PUBLICATIONS

2011

S. Subhayu, D. Butts, R.A. Morris and G.B. Thompson “Production of High Fidelity Lunar Agglutinate Simulant” Advances in Space Research, in press (2011).

S. Ruan, K.L. Torres, G.B. Thompson and C.A. Schuh “Gallium-enhanced phase contrast in atom probe tomography of nanocrystalline and amorphous Al-Mn alloys” Ultramicroscopy, in press (2011).

K.L. Torres, M. Danil, M.A. Willard and G.B. Thompson “The influence of voxel size on atom probe tomography data” Ultramicroscopy, in press, (2011).

K.L. Torres, B. Geiser, M.P. Moody, S.P. Ringer, and G.B. Thompson “Field Evaporation Behavior in [001] FePt Thin Films” Ultramicroscopy, in press, (2011).

T.T. Sasaki, M. Barkey, G.B. Thompson, Y. Syarif and D. Fox “Microstrutural evolution of copper clad steel bimetallic wire” Materials Science and Engineering A 528 (2011) pp. 2974-2981

T. T. Sasaki, B. Fu, K. Torres, G.B. Thompson, R. Srinivasan, B. Cherukuri, and J. Tiley "Nucleation and Growth of a-Ti on TiB Precipitates in Ti-15Mo-2.6Nb-3Al-0.2Si-0.12B" Philosophical Magazine 91(6) (2011), pp. 850-864.

G.B. Thompson, B. Fu, D. Means, and B. Wang “Application of Atom Probe Tomography in Understanding Thin Film Chemical Ordering and Stress Behavior” Micros. Microanal, in press (2011)

N. De Leon, B. Wang, C.R. Weinberger, and G.B. Thompson “Elevated Temperature Deformation Mechanisms in Ta2C” Micros. Microanal, in press (2011).

J.G. Brons, A.A. Herzing, I.M. Anderson, and G.B. Thompson “Interface Orientation Dependent Field Evaporation Behavior in Multilayer Thin Films” Micros. Microanal, in press (2011).

Gregory B. Thompson "Failure is not an option in educating tomorrow’s engineer” JOM, October (2010), p. 10.

2010

Yuki Inaba, Iulica Zana, Caleb Swartz, Yukiko Kubota, Tim Klemmer, J. W. Harrell and Gregory B. Thompson “Time-Temperature-Transformation Measurements of FePt Thin Films in the Millisecond Regime using Pulse Laser Processing” Journal of Applied Physics, 108, (2010), pp. 103907-1 to 8.

D. Means, B. Wang, and G.B. Thompson “Influence of Ta Clustering in the A1 to L10 Fe52PtX(Ta1-X) Phase Transformation and Microstructural Evolution” Journal of Applied Physics, 108, 104910 (2010).

B. Fu and G.B. Thompson “In situ growth stresses during the phase separation of immiscible FeCu thin films” Applied Surface Science, 257 (2010), pp. 1500-1505.

B. Fu and G.B. Thompson “Compositional dependent thin film stress states” Journal of Applied Physics 108 (2010) pp. 043506-1 to 6.

B. Fu, W. An, C.H. Turner and GB Thompson “In situ thin film growth stresses during chemical ordering” Physical Review Letters 105 (2010), pp. 096101-1 to 4.

Y. Inaba, K.L. Torres, S. Kang, R. Vanfleet, J.R. Izatt, JW Harrell, GB Thompson, T.J. Klemmer, and Y. Kubota “FePt L10 ordering and grain growth using millisecond pulse laser processing” Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 322 (2010) pp. 3828-3833.

T.T. Sasaki, RA Morris, GB Thompson, Y Syarif and D Fox “Formation of Ultra-fine Copper Grains in Cu clad Al Wire” Scripta Materialia 63 (2010) pp. 488-491.

Y. Inaba, GB Thompson, J.W. Harrell, T.J. Klemmer, and Y. Kubota “The FePt L10 phase transformation in thin films using multiple laser pulsing” Journal of Applied Physics 107(5) (2010) pp. 053507-1 to 6

RA Morris, Y Inaba, JW Harrell and GB Thompson “Influence of underlayers on the c-axis distribution in Co80Pt20 thin films” Thin Solid Films 518 (2010), pp. 4970-4976.

C. Srivastava, D.E. Nikles, JW Harrell and GB Thompson “Composition distributions in FePt(Au) nanoparticles” Journal of Nanoparticle Research 12(6) (2010), pp.2051-2057

R.A. Morris, D. Butts, P.A. Shade and G.B. Thompson “Influence of precipitation sequence on the 3D TaC + Ta2C/Ta4C3 microstructure processed by vacuum plasma spraying” Micros. Microanal. 16 (2) (2010), pp. 1882-1883

K.L. Torres, R.R. Vanfleet and G.B. Thompson “Long-range order parameter determination by convergent beam electron diffraction” Micros. Microanal. 16 (2) (2010), pp. 250-251

2009

Arda Genç, Rajarshi Banerjee, Gregory B. Thompson, Dennis M. Maher, Andrew W. Johnson, Hamish L. Fraser “Complementary techniques for the characterization of thin film Ti/Nb multilayers” Ultramicroscopy, Available online 9 June 2009

Y. Inaba, S. Kang, JR Izatt, JW Harrell, GB Thompson, Y Kubota and TJ Klemmer “L10 ordering of FePt thin films using sub-10 ms laser pulses” Journal of Applied Physics Vol. 105 (2009) pp. 07B715-1 to 3

K.L. Torres and GB Thompson “Grain boundary enrichment in the FePt polymorphic A1 to L10 phase transformation” Ultramicroscopy Vol. 109 (5) 2009 pp. 606-611

R.A. Morris, R.L. Martens, I. Zana and GB Thompson “Fabrication of high-aspect ratio Si pillars for atom probe ‘lift out’ and field ionization tips” Ultramicroscopy Vol. 109 (5) 2009 pp. 492-496

Y. Inaba, K.L. Torres, A. Cole, R. Vanfleet, R. Ott, T. Klemmer, JW Harrell, and GB Thompson “Thermal annealing FePt thin films by millisecond plasma arc pulses” Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials Vol. 321 (2009) pp. 2451-2458.

R. Morris, D. Butts, S. DiPetro, A. Craven, L.E. Matson, and G.B. Thompson “Comparison between HIP and VPS tantalum carbides microstructure morphologies” SAMPE 2009 Technical Conference Proceedings: Changing Times. New Opportunities. Are You Ready? Baltimore, MD, May 18-21, 2009. Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering, CD-ROM 10 pp. 1-10.

GB Thompson, A Genc, R Morris, KL Torres and HL Fraser “Correlation between TEM imaging and mciroanalysis for atom probe reconstruction verification” Microscopy and Microanalysis 15 (supplement 2), 2009, pp. 250-251.

BC Hornbuckle, KL Torres, R Morris and GB Thompson “Microstructural analysis of Fe35Pt40Cu16 Thin Films” Microscopy and Microanalysis 15 (supplement 2), 2009, pp. 250-251. Received 15 Feb 2009 and published Aug 2009

Subhadra Gupta, Zeenath R. Tadisina, Alton L. Highsmith, Xiao Li, Courtney L. Guenther, Billy D. Clark, Yuki Inaba, Gregory B. Thompson, Weihao Xu, Patrick R. LeClair 1119E “Electronic Properties and CPP-GMR and TMR Sensor Fabrication Based on CoFe and Co2FeSi Heusler Alloy” Materials Research Society Proceedings, Vol 1119E, ( 2009) 1119-L04-02

J.W. Harrell, Shishou Kang, David E. Nikles, Gregory B. Thompson, Shifan Shi, Chandan Srivistava: "FePt and Related Nanoparticles", in Nanoscale Magnetic Materials and Applications, Ping Liu, Eric Fullerton, Oliver Gutfleisch, David Sellmyer (eds.), Springer Press, Berlin (2009)

2008

C. Srivastva, DE Nikles and GB Thompson “Tailoring nucleation and growth conditions for narrow compositional distributions in colloidal synthesized FePt nanoparticles” Journal of Applied Physics 104 (2008) 104314-1 to 7.

C. Srivastva, DE Nikles and GB Thompson “Compositional evolution during the synthesis of FePt nanoparticles” Journal of Applied Physics, 104, (2008) 064315-1 to 7.

Naiyu Sun, Burton R. Patterson, Jaakko P. Sunni, Rogert D. Doherty, Hasso Weiland, Puja Kadolkar, Craig A. Blue and Gregory B. Thompson "Effect of second phase particles on recrystallization in twin roll cast aluminum" Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, Vol 39A, (2008) 165-170.

C. Srivastava and G.B. Thompson “Compositional Distributions in FePt Nanoparticles” Materials Research Society Proceedings Vol 1032 (2008) I14-16.

K.L. Torres and G.B. Thompson “Atomic Scale Segregation and Fluctuations in Chemical Ordering FePt Thin Films” Materials Research Society Proceedings Vol 1032 (2008) I14-16.

D.E. Nikles and G.B. Thompson “The Nanoscience & Engineering High School Research Experience at The University of Alabama” Materials Research Society Fall 2007 Proceedings Vol 1046 (2008) W02-10.

C. Srivastava, D.E. Nikles and G.B. Thompson “Tailoring Nucleation and Growth Conditions for Narrow Compositional Distributions in Colloidal Synthesized Nanoparticles” Microscopy and Microanalysis Proceedings Vol 14 (Suppl. 2) (2008) 214-215.

R.L. Martens, M.G. Bersch, G.B. Thompson, M. Forseth, and R. Knutson“Site-specifc atom probe analysis from ceramic, geological and bio-materials” Microscopy and Microanalysis Proceedings Vol 14 (Suppl. 2) (2008) 246-247.

2007

C. Srivastava, J. Balasubramanian, C.H. Turner, D.E. Nikles, J. Wiest and G.B. Thompson “Compositional analysis of superhydride synthesized FePt nanoparticles” Journal of Applied Physics Vol 102 (2007) 104310-1 to 8.

G. Kim, R. L. Martens, G.B. Thompson, B. Kim and A. Gupta “Patterned Synthesis of MgO Nanowires” Journal of Applied Physics Vol 102 (2007) 104906-1 to 5.

H.G. Bagaria, D.T. Johnson, C. Srivastava, G.B. Thompson, M. Shamsuzzoha, and D.E. Nikles “Formation of FePt nanoparticles by organometallic synthesis” Journal of Applied Physics Vol 101 (2007) 104313- 1 to 5.

M. Abdalla, D. Dean, D. Adibempe, E. Nyairo, P. Robinson and G.B. Thompson “The effect of interfacial chemistry on molecular mobility and morphology of multiwalled carbon nanotubes epoxy nanocomposites” Polymer Vol 48 (2007) 5662-5670.

Shishou Kang, Shifan Shi, Zhiyong Jia, G. B. Thompson, David E. Nikles, J. W. Harrell, D. Li, N. Poudyal and J. P. Liu “Microstructures and magnetic alignment of L10 FePt nanoparticles” Journal of Applied Physics Vol 101 (2007) 09JT113-1 to 3.

N.W. Morgan, R.C. Birtcher, and G.B. Thompson “In situ transmission electron microscopy of ion irradiated Fe-Pt alloy thin films” Journal of Applied Physics Vol 100 (2007) p.124904-1 to -6.

D. Butts, T. McKechnie, J. Spain, M. Opeka, E. Wuchina, G.B. Thompson and R.L. Martens “Development and Characterization of TaC/Ta2C and TaC/HfC Materials for Solid Rocket Motor Applications” Joint Army, Navy, NASA, Air Force (JANNAF) Rocket Nozzle Technology Sub-committee Meeting (2007).

Zeenath Tadisina, Subhadra Gupta, Cristian Papusoi, Hideo Fujiwara , Robb Morris and Gregory Thompson “Grain Size Refinement in Cu bottom lead in CPP GMR Stack” MRS Symposium Proceedings Vol 961 (2007) 0961-012.

A Cole, I Zana, RL Martens, R Ott, T Klemmer and GB Thompson “Microstructural Characterization of FePt Thin Films Annealed by a Pulse-Thermal-Processing Technique” Microscopy and Microanalysis Proceedings Vol 13(2) (2007) 638-639CD.

K.L. Torres, R.L. Martens, E. Marquis, D. Reinhard and G.B. Thompson “Atom Probe Tomography Studies of FePt Thin Films” Microscopy and Microanalysis Proceedings Vol 13(2) (2007) 1612-1613CD.

C. Srivastava, H. G. Bagaria, J. Balasubramanian, D. E. Nikles, D. T. Johnson, C.H. Turner, J. M. Wiest and G. B. Thompson “Investigation of Compositional Distributions during the Chemical Synthesis of FePt Nanoparticles” Microscopy and Microanalysis Proceedings Vol 13(2) (2007) 68-69.

R.L. Martens, G. Kim, G.B. Thompson, B.C. Kim and A Gupta “Fabrication and Characterization of Selectively Patterned MgO Nanowires” Vol 13(2) (2007) 772-773CD.

2006

Z. Liu, E.T. Ada, M. Shamsuzzoha, G.B. Thompson and D.E. Nikles “Synthesis and activation of PtRu alloyed nanoparticles with controlled size and composition” Chemistry of Materials Vol 18 (2006) 4946-4951.

A. Cole, G. B. Thompson, J. W. Harrell, J. Weston and R. Ott “High density plasma-arc heating studies of FePt thin films” JOM 58(6) (2006) 39-42.

C. Srivastava, G.B. Thompson, J.W. Harrell and D.E. Nikles “Size effect ordering in [FePt]100-xCrx nanoparticles” Journal of Applied Physics Vol 99 (2006) 054304-1 to 6.

S. Kang, Z. Jia, J. I. Zoto, D. Reed, D.E. Nikles, J.W. Harrell, G.B. Thompson, G. Mankey, V. V. Krishnamurthy, and L. Porcar “Sintering behavior of spin-coated FePt and FePtAu nanoparticles” Journal of Applied Physics Vol 99 (2006) 08N704-1 to 3.

C.Srivastava, G.B. Thompson, D. Reinhard, T.J. Prosa, and D.J. Larson “Depth dependent oxidation states in a PtRu thin film” Microscopy and Microanalysis Proceedings Vol 12 (suppl. 2) (2006) 808-809

G.B. Thompson, M. Abdalla and D.D. Dean “Tomography of a polymer/carbon-nanotube matrix composite” Microscopy and Microanalysis Proceedings Vol 12 (suppl. 2) (2006) 1578-1579.

C. Srivastava, G.B. Thompson, D. Reinhard, J. Sebastian, T.J. Prosa, D.J. Larson, Z.T. Reddy, S. Gupta, W. Butler and M.L. Weaver “Atom probe tomography of Al-Cu precipitation in an Al-5at.%Cu thin film” Microscopy and Microanalysis Proceedings Vol 12 (suppl. 2) (2006) 1752-1753.

N.V. Seetala, J.W. Harrell, J. Lawson, Z. Jia M. Mandal, G.B. Thompson, and D.E. Nikles “Chemical Ordering in FePt Nanoparticles” , Proceedings of International Conference on Molecules to Materials, (Eds. B. K. Kanungo, et al.), Phulkian Press 2006, India, pp- IT47-53.

2005

J.W. Harrell, D.E. Nikles, S.S. Kang, X.C. Sun, Z. Jia, S. Shi, J. Lawson, G. B. Thompson, and C. Srivastava “Effect of Metal Additives on L10 Ordering of Chemically Synthesized FePt Nanoparticles” Scripta Materialia, special issue of L10 ordering alloys, Vol 53 (2005) 411-416.

M.K. Miller, K.F. Russell, and G.B. Thompson “Strategies for fabricating atom probe specimens with a dual beam FIB” Ultramicroscopy Vol 102 (2005) 287-298.

G.B. Thompson, N.W. Morgan and R.C. Birtcher “In-situ Ion Irradiation of Fe-Pt Nanostructures” Microscopy and Microanalysis Proceedings Vol 11 (suppl. 2) (2005) 2060-2061.

2004

W. Qui, Y.K. Vohra, G.B. Thompson, and S. Shi “Crystal structure and compressibility of FePt Nanoparticles under high pressures and high temperatures” High Pressure Research Vol 24 (3) (2004) 357-364.

R. D. Ott, P. Kadolkar, C.A. Blue, and G.B. Thompson “Pulse Thermal Processing (PTP) of Nanocrsytalline Silicon Thin-Films” JOM Vol 56(10) (2004) 45-47.

G.B. Thompson, M.K. Miller, and H.L. Fraser “Some aspects on atom probe specimen preparation of multilayered materials” Ultramicroscopy Vol 100(1-2) (2004) 25-34.

G.B. Thompson, R. Banerjee, S.A. Dregia, and H.L. Fraser “Comparison of bcc phase stability in Zr/Nb and Ti/Nb thin film multilayers” Journal of Materials Research Vol 19(3) (2004) 707-715.

G.B. Thompson, R. Banerjee, and H.L. Fraser “Predicting novel pseudomorphic phases in multilayers” Applied Physics Letters Vol 84(7) (2004) 1082-1084.

G. B. Thompson, M.K. Miller, R. Banerjee, and H.L. Fraser “Atom Probe Tomography Characterization of Thin Film Multilayers” Materials Research Society Fall Conference Proceedings, Symposium L, Continuous Nanophase and Nanostructured Materials edited S. Komarneni, J. Watkins, and J.C. Parker Vol 788 (2004) L2.8.1-L2.8.6.

G. B. Thompson, R. Banerjee, and H.L. Fraser “A Thermodynamic Approach in Tuning Phase Stability in Nanocomposite Multilayers” Materials Research Society Fall Conference Proceedings, Symposium L, Continuous Nanophase and Nanostructured Materials edited S. Komarneni, J. Watkins, and J.C. Parker Vol 788 (2004) L.3.40.1-L3.40.4.

2003

G.B. Thompson, R. Banerjee, S.A. Dregia, and H.L. Fraser “Phase stability of bcc Zr in Zr/Nb thin film multilayers” Acta Materialia Vol 51(18) (2003) 5285-5294.

G.B. Thompson, R. Banerjee, and H.L. Fraser “Tuning phase stability in nanocomposite multilayers” Applied Physics Letters Vol 83(16) (2003) 3471-3473.

R. Banerjee, P. Vasa, G.B. Thompson, H.L. Fraser, and P. Ayyab “Proximity effect in Nb/Zr multilayers with variable Nb/Zr ratio” Solid State Communication Vol 127(5) (2003) 349-353.

R. Banerjee, P. Ayyub, G.B. Thompson, R. Chandra, P. Taneja, and H.L. Fraser “Microstructure, magnetic, transport, and optical properties of ordered and disordered Ni-25Al alloy thin films” Thin Solid Films Vol 441(1-2) (2003) 255-260.

R. Banerjee, E.A. Sperling, G.B. Thompson, S. Bose, P. Ayyub, and H.L. Fraser “Lattice expansion in nanocrystalline niobium thin films” Applied Physics Letters Vol 82(24) (2003) 4250-4252.

E. Sperling, R. Banerjee, G.B. Thompson, P.M. Anderson, H.L. Fraser “Processing and microstructural characterization of sputter-deposited Ni/Ni3Al multilayered thin films” Journal of Materials Research Vol 18(4) (2003) 979-987.

R. Banerjee, G.B. Thompson, P.M. Anderson, and H.L. Fraser “Sputter deposited nanocrystalline Ni-25A1 alloy thin films and Ni/Ni3A1 multilayers” Thin Solid Films Vol 424(1) (2003) 93 – 98.

G.B. Thompson, R. Banerjee, and H.L. Fraser “Phase Stability Diagrams for Nanostructured Thin Film Multilayers” Microscopy and Microanalysis Proceedings Vol 9(2) (2003) 292-293.

G.B. Thompson, R. Banerjee, and H.L. Fraser “Specimen Dependent Milling Directions for Correct Phase Identification in Multilayered Thin Films” Microscopy and Microanalysis Proceedings Vol 9(2) (2003) 370-371.

G.B. Thompson, M.K. Miller, R. Banerjee, and H.L. Fraser “Understanding Phase Stability in Multilayers by Atom Probe” Microscopy and Microanalysis Proceedings Vol 9(2) (2003) 50-51.

G.B. Thompson, M.K. Miller, and H.L. Fraser “Atom Probe Tomography Characterization of Multilayered Thin Films” Microscopy and Microanalysis Proceedings Vol 9(2) (2003) 574-575.

R. Banerjee, G.B. Thompson, and H.L. Fraser contributed chapter “Structural transitions in nanolayered thin films” Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, First Edition, Editors: James A. Schwarz, Cristian Contescu, and Karol Putyera, Marcel Dekker, Inc. New York, (2003).

2002

G.B. Thompson, R. Banerjee, X.D. Zhang, P.M. Anderson, and H.L. Fraser “Chemical ordering and texture in Ni-25% Al thin films” Acta Materialia Vol 50 (2002) 643-651.

R. Banerjee, G.B. Thompson, G.B. Viswanathan, and H.L. Fraser “Unexpected nanoscale phase separation in sputtered-deposited Ni-25at%Al thin films” Philosophical Magazine Letters Vol 82(11) (2002) 623-633.

G.B. Thompson, R. Banerjee, S.A. Dregia, and H.L. Fraser “Influence of Interfaces on the Phase Stability in Nanostructured Thin Film Multilayers” Materials Research Society Spring Conference Proceedings, Nanostructured Interfaces, editors J.M. Plitzko, G. Duscher, Y. Zhu, and H. Ichinose Vol 727 (2002) 59-64.

2001

S.D. Walck, H. Colijn, and G.B. Thompson “Pre-thinning for FIB TEM Sample Preparation using the Small Angle Cleavage Technique” Microscopy and Microanalysis Vol 7(2) (2001) 952-953.

1997

G.B. Thompson and D.D. Allred “Reactive gas magnetron sputtering of lithium hydride and lithium fluoride thin films” J. X-ray Science and Technology Vol 7 (1997)157-170.