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Search Publications by: Joshua B Martin (Fed)

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A case study of multi-modal, multi-institutional data management for the combinatorial materials science community

March 22, 2024
Author(s)
Sarah Allec, Eric Muckley, Nathan Johnson, Christopher Borg, Dylan Kirsch, Joshua B. Martin, Ichiro Takeuchi, Andrew Lee, James Saal, Logan Ward, Apruva Mehta
Although the convergence of high-performance computing, automation, and machine learning has significantly altered the materials design timeline, transformative advances in functional materials and acceleration of their design will require addressing the

The development of an augmented machine learning approach for the additive manufacturing of thermoelectric materials

February 28, 2024
Author(s)
Connor V. Headley, Roberto J. Herrera del Valle, Ji Ma, Prasanna Balachandran, Vijayabarathi Ponnambalam, Saniya LeBlanc, Dylan Kirsch, Joshua B. Martin
Through the integration of machine learning (ML) techniques alongside additive manufacturing (AM) experimentation, we demonstrate an iterative process to rapidly predict laser-material interactions and melt pool geometries throughout the build parameter

High-throughput printing of combinatorial materials from aerosols

May 10, 2023
Author(s)
Minxiang Zeng, Yipu Du, Nicholas Kempf, Miles Bimrose, Jiahao Chen, Dylan Kirsch, Joshua B. Martin, Bowen Zhang, Tatsunori Hayashi, Mortaza Saeidi-Javash, Hirotaka Sakaue, Babak Anasori, Michael McMurtrey, Yanliang Zhang
The development of new materials and their compositional and microstructural optimization are essential in regard to next-generation technologies such as clean energy and environmental sustainability. However, materials discovery and optimization have been

Synthesis, Structure, Te Alloying, and Physical Properties of CuSbS2

October 30, 2022
Author(s)
Dean Hobbis, Kaya Wei, Hsin Wang, Joshua B. Martin, George S. Nolas
Materials with very low thermal conductivities continue to be of interest for a variety of applications. We synthesized CuSbS2 employing a mechanical alloying technique in order to investigate its physical properties. The trigonal pyramid arrangement of

Synthesis, structure, electronic and thermal properties of sphalerite CuZn2InS4

October 12, 2021
Author(s)
Oluwagbemiga P. Ojo, Wilarachchige D. C. B. Gunatilleke, Hagen Poddig, Hsin Wang, Joshua B. Martin, Dylan J. Kirsch, George S. Nolas
Quaternary chalcogenides continue to be of interest due to the variety of physical properties they possess, as well as their potential for different applications of interest. Investigations on materials with the sphalerite crystal structure have only

Off-stoichiometric semiconductors Cu1.33+xZn1.33-xIn1.33Se4 (x = 0, 0.1, 0.2 and 0.3): Synthesis, structure, and thermal and electrical properties

January 12, 2021
Author(s)
Alzahrani Noha, Hagen Poddig, Hsin Wang, Joshua B. Martin, Wencong Shi, Lilia M. Woods, George S. Nolas
The synthesis, structure, and temperature dependent thermal and electrical properties of off-stoichiometric polycrystalline modified zinc blende quaternary chalcogenides Cu1.33+xZn1.33-xIn1.33Se4, where x ​= ​0, 0.1, 0.2 and 0.3, are investigated

Transport properties of topologically non-trivial bismuth tellurobromides BinTeBr

September 9, 2019
Author(s)
Falk Pabst, Dean Hobbis, Alzahrani Noha, Hsin Wang, I.P. Rusinov, E.V. Chulkov, Joshua B. Martin, Michael Ruck, George S. Nolas
Temperature dependent transport properties of the recently discovered layered bismuth-rich tellurobromides BinTeBr (n = 2, 3) are investigated for the first time. Dense homogeneous polycrystalline specimens prepared for different electrical and thermal

Structural, chemical, electrical and thermal properties of n-type NbFeSb

January 26, 2019
Author(s)
Dean Hobbis, Raphael P. Hermann, Hsin Wang, David S. Parker, Tribhuwan Pandey, Joshua B. Martin, Katharine L. Page, George S. Nolas
We report on the structural, chemical, electrical and thermal properties of n-type polycrystalline NbFeSb synthesized by induction melting of the elements. Although several studies on p-type conduction of this half-Heusler composition have recently been

A practical field guide to thermoelectrics: fundamentals, synthesis, and characterization

June 27, 2018
Author(s)
Alex Zevalkink, David M. Smiadak, Joshua B. Martin, Michael Chabinyc, Olivier Delaire, Jeffrey Blackburn, Andrew Ferguson, Jian Wang, Kirill Kovnir, Laura Schelhas, Stephen D. Kang, Maxwell T. Dylla, G. J. Snyder, Brenden Ortiz, Eric Toberer
The study of thermoelectric materials spans condensed matter physics, materials science and engineering, and solid-state chemistry. The diversity of the participants and the inherent complexity of the topic means that it is difficult, if not impossible, for

Synthesis and Transport Properties of Fe2SnSe4

November 2, 2017
Author(s)
Kaya Wei, Joshua B. Martin, George S. Nolas
Fe2SnSe4 was synthesized by elemental reaction and densified using hot pressing in order to investigate the transport properties. It crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group Pnma with the olivine-type crystal structure. Our report describes results and

Physical properties of madocite: A quaternary chalcogenide with very low thermal conductivity

April 25, 2017
Author(s)
Kaya Wei, Joshua B. Martin, Satofumi Maruyama, Lukasz Wojtas, Takao Mori, George S. Nolas
The madocite Pb17(Sb0.75As0.25)16S41 was synthesized by reaction of binary compounds and densified using hot pressing. The optical band-gap, thermal stability, and temperature-dependent heat capacity and thermal conductivity are reported for the first time

BC8 Silicon (Si-III) is a narrow-gap semiconductor

April 7, 2017
Author(s)
Haidong Zhang, Hanyu Liu, Kaya Wei, Oleksandr Kurakevych, Zhenxian Liu, Yann Godec, Joshua B. Martin, Michael Guerrette, George S. Nolas, Timothy A. Strobel
Large-volume, phase-pure synthesis of BC8 silicon (Ia3 ̅, cI16) has enabled bulk measurements of optical, electronic and thermal properties. Unlike previous reports that conclude BC8-Si is semimetallic, we demonstrate that this phase is a direct band gap

International Round-Robin Study on Thermoelectric Transport Properties of n-type Half-Heusler from 300 K to 773 K

September 3, 2015
Author(s)
Hsin Wang, Shengqiang Bai, Lidong Chen, Alexander Cuenat, Giri Joshi, Holger Kleinke, Jan K?nig, Hee Woong Lee, Joshua B. Martin, Min-Wook Oh, Wallace Porter, Zhifeng Ren, James Salvador, Jeff Sharp, Patrick Taylor, Alan J. Thompson, Y. C. Tseng
International transport property measurement round-robins have been conducted by the Thermoelectric Annex under the International Energy Agency (IEA) Implementing Agreement on Advanced Materials for Transportation (AMT). The previous round-robins used

Enhanced Thermoelectric Properties for Cu2ZnSnSe4 with Ga-doping

August 22, 2015
Author(s)
Kaya Wei, Laura Beauchemin, Hsin Wang, Joshua B. Martin, George S. Nolas
Gallium doped Cu2ZnSnSe4 quaternary chalcogenides with and without excess Cu have been synthesized by elemental reaction and densified using hot pressing in order to investigate their high temperature thermoelectric properties. The resistivity, ρ, and

Synthesis and Characterization of Bournonite PbCuSbS3 Nanocrystals

July 10, 2015
Author(s)
Kaya Wei, Joshua B. Martin, James Salvador, George S. Nolas
PbCuSbS3 nanocrystals were synthesized for the first time by a colloidal synthesis route and characterized by powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS). The particle size of

Seebeck Coefficient Metrology: Do Contemporary Protocols Measure Up?

January 29, 2015
Author(s)
Joshua B. Martin, Winnie K. Wong-Ng, Martin L. Green
Comparative measurements of the Seebeck coefficient are challenging due to the diversity of instrumentation and measurement protocols. With the implementation of standardized measurement protocols and the use of Standard Reference Materials (SRMs®), for

Bottom-up processing and low temperature transport properties of polycrystalline SnSe

January 13, 2015
Author(s)
Zhen-Hua Ge, Kaya Wei, Hutton Lewis, Joshua B. Martin, George S. Nolas
A simple hydrothermal approach was employed to synthesize SnSe nanorods. Micro sized flower shaped crystals were obtained under reaction temperatures below 180°C and nanorods were obtained at a reaction temperature of 180°C, the "flowers" changed to rods