Selected publications for R. O. Ritchie
(2006-2008)
- Q.
D. Yang, B. N. Cox, R. K. Nalla, and
R. O. Ritchie, “Re-Evaluating the Toughness of Human Cortical Bone”, Bone,
vol. 38 (6), June 2006, pp. 878-887.
- C.
W. Dwyer, A. Ziegler, N. Shibata, G.
B. Winkelman, R. L. Satet, M. J. Hoffmann, M. K. Cinibulk, P. F.
Becher, G. S.
Painter, N. D. Browning, D. J. H. Cockayne, R. O. Ritchie, and S. J.
Pennycook,
“Interfacial Structure in Silicon Nitride Sintered with Lanthanide
Oxide”, Journal of
Materials Science,
vol. 41 (14), July 2006, pp. 4405-4412.
- J.
W. Ager III, G. Balooch and R. O.
Ritchie, “Fracture, Aging and Disease in Bone”, Journal of
Materials Research, vol. 21 (8), Aug. 2006, pp.
1878-1892.
- R.
K. Nalla, J. J. Kruzic, J. H. Kinney,
M. Balooch, J. W. Ager III, and R. O. Ritchie, “Role of Microstructure
in the
Aging-Related Deterioration of the Toughness of Human Cortical Bone”, Materials Science and Engineering C, vol.
26 (8), Sept. 2006, pp. 1251-1260.
- J.
Russias, E. Saiz, R. K. Nalla, K.
Gryn, R. O. Ritchie, and A. P. Tomsia, “Fabrication and Mechanical
Properties
of PLA/HA Composites: A Study of In Vitro
Degradation”, Materials
Science and Engineering C, vol. 26 (8),
Sept. 2006, pp. 1289-1295.
- S.
W.
Robertson, X.-Y. Gong, and R. O. Ritchie, “Effect of Product Form and
Heat
Treatment on the Crystallographic Texture of Austenitic Nitinol”, Journal of Materials Science, vol. 41
(3), 2006, pp. 621-630.
- S.
W.
Robertson, V. Imbeni, H.-R. Wenk, and R. O. Ritchie, “Crystallographic
Texture in Austenitic
Nitinol”,
in SMST-2004, Proceedings of the
International Conference on Shape Memory and
Superelastic Technologies, Baden-Baden, Germany, M. Mertmann, ed.,
ASM
Intl., Materials Park, OH, 2006, pp. 37-43.
- S.
W.
Robertson, J. Stankiewicz, X. Y. Gong, and R. O. Ritchie, “Cyclic
Fatigue of
Nitinol”,
in SMST-2004, Proceedings of the
International Conference on Shape Memory and
Superelastic Technologies, Baden-Baden, Germany, M. Mertmann, ed.,
ASM
Intl., Materials Park, OH, 2006, pp. 79-88.
- R.
O. Ritchie, J. H. Kinney, J. J.
Kruzic, and R. K. Nalla, “Cortical Bone Fracture”, in Wiley
Encyclopedia of Biomedical Engineering, Metin Akay, ed., Hoboken:
Wiley, 2006.
- J.
J. Kruzic, R. M. Cannon, and R. O.
Ritchie, “Fatigue Threshold R-Curves for Reliability Predictions in
Bridging
Materials”, in Fatigue 2006, Proceedings
of the 9th International Fatigue Congress, W. L.
Johnson, ed.,
2006.
- R.
K. Nalla, J. H. Kinney, A. P. Tomsia,
and R. O. Ritchie, “Role of Alcohol on the Fracture Resistance of
Teeth”, Journal of Dental Research, vol. 85 (11),
Nov. 2006, pp. 1022-1026.
- R.
O. Ritchie, R. K. Nalla, J. J. Kruzic,
J. W. Ager III, G. Balooch, and J. H. Kinney, “Fracture and Ageing in
Bone:
Toughness and Structural Characterization”, Strain,
vol. 42 (4) , Nov. 2006, pp. 225-232.
- J.
J. Kruzic and R. O. Ritchie,
“Kitagawa-Takahashi Diagrams Define the Limiting Conditions for Cyclic
Fatigue
Failure in Human Dentin”, Journal of
Biomedical Materials Research A, vol. 79A (3), Dec. 2006, pp.
747-751.
- J.
W. Ager III, R. K. Nalla, G. Balooch, G.
Kim, M. Pugach, S. Habelitz, G. W. Marshall, J. H. Kinney, and R. O.
Ritchie,
“On the Increasing Fragility of Human Teeth with Age: A Deep-UV
Resonance Raman
Study”, Journal of Bone and Mineral
Research, vol. 21 (12), Dec. 2006, pp. 1879-1887.
- R.
O. Ritchie and R. K. Nalla, “Fracture,
Aging and Disease in Bone and Teeth”, in “Fracture of Nano and
Engineering
Materials and Structures”, Proceedings of
the 16th European Conference on Fracture (ECF-16), E. E.
Gdoutos, ed., Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 2006, pp. 23-24.
- D.
H. Alsem, R. Timmerman, E. A. Stach,
C. L. Muhlstein, M. T. Dugger, and R. O. Ritchie, “Wear and Fatigue in
Silicon
Structural Films for MEMS Applications”, in “Fracture of Nano and
Engineering
Materials and Structures”, Proceedings of
the 16th European Conference on Fracture (ECF-16), E. E.
Gdoutos, ed., Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 2006, pp. 671-672.
- R.
V. Marrey, R. Burgermeister, R. B.
Grishaber, and R. O. Ritchie, “Implant Device Design Based on Survival:
A
Damage Tolerant Analysis of a Cardiovascular Stent”, in Medical
Device Materials, Proceedings of the Third ASM Materials
and Processes for Medical Devices Conference, ASM Int., Materials Park,
OH,
2006, pp. 117-122.
- D.
H. Alsem, R. Timmerman, B. L. Boyce,
E. A. Stach, J. Th. M. De Hosson, and R. O. Ritchie, “Fatigue Failure
in
Micron-Scale Polycrystalline Silicon Films: Influence of Environment
and
Surface Oxide Thickness”, Journal
of Applied Physics, vol. 101
(1), 2007, pp. 013515.
- D.
H. Alsem, O. N. Pierron, E. A. Stach,
C. L. Muhlstein, and R. O. Ritchie, “Mechanisms for
Fatigue of Micron-Scale Silicon Structural Films”, Advanced Engineering
Materials, vol. 9 (1-2), Feb. 2007, pp. 15-30.
- D.
H. Alsem, E. A. Stach, M. T. Dugger,
M. Enachescu, and R. O. Ritchie, “An Electron
Microscopy Study of Wear in Polysilicon
Microelectromechanical Systems”,
Thin Solid Films, vol. 515 (6), Feb.
2007, pp. 3259-3266.
- S.
W. Robertson and R. O. Ritchie, “In Vitro Fatigue-Crack
Growth and
Fracture Toughness Behavior of Thin-Walled Superelastic Nitinol Tube
for
Endovascular Stents: A Basis for Defining the Effects of Crack-Like
Defects”, Biomaterials, vol. 28 (4), Feb. 2007,
pp. 700-709.
- R.
Yu, X. F. Zhang, L. C. De Jonghe, and
R. O. Ritchie, “Elastic Constants and Tensile Properties of Al2O3
by Density Functional Calculations”, Physical
Review B, vol. 75, 2007, pp. 104114.
- J.
C. Card, R. M. Cannon, E. Saiz, A. P.
Tomsia, and R. O. Ritchie, “Of the Physics of Moisture-Induced Cracking
in Metal-Glass
(Copper/Silica) Interfaces”, Journal of
Applied Physics, vol. 102, 2007, pp.
053516-12.
- J.
W. Foulk III, R. M. Cannon, G. C.
Johnson, P. A. Klein, and R. O. Ritchie, “A Micromechanical Basis for
Partitioning the Evolution of Grain Bridging in Brittle Materials”, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of
Solids, vol. 55 (4) April 2007, pp. 719-743.
- Y.
Gao, J. S. Stölken, M. Kumar, and R.
O. Ritchie, “High-Cycle Fatigue of Nickel-Base Superalloy René 104
(ME3):
Interaction of Microstructurally-Small Cracks with Grain Boundaries of
Known
Character”, Acta Materialia, vol. 55
(9), May 2007, pp. 3155-3167.
- Metha,
X.-Y. Gong, V. Imbeni, A. R. Pelton,
and R. O. Ritchie, “Understanding the Deformation and Fracture of
Nitinol using
In Situ Synchrotron X-Ray
Micro-Diffraction”, Advanced Materials,
vol. 19 (9), May 2007, pp.
1183-1186.
- J.
M. Stankiewicz, S. W. Robertson, and
R. O. Ritchie, “On the Fatigue-Crack Growth Properties of Thin-Walled
Superelastic Austenitic Nitinol Tube for Endovascular Stents”, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research A,
vol. 81A (3), June 2007, pp. 685-691.
- Y.
Xu, G. Balooch, M. Chiou, E. Bakerman,
R. O. Ritchie, and M. T. Longaker, “Analysis of the Material Proporties
of
Chondrogenic Differentiated Adipose-Derived Adult Stromal Cells (ASC)
Using an In Vitro Three-dimensional Micromass
Culture System”, Biochemical and
Biophysical Research Communications, vol. 359 (2), July 2007, pp.
311-316.
- S.
W. Robertson, A. Mehta, A. R. Pelton,
and R. O. Ritchie, “Evolution of Crack-Tip Transformation Zones in
Superelastic
Nitinol Subjected to In Situ Fatigue:
A Fracture Mechanics and Synchrotron X-Ray Micro-Diffraction Analysis”,
Acta Materialia, vol. 55 (18) Oct. 2007,
pp. 6198-6207.
- A.
Ziegler, M. K. Cinibulk, C.
Kisielowski, and R. O. Ritchie, “Atomic-Scale Observation of the
Grain-Boundary
Structure of Yb-Doped and Heat-Treated Silicon Nitride Ceramics”, Applied Physics Letters, vol. 91 (1),
Oct. 2007, pp. 141906.
- D.
R. Bloyer, J. M. McNaney, R. M.
Cannon, E. Saiz, A. P. Tomsia, and R. O. Ritchie, “Stress-Corrosion
Crack
Growth of Si-Na-K-Mg-Ca-P-O Bioactive Glasses in Simulated Human
Physiological
Environment”, Biomaterials,
vol. 28 (33), Nov. 2007, pp. 4901-4911.
- K.
E. Thomson, D. Jiang, R. O. Ritchie,
and A. K. Mukherjee, “A Preservation Study
of Carbon Nanotubes in Alumina-Based Nanocomposites via Raman
Spectroscopy and
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance”, Applied
Physics A, vol. 89 (3), Nov.
2007, pp. 651-654.
- W.
Yao, Z. Cheng, K. J. Koester, J. W.
Ager III, M. Balooch, A. Pham, S. Chefo, C. Busse, R. O. Ritchie, and
N. E.
Lane, “The Degree of Bone Mineralization is Maintained with Single
Intravenous
Bisphosphonates in Aged Estrogen Deficient Rats and is a Strong
Predictor of
Bone Strength”, Bone, vol. 41 (5),
Nov. 2007, pp. 804-812.
- G.
Balooch, W. Yao, J. W. Ager III, M.
Balooch, R. K. Nalla, A. E. Porter, A. Mastroianni, R. O. Ritchie, and
N. E.
Lane, “The Aminobisphosphonate, Risedronate, Preserves Localized
Mineral and
Material Properties of Bone in the Presence of Glucocorticoids”, Arthritis and Rheumatism, vol. 56 (11),
Nov. 2007, pp. 3726-3737.
- S.
W. Robertson, J. M. Stankiewicz, and
R. O. Ritchie, “A Fracture-Mechanics Approach to Fatigue of Nitinol
Tube”, in SMST-2006, Proceedings of the
2006 International Conference on Shape Memory and
Superelastic Technologies, Asilomar, CA, May 2006, B. Berg, M. R.
Mitchell and J. Proft, eds., ASM Intl.,
Materials Park, OH, 2008, pp. 53-60.
- S.
W. Robertson, R. O. Ritchie, A. Mehta,
X.-Y. Gong, and A. R. Pelton, “Ultrahigh Resolution In Situ
Diffraction Characterization of the Local Mechanics at a Growing
Crack Tip in Nitinol”, in SMST-2006, Proceedings
of the 2006 International
Conference on Shape Memory and Superelastic Technologies, Asilomar,
CA, May
2006, B. Berg, M. R. Mitchell and J.
Proft, eds., ASM Intl., Materials Park, OH, 2008, pp. 35-42.
- D.
H. Alsem, R. van der Hulst, E. A.
Stach, M. T. Dugger, J. Th. M. deHosson, and R. O. Ritchie, “Nano-Scale
Tribological Behavior of Polycrystalline Silicon Structural Films in
Ambient
Air”, in
Nanoscale Tribology, MRS Symposium Proceedings, Y. Ando, R.
W.
Carpick, R. Bennewitz, and W. G. Sawyer,
eds., vol. 1085E, Materials Research Society, Warrendale, PA, 2008, p.
T1.4.
- S.
W. Robertson and R. O. Ritchie, “A
Fracture-Mechanics Based Approach to Fracture Control in Biomedical
Devices
Manufactured from Superelastic Nitinol Tube”, Journal of
Biomedical Materials Research B: Applied Biomaterials, vol.
84B (1), Jan. 2008, pp. 26-33.
- J.
J. Kruzic and R. O. Ritchie, “Fatigue
of Mineralized Tissues: Bone and Dentin”, Journal
of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, vol. 1 (1),
Jan. 2008,
pp. 3-17.
- M.
Staninec, H. Nguyen, P. Kim, G. W.
Marshall, R. O. Ritchie, and S. J. Marshall, “Four-Point Bending
Evaluation of
Dentin-Composite Interfaces”, Medicina
Oral, Patología Oral Y Cirugía Bucal,
vol. 13 (1), Jan. 2008, pp. E81-84.
- K.
J. Koester, J. W. Ager III, and R. O.
Ritchie, “The Effect of Aging on Crack-Growth Resistance and Toughening
Mechanisms in Human Dentin”, Biomaterials,
vol. 29, 2008, pp. 1318-1328.
- R.
O. Ritchie, “The Quest for
Stronger Tougher Materials” (letter), Science,
vol. 320 (5875), 25 April 2008, p. 448.
- J.
J. Kruzic and R. O.
Ritchie, “Comments on ‘Measurement of the Microstructural Fracture
Toughness of
Cortical Bone using Indentation Fracture’”, Journal
of Biomechanics, vol. 41 (6), 2008, pp. 1379-1380.
- K.
J. Koester, J. W. Ager III, and R. O.
Ritchie, “Aging and Fracture of Human Cortical Bone and Tooth Dentin”, Journal of Materials, vol. 80 (6), June
2008, pp. 33-38.
- J.
W. Foulk III, G. C. Johnson, P. A.
Klein, and R. O. Ritchie, “On the Toughening of Brittle Materials by
Grain
Bridging: Promoting Intergranular Fracture Through Grain Angle,
Strength and
Toughness,”, Journal of the Mechanics and
Physics of Solids, vol. 56 (6), June
2008, pp. 2381-2400.
- M.
Staninec, P. Kim, G. W. Marshall, R.
O. Ritchie, and S. J. Marshall, “Fatigue of Dentin-Composite Interfaces
with
Four-Point Bend”, Dental Materials, vol.
24 (6), June 2008, pp. 799-803.
- J.
J. Kruzic, R. L. Sadat, M. J.
Hoffmann, R. M. Cannon, and R. O. Ritchie, “The Utility of R-Curves for
Understanding Fracture Toughness-Strength Relations in Bridging
Ceramics”, Journal
of the American Ceramic Society, vol. 91 (6), June 2008, pp.
1986-1994.
- K.
Gall, J. Tyber, G. Wilkesanders, S. W.
Robertson. R. O. Ritchie, and H. J. Maier, “Effect of Microstructure on
the
Fatigue of Hot Rolled and Cold Drawn NiTi Shape Memory Alloys”, Materials Science and Engineering A, vol.
486 (1-2), July 2008, pp.389-403.
- K.
J. Koester, J. W. Ager III, and R. O.
Ritchie, “How Tough is Human Bone? In Situ Measurements on
Realistically Short
Cracks”, Nature Materials, vol. 7
(8), Aug. 2008, pp. 672-677.
- R.
Neuendorf, E. Saiz, A. P. Tomsia, and
R. O. Ritchie, “Adhesion between Biodegradable Polymers and
Hydroxyapatite:
Relevance to Synthetic Bone-Like Materials and Tissue Engineering
Scaffolds”, Acta Biomaterialia, vol. 4 (5), Sept.
2008, pp. 1288-1296.
- M.
Kueck, D. K. Kim, Q. Ramasse, L. C. De
Jonghe, and R. O. Ritchie, “Atomic-Resolution
Imaging of the Nanoscale Origin of Toughness in Rare-Earth Doped SiC
Ceramics”, Nano
Letters, vol. 8 (9), Sept. 2008, pp. 2935-2939.
- D.
A. Alsem, B. L. Boyce, E. A. Stach,
and R. O. Ritchie, “Effect of the Post-Release Sidewall Morphology on
the
Fracture and Fatigue Properties of Polycrystalline Silicon Structural
Films”, Sensors and Actuators A, vol. 147 (2), Oct.
2008, pp. 553-560.
- K.
E. Thomson, D. Jiang, J. A. Lemberg,
K. J. Koester, R. O. Ritchie, and A. K. Mukherjee, “In-Situ Bend
Testing of
Niobium-Reinforced Alumina Nanocomposites with and without
Single-Walled
Nanotubes”, Materials Science and
Engineering A, vol. 493 (1-2), Oct. 2008, pp. 256-260.
- D.
H. Alsem, M. T. Dugger, E.
A. Stach, and R. O. Ritchie, “Micron-Scale Friction and Sliding Wear of
Polysilicon Silicon Thin Structural Films in Ambient Air”, Journal
of Microelectromechanical
Systems,
vol.
17 (5), Oct. 2008, pp. 1144-1154.
- R.
O. Ritchie, K. J. Koester, S. Ionova,
W. Yao, N. E. Lane, and J. W. Ager III, “Measurement of the Toughness
of Bone:
A Tutorial with Special Reference to Small Animal Studies”, Bone,
vol. 43 (5), Nov. 2008, pp. 798-812.
- D.
H. Alsem, C. L. Muhlstein,
E. A. Stach, and R. O. Ritchie, “Further Considerations on the
High-Cycle
Fatigue of Micron-Scale Polycrystalline Silicon”, Scripta
Materialia, vol. 59 (9),
Nov. 2008, pp. 931-935.
- W.
Yao, Z. Cheng, A. Pham, C. Busse, E. Zimmerman, R. O.
Ritchie, and N. E. Lane, “Glucocorticoid-Induced Bone Loss in Mice Can
Be
Reversed by the Actions of Parathyroid Hormone and Risedronate on
Different
Pathways for Bone Formation and Mineralization”, Arthritis
and Rheumatism, vol. 58 (11), Nov. 2008, pp. 3485-3497.
- E.
Munch, M. E. Launey, D. H. Alsem, E.
Saiz, A. P. Tomsia, and R. O. Ritchie, “Tough Bio-Inspired Hybrid
Materials”, Science, vol. 322 (5907), Dec 5, 2008,
pp. 1516-1520.