@article {1376,
	title = {Protocols for High Temperature Assisted-Microwave Preparation of Inorganic Compounds},
	journal = {Chemistry of Materials},
	volume = {31},
	year = {2019},
	pages = {7151{\textendash}7159},
	abstract = {<p>
	Assisted-microwave heating involves the use of a susceptor to initially heat up reactants in a microwave reaction. Once hot, the reactants themselves become directly susceptible to microwave heating and interdiffuse to form products. Assisted-microwave methods are appealing for a wide variety of high temperature solid-state reactions, reaching reaction temperatures of 1500 \&deg;C and more. Among the many advantages are that the direct volumetric heating associated with microwaves allows for rapid reaction times while employing significantly less energy than conventional furnace-based preparation. Shorter reaction times and selective heating permit volatile reactants to be incorporated stoichiometrically in the product. Undesirable reactions with containers or enclosures are also minimized. The morphology of powders obtained through microwave reactions are also more uniform and comprise smaller particles than obtained conventionally. This Methods/Protocols article is presented as a user manual for carrying out assisted-microwave preparation of bulk complex oxides in air or reducing atmospheres and sol-gel based processing of complex oxides, air sensitive intermetallics, and transition metal chalcogenides.
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},
	issn = {15205002},
	doi = {10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b02594},
	author = {Levin, Emily E. and Grebenkemper, Jason H. and Pollock, Tresa M. and Seshadri, Ram}
}
@article {1481,
	title = {Prediction of tensile stiffness and strength of Ti-6Al-4V using instantiated volume elements and crystal plasticity},
	journal = {Acta Materialia},
	volume = {157},
	year = {2018},
	pages = {21{\textendash}32},
	abstract = {<p>
	Based on simulations of tensile tests, the macroscopic stiffness and strength of the \&alpha; phase of Ti-6Al-4V are estimated. Sets of virtual samples are instantiated using characterization data from three-dimensional electron back-scattered diffraction (EBSD) scans collected with the TriBeam microscope and local properties extracted from in situ loading high-energy x-ray diffraction (HEXD) experiments. The simulations use a crystal-scale finite element framework to compute the mechanical response of the virtual samples under tensile loading. From the simulation data, mechanical properties are extracted from volume elements ranging in size from a fraction of the gage section to its entire length. To detect macroscopic yield, a flood-fill algorithm is used to identify a zone of plastically deformed finite elements extending through a volume element. Trends in the estimated properties as functions of the volume element size are examined. The lower bound of volume element size necessary to replicate experimentally measured macroscale properties is indicated. The technique and results provide a guideline for estimating macroscale property values in components designed with size smaller than the lower bound due to constraint.
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},
	keywords = {Crystal plasticity finite element, Stiffness, Titanium, Volume element size, Yield detection},
	issn = {13596454},
	doi = {10.1016/j.actamat.2018.07.011},
	url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2018.07.011},
	author = {Chatterjee, Kamalika and Echlin, Mclean P. and Kasemer, Matthew and Callahan, Patrick G. and Pollock, Tresa M. and Dawson, Paul}
}
