Publications

Book Chapters

* Denotes invited submission

  1. * Tschopp, M.A., Spearot, D.E., McDowell, D.L. (2008) Influence of grain boundary structure on dislocation nucleation in FCC metals, in: Dislocations in Solids, Volume 14: A tribute to F.R.N. Nabarro, Elsevier, Chapter 82, 46-136.

Editorials

* Denotes invited submission

  1. * Spearot, D.E., Horstemeyer, M.F., Moosbrugger, J. (2010) Editorial: Special issue in honor of David L. McDowell, International Journal of Plasticity, 26, 1277-1279.

Journal Publications

* Denotes invited submission

  1. Sudibjo, A., Spearot, D.E. (2011) Molecular dynamics simulation of diffusion of atmospheric penetrate in polydimethylsiloxane, Molecular Simulation, in press.

  2. Rajgarhia, R.K., Spearot, D.E., Saxena, A. (2010) Behavior of dopant modified interfaces in metallic nanocrystalline materials, JOM, 62, 70-74.

  3. Rajgarhia, R.K., Saxena, A., Spearot, D.E., Hartwig, K.T., More, K.L., Kenik, E.A., Meyer, H. (2010) Microstructural stability of copper with antimony dopants at grain boundaries: Experiments and molecular dynamics simulations, Journal of Materials Science, 45, 6707-6718.

  4. Joshi, N.P., Spearot, D.E., Bhat, D. (2010) Melting of Ni and Fe nanoparticles: A molecular dynamics study with application to carbon nanotube synthesis, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 10, 5587-5593.

  5. Rajgarhia, R.K., Spearot, D.E., Saxena, A. (2010) Molecular dynamics simulations of dislocation activity in single crystal and nanocrystalline copper doped with antimony, Metallurgical Transactions A, 41, 854-860.

  6. * Rajgarhia, R.K., Spearot, D.E., Saxena, A. (2010) Plastic deformation of nanocrystalline copper-antimony alloys, Journal of Materials Research, 25, 411-421.

  7. * Spearot, D.E., McDowell, D.L. (2009) Atomistic modeling of grain boundaries and dislocation processes in metallic polycrystalline materials, Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology, 131, 041204.

  8. Kalyanasundaram V., Spearot D.E., Malshe A.P. (2009) Molecular dynamics simulation of nanoconfinement induced organization of n-decane, Langmuir, 25, 7553-7560.

  9. Rajgarhia R.K., Spearot D.E., Saxena A. (2009) Heterogeneous dislocation nucleation in single crystal copper-antimony solid-solution alloys, Modeling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 17, 055001.

  10. Spearot D.E., Tschopp M.A., McDowell D.L. (2009) Orientation and rate dependence of dislocation nucleation stress computed using molecular dynamics, Scripta Materialia, 60, 675-678.

  11. Rajgarhia, R.K., Spearot, D.E., Saxena, A. (2009) Interatomic potential for copper-antimony in dilute solid-solution alloys, Computational Materials Science, 44, 1258-1264.

  12. Spearot, D.E., Capolungo, L., Qu, J., Cherkaoui, M. (2008) On the elastic structural evolution of <100> bicrystal interfaces in copper, Computational Materials Science, 42, 57-67.

  13. Spearot, D.E. (2008) Evolution of the E structural unit during uniaxial and constrained tensile deformation, Mechanics Research Communications, 35, 81-88.

  14. Rajgarhia, R.K., Koh, S.-W., Spearot, D., Saxena, A. (2008) Microstructure stability of nanocrystalline materials using dopants, Molecular Simulation, 34, 35-40.

  15. Kalyanasundaram, V., Virwani, K.R., Spearot, D.E., Malshe, A.P., Rajurkar, K.P. (2008) Understanding behavior of machining interface and dielectric molecular medium in nanoscale electro-machining, CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology, 57, 199-202.

  16. Kalyanasundaram, V., Virwani, K.R., Spearot, D.E., Rajurkar, K.P., Malshe, A.P. (2008) In situ characterization and repeatability analysis of nano-EM tool machining performance, Transactions of the NAMRI/SME, vol. 36, 145-152.

  17. Tschopp, M.A., Spearot, D.E., McDowell, D.L. (2007) Atomistic simulations of homogeneous dislocation nucleation in single crystal copper, Modeling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 15, 693-709.

  18. Capolungo, L., Spearot, D.E., Cherkaoui, M., McDowell, D.L., Qu., J. and Jacob, K.I. (2007) Dislocation nucleation from bicrystal interfaces and grain boundary ledges: Relationship to nanocrystalline deformation, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 55, 2300-2327.

  19. Spearot, D.E., Tschopp, M.A., Jacob, K.I. and McDowell, D.L. (2007) Tensile strength of <100> and <110> tilt interfaces in copper, Acta Materialia, 55, 705-714.

  20. Spearot, D.E., Jacob, K.I. and McDowell, D.L. (2007) Dislocation nucleation from bicrystal interfaces with dissociated structure, International Journal of Plasticity, 23, 143-160.

  21. Spearot, D.E., Jacob, K.I. and McDowell, D.L. (2005) Nucleation of dislocations from [001] bicrystal interfaces in aluminum, Acta Materialia, 53, 3579-3589.

  22. Spearot, D.E., Jacob, K.I., McDowell, D.L. and Plimpton, S.J. (2005) Effect of deformation path sequence on the behavior of nanoscale copper bicrystal interfaces, Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology, 127, 374-382.

  23. Spearot, D.E., Jacob, K.I. and McDowell, D.L. (2004) Nonlocal separation constitutive laws for interfaces and their relation to nanoscale simulations, Mechanics of Materials, 36, 825-847.

Conference Proceedings

  1. Rajgarhia, R.K., Spearot, D.E., Saxena, A. (2009) Plastic deformation of single crystal and nanocrystalline copper: Influence of antimony dopants on dislocation nucleation, Plasticity 2009 Proceedings.

  2. Rokadia, H., Tung, S., Spearot, D. (2008) Experimental characterization of DNA/CNT hybrid structures with atomic force microscope, Proceedings the 8th IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology (IEEE-NANO), 255-258.

  3. Spearot, D.E. (2008) Dislocation nucleation from ledges and disconnections in grain boundaries, Plasticity 2008 Proceedings.

  4. Rajgarhia, R., Spearot D.E., Saxena, A (2008) Plastic deformation behavior of single crystal copper-antimony alloy, Plasticity 2008 Proceedings.

  5. Rajgarhia, R.K., Koh, S.-W., Spearot, D., Saxena, A., Selvam, P. and Tummala, R. (2007) Influence of stress and temperature on the microstructure stability of nanocrystalline materials, Technical Proceedings of the 2007 Nanotechnology Conference and Trade Show (NSTI-Nanotech 2007) Volume 4, 543-546.

  6. Spearot, D., Jacob, K. and McDowell, D. (2005) Molecular dynamics simulations of dislocation nucleation from bicrystal interfaces in FCC metals, Proceedings of the ASME Materials Division 2005, v 100 MD, 505-513.

  7. Spearot, D., Jacob, K. and McDowell, D. (2004) Molecular dynamics simulations of grain boundary decohesion in FCC copper and aluminum, Collection of Technical Papers – 45th AIAA/ASME/ ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference, v 3, 2083-2093.

  8. Spearot, D., Jacob, K. and McDowell, D. (2003) MD Simulation of grain boundary fracture in copper and connections to interface separation potentials, Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA/ASME/ ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference, v 3, 1902-1911.