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    The radiation instability of thermally stable nanocrystalline platinum gold

    Recent experimentally validated alloy design theories have demonstrated nanocrystalline binary alloys that are stable against thermally induced grain growth. An open question is whether such thermal stability ...

    Ryan Schoell, Christopher M. Barr, Douglas L. Medlin in Journal of Materials Science (2024)

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    Crystallization kinetics and thermodynamics of an Ag–In–Sb–Te phase change material using complementary in situ microscopic techniques

    The crystallization of an amorphous Ag–In–Sb–Te (AIST) phase change material (PCM) is studied using multiple in situ imaging techniques to directly quantify crystal growth rates over a broad range of temperatures...

    Isak McGieson, Victoriea L. Bird, Christopher M. Barr in Journal of Materials Research (2022)

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    The mechanical response of micron-sized molecular crystals

    Microstructures and corresponding properties of compacted powders ultimately depend on the mechanical response of individual particles. In principle, computational simulations can predict the results of powder...

    Christopher M. Barr, Marcia Cooper, Jeremy Lechman, Daniel C. Bufford in MRS Advances (2021)

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    Tracking the evolution of intergranular corrosion through twin-related domains in grain boundary networks

    Tailoring the grain boundary network is desired to improve grain boundary-dependent phenomena such as intergranular corrosion. An important grain boundary network descriptor in heavily twinned microstructures ...

    Christopher M. Barr, Sebastian Thomas, James L. Hart in npj Materials Degradation (2018)

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    Grain boundary character dependence of radiation-induced segregation in a model Ni–Cr alloy

    Ni-based fcc alloys are frequently used as critical structural materials in nuclear energy applications. Despite extensive studies, fundamental questions remain regarding point defect migration and solute segr...

    Christopher M. Barr, Leland Barnard, James E. Nathaniel in Journal of Materials Research (2015)