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Department of Physics and Engineering

Recent Publications

  • Natural Aging Behaviour of AA6111 Aluminum, accepted for publication in Ghana Journal of Science (2006)
  • Alloys for Autos, in Southern Oregonian Magazine, 19 (Fall/Winter 2006)
  • High Power Density from a Miniature Mircobial Fuel Cell Using Shewanella Oneidensis DSP10, Environmental Science & Technology, 40(8), 2629 (2006)
  • The Melting Behavior of Faceted Particles Embedded in the Solid State: A Family of Wulff shapes, Journal of Materials Science, 41(9), 2703 (2006)
  • Microstructural evolution in AA6111 aluminum during cold work and aging, in Proceedings of the International Symposium on Light Metals, Ed. J. P. Martin, (2005)
  • Orientation-Dependent Surface Tension Functions for Surface Energy Minimizing Calculations, Proceedings of the Eleventh Conference on Intergranular Interphase Boundaries, Journal of Materials Science, 40(12), 3107 (2005)
  • Melting of Embedded Anisotropic Particles: PbIn in Al, Philosophical Magazine, 85(12), 1273 (2005)
  • PhD student’s aluminum alloy tests good for science & the environment, in On Campus News, University of Saskatchewan, 9 (2004) and http://www.usask.ca/communications/ocn/04-apr-16/profile01.shtml
  • The Effect of Cold Work on the Precipitation Kinetics of AA6111 Aluminum, Journal of Materials Science, 39(21), 6495 (2004)
  • The Effect of Prestrain on the Natural Aging and Fracture Behavior of AA6111 Aluminum , Journal of Materials Science, 39(21), 4841 (2004)
  • Shear Banding Fluctuations and Nematic Order in Wormlike Micelles, Physical Review Letters,  93, 268302 (2004)
  • Phase Transitions in K2Cr2O7 and Structural Redeterminations of Phase II, Acta Crystallographica,  B60, 705-715 (2004)
  • K2[HCr2AsO10]: Redetermination of Phase II and the Predicted Structure of Phase I, Acta Crystallographica, C60, i113-i116 (2004)
  • Biological Laser Printing: A Novel Technique for Creating Heterogeneous 3-dimensional Cell Patterns, Biomedical Microdevices, 6:2, 139 (2004)
  • Compact, High Voltage Power Supply for the Lab-on-a-Chip, Lab Chip, 4(4), 408(2004)
  • The Equilibrium Shape of Anisotropic Interfacial Particles, Philosophical Magazine, 84(10), 991 (2004)
  • The effects of pre-aging and prestrain on the precipitation kinetics of AA6111 Aluminum, in Proceedings of the International Symposium on Light Metals 2003, Eds. J. Masounave and G. Dufour, 409 (2003)
  • Laser Manipulation of Biomaterials: Matrix-Assisted Pulsed-Laser Evaporation (MAPLE) and MAPLE - Direct Write (MDW), Review of Scientific Instruments, 74, 2546 (2003). This paper was selected for the April 1, 2003 issue of Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research, http://www.vjbio.org, published by the American Institute of Physics.
  • Laser Deposition of Polymer and Biomaterial Films, Chemical Review, 103, 553 (2003). Invited.
  • The Role of Direct Writing For Chemical and Biological Materials: Commercial & Military Sensing Applications, in Direct Write Technologies for Rapid Prototyping Applications- Sensors, Electronics, and Integrated Power Sources, Eds. A. Pique and D.B. Chrisey, Academic press, New York, 2002.
  • Picoliter-Scale Protein Microarrays by Laser Direct Write, Biotechnology Progress, 18(5), 1126 (2002)
  • Resonant Infrared Pulsed Laser Deposition of Thin Biodegradable Polymer Films, Applied Physics A, 74, 123 (2002)
  • Direct-Write of Sensor Devices by a Laser Forward Transfer Technique, Proceedings of the SPIE’s LASER’2002, San Jose, CA
  • Processing of Functional Polymers and Organic Thin Films by the Matrix Assisted Pulsed Laser Evaporation (MAPLE) Technique, Applied Surface Science , 186, 408 (2002)
  • The Effect of the Matrix on Film Properties in Matrix-Assisted Pulsed Laser Evaporation, Journal of Applied Physics, 91, 2055 (2002)
  • The Stability of Several Triply Periodic Surfaces, Interface Science, 10(4), 287 (2002)
  • Strengthening Characteristics of AA6111 Aluminum, Canadian Metallurgical Quarterly, 40(2), 211 (2001)
  • Aminoguanidinium Hexafluorozirconate: A New Ferroelectric, Journal of Applied Crystallography,  34, 47-57 (2001)
  • Measurement of Physical Properties of Liquid Crystals, in Research Methods in Liquid Crystals,  S. Kumar Ed. (Cambridge University Press, 2001) pp 95-154
  • Direct Write Technology as a Tool to Form Patterns of Living Cells and Active Biomolecules, American Biotechnology Laboratory, May 2001, 42
  • Vapor Depostion of Intact Polyethylene Glycol Thin Films, Applied Physics A , 73, 121 (2001)
  • The Deposition, Structure, Pattern Deposition, and Activity of Biomaterial Thin-Films by Matrix-Assisted Pulsed-Laser Evaporation (MAPLE) and MAPLE Direct Write, Thin Solid Films, 398-399, 607 (2001). Invited.
  • Laser-Based Processing of Polymer Nanocomposites for Chemical Sensing Applications, Journal of Applied Physics, 89, 5739 (2001)
  • A Time-of-Flight Study of the Ionic and Neutral Particles Produced by Pulsed Laser Ablation of Frozen Glycerol, Journal of Applied Physics, 90, 3623 (2001)
  • Novel Laser-Based Deposition of Active Protein Thin Films, Langmuir, 17(10), 3472 (2001)
  • Chemical Structure Determination, Modeling, and Adhesion Enhancement of Metal-Polymer Interfaces, in Metallized Plastices 7: Fundamental and Applied Aspects, Ed. K.L. Mittal, VSP, Utrecht, (2001). Invited.
  • Wetting in Multiphase Systems with Complex Geometries, Interface Science, 9(3-4), 191 (2001)
  • Nanometer Scale Solute Segregation at Heterophase Interfaces and Microstructural Evolution of Molybdenum Nitride Precipitates, Ultramicroscopy, 89(1), 195 (2001)
  • Cover Photo of Interface Science: The crystallographic alignment of molybdenum nitride precipitates in an Fe-Mo-Sn alloy, as seen in an atom-probe field-ion-microscope, Interface Science, 9(1/2), (2001)
  • Deposition of Nanotubes and Nanotube Composites using Matrix-Assisted Pulsed Laser Deposition, MRS Symposium Proceedings, 617 , j2.3 (2000)
  • Steady-State Creep in Polycrystalline Aluminium, Journal of the Ghana Science Association (Special Edition), 2(3), 49 (1999)
  • A Comparative Study of Steady-State Creep of Copper and Aluminium wires used as high-tension cables, Journal of the Ghana Science Association, (Special Edition), 1(2), 84 (1999)
  • Fresnoite: A New Ferroelectric Mineral, Journal of Applied Physics 85, 2299-2303 (1999)
  • A New Approach to Laser Direct Writing Active and Passive Mesoscopic Circuit Elements, in Surface Engineering : Science and Technology I, Proceeding of Symposium, TMS Annual Meeting, Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society, Warrendale, PA, (1999) 143-154. Invited.
  • A Novel Laser Transfer Process for Direct Writing of Electronic and Sensor Materials, Applied Physics A, A 69 suppl., 279 (1999). Invited.
  • Laser Direct Writing of Circuit Elements and Sensors, Proceedings of the SPIE, The International Society for Optical Engineering, 3618, 330 (1999).
  • K2(NbO)2Si4O12: A New Ferroelectric, Journal of Applied Crystallography, 32, 421-425 (1999)
  • Surface Characterization of Ethylene-Vinyl Acetate (EVA) and Ethylene-Acrylic Acid (EAA) Copolymers using XPS and AFM, Polymer, 39(21), 5223 (1998)
  • Phase Transitions in Complex Fluids, P. Toledano and A.F. Neto, Eds (World Scientific Publishing, 1998) pp 173-195
  • Metal/Polymer Adhesion Enhancement by Reactive Ion-Assisted Interface Bonding and Mixing, Applied Physics Letters, 71(18), 2710 (1997)
  • Deposition of High Purity Parylene-F Using Low-Pressure Low-Temperature Chemical-Vapor-Deposition, Journal of Electronic Materials, 28(8), 949 (1997)
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