Select Publications
Journal articles
2009, 'Nanoindentation-induced phase transformation in relaxed and unrelaxed ion-implanted amorphous germanium', Journal of Applied Physics, 106, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3255999
,2009, 'A blended approach to collaborative learning: Making large group teaching more student-centred', International Journal of Engineering Education, 25, pp. 569 - 576
,2009, 'Deformation behavior of complex carbon nitride and metal nitride based bi-layer coatings', Thin Solid Films, 517, pp. 4862 - 4866
,2009, 'Effect of microstructure upon elastic behaviour of human tooth enamel', Journal of Biomechanics, 42, pp. 1075 - 1080
,2009, 'Influence of environment on wear of Al-Si alloys', Microscopy and Microanalysis, 15, pp. 1068 - 1069
,2009, 'Microstructural characterization of sputtered garnet materials and all-garnet magnetic heterostructures: Establishing the technology for magnetic photonic crystal fabrication', Journal of Physics D - Applied Physics, 42
,2009, 'Microstructural evolution during high energy mechanical milling and heat treatment of Cu-(5,10)vol.%al2o3 nanocomposite powders', International Journal of Modern Physics B, 23, pp. 1789 - 1795
,2009, 'Microstructural evolution of spinodally formed Fe35Ni15Mn25Al25', Intermetallics, 17, pp. 886 - 893
,2009, 'Nanoindentation of ion-implanted crystalline germanium', Physical Review - Section B - Condensed Matter, 80
,2009, 'Phase transformations in (111) Si after spherical indentation', Journal of Materials Research, 24, pp. 1967 - 1975
,2009, 'Rate-dependent phase transformations in nanoindented germanium', Journal of Applied Physics, 105
,2009, 'Shear banding and recrystallization texture development in a multilayered Al alloy sheet produced by accumulative roll bonding', ACTA Materialia, 57, pp. 29 - 40
,2009, 'Stress/strain induced flux pinning in highly dense MgB2 bulks', IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, 19, pp. 2722 - 2725
,2009, 'Structural characterization of pressure-induced amorphous silicon', Physical Review - Section B - Condensed Matter, 79
,2009, 'Structural defects and local chemistry across ferroelectric-electrode interfaces in epitaxial heterostructures', Journal of Materials Science, 44, pp. 5297 - 5306
,2009, 'Structural transitions and complex domain structures across a ferroelectric-to-antiferroelectric phase boundary in epitaxial Sm-doped BiFeO3 thin films', Physical Review - Section B - Condensed Matter, 80, pp. 014109-1 - 014109-11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.80.014109
,2009, 'Synthesis and thermal stability of Cu-(2.5-10)vol.%Al2O 3nanocomposite powders by high energy mechanical milling', Journal of Physics: Conference Series 264, 144
,2009, 'The application of focused ion beam microscopy in the material sciences', Materials Characterization, 60, pp. 2 - 13
,2009, 'The effect of initial microstructure and processing temperature on microstructure and texture in multilayered Al/Al(Sc) ARB sheets', International Journal of Materials Research, 12, pp. 1705 - 1714, http://dx.doi.org/10.3139/146.110119
,2009, 'Thermal-strain-induced enhancement of electromagnetic properties of SiC- MgB2 composites', Applied Physics Letters, 94, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3078396
,2008, 'Microstructural stability and microhardness of ultrafine grained and nanostructured Cu-5vol.%Al
2008, 'Berkovich indentation of diamond-like carbon coatings on silicon substrates', Journal of Materials Research, 23, pp. 1862 - 1869
,2008, 'Contact Damage Evolution in Diamond-like Carbon Coatings on Ductile Substrates', Journal of Materials Research, 23, pp. 27 - 36
,2008, 'Deformation Mechanisms of TiN Multilayer Coatings Alternated by Ductile or Stiff interlayers', ACTA Materialia, 56, pp. 852 - 861
,2008, 'Effect of substrate roughness on the contact damage of DLC coatings', Diamond and Related Materials, 17, pp. 975 - 979, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.diamond.2008.02.037
,2008, 'Effect of temperature on metastable phases induced in silicon during nanoindentation', Journal of Materials Research, 23, pp. 245 - 249
,2008, 'Giant pop-ins in nanoindented silicon and germanium caused by lateral cracking', Journal of Materials Research, 23, pp. 297 - 301, http://dx.doi.org/10.1557/JMR.2008.0070
,2008, 'Giant positive magnetoresistance in Fe doped In2O3 and InREO3 (RE=Eu,Nd) composites', Journal of Applied Physics, 103, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2830830
,2008, 'Microprocesses in nickel accompanying metal dusting', ACTA Materialia, 56, pp. 68 - 77, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2007.09.010
,2008, 'Nanoindentation-induced phase tranformation and shear deformation in germanium thin films on silicon', Nanotechnology, 19
,2008, 'On the critical parameters that regulate the deformation behaviour of tooth enamel', Biomaterials, 29, pp. 2697 - 2703
,2008, 'Preparation of alpha-Fe2O3 submicro-flowers by a hydrothermal approach and their electrochemical performance in lithium-ion batteries', Electrochimica ACTA, 53, pp. 4213 - 4218, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2007.12.067
,2008, 'Reduction of superconducting transition temperature and flux pinning in Al and C codoped MgB2 with insight from first-principles calculations', Journal of Applied Physics, 103, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2837246
,2008, 'Thickness-dependent phase transformation in nanoindented germanium thin films', Nanotechnology, 19
,2008, 'Transmission electron microscope characterisation of molar-incisor-hypomineralisation', Journal of Materials Science - Materials in Medicine, 19, pp. 3187 - 3192
,2008, 'Variation in Hardness of Ultrafine Grained Cu-Al2O3 Composite Hollow Balls and Granules Produced by High Energy Mechanical Milling', Materials Forum, 32, pp. 105 - 109
,2007, 'Indentation-induced damage mechanisms in germanium', Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, 983, pp. 23 - 28
,2007, 'Coherent super-resolution microscopy via laterally structured illumination', Micron, 38, pp. 150 - 157
,2007, 'Comparison between nano-diamond and carbon nanotube doping effects on critical current density and flux pinning in MgB2', Superconductor Science and Technology, 20, pp. 296 - 301
,2007, 'Contact damage evolution in a diamond-like carbon (DLC) coating on a stainless steel substrate', Thin Solid Films, 515, pp. 3196 - 3201, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2006.01.035
,2007, 'Deformation behaviour of DLC coatings on (111) silicon substrates', Thin Solid Films, 516, pp. 267 - 271, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2007.06.032
,2007, 'Effect of Composition on the Morphology and Hardness of Nanostructured Cu Based Composite and Alloy Powders/Granules Produced by High Energy Mechanical Milling', Applications of engineering materials : selected, peer reviewed papers from the 2011 International conference on advanced engineering materials and technology (AEMT 2011), 29-30, pp. 143 - 146
,2007, 'Fabrication, Raman spectra and ferromagnetic properties of the transition metal doped ZnO nanocrystals', Journal of Physics D - Applied Physics, 40, pp. 6518 - 6521
,2007, 'Formation and growth of nanoindentation-induced high pressure phases in crystalline and amorphous silicon', Journal of Applied Physics, 102
,2007, 'Giant pop-ins and amorphization in germanium during indentation', Journal of Applied Physics, 101
,2007, 'Imaging and analysis of 3-D structure using a dual beam FIB', Microscopy Research and Technique, 70, pp. 186 - 194
,2007, 'Insight into microstructural and magnetic properties of flame-made ã-Fe2O3 nanoparticles', Journal of Materials Chemistry, 17, pp. 4876 - 4884, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b711705a
,2007, 'Metal dusting of ferritic Fe-Ge in the absence of cementite', Scripta Materialia, 56, pp. 281 - 284, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2006.10.024
,2007, 'Microstructural response of TiN monolithic and multilayer coatings during microscratch testing', Journal of Materials Research, 22, pp. 2312 - 2318, http://dx.doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2007.0292
,2007, 'Novel nano-silicon/polypyrrole composites for lithium storage', Electrochemistry Communications, 9, pp. 941 - 946
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