The LaserFIB: new application opportunities combining a high-performance FIB-SEM with femtosecond laser processing in an integrated second chamber

B Tordoff, C Hartfield, AJ Holwell, S Hiller… - Applied …, 2020 - Springer
The development of the femtosecond laser (fs laser) with its ability to provide extremely rapid
athermal ablation of materials has initiated a renaissance in materials science. Sample …

Direct evidence of the formation mechanisms of TiC nanoparticles and Al3Ti intermetallics during synthesis of an Al/TiC metal matrix nanocomposite

A Gladstein, SK Aramanda, L Shi, J Landini, J Goettsch… - Acta Materialia, 2024 - Elsevier
Microstructure control of in situ metal matrix nanocomposites (MMNCs) poses a barrier to
their large-scale production. Here, we interrogate in unprecedented detail the formation …

Self‐Assembly Pathways of Triblock Janus Particles into 3D Open Lattices

H Eslami, F Müller‐Plathe - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The self‐assembly of triblock Janus particles is simulated from a fluid to 3D open lattices:
pyrochlore, perovskite, and diamond. The coarse‐grained model explicitly takes into …

Recent progress of chiral metal–organic frameworks in enantioselective separation and detection

H Chen, L **a, G Li - Microchimica Acta, 2024 - Springer
Chiral compounds are abundantly distributed in both the natural world and biological
systems. It is crucial to identify and detect chiral compounds in living systems or to separate …

[HTML][HTML] Ambient grain orientation imaging on complex surfaces

A Speidel, I Bisterov, S Ahmed, AT Clare - Acta Materialia, 2024 - Elsevier
Crystal orientation imaging is generally confined to the laboratory, typically following
destructive sectioning, with most current techniques reliant on electron-material interactions …

Exotic three-phase microstructures in the ternary Ag-Cu-Sb eutectic system

SK Aramanda, K Chattopadhyay, A Choudhury - Acta Materialia, 2021 - Elsevier
Eutectic solidification in ternary systems is a complex process involving the interaction of
several material and process parameters resulting in the formation of intriguing patterns …

[HTML][HTML] Spiral-eutectic-reinforced biodegradable Zn–Mg–Ag alloy prepared via selective laser melting

C Gao, C Li, S Peng, C Shuai - Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Zn is a promising biodegradable metal owing to its moderate degradation rate and
acceptable biocompatibility. However, the insufficient mechanical strength and plasticity of …

[HTML][HTML] Phase-field modelling of directional melting of lamellar and rod eutectic structures

T Pusztai, L Rátkai, L Horváth, L Gránásy - Acta Materialia, 2022 - Elsevier
The melting of 2D lamellar and 3D rod eutectic structures was studied by multi-phase-field
simulations. A binary model eutectic system was investigated in a standard directional …

Discovery of double helix and impact on nanoscale to mesoscale crystalline structures

J Narayan, R Narayan - ACS omega, 2022 - ACS Publications
Screw dislocations play a significant role in the growth of crystalline structures by providing a
continuous source of surface steps which represent available sites for crystal growth. Here …

Systematic discovery of new nano-scale metastable intermetallic eutectic phases in laser rapid solidified Aluminum-Germanium alloy

A Ghosh, W Wu, T Ma, AJ Shahani, J Wang… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2025 - Elsevier
Laser surface remelting of as-cast Al-Ge eutectic alloy is shown to produce ultrafine lamellar
eutectic morphology with interlamellar spacing refined up to∼ 60 nm and composed of FCC …