Publications of the International Center for Gravity Materials Science and Applications

International Center for Gravity Materials Science and Applications

Publications since 1992

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L.L. Regel, M. Rodot and W.R. Wilcox, editors, Material Processing in High Gravity, Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Material Processing in High Gravity, North-Holland (1992).
W. Arnold, W.R. Wilcox, F. Carlson, A. Chait and L.L. Regel, "Transport modes during crystal growth in centrifuge," J. Crystal Growth 119, 24-40, (1992).
B.V. Burdin, L.L. Regel, A.M. Turchaninov and O.V. Shumaev, "Peculiarities of material crystallization experiments on the CF-18 centrifuge in high gravity," J. Crystal Growth 119, 61-65 (1992).
L.L. Regel and O.V. Shumaev, "GaSb directional solidification in high gravity conditions," J. Crystal Growth 119, 70-73 (1992).
H. Wiedemeier, L.L. Regel and W. Palosz, "Vapor transport and crystal growth of GeSe under normal and high acceleration," J. Crystal Growth 119, 79-93 (1992).
L.L. Regel, A.M. Turchaninov, O.V. Shumaev, I.N. Bandeira, C.Y. An and P.H.O. Rappl, "Growth of lead-tin telluride crystals in high gravity," J. Crystal Growth 119, 94-97 (1992).
R. Derebail, W.R. Wilcox and L.L.Regel "Directional solidification of InSb in a centrifuge," J. Crystal Growth 119, 98-110 (1992).
M.P. Volkov, B.T. Melekh, R.V. Parfeniev, N.F. Kartenko and L.L. Regel, "Properties of superconducting Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O system remelted under high gravity conditions," J. Crystal Growth 119, 122-125 (1992).
P. Barczy, J. Solyom and L.L. Regel, "Solidification AlNi(Cu) eutectics at high gravity," J. Crystal Growth 119, 160-166 (1992).
Y. Takagi, S. Sato, K. Kaigawa, A.B. Sawaoka and L.L. Regel, "Possibility of synthesis of diamond thin film under microgravity environment," Microgravity Quart. 2, 39-42 (1992).
L.L. Regel, A.M. Turchaninov, R.V. Parefeniev, I.I. Farbshtein, N.K. Shul'ga, S.V. Nikitin and S.V. Yakimov, "Te and Te-Se alloy crystal growth under higher gravity," J. Phys. III (France) 2, 373-382 (1992).
J. Sun, F.M. Carlson and W.R. Wilcox, “Simulation of Triglycine Sulfate Crystal Growth in Space,” Microgravity Quarterly 2, 159-168 (1992).
J. Zhou, M. Larrousse, W.R. Wilcox and L.L. Regel, "Directional Solidification with ACRT," J. Crystal Growth 128, 173-177 (1993).
R. Derebail, W.R. Wilcox and L.L. Regel, "The Influence of Gravity on the Directional Solidification of Indium Antimonide," J. Spacecraft & Rockets 30, 202-207 (1993).
J. Shen, D.K. Aidun, L.L. Regel and W.R. Wilcox, "Etch Pits Originating from Precipitates in CdTe and Cd_xZn_1-xTe Grown by the Vertical Bridgman-Stockbarger Method," J. Crystal Growth 132, 351-356 (1993).
J. Shen, D.K. Aidun, L. Regel and W.R. Wilcox, "Characterization of Precipitates in CdTe and Cd_xZn_1-xTe Grown by the Vertical Bridgman-Stockbarger Technique," J. Crystal Growth 132, 250-260 (1993).
W.A. Arnold, L.L. Regel and W.R. Wilcox, "Thermal Stability during Rotation in Space: a Scaling and Numerical Analysis," Acta Astronautica 30, 357-367 (1993).
R. Balasubramanian and W.R. Wilcox, "Mechanical Properties of CdTe," in CdTe and Related Cd Rich Alloys, R. Triboulet, W.R. Wilcox and O. Oda, editors, North-Holland, Amsterdam (1993). Also Materials Science & Engineering B16, 1-7 (1993).
W.M. Chang, W.R. Wilcox and L. Regel, "Floating Zone Melting of CdTe," ibid, pp 23-28 (1993)
J. Shen, D.K. Aidun, L. Regel and W.R. Wilcox, "Effect of Thermal Annealing on the Microstructure of CdTe and Cd_xZn_1-xTe Crystals," ibid, pp 182-185 (1993).
L.L. Regel, editor, Proceedings of the International Workshop on G-Jitter, Clarkson University (1994).
J. Sun, F.M. Carlson, L.L. Regel and W.R. Wilcox, "Particle Motion in the Fluid Experiment System in Microgravity," Acta Astronautica 34, 261-269 (1994).
L.L. Regel and W.R. Wilcox, editors, Materials Processing in High Gravity, Plenum Press/Springer, NY (1994).
W.A. Arnold and L.L. Regel, "Thermal Stability and the Suppression of Convection in a Rotating Fluid on Earth," ibid, pp 17-34 (1994).
L.I. Farbshstein, R.V. Parfeniev, N.K. Shulga and L.L. Regel, "Variation of Effective Impurity Segregation Coefficient in Tellurium Grown under High Gravity," ibid, pp 81-88 (1994).
I.I. Farbshtein, R.V. Parfeniev, S.V. Yakimov, L.L. Regel, R. Derebail and W.R. Wilcox, "Analysis of Impurity Distribution by Galvanomagnetic Method in InSb Obtained under High Gravity Conditions," ibid, pp 89-94 (1994).
J. Domey, D.K. Aidun, G. Ahmadi, L.L. Regel and W.R. Wilcox, "Numerical Simulation of the Effect of Gravity on Weld Pool Shape," ibid, pp 193-202 (1994).
R. Derebail, W.A. Arnold, G.J. Rosen, W.R. Wilcox and L.L. Regel, "HIRB - The Centrifuge Facility at Clarkson," ibid, pp 203-212 (1994).
R.B. Lal, A.K. Batra, J.D. Trolinger, W.R. Wilcox and B. Steiner, "Growth and Characterization of TGS Crystals Growth Aboard the First International Microgravity Laboratory," Ferroelectrics 158, 81-85 (1994).
R.B. Lal, A.K. Batra, J.D. Trolinger and W.R. Wilcox, "TGS Crystal Growth Experiment on the First International Microgravity Laboratory (IML-1)," Micrograv. Quart. 4, 186-198 (1994).
W.R. Wilcox and L.L. Regel, "Influence of Gravity on the Microstructure of Fibrous Eutectics," Microgravity Quarterly 4, 147-156 (1995).
R. Shetty and W.R. Wilcox, “Boron Nitride Coating on Fused Silica Ampoules for Semiconductor Crystal Growth,” J. Crystal Growth 153, 97-102 (1995).
R. Shetty, W.R. Wilcox and L.L. Regel, "Influence of Ampoule Coatings on Cadmium Telluride Solidification," J. Crystal Growth 153, 103-109 (1995).
W.R. Wilcox and L.L. Regel, "Detached Solidification," Microgravity Science and Technology 8, 56-61(1995).
W. Yuan, M. Banan, L.L. Regel and W.R. Wilcox, "The Effect of Vertical Vibration on the Directional Solidification of InSb-GaSb Alloy," J. Crystal Growth 151, 235-242 (1995).
J. Ellison, G. Ahmadi, L. Regel and W. Wilcox, "Particle Motion in a Liquid under g-Jitter Excitation," Microgravity Science and Technology 8, 140-146 (1995).
G. Rosen, F.M. Carlson, J.E. Thompson, W.R. Wilcox and J.P. Wallace, "Monitoring Vertical Bridgman-Stockbarger Growth of Cadmium Telluride by an Eddy Current Technique," J. Electron. Mat. 24, 491-495 (1995).
J. Domey, D.K. Aidun, G. Ahmadi, L.L. Regel and W.R. Wilcox, "Numerical Simulation of the Effect of Gravity on Weld Pool Shape," Welding Journal 74, S263-S268, S344 (1995).
L.L. Regel and W.R. Wilcox, editors, Centrifugal Materials Processing (Proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Materials Processing at High Gravity), Plenum/Springer (1996).
L.L. Regel and W.R. Wilcox, "Centrifugal Materials Processing," in Centrifugal Materials Processing, pp 1-16 (1996).
P.V. Skudarnov, L.L. Regel and W.R. Wilcox, "Flow Visualization Study of Convection in a Centrifuge," ibid, pp 75-88 (1996).
L.O. Ladeira, J. Shen, L.L. Regel and W.R. Wilcox, "Directional Solidification of Cd1-xZnxTe at High Gravity," ibid, pp 133-146 (1996).
J. Simmons, L.L. Regel, W.R. Wilcox and R. Partch, "Influence of Centrifugation on Coagulation of Colloidal Dispersions of Teflon," ibid, pp 267-272 (1996).
W.R. Wilcox and L.L. Regel, "Influence of Convection on the Microstructure of Fibrous Eutectics," Acta Astronaut. 38, 511-516 (1996).
V.N. Gurin, S.P. Nikanorov, M.M. Korsukova, L.I. Derkachenko, W. Jung and L.L. Regel, "Alteration of the Lattice Constant and the Composition of KCl and KBr Crystals under Macrogravity," Phys. Solid State 39, 1599-1600 (1997); Fizika Tverdogo Tela 39, 1792-1793 (1997).
K. Sarma, P.J. Shlichta, W.R. Wilcox and R.A. Lefever, "Epitaxy Versus Oriented Heterogeneous Nucleation of Organic Crystals on Ionic Substrates

," J. Crystal Growth 174, 487-494 (1997).

D.I. Popov, L.L. Regel and W.R. Wilcox, "Detached Solidification: 1. Steady-State Results at Zero Gravity," J. Mat. Synth. & Proc. 5, 283-297 (1997).

D.I. Popov, L.L. Regel and W.R. Wilcox, "Detached Solidification: 2. Stability," J. Mat. Synth. & Proc. 5, 299-311 (1997).

D.I. Popov, L.L. Regel and W.R. Wilcox, "Detached Solidification: 3. Influence of Acceleration and Heat Transfer," J. Mat. Synth. & Proc. 5, 313-336 (1997).

J. Shen, R. Balasubramanian, D.K. Aidun, L.L. Regel and W.R. Wilcox, "Deformation Behavior of Cadmium Telluride Stressed at Elevated Temperatures," J. Materials Engineering and Performance 7, 555-563 (1998).

P.V. Skudarnov, L.L. Regel and W.R. Wilcox, "Visualization of Convection in a Simulated Gradient Freeze Cell during Centrifugation," J. Crystal Growth 193, 219-229 (1998).

W.R. Wilcox, L.L. Regel and W.A. Arnold, "Convection and Segregation during Vertical Bridgman Growth with Centrifugation," J. Crystal Growth 187, 543-558 (1998).

D.I. Popov, L.L. Regel and W.R. Wilcox, "Fourier Collocation and Fourier Galerkin Methods applied to the Phase-Field Model of Two-Dimensional Phase Transition Problems," Physica 31, 1-9 (1998).

L.L. Regel and W.R. Wilcox, “Detached Solidification in Microgravity: A Review,” Microgravity Sci. Technol. 14, 152-166 (1999).

L.L. Regel and W.R. Wilcox, “Selective Patterned Deposition of Diamond using a New Technique,” J. Mat. Res. Lettr. 18, 427-430 (1999) plus cover photo.

D.I. Popov, L.L. Regel and W.R. Wilcox, “Application of the Theorem of Minimum Entropy Production to Growth of Lamellar Eutectics with an Oscillating Freezing Rate,” J. Crystal Growth 209, 181-197 (2000).

Y. Wang, L.L. Regel and W.R. Wilcox, “Influence of Contact Angle, Growth Angle and Melt Surface Tension on Detached Solidification of InSb,” J. Crystal Growth 209, 175-180 (2000).

L.L. Regel and W.R. Wilcox, “Deposition of diamond on graphite and carbon felt from graphite heated in hydrogen at low pressure,” J. Mat. Res. Lettr. 19 (2000) 455-457 plus cover photo.

D.I. Popov, L.L. Regel and W.R. Wilcox, “One-Dimensional Phase-Field Model for Binary Alloys,” J. Crystal Growth 212, 574-583 (2000).

W.R. Wilcox, “Zone Melting,” Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, Wiley (2001).

L.L. Regel, guest editor, special issue on advanced materials science, Acta Astronautica (2001).

L.L. Regel and W.R. Wilcox, “Diamond Film Deposition by Chemical Vapor Transport,” Acta Astronautica 48, 129-144 (2001).

L.L. Regel, W.R. Wilcox, D. Popov and F. Li, “Influence of Freezing Rate Oscillations and Convection on Eutectic Microstructure,” Acta Astronautica 48, 101-108 (2001).

R.V. Parfeniev and L.L. Regel, “Gravity Application to Anisotropic Semiconductor Materials: from High- to Microgravity Conditions,” Acta Astronautica 48, 163-168 (2001).

Fengcui Li, L.L. Regel and W.R. Wilcox, “The Influence of Electric Current Pulses on the Microstructure of the MnBi/Bi Eutectic,” J. Crystal Growth 223, 251-264 (2001).

Y. Wang, L.L. Regel and W.R. Wilcox, “Steady State Detached Solidification of Water at Zero Gravity,” J. Crystal Growth 226, 430-435 (2001).

V.N. Gurin, S.P. Nikanorov, A.P. Nechitailov, L.I. Derkachenko. M.M. Korsukova, V.N. Osipov, I.N. Zimkin, Z.I. Uspenskaya and L.L. Regel, “Parameters and properties of crystals of ionic compounds obtained by centrifugal separation of supersaturated aqueous solutions,” Phys. Solid State 43, 1241-1246 (2001); Fizika Tverdogo Tela 43, 1196-1202 (2001).

D.I. Popov, L.L. Regel and W.R. Wilcox, “Phase-Field Model of Unsteady and Oscillatory Eutectic Solidification,” Crystal Growth & Design 1 (2001) 313-320. See video of lamellae evolution (large zip file).

L.L. Regel and W.R. Wilcox, editors, Processing by Centrifugation, ebook (Proceedings of the Fourth International Workshop on Materials Processing at High Gravity), edited by L.L. Regel and W.R. Wilcox, Kluwer Academic/Plenum/Springer, New York (2001).

I.L. Moskowitz, L.L. Regel and W.R. Wilcox, “Influence of Centrifugation on Furnace Temperature Distribution and Freezing Rate of InSb using the Gradient Freeze Technique,” Processing by Centrifugation, pp 253-258, New York (2001).

J. Simmons, L.L. Regel, W.R. Wilcox and R. Partch, “Influence of Centrifugation on Coagulation of Colloidal Dispersions of Teflon,” ibid, pp 133-140 (2001).

P.V. Skudarnov, L.L. Regel, W.R. Wilcox and G. Ahmadi, “Numerical Modeling and Flow Visualization in the Gradient Freeze Configuration during Centrifugation,” ibid, pp 273-286 (2001).

L.L. Regel, W.R. Wilcox, R. Derebail and P.V. Skudarnov, “Vibration during Centrifugation,” ibid, pp 1-6 (2001).

L.L. Regel and W.R. Wilcox, “Influence of Centrifugation on Diamond Film Deposition by Chemical Vapor Transport,” ibid, pp 113-120 (2001).

S.P. Nikanorov, V.N. Gurin, L.I. Derkachenko, A.P. Nechitailov, I.N. Zimkin, Z.I. Uspenskaya,V.N. Osipov, M.M. Korsukova, and L.L. Regel, “The Effect of Centrifugation on the Composition, Structure and Properties of Ionic Compound Crystals,” ibid, pp 71-76 (2001).

V.N. Gurin, S.P. Nikanorov, A.P. Nechitailov, V.N. Osipov, Z.I. Uspenskaya, M.M. Korsukova, and L.L. Regel, “Alteration of the Chemical Composition of Solid Solutions and Eutectics by Centrifugation,” ibid, pp 77-82 (2001).

L.L. Regel, R.V. Parfeniev, I.I. Farbshtein, I.L. Shulpina, S.V. Yakimov, V.P. Shalimov, and A.M. Turchaninov, “Defect Formation in Tellurium at Different Gravitational Levels,” ibid, pp 241-252 (2001).

W.R. Wilcox and L.L. Regel, “Microgravity Effects on Materials Processing: A Review,” Proceedings of the 7th European Conference on Advanced Materials and Processes, Associazione Italiana di Metallurgia, Milano (2001).

Y. Wang, L.L. Regel and W.R. Wilcox, “Approximate Material Balance Solution to the Moving Meniscus Model of Detached Solidification,” J. Crystal Growth 243 (2002) 546-560.

Y. Wang, L.L. Regel, and W.R. Wilcox, “Can propagation of gas bubbles lead to detached solidification? Experiments on freezing of water,” Crystal Growth & Design 2 (2002) 453-461.

J. Wang, L.L. Regel and W.R. Wilcox, “Detached solidification of InSb on Earth,” J. Crystal Growth 260, 590-599 (2004).

W.R. Wilcox, “Crystal Growth Technology,” book review, Cryst. Growth Des. 4, 639 (2004).

L.L. Regel and W.R. Wilcox, “Solidification and Casting,” book review, Cryst. Growth Des. 5, 1657 (2005).

S.P. Nikanorov, M.P. Volkov , V.N. Gurin, Yu.A. Burenkov, L.I. Derkachenko, B.K. Kardashev, L.L. Regel and W.R. Wilcox, “Structural and mechanical properties of Al-Si alloys obtained by fast cooling of a levitated melt,” Mat. Sci. Engin. A 390 (2005) 63-69.

V.N. Gurin, S.P. Nikanorov, M.P. Volkov, L.I. Derkachenko, T.B. Popova, I.V. Korkin, W.R. Wilcox and L.L. Regel, “Crystallization in the Al-Si, Al-Ge, and Al-Si-Ge Systems with Centrifugation,” Technical Physics 50, 341-346 (2005); translated from Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki 75, 56-62 (2005).

M.P. Volkov, V.N. Gurin, S.P. Nikanorov, Yu.A. Burenkov, L.I. Derkachenko, B.K. Kardashev, L.L. Regel and W.R. Wilcox, “Structure and Mechanical Properties of Al-Si(Ge) Alloys upon Melt Centrifugation and Quenching,” Physics of the Solid State 47, 913-919 (2005); translated from Fizika Tverdogo Tela 47, 886-892 (2005).

A.K. Kota, G. Anand, S. Ramakrishnan, L.L. Regel and W.R. Wilcox, “Influence of oxygen, hydrogen, helium, argon and vacuum on the surface behavior of molten InSb, other semiconductors, and metals on silica,” J. Crystal Growth 290, 319-333 (2006).

S.P. Nikanorov, Yu.A. Burenkov, M.P. Volkov, V.N. Gurin, L.I. Derkachenko, B.K. Kardashev, L.L. Regel and W.R. Wilcox, “Elastic and Microplastic Properties of Al-Si/Ge Alloys Obtained from Levitated Melts,” Materials Science and Engineering A 442 (2006) 449-453.

L.L. Regel and A.D. Cropper, “Method for Manufacturing Diamond Coatings,” U.S. Patent 7,118,782 (October 10, 2006). (Deposition at low temperature and low pressure, including deposition on polymers.)

A.D. Cropper and L.L. Regel, “Method for Manufacturing a Display Device with Low Temperature Diamond Coatings,” U.S. Patent pending (August 24, 2006).

V.N. Gurin, S.P. Nikanorov, L.I. Derkachenko, M.P. Volkov, T.V. Popova W.R. Wilcox and L.L. Regel, “Composition and microhardness of Si–Ge solid solution precipitates in Al–Si–Ge alloys solidified during centrifugation,” Mat. Sci. Engin. A 491 (2008) 343–348.

L.L. Regel and W.R. Wilcox, book review on “Crystal Growth Technology: From Fundamentals and Simulation to Large-Scale Production,” Crystal Growth and Design 8 (2008) 4190.