We report the ability to tune the catalytic activities for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER)
and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) by applying mechanical stress on a highly n-type …

Strain engineering has been a critical aspect of device design in semiconductor
manufacturing for the past decade, but remains relatively unexplored for other applications …

We report the first observation of a reversible, degenerate do** of titanium dioxide with
strain, which is referred to as a semiconductor-to-metal transition. Application of tensile …

Electrochemical reactions are a critical class of processes strongly influenced by atomic
scale effects, where the relationships between local chemical composition, stress, strain …

The oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is key to a variety of renewable energy technologies.
However, to date there is no experimental nor predicted material that achieves this reaction …

This work investigates the previously unexplored impact of tensile stress on oxygen
reduction reaction (ORR) kinetics of a precipitation-hardened, stainless-steel fastener …

Mechano-Electrochemistry for Advanced Energy Storage and Harvesting Devices By Nitin
Muralidharan Dissertation Submitted to the Page 1 Mechano-Electrochemistry for Advanced …

Direct alteration of material structure/function through strain is a growing area of research
that has allowed for novel properties of materials to emerge. Tuning material structure can …