06/14/2024
Doruk's paper "A Machine Learning Framework for the Prediction of Grain Boundary Segregation in Chemically Complex Environments" is published in Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering.

06/12/2024
Our collaborative paper "Grain size dependent indentation response of single-phase (CoCuMgNiZn)O high entropy oxides" is published in Journal of the European Ceramic Society.

04/16/2024
Ian's paper "Frustrated metastable-to-equilibrium grain boundary structural transition in NbMoTaW due to segregation and chemical complexity" is published in Acta Materialia.

04/13/2024
Our collaborative paper "Tuning grain boundary cation segregation with oxygen deficiency and atomic structure in a perovskite compositionally complex oxide thin film" is published in Applied Physics Letters.

04/12/2024
Our collaborative paper "Neural Network Kinetics for Exploring Diffusion Multiplicity and Chemical Ordering in Compositionally Complex Materials" is published in Nature Communications.

04/08/2024
Pulkit's paper "Strengthening from dislocation restructuring and local climb at platelet linear complexions in Al-Cu alloys" is published in Journal of Materials Science: Materials Theory.

02/07/2024
Our collaborative paper "Topology and evolution of dislocation structures mediated by glissile reactions in face-centered cubic metals" is published in Acta Materialia.

01/05/2024
Doruk's paper "Enhanced radiation damage tolerance of amorphous interphase and grain boundary complexions in Cu-Ta" is published in JOM.

01/04/2024
Our collaborative paper "Vacancy diffusion barrier spectrum and diffusion correlation in multicomponent alloys" is published in Acta Materialia.

 

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Welcome to the Nanoscale Mechanics and Materials Lab at UC Irvine

 

***NOTE: Tim is moving to Johns Hopkins University on July 1, 2024. This website may not be updated regularly past that date.***

 

We are a research group working at the interface of materials science, engineering, and physics. Our work focuses on uncovering new structure-property relationships in advanced nanomaterials for next-generation structural, electronic, and energy components, as well as increasing the reliability and lifetime of these materials. To achieve these goals, we use a combination of cutting-edge experimental, characterization, and computational techniques.

Current areas of interest include nanocrystalline metals and alloys, thin film materials, and the study of interfaces at the atomic level. Click the images below or see our Research page for more information.