Publications

Optical Properties of liquid metals: (BibTeX)

1. Krishnan, S., and P. C. Nordine, “Optical properties of liquid aluminum in the energy range 1.2-3.5 eV,” Phys. Rev. B 47, 11780-11787 (1993).
2. Krishnan, S., and P. C. Nordine, “Analysis of the optical properties of liquid aluminum,” Phys. Rev. B 48, 4130-31 (1993).
3. Krishnan, S., J. K. R. Weber, C. D. Anderson, P. C. Nordine, and R. I. Sheldon, “Spectral Emissivity and Optical Properties at λ = 632.8 nm for Liquid Uranium and Zirconium at High Temperatures,” J. Nucl. Mater. 203, 112-121 (1993).
4. Krishnan, S., C. D. Anderson, J. K. R. Weber, P. C. Nordine, W. H. Hofmeister, and R. J. Bayuzick, “Optical Properties and Spectral Emissivities at 632.8 nm in the Titanium-Aluminum System,” Metall. Trans 24A, 67-72 (1993).
5. Krishnan, S., C. D. Anderson and P. C. Nordine, “The optical properties of liquid and solid zirconium,” Phys. Rev. B 49, 3161-3166 (1994).
6. S. Krishnan, K. J. Yugawa, P. C. Nordine, Optical properties of liquid metals studied by spectroscopic ellipsometry, Proc. SPIE 2873, 314-15 (1996).
7. S. Krishnan, J. K. R. Weber, C. D. Anderson, P. C. Nordine, C. T. Morton, W. H. Hofmeister and R. J. Bayuzick, “Supersaturation and optical properties of metal-rich Zr-O and Zr-N liquids,” Mat. Sci. & Eng. A219, 21-25 (1996).
8. S. Krishnan and Paul C. Nordine, “Spectral emissivities in the visible and infrared of liquid Zr, Ni, and nickel-based binary alloys,” J. Appl. Phys. 80, 1735-42 (1996).
9. S. Krishnan, K. Y. Yugawa, and P. C. Nordine, “Optical Properties of Liquid Nickel and Iron,” Phys. Rev. B 55, 8201-8206 (1997).
10. R.I. Sheldon, G.H. Rinehart, S. Krishnan and P.C. Nordine, “The Optical Properties of Liquid Cerium at 632.8 nm,” Mat. Sci. Eng.B79, 113122 (2001).
11. R.I. Sheldon, G.H. Rinehart, J.C. Lashley, C.E. Van Pelt, P.C. Nordine, S. Krishnan, J.K.R. Weber, “The optical properties of liquid plutonium at 632.8 nm,” J. Nucl. Mat. 312, 207211 (2003).

Laser CVD Fiber Growth: (BibTeX)

1. F. T. Wallenberger and P. C. Nordine, “Inorganic Fibers and Microstructures by Laser Assisted Chemical Vapor Deposition,” Mat. Tech. 8, 198-202 (1993).
2. Nordine, P. C., S. C. de la Veaux, and F. T. Wallenberger, “Silicon Fibers Produced by High-Pressure LCVD,” App. Phys. A 57, 97-100 (1993).
3. Wallenberger, F. T. and P. C. Nordine, “Strong, Pure and Uniform Carbon Fibers Directly From the Vapor Phase,” Science 260, 66-68 (1993).
4. Wallenberger, F. T., R. J. Diefendorf, K. D. Frischknecht, and P. C. Nordine, “Novel Carbon Fibers by Laser Assisted Chemical Vapor Deposition (LCVD),” Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 349, 1994, pp. 51-59.
5. F. T. Wallenberger and P. C. Nordine, “Amorphous silicon nitride fibers grown from the vapor phase,” J. Mater. Res. 9, 527-530 (1994).
6. Wallenberger, F. T., P. C. Nordine, and M. Boman, “Inorganic Fibers Directly From the Vapor Phase,” Composites Science and Technology, 51, 193-212 (1994).
7. E.I. Givargizov, L.L. Aksenova, A.V. Kuznetsov, P.S. Plekhanov, E.V. Rakova, A.N. Stepanova, V.V. Zhirnov, and P.C. Nordine, “Growth of diamond particles on sharpened silicon tips for field emission,” Diamond and Related Materials, 5, 938-942 (1996).
8. R.N. Dean, P.C. Nordine, and C.G. Christodoulou, “A Novel Method for Fabricating 3-D Helical THz Antennas Directly on Semiconductor Substrates,” Proc. SPIE 3617, 6777, (1999).

Oxide liquids and glass: (BibTeX)

1. Weber, J. K. R., D. R. Merkley, C. D. Anderson, P. C. Nordine, C. S. Ray, and D. E. Day, “Enhanced Formation of Calcia-Gallia Glass by Containerless Processing,” J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 76 [9], 2139-41 (1993).
2. Nordine, P. C., J. K. R. Weber, S. Krishnan and C. D. Anderson, “Properties of Liquid Aluminum Oxide,” AIAA paper number 1993-2821, presented at the AIAA 28th Thermophysics Conference, July 6-9, 1993, Orlando, FL.
3. Weber, J. K. R., S. Krishnan, C. D. Anderson, and P. C. Nordine, “Spectral Absorption Coefficient of Molten Aluminum Oxide from 0.385 to 0.780 μm,” J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 78, 583-587 (1995).
4. Weber, J. K. R., C. D. Anderson, D. R. Merkley, and P. C. Nordine, “Solidification Behavior of Undercooled Liquid Aluminum Oxide,” J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 78, 577-582 (1995).
5. Yeganeh-Haeri, C.T. Ho, J.K.R. Weber, J. Diefenbacher and P.F. McMillan, “Elastic Properties of Aluminate Glasses via Brillouin Spectroscopy,” J. Non-Cryst. Solids, 241, 200-203 (1998).
6. J. K. R. Weber, J. J. Felten, B. Cho, and P. C. Nordine, “Glass fibers of pure and erbium- or neodymium-doped yttria-alumina compositions,” Nature 393, 769-771 (1998).
7. W.M. Kriven, M.H. Jilavi, D. Zhu, J.K.R. Weber, B. Cho, J. Felten, and P.C. Nordine, “Synthesis and Microstructure of Mullite Fibers Grown from Deeply Undercooled Melts,” in A.P. Tomsia and A. Glaeser, eds. Ceramic Microstructure: Control at the Atomic Level, Plenum Press, NY, 1998, pp. 169-176.
8. I-Ching Lin, A. Navrotsky, J.K.R. Weber, and P.C. Nordine, “Thermodynamics of glass formation and metastable solidification of molten Y3Al5O12,” J. Non-Cryst. Solids, 243, 273-276 (1999).
9. J.K.R. Weber, B. Cho, A.D. Hixson, J.G. Abadie, P.C. Nordine, W.M. Kriven, B.R. Johnson and D. Zhu, “Growth and Crystallization of YAG- and Mullite-composition Glass Fibers,” J. Euro. Ceram Soc. 19, 2543-2550 (1999).
10. J.K.R. Weber, J.G. Abadie, A.D. Hixson, P.C. Nordine, and G.A. Jerman, “Glass Formation and Polyamorphism in Rare Earth Oxide-Alumina Compositions,” J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 83, 1868-72 (2000).
11. J.A. Tangeman, B.L. Phillips, A. Navrotsky, J.K.R. Weber, A.D. Hixson and T.S. Key, “Vitreous Forsterite (Mg2SiO4): Synthesis, Structure and Thermochemistry,” Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 2517-21 (2001).
12. J.K.R. Weber, J.G. Abadie, T.S. Key, K. Hiera, P.C. Nordine, R.W. Waynant and I.K. Ilev, “Synthesis and Optical Properties of Rare-Earth-Aluminum Oxide Glasses,” J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 85, 1309-11 (2002).
13. R. Weber, J. Abadie, T. Key, A.Hixson, P.Nordine, Y. Feillens, H. Noguchi, J. Kurz, B. Wood, M.Digonnet, and M.Fejer, “Processing and Optical Properties of YAG- and Rare-Earth-Aluminum Oxide-composition Glass Fibers,” in Wallenberger, F. T., Ed. Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 702, 193-204 (2002).
14. J.K.R. Weber, P.C. Nordine, T.S. Key, and J.A. Tangeman, “Device materials based on Er-, Ho-, Tm-, and Yb-doped rare earth aluminum oxide (REAl™) glass,” Proc. SPIE, Rare-earth-doped Materials and Devices VII, S. Jiang and J. Lucas, Eds., 4990, 70-76 (2003).
15. J.K.R. Weber, R.W. Waynant, I. Ilev, T.S. Key, and P.C. Nordine, “Rare earth oxide–aluminum oxide glasses for mid-range IR devices,” Proc. SPIE, Optical Fibers and Sensors for Medical Applications III, I. Gannot, Ed., 4957, 16-22 (2003).
16. Y. Zhang, A. Navrotsky, J.A. Tangeman, and J.K.R. Weber, “Thermochemistry of Glasses Along the 2NdAlO3-3SiO2 Join,” J. Phys. Cond. Mat., 15, 2343-2355 (2003).
17. J. A. Tangeman, B. L. Phillips, P. C. Nordine, and J. K. R. Weber, “Thermodynamics and structure of single- and two-phase yttria-alumina glasses,” J. Phys. Chem. B 108, 10663-71 (2004).
18. S. Kohara, K. Suzuya, K. Takeuchi, C.-K. Loong, M. Grimsditch, J.K.R. Weber, J.A. Tangeman, T.S. Key, “Glass Formation at the Limit of Insufficient Network Formers,” Science 303, 1649-1652 (2004).
19. M.C. Wilding, C.J. Benmore, J.A. Tangeman, S. Sampath, “Evidence of different structures in magnesium silicate liquids: coordination changes in forsterite- to enstatite-composition glasses,” Chem. Geology, 213, 281-91 (2004).
20. R. Weber, S. Hampton, P.C. Nordine, T. Key, and R.Scheuneman, “Er3+ Fluorescence in Rare Earth Aluminate Glass,” J. Appl. Phys. 98, 043521-1-9 (2005).
21. J.K.R. Weber, J.A. Tangeman , K.J. Hiera, R.A. Scheunemann and J. Kim, “New Infrared Transparent Oxide Glasses,” Proc. SPIE Window and Dome Technologies and Materials IX, 5786, 272-79 (2005).

Photopolarimetry: (BibTeX)

1. Krishnan, S., and P. C. Nordine, “Mueller-Matrix Ellipsometry using the Division-of-Amplitude Photopolarimeter: A study of Depolarization Effects,” Appl. Optics 33, 4184-92 (1994).
2. S. Krishnan, “Mueller-matrix ellipsometry on electroformed rough surfaces,” J. Mod. Optics 42, 1695-1706 (1995).
3. S. Krishnan and P. C. Nordine, Fast ellipsometry and Mueller matrix ellipsometry using the division of amplitude photopolarimeter, Proc. SPIE 2873, 152-156 (1996).
4. P. C. Nordine, D. S. Hampton, and S. Krishnan, “Spectroscopic Ellipsometry Measurements with the Grating Division-of-Amplitude Photopolarimeter,” Proc. SPIE 4689, 1190-96 (2002).
5. S. Krishnan, S. Hampton, J. Rix, B. Taylor, and R.M.A. Azzam, “Spectral Polarization Measurements Using the Grating Division-of-Amplitude Photopolarimeter (G-DOAP),” Applied Optics 42, 1216-1227 (2003).
6. S. Krishnan, S. Hampton, and R.M.A. Azzam, “Spectroscopic Ellipsometry Using the Grating Division-of-Amplitude Photopolarimeter (G-DOAP),” Thin Solid Films 455-456C, 24-32 (2004)

Containerless Processing: (BibTeX)

1. J. K. R. Weber, D. S. Hampton, D. R. Merkley, C. A. Rey, M. M. Zatarski, and P. C. Nordine, “Aero-acoustic levitation - A method for containerless liquid-phase processing at high temperatures,” Rev. Sci. Instrumen. 65, 456-465 (1994).
2. Olive, J. R., W. H. Hofmeister, R. J. Bayuzick, G. Carro, J. P. McHugh, R. H. Hopkins, M. Vlasse, J. K. R. Weber, P. C. Nordine, and M. McElfresh, “Formation of tetragonal YBa2Cu3O7-δ from an undercooled melt,” J. Mater. Res. 9, 1-3 (1994).
3. Weber, J. K. R. and P. C. Nordine, “Containerless Liquid-Phase Processing of Ceramic Materials,” Microgravity sci. technol. 7, 279-282 (1995).
4. Biswas, A.B., J.K.R. Weber and P. C. Nordine, “Removal of residual chromium from aluminum oxide by containerless liquid-phase processing,” J. Mat. Res. 10, 1823-27 (1995).
5. Weber, J. K. R., J.J. Felten and P. C. Nordine, “Laser hearth melt processing of ceramic materials,” Rev. Sci. Instrum. 67, 522-524 (1996).
6. J.K.R. Weber, J.J. Felten, B. Cho and P.C. Nordine, “Design and Performance of the Aero-Acoustic Levitator,” J. Jpn. Soc. Microgravity Appl. 13, 27-35 (1996).
7. R.F. Cooper, J.B. Fanselow, J.K.R. Weber, D.R. Merkley and D.B. Poker, “Dynamics of Oxidation of a Fe2+-Bearing Aluminosilicate (Basaltic) Melt,” Science, 274, 1173-76 (1996).
8. J.E. Enderby, S. Ansell, S. Krishnan, D.L. Price and M-L Saboungi, “The Electrical Conductivity of Levitated Liquids,” Appl. Phys. Lett., 71, 116-118 (1997).
9. J.K.R. Weber, B. Cho, A.D. Hixson, and P. C. Nordine, “Development of a Microgravity Experiment on Undercooled Molten Oxides,” J. Jpn Soc. of Microgravity Appl, 15, 326-330 (1998).
10. P.C. Nordine, J.K.R. Weber and J.G. Abadie, “Properties of high-temperature melts using levitation,” Pure Appl. Chem., 72, 2127-36 (2000).
11. J. A. Tangeman, B. L. Phillips, R. Hart, “Nucleation of Perovskite Nanocrystals in a Levitating Liquid,” J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 90, 758-62 (2007).

Liquid and glass structures: (BibTeX)

1. Weber, J. K. R., P. C. Nordine, K. C. Goretta, and R. B. Poeppel, “Effects of oxygen pressure on the structure of Y-Ba-Cu-O materials formed by containerless melting and solidification,” J. Mater. Res. 9, 1657-1660 (1994).
2. S. Ansell, S. Krishnan, J. K. R. Weber, J. J. Felten, P. C. Nordine, M. A. Beno, D. L. Price, and M.-L. Saboungi, “Structure of Liquid Aluminum Oxide,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 78 464-466 (1997).
3. S. Krishnan, J. J. Felten, J. E. Rix, J. K. R. Weber, P. C. Nordine, M. A. Beno, S. Ansell, and D. L. Price, “Levitation apparatus for structural studies of high temperature liquids using synchrotron radiation,” Rev. Sci. Instrum. 68, 3512-3518 (1997).
4. S. Krishnan, S. Ansell, D.L. Price, “X-ray Diffraction from Levitated Liquid Yttrium Oxide,” J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 81, 1967–69 (1998).
5. S. Krishnan, S. Ansell, J.J. Felten, K.J. Volin, and D.L. Price, “Structure of Liquid Boron,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 586-589 (1998).
6. S. Krishnan, S. Ansell, “The structure of supercooled elemental liquids,” J. Phys.: Condens. Matter. 11, 569-73 (1999).
7. J.K.R. Weber, S. Krishnan, S. Ansell, A. Hixson, and P.C.Nordine, “Structure of Liquid Y3Al5O12 (YAG),” Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 3622-25 (2000).
8. S. Krishnan, J.K.R. Weber, S. Ansell, A.D. Hixson, and P.C. Nordine, “The Structure of Liquid Al6Si2O13 (3:2 Mullite),” J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 83, 2777-80 (2000).
9. J.K.R. Weber, C.J. Benmore, J.A. Tangeman, J. Siewenie and K.J. Hiera, “Structure of Binary CaO-Al2O3 and SrO-Al2O3 Liquids by Combined Levitation-Neutron Diffraction,” J. Neutron Res., 11, 113-21 (2003).
10. C.J. Benmore, J.K.R. Weber, J. Siewenie, J. Urquidi, J.A. Tangeman and S. Sampath, “A Structural Study of the Glassy CaO-Al2O3 Eutectic,” J. Phys. Cond. Matt., 15, 2413-2423 (2003).
11. C.J. Benmore, J.K.R. Weber, J.E. Siewenie, and K.J. Hiera, “Structure of Nd-doped glasses measured by isotopic substitution in neutron diffraction,” App. Phys. Lett. 83, 4954-56 (2003).
12. N. Jakse, L. Hennet, D.L. Price, S. Krishnan, T. Key, E. Artacho, B. Glorieux, A. Pasturel, M-L. Saboungi, “Structural changes on supercooling liquid silicon,” App. Phys. Lett. 83, 4734-36 (2003).
13. S. Krishnan, L. Hennet, S. Jahn, T.A. Key, P.A. Madden, M-L. Saboungi and D.L. Price, “Structure of Normal and Supercooled Liquid Aluminum Oxide,” Chem. Mater. 17, 2662-2666 (2005).
14. S. Krishnan, L. Hennet, T. Key, B. Glorieux, M-L. Saboungi and D.L. Price, “The Structures of Normal and Supercooled Liquid Silicon Metal and SiGe Alloy,” J. Non-Cryst. Solids 353, 2975-81 (2007).
15. L. Hennet, I. Pozdnyakova, V. Cristiglio, G. J. Cuello, S. Jahn, S. Krishnan, M-L Saboungi and D. L. Price, “Short- and intermediate-range order in levitated liquid aluminates,” J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 19, 455210-21 (2007 ).
16. L.Hennet, S.Krishnan, I.Pozdnyakova, V.Cristiglio, G.Cuello, H.Fischer, A.Bytchkov, F.Albergamo, D.Zanghi, J.-F.Brun, S.Brassamin, M-L.Saboungi, D.L.Price, “Structure and Dynamics of Levitated Liquid Materials,” Pure Appl. Chem. 79, 1643-52 (2007).
17. L.Hennet, I.Pozdnyakova, V.Cristiglio, S.Krishnan, A.Bytchkov, F.Albergamo, G.Cuello, J.F-Brun, H.E.Fischer, D.Zanghi, S.Brassamin, M.-L.Saboungi, D.L.Price, “Structure and dynamics of levitated liquid aluminates,” J. Non-Cryst. Solids 353, 1705-12 (2007).
18. Q. Mei,1, C. J. Benmore, and J. K. R. Weber, “Structure of Liquid SiO2: A Measurement by High-Energy X-Ray Diffraction,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 057802-1-4 (2007).
19. Rix J.E., Weber J.K., Santodonato L.J., Hill B., Walker L.M., McPherson R., Wenzel J., Hammons S.E., Hodges J., Rennich M., Volin K.J.., “Automated sample exchange and tracking system for neutron research at cryogenic temperatures,” Rev. Sci. Instrum. 78, 13907 (2007).