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Journals

Tribology of Non-Adhesive Surfaces: Superhydrophobicity and Wetting Regime Transitions

February 19, 2017

Author(s)

Michael Nosonovsky, Bharat Bhushan

Non-adhesive and water-repellent surfaces are required for many tribological applications. Wetting of patterned superhydrophobic Si surfaces is studied as a...

Size, Load, and Velocity Effect on State-and-Rate Friction at Micro/Nanoscale

February 19, 2017

Author(s)

Michael Nosonovsky

A model for size-, load-, and velocity-dependence of friction at micro/nanoscale is proposed. During multiple-asperity contact, friction force is equal to the...

Subsolidus Phase Equiibria of the 2223 (Bi:Sr:Ca:Cu) Phase at 840 C to 850 C in Air

February 19, 2017

Author(s)

Winnie Wong-Ng, Lawrence P. Cook, F Jiang, L Swartzendruber, P Sastry

The subsolidus phase equilibria involving the Bi-2223(Bi 2Sr 1.9Ca 2.1Cu 3O 10+x) phase in the Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O system (BSCCO) were investigated at 840-850The...

Estimation of Tensile Creep Parameters from Flexural and Compressive Creep of a Silicon Carbide and of a Silicon Carbide Whisker-Reinforced Alumina

February 19, 2017

Author(s)

Ralph Krause

Secondary creep in tension was characterized by power-law functions of stress that were evaluated from load-point displacement on four-point flexure specimens...

ICSD Accessibility in Support of Materials Research and Design

February 19, 2017

Author(s)

Vicky L. Karen, A J. Belsky

The materials community in both science and industry use crystallographic data models on a daily basis to visualize, explain, and predict the behavior of...

Glass forming liquids and polymers: what we learn from statistical physics

February 19, 2017

Author(s)

S C. Glotzer, Y Gebremichael, N Lacevic, T B. Schroder, Francis W. Starr

We describe the application of statistical mechanical framework, originally developed to describe critical phenonema, to the problem of dynamic criticality...

Nanotribology: the Link to Macrotribology

February 19, 2017

Author(s)

Stephen M. Hsu

The study of adhesion, friction, and lubrication at the nanoscale is driven by the needs in niicrosystems, MEMS, and small scale devices. Reliabilitydurability...

Raman Stress Evaluation: Hydrostatic vs. Biaxial Calibration

February 19, 2017

Author(s)

L M. Braun, Grady S. White

Comparisons of two technical approaches for stress measurement based on the peak shifts associated with micro-Raman spectra are described. Stress values were...

The 1999 Materials Research Society (MRS) Fall Meeting

February 19, 2017

Author(s)

Winnie Wong-Ng

The 1999 Material Research Society Fall Meeting took place in Boston Copley Plaza from November 26 to December 3. This was the first time that MRS has used the...

Predictive chemical kinetic model for lubricant performance: bench testings

February 19, 2017

Author(s)

Stephen M. Hsu, C I. Chen

Bench tests have been used to screen lubricants and additives for industrial fluids in machinery applications for a very long time. As technology becomes more...

Abrasive Machining of Glass-Infiltrated Alumina with Diamond Burs

February 19, 2017

Author(s)

L Yin, L K. Ives, S Jahanmir, E D. Rekow, E Romberg

The abrasive machining characteristics of a glass-infiltrated dry-pressed alumina used for fabrication of all-ceramic dental crowns are investigated using a...

Reduction in Interfacial Sliding Shear Resistance From Abrasive Wear in SiC Fiber-Reinforced Ceramics Composite

February 19, 2017

Author(s)

Lin-Sien H. Lum, Y Kagawa

Interface wear behavior and its effects on frictional sliding shear resistance in fiber-reinforced ceramics was studied using a SiC fiber (SCS-6) - Al 20 3...

An Exception to Amontons' Law: The Friction of Carbon Surfaces in Air

February 19, 2017

Author(s)

P M. McGuiggan

The friction of carbon has been of much interest in recent years due to its good tribological properties. These properties include high wear resistance, high...

Statistically Representative Three-Dimensional Microstructures Based on Orthogonal Observation Sections

February 19, 2017

Author(s)

D M. Saylor, J Fridy, B S. El-Dasher, K Y. Jung, Anthony D. Rollett

Techniques are described that have been used to create a statistically representative three-dimensional model microstructure for input into computer simulations...

Stress Evolution in the Thermally Grown Oxide Layer in Thermal Barrier Coatings as a Function of Thermal Cycling

February 19, 2017

Author(s)

Albert J. Paul, Grady S. White

Stress measurements in the thermally grown oxide layer of thermal barrier coatings are presented. Stresses were determined from photoluminescence measurements...

Particulate Ceramic Composites: Their High-Temperature Creep Behavior

February 19, 2017

Author(s)

Sheldon M. Wiederhorn

Particulate composites, such as liquid-phase sintered silicon nitride and reaction-bonded silicon carbide, are being considered for use in applications where...

Characterization of Diamond Powders by Electron Paramagnetic Resonance, X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Electron Energy Loss Spectro

February 19, 2017

Author(s)

P S. Wang, Stephen M. Hsu, T N. Witberg

Paramagnetic defects in diamond powders were examined by x-band electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) for dangling bonds and unpaired electrons at 9.62 GHz...

Effects of Polarity on Grain Boundary Migration in ZnO

February 19, 2017

Author(s)

Jong S. Lee, Sheldon M. Wiederhorn

Boundary migration of ZnO has been investigated using single crystals with defined crystallographic orientations. The migration rate of the basal C planes...

Phase Diagrams for Zirconium and Zirconia Systems

February 19, 2017

Author(s)

H Ondik, H F. McMurdie

This compilation is the first volume in the Phase Equilibria Diagram series focused on a single element, zirconium. The volume combines over 400 new results...

Elucidating Thermo-Mechanical Spallation of Thermal Barrier Coating-Systems Using Controlled Indentation Flaws

February 19, 2017

Author(s)

M Bartsch, B Baufeld, Lin-Sien H. Lum

ramic thermal barrier coatings (TBC) can exhibit premature in-service failure due to spallation as a consequence of exposure to elevated temperatures...

Phase Diagrams for Electronic Ceramics I: Dielectric Ti, Nb, and Ta Oxide Systems

February 19, 2017

Author(s)

Robert S. Roth

This compilation is the first volume in the Phase Equilibria Diagram series focused on a selected group of oxides, TiO2, Nb2O5, and Ta2O5, selected for their...

High Performance Tribology Systems: Design Consideration

February 19, 2017

Author(s)

Stephen M. Hsu

Since the 1980s, the pace of technology innovations has accelerated exponentially. The advent of high efficiency yet environmental friendly diesel engine...

The Speed, Grain Boundary Morphology, and Composition Changes Resulting from DIGM

February 19, 2017

Author(s)

John W. Cahn, C M. Elliott, P C. Fife, O Penrose

We use the equations for steady-state diffusion-induced grain boundary motion (DIGM), derived from our phase-field model, [17] to predict the grain boundary...

Proceedings of the 13th IEEE International Symposium on Applications of Ferroelectrics

February 19, 2017

Author(s)

Grady S. White, T Tsurumi

The International Joint Conference on the Application of Ferroelectrics (IFFF 2003) united the 13th IEEE International Symposium on the Application of...

Determining Crystal Habits From Oberservations of Planar Sections

February 19, 2017

Author(s)

D M. Saylor, G S. Rohrer

A Method is described for reconstructing the crystal habit from the observations of many random planar sections of known orientation. We have generated...

Lifetime Prediction for Silicon Nitride

February 19, 2017

Author(s)

Sheldon M. Wiederhorn

This paper reviews lifetime prediction methodologies for high-temperature structural ceramics. The methodologies consider failure from subcritical crack growth...

Comparison of Two Methods for Determining Surface Roughness From Spectrophotometry Data

February 19, 2017

Author(s)

L D. Rotter

The method of determining the surface roughness of a transparent solid interface by fitting spectrophotometric transmittance and/or reflectance data with a...

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopic Studies of Lithium Insertion in Silver Vanadium Oxide Cathodes

February 19, 2017

Author(s)

N D. Leifer, A Colon, K Martocci, S G. Greenbaum, Faisal Alamgir, T B. Reddy, N R. Gleason, R A. Leising, E S. Takeuchi

Structural studies have been carried out on Ag2V4O11 (silver vanadium oxide, SVO) and LixAg2V4O11, lithiated SVO with x = 0.72, 2.13 and 5.59 using Nuclear...

Unconventional Microwave Response of Self-Assembled Multiferroic Nanostructures in Epitaxial Thin Films

February 19, 2017

Author(s)

Julia Slutsker, V Talanov, I Smolyaninov, Igor Levin, A R. Schwartz, Alexander L. Roytburd

The response of self-assembled CoFe2O4-PbTiO3 multiferroic nanostructures to an external microwave field was analyzed using a near-field scanning microwave...

Predicting Fracture Resistance of Brittle Crystals

February 19, 2017

Author(s)

Grady S. White, Stephen W. Freiman, Lin-Sien H. Lum

A simple expression is derived relating fracture surface energy to easily measured material properties, i.e., the elastic Young's modulus and the equilibrium...

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