Publications with a * are students, postdocs, or early career staff mentored by N.A. Mara

151.) B.P. Eftink*, J.S. Weaver*, J.A. Valdez, V. Livescu, D. Chen, Y. Wang, C. Knapp, N.A. Mara, S.A. Maloy, G.T. Gray III, “Proton irradiation and characterization of additively manufactured 304L stainless steels”, Journal of Nuclear Materials, Vol. 531, pp. 152007 (2020).

150.) J.S. Weaver*, V. Livescu, N.A. Mara, “A comparison of adiabatic shear bands in wrought and additively manufactured 316L stainless steel using nanoindentation and electron backscatter diffraction”, Journal of Materials Science, Vol. 55, Iss. 4, pp. 1738-1752 (2020).

149.) D.J. Savage*, I.J. Beyerlein, N.A. Mara, S.C. Vogel, R.J. McCabe, M. Knezevic, “Microstructure and texture evolution in Mg/Nb layered materials made by accumulative roll bonding”, International Journal of Plasticity, Vol. 125, pp. 1-26 (2020).

148.) B. Leu*, D.J. Savage*, J. Wang, Md E. Alam, N.A. Mara, M.A. Kumar, J.S. Carpenter, S.C. Vogel, M. Knezevic, R. Decker, I.J. Beyerlein, “Processing of Dilute Mg-Zn-Mn-Ca Alloy/Nb Multilayers by Accumulative Roll Bonding”, Advanced Engineering Materials, Vol. 22, Iss. 1, pp. 1900673 (2020).

147.) M. Jain, N. Velisavljevic, J.K. Baldwin, M. Knezevic, N.A. Mara, I.J. Beyerlein, S. Pathak, “Structure and properties of pseudomorphically transformed bcc Mg in Mg/Nb multilayered nanolaminates studied using synchrotron X-ray diffraction”, Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 126, Iss. 2, pp. 025302 (2019).

146.) Y. Chen*, M.Y. Gong, S. Shao, N.A. Mara, J. Wang, “Interface Facilitated Reorientation of Mg Nanolayers in Mg-Nb Nanolaminates”, JOM, Vol. 71, pp. 1215–1220 (2019). 

145.) K. Thomas*, G. Mohanty, J. Wehrs, A.A. Taylor, S. Pathak, D. Casari, J. Schwiedrzik, N.A. Mara, R. Spolenak, J. Michler, “Elevated and cryogenic temperature micropillar compression of magnesium–niobium multilayer films. Journal of Materials Science, Vol. 54, pp. 10884–10901 (2019).

144.) S. Pathak*, J.S. Weaver*, C. Sun*, Y. Wang, S.R. Kalidindi, N.A. Mara. “Spherical Nanoindentation Stress-Strain Analysis of Ion-Irradiated Tungsten” In: Jackson J., Paraventi D., Wright M. (eds) Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Environmental Degradation of Materials in Nuclear Power Systems – Water Reactors. The Minerals, Metals & Materials Series, Springer (2019).

143.) Y. Chen*, E. Hintsala, N. Li*, B.R. Becker, J.Y. Cheng*, B. Nowakowski, J. Weaver*, D. Stauffer, N.A. Mara, “High-Throughput Nanomechanical Screening of Phase-Specific and Temperature-Dependent Hardness in Al_xFeCrNiMn High-Entropy Alloys”, JOM, Vol. 71, pp. 3368–3377 (2019).

142.) S. Singh, S. Chang, C.S. Kaira, J.K. Baldwin, N.A. Mara, N. Chawla, “Microstructure and mechanical properties of co-sputtered Al-SiC composites”, Materials & Design, 107670 (2019).

141.) E. Aydogan, J.S. Weaver*, U. Carvajal-Nunez*, M.M. Schneider, J.G. Gigax, D.L. Krumwiede, P. Hosemann, T.A. Saleh, N.A. Mara, D.T. Hoelzer, B. Hilton, S.A. Maloy, “Response of 14YWT alloys under neutron irradiation: A complementary study on microstructure and mechanical properties”, Acta Materialia Vol. 167, pp.181-196 (2019).

140.) E. Aydogan, J.S. Weaver*, Y.Q. Wang, N.A. Mara, O. El-Atwani, S.A. Maloy, “Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of FeCrAl Alloys under Heavy Ion Irradiations”, Journal of Nuclear Materials, Vol. 503, 250-262 (2018).

139.) R. Thevamaran, S. Pathak*, S. Yazdi, S.J. Jeon, O. Lawal, N.A. Mara, E.L. Thomas, “Size Effects in Single-Crystal Metallic Micro-and Nanocubes”, Micro and Nanomechanics, Vol. 5, pp. 47-49 (2018).

138.) J. Schneider, J. Cobb, J.S. Carpenter*, N.A. Mara, “Maintaining nano-lamellar microstructure in friction stir welding (FSW) of accumulative roll bonded (ARB) Cu-Nb nano-lamellar composites (NLC)”, Journal of Materials Science & Technology, Vol. 34 (1), pp. 92-101 (2018).

137.) B.P. Eftink*, N.A. Mara, O.T. Kingstedt, D. Safarik, S. Wang, J. Lambros, I.M. Robertson, “Deformation response of cube-on-cube and non-coherent twin interfaces in AgCu eutectic under dynamic plastic compression”, Materials Science and Engineering: A Vol. 712, pp. 313-324 (2018).

136.) U. Carvajal-Nunez*, M.S. Elbakhshwan, N.A. Mara, J.T. White, A.T. Nelson, “Mechanical Properties of Uranium Silicides by Nanoindentation and Finite Elements Modeling”, JOM, Vol. 70 (2), pp. 203-208 (2018).

135.) Y. Cui, B. Derby, N. Li*, N.A Mara, A Misra, “Suppression of shear banding in high-strength Cu/Mo nanocomposites with hierarchical bicontinuous intertwined structures”, Materials Research Letters, Vol. 6 (3), pp. 184-190 (2018).

134.) M. Ardeljan, M. Knezevic, M. Jain, S. Pathak*, A. Kumar, N. Li*, N.A. Mara, J.K. Baldwin, I.J. Beyerlein, “Room temperature deformation mechanisms of Mg/Nb nanolayered composites”, Journal of Materials Research, Vol. 33 (10), pp. 1311-1332 (2018).

133.) F. Liu, D.E. Hooks, N. Li*, N.A. Mara, J.A. Swift, “Mechanical Properties of Anhydrous and Hydrated Uric Acid Crystals”, Chemistry of Materials, Vol. 30 (11), pp. 3798-3805 (2018).

132.) N.A. Mara, Y. Chen*, N. Li*, S. Yadav, J. Wang, X.Y. Liu, A. Misra, “In situ TEM Investigation of Mechanically Induced Phase Transformations in Nanoscale Composites”, Microscopy and Microanalysis, Vol. 24 (S1), pp. 1828-1829 (2018).

131.) J.S. Weaver*, N. Li*, N.A. Mara, D.R. Jones, H. Cho, C.A. Bronkhorst, S.J. Fensin, G.T. Gray III, “Slip transmission of high angle grain boundaries in body-centered cubic metals: Micropillar compression of pure Ta single and bi-crystals”, Acta Materialia, Vol. 156, pp. 356-368 (2018).

130.) O. El-Atwani, J.S. Weaver*, E. Esquivel, M. Efe, M.R. Chancey, Y.Q. Wang, S.A. Maloy, N.A. Mara, “Nanohardness measurements of heavy ion irradiated coarse-and nanocrystalline-grained tungsten at room and high temperature”, Journal of Nuclear Materials, Vol. 509, pp. 276-284 (2018).

129.) J.S. Weaver*, D.R. Jones, N. Li*, N.A. Mara, S. Fensin, G.T. Gray III, “Quantifying heterogeneous deformation in grain boundary regions on shock loaded tantalum using spherical and sharp tip nanoindentation”, Materials Science and Engineering: A, Vol. 737, pp. 373-382 (2018).

128.) L.W. Yang, C. Mayer, N. Li*, J.K. Baldwin, N.A. Mara, N. Chawla, J.M. Molina-Aldareguia, J. Llorca, “Mechanical properties of metal-ceramic nanolaminates: Effect of constraint and temperature” Acta Materialia, Vol.142, pp.37-48 (2018).

127.) G.R. Tynan, R.P. Doerner, J. Barton, R. Chen, S. Cui, M. Simmonds, Y. Wang, J.S. Weaver*, N. Mara, S. Pathak*, “Deuterium retention and thermal conductivity in ion-beam displacement-damaged tungsten”, Nuclear Materials and Energy, Vol. 12, pp. 164-168 (2017).

126.) Y. Liu, N. Li, A.M. Kumar, S. Pathak, J. Wang, R.J. McCabe, N.A. Mara, C.N. Tomé, “Experimentally quantifying critical stresses associated with basal slip and twinning in magnesium using micropillars”, Acta Materialia, Vol.135, pp.411-421 (2017).

125.) E. Aydogan, J.S. Weaver*, Y.Q. Wang, N.A. Mara, O. El-Atwani, S.A. Maloy, “Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of FeCrAl Alloys under Heavy Ion Irradiations”, under review.

124.) J.S. Weaver*, S. Pathak*, A. Reichardt, H.T. Vo, S.A. Maloy, P. Hosemann, N.A. Mara, “Spherical nanoindentation of proton irradiated 304 stainless steel: A comparison of small scale mechanical test techniques for measuring irradiation hardening”, Journal of Nuclear Materials, Vol.493, pp.368-379 (2017).

123.) J.S. Weaver*, C. Sun*, Y.Q. Wang, S.R. Kalidindi, R.P. Doerner, N.A. Mara, S. Pathak*, “Quantifying the mechanical effects of He, W and He+W Ion-irradiation on tungsten with spherical nanoindentation”, Journal of Materials Science, in press.

122.) J. Snel, M.A. Monclús, M. Castillo-Rodríguez, N. Mara, I.J. Beyerlein, J. Llorca, J.M. Molina-Aldareguía, “Deformation Mechanism Map of Cu/Nb Nanoscale Metallic Multilayers as a Function of Temperature and Layer Thickness”, JOM, 29, pp.1-13 (2017).

121.) N. Li*, M.J. Demkowicz, N.A. Mara, “Microstructure Evolution and Mechanical Response of Nanolaminate Composites Irradiated with Helium at Elevated Temperatures”, JOM, pp.1-8 (2017).

120.)   B.M. Schultz, N. Li*, D.R. Economy, J.L. Sharp, N.A. Mara, M.S. Kennedy, “Tribological Performance of Monolithic Copper Thin Films During Nanowear”, Wear, in press (2017).

119.)  “Strain fields induced by kink band propagation in Cu-Nb nanolaminate composites”, T.J. Nizolek*, M.R. Begley, R.J. Mccabe, J.T. Avallone, N.A. Mara, I.J. Beyerlein, T.M. Pollock, Acta Materialia, Vol.133, pp.303-315, (2017).

118.) S. Pathak*, N. Velisavljevic, J.K.  Baldwin, M. Jain*, S.J. Zheng*, N.A. Mara, I.J. Beyerlein, “Strong, Ductile, and Thermally Stable bcc-Mg Nanolaminates”, Scientific Reports, Vol.7(08) (2017).

117.) S. Pathak*, S.R. Kalidindi, J.S. Weaver*, Y.Q. Wang, R.P. Doerner, N.A. Mara, “Probing nanoscale damage gradients in ion-irradiated metals using spherical nanoindentation” Scientific Reports, 20 September 2017, Vol.7(1), pp.11918, (2017).

116.) Y. Chen*, S. Shao, X.Y. Liu, S.K. Yadav, N. Li*, N.A. Mara, J. Wang, “Misfit dislocation patterns of Mg-Nb interfaces”, Acta Materialia, Vol.126, pp.552-563 (2017)

115.) Z. Li, S.K. Yadav, Y. Chen*, N. Li*, X.Y. Liu, J. Wang, S. Zhang, J.K. Baldwin, A. Misra, N.A. Mara, “Mechanically controlling the reversible phase transformation from zinc blend to wurtzite in AlN” Materials Research Letters, Vol.5(6), p.426-432, (2017).

114.) S.J. Vachhani*, N.A. Mara, V. Livescu, E. Cerreta, “Microstructure and local mechanical property evolution during high strain-rate deformation of tantalum”, EPJ Web of Conferences, Vol. 94, p. 02023 (2017).

113.) D. Economy, N.A. Mara, R. Schoeppner, B. Schultz, R. Unocic, M. Kennedy, “Identifying deformation and strain hardening behaviors of nanoscale metallic multilayers through nano-wear testing”, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, Vol. 47, iss. 3, p. 1083-1095 (2016).

112.) N. Li*, M. Demkowicz, N.A. Mara, Y. Wang, A. Misra, “Hardening due to interfacial He bubbles in nanolayered composites”, Materials Research Letters, Vol. 4, iss. 2, p. 75-82 (2016).

111.) R.J. McCabe, J. Carpenter*, S. Vogel, N.A. Mara, I.J. Beyerlein, “Recrystallization and Grain Growth in Accumulative Roll-Bonded Metal Composites”, JOM, Vol. 67, iss. 12, p. 2810-2819 (2015).

110.) T.G. Lach, E.H. Ekiz, R.S. Averback, N.A. Mara, P. Bellon, “Role of interfaces on the trapping of He in 2D and 3D Cu-Nb nanocomposites”, Journal of Nuclear Materials, Vol. 466, p. 36-42 (2015).

109.) M. Ardeljan, M. Knezevic, T. Nizolek*, I.J. Beyerlein, N.A. Mara, T.M. Pollock, “A study of microstructure-driven strain localizations in two-phase polycrystalline HCP/BCC composites using a multi-scale model”, International Journal of Plasticity, Vol. 74, p.35-57 (2015).

108.) E.B. Watkins, J. Majewski, J.K. Baldwin, Y. Chen*, N. Li*, R.G. Hoagland, S.K. Yadav, X.Y. Liu, I.J. Beyerlein, N.A. Mara, “Neutron reflectometry investigations of interfacial structures of Ti/TiN layers deposited by magnetron sputtering”, Thin Solid Films, Vol. 616, p. 399-407 (2016).

107.) J.S. Carpenter*, T.J. Nizolek*, R.J. Mccabe, S.J. Zheng*, J.E. Scott, S.C. Vogel, N.A. Mara, T.M. Pollock, I.J. Beyerlein, “The Suppression of Instabilities via Biphase Interfaces During Bulk Fabrication of Nanograined Zr” Materials Research Letters, Vol.3(1), p.50-57 (2015).

106.)  N. Li*, S. Yadav, X-Y Liu, J. Wang, R. Hoagland, N.A. Mara, A. Misra, "Quantification of dislocation nucleation stress in TiN through high-resolution in situ indentation experiments and first principles calculations", Scientific Reports, Vol. 5, Article 15813, doi:10.1038/srep15813 (2015).

105.)  C. Mayer, N. Li*, N.A. Mara, N. Chawla, “Micromechanical and in situ shear testing of Al–SiC nanolaminate composites in a transmission electron microscope (TEM)”, Materials Science & Engineering A, Vol.621, pp.229-235 (2015).

104.)  P.E. Johnson, P. Muttil, D. Mackenzie, E.C. Carnes, J. Pelowitz, N.A. Mara, W.M. Mook*, S.D. Jett, D.R.  Dunphy, G.S. Timmins, J.C. Brinker, “Spray-dried multiscale nano-biocomposites containing living cells”,  ACS nano, 28 2015, Vol.9(7), pp.6961-77 (2015)

103.)  J.S. Carpenter*, R.J. Mccabe, J.R. Mayeur, N.A. Mara, I.J. Beyerlein, “Interface-driven plasticity: The presence of an interface affected zone in metallic lamellar composites”, Advanced Engineering Materials, Vol.17(1), pp.109-114 (2015).

102.) S. Pathak*, S.R. Kalidindi, N.A. Mara, “Investigations of orientation and length scale effects on micromechanical responses in polycrystalline Zirconium using spherical nanoindentation”, Scripta Materialia, Vol. 113, pp. 241–245 (2016).

101.) (invited) N.A. Mara, N. Li*, A. Misra, J. Wang, “Interface-Driven Plasticity in Metal–Ceramic Nanolayered Composites: Direct Validation of Multiscale Deformation Modeling via In Situ Indentation in TEM”, JOM, Vol. 68, Issue 1, pp 143-150 (2016).

100.) S. Pathak*, N. Li*, W.M. Mook*,  R.G. Hoagland, J.K. Baldwin, A. Misra, J. Wang, N.A. Mara, “On the origins of hardness in Cu-TiN nanolayered composites” Scripta Materialia, , Vol.109, pp.48-51 (2015).

99.) T. Nizolek*, I.J. Beyerlein, N.A. Mara, J.T. Avallone*, T.M. Pollock, “Tensile Behavior and Flow Stress Anisotropy of Accumulative Roll Bonded Cu-Nb Nanolaminates”, Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 108, Issue 5 (2016).

98.) S. Zheng*, S. Shao, J. Zhang, Y. Wang, M. Demkowicz, I. Beyerlein, N.A. Mara, “Adhesion of voids to interfaces with non-uniform energies", Scientific Reports, Vol. 5 pp. 15428, DOI: 10.1038/srep15428 (2015).

97.)  J.S. Carpenter*, T. Nizolek*, R. McCabe, M. Knezevic, S. Zheng*, B. Eftink*, J. Scott, S. Vogel, T. Pollock, N.A. Mara, I.J. Beyerlein, “Bulk Texture Evolution of Nanolamellar Zr-Nb Composites Processed via Accumulative Roll Bonding”, Acta Materialia, Vol.92, pp.97-108 (2015).

96.) S.J. Zheng*, J.S. Carpenter*, J. Wang, N.A. Mara, I.J. Beyerlein, “An interface facet driven Rayleigh instability in high-aspect ratio bimetallic nanolayered composites”, Applied Physics Letters,  Vol.105 (11) (2014).

95.)  (invited) N.A. Mara, I.J. Beyerlein, “Interface-dominant multilayers fabricated by severe plastic deformation: Stability under extreme conditions”, Current Opinions in Solid State and Materials Science, Vol 19, Iss 5, pp. 265–276 (2015).  DOI: 10.1016/j.cossms.2015.04.002.

94.)  (invited, cover) T. Nizolek*, J. Avallone*, T. Pollock, N. Mara, I. Beyerlein, “High Strength Bulk Metallic Nanolaminates”, Advanced Materials and Processes, Vol. 173, No. 2, pp. 18-21, (2015).

93.) T. Nizolek*, N.A. Mara, I.J. Beyerlein, J.T. Avallone*, J.E. Scott, T.M. Pollock, “Processing and Deformation Behavior of Bulk Cu–Nb Nanolaminates”, Metallography, Microstructure, and Analysis, Vol 3, Iss 6, pp 470-476 (2014).

92.)  R. Liontas, X.W. Gu, E. Fu, Y. Wang, N. Li*, N.A. Mara, and J.R. Greer, “Effects of Helium Implantation on the Tensile Properties and Microstructure of Ni73P27 Metallic Glass Nanostructures”, Nano Letters, 2014, 14 (9), 5176–5183.

91.)  B.P. Eftink*, N.A. Mara, O.T. Kingstedt, D.J. Safarik, J. Lambros, I.M. Robertson,

“Anomalous deformation twinning in coarse-grained Cu in Ag60Cu40 composites under high strain-rate compressive loading” Materials Science & Engineering A, Vol.618, pp.254-261 (2014) DOI: 10.1016/j.msea.2014.08.082

90.)  S.J. Zheng*, W.M. Mook*, N.A. Mara, P.O. Dickerson, J. Wang, I.J. Beyerlein, “Plastic Instability Mechanisms in Bimetallic Nanolayered Composites", Acta Materialia Vol.79, pp.282-291, DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2014.07.017.

89.)  S. Pathak*, S. Kalidindi, Y. Wang, R. Doerner, N.A. Mara, “Probing nanoscale damage gradients with spherical nanoindentation" under review, Nanoscale.

88.)  T. Nizolek*, J. Avallone*, N.A. Mara, I.J. Beyerlein, “Enhanced Plasticity via Kinking in Cubic Metallic Nanolaminates”, Advanced Engineering Materials, Vol.17(6), pp.781-785 (2015) DOI: 10.1002/adem.201400324.

87.) J. Cobb, S. Vachhani*, R.M. Dickerson, P.O. Dickerson, W. Han*, N.A. Mara, J.S. Carpenter, J. Schneider "Layer Stability and Material Properties of Friction Stir Welded Cu-Nb Nanolamellar Composite Plates", Materials Research Letters, 2014, p.1-6, DOI: 10.1080/21663831.2014.918567.

86.)  (invited) N.A. Mara and I.J. Beyerlein, "Review:  Effect of bimetal interface structure on the mechanical behavior of Cu/Nb nano layered composites", Journal of Materials Science, Vol.49(19), p .6497-6516 (2014) DOI: 10.1007/s10853-014-8342-9.

85.)  S.J. Zheng*, J.S. Carpenter, R.J. McCabe, I.J. Beyerlein, N.A. Mara, “Engineering Stable Interfaces in Bulk Nanostructured Metals”, Scientific Reports 4, p. 4226 (2014).

84.)  I.J. Beyerlein, J.R. Mayeur, S.J. Zheng*, N.A. Mara, J. Wang, A. Misra, "Emergence of stable interfaces under extreme plastic deformation" Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. Vol.111 (12), pp.4386-90 (2014).

83.)  H.E. Ekiz, T. Lach, R.S. Averback, N.A. Mara, I.J. Beyerlein, M. Pouryazdan, H. Hahn, P. Bellon, “Microstructural Evolution of Nanolayered Cu-Nb Composites Subjected to High Pressure Torsion”, Acta Materialia, Vol.72, pp.178-191 (2014).

82.)  I.J. Beyerlein, J.R. Mayeur, R.J. McCabe, S.J. Zheng*, J.S. Carpenter*, N.A. Mara, “Influence of slip and twinning on the crystallographic stability of bimetal interfaces in nanocomposites under deformation”, Acta Materialia, Vol.72, pp.137-147 (2014).

81.)  R.J. McCabe, I.J. Beyerlein, J.S. Carpenter, N.A. Mara, “The critical roles of grain orientation and applied stress for nanoscale twinning”, Nature Communications 5, doi:10.1038/ncomms4806 (2014).

80.)  M. Knezevic, T. Nizolek*, M. Ardeljan, I.J. Beyerlein, N.A. Mara, T.M. Pollock, “Texture evolution in two-phase Zr/Nb lamellar composites during accumulative roll bonding”, International Journal of Plasticity, 2014, Vol.57, pp.16-28 (2014).

79.) J. Zhang, Y. Zhang, N.A. Mara, L. Nicola, J. Lou, “Nanoimprinting of single crystalline gold: experiments and dislocation dynamics simulations”, Applied Surface Science, Vol.290, p.301-308, (2014).

78.)  J.S. Carpenter*, R.J. McCabe, I.J. Beyerlein, T.A. Wynn*, N.A. Mara, “A wedge-mounting technique for nanoscale electron backscatter diffraction”, Journal of Applied Physics, Vol.113(9) (2013).

77.) W.Z. Han*, M.J. Demkowicz, N.A. Mara, E. Fu, S. Sinha, A.D. Rollett, Y. Wang, J.S. Carpenter*, I.J. Beyerlein, A. Misra "Design of Radiation Tolerant Materials Via Interface Engineering" Advanced Materials, Vol. 25, Iss. 48, pp. 6975–6979 (2013).

76.) I.J. Beyerlein, J.A. Caro, M.J. Demkowicz, N.A. Mara, A. Misra and B.P. Uberuaga, "Radiation-Damage-Tolerant Nanomaterials", Materials Today, 16, pp. 443-449 (Nov 2013).

75.) R. Liu, S.J. Zheng*, J.K. Baldwin, M. Kuthuru, N.A. Mara, A. Antoniou, "Synthesis and mechanical behavior of nanoporous nanotwinned copper", Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 103, 241907 (2013).

74.) W.Z. Han*, E.K. Cerreta, N.A. Mara, I.J. Beyerlein, J.S. Carpenter*, S.J. Zheng*, C.P. Trujillo, P.O. Dickerson, A. Misra "Deformation and Failure of Shocked Bulk Cu-Nb Nanolaminates" Acta Materialia, Vol. 63, pp. 160 (2014).

73.) J.S. Carpenter, R.J. McCabe, S.J. Zheng*, T.A. Wynn*, N.A. Mara, I.J. Beyerlein, "Processing Parameter Influence on Texture and Microstructural Evolution in Cu-Nb Multilayer Composites Fabricated via Accumulative Roll Bonding" Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science, Vol.45(4), pp.2192-2208 (2014).

72.) M.A. Monclús,  S. J. Zheng*, J. R. Mayeur, I.J. Beyerlein, N. A. Mara ,  T. Polcar, J. LLorca, and J. M. Molina-Aldareguía, "Optimum high temperature strength of two-dimensional nanocomposites", Applied Physics Letters Materials, 1(5), 052103. DOI: 10.1063/1.4828757 (Nov 2013).

71.) M. Knezevic, I.J. Beyerlein, T. Nizolek*, N.A. Mara, T.M. Pollock, “Anomalous basal slip activity in zirconium under high-strain deformation”, Materials Research Letters, 2013, p. 133-140 (2013).

70.) I.J. Beyerlein, J. Wang, K. Kang, S.J. Zheng*, and N.A. Mara, “Twinnability of bimetal interfaces in nanostructured composites”, Materials Research Letters, Vol. 1(2), p. 89-95 (2013).

69.) S. Zheng*, I.J. Beyerlein, J.S. Carpenter*, K. Kang, J. Wang, W.Z. Han*, N.A. Mara, "High strength and thermally stable bulk nanolayered composites due to twin-induced interfaces", Nature Communications, 2013, Vol.4, pp.1696 (2013)

68.) I.J. Beyerlein, N.A. Mara, J.S. Carpenter*, T.R. Nizolek*, K. Kang, S. Zheng*, J. Wang, T.M. Pollock, “Interface-driven microstructure development and ultra high strength of bulk nanostructured Cu-Nb multilayers fabricated by severe plastic deformation”, Journal of Materials Research, 2013, p. 1-14 (2013).

67.) B.L. Hansen, J.S. Carpenter, S.D. Sintay, C.A. Bronkhorst, R.J. McCabe, J.R. Mayeur, H.M. Mourad, I. J. Beyerlein, N.A. Mara, S.R. Chen, G.T. Gray III, “Modeling the Texture Evolution of Cu/Nb Layered Composites during Rolling”, International Journal of Plasticity, Vol. 89, 71-84 (2013).

66.) N.A. Mara, J. Crapps, T. Wynn*, K. Clarke, A. Antoniou, P. Dickerson, D.E. Dombrowski, and B. Mihaila, "Defining Strength of Metallic Bonded Interfaces via Microcantilever Bend Testing", Philosophical Magazine, Vol.93(21), p.2749-2758 (2013).

65.) W.M. Mook*, R. Raghavan, J.K. Baldwin, D. Frey, J. Michler, N.A. Mara, A. Misra, S. Zheng, “Indentation fracture response of Al-TiN nanolaminates”, Materials Research Letters, 2013, p.1-7 (2013).

64.)  T. Wynn*, D. Bhattacharyya, D. Hammon, A. Misra, N. Mara, "Large Strain Deformation of Bimodal Layer Thickness Cu/Nb Nanolamellar Composites", Materials Science & Engineering A, March 1, 2013, Vol.564, p.213-218 (2013).

63.) C. Bronkhorst, J. Mayeur, I. Beyerlein, H. Mourad, B. Hansen, N. Mara, J. Carpenter*, R. McCabe, S. Sintay, “Meso-Scale Modeling the Orientation and Interface Stability of Cu/Nb Layered Composites by Rolling”, JOM, Vol. 65, iss. 3, p. 431-442 (2013).

62.) G. Gupta, J.C. Thorp, N.A. Mara, et al., “Morphology and porosity of nanoporous Au thin films formed by dealloying of AuxSi1-x”, Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 112, iss. 9, 094320 (2012).

61.) N. Ozdemir,  I. Karaman, N.A. Mara, Y.I. Chumlyakov,  H.E. Karaca, “Size effects in the superelastic response of Ni54Fe19Ga27 shape memory alloy pillars with a two stage martensitic transformation”, Acta Materialia, Vol.60, iss. 16, p. 5670-5685 (2012).

60.) J.S. Carpenter*, X. Liu, A. Darbal, N.T. Nuhfer, R.J. McCabe, S.C. Vogel, J.E. LeDonne*, A.D. Rollett, K. Barmak, I.J. Beyerlein, N.A. Mara, “A comparison of texture results obtained using precession electron diffraction and neutron diffraction methods at diminishing length scales in ordered bimetallic nanolamellar composites”, Scripta Materialia, Vol. 67, iss. 4, p. 336-339 (2012).

59.) J.S. Carpenter*, S.C. Vogel, J.E. LeDonne*, D.L. Hammon, I.J. Beyerlein, and N.A. Mara, “Bulk texture evolution of Cu-Nb nanolamellar composites during accumulative roll bonding”, Acta Materialia, Vol. 60, iss. 4, p. 1576-1586 (2012).

58.)  Y. Zhang, N. Haberkorn, F. Ronning, H. Wang, N.A. Mara, et al,. “Epitaxial Superconducting delta-MoN Films Grown by a Chemical Solution Method”, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 133, iss. 51, p. 20735-20737 (2011).

57.) W.Z. Han*, J.S. Carpenter, J. Wang, I.J. Beyerlein, N.A. Mara, “Atomic-level study of twin nucleation from face-centered-cubic/body-centered-cubic interfaces in nanolamellar composites”, Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 100, iss. 1, p. 011911 (2012).

56.)  N.A. Mara, J. Crapps, T. Wynn*, K. Clarke, P. Dickerson, D.E. Dombrowski, B. Mihaila, A. Antoniou, “Nanomechanical Behavior of U-10Mo/Zr/Al Fuel Assemblies”, RERTR 2011, Proceedings of the 33rd International Meeting on Enrichment for Research and Test Reactors, http://www.rertr.anl.gov/RERTR33/pdfs/S12-P14_Mara.pdf (2011).

55.) (invited) J. Wang, K. Kang, R.F. Zhang, S.J. Zheng*, I.J. Beyerlein, N.A. Mara, “Structure and Property of Interfaces in ARB Cu/Nb Laminated Composites”, JOM, Vol. 64, iss. 10, p. 1208-1217.

54.) S.J. Zheng*, I.J. Beyerlein, J. Wang, J.S. Carpenter*, W.Z. Han*, N.A. Mara, “Deformation twinning mechanisms from bimetal interfaces as revealed by in-situ straining in the TEM”, Acta Materialia, Vol. 60, p. 5858-5866 (2012).

53.) J.S. Carpenter*, S.J. Zheng*, R.F. Zhang, S.C. Vogel, I.J. Beyerlein, N.A. Mara, “Thermal Stability of Cu-Nb Nanolamellar Composites Fabricated via Accumulative Roll Bonding”, Philosophical Magazine, 2012 p. 1-18.

52.) (invited) I.J. Beyerlein, N.A. Mara, J. Wang, J.S. Carpenter*, S.J. Zheng*, W.Z. Han*, R.F. Zhang, K. Kang, T. Nizolek* and T.M. Pollock, “Structure-Property-Functionality of Bimetal Interfaces” JOM, Vol. 64, iss. 10, p. 1192-1207 (2012).

51.) (invited) N.A. Mara, I.J. Beyerlein, J.S. Carpenter*, J. Wang, “Interfacially Driven Deformation Twinning in Bulk Ag-Cu Composites”, JOM, Volume 64, iss. 10, p. 1218-1226 (2012).

50.) N. Li*, N.A. Mara, J. Wang, P. Dickerson, J.Y. Huang, A. Misra, “Ex situ and in situ measurements of the shear strength of interfaces in metallic multilayers”, Scripta Materialia, Vol. 67, iss. 5, p. 479-482 (2012)

49.) Y. Zhang, F. Ronning, K. Gofryk, N.A. Mara, et al., “Aligned carbon nanotubes sandwiched in epitaxial NbC film for enhanced superconductivity”, Nanoscale, Vol. 4, iss. 7, p. 2268-2271 (2012).

48.) M. Tang, T.A. Wynn*, M.K. Patel, J. Won, I. Monnet, J.C. Pivin, N.A. Mara, K.E. Sickafus, “Structure and mechanical properties of swift heavy ion irradiated tungsten-bearing delta-phase oxides Y6W1O12 and Yb6W1O12”, Journal of Nuclear Materials, Vol. 425, iss. 1-3, p. 193-196 (2012).

47.) Y. Kim, A. Budiman, J.K. Baldwin, N.A. Mara, A. Misra, S. Han, “Microcompression study of Al-Nb nanoscale multilayers”, Journal of Materials Research, Vol. 27, iss. 3, p. 592-598 (2012)

46.) K. Hollis, N.A. Mara, R. Field, T. Wynn*, P. Dickerson, “Bond Strength Characterization of Plasma Sprayed Zirconium on Uranium Alloy by Microcantilever Testing”, Thermal Spray 2012: Proceedings of the International Thermal Spray Conference (ASM International), p. 70-75, (2012).

45.) D. Bhattacharyya, N.A. Mara, P. Dickerson, R.G. Hoagland, A. Misra, “Compressive flow behavior of Al-TiN multilayers at nanometer scale thickness”, Acta Materialia, Vol. 59, p. 3804-3816 (2011).

44.) W.Z. Han*, A. Misra, N.A. Mara, T.C. Germann, J.K. Baldwin, T. Shimada, S.N. Luo, “Role of interfaces in shock-induced plasticity in Cu/Nb nanolaminates”, Philosophical Magazine, Vol. 91, iss. 32, p. 4172-4185 (2011).

43.) N.A. Mara, J. LeDonne*, T. Wynn*, J. Carpenter*, J. Wang, I.J. Beyerlein, “Response of bulk Cu-Nb nanolamellar composites to severe rolling strains”, conference proceedings of the International Conference on Heterogeneous Material Mechanics (ICHMM 2011, Shanghai, China), Advances in Heterogeneous Material Mechanics, eds J. Fan, J. Zhang, H. Chen, Z. Jin.

42.) Q. Wei, N. Li*, N.A. Mara, A. Misra, M. Nastasi, “Suppression of irradiation hardening in nanoscale V/Ag multilayers” Acta Materialia Vol. 59, iss. 16, p. 6331-6340 (2011).

41.) O.K. Johnson, C.J. Gardner, N.A. Mara, A. Dattelbaum, G.C. Kaschner, T.A. Mason, D.T. Fullwoood, B.L. Adams, G. Hansen, “Multi-scale model for the extreme piezoresistivity in silicone/nickel nanostrand composites”, Metallurgical and Metallographic Transactions A, Vol 42A, iss. 13, p. 3898-3906 (2011)

40.) J. Wang, I.J. Beyerlein, N.A. Mara, D. Bhattacharyya, “Interface-facilitated deformation twinning in copper within submicron Ag-Cu multilayered composites”, Scripta Materialia, Vol. 64, iss. 12, p. 1083-1086 (2011)

39.) N. Li*, N.A. Mara, Y.Q. Wang, M. Nastasi, A. Misra, “Compressive flow behavior of Cu thin films and Cu/Nb multilayers containing nanometer-scale helium bubbles”, Scripta Materialia, Vol. 64, iss. 10, p.974-977 (2011)

38.) I.J. Beyerlein, N.A. Mara, D. Bhattacharyya, D.J. Alexander, C.T. Necker, “Texture evolution via combined slip and deformation twinning in rolled silver-copper eutectic nanocomposite”, International Journal of Plasticity, Vol. 27, iss. 1, p.121-146 (2011).

37.) A. Singh, J. Hänisch, V. Matias, F. Ronning, N. Mara, D. Pohl, B. Rellinghaus, D. Reagor “Transforming insulating rutile single crystal into a fully ordered nanometer-thick transparent semiconductor”, Nanotechnology, Vol. 41, 415303, (2010)

36.) R.M Manjeri, S. Qiu, N. Mara, A. Misra, and R. Vaidyanathan, “Superelastic response of [111] and [101] oriented NiTi micropillars, Journal of Applied Physics 108, 023501 (2010).

35.) N. A. Mara, D. Bhattacharyya, J. P. Hirth, P. Dickerson, and A. Misra, “Mechanism for shear banding in nanolayered composites”, Applied Physics Letters 97, 021909 (2010) 

34.) G. Zou, H. Wang, N.A. Mara, H. Li, Z. Di, E. Bauer, Y. Wang, T.M. McCleskey, A. Burrell, X. Zhang, M. Nastasi, Q. Jia, “Chemical Solution Deposition of Epitaxial Carbide Films”, Journal of the American Chemical Society, (2010) Vol.132, iss.8, p.2516-2517

33.) D. Bhattacharyya, N. A. Mara, P. Dickerson, R. G. Hoagland, A. Misra, “A transmission electron microscopy study of the deformation behavior underneath nanoindents in nanoscale Al-TiN multilayered composites”, Philosophical Magazine (2010), 90: 13, p. 1711.

32.) N.A. Mara, D. Bhattacharyya, P. Dickerson, R. Hoagland, A. Misra, “Ultrahigh strength and ductility of Cu/Nb nanolayered composites”, invited paper for special issue entitled “Ductility of Bulk Nanostructured Materials, Materials Science Forum (2009), Vols. 633-634, p. 647.

31.) H. Li, A. Misra, Z. Horita, C.C. Koch, N.A. Mara, P.O. Dickerson, Y. Zhu “Strong and Ductile Nanostructured Cu-Carbon Nanotube Composite”, Applied Physics Letters (2009) Vol. 95, iss. 7, p. 071907.

30.) C.C. Aydiner, D.W. Brown, N.A. Mara, J. Almer, A. Misra, “In situ x-ray investigation of freestanding nanoscale Cu-Nb multilayers under tensile load”, Applied Physics Letters (2009) Vol.94, iss.3, p. 031906.

29.) D. Bhattacharyya, N.A. Mara, P. Dickerson, R. Hoagland, A. Misra, “Transmission electron microscopy study of the deformation behavior of Cu/Nb and Cu/Ni nanoscale multilayers during nanoindentation”, Journal of Materials Research, 24 (2009), no. 3, p.1291-1302

28.) N.A. Mara, D. Bhattacharyya, P. Dickerson, R. Hoagland, A. Misra, “Micropillar Compression Testing of 5 nm Cu/Nb Nanoscale Multilayers”, Applied Physics Letters 92, (2008) p. 231901.

27.) D. Bhattacharyya, N.A. Mara, R. Hoagland, A. Misra, “Nanoindentation and microstructural studies of Al/TiN multilayers with unequal volume fractions”, Scripta Materialia 58 (2008) 981-984.

26.) N.A. Mara, D. Bhattacharyya, A. Misra, R.G. Hoagland, “Tensile Behavior of 40 nm Cu/Nb Nanoscale Multilayers”, Scripta Materialia, 58 (2008) 874-877.

25.) C.C. Aydiner, D.W. Brown, A. Misra, Y.C. Wang, J.J. Wall, N.A. Mara, J. Almer, “Residual Strain and Texture in Free-Standing Nanoscale Cu-Nb Multilayers”, Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 102, no. 8, p. 083514.

24.) N.A. Mara, A.V. Sergueeva, T. Tamayo*, X. Zhang, A. Misra, A.K. Mukherjee, “High Temperature Mechanical Properties/Microstructure Correlation of Cu/Nb Nanoscale Multilayers” Materials Science and Engineering A, Vol.493 (2008), no.1-2, p.274-282.

23.) N.A. Mara, A.V. Sergueeva, T.D. Mara*, S.X. McFadden, A.K. Mukherjee, “Superplasticity and Cooperative Grain Boundary Sliding in Nanocrystalline Ni₃Al”, Materials Science and Engineering A, Vol. 463 (2007) 238-244.

22.) A.V. Sergueeva, N.A. Mara, A.K. Mukherjee, “Plasticity at Really Diminished Length Scales”, Materials Science and Engineering A, Vol. 463 (2007) 8-12.

21.) A.V. Sergueeva, N.A. Mara, A.K. Mukherjee, “Grain Boundary Sliding in Nanomaterials at Elevated Temperatures”, Journal of Materials Science, Vol. 42 (2007) 1433-1438.

20.) G.J. Fan, H.H. Liao, H. Choo, P.K. Liaw, N.A. Mara, A.V. Sergueeva, A.K. Mukherjee, “Fracture of a commercial Zr41.2Ti13.8Cu12.5Ni10.0Be22.5 bulk-metallic glass”, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, Vol. 38A, iss.9, p.2001-2005 (2007).

19.) A.V. Sergueeva, N.A. Mara, D.J. Branagan, A.K. Mukherjee, “Phase morphology effect on elevated temperature mechanical behavior of nanostructures”, Materials Letters, Vol. 61, iss. 7, p.1465-1468 (2007).

18.) N.A. Mara, A.V. Sergueeva, T. Tamayo*, X. Zhang, A. Misra, A.K. Mukherjee, “High Temperature Mechanical Properties of Cu/Nb Nanoscale Multilayers at Diminishing Length Scales”, Thin Solid Films, Vol. 515, (2007) 3241-3245.

17.) A.V. Sergueeva, N.A. Mara, A.K. Mukherjee, “In-situ TEM Observation of High-Temperature Cooperative Grain Boundary Sliding in Nanocrystalline Ni₃Al”, Philosophical Magazine Vol. 86 (2006) 5797-5804.

16.) A.V. Sergueeva, N.A. Mara, R.Z. Valiev, A.K. Mukherjee, “Elevated Temperature Behavior of SePD Materials:  Superplasticity or Enhanced Ductility?”, Materials Science and Engineering A, Vol. 410-411, (2005) 413-416.

15.) A.V. Sergueeva, N.A. Mara, J.D. Kuntz, E.J. Lavernia, A.K. Mukherjee, “Shear Band Formation and Ductility in Bulk Metallic Glass”, Philosophical Magazine, Vol. 85, No. 23 (2005) 2671-2687.

14.) A.V. Sergueeva, N.A. Mara, R.Z. Valiev, A.K. Mukherjee, “Elevated Temperature Deformation Characteristics of Nanocrystalline Materials”, NATO ARW Proceeding, (2004).

13.) N.A. Mara, A.V. Sergueeva, A.K. Mukherjee, “Elevated Temperature Mechanical Properties of Devitrified Metallic Glass” in Nanoscale Materials and Modeling-Relations Among Processing,

Microstructure, and Mechanical Properties, edited by P.M. Anderson, T. Foecke, A. Misra, R.E. Rudd, MRS (Materials Research Society) Symposium Proceedings, Vol. 821 (2004) P5.8.

12.) A.V. Sergueeva, N.A. Mara, J.D. Kuntz, D.J. Branagan, A.K. Mukherjee, “Shear Band Formation and Ductility of Metallic Glasses”, Materials Science Engineering A, A383 (2004) 219-223.

11.) A.V. Sergueeva, N.A. Mara, A.K. Mukherjee, “Deformation Mechanisms in a Nanocrystalline Vitroperm Alloy”, Reviews on Advanced Materials Science, 7 (2004) 67-74.

10.) A.K. Mukherjee, N.A. Mara, A.V. Sergueeva, “Superplasticity in Nanocrystalline Materials” in Ultrafine Grained Materials III, edited by Y.T. Zhu, T.G. Langdon, R.Z. Valiev, S.L. Semiatin, D.H. Shin, and T.C. Lowe, TMS (The Minerals, Metals, & Materials Society), 2004, 603-608.

9.) N.A. Mara, A.V. Sergueeva, A. Misra, A.K. Mukherjee, “Structure and high-temperature mechanical behavior relationship in nano-scaled multilayered materials” Scripta Materialia, 50 (2004) 803-806.

8.) A.V. Sergueeva, N.A. Mara, D.J. Branagan, A.K. Mukherjee, “Strain Rate Effect on Metallic Glass Ductility”, Scripta Materialia, 50 (2004) 1303-1307.

7.) N.A. Mara, A.V. Sergueeva, A.K. Mukherjee, “Elevated Temperature Deformation Behavior of Nanocrystalline Matrix Derived from Metallic Glass” Materials Science and Engineering A, A374 (2004) 244-249.

6.) N.A. Mara, A.V. Sergueeva, A.K. Mukherjee, “Mechanical properties/microstructure correlation in a devitrified Fe-based metallic glass” Processing and Properties of Structural Nanomaterials, edited by L.L. Shaw, C.Suryanarayana, R.S. Mishra, TMS (The Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society), 2003, pp. 101-108.

5.) A.V. Sergueeva, N.A. Mara, A.K. Mukherjee, “Mechanical response of Zr-based metallic glass” Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 317 (2003) 169-175.

4.) R.S. Mishra, M.W. Mahoney, S.X. McFadden, N.A. Mara, and A.K. Mukherjee, “High Strain Rate Superplasticity in a Friction Stir Processed 7075 Al Alloy” Scripta Materialia, 42 (2000) 163-168.

3.) R.S. Mishra, S.R. Sharma, N.A. Mara, M.W. Mahoney, “Mechanical Properties of Friction Stir Welded Aluminum Alloys” ASM Proceedings:  International Conference on Joining of Advanced and Specialty Materials III, proceedings from Materials Solutions '00 on Joining of Advanced and Specialty Materials, 9-11 October 2000, St. Louis, Missouri editors, Mrityunjay Singh et al.

2.) N.A. Mara, A.V. Sergueeva, A.K. Mukherjee,  “Structure and high-temperature mechanical behavior relationship in nano-scaled multilayered materials” Creep Deformation: Fundamentals and Applications Proceedings of Symposium held during the 2002 TMS Annual Meeting. TMS 2002, pp.371-6.

1.) A. Sergueeva, N.A. Mara, A.K. Mukherjee, “Structure and mechanical behavior in nano-scaled multilayered materials” Dislocations and Deformation Mechanisms in Thin Films and Small Structures, Proceedings of Symposium held during the 2001 MRS Spring Meeting, MRS Proceedings Volume 673, p. 7.3.