Inamori School of Engineering
Recent Faculty Publications

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Books and Book Chapters

Glass Processing, A. G. Clare, in "Materials Processing Handbook" ed by J. R. Groza, J. F. Shackelford, E. J. Lavernia and M. T. Powers, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL (2007).

Handbook of Gas Diffusion in Solids and Melts (softcover edition), J. E. Shelby, in, p. 240. ASM International, 2007.

Phase Diagram Determination of Ceramics Systems, D. D. Edwards, in "Methods for Phase Diagram Determination" ed by J. C. Zhao, Elsevier (2007).

Patent Applications

Increased bonding strength of cementitious layer and tile or substrate layer including applying a coating of high-silica glaze, W. M. Carty (USA). 31pp, Application (WIPO) WO/2007/015880 (2007).

Controlled surface topography for enhanced protein crystallization rates, M. Hall (Alfred University, USA) 8pp, application (US) 20080119642 (2008).

Chemically-strengthened lithium aluminosilicate glass having high strength for armor with bending fracture resistance to impact by high-velocity projectiles, A. K. Varshneya and I. M. Spinelli (Saxon Glass Technologies, Inc., USA). 12pp , Cont of U S Ser No 382,567, abandoned, Application (US) 20070060465 (2007).

Clay-based nanocomposites, X. Wang and H. J. Greenwald (Nanoset, LLC, USA). 195pp, Application (WIPO) WO/2007/089230 (2007).

Energy

Analysis of world oil production based on the fitting of the logistic function and its derivatives, W. B. Carlson, Energy Sources, Part B: Economics, Planning, and Policy, 2 [4] 8 (2007).

Sensitivity of Predicted Oil Production to the Sigmoid Function, W. B. Carlson, Energy Sources, Part B: Economics, Planning, and Policy, 2 [4] 7 (2007).

Alumina/cerium oxide nano-composite electrolyte for solid oxide fuel cell applications, R. Chockalingam, V. R. W. Amarakoon and H. Giesche, Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 28 [5] 959-963 (2008).

Development of an improved devitrifiable fuel cell sealing glass, A. Flugel, M. D. Dolan, A. K. Varshneya, Y. Zheng, N. Coleman, M. Hall, D. Earl and S. T. Misture, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 154 [6] B601-B608 (2007).

Development of an improved devitrifiable fuel cell sealing glass, M. D. Dolan and S. T. Misture, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 154 [7] B700-B711 (2007).

Effects of hydrogen on the interactions of fuel cell sealing glasses with interconnect alloys, S. T. Misture, Powder Diffraction, 23 [2] 133-136 (2008).

Sodalites as ultramicroporous frameworks for hydrogen separation at elevated temperatures: thermal stability, template removal, and hydrogen accessibility, Z. Zheng, V. V. Guliants and S. Misture, J Porous Materials, in press (2008); available online, 10.1007/s10934-008-9206-y.

Experimental Equipment Design

A recording microindentation instrument for in situ study of crack initiation in glass, T. E. Wilantewicz and J. R. Varner, Journal of Materials Science, 42 [20] 8529-8536 (2007).

Glass Properties

Streaming potential measurements performed on silicate and calcium aluminate glass microspheres, K. L. Carlson and M. M. Hall, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, in press (2008); available online, doi:10.1016/j.colsurfa.2008.04.052.

Topical issue on glass science and engineering, M. M. Hall, Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 91 [3] 702 (2008).

Formation and properties of sodium praseodymium silicate glasses, J. J. Noonan, J. J. Peek and J. E. Shelby, Physics and Chemistry of Glasses: European Journal of Glass Science and Technology, Part B, 48 [2] 79-84 (2007).

A Limited Review of Water Diffusivity and Solubility in Glasses and Melts, J. E. Shelby, Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 91 [3] 703-708 (2008).

Hydroxyl formation by reaction of molecular hydrogen with germania-doped vitreous silica, E. M. Sturdevant and J. E. Shelby, Physics and Chemistry of Glasses: European Journal of Glass Science and Technology, Part B, 49 [2] 73-80 (2008).

Microhardness, indentation toughness, elasticity, plasticity, and brittleness of Ge-Sb-Se chalcogenide glasses, A. K. Varshneya and D. J. Mauro, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 353 [13-15 SPEC ISS] 1291-1297 (2007).

Anomalies in properties of potasium borogermanate glasses, A. L. Youchak and J. E. Shelby, Physics and Chemistry of Glasses: European Journal of Glass Science and Technology, Part B, 48 [5] 307-312 (2007).

Materials Processing

Hydrothermal synthesis of powders in the Ga-Mn-O-H system, S. Sanford, A. L. Kazmierczak and D. D. Edwards, Solid State Sciences, 9 [10] 914-923 (2007).

Materials Properties

The effect of dielectric properties of sintering additives on microwave sintered silicon nitride ceramics, V. R. W. Amarakoon, Journal of Microwave Power and Electromagnetic Energy, 42 [2] 4-14 (2008).

Formulation of Piezoelectricity and Electrostriction in 4mm Symmetry via an Airy Stress Function, W. B. Carlson, Ferroelectrics, Letters Section, 34 [3-4] 80-83 (2007).

Nano-coating: A case study, CeO2/Al2O3 composite electrolyte for sofc applications, R. Chockalingam, S. Chockalingam, V.R.W.Amarakoon and H. Giesche; 679-692 in "Symposium Proceedings on Processing & Characterization of Advanced Materials XXVI" (Singapore, December 17-19, 2007); ed.by M. Gupta, T. S. Srivastsan and S. K. Thakur, (Research Publishing (Singapore) 2008).

Structures and anisotropic thermal expansion of the α, Β, γ, and δ polymorphs of Y2Si2O7, M. D. Dolan, B. Harlan, J. S. White, M. Hall, S. T. Misture, S. C. Bancheri and B. Bewlay, Powder Diffraction, 23 [1] 20-25 (2008).

Combinatorial synthesis and characterization of magnetic FexAl1-xNyO1-y thin films, Y. Guan, X. Wang, Y. Liu, M. D. Potter, K. D. Sorge and P. D. Rack, Thin Solid Films, 516 [18] 6063-6070 (2008).

Solid solubility and electrical conduction mechanisms in 3-layer Aurivillius ceramics, E. I. Henriques, H. J. Kim, M. S. Haluska, D. D. Edwards and S. T. Misture, Solid State Ionics, 178 [19-20] 1175-1179 (2007).

Charge transfer in In2W3O12 and In6WO12 ceramics, T. Kulikova, A. Neiman, A. Kartavtseva, D. Edwards and S. Adams, Solid State Ionics, 178 [33-34] 1714-1718 (2008).

Materials Structure

An EXAFS study of photographic development in thermographic films, T. N. Blanton, D. R. Whitcomb and S. T. Misture, Powder Diffraction, 22 [2] 122-125 (2007).

Modeling Glass Properties

Enthalpy landscapes and the glass transition, J. C. Mauro, R. J. Loucks, A. K. Varshneya and P. K. Gupta, Scientific Modeling and Simulation, in press (2008); available online, www.springerlink.com/content/6kl26455wm267621.

Molecular dynamics studies of stress-strain behavior of silica glass under a tensile load, A. Pedone, G. Malavasi, M. C. Menziani, U. Segre and A. N. Cormack, Chemistry of Materials 20 [13] 4356-4366 (2008); available online, DOI: 10.1021/cm800413v

Role of magnesium in soda-lime glasses: insight into structural, transport, and mechanical properties through computer simulations, A. Pedone, G. Malavasi, M. C. Menziani, U. Segre and A. N. Cormack, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 112 [29], 11034-11041 (2008); available online, DOI: 10.1021/jp8016776.

Structural effects of phosphorus inclusion in bioactive silicate glasses, A. Tilocca and A. N. Cormack, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 111 [51] 14265 - 14270 (2007).

AB initio modeling of glasses in the sulfur-selenium system, J. C. Mauro and A. K. Varshneya; 151-163 in "Advances in Glass and Optical Materials II" (Maui, Hawaii); ed.by M. Affatigato, Ceramic Transactions 197 (American Ceramic Society 2008).

Insight into elastic properties of binary alkali silicate glasses; prediction and interpretation through atomistic simulation techniques, A. Pedone, G. Malavasi, A. N. Cormack, U. Segre and M. C. Menziani, Chemistry of Materials, 19 [13] 3144-3154 (2007).

The formation of nanoscale structures in soluble phosphosilicate glasses for biomedical applications: MD simulations, A. Tilocca, A. N. Cormack and N. H. de Leeuw, Faraday Discussions, 136 45-55 (2007).

Modeling Materials Processes

Kinetics of glass batch reactions, M. D. Dolan and S. T. Misture, Glass Technology: European Journal of Glass Science and Technology Part A, 48 [2] 89-100 (2007).

Modeling Materials Properties

Research of the herringbone microstructure of Rufescens's shell, B. Chen, X. Peng and J. Fan, Key Engineering Materials, 334-335 [Pt. 2, Advances in Composite Materials and Structures] 905-908 (2007).

Observation on hydrophilidae cuticle and analysis of maximum pullout force of branched fiber, B. Chen, X. Peng and J. Fan, Key Engineering Materials, 334-335 [Pt. 2, Advances in Composite Materials and Structures] 901-904 (2007).

Phase Equilibrium

Phase formation and stability of polycrystalline NaxGa4+xTi1-xO8, (x ~ 0.7), J. W. Amoroso and D. D. Edwards, Solid State Ionics, in press (2008); available online, doi:10.1016/j.ssi.2008.01.062

Phase stability of BSCF in low oxygen partial pressures, J. Ovenstone, J.-I. Jung, J. S. White, D. D. Edwards and S. T. Misture, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 181 [3] 576-586 (2008).

Phase transitions and phase decomposition of La1-xSrxCoO3-δ in low oxygen partial pressures, J. Ovenstone, J. S. White and S. T. Misture, Journal of Power Sources, 181 [1] 56-61 (2008).