- Nuclear materials and radiation effects
- Advanced ceramic materials synthesis
- 2D Materials and Applications
- MXene and MAX Phase Materials
- Multicomponent Synthesis of Heterocycles
- Boron and Carbon Nanomaterials Research
- Innovations in Concrete and Construction Materials
- Microwave-Assisted Synthesis and Applications
- Concrete and Cement Materials Research
- Advanced materials and composites
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2017-2020
The University of Texas at San Antonio
2010
Abstract We report results from in‐situ measurements of lattice expansion during flash sintering 3 mol% yttria stabilized tetragonal zirconia taken at the Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory. The is anisotropic, with relative a ‐lattice constant exceeding that c constant. anisotropic cannot be explained by thermal and consistent predictions ab‐initio calculations based upon generation vacancy‐interstitial pairs zirconium oxygen.
Aberration-corrected electron microscopy (STEM-HAADF) has been used for the first time to understand capping, nature and structure of MoS2 nanotubes. The nanotubes that have obtained various unusual faceted caps presumably arising from presence topological defects. A detailed study capping nanotubes, along with identification are zigzag type carried out using both experimental simulated STEM images. 3R-rhombohedral stacking identified.
Abstract The K[AlSi 2 O 6 ]‐Cs[AlSi ] pseudo‐binary system was synthesized by geopolymer crystallization. thermal expansion properties of these materials were studied in situ high‐temperature X‐ray diffraction to characterize behavior for potential application as environmental barrier coatings. Tailorable through changing cation stoichiometry allowed reduced mismatch with SiC f /SiC composites compared rare‐earth‐based