Recent Publications

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R. Banerjee, G. B. Thompson, and H. L. Fraser, “Structural Transitions in Thin Films”, Dekker Encyclopaedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, eds. J. A. Schwarz, C. I Contescu, and K. Putyera, Marcel Dekker Inc. (2004)

Titanium alloys and metal matrix composites

• S.Nag, R. Banerjee, R. Srinivasan, J. Y. Hwang, M. Harper and H. L. Fraser, “Omega Assisted Nucleation and Growth of Alpha Precipitates in the Ti-5Al-5Mo-5V-3Cr-0.5Fe Beta Titanium Alloy” Acta. Met. 57(7), 2136-2147 (2009).
• S. Nag, R. Banerjee, J. Y. Hwang, M. Harper, and H. L. Fraser, “Elemental Partitioning between a and b Phases in the Ti-5Al-5Mo-5V-3Cr-0.5Fe (Ti-5553) Alloy” Philos. Mag. 89(6), 535-552 (2009).
• E. Lee, R. Banerjee, S. Kar, D. Bhattacharyya, and, H. L. Fraser, “Selection of alpha variants during microstructural evolution in alpha/beta titanium alloys”, Philos. Mag. A, 87(24), 3615 (2007).

• S. Nag, R. Banerjee, and H. L. Fraser, “Intra-granular Alpha Precipitation in Ti-Nb-Zr-Ta Biomedical Alloys” Jour. Mat. Sci. 44(3), 808 (2009).
• S. Samuel, S. Nag, T. W. Scharf, and, R. Banerjee, “Wear Resistance of Laser-deposited Boride-reinforced Ti-Nb-Zr-Ta Alloy Composites for Orthopedic Implants”, Mater. Sci. Eng. C, 28(3), 414 (2008).
• S. Nag, R. Banerjee, and, H. L. Fraser, “A Novel Combinatorial Approach for Understanding Microstructural Evolution and its Relationship to Mechanical Properties in Metallic Biomaterials”, Acta Biomaterialia, 3(3), 369 (2007).
• S. Nag, S. Samuel, A. Puthucode, and, R. Banerjee, “Characterization of Novel Borides in Ti-Nb-Zr-Ta + 2B Metal-matrix Composites”, Mater. Charac. (article in press, 2007).

Nickel base super alloys

• R. Srinivasan, R. Banerjee, J.Y. Hwang, G. B. Viswanathan , J. Tiley, D.M. Dimiduk, H.L. Fraser. “Atomic scale structure and chemical composition across order-disorder interface”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 102(2009)086101.
• J.Y. Hwang, S. Nag, A.R.P. Singh, R. Srinivasan, J. Tiley, H.L. Fraser, R. Banerjee, “Evolution of the γ/γ′ interface width in a commercial nickel base superalloy studied by three-dimensional atom probe tomography” Accepted in Scripta Met. (2009).
• J. Y. Hwang, R. Banerjee, J. Tiley, R. Srinivasan, G. B. Viswanathan, and, H. L. Fraser, “Nanoscale Characterization of Elemental Partitioning between Gamma and Gamma Prime Phases in Rene 88DT Nickel Base Superalloy”, Metall. Mater. Trans. A 40A (1), 24 (2009).
• J. Tiley, R. Srinivasan, R. Banerjee, G. B. Viswanathan, B. Toby, and, H. L. Fraser, “Application of X-ray and Neutron Diffraction to Determine Lattice Parameters and Precipitate Volume Fractions in Low Misfit Nickel Base Superalloys”, Mater. Sci. and Technol. (2008), in press.

Metal carbon nanotube (CNT) hybrids

• A.R.P. Singh, J.Y. Hwang, T.W. Scharf, J. Tiley, R. Banerjee, “Bulk nickel-carbon nanotube nanocomposites by laser deposition” Mater. Sci. Technology Accepted 2009.
• J. Y. Hwang, A. Neira, T. W. Scharf, J. Tiley, and, R. Banerjee, “Laser deposited carbon nanotube reinforced nickel matrix composites”, Scripta Mater., 59(5), 487 (2008).

Nanostructured thin films

• S. Nag, K.C. Mahdak, A. Devaraj, S. Gohil, P. Ayyub and R. Banerjee, “Phase Separation in Immiscible Silver-Copper Alloy Thin Films” Accepted in Jour. Mat. Sci. (2009).
• R. Banerjee, S. Bose, A. Genc, and, P. Ayyub, “The Microstructure and Electrical Transport Properties of Immiscible Copper-Niobium Alloy Thin Films”, J. Appl. Phys., 103, 033511 (2008).
• A. Puthucode, M. J. Kaufman, and, R. Banerjee, “Early Stages of Crystallization in Phase Separated Amorphous Coppe-Niobium Alloy Thin Films”,, Metall. Mater. Trans. A 39(7), 1578 (2008).
• S. Gohil, R. Banerjee, S. Bose, and, P. Ayyub, “Influence of Synthesis Conditions on the Nanostructure of Immiscible Copper-Silver Alloy Thin Films”, Scripta Mater., 58(10), 842 (2008).
• A. Genc, R. Banerjee, S. Nag, A. Puthucode, and, H. L. Fraser, “3D atom probe tomography and high resolution electron microscopy of immiscible copper-niobium metallic multilayers”, Micros. and Microanal., 13 (Suppl. 2), 192 (2007).
• R. Banerjee, A. Puthucode, S. Bose, and, P. Ayyub, “Nanoscale Phase Separation in Amorphous Immiscible Copper-Niobium Alloy Thin Films”, Appl. Phys. Lett., 90(2), 021904 (2007).
• R. Banerjee, “Hardness of sputter deposited nanocrystalline Ni3Al thin films”, Materials Letters, 61(2), 609 (2007).

Collaborative work in other areas

• J.Y. Hwang, R. Banerjee, H.W. Doty, M.J. Kaufman, “The effect of Mg on the structure and properties of type 319 aluminum casting alloys”, Acta Mater. 57(2009)1308.
• A. Puthucode, R. Banerjee, S. Vadlakonda, R. Mirshams, and, M, J, Kaufman, “Incipient Plasticity and Shear Band Formation in Bulk Metallic Glass Studied Using Indentation”, Metall. Mater. Trans. A, 39(7), 1552 (2008).
• T. W. Scharf, M. C. Romanes, K. C. Mahdak, J. Y. Hwang, R. Banerjee, R. D. Evans, and, G. L. Doll, “Atomic-scale structure and composition of tungsten carbide reinforced diamond-like carbon films”, Appl. Phys. Lett., 93(15), 151909 (2008).
• D. Carvalho, S. Ghosh, R. Banerjee, and, P. Ayyub, “Ultra-low Breakdown Voltage and Origin of 1/f2 Noise in Metallic Nanorod Arrays”, Nanotechnology, 19, 445713 (2008).

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