Dr. Sanjeev Nayak in collaboration with Dr. Rainer Heber and MSE PhD student Cain Hung develop methods to describe GP zone formation in Al-Cu and Al-Ag alloys. Results published in Scripta Mater.
Tulsi Patel Defends PhD Thesis!
Tulsi defended her dissertation on “Hybrid Additive Manufacturing of Ferroelectric Oxides and Aerospace Alloys” last Tuesday, November 20th, 2018. Her work involved integrating functionality into metallic structural components using additive manufacturing. She will begin an NRC Research Associateship at the Air Force Research Laboratory early 2019, researching new ceramic matrix composite systems for high-temperature aerospace applications.
Graphene Supported Single Atom Transition Metal Catalysts
Dr. Sanjubala Sahoo and colleagues have provided insight for the origin of high catalytic activity for graphene-supported single transition metal atoms for activation of methane molecules. The paper entitled “Graphene Supported Single Atom Transition Metal Catalysts for Methane Activation” published in ChemCatChem, Volume 10, page 3229 (2018) co-authored by S. Sahoo, S. L. Suib and S. P. Alpay was a cover feature for the journal.
Yomery Espinal defends her PhD Thesis!
Yomery Espinal wrapped up her PhD work on 8/2/2018. In her thesis entitled “Design and Synthesis of Functional Nanocomposites for Electronic Applications,” Dr. Espinal concentrated on ferroelectric heterostructures and composites. Her work was partially supported by Army Research Labs. Congratulations from the entire group!
Surface phase diagrams of Titanium
Sanjubala Sahoo and colleagues provide an atomistic level understanding for the interaction of titanium with atmospheric molecules such as oxygen, nitrogen and hydrogen as a function of temperature and gas partial pressure. Findings published in Surface Science 677, 18 (2018). Read more here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0039602818301602
Yomery Espinal analyzes resistive switching in PZT films
Yomery Espinal and colleagues at the Army Research Laboratory have studied the dielectric and resistive switching characteristics of lead zirconate titanate thin films. Read more here: https://aip.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1063/1.5012984
Yomery Espinal and ARL on direct and indirect pyroelectric measurement
Yomery Espinal and colleagues in Army Research Lab investigated both direct and indirect methods to measure pyroelectric behavior in lead zirconate titanate thin films. Their findings were published in the Journal of Applied Physics.
Y. Espinal, S. P. Alpay, M. Howard, B. Hanrahan, ” Dielectric Properties and Resistive Switching Characteristics of Lead Zirconate Titanate/ Hafnia Heterostructures”, J. Appl. Phys. 124 (2018)
Dr. M.T. Kesim et al. Publish on Corrosion of Ag/W Based Contacts
Dr. M.T. Kesim et al. have published their work, “Corrosion, Oxidation, Erosion and Performance of Ag/W-based Circuit Breaker Contacts: A Review” in Corrosion Sciences.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0010938X17304067
Dr. Sanjeev Nayak Publishes on Point Defects in Titanium
Dr. Sanjeev Nayak et al. publish their work, “Insight into point defects and impurities in titanium from first principles, S. K. Nayak, C. J. Hung, V. Sharma, S. P. Alpay, A. M. Dongare, W. J. Brindley, R. J. Hebert, npj Comp. Mater. 4, 11 (2018).”
Dr. Alpay named GE Endowed Professor
Dr. Pamir Alpay was recently named the GE Endowed Professor by the UConn Board of Trustees, read more here, https://www.mse.engr.uconn.edu/professor-alpay-named-ge-professor-in-advanced-manufacturing.php