Faculty and staff in the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering are comprehensive engineers and researchers who combine the spirit of invention and innovation to strengthen our community and advance our education and research nationally and internationally. This collection provides a sampling of their research.

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Submissions from 2012

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Adaptive NbN/Ag Coatings for High Temperature Tribological Applications, D'Arcy S. Stone, Jeremiah Migas, Ashlie Martini, Timothy M. Smith, Christopher Muratore, Andrey A. Voevodin, and Samir M. Aouadi

Simultaneous and Sequential Protein and Organothiol Interactions with Gold Nanoparticles, Karthikeshwar Vangala, Kumudu Siriwardana, Erick S. Vasquez, Yan Xin, Charles U. Pittman Jr., Keisha B. Walters, and Dongmao Zhang

Submissions from 2011

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Effect of Geometric Variations on the Performance of Gas Dispersion Impellers with Semicircular Blades, Julian B. Fasano, Kevin J. Myers, and Eric E. Janz

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In situ Transmission Electron Microscopy of Solid–Liquid Phase Transition of Silica Encapsulated Bismuth Nanoparticles, Jianjun Hu, Yan Hong, Christopher Muratore, Ming Su, and Andrey A. Voevodin

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Composite Films Prepared by Immersion Deposition of Manganese Oxide in Carbon Nanotubes Grown on Graphite for Supercapacitors, Lingchuan Li and Khalid Lafdi

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Carbon Nanofiber Based Buckypaper used as a Thermal Interface Material, Muhammad Omar Memon, Sylvain Haillot, and Khalid Lafdi

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In situ Raman Spectroscopy for Examination of High Temperature Tribological Processes, Christopher Muratore, John E. Bultman, Samir M. Aouadi, and Andrey A. Voevodin

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Solids Suspension with Angle-Mounted Agitators in Unbaffled Vessels, Kevin J. Myers, Jonathan P. Herr, and Eric E. Janz

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Catalyst Poisoning by Amorphous Carbon during Carbon Nanotube Growth: Fact or Fiction?, Christoph Schünemann, Franziska Schäffel, Alicja Bachmatiuk, Ute Queitsch, Maria Sparing, Bernd Rellinghaus, Khalid Lafdi, Ludwig Schultz, Bernd Büchner, and Mark H. Rümmeli

Submissions from 2010

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Assessment of Carbon Foam Geometry during Copper Coating, Mohammad Rajab Almajali and Khalid Lafdi

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Mechanical Properties of Copper-Coated Carbon Foams, Mohammad Rajab Almajali, Khalid Lafdi, P. H. Prodhomme, and Ozden O. Ochoa

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Adaptive VN/Ag Nanocomposite Coatings with Lubricious Behavior from 25 to 1000 °C, Samir M. Aouadi, Dinesh P. Singh, D'Arcy S. Stone, Kyriaki Polychronopoulou, Farwah Nahif, Claus Rebholz, Christopher Muratore, and Andrey A. Voevodin

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Functionalization of Carbon Nanofibers through Electron Beam Irradiation, Maria Cecília Evora, Donald A. Klosterman (0000-0002-4444-3810), Khalid Lafdi, Lingchuan Li, and Jandro L. Abot

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Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia-Based Composites with Adaptive Thermal Conductivity, Jaime J. Gengler, Christopher Muratore, Ajit K. Roy, Jianjun Hu, Andrey A. Voevodin, Sukesh Roy, and James R. Gord

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The Mechanisms of Gross Slip Fretting Wear on Nickel Oxide/Ti6Al4V Mated Surfaces, Carl H. Heger, Jianjun Hu, Christopher Muratore, Andrey A. Voevodin, and Ramana V. Grandhi

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Electrostatic Quadrupole Plasma Mass Spectrometer Measurements during Thin Film Depositions using Simultaneous Matrix Assisted Pulsed Laser Evaporation and Magnetron Sputtering, Chad N. Hunter, Michael H. Check, Christopher Muratore, and Andrey A. Voevodin

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In Situ Studies of TiC1−x N x Hard Coating Tribology, Marisa Rebelo de Figueiredo, Christopher Muratore, Robert Franz, Richard R. Chromik, Kathryn J. Wahl, Andrey A. Voevodin, Michel O'Sullivan, Markus Lechthaler, and Christian Mitterer

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Multifunctional Hybrid Carbon Foams: Integrating Processing and Performance, Melanie D. Sarzynski, Khalid Lafdi, and Ozden O. Ochoa

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C/C Composite, Carbon Nanotube and Paraffin Wax Hybrid Systems for the Thermal Control of Pulsed Power in Electronics, Shadab Shaikh and Khalid Lafdi

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Layered Atomic Structures of Double Oxides for Low Shear Strength at High Temperatures, D'Arcy S. Stone, Jia Liu, Dinesh P. Singh, Christopher Muratore, Andrey A. Voevodin, Sanjay Mishra, Claus Rebholz, Qingfeng Ge, and Samir M. Aouadi

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MD Simulations of Molybdenum Disulphide (MoS2): Force-Field Parameterization and Thermal Transport Behavior, Vikas Varshney, Soumya S. Patnaik, Christopher Muratore, Ajit K. Roy, Andrey A. Voevodin, and Barry L. Farmer

Submissions from 2009

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Progress in the Development of Adaptive Nitride-Based Coatings for High Temperature Tribological Applications, Samir M. Aouadi, Brandon Luster, Punit Kohli, Christopher Muratore, and Andrey A. Voevodin

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Tribological Investigation of Adaptive Mo2N/MoS2/Ag Coatings with High Sulfur Content, Samir M. Aouadi, Yadab Paudel, William J. Simonson, Qingfeng Ge, Punit Kohli, Christopher Muratore, and Andrey A. Voevodin

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Tribological Properties of Pulsed Laser Deposited Mo–S–Te Composite Films at Moderate High Temperatures, Jianjun Hu, John E. Bultman, Christopher Muratore, Benjamin S. Phillips, Jeffrey S. Zabinski, and Andrey A. Voevodin

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Thermal Properties of Copper-Coated Carbon Foams, Khalid Lafdi, Mohammad Rajab Almajali, and Omar Huzayyin

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Tribological Coatings for Lubrication over Multiple Thermal Cycles, Christopher Muratore, Jianjun Hu, and Andrey A. Voevodin

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Chameleon Coatings: Adaptive Surfaces to Reduce Friction and Wear in Extreme Environments, Christopher Muratore and Andrey A. Voevodin

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Control of Molybdenum Disulfide Basal Plane Orientation during Coating Growth in Pulsed Magnetron Sputtering Discharges, Christopher Muratore and Andrey A. Voevodin

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Carbon Nanotube−MoS2 Composites as Solid Lubricants, Xianfeng Zhang, Brandon Luster, Amelia Church, Christopher Muratore, Andrey A. Voevodin, Punit Kohli, Samir M. Aouadi, and Saikat Talapatra

Submissions from 2008

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Adaptive Mo2N/MoS2/Ag Tribological Nanocomposite Coatings for Aerospace Applications, Samir M. Aouadi, Yadab Paudel, Brandon Luster, Shane Stadler, Punit Kohli, Christopher Muratore, Carl Hager, and Andrey A. Voevodin

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Surface Texturing for Adaptive Solid Lubrication, Prakash Basnyat, Brandon Luster, Christopher Muratore, Andrey A. Voevodin, Richard T. Haasch, Rashid Zakeri, Punit Kohli, and Samir M. Aouadi

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A Novel Approach to Control Growth, Orientation, and Shape of Human Osteoblasts, Jarema S. Czarnecki, Khalid Lafdi, and Panagiotis A. Tsonis

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Deposition and Characterization of Hybrid Filtered Arc/Magnetron Multilayer Nanocomposite Cermet Coatings for Advanced Tribological Applications, Vladimir I. Gorokovsky, Chris Bowman, Paul E. Gannon, David VanVorous, Andrey A. Voevodin, Christopher Muratore, Young Sup Kang, and Jianjun Hu

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A Possible Link Between Macroscopic Wear and Temperature Dependent Friction Behaviors of MoS2 Coatings, Matthew A. Hamilton, Luis A. Alvarez, Nathan A. Mauntler, Nicolas Argibay, Rachel Colbert, David L. Burris, Christopher Muratore, Andrey A. Voevodin, Scott S. Perry, and W. Gregory Sawyer

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Nitrogen and Hydrogen Plasma Treatments of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes, John G. Jones, A. R. Waite, Christopher Muratore, and Andrey A. Voevodin

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Effect of Carbon Nanofiber-Matrix Adhesion on Polymeric Nanocomposite Properties—Part II, Khalid Lafdi, William Fox, Matthew Matzek, and Emel Yildiz

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Graphite Foams Infiltrated with Phase Change Materials as Alternative Materials for Space and Terrestrial Thermal Energy Storage Applications, Khalid Lafdi, Osama Mesalam Mesalhy, and Ahmed Elgafy

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Merits of Employing Foam Encapsulated Phase Change Materials for Pulsed Power Electronics Cooling Applications, Khalid Lafdi, Osama Mesalam Mesalhy, and Ahmed Elgafy

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Nickel Modification of Carbon Nanotubes Grown on Graphite for Electrochemical Sensors, Lingchuan Li and Khalid Lafdi

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Thermal Damage Approach of Concrete: Application to Specimens Subjected to Combined Compressive and High Temperature Loads, Abdellah Menou, Ghassan Mounajed, Hocine Boussa, Christian La Borderie, and Khalid Lafdi

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Smart Tribological Coatings with Wear Sensing Capability, Christopher Muratore, David R. Clarke, John G. Jones, and Andrey A. Voevodin

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Carbon Nanoadditives to Enhance Latent Energy Storage of Phase Change Materials, Shadab Shaikh, Khalid Lafdi, and Kevin P. Hallinan

Submissions from 2007

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Interfacial and Capillary Pressure Effects on the Thermal Performance of Wax/Foam Composites, Mohammad Rajab Almajali, Khalid Lafdi, and Shadab Shaikh

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Signaling Pathways Activated by Interleukin-2 and Interluekin-4 Receptors Mediate T Lymphocyte Clonal Expansion, Kristen K. Comfort

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Intracellular Signaling Networks in the Immune Response: Interleukin-4 introduces Competition and Cooperation to Interleukin-2-Induced T Cell Proliferation, Kristen K. Comfort and Jason Haugh

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Use of Exfoliated Graphite Filler to Enhance Polymer Physical Properties, Bryan Debelak and Khalid Lafdi

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Engineering Solution in Monitoring Nanoparticle-Fluid Flow During Nanocomposites Processing, Ahmed Elgafy and Khalid Lafdi

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Effect of Particle Dimension on Biocompatibility of Carbon Nanomaterials, Christin Grabinski, Saber M. Hussain, Khalid Lafdi, Laura Braydich-Stolle, and John J. Schlager

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Silver Diffusion and High-Temperature Lubrication Mechanisms of YSZ–Ag–Mo Based Nanocomposite Coatings, Jianjun Hu, Christopher Muratore, and Andrey A. Voevodin

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Effect of Carbon Nanofiber Heat Treatment on Physical Properties of Polymeric Nanocomposites—Part I, Khalid Lafdi, William Fox, Matthew Matzek, and Emel Yildiz

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Experimental Study on the Influence of Foam Porosity and Pore Size on the Melting of Phase Change Materials, Khalid Lafdi, Osama Mesalam Mesalhy, and Shadab Shaikh

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The Effect of Surface Energy on the Heat Transfer Enhancement of Paraffin Wax/Carbon Foam Composites, Khalid Lafdi, Osama Mesalam Mesalhy, and Shadab Shaikh

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Adaptive Nanocomposite Coatings with a Titanium Nitride Diffusion Barrier Mask for High-Temperature Tribological Applications, Christopher Muratore, Jianjun Hu, and Andrey A. Voevodin

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Oxygen Plasma Treatment and Deposition of CNx on a Fluorinated Polymer Matrix Composite for Improved Erosion Resistance, Christopher Muratore, Andras Korenyi-Both, John E. Bultman, A. R. Waite, John G. Jones, T. M. Storage, and Andrey A. Voevodin

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Lithium/Air Cell: Preliminary Mathematical Formulation and Analysis, Sarwan S. Sandhu, George W. Brutchen, and Joseph P. Fellner

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Diffusion-Limited Model for a Lithium/Air Battery with an Organic Electrolyte, Sarwan S. Sandhu, Joseph P. Fellner, and George W. Brutchen

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Thermal Conductivity Improvement in Carbon Nanoparticle Doped PAO Oil: An Experimental Study, Shadab Shaikh, Khalid Lafdi, and Rengasamy Ponnappan

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The Effect of a CNT Interface on the Thermal Resistance of Contacting Surfaces, Shadab Shaikh, Khalid Lafdi, and Edward Silverman

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Thermal Conductivity of an Aligned Carbon Nanotube Array, Shadab Shaikh, Lingchuan Li, Khalid Lafdi, and J. Huie

Submissions from 2006

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Novel High Strength Graphitic Foams, Thomas Beechem and Khalid Lafdi

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Intracellular Signaling Networks in the Immune Response: Pathways Activated by Interleukin-2 and-4 Receptors and Their Roles in T Cell Proliferation, Kristen K. Comfort

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Tunable Friction Behavior of Oriented Carbon Nanotube Films, Pamela L. Dickrell, Sunil K. Pal, Gerald R. Bourne, Christopher Muratore, Andrey A. Voevodin, Pulickel M. Ajayan, Linda S. Schadler, and W. Gregory Sawyer

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Carbon Nanofluids Flow Behavior in Novel Composites, Ahmed Elgafy and Khalid Lafdi

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Carbon Nanoparticle-Filled Polymer Flow in the Fabrication of Novel Fiber Composites, Ahmed Elgafy and Khalid Lafdi

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Tribological Performance of Hybrid Filtered Arc-Magnetron Coatings: Part I: Coating Deposition Process and Basic Coating Properties Characterization, Vladimir I. Gorokovsky, Chris Bowman, Paul E. Gannon, David VanVorous, Andrey A. Voevodin, Adam Rutkowski, Christopher Muratore, Richard J. Smith, Asghar Kayani, David Gelles, Vaithiyalingam Shutthanandan, and Boris G. Trusov

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Plasma Diagnostics of Hybrid Magnetron Sputtering and Pulsed Laser Deposition, John G. Jones, Christopher Muratore, Adam R. Waite, and Andrey A. Voevodin

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Carbon Foam Matrices Saturated with PCM for Thermal Protection Purposes, Osama Mesalam Mesalhy, Khalid Lafdi, and Ahmed Elgafy

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Molybdenum Disulfide as a Lubricant and Catalyst in Adaptive Nanocomposite Coatings, Christopher Muratore and Andrey A. Voevodin

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Multilayered YSZ–Ag–Mo/TiN adaptive tribological nanocomposite coatings, Christopher Muratore, Andrey A. Voevodin, Jianjun Hu, and Jeffrey S. Zabinski

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Tribology of Adaptive Nanocomposite Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia Coatings Containing Silver and Molybdenum from 25 to 700 °C, Christopher Muratore, Andrey A. Voevodin, Jianjun Hu, and Jeffrey S. Zabinski

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Control of Plasma Flux Composition Incident on TiN Films during reactive Magnetron Sputtering and the Effect on Film Microstructure, Christopher Muratore, Scott G. Walton, Darrin Leonhardt, and Richard F. Fernsler

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Performance/Design Formulation for a Solid Polymer Based Acid Electrolyte Hydrogen/Air Fuel Cell, Sarwan S. Sandhu and Joseph P. Fellner

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Effect of Multiple Phase Change Materials (PCMs) Slab Configurations on Thermal Energy Storage, Shadab Shaikh and Khalid Lafdi

Submissions from 2005

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Bubble Growth Mechanism in Carbon Foams, Thomas Beechem, Khalid Lafdi, and Ahmed Elgafy

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Hierarchical Morphology of Carbon Single-Walled Nanotubes during Sonication in an Aliphatic Diamine, Janis M. Brown, David P. Anderson, Ryan S. Justice, Khalid Lafdi, Max Belfor, Karla L. Strong, and Dale W. Schaefer

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Multi-scale Mechanics of Nanocomposites including Interface: Experimental and Numerical Investigation, Valeriy Buryachenko, Ajit Roy, Khalid Lafdi, Kelly L. Anderson, and S. Chellapilla

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Effect of Carbon Nanofiber Additives on Thermal Behavior of Phase Change Materials, Ahmed Elgafy and Khalid Lafdi

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Applications of Electron-Beam Generated Plasmas to Materials Processing, Darrin Leonhardt, Christopher Muratore, and Scott G. Walton

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Numerical Study for Enhancing the Thermal Conductivity of Phase Change Material (PCM) Storage using High Thermal Conductivity Porous Matrix, Osama Mesalam Mesalhy, Khalid Lafdi, Ahmed Elgafy, and Keith Bowman

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Low-Temperature Nitriding of Stainless Steel in an Electron Beam Generated Plasma, Christopher Muratore, Darrin Leonhardt, Scott G. Walton, David D. Blackwell, Richard F. Fernsler, and Robert A. Meger

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Growth and Characterization of Nanocomposite Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia with Ag and Mo, Christopher Muratore, Andrey A. Voevodin, Jianjun Hu, John G. Jones, and Jeffrey S. Zabinski

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Study of the Growth and Motion of Graphitic Foam Bubbles, Gregory Rosebrock, Ahmed Elgafy, Thomas Beechem, and Khalid Lafdi

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Prediction of Methanol and Water Fluxes through a Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Polymer Electrolyte Membrane, Sarwan S. Sandhu, R. O. Crowther, and Joseph P. Fellner

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A Reformer Performance Model for Fuel Cell Applications, Sarwan S. Sandhu, Yousef A. Saif, and Joseph P. Fellner

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Recent Advances in Hard, Tough, and Low Friction Nanocomposite Coatings, Andrey A. Voevodin, Jeffrey S. Zabinski, and Christopher Muratore

Submissions from 2004

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Numerical and Experimental Investigations of Melting and Solidification Processes of High Melting Point PCM in a Cylindrical Enclosure, Ahmed Elgafy, Osama Mesalam Mesalhy, and Khalid Lafdi

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Generation of Electron-Beam Produced Plasmas and Applications to Surface Modification, Darrin Leonhardt, Christopher Muratore, Scott G. Walton, David D. Blackwell, Richard F. Fernsler, and Robert A. Meger

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Plasma Enhanced Surface Treatments using Electron Beam-Generated Plasmas, Darrin Leonhardt, Christopher Muratore, Scott G. Walton, and Robert A. Meger

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Etching with Electron Beam Generated Plasmas, D. Leonhardt, Scott G. Walton, Christopher Muratore, Richard F. Fernsler, and R. A. Meger

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Effect of Plasma Flux Composition on the Nitriding Rate of Stainless Steel, Christopher Muratore, Scott G. Walton, D. Leonhardt, Richard F. Fernsler, David D. Blackwell, and R. A. Meger

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Use of Novel Carbon-Nanofiber-Doped Carbon Liquid Crystals as Suitable Adsorbents for Hydrogen Storage, Dinesh Singh Rawat, Saikat Talapatra, Khalid Lafdi, and Aldo D. Migone

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Electron-Beam-Generated Plasmas for Materials Processing, Scott G. Walton, Christopher Muratore, Darrin Leonhardt, Richard F. Fernsler, David D. Blackwell, and Robert A. Meger

Submissions from 2003

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Numerical Modeling of the Carbonization Process in the Manufacture of Carbon/Carbon Composites, Jungin Kim, Woo Il Lee, and Khalid Lafdi

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Electrostatic Quadrupole Plasma Mass Spectrometer and Langmuir Probe Measurements of Mid-Frequency Pulsed DC Magnetron Discharges, Christopher Muratore, John J. Moore, and John Alan Rees

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Direct Methanol Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell Modeling: Reversible Open-Circuit Voltage and Species Flux Equations, Sarwan S. Sandhu, R. O. Crowther, S. C. Krishnan, and Joseph F. Fellner

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Purification Process for Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes, Karla L. Strong, David P. Anderson, Khalid Lafdi, and John N. Kuhn

Submissions from 2002

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Dynamic Bond Length as an Explanation for the Flexibility of Graphene Layers, J. F. Després, E. Daguerre, and Khalid Lafdi

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Adsorbate Binding Energy and Adsorption Capacity of Xenon on Carbon Nanohorns, Antonio Zambano, Saikat Talapatra, Khalid Lafdi, M. T. Aziz, W. McMillin, Gabe Shaughnessy, Aldo D. Migone, Masako Yudasaka, Sumio Iijima, F. Kokai, and K. Takahashi

Submissions from 2001

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Friction and Wear Transitions in Carbons (Temperature and Stress Analysis), Kia-Moh Teo and Khalid Lafdi

Submissions from 2000

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Thermal Diffusivity Mapping of Friction Surface Using Photo-Thermal Technique, Kia-Moh Teo and Khalid Lafdi