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Materials for Energy Applications

2025

  1. No publications.

2024

  1. Alam, I., Adaan-Nyiak, M. A., Hwang, S., Kisslinger, K., Topsakal, M., Jossou, E., Gill, S. K., & Tiamiyu, A. (2024). From phase decomposition to evaporation: A multi-modal evaluation of thermally degraded model lightweight high-entropy alloy. Materials Characterization, 209, 113722 https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matchar.2024.113722
  2. Adaan-Nyiak, M. A., Alam, I., Jossou, E., Hwang, S., Kisslinger, K., Gill, S. K., & Tiamiyu, A. (2024). Design and Development of Stable Nanocrystalline High-Entropy Alloy: Coupling Self-Stabilization and Solute Grain Boundary Segregation Effects. Small https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.202309631

2023

  1. Cinbiz, M. N., Lach, T. G., Topsakal, M., Coq, A. L., & Linton, K. (2023). Impact of nano-scale cavities on hydrogen storage and retention 1 in yttrium hydride1. Materialia, 32, Article 101933 https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mtla.2023.101933
  2. Jossou, E., Assefa, T., Suzana, A. F., Wu, L., Campbell, C., Harder, R., Cha, W., Kisslinger, K., Sun, C., Gan, J., Ecker, L., Robinson, I. K., & Gill, S. K. (2023). Three-dimensional strain imaging of irradiated chromium using multi-reflection Bragg coherent diffraction. NPJ Materials Degradation, 6(1) https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41529-022-00311-8

2022

  1. Sure, J., Gill, S. K., Wang, Y., Bawane, K., He, L., Halstenberg, P., Dai, S., Mahurin, S. M., Wishart, J. F., & Sasaki, K. (2022). Electrochemical noise studies on localized corrosion of Ni and Ni-20Cr in molten ZnCl2. Electrochimica Acta, 431, Article 141126 https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2022.141126
  2. Mehr, M., Elbakhshwan, M., Sprouster, D., Gill, S. K., Ecker, L., Subhash, G., & Nino, J. C. (2022). Effect of Remnant Carbon and Etching of particles on Pyrolysis Bonded Silicon Carbide (PBSC). Inorganics, 10(11) https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/inorganics10110192

2021

  1. Jossou, E., Schneider, A., Sun, C., Zhang, Y., Chodankar, S., Nykypanchuk, D., Gan, J., Ecker, L., & Gill, S. K. (2021). Unraveling the Early-Stage Ordering of Krypton Solid Bubbles in 2 Molybdenum: A Multimodal Study. The Journal of Physical Chemistry, 125(42), 23338-23348 https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c05591
  2. Roy, S., Liu, Y., Topsakal, M., Dias, E. T., Gakhar, R., Phillips, W., Wishart, J. F., Leshchev, D., Halstenberg, P., Dai, S., Gill, S. K., Frenkel, A. I., & Bryantsev, V. S. (2021). A Holistic Approach for Elucidating Local Structure, Dynamics, and Speciation in Molten Salts with High Structural Disorder. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 143(37), 15298-15308 https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacs.1c06742
  3. Roy, S., Sharma, S., Karunaratne, W. V., Wu, F., Gakhar, R., Maltsev, D. S., Halstenberg, P., Abeykoon, M., Gill, S. K., Zhang, Y., Mahurin, S. M., Dai, S., Bryantsev, V. S., Margulis, C. J., & Ivanov, A. S. (2021). X-ray scattering reveals ion clustering of dilute chromium species in molten chloride medium. Chemical Science, 12(23), 8026-8035 https://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d1sc01224j
  4. Sun, C., Jiang, C., Jossou, E., Topsakal, M., Gill, S. K., Ecker, L., & Gan, J. (2021). Self-assembly of solid nanoclusters in molybdenum under gas ion implantation. Scripta Materialia, 194, Article 113651 https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2020.113651
  5. Bawane, K., Manganaris, P., Wang, Y., Sure, J., Ronne, A., Halstenberg, P., Dai, S., Gill, S. K., Sasaki, K., Chen-Wiegart, Y. K., Gakhar, R., Mahurin, S. M., Pimblott, S. M., Wishart, J. F., & He, L. (2021). Determining oxidation states of transition metals in molten salt corrosion using electron energy loss spectroscopy. Scripta Materialia, 197, Article 113790 https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2021.113790
  6. Elbakhshwan, M., Gill, S. K., Rod, K. A., Bingham, E. B., McKinney, A. L., Huerta, N., Lopano, C., Kutchko, B., Chen-Wiegart, Y. K., Zhao, C., Williams, G. J., Thieme, J., Varga, T., Ecker, L., & Fernández, C. A. (2021). Structural and chemical changes from CO2 exposure to self-healing polymer cement composites for geothermal wellbores. Geothermics, 89, Article 101932 https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geothermics.2020.101932
  7. Gill, S. K., Sure, J., Wang, Y., Layne, B., He, L., Mahurin, S. M., Wishart, J. F., & Sasaki, K. (2021). Investigating Corrosion Behavior of Ni and Ni-20Cr in Molten ZnCl2. Corrosion Science, 179, Article 109105 https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.corsci.2020.109105

2020

  1. Dias, E. T., Gill, S. K., Liu, Y., Halstenberg, P., Dai, S., Huang, J., Mausz, J., Gakhar, R., Phillips, W., Mahurin, S. M., Pimblott, S. M., Wishart, J. F., & Frenkel, A. I. (2020). Radiation-Assisted Formation of Metal Nanoparticles in Molten Salts. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 12(1), 157-164 https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c03231
  2. Roy, S., Wu, F., Wang, H., Ivanov, A. S., Sharma, S., Halstenberg, P., Gill, S. K., Abeykoon, A. M. M., Kwon, G., Topsakal, M., Layne, B., Sasaki, K., Zhang, Y., Mahurin, S. M., Dai, S., Margulis, C. J., Maginn, E. J., & Bryantsev, V. S. (2020). Structure and dynamics of the molten alkali-chloride salts from an X-ray, simulation, and rate theory perspective. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 22(40), 22900-22917 https://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d0cp03672b
  3. Gill, S. K., Topsakal, M., Jossou, E., Huang, X., Hattar, K. M., Mausz, J., Elbakhshwan, M., Yan, H., Chu, Y. S., Sun, C., He, L., Gan, J., & Ecker, L. (2020). Impact of krypton irradiation on a single crystal tungsten: Multi-modal X-ray imaging study. Scripta Materialia, 296-301 https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2020.07.024
  4. Copeland-Johnson, T. M., Nyamekye, C. K. A., Gill, S. K., Ecker, L., Bowler, N., Smith, E. A., & Rebak, R. B. (2020). Characterization of Kanthal APMT and T91 oxidation at beyond design-basis accident temperatures. Corrosion Science, 171, Article 108598 https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.corsci.2020.108598
  5. Gill, S. K., Huang, J., Mausz, J., Gakhar, R., Roy, S., Vila, F. D., Topsakal, M., Phillips, W., Layne, B., Mahurin, S. M., Halstenberg, P., Dai, S., Wishart, J. F., Bryantsev, V. S., & Frenkel, A. I. (2020). Connections between the speciation and solubility of Ni(II) and Co(II) in molten ZnCl2. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 24(7), 1253-1258 https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c00195

2019

  1. Wu, F., Roy, S., Ivanov, A. S., Gill, S. K., Topsakal, M., Dooryhée, E., Abeykoon, A. M. M., Kwon, G., Gallington, L. C., Halstenberg, P., Layne, B., Ishii, Y., Mahurin, S. M., Dai, S., Bryantsev, V. S., & Margulis, C. J. (2019). Elucidating Ionic Correlations Beyond Simple Charge Alternation in Molten MgCl2-KCI Mixtures. Journal Of Physical Chemistry Letters, 10(24), 7603-7610 https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b02845
  2. Gill, S. K., Ge, M., Yan, H., Sasaki, K., Liang, Z., Isaacs, H., Kisslinger, K., Ecker, L., & Chu, Y. S. (2019). Quantitative Nanoscale 3D Imaging of Intergranular Corrosion of 304 Stainless Steel Using Hard X-Ray Nanoprobe. Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 166(11), C3320-C3325 https://dx.doi.org/10.1149/2.0401911jes
  3. Zhong, W., Liu, X., Mouche, P. A., Lin, J. S., Park, D., Elbakhshwan, M., Gill, S. K., Ren, Y., Stubbins, J. F., & Heuser, B. J. (2019). Dissolution of Intermetallic Second-Phase Particles in Zircaloy-2 in High-Temperature Steam. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 50A(4), 1851-1861 https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11661-018-5090-5

2018

  1. No publications.

2017

  1. Jaradat, K. A., Darbari, Z., Elbakhshwan, M., Abdelaziz, S. L., Gill, S. K., Dooryhée, E., & Ecker, L. (2017). Heating-Freezing effects on the orientation of kaolin clay. Applied Clay Science, 150, 163-174 https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clay.2017.09.028
  2. Elbakhshwan, M., Gill, S. K., Rumaiz, A. K., Bai, J., Ghose, S., Rebak, R. B., & Ecker, L. (2017). High-temperature oxidation of advanced FeCrNi alloy in steam environments. Applied Surface Science, 426, 562-571 https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2017.06.318

2016

  1. Elbakhshwan, M., Gill, S. K., Motta, A. T., Weidner, R., Anderson, T., & Ecker, L. (2016). Sample Environment for in situ Synchrotron Corrosion Studies of Materials in Extreme Environments. Review of Scientific Instruments, 87(10) https://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4964101

About the MEA Group

The mission of the group is to inform design of next-generation materials by generating mechanistic insights via multi-modal studies of materials degradation and structure-property relationships in extreme environments.