Publications
Sacrificial Bonds in Stacked-Cup Carbon Nanofibers: Biomimetic Toughening Mechanisms for Composite Systems." ACS Nano 4, no. 7 (2010): 4256-4264.
"Simulations of tensile failure in glassy polymers: effect of cross-link density." Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering 18, no. 5 (2010): 055005.
"Biofunctionalized and graphene based polymer nanocomposites: The role of the interphase." In ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts. Vol. 237. 2009.
"Comments to the paper “Differential and integrated form consistency in 1-D phenomenological models for shape memory alloy constitutive behavior” by V.R. Buravalla and A. Khandelwal [Int. J. Solids and Struct. 44 (2007) 4369–4381]." International Journal of Solids and Structures 46, no. 1 (2009): 217-220.
"Curved-fiber pull-out model for nanocomposites. Part 1: Bonded stage formulation." Mechanics of Materials 41, no. 3 (2009): 279-292.
"Curved-fiber pull-out model for nanocomposites. Part 2: Interfacial debonding and sliding." Mechanics of Materials 41, no. 3 (2009): 293-307.
"Effects of dispersion and interfacial modification on the macroscale properties of TiO2 polymer–matrix nanocomposites." Composites Science and Technology 69, no. 11-12 (2009): 1880-1886.
"Intelligent design of nanocomposites via informatics." In ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts. Vol. 237. 2009.
"Modeling mechanical aging shift factors in glassy polymers during nonisothermal physical aging. I. Experiments and KAHR- a model prediction." Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 47, no. 3 (2009): 340-352.
"Planar aqueous electrode technique for polymer impedance spectroscopy." Polymer Engineering & Science 49, no. 3 (2009): 441-453.
"Preparation and characterization of multiwalled carbon nanotube dispersions in polypropylene: Melt mixing versus solid-state shear pulverization." Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 47, no. 14 (2009): 1426-1436.
"Simulation of interphase percolation and gradients in polymer nanocomposites." Composites Science and Technology 69, no. 3-4 (2009): 491-499.
"Comment on: A Correction to the Brinson's Evolution Kinetics for Shape Memory Alloys." Journal of Intelligent Materials Systems and Structures 19, no. 9 (2008): 1113.
"Computational modeling of porous shape memory alloys." International Journal of Solids and Structures 45, no. 21 (2008): 5613-5626.
"Effect of Cross-Link Density on Interphase Creation in Polymer Nanocomposites." Macromolecules 41, no. 18 (2008): 6752-6756.
"Effect of microstructural configurations on the mechanical responses of porous titanium: A numerical design of experiment analysis for orthopedic applications." Mechanics of Materials 40, no. 9 (2008): 708-720.
"Functionalized graphene sheets for polymer nanocomposites." Nature Nanotechnology 3, no. 6 (2008): 327-331.
"Junction-Controlled Elasticity of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Dispersions in Acrylic Copolymer Gels and Solutions." Macromolecules 41, no. 12 (2008): 4340-4346.
"Mimicking mussel adhesion to improve interfacial properties in composites." Composites Science and Technology 68, no. 9 (2008): 2042-2048.
"PMSE 127-Effects of covalent bonding of polymer chains to nanoparticles on polymer glass transition temperature, physical aging, and related dynamics." In ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts. Vol. 235. 2008.
"Polymer−Graphite Nanocomposites: Effective Dispersion and Major Property Enhancement via Solid-State Shear Pulverization." Macromolecules 41, no. 6 (2008): 1905-1908.
"Reinforcing efficiency of nanoparticles: A simple comparison for polymer nanocomposites." Composites Science and Technology 68, no. 6 (2008): 1502-1512.
"Titanium with aligned, elongated pores for orthopedic tissue engineering applications." Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A 84A, no. 2 (2008): 402-412.
"Effect of carbon nanoparticle geometry on the interphase in PMMA nanocomposites." In ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts. Vol. 233. 2007.
"Finite element modeling of porous titanium." International Journal of Solids and Structures 44, no. 1 (2007): 320-335.
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