiding convergence problems in finite element simulations of crack nucleation and growth on cohesive interfaces." Modeling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering 12, 453-463, 2004. doi:10.1088/0965-0393/12/3/007 The codes used in this paper are available for download. Help file  Fortran source file   ABAQUS input file

Y.F. Gao, H.H. Yu, and K.-S. Kim, "Micro-plasticity of surface steps under adhesive contact. Part II. Surface yielding controlled by single-dislocation nucleation." Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Volume 56, Issue 9, September 2008, Pages 2759-2772 doi:10.1016/j.jmps.2008.05.003

H. Haftbaradaran, J. Song, W.A. Curtin and H. Gao, “Continuum and atomistic models of strongly coupled diffusion, stress, and solute concentration,” Journal of Power Sources, 196, 361-370, (2011).

 H. Haftbaradaran, H. J. Gao, and W. A. Curtin, “A surface locking instability for atomic intercalation into a solid electrode”, App. Phys. Lett. 96, Art# 091909 (2010).

L.G. Hector, Jr. and Yen-Lung Chen, S. Agarwal and C.L. Briant "Texture Characterization of Autogenous Nd:YAG Laser Welds in AA5182-O and AA6111-T4 Aluminum Alloys" Metall. and Mater. Trans A, 35A. (2004) 3032-3038 PDF>>

L.G. Hector, Jr. and Yen-Lung Chen, S. Agarwal and C.L. Briant "Friction stir processed AA5182-O and AA6111-T4 aluminum alloys. Part 2: Tensile properties and strain field evolution" , Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance 16 (4) 404-417, (2007). doi:10.1007/s11665-007-9060-0

L.G. Hector, Jr.,  Y. Qi, P.E. Krajewski, N. Du and A.F. Bower "Microstructure based multi-scale modeling of elevated temperature deformation in aluminum alloys,"  Acta Materialia, Volume 58, Issue 3, February 2010, Pages 1074-1086

F. Jarrar, L.G. Hector, Jr., M Khraisheh, A.F. Bower,  “New approach to gas pressure profile prediction for AA5083 sheet forming” Journal of Materials Processing Technology, Volume 210, Issues 6-7, 1 April 2010, Pages 825-834

A. Kothari, E. Konca, B.W. Sheldon, K. Jian, H. Li, Z. Xia, W. Ni, and R. Hurt, “Mechanical behavior of anodic alumina coatings reinforced with carbon nanofibers”, Journal of Materials Science 44, 6020–6027 (2009).

G. P. Leyson, W. A. Curtin, L. G. Hector Jr., and C. Woodward, “First-principles computation of solute strengthening in Al alloys”, Nature Materials 9, 750-755, (2010).

 Hao Li, Brian W. Sheldon, A. Kothari, Z. Ban, and B.L. Walden, “Stress evolution in nanocrystalline diamond films produced by chemical vapor deposition”, J. Appl. Phys. 100, 094309 (2006).

J. Lou and K.-S.Kim, "Effects of interfaces on nano-friction of vertically aligned multi-walled carbon nanotube arrays," Materials Science and Engineering: A, Volumes 483-484, 15 June 2008, Pages 664-667. doi:10.1016/j.msea.2006.09.186

Ivan Milas, Yue Qi, Brian W. Sheldon, and Vivek Shenoy, “First-principles study of void induced stresses at diamond <100> twist grain boundary”, J. Appl. Phys. In press (2010)

A. Mukhopadhyay, A. Tokranov, K. Sena, X. Xiao, and B.W. Sheldon, "Thin Film Graphite Electrodes with Low Stress Generation During Li-intercalation", Carbon, in press (2011).

L. Nicola, A.F. Bower, K.S. Kim, A. Needleman and E. Van der Giessen, "Surface versus Bulk Nucleation of Dislocations during Contact", Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 55 (6) pp.1120-1144, (2007). doi:10.1016/j.jmps.2006.12.005

T. Nogaret, W. A. Curtin, J. A. Yasi, L.G. Hector, Jr., and D.R. Trinkle, “<c>+<a>  dislocation cores in magnesium: comparison of first-principles and embedded-atom-potential method predictions”, Acta Mater. 58, 4332-4243 (2010).

M.P. O'Day and W A Curtin, "A superposition framework for discrete dislocation plasticity," to appear in Journal of Applied Mechanics (2004) doi:10.1115/1.1794167

M. P. Oday and W. A. Curtin, "Bimaterial Interface Fracture: a Discrete Dislocation Model", Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 53 (2) 359-382 (2005)  doi:10.1016/j.jmps.2004.06.012

D. L. Olmsted, Rob Phillips, and W. A. Curtin, "Modelling diffusion in crystals under high internal stress gradients,"  Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering 12, (5) pp.781-797 (2004). doi:10.1088/0965-0393/12/5/003

D. L. Olmsted, Rob Phillips, and W. A. Curtin, "Modelling diffusion in crystals under high internal stress gradients,"  Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering 13, 1 (1) (2005).

D.L. Olmsted, L. G. Hector, Jr., W.A. Curtin,  "Molecular Dynamics Study of Solute Strengthening in Al/Mg Alloys" Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids  54 (8) pp1763-1788 (2006) doi:10.1016/j.jmps.2005.12.008

D.L. Olmsted, L. G. Hector, Jr., W.A. Curtin, R.J. Clifton,  "Atomistic simulations of dislocation mobility in Aluminum, Nickel, and Al/Mg Alloys" Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 13, 371-388, (2005) doi:10.1088/0965-0393/13/3/007

Y. Qi, B.W. Sheldon, H. Guo, X. Xiao, and A.K. Kothari, "The impact of surface chemistry on grain boundary induced intrinsic stress evolution during polycrystalline thin film growth", Phys. Rev. Letters 102, 056101 (2009).

M. Soare and W. A. Curtin, "Solute Strengthening of both Mobile and Forest Dislocations: the Origin of Dynamic Strain Aging in fcc Metals," Acta Materialia, Volume 56, Issue 15, September 2008, Pages 4046-4061 doi:10.1016/j.actamat.2008.04.027

M. Soare and W. A. Curtin, "Single-Mechanism Rate Theory for Dynamic Strain Aging in fcc Metals," Volume 56, Issue 15, September 2008, Pages 4091-4101 doi:10.1016/j.actamat.2008.04.030

S.K. Soni, B.W. Sheldon, A. Tokranov, and X. Xiao, “Thickness effects on the lithiation of amorphous silicon thin films”, Scripta Mater 64, 307-310 (2011).

J. Tello and W.A. Curtin, "A Coupled Discrete/Continuum model for Multiscale Diffusion," International Journal for Multiscale Computational Engineering 3 (3) pp.257-265 (2005) PDF>>

J. Wang, J. Lian, J.R. Greer, W.D. Nix, and K.-S. Kim, "Size Effect in Contact Compression of Nano and Microscale Pyramid Structures," Acta Materialia 54 (15) pp.3973-3982, (2006). doi:10.1016/j.actamat.2006.04.030

J. Wang, P. Shrotriya, and K.S. Kim, "Surface Residual Stress Measurement using Curvature Interferometry". Experimental Mechanics 46 (1), pp.39­46, (2006). doi:10.1007/s11340-005-5864-3

D. Ward, W.A. Curtin and Yue Qi, "Aluminum Silicon Interfaces and Nanocomposites: A Molecular Dynamic Study," Composites Science and Technology, 66 (9), pp.1151-1161,  (2006) doi:10.1016/j.compscitech.2005.10.024

D. Ward, W.A. Curtin and Yue Qi, "Mechanical Behavior of Al-Si Nanocomposites: A Molecular Dynamics Study," Acta Materialia, 54 (17) 4441-4451,  (2006) doi:10.1016/j.actamat.2006.05.022

D. K. Ward, D. Farkas, J. Lian, W. A. Curtin, J. Wang, K-S Kim, and Y. Qi, “Engineering size-scaling of plastic deformation in Nanoscale asperities”, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 24, 9580-9585 (2009).

C. Woodward, D.R. Trinkle, L.G. Hector, Jr. and D.L. Olmsted, "Prediction of Dislocation Cores in Aluminum from Density Functional Theory," Physical Review Letters, 100, 045507 (2008) doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.045507

S. Xia, Y.F. Gao, A.F. Bower, L. Lev, Y.T. Cheng, "Delamination Mechanism Maps for a strong elastic coating on an elastic-plastic substrate subjected to contact loading,"  International Journal of Solids and Structures  44 (11-12) pp.  3685-3699 (2007) 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2006.10.009

S.. Xia, Y. Qi, T. Perry and K.S. Kim, "Strength characterization of Al/Si interfaces: a hybrid method of nanoindentation and finite element analysis,"  Acta Materialiaes  57 (3) pp. 695-707 (2009) doi:10.1016/j.actamat.2008.10.011

X. Xiao, P. Liu, M. W. Verbrugge, H. Haftbaradaran and H. Gao, "Improved cycling stability of silicon thin film electrodes through patterning for high energy density lithium batteries," Journal of Power Sources, Vol. 196(3), pp. 1409-1416, (2011).

X. Xiao, B.W. Sheldon, Y. Qi, and A.K. Kothari, "Intrinsic stress evolution in nanocrystalline diamond thin films with deposition temperature", Applied Physics Letters 92, 131908 (2008).

X. Xiao, Y.-T. Cheng, B.W. Sheldon, J. Rankin, "Condensed water on superhydrophobic carbon films", J. Mater. Res. 23, 2174-2178 (2008).

X. Xiao, B.W. Sheldon, E. Konca, L. Lev, and M.J. Lukitsch, "The failure mechanism of chromium as the interlayer to enhance the adhesion of nanocrystalline diamond coatings on cemented carbide", Diamond and Related Materials 18, 1114-1117 (2009).

J.A. Yasi, T. Nogaret, D.R. Trinkle, Y. Qi, L.G. Hector Jr and W.A. Curtin "Basal and prism dislocation core in magnesium: comparison of first-principles and embedded-atom-potential methods predictions" Modelling and Simulation in Material Science and Engineering 17, 055012 (13pp) (2009) doi:10.1088/0965-0393/17/5/055012

H.H. Yu, P. Shrotriya, Y.F. Gao, and K.-S. Kim, "Micro-plasticity of surface steps under adhesive contact. Part I. Surface yielding controlled by single-dislocation nucleation." Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 55, pp.489-516, (2007). doi:10.1016/j.jmps.2006.09.003

P. Zavattieri, L. Hector, Jr. and A.F. Bower "Determination of the Effective Mode I Toughness of a Sinusoidal Interface between two Elastic Solids," International Journal of Fracture, 145, (3) 167-180, (2007) 10.1007/s10704-007-9109-y

P. Zavattieri, L. Hector, Jr. and A.F. Bower "Determination of the Effective Mode I Toughness of a Sinusoidal Interface between two Elastic Solids," International Journal of Fracture, 146, (1) 123-124, (2007) 10.1007/s10704-007-9149-3

P. Zavattieri, L. Hector, Jr. and A.F. Bower "Cohesive Zone Simulations of Crack Growth along a Rough Interface Between two Elastic-Plastic Solids," Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Volume 75, Issue 15, October 2008, 4309-4332  doi:10.1016/j.engfracmech.2007.11.007

F. Zhang and W. A. Curtin, "Atomistically-informed Solute Drag in Al-Mg" submitted to Modeling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering (2008). PDF>>

F. Zhang, T. Lisle, W.A. Curtin, Z. Xia Multiscale modeling of ductile-fiber-reinforced composites Composites Science and Technology, Volume 69, Issues 11-12, September 2009, Pages 1887-1895 doi:10.1016/j.compscitech.2009.04.006

F. Zhang, A.F. Bower, R.K. Mishra and K.P. Boyle, "Numerical Simulations of Necking during Tensile Deformation of Al Single Crystals," International Journal of Plasiticity,  Volume 25, Issue 1, January 2009, Pages 49-69 doi:10.1016/j.ijplas.2007.12.006

F. Zhang, A.F. Bower and W.A. Curtin “Finite element implementation of a kinetic model of dynamic strain ageing in Aluminum-Magnesium Alloys.” International Journal of Numerical Methods in Engineering (in press)  (2010).

Conference Proceedings

S. Agarwal, P.E. Krajewski and C.L. Briant "Texture development and dynamic recrystallization in AA5083 during superplastic forming at various strain rates"  in Advances in Superplasticity and Superplastic Forming 2004 ed. Eric M. Taleff, Paul E. Krajewski, and Peter A. Friedman pp. 95-107, (2004) PDF>>

K. P. Boyle and R. K. Mishra, "Latent Hardening in Crystal Plasticity", Proc. PLASTICITY 2005 - 11th International Symposium on Plasticity, ed. A.S. Khan, Kauai, Hawaii, Jan. 3-8, (2005). PDF>>

K. P. Boyle, "Latent Hardening in Copper Alloys", Proc ICOTOM 14, Leuven, Belgium July 14 (2005). PDF>>

K. P. Boyle and W. A. Curtin, "Grain interactions in crystal plasticity", Proc 6th International Conference and Workshop on Numerical
simulation of 3D sheet forming processes, Detroit, Aug 15-19 (2005). PDF>>

Y.F. Gao,  "A Micromechanical dislocation model of rough surface contact plasticity," Proc World Tribology Conference, Sept 2005 (submitted) PDF>>

Y.F. Gao, A.F. Bower, "Rough surface plasticity and adhesion across length scales." Proceeding of the International Workshop on Nanomechanics, Asilomar, CA. July 14-17, Edited by T.J. Chuang and P. Anderson, Springer pp.277-287 (2006). PDF>>

Y.F. Gao, A.F. Bower, K.-S. Kim, "Some issues of rough surface contact plasticity at micro- and nano-scales." Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, R7.3, Winter Meeting at Boston, 2004. PDF>>

L. Nicola, A. Needleman, A.F. Bower and E. Van der Giessen, "Dislocation Dynamics Simulations of Rough Surface Contact", Proc
VIII International Conference on Computational Methods in Plasticity, Barcelona, Spain Sept (2005). PDF>>

J. Wang, P. Shrotriya, H.H. Yu and K.-S. Kim, "Experimental Measurements of Surface Residual Stress Caused by Nano-scale Contact of Rough Surfaces" 2004 (MRS proceedings, to appear) PDF>>

J. Wang, D. Ward, W.A. Curtin and K.-S. Kim, "Contact Compression of Self-assembled Nano- and Micro-scale Pyramid Structures on Au (100) Surface," 2004 (MRS proceedings, to appear) PDF>>

H.H. Yu, P. Shrotriya, J. Wang and K.-S. Kim "Dislocation Nucleation and Segregation in Nano-scale Contact of Stepped Surfaces," (MRS proceedings, to appear) PDF>>

Internal Reports

Development of lightweight Aluminum and Magnesium alloys with enhanced room temperature formability

1.       Leyson, G.P.M., Hector, L.G. Jr., Curtin, W.A., and Woodward, C., “Quantitative prediciton of solute strengthening of aluminum”, CL-10-059-CML (2010)

2.       Yasi, J.A, Trinkle, D.R., Nogaret, T., Curtin, W.A, Hector, L.G. Jr., and Qi, Y., “Basal and prism dislocation cores in magnesium: comparison of first-principles and embedded-atom-potential predictions”, CL-09-355-MPL (2009).

3.       Zhang, F., Bower, A.F, and Mishra R.K., “Numerical simulations of texture evolution during channel die compression of aluminum polycrystals”, CL-08-324-MPL (2008)

4.       Zhang, F., Bower, A.F., Mishra, R.K., and Boyle, K., “Numerical simulations of necking during tensile deformation of aluminum”, CL-07-224-MPL (2007)

5.       Curtin, W.A., Olmsted, D.A., and Hector, L.G. Jr., “Dynamic strain aging in solute-strengthened metal alloys”, CL-05-99-MPL (2005)

6.       Hector, L.G. Jr., Woodward, C., Curtin, W.A., and Olmstead, D.L., “Core structure of single edge and screw dislocations in pure aluminum: a first principles study”, CL-05-92-MPL (2005)

 

Optimizing the microstructure and composition of Al and Mg alloys for elevated temperature forming;

1.       Du, N., Qi, Y., Krajewski, P.E, and Bower, A.F., “The effect of solute atoms on aluminum grain boundary sliding at elevated temperature”, CL-10-063-CML (2010)

2.       Du, N., Qi, Y., Krajewski, P.E, and Bower, A.F., “Aluminum grain boundary sliding enhanced  by vacancy diffusion”, CL-10-031-CML (2010)

3.       Hector, L.G. Jr., Jarrar, F., Bower, A.F., “New approach to gas pressure profile prediction for high temperature AA5083 sheet forming”, CL-09-003-CML (2009).

4.       Du, N., Bower, A.F., and Krajewski, P.E.”Numerical simulations of void growth in aluminum alloy AA5083 during elevated temperature deformation”, CL-09-359-MPL (2009)

5.       Krajewski, P.E., Hector, L.G. Jr., Du, N., and Bower, A.F., “Grain size effects on elevated temperature deformation of AA5083: comparison of multi-scale modeling and experiment”, CL-08-307-MPL (2008).

6.       Cipoletti, D.E. Bower, A.F., Qi, Y., and Krajewski, P.E, “The influence of heterogeneity in grain boundary sliding resistance on the constitutive behavior of AA5083 during high temperature deformation”, CL-08-273-MPL (2008).

7.       Du, N., Bower, A.F., Krajewski, P.E., and Taleff, E.M., “The influence of a threshold stress for grain boundary sliding on constitutive response of polycrystalline Al during high temperature deformation”, CL-06-157-MPL (2006).

8.       Agarwal, S., Krajewski, P.E., and Briant, C.L. “Dynamic recrystallization of AA5083 at 450C: The effects of strain rate and particle size”, CL-05-116-MPL (2005)

9.       Krajewski, P.E., Agarwal, S., Briant, C.L., Bower, A.F., and Taleff, E.M., “Experimental validation of two-dimensional finite element method for simulating constitutive response of polycrystals during high temperature plastic deformation”, CL-05-74-MPL (2005)

 

Developing engineered surfaces for wear-resistant linerless engines and coatings for dry drilling.

1.       Milas, I., Qi, Y., Sheldon, B.W., and Shenoy, V., “First-principles study of void induced stresses at diamond <100> twist grain boundary”, CL-10-088-CML (2010)

2.       Xia, S., Kim, K.S., Qi, Y., and Perry, T.A., “Strength characterization of aluminum/silicon interfaces: a hybrid method utilizing nanoindentation and finite element analyses”, CL-08-286-MPL (2008)

3.       Konca, E., Xiao, X., Lev, L.C., Cheng, Y.T., and Sheldon, B.W., “Tribological behavior of nanocrystalline diamond coatings”, CL-08-277-MPL (2008).

4.       Qi, Y., Guo, H., and Sheldon, B.W., “Controlling the intrinsic stress in nano-crystalline diamond through deposition temperature: the role of hydrogen at grain boundaries”, CL-08-257-MPL (2008).

5.       Ward, D.K., Curtin, W.A, Kim, K.S., Qi, Y., Frakas, D., Lian, J., and Wang, J., “Size-dependent plastic response in nanoscale asperities”, CL-07-207-MPL (2007).

6.       Xiao, X., Cheng, Y.T., Sheldon, B.W, “Condensing water on superhydrophobic carbon films”,  CL-06-172-MPL (2006)

7.       Hector, L.G. Jr., Cheng, Y.L., Agarwal, S., and Briant, C., “Friction stir processed AA5182-O and AA6111-T4 aluminum alloys Part 2 Tensile properties and strain field evolution”, CL-06-171-MPL (2006).

8.       Agarwal, S., Briant, C., Hector, L.G. Jr., and Chen, Y.L., “Friction stir processed AA5182-O and AA6111-T4 aluminum alloys, Part 1. Electron backscatter diffraction analysis”, CL-06-170-MPL (2006)

9.       Hector, L.G. Jr., Zavattieri, P.D., and Bower, A.F., “Toughening of a bonded interface with a periodic roughness, Part 2: Plasticity material models”, CL-06-152-MPL / CL-06-13-VDR (2006)

10.   Hector, L.G. Jr., Zavattieri, P.D., and Bower, A.F., “Toughening of a bonded interface with a periodic roughness, Part 1: Elastic model”, CL-06-132-MPL / CL-06-04-VDR (2006)

11.   Ward, D.K., Qi, Y., and Curtin, W.A., “Mechanical behavior of aluminum-silicon nanocomposites.” CL-05-97-MPL (2005)

12.   Ward, D.K., Qi, Y., and Curtin, W.A., “Molecular dynamics studies on aluminum-silicon interfaces and nanocomposites”, CL-05-65-MPL (2005)

 

 

Battery negative electrode materials.

1.       Soni, S.K, Xiao, X., Sheldon, B.W., Tokranov, A., “Monitor stress evolution in situ in amorphous silicon electrode during lithiation and delithiation”, CL-10-106-CML (2010).

2.       Mukhopadhyay, A., Tokranov, A., Sena, K., Sheldon, B.W., and Xiao, X., “In-situ determination of stress evolution during Li intercalation / deintercalation in graphite thin film electrodes”, CL-10-119-CML (2010)

3.       Shenoy, V. B, Johari, P., and Qi, Y., “Elastic softening of amorphous and crystalline LiSi phases with increasing Li concentration: a first principles study”, CL-10-054-CML (2010)