Electron microscopy of metallic, biological, polymeric & ceramic materials; micromechanisms of deformation, fracture & environmental embrittlement; radiation damage; biomimetic materials; and CO₂ mitigation

Photoelectrochemistry and passivity; tarnish-resistant silver using hexadecanethiol self-assembled monolayers; electrochemical "blackening" of steel; photocorrosion of zinc and copper; anodizing galvanized steel for corrosion resistance.

Fabrication and characterization of electronic, ferroelectric, piezoelectric and magnetic ceramics, novel ceramic processing techniques, and thin film processing. Recent topics include hot forging of oxide ceramic composites, sol-gel chemistry routes to oriented ceramic thin films, and endurance/fatigue behavior in ferroelectric thin films

Cost effective processing of ceramics and advanced composites, rapid prototyping, colloidal systems, packaging of micro-electro- mechanical systems, anodic bonding, ion mobility in glass, thermal spraying and other coating processes.

Optoelectronics nonlinear optics, nanostuctures and nanotechnology, TeraHz lasers and photodetectors, solid state physics and phusics of nanostructures, semiconductor materials and devices.

O. T. Inal
Associate Vice President

Professor
Ph.D.Columbia University
inal@nmt.edu   (505) 835-5519

Radiation damage, plasma (HCD & DC) assisted chemical vapor deposition, ion and laser surface modification, introduction of ductility into ordered polycrystalline intermetallics, explosive ceramic and metalworking, design/manufacture of reactive solder/braze alloys.

Application of electron microscopy (TEM, HREM), and x-ray diffraction in material research.   Electronic thin film processing by CVD and PVD.  Structure-property relationship of materials.

Deformation and fracture of metals, composites, interfaces and thin films. Novel experimental techniques and modeling are used to develop microstructure/property relationships.  Current research on super alloys; advanced high temperature Al-alloys and composites; intelligent solders and fundamentals of metal-epoxy adhesion.

Materials Modeling and Polymer Science. Ongoing work includes the modeling of phase transitions, interfacial phenomena, gas solubility and x-ray scattering. Experimental work includes investigations of filled and partially cured epoxies

Banasri Roy Ph.D. Colorado School of Mines broy@nmt.edu  (505) 835-5549

Ben Simkin Ph.D. Michigan State University benasimkin@yahoo.com  (505) 835-5238

STAFF

Eric Krosche  FESEM, XRD, Auger Technician ekrosche@nmt.edu  (505) 835-5549