Publications | Dillon Group - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Selected publications

S.J. Dillon, Y. Ma, J.-H. Ouyang, D.K. Coffman, O. Hussein, K. Hattar, F. Abdeljawad, “Interface nucleation rate limited densification during sintering,” Acta Materialia, 242, 118448 (2023)

S.J. Dillon, E. Lang, S.C. Finkeldei, J.-h. Ouyang, K. Hattar, A Nucleation Rate Limited Model for Grain Boundary Creep, Acta Materialia, 246, 118718(2023)

R.L. Grosso, E.N. S. Muccillo, D.N. F. Muche, G.S. Jawaharram, C.M. Barr, A.M. Monterrosa, R.H.R. Castro, K. Hattar, S.J. Dillon, “In situ Transmission Electron Microscopy for Ultrahigh Temperature Mechanical Testing of ZrO2,” Nano Letters 20, 1041-1046 (2020)

K.S.N. Vikrant, R.L. Grosso, L. Feng, E.N.S. Muccillo, D.N.F. Muche, G.S. Jawaharraa, C.M. Barr, A.M. Monterrosa, R.H.R. Castro, R.E. García, K. Hattar, S.J. Dillon, “Ultrahigh Temperature in situ Transmission Electron Microscopy based Bicrystal Coble Creep in Zirconia I: Nanowire Growth and Interfacial Diffusivity” Acta Mater. 199, 530-541 (2020)

G.S. Jawaharram, C.M. Barr, A.M. Monterrosa, K. Hattar, R.S. Averback, S.J. Dillon, “Irradiation induced creep in nanocrystalline high entropy alloys,” Acta Mater. 182, 68-76, (2020)

Jenny Tang, Kevin Leung, Richard T. Haasch, and Shen J. Dillon, “Surface Chemistry evolution of LiMn2O4 during cycling investigated by in situ Auger Electron Spectroscopy and X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy” ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 9, 33968 (2017)

S. Mao, S. Shu, J. Zhou, R.S. Averback and S.J. Dillon, “Quantitative comparison of sink efficiency of Cu-Nb, Cu-V, and Cu-Ni interfaces for point defects,” Acta Mater., 82 328-335 (2015).

Y. Liu and S.J. Dillon, “In-situ Observation of Electrolytic H2 Evolution Adjacent to Gold Cathodes,” Chem. Comm. 50 1761-1763 (2014).

K. Sun, B.Y. Ahn, T.-S. Wei, J.Y. Seo, S.J. Dillon and J.A. Lewis, “3D Printing of Interdigitated Li-Ion Microbattery Architectures” Adv. Mater. 25[33] 4539-4543 (2013).

K.-W. Noh, and S.J. Dillon, “Morphological changes in and around Sn electrodes during Li ion cycling characterized by in-situ environmental transmission electron microscopy” Scripta Mater., 69 658-661 (2013).

K. Tai, T. Houlahan, J.G. Eden, and S.J. Dillon, “Integration of microplasma with transmission electron microscopy: Real-time observation of gold sputtering and island formation”, Scientific Reports, 3, 1323 (2013).

K. Tai, Abigail Lawrence, Martin P. Harmer, and Shen J. Dillon, “Misorientation Dependence of Al2O3 Grain Boundary Thermal Resistance,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 102 034101 (2013).

X. Chen, K.-W. Noh, J.G. Wen, and S.J. Dillon, “In-situ electrochemical wet cell TEM characterization of solid-liquid interactions between Ni and Aqueous NiCl2,” Acta Mater. 60[1], p. 192-198 (2012)

S.J. Dillon, M.P. Harmer, and G.S. Rohrer, “The relative energies of normally and abnormally growing grain boundaries in alumina displaying different complexions,” J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 93 1796-1802 (2010).

J. Lee, S.J. Dillon, and G.S. Rohrer, “Relative Grain Boundary Areas and Energies in Nickel,” Acta Mater. 57[14] 6304 (2009).

S.J. Dillon, M. Tang, W.C. Carter, and M.P. Harmer, ” Complexion: A New Concept for Kinetic Engineering of Materials,” Acta Mater., 55[18] 6208 (2007).

2023

S.J. Dillon, Y. Ma, J.-H. Ouyang, D.K. Coffman, O. Hussein, K. Hattar, F. Abdeljawad, “Interface nucleation rate limited densification during sintering,” Acta Materialia, 242, 118448 (2023)

S.J. Dillon, E. Lang, S.C. Finkeldei, J.-h. Ouyang, K. Hattar, A Nucleation Rate Limited Model for Grain Boundary Creep, Acta Materialia, 246, 118718(2023)

Y. Zhang, S. Dillon, J. Lambros, “Creep Characterization of Amorphous SiO2 in the Transmission Electron Microscope using Digital Image Correlation and Finite Element Analysis,” Experimental Mechanics (2023)

2022

O. Hussein, D.K. Coffman, K.Hattar, E. Lang, S.J. Dillon, and F. Abdeljawad, “Plateau–Rayleigh instability with a grain boundary twist,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 121, 141601 (2022)

D.K. Coffman, Y. Ma, C. Barr, J. Ouyang, K. Hattar, S.J. Dillon, “Evidence for Interface-Rate Limited Densification Kinetics at Al2O3-GdAlO3 Interfaces Characterized by in situ Ultrahigh Temperature Transmission Electron Microscopy,” Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 42, 5904 (2022)

D.K. Coffman, Y. Ma, C.M. Barr, J. Ouyang, K. Hattar, S.J. Dillon, “Interphase boundary, grain boundary, and surface diffusion in Al2O3-GdAlO3 composites determined from bicrystal coble creep experiments,” Journal of the European Ceramic Society 42, 3976 (2022)

Y. Zhang, L .Feng, S. Dillon, J. Lambros, “Full-field deformation measurements in the transmission electron microscope using digital image correlation and particle tracking,” Materials Characterization 183, 111598 (2022)

SJ Dillon, YF Shen, GS Rohrer, “Grain boundary energies in yttria‐stabilized zirconia,” Journal of the American Ceramic Society 105, 2925 (2022)

2021

O. Hussein, M Alghalayini, S.J. Dillon, F Abdeljawad, “Unraveling the Role of Grain Boundary Anisotropy in Sintering: Implications for Nanoscale Manufacturing,” ACS Applied Nano Materials 4, 8039 (2021)

Q. Shen, J. Xue, G. Gao, M. Luo, Y. Lia, Q. Li, X. Liu, S. Dillon, H. Jia, B. Xu, Y. Wu, “Construction of CdSe Polymorphic Junctions with Coherent Interface for Enhanced Photoelectrocatalytic Hydrogen Generation” Applied Catalysis B, 282, 119552 (2021)

R.S. Averback, P. Bellon, S.J. Dillon, “Phase evolution in driven alloys: An overview on compositional patterning” Journal of Nuclear Materials, 153015 (2021)

G.S. Jawaharram, C.M. Barr, K. Hattar, S.J. Dillon, “Evidence for a High Temperature Whisker Growth Mechanism Active in Tungsten during In Situ Nanopillar Compression” nanomaterials, 11, 2429 (2021)

2020

G.S. Jawaharram, C.M. Barr, A.M. Monterrosa, K. Hattar, R.S. Averback, S.J. Dillon, “Irradiation induced creep in nanocrystalline high entropy alloys,” Acta Mater. 182, 68-76, (2020)

R.L. Grosso, K.S.N. Vikrant, L. Feng, E.N.S. Muccillo, D.N.F. Muche, G.S. Jawaharraa, C.M. Barr, A.M. Monterrosa, R.H.R. Castro, R.E. García, K. Hattar, S.J. Dillon, “Ultrahigh Temperature in situ Transmission Electron Microscopy based Bicrystal Coble Creep in Zirconia II: Interfacial Thermodynamics and Transport Mechanisms” Acta Mater. 200, 1008-1021 (2020)

L. Feng, A. Bokov, S.J. Dillon, and R.H.R. Castro, Size-induced room temperature softening of nanocrystalline yttria stabilized zirconia,” J. Amer. Ceram. 40, 2050-2055, (2020)

Y.-H. Ma, Z.-G. Wang, J.-H. Ouyang, S.J. Dillon, A. Henniche, Y.-H. Wang, and Y-J. Wang, “Microstructural toughening mechanisms in nanostructured Al2O3/GdAlO3 eutectic composite studied using in situ microscale fracture experiments,” J. Euro. Ceram. Soc. 3148-3157 (2020)

L. Feng, S.C. Finkeldei, B. Heuser, S.J. Dillon, A.T. Nelson “Grain Boundary and Lattice Fracture Toughness of UO2 Measured using Small-Scale Mechanics,” JOM 72, 2075-2081 (2020)

S. Lv, H. Kim, L. Feng, Z. Song, Y. Yang, R. Baumgartner, S. Dillon, C. Leal, L. Yin, J. Cheng, “Unimolecular Polypeptide Micelles via Ultra-fast Polymerization of N-Carboxyanhydrides” J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2020)

2019

R.L. Grosso, D.N.F. Muche, T. Yonamine, E.N.S. Muccillo, S.J. Dillon, R.H.R. Castro, “Sintering of translucent and single-phase nanostructured scandia-stabilized zirconia,” Mater. Lett. 253, 246-249 (2019)

Dimitrios A Antartis, Haoran Wang, Ching-Yen Tang, Huck Beng Chew, Shen J Dillon, Ioannis Chasiotis, “Nanofibrillar Si Helices for Low-Stress, High-Capacity Li+ Anodes with Large Affine Deformations,” ACS applied materials & interfaces, 11 11715 (2019)

Xiaoting Zhong, Madeleine N. Kelly, Herbert M. Miller, Shen J. Dillon, and Gregory S. Rohrer “Grain Boundary Curvatures in Polycrystalline SrTiO3: Dependence on Grain Size, Topology, and Crystallography” Accepted J. Am. Cer. Soc.

Nisha Verma, Nirab Pant, John A Beach, Julia Ivanisenko, Yinon Ashkenazy, Shen Dillon, Pascal Bellon, Robert S Averback “Effects of ternary alloy additions on the microstructure of highly immiscible Cu alloys subjected to severe plastic deformation: An evaluation of the effective temperature model” Acta Materialia, 170, 218 (2019)

YH Ma, ZG Wang, JH Ouyang, SJ Dillon, L Feng, YJ Wang, “In-situ microcantilever deflection to evaluate the interfacial fracture properties of binary Al2O3/SmAlO3 eutectic,” J. of the Euro. Ceram. Soc., 39 3277 (2019)

2018

Lin Feng, Rui Hao, J. Lambros and Shen J. Dillon, “Effect of chemistry and complexion on the fracture response of single alumina grain boundaries” Acta Mater. 142, 121 (2018)

Gowtham Sriram Jawaharram, Patrick M. Price, Christopher M. Barr, Khalid Hattar, Robert S. Averback, Shen J. Dillon, “High temperature irradiation induced creep in Ag nanopillars measured via in situ transmission electron microscopy” Scripta Mater. 48, 1 (2018).

Joseph Gonzalez, Dimitrios A. Anataris, Ioannis Chasiotis, Shen J. Dillon, John Lambros, “In-situ X-ray Micro-CT Characterization of Chemo-Mechanical Relaxations during Sn Lithiation,” Journal of Power Sources 381, 181 (2018).

Joseph F. Gonzalez, Dimitrios Antartis, Manue Martinez, S. J. Dillon, I. Chasiotis and J. Lambros, “Three-Dimensional Study of Graphite-Composite Electrode Chemo-Mechanical Response using Digital Volume Correlation,” Experimental Mechanics 58 (2018)

L. Feng, R. Hao, S. Gaemers, C. P.Warrens, S. J. Dillon, “Variation in zinc dialkyldithiophosphate yield strength measured by nanopillar compression,” Tribology International 123, 325 (2018).

Ching-Yen Tang, Richard T. Haasch, Shen J. Dillon, “Surface redox on Li[Ni1/3Mn1/3Co1/3]O2 characterized by in situ X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and in situ Auger electron spectroscopy,” Electrochimica Acta 277, 197 (2018)

Arseniy Bokov, Shenli Zhang, Shen J. Dillon, Lin Feng, Roland Faller, Ricardo H.R. Castro “Energetic design of grain boundary networks for toughening of nanocrystalline oxides,” J. of the Euro. Ceram. Soc. 38 4260 (2018).

W. Yang, J. Yang, Y. Dong, S. Mao, Z. Gao, S. Yue, S.J. Dillon, H. Xu, B. Xu, “Probing buckling and post-buckling deformation of hollow amorphous carbon nanospheres: In-situ experiment and theoretical analysis,” Carbon 137 411 (2018).

L. Feng, X. Lu, T. Zhao, S.J. Dillon, “The effect of electrochemical cycling on the strength of LiCoO2,” J. Am. Ceram. Soc. (2018)

L. Feng, Z. Chen, R. Chen, S.J. Dillon, “A pseudo-solid-state cell for multiplatform in situ and operando characterization of Li-ion electrodes,” J. of Power Sources 400, 198 (2018)

Yonghui Ma, Lin Feng, Ching-Yen Tang, Jia-Hu Ouyang, and Shen J Dillon, “Effects of Commonly Evolved Solid-Electrolyte-Interphase (SEI) Reaction Product Gases on the Cycle Life of Li-Ion Full Cells”. J. Electro. Chem Soc. 165, A3084 (2018)

2017

J.A. Beach, M. Wang, P. Bellon, S. Dillon, Yu. Ivanisenko, T. Boll, R.S. Averback, “Self-organized, size-selection of precipitates during severe plastic deformation of dilute Cu-Nb alloys at low temperatures,” Acta Mater., 140, 217 (2017)

Lin Feng and Shen J. Dillon “Cation Grain Boundary Diffusivity in SiO2 and MgO Doped Al2O3” J. Amer. Ceram. Soc. 100, 5379 (2017)

Lin Feng, Rui Hao, and Shen J. Dillon, “Effect of chemistry and complexion on the fracture response of single alumina grain boundaries” Acta Mater. 142, 121 (2018)

Ke Sun, Jinbo Xue, Kaiping Tai, and Shen J. Dillon, “The Oxygen Reduction Reaction Rate of Metallic Nanoparticles during Catalyzed Oxidation” Scientific Reports 7, Article number: 7017 (2017)

Gowtham Sriram Jawaharram, Robert S. Averback, and Shen J. Dillon, “Hardening Mechanisms in Irradiated Cu-W Alloys,” J. Mater. Res., 32, 3156 (2017)

Sanghyeon Kim, Jinyun Liu, Ke Sun, Shen J. Dillon, and Paul V. Braun, “Improved performance in FeF2 conversion cathodes through use of a conductive 3D scaffold and Al2O3 ALD coating,” Adv. Funct. Mater. 1702783 (2017)

Shen J. Dillon, Daniel C. Bufford, Gowtham S. Jawaharram, Xuying Liu, Calvin Lear, Khalid Hattar, Robert S. Averback, “Irradiation-induced creep in metallic nanolaminates characterized by In situ TEM pillar nanocompression,” Journal of Nuclear Materials, 490, 59, (2017)

Katherine T. Faber, Tewodros Asefa, Monika Backhaus-Ricoult, Richard Brow, Julia Y. Chan, Shen Dillon, William G. Fahrenholtz, Michael W. Finnis, Javier E. Garay, R. Edwin García, Yury Gogotsi, Sossina M. Haile, John Halloran, Juejun Hu, Liping Huang, Steven D. Jacobsen, Edgar Lara-Curzio, James LeBeau, William E. Lee, Carlos G. Levi, Igor Levin, Jennifer A. Lewis, Don M. Lipkin, Kathy Lu, Jian Luo, Jon-Paul Maria, Lane W. Martin, Steve Martin, Gary Messing, Alexandra Navrotsky, Nitin P. Padture, Clive Randall, Gregory S. Rohrer, Anatoly Rosenflanz, Tobias A. Schaedler, Darrell G. Schlom, Alp Sehirlioglu, Adam J. Stevenson, Toshihiko Tani, Veena Tikare, Susan Trolier-McKinstry, Hong Wang, Bilge Yildiz “The role of ceramic and glass science research in meeting societal challenges: Report from an NSF-sponsored workshop,” J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 100, 1777 (2017)

Lin Feng, Shen J. Dillon, “Cr3+ chemical diffusivity in aliovalent doped aluminas,” J. Euro. Ceram. Soc., 27, 4025 (2017)

Xuying Liu, Ching-Yen Tang, Rui Hao, Kathleen Walsh, Chunliang Zhou, and Shen J. Dillon, “Chemo-mechanical Insights into the Efficacy of ZDDP based Lubricants,” Tribology International, 112, 103 (2017)

John Vance and Shen J. Dillon, “Thermally induced bubble growth in water characterized via high-speed transmission electron microscopy,” ChemCOMM 53 4930 (2017)

Rui Hao, Aleksander A. Tedstone, David J. Lewis, Christopher P. Warrens, Kevin R. West, Philip Howard, Sander Gaemers, Shen J. Dillon, and Paul O’Brien, “Property Self-Optimization during Wear of MoS2”

Xuying Liu, Rui Hao, Shimin Mao, and Shen J. Dillon, “Shear Strengths of FCC-FCC Cube-On-Cube Interfaces,” Scripta Mater. 130 178 (2017)

2016

Pallab Barai, Bo Huang, Shen J. Dillon, Partha P. Mukherjee “Mechano-electrochemical Interaction Gives Rise to Strain Relaxation in Sn Electrodes” J. Electrochem. Soc. (2016)

Ching-Yen Tang, Richard T. Haash, and Shen J. Dillon, “In-situ XPS and AES Characterization of Reaction Mechanisms during Li-ion Cycling of CuO Electrodes,” 52 13257-13260 (2016)

Shen J. Dillon, Kaiping Tai, and Song Chen, “The importance of grain boundary complexions in affecting physical properties of polycrystals” Current Opinions in Solid-State and Materials Science 20 324-335 (2016)

C.-Y. Tang and S.J. Dillon, “In situ Scanning Electron Microscopy Characterization of the Mechanism for Li Dendrite Growth” J. Electrochem. Soc. 163 A1660-A1665 (2016)

Weizhu Yang, Shimin Mao, Jia Yang, Tao Shang, Hongguang Song, James Mabon, Wacek Swiech, John R. Vance, Zhufeng Yue, Shen J. Dillon, Hangxun Xu & Baoxing Xu, “Large-deformation and High-strength Amorphous Porous Carbon Nanospheres” Scientific Reports 6, Article number: 24187

2015

A.A. Tedstone, D.J. Lewis, R. Hao, S. Mao, P. Bellon, R.S. Averback, C.P. Warrens, K.R. West, P. Howard, S. Gaemers, S.J. Dillon, and P. O’Brien, “Mechanical Properties of Molybdenum Disulfide and the Effect of Doping: An in Situ TEM Study” ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 7 20829–20834 (2015)

S.N. Arshad, T.G. Lach, J. Ivanisenko, D. Setman, P. Bellon, S.J. Dillon, R.S. Averback, Robert S, “Self-organization of Cu-Ag during controlled severe plastic deformation at high temperatures” J. of Mater. Res. 30 1943-1956 (2015).

J. Gonzalez, K. Sun, M. Huang, I. Chasiotis, S. Dillon, J. Lambros, “X-ray microtomography characterization of Sn particle evolution during lithiation/delithiation in lithium ion batteries” J. Power Sources, 285 205-209 (2015).

Z. Su, Y.-R. Miao, S. Mao, G.-H. Zhang, S.J. Dillon, J.T. Miller, K.S. Suslick, “Compression-Induced Deformation of Individual Metal-Organic Framework Microcrystals,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 137 1750-1753 (2015).

J. Liu, N. Li, M.D. Goodman, H.G. Zhang, E.S. Epstein, B. Huang, Z. Pan, J. Kim, J.H. Choi, X. Huang, J. Liu, J.K. Hsia, S.J. Dillon, P.V. Braun, “Mechanically and Chemically Robust Sandwich-Structured C@Si@C Nanotube Array Li-Ion Battery Anodes,” ACS Nano, 9 1985-1994 (2015).

K.W. Noh, K. Tai, S. Mao, and S.J. Dillon, “Grain boundary parting limit during dealloying,” Adv. Eng. Mater., 17 157-161 (2015).

S. Mao, S. Shu, J. Zhou, R.S. Averback and S.J. Dillon, “Quantitative comparison of sink efficiency of Cu-Nb, Cu-V, and Cu-Ni interfaces for point defects,” Acta Mater., 82 328-335 (2015).

D. Antartis, S.J. Dillon, I. Chasiotis, “Effect of porosity on electrochemical and mechanical properties of composite Li-ion anodes” J. Comp. Mater., 49 1849-1862 (2015)

2014

J. Gonzalez, J. Lambros, K. Sun, M. Huang, S. Dillon, I. Chasiotis, “Three dimensional studies of particle failure in Silicon based composite electrodes for Lithium ion batteries,” J. Power Sources 269 334 (2014).

S. Mao, S. Ozerinc, W. P. King, R. S. Averback S. J. Dillon, “Effect of Irradiation Damage on the Shear Strength of Cu-Nb Interfaces,” Scripta Mater. 90 29 (2014).

Y. Liu and S.J. Dillon, “In-situ Observation of Electrolytic H2 Evolution Adjacent to Gold Cathodes,” Chem. Comm. 50 1761-1763 (2014).

K. Tai, Yin Liu, and S.J. Dillon, “In-situ Cryogenic Transmission Electron Microscopy for Characterizing the Evolution of Solidifying Water Ice in Colloidal Systems,” Microscopy & Microanalysis, 20 330-337 (2014).

K. Tai, B. Huang, and S.J. Dillon, “Catalyzed oxidation for nanowire growth” Nanotech. 25 145603 (2014).

M. Wang, R.S. Averback, P. Bellon and S. Dillon, “Chemical mixing and self-organization of Nb precipitates in Cu during severe plastic deformation,” Acta Mater. 62 276–285 (2014).

K. Sun, D.A. Juarez, H. Huang, E. Jung, S.J. Dillon, “Aqueous lithium ion batteries on Paper Substrates” J. Power Sources, 248C 582-587 (2014).

M. Wang, N.Q. Vo, M. Campion, T.D. Nguyen, D. Setman; S.J. Dillon, P. Bellon; R.S. Averback, “Forced atomic mixing during severe plastic deformation: chemical interactions and kinetically driven segregation” Acta Mater. 661-11 (2014).

B. Huang, K. Tai, M. Zhang, Y. Xiao and S.J. Dillon, “Comparative study of Li and Na electrochemical reactions with iron oxide nanowires,” Electrochimica Acta 118 143-149 (2014).

T. Shang, S. Mao, B. Park, D.D. Anderson, S.J. Dillon, “Measuring size dependent electrical properties from nanoneedle structures: Pt/ZnO Schottky diodes,” APL 104 153105 (2014).

P.R. Cantwell, M. Tang, S.J. Dillon, J. Luo, G.S. Rohrer, M.P. Harmer, ” Grain Boundary Complexions” Acta Mater., 62 1-48 (2014).

2013

K. Sun, B.Y. Ahn, T.-S. Wei, J.Y. Seo, S.J. Dillon and J.A. Lewis, “3D Printing of Interdigitated Li-Ion Microbattery Architectures” Adv. Mater. 25[33] 4539-4543 (2013).

Y. Liu, K. Tai and S.J. Dillon, “Growth kinetics and morphological evolution of ZnO precipitated from solution” Chem. Mater., 25[15] 2927-2933 (2013).

K. Tai, Abigail Lawrence, Martin P. Harmer, and Shen J. Dillon, “Misorientation Dependence of Al2O3 Grain Boundary Thermal Resistance,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 102 034101 (2013).

K. Tai and S.J. Dillon, “Scaling effects on Boundary Diffusivity; Au in Cu,” Acta Mater., 61[6] 1851 (2013).

S. Mao, S.J. Dillon, R.S. Averback, “The influence of a Cu-Nb interface on the local vacancy concentration in Cu” Scripta Materialia, 69[1] 21-24 (2013).

K. Tai, L. Feng and S.J. Dillon “Kinetics and Thermodynamics Associated with Bi Adsorption Transitions at Cu and Ni Grain Boundaries” J. Appl. Phys. 113 193507 (2013).

B. Huang, K. Tai, and S.J. Dillon, “Structural evolution of α-Fe2O3 nanowires during lithiation” J. Power Sources 245 308-314 (2013).

2012

S.N. Arshad, T.G. Lach, M. Pouryazdan, H. Hahn, P. Bellon, S.J. Dillon, and R.S. Averback, “Dependence of Shear Induced Mixing on Length Scale,” Scripta Mater. 68[3-4] 215-218 (2012).

Y. Liu, X. Chen, K.W. Noh, and S.J. Dillon, “Electron beam induced deposition of silicon nanostructures from a liquid phase precursor,” Nanotechnology.” 23 385302/1-385302/6 (2012).

K.W. Noh, Y. Liu, L. Sun, and S.J. Dillon, “Challenges associated with in-situ TEM in environmental systems: The case of silver in aqueous solutions,” Ultramicroscopy 116 34-8 (2012).

S.J. Dillon and K. Sun, “Microstructural design considerations for Li-ion battery systems,” Curr. Opin. Solid State Mater. Sci. 14 153-162 (2012).

L. Sun, S. Mao, and S.J. Dillon, “Approximating the metastable defect concentration in supersaturated materials: a case study of the SrTiO3/TiO2 system,” J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 95 788-792 (2012).

2011

L. Sun, K.W. Noh, J.-G. Wen, and S.J. Dillon, “In Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy Observation of Silver Oxidation in Ionized/Atomic Gas,” Langmuir 27 14201-14206 (2011).

K. Sun and S.J. Dillon, “A mechanism for the improved rate capability of cathodes by lithium phosphate surficial films,” Electrochem. Commun. 13 200-202 (2011).

L. Helmick, S.J. Dillon, K. Gerdes, R. Gemmen, G.S. Rohrer, S. Seetharaman, and P.A. Salvador, “Crystallographic characteristics of grain boundaries in dense yttria-stabilized zirconia,” Int. J. Appl. Ceram. Technol. 8 1218-1228 (2011).

S.J. Dillon, L. Helmick, H.M. Miller, L. Wilson, R. Gemman, R.V. Petrova, K. Barmak, G.S. Rohrer, and P.A. Salvador, “The orientation distributions of lines, surfaces, and interfaces around three-phase boundaries in solid oxide fuel cell cathodes,” J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 94 4045-4051 (2011).

2010

S.J. Dillon, G.S. Rohrer, and M.P. Harmer, “Grain Boundary Plane Distributions in Aluminas Evolving by Normal and Abnormal Grain Growth and Displaying Different Complexions,” Int. J. Mater. Res. 101 50-56 (2010).

S.J. Dillon, M.P. Harmer, and G.S. Rohrer, “Influence of interface energies on solute partitioning mechanisms in doped aluminas,” Acta Mater. 58 5097-5108 (2010).

2009

S.J. Dillon, M.P. Harmer, J. Luo “Grain Boundary Complexions in Ceramics and Metals,” JOM 61[12] 38 (2009).

S.J. Dillon and G.S. Rohrer, “Mechanism for the Development of Anisotropic Grain Boundary Character Distributions during Normal Grain Growth,” Acta Mater. 57[1] 1 (2009).

S.J. Dillon and G.S. Rohrer, “Characterization of the Grain Boundary Character and Energy Distributions of Yttria using Automated Serial Sectioning and EBSD in the FIB,” J. Amer. Ceram. Soc., 92[7] 1580 (2009).

J. Lee, S.J. Dillon, and G.S. Rohrer, “Relative Grain Boundary Areas and Energies in Nickel,” Acta Mater. 57[14] 6304 (2009).

J. Luo, S.J. Dillon, and M.P. Harmer, “Interface Stabilized Nanoscale Quasi-Liquid Films,” Microscopy Today 17[4] 22 (2009).

2008

S.J. Dillon, S.K. Behera, and M.P. Harmer, “An Experimentally Determined Quantifiable Solute Drag Force,” Acta Mater. 56[6] 1374 (2008).

S.J. Dillon and M.P. Harmer, “Demystifying the Role of Sintering Additives with Complexion,” J Euro. Ceram. Soc. 28[7] 1485 (2008).

S.J. Dillon and M.P. Harmer, “Relating Grain Boundary Complexion to Grain Boundary Kinetics I: Calcia-Doped Alumina,” J Amer. Ceram. Soc. 91[7] 2304 (2008).

S.J. Dillon and M.P. Harmer, “Relating Grain Boundary Complexion to Grain Boundary Kinetics II: Silica-Doped Alumina,” J Amer. Ceram. Soc. 91[7] 2314 (2008).

H. Cheng, S.J. Dillon, H.S. Caram, J.M. Rickman, H.M. Chan, and M.P. Harmer, “The Effect of Yttrium on Oxygen Grain Boundary Transport in Polycrystalline Alumina Measured Using Ni Marker Particles,” J Amer. Ceram. Soc. 91[6] 2002 (2008).

2007

S.J. Dillon, M. Tang, W.C. Carter, and M.P. Harmer, ” Complexion: A New Concept for Kinetic Engineering of Materials,” Acta Mater., 55[18] 6208 (2007).

S.J. Dillon and M.P. Harmer, “Multiple Grain Boundary Transitions in Ceramics: A Case Study of Alumina,” Acta Mater. 55[15] 5247 (2007).

S.J. Dillon and M.P. Harmer, “Diffusion Controlled Abnormal Grain Growth in Ceramics,” Mat. Sci. Forum, 558-559 1227 (2007).

S.J. Dillon and M.P. Harmer, “Intrinsic Grain Boundary Mobility in Alumina,” J. Amer. Ceram. Soc., 89[12] 3885 (2006).

S.J. Dillon and M.P. Harmer, “Mechanism of “Solid State” Single Crystal Conversion in Alumina,” J. Amer. Ceram. Soc., 90[3] 993 (2006). Featured in MRS Bulletin Research/Researchers 32[6] 462 (2007)

2006

S.J. Dillon and M.P. Harmer, “Direct Observation of Multilayer Adsorption on Alumina Grain Boundaries,” J. Amer. Ceram. Soc., 90[3] 996 (2006).

Patents

J.A. Lewis, S.J. Dillon, K. Sun, B.Y. Ahn, T.-S. Wei, Three-Dimensional (3D) Electrode Architecture for a Microbattery, (2013) Patent# 61/822,024

S.J. Dillon, L. Sun, I. Chasiotis , “Inorganic Multiphase Electrode for a Lithium-Ion Battery,” (2011) Patent # 61/557,630

Y.-M. Chiang, S.J. Dillon, and R.K. Holman, “Battery electrodes and methods of manufacture” (2010) Patent # 20100323244.

S.J. Dillon and M.P. Harmer, “Single Crystal Conversion Process,” (2008) Patent # 20090211514.

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