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Works from 2010

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Role of microstructure, composition and hardness in resisting hydrogen embrittlement of fastener grade steels, N. Nanninga, J. Grochowsi, L. A. Heldt, and K. Rundman

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Charge weld effects on high cycle fatigue behavior of a hollow extruded AA6082 profile, N. Nanninga, C. White, and R. Dickson

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Effect of specimen orientation and extrusion welds on the fatigue life of an AA6063 alloy, N. Nanninga, C. White, O. P. Mills, and J. T. Lukowski

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Enhanced hydrogen sorption on carbonaceous sorbents under electric field, Shangzhao Shi, Jiann Yang Hwang, Xuan Li, Xiang Sun, and Burtrand I. Lee

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Steering pull compensation, D. X. Wang and Paul G. Sanders

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A systematic investigation of decomposition of nano Zn4O(C 8H4O4)3 metal-organic framework, Lei Zhang and Yun Hang Hu

Works from 2009

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Enhancement of flotation performance of oil shale cleaning by ultrasonic treatment, N. Emre Altun, Jiann Yang Hwang, and Cahit Hicyilmaz

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Free-radical retrograde-precipitation copolymerization of vinyl acetate and acrylic acid, Gerard T. Caneba, Zhiyong Xu, and Yadunandan L. Dar

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Separation of unburned carbon from fly ash using a concurrent flotation column, N. Emre Altun, Chuangfu Xiao, and Jiann Yang Hwang

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Simulations of aberration-corrected high-resolution transmission electron microscope images for carbyne chains, Yun Hang Hu

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Solid-solution catalysts for CO2 reforming of methane, Yun Hang Hu

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Stability of sp carbon (carbyne) chains, Yun Hang Hu

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Erratum: Nonsingular dislocation and crack fields: Implications to small volumes (Microsyst Technol (2009) 15:117121 DOI 10.1007/s00542-008-0700-6), J. Kioseoglou, I. Konstantopoulos, G. Ribarik, G. P. Dimitrakopulos, and E. C. Aifantis

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Nonsingular dislocation and crack fields: Implications to small volumes, J. Kioseoglou, I. Konstantopoulos, G. Ribarik, G. P. Dimitrakopulos, and E. C. Aifantis

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Strengthening mechanisms in polycrystalline multimodal nickel-base superalloys, R. W. Kozar, A. Suzuki, W. W. Milligan, J. J. Schirra, M. F. Savage, and T. M. Pollock

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Growth of epitaxial (110) 0.7Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-0.3PbTiO3 thin films on r-plane sapphire substrates by rf magnetron sputtering, Lakshmi Krishna, Madhana Sunder, and P. D. Moran

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Synthesis and characterization of p-Type Pb0.5Sn0.5Te thermoelectric power generation elements by mechanical alloying, Aaron D. Lalonde and Peter D. Moran

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Sound quality jury analysis versus sound pressure measurement in snowmobiles, Jay Meldrum and Jud Knittel

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The relationship between extrusion die line roughness and high cycle fatigue life of an AA6082 alloy, N. Nanninga and C. White

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Effect of deformation on electrical properties of carbon fibers used in gas diffusion layer of proton exchange membrane fuel cells, Nishith Parikh, J. S. Allen, and Reza S. Yassar

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The use of body motion for powering biomedical devices, E. Romero, R. O. Warrington, and M. R. Neuman

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Growth and characterization of epitaxial Fe0.8 Ga0.2 /0.69PMN-0.31PT heterostructures, Daniel Seguin, Madhana Sunder, Lakshmi Krishna, Alexander Tatarenko, and P. D. Moran

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Effect of aging treatments on the repassivation potential of duplex stainless steel S32205, N. Sridhar, G. Tormoen, S. A. Hackney, and A. Anderko

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How r-plane Al2O3 surface modifications impact the growth of epitaxial (001) CeO2 thin films, Madhana Sunder and P. D. Moran

Works from 2008

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Nanoscale Engineering for the Mechanical Integrity of Li-Ion Electrode Materials, Katerina E. Aifantis and Stephan A. Hackney

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Compressive and tensile deformation behavior of consolidated Fe, S. Cheng, W. W. Milligan, X. L. Wang, H. Choo, and P. K. Liaw

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Wetting phenomena in oil sand systems and their impact on the water-based bitumen extraction process, J. Drelich

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Interactions between amino acid and carboxyl-functionalized C60 cage, Yun Hang Hu

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Role of adsorption activation energy in heat change of irreversible dissociative adsorption with coverage on energetically heterogeneous solid surface, Yun Hang Hu

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Structures, stabilities, and equilibrium contents of C2-fragmentated C70 clusters, Yun Hang Hu

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On cyclical phase transformations in driven alloy systems, Jong K. Lee

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Effect of operating temperature on water-based oil sands processing, Jun Long, Jaroslaw W. Drelich, Zhenghe Xu, and Jacob H. Masliyah

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Effect of orientation and extrusion welds on the fatigue life of an Al-Mg-Si-Mn alloy, N. Nanninga, C. White, T. Furu, O. Anderson, and R. Dickson

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The microwave processing of electric arc furnace dust, Xiang Sun, Jiann Yang Hwang, and Xiaodi Huang

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The characterization of various ZnO nanostructures using field-emission SEM, Zhiyong Xu, Jiann Yang Hwang, Bowen Li, Xiaodi Huang, and Howard Wang

Works from 2007

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Design criteria for nanostructured Li-ion batteries, K. E. Aifantis, S. A. Hackney, and J. P. Dempsey

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Effect of polyethylene pretreatments on the biomimetic deposition and adhesion of calcium phosphate films, K. C. Baker, J. Drelich, I. Miskioglu, R. Israel, and H. N. Herkowitz

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Determining surface potential of the bitumenwater interface at nanoscale resolution using atomic force microscopy, Jaroslaw Drelich, Jun Long, and Anthony Yeung

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Preparation of Porous Wollastonite Ceramics for Filtration, Mingsheng He, Jianbao Li, Bowen Li, Hong Lin, Xiaozhan Yang, Long Liang, and Gangfeng Guo

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Phase equilibria in the pseudo-binary In < inf> 2 O < inf> 3 -SnO < inf> 2 system, William J. Heward and Douglas Swenson

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Modulation of zinc release from bioactive sol-gel derived SiO < inf> 2 -CaO-ZnO glasses and ceramics, D. B. Jaroch and D. C. Clupper

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Development of Failure Tolerant Multi-Layer Silicon Nitride Ceramics: Review from Macro to Micro Layered Structures, J. Kuebler, G. Blugan, M. Lugovy, V. Slyunyayev, Nina Orlovskaya, and R. Dobedoe

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A Theoretical Model for Digestive Ripening, Dong Kwon Lee, Sung Ii Park, Jong K. Lee, and Nong Moon Hwang

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A theoretical model for digestive ripening, Dong Kwon Lee, Sung Il Park, Jong K. Lee, and Nong Moon Hwang

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Delay Differential Equation Approach to the Stress-strain behavior of crystalline materials during hot working, Jong K. Lee

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Understanding Dynamic Recrystallization Behavior through a Delay Differential Equation Approach, Jong K. Lee

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On Cyclical Phase Transformations in Driven Alloy Systems: A Mass- Action Kinetics Approach, Jong K. Lee and William C. Johnson

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True Sedimentation and Particle Packing Rearrangement during Liquid Phase Sintering, Jong K. Lee, Lei Xu, and Shu Zu Lu

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8.15 - Mechanical Behavior of Bulk Nanocrystalline and Ultrafine-grain Metals, W. W. Milligan

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He ion implantation and the refractive index depth profile in relaxor ferroelectric optical waveguides, P. D. Moran, A. Chen, N. Tangtrakarn, M. Lawrence, S. Bakhru, and H. Bakhru

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A novel method of measuring electrophoretic mobility of gas bubbles, Aref Seyyed Najafi, Jaroslaw Drelich, and Adam Yeung

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Influence of microwave heating on the processing and dissolution behaviour of low-grade complex sulphide ores, P. A. Olubambi, J. H. Potgieter, J. Y. Hwang, and S. Ndlovu

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Research frontier on new materials and concepts for hydrogen storage, Shangzhao Shi and Jiann Yang Hwang

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Shear band patterns in metallic glasses under static indentation, dynamic indentation, and scratch processes, Ghatu Subhash and Hongwen Zhang

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The effects of suppressed beta tin nucleation on the microstructural evolution of lead-free solder joints, Douglas Swenson

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Small angle scattering study of polyethylene crystallization from solutions, Howard Wang

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Sonogashira reactions catalyzed by water-soluble, β-cyclodextrin- capped palladium nanoparticles, Cuihua Xue, Kumaranand Palaniappan, Ganesh Kumar Arumugam, Stephan A. Hackney, Jian Liu, and Haiying Lui

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Complex carbon nanotube superstructures synthesized with natural mineral catalysts, Zhiyong Xu, Howard Wang, and Jiann Yang Hwang

Works from 2006

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Evaluation of a Turkish low quality oil shale by flotation as a clean energy source: Material characterization and determination of flotation behavior, N. Emre Altun, Cahit Hicyilmaz, Jiann Yang Hwang, and A. Suat Bagci

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Carburization effects on pig iron nugget making, B. Anameric, K. B. Rundman, and S. K. Kawatra

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Growth, characterization and biocompatibility of bone-like calcium phosphate layers biomimetically deposited on metallic substrata, K. C. Baker, M. A. Anderson, S. A. Oehlke, A. I. Astashkina, D. C. Haikio, J. W. Drelich, and S. W. Donahue

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Lithiation of ramsdellite-pyrolusite MnO2; NMR, XRD, TEM and electrochemical investigation of the discharge mechanism, W. Bowden, C. P. Grey, S. A. Hackney, F. Wang, Y. Paik, N. Iltchev, and R. Sirotina

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Journal of Electronic Materials: Foreword, Sinn Wen Chen, C. Robert Kao, Hyuck Mo Lee, Suzanne Mohney, Katsuaki Suganuma, Douglas Swenson, and Srinivas Chada

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Microstructural evolution of protective La-Cr-O films studied by transmission electron microscopy, Miaofang Chi, Nigel Browning, and Nina Orlovskaya

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An analytical model for the Amoeba effect in UO2 fuel pellets, Yong Choi and Jong K. Lee

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Adhesion forces measured between particles and substrates with nano-roughness, Jaroslaw Drelich

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AFM Colloidal Forces Measured Between Microscopic Probes and Flat Substrates in Nanoparticle Suspensions, Jaroslaw W. Drelich, J. Long, Z. Xu, J. Masliyah, J. Nalaskowski, R. Beauchamp, and Y. Liu

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Probing Colloidal Forces Between a Si3N4 AFM Tip and Single Nanoparticles of Silica and Alumina, Jaroslaw W. Drelich, J. Long, Z. Xu, J. Masliyah, and Calvin White

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Multimodal and birefringence effects in magnetic photonic crystals, X. Huang, R. Li, H. C. Yang, and M. Levy

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Thermodynamic treatment of cyclic amorphization during ball milling, William C. Johnson, Jong K. Lee, and G. J. Shiflet

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Avalanche mechanics: LEFM vs. Gradient model, A. Konstantinidis, N. Pugno, P. Cornetti, and E. C. Aifantis

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SiC/SiC woven fabric laminates: Design, manufacturing, mechanical properties, Nina Orlovskaya, Mykola Lugovy, Frank Ko, Sergey Yarmolenko, Jag Sankar, and Jakob Kuebler

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Foreword, Jagannathan Sankar, David Hui, Alan Kin tak Lau, Nina Orlovskaya, and Sergey Yarmolenko

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Solution route synthesis of InSb, Cu6Sn5 and Cu2Sb electrodes for lithium batteries, T. Sarakonsri, C. S. Johnson, S. A. Hackney, and M. M. Thackeray

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Journal of Electronic Materials: Foreword, Katsuaki Suganuma, Sinn Wen Chen, C. Robert Kao, Hyuck Mo Lee, Douglas Swenson, and Srinivas Chada

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The effects of suppressed beta tin nucleation on the microstructural evolution of lead-free solder joints, D. J. Swenson

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Comments on the structural complexity of lithium-rich Li1+x M1-x O2 electrodes (M = Mn, Ni, Co) for lithium batteries, M. M. Thackeray, S. H. Kang, C. S. Johnson, J. T. Vaughey, and S. A. Hackney

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In vitro flexural properties of hydroxyapatite and self-reinforced poly(L-lactic acid), Debra D. Wright-Charlesworth, Julia A. King, Darinda M. Miller, and Cho Hui Lim

Works from 2005

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Influence of titanium oxide films on copper nucleation during electrodeposition, Hyun K. Chang, Byung Hak Choe, and Jong K. Lee

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Spreading kinetics of water drops on self-assembled monolayers of thiols: significance of inertial effects., Dorota Chibowska and Jaroslaw Drelich

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Rheology and microstructures formation of immiscible model polymer blends under steady state and transient flows, N. C. Das, H. Wang, J. Mewis, and P. Moldenaers

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Finite difference heat transfer model of a steel-clad aluminum brake rotor, James E. Hertel, Jared R. Suster, Justin R. Hawley, and Xiaodi Huang

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Lithium-manganese oxide electrodes with layered-spinel composite structures xLi2 MnO3 • (1 - X)Li1 + y Mn2 - Y O4 (0 < x < 1, 0 ≤ y ≤ 0.33) for lithium batteries, C. S. Johnson, N. Li, J. T. Vaughey, S. A. Hackney, and M. M. Thackeray

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A Modeling Study of Cyclical Phase Transformations, Jong K. Lee

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A model for slip irreversibility, and its effect on the fatigue crack propagation threshold in a nickel-base superalloy, A. Shyam and W. W. Milligan

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Investigation of creep deformation mechanisms at intermediate temperatures in René 88 DT, G. B. Viswanathan, P. M. Sarosi, M. F. Henry, D. D. Whitis, W. W. Milligan, and M. J. Mills

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Shear-SANS study of single-walled carbon nanotube suspensions, H. Wang, G. T. Christopherson, Z. Y. Xu, L. Porcar, D. L. Ho, D. Fry, and E. K. Hobbie

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Nanoindentation of injection molded PLA and self-reinforced composite PLA after in vitro conditioning for three months, Debra D. Wright-Charlesworth, Darinda M. Miller, Ibrahim Miskioglu, and Julia A. King

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The effect of processing conditions on the properties of poly(methyl methacrylate) fibers, Debra D. Wright, Eugene P. Lautenschlager, and Jeremy L. Gilbert

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Investigation of shear band evolution in amorphous alloys beneath a Vickers indentation, Hongwen Zhang, Xiaoning Jing, Ghatu Subhash, Laszlo J. Kecskes, and Robert J. Dowding

Submissions from 2004

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Method of improving impact absorbing and deformation control characteristics of vehicle components, Ari Garo Caliskan, Paul G. Sanders, Armando Mateormando Joaquin, and Matthew John Zaluzec

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Determination of Solid Surface Tension from Particle-Substrate Pull-off Forces Measured with the Atomic Force Microscope, Jaroslaw Drelich, Garth W. Tormoen, and Elvin R. Beach

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Theoretical contact angles on a nano-heterogeneous surface composed of parallel apolar and polar strips, Changpeng Feng and Jaroslaw W. Drelich

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Water-based bitumen recovery from diluent-conditioned oil sands, Jan Hupka, J. D. Miller, and Jaroslaw W. Drelich

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Quantitative metallography of β-Sn dendrites in Sn-3.8Ag-0.7Cu ball grid array solder balls via electron backscatter diffraction and polarized light microscopy, A. Lalonde, D. Emelander, J. Jeannette, C. Larson, W. Rietz, D. J. Swenson, and D. W. Henderson

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Rate of bitumen film transfer from a quartz surface to an air bubble as observed by optical microscopy, Dariusz Lelinski, Jaroslaw Drelich, Jan D. Miller, and Jan Hupka

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Effects of microstructure on the high temperature constitutive behavior of IN100, W. W. Milligan, E. L. Orth, J. J. Schirra, and M. F. Savage

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Bentonite binder effective strength (BESt) test for unfired iron ore pellets, S. J. Ripke and S. K. Kawatra

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Effects of deformation behavior on fatigue fracture surface morphology in a nickel-base superalloy, A. Shyam and W. W. Milligan

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Time-resolved small-angle neutron scattering study of polyethylene crystallization from solution, Howard Wang