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Publications
2020
8
Huang, J. (2020). 3D Printed Polypyrrole Microneedle Arrays for Electronically Controlled Transdural Drug Release. University of Washington.
Chen, M., Wehrs, J., Sologubenko, A. S., Rabier, J., Michler, J., & Wheeler, J. M. (2020). Size-dependent plasticity and activation parameters of lithographically-produced silicon micropillars. Materials & Design, 189, 108506.
Breumier, S., Sao-Joao, S., Villani, A., Lévesque, M., & Kermouche, G. (2020). High strain rate micro-compression for crystal plasticity constitutive law parameters identification. Materials & Design, 193, 108789.
Haußmann, L., Neumeier, S., Kolb, M., Ast, J., Mohanty, G., Michler, J., & Göken, M. (2020). Local Mechanical Properties at the Dendrite Scale of Ni-Based Superalloys Studied by Advanced High Temperature Indentation Creep and Micropillar Compression Tests. In Superalloys 2020 (pp. 273-281). Springer, Cham.
Lin, Z., Novelino, L. S., Wei, H., Alderete, N. A., Paulino, G. H., Espinosa, H. D., & Krishnaswamy, S. (2020). Folding at the Microscale: Enabling Multifunctional 3D Origami‐Architected Metamaterials. Small, 16(35), 2002229.
Diaz, O. G., Marquardt, K., Harris, S., Gale, L., Vandeperre, L., Saiz, E., & Giuliani, F. (2020). Degradation mechanisms of SiC/BN/SiC after low temperature humidity exposure. Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 40(12), 3863-3874.
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2019
3
H. S. Iyera, G. Mohanty, K. Stillera, J. Michler, M. Colliander, Microscale fracture of chromia scales, Materialia Vol. 8 (2019) 100465
H.H. Ding, V. Fridrici, G. Guillonneau, S. Sao-Joao, J. Geringer, J. Fontaine, P. Kapsa, Investigation on mechanical properties of tribofilm formed on Ti–6Al–4V surface sliding against a DLC coating by nano-indentation and micro-pillar compression techniques, Wear 432–433 (2019) 202954
Bauer, J., Guell Izard, A., Zhang, Y., Baldacchini, T., & Valdevit, L. (2019). Programmable Mechanical Properties of Two‐Photon Polymerized Materials: From Nanowires to Bulk. Advanced Materials Technologies, 4(9), 1900146.
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2018
20
G. Guillonneau, M. Mieszala, J. Wehrs, J. Schwiedrzik, S. Grop, D. Frey, L. Philippe, J-M. Breguet, J. Michler, J. M. Wheeler, Nanomechanical testing at high strain rates: new instrumentation for nanoindentation and microcompression, Materials and Design 148 (2018) 39-48
Best JP, Guillonneau G, Grop S, Taylor AA, Frey D, Longchamp Q, et al. High temperature impact testing of a thin hard coating using a novel high-frequency in situ micromechanical device. Surface and Coatings Technology 2018; 178-186.
Ast, J., et al., Interplay of stresses, plasticity at crack tips and small sample dimensions revealed by in-situ microcantilever tests in tungsten. Materials Science and Engineering: A, 2018. 710: p. 400-412.
Ast, J., et al., The brittle-ductile transition of tungsten single crystals at the micro-scale. Materials & Design, 2018. 152: p. 168-180.
Best, J.P., et al., High temperature impact testing of a thin hard coating using a novel high-frequency in situ micromechanical device. Surface and Coatings Technology, 2018. 333: p. 178-186.
Best, J.P., et al., Ni-nanocluster composites for enchanced impact resistance of multilayered arc-PVD ceramic coatings. Surface and Coatings Technology, 2018.
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2017
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Zou, Y., et al., Nanocrystalline high-entropy alloys: a new paradigm in high-temperature strength and stability. Nano letters, 2017. 17(3): p. 1569-1574.
Xiao, Y., et al., Investigation of the deformation behavior of aluminum micropillars produced by focused ion beam machining using Ga and Xe ions. Scripta Materialia, 2017. 127: p. 191-194.
Wehrs, J., et al., Elevated temperature, micro-compression transient plasticity tests on nanocrystalline Palladium-Gold: probing activation parameters at the lower limit of crystallinity. Acta Materialia, 2017. 129: p. 124-137.
Viat, A., et al., Brittle to ductile transition of tribomaterial in relation to wear response at high temperatures. Wear, 2017. 392: p. 60-68.
Sernicola, G., et al., In situ stable crack growth at the micron scale. Nature communications, 2017. 8(1): p. 108.
Schwiedrzik J, Taylor A, Casari D, Wolfram U, Zysset P, Michler J. Nanoscale deformation mechanisms and yield properties of hydrated bone extracellular matrix. Acta Biomaterialia 2017;60:302-14
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2016
27
Zou, Y., et al., Bridging room-temperature and high-temperature plasticity in decagonal Al–Ni–Co quasicrystals by micro-thermomechanical testing. Philosophical Magazine, 2016. 96(32-34): p. 3356-3378.
Zhang, Z., et al., Determination of Ti-6242 α and β slip properties using micro-pillar test and computational crystal plasticity. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2016. 95: p. 393-410.
Wheeler, J.M., et al., The effect of size on the strength of FCC metals at elevated temperatures: annealed copper. Philosophical Magazine, 2016. 96(32-34): p. 3379-3395.
Tumbajoy-Spinel, D., et al., Assessment of mechanical property gradients after impact-based surface treatment: application to pure α-iron. Materials Science and Engineering: A, 2016. 667: p. 189-198.
Mohanty, G., et al., Room temperature stress relaxation in nanocrystalline Ni measured by micropillar compression and miniature tension. Journal of Materials Research, 2016. 31(8): p. 1085-1095.
Kolb, M., et al., Local mechanical properties of the (β0+ ω0) composite in multiphase titanium aluminides studied with nanoindentation at room and high temperatures. Materials Science and Engineering: A, 2016. 665: p. 135-140.
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2015
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Lunt AJ, Mohanty G, Ying S, Dluhoš J, Sui T, Neo TK, et al. A comparative transmission elec-tron microscopy, energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy and spatially resolved micropillar compression study of the yttria partially stabilised zirconia-porcelain interface in dental prosthesis. Thin Solid Films 2015;596:222-32.
Lunt AJ, Mohanty G, Neo TK, Michler J, Korsunsky AM. Microscale resolution fracture toughness profiling at the zirconia-porcelain interface in dental prostheses. SPIE Micro+ Nano Materials, Devices, and Applications: International Society for Optics and Photonics; 2015. p. 96685S-S-11.
Lunt AJ, Mohanty G, Ying S, Dluhoš J, Sui T, Neo TK, et al. A comparative transmission elec-tron microscopy, energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy and spatially resolved micropillar compression study of the yttria partially stabilised zirconia-porcelain interface in dental prosthesis. Thin Solid Films 2015;596:222-32.
Raghavan R, Wheeler J, Esqué-de los Ojos D, Thomas K, Almandoz E, Fuentes G, et al. Mechanical behavior of Cu/TiN multilayers at ambient and elevated temperatures: Stress-assisted diffusion of Cu. Materials Science and Engineering: A 2015;620:375-82.
Wheeler J, Armstrong D, Heinz W, Schwaiger R. High temperature nanoindentation: The state of the art and future challenges. Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science 2015;19:354-66.
Wehrs J, Mohanty G, Guillonneau G, Taylor AA, Maeder X, Frey D, et al. Comparison of In Situ Micromechanical Strain-Rate Sensitivity Measurement Techniques. JOM 2015; 67:1684-93.
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2014
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Schwiedrzik J, Raghavan R, Bürki A, LeNader V, Wolfram U, Michler J, et al. In situ micropillar compression reveals superior strength and ductility but an absence of damage in lamellar bone. Nature materials 2014;13:740-7
Soler R, Wheeler JM, Chang H-J, Segurado J, Michler J, Llorca J, et al. Understanding size effects on the strength of single crystals through high-temperature micropillar compression. Acta Materialia 2014;81:50-7.
Wheeler J, Raghavan R, Chawla V, Morstein M, Michler J. Deformation of hard coatings at elevated temperatures. Surface and Coatings Technology 2014;254:382-7.
Leal, A. A., Mohanty, G., Reifler, F. A., Michler, J., & Hufenus, R. (2014). Mechanical response of melt-spun amorphous filaments. Science and Technology of Advanced Materials, 15(3), 35016.
Huang, H., & Zhao, H. (2014). In situ nanoindentation and scratch testing inside scanning electron microscopes: opportunities and challenges. Science of Advanced Materials, 6(5), 875–889.
Battisti, A., Esqué-de los Ojos, D., Ghisleni, R., & Brunner, A. J. (2014). Single fiber push-out characterization of interfacial properties of hierarchical CNT-carbon fiber composites prepared by electrophoretic deposition. Composites Science and Technology, 95, 121–127.
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2013
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Liu S, Wheeler J, Howie P, Zeng X, Michler J, Clegg W. Measuring the fracture resistance of hard coatings. Applied Physics Letters 2013;102:171907.
Rabier J, Montagne A, Wheeler J, Demenet J, Michler J, Ghisleni R. Silicon micropillars: high stress plasticity. Phys Status Solidi 2013;10:11-5
Wheeler J, Michler J. Elevated temperature, nano-mechanical testing in situ in the scanning electron microscope. Review of Scientific Instruments 2013;84:045103.
Wheeler, J. M., Niederberger, C., Tessarek, C., Christiansen, S., & Michler, J. (2013). Extraction of plasticity parameters of GaN with high temperature, in situ micro-compression. International Journal of Plasticity, 40, 140–151.
Wheeler, J. M., Maier, V., Durst, K., Göken, M., & Michler, J. (2013). Activation parameters for deformation of ultrafine-grained aluminium as determined by indentation strain rate jumps at elevated temperature. Materials Science and Engineering: A, 585, 108–113.
Gabureac, M. S., Bernau, L., Boero, G., & Utke, I. (2013). Single Superparamagnetic Bead Detection and Direct Tracing of Bead Position Using Novel Nanocomposite Nano-Hall Sensors. IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology, 12(5), 668–673.
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2012
3
Wheeler J, Raghavan R, Michler J. Temperature invariant flow stress during microcompression of a Zr-based bulk metallic glass. Scripta Materialia 2012;67:125-8.
Wheeler J, Brodard P, Michler J. Elevated temperature, in situ indentation with calibrated contact temperatures. Philosophical Magazine 2012;92:3128-41.
Thilly, L., Ghisleni, R., Swistak, C., & Michler, J. (2012). In situ deformation of micro-objects as a tool to uncover the micro-mechanisms of the brittle-to-ductile transition in semiconductors: the case of indium antimonide. Philosophical Magazine, 92(25–27), 3315–3325.
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2011
5
Wheeler J, Raghavan R, Michler J. In situ SEM indentation of a Zr-based bulk metallic glass at elevated temperatures. Materials Science and Engineering: A 2011;528:8750-6.
Ghisleni R, Liu J, Raghavan R, Brodard P, Lugstein A, Wasmer K, et al. In situ micro-Raman compression: characterization of plasticity and fracture in GaAs. Philosophical Magazine 2011;91:1286-92.
Utke, I., Jenke, M. G., Röling, C., Thiesen, P. H., Iakovlev, V., Sirbu, A., … Kapon, E. (2011). Polarisation stabilisation of vertical cavity surface emitting lasers by minimally invasive focused electron beam triggered chemistry. Nanoscale, 3(7), 2718–2722.
Gabureac, M. S., Bernau, L., & Utke, I. (2011). Nanosynthesis of tunable composite materials by room-temperature pulsed focused electron beam induced chemical vapour deposition. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 11(9), 7982–7987.
Jenke, M. G., Lerose, D., Niederberger, C., Michler, J., Christiansen, S., & Utke, I. (2011). Toward Local Growth of Individual Nanowires on Three-Dimensional Microstructures by Using a Minimally Invasive Catalyst Templating Method. Nano Letters, 11(10), 4213–4217.
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2008
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Wasmer K, Wermelinger T, Bidiville A, Spolenak R, Michler J. In situ compression tests on micron-sized silicon pillars by Raman microscopy—Stress measurements and deformation analysis. Journal of Materials Research 2008;23:3040-7.
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