2004 Updates

2004

added 12-8-04

Effects of Polar Solvents on the Fracture Resistance of Dentin: Role of Water Hydration by R. K. Nalla, M. Balooch, J. W. Ager, J. J. Kruzic, J. H. Kinney, and R. O. Ritchie

added 12-4-04

Interface Structure and Atomic Bonding Characteristics in Silicon Nitride Ceramics by A. Ziegler, J. C. Idrobo, M. K. Cinibulk, C. Kisielowski, N. D. Browning, and R. O. Ritchie

added 11-17-04

Age-Related Transparent Root Dentin: Mineral Concentration, Crystallite Size, and Mechanical Properties by J. H. Kinney, R. K. Nalla, J. A. Pople, T. M. Breunig, and R. O. Ritchie

added 11-04-04

In Vitro Fracture in Human Cortical Bone: Local Fracture Criteria and Toughening Mechanisms by R. K. Nalla, J. S. Stölken, J. H. Kinney, and R. O. Ritchie

added 10-28-04

Mechanistic Aspects of In Vitro Fatigue-Crack Growth in Dentin by J. J. Kruzic, R. K. Nalla, J. H. Kinney, and R. O. Ritchie

added 09-22-04

A.E. Porter, R.K. Nalla, J.H. Kinney and R.O. Ritchie, “Changes in mineralization with aging-induced transparency in human root dentin”, in: The 2004 Gordon Research Conference on Biomineralization, New London, NH, August 2004. [View Poster]

added 09-19-04

Characteristic Dimensions and the Micro-Mechanisms of Fracture and Fatigue in ‘Nano’ and ‘Bio’ Materials by R. O. Ritchie, J. J. Kruzic, C. L. Muhlstein, R. K. Nalla, and E. A. Stach

added 09-16-04

On the Role of Grain-Boundary Films in Optimizing the Mechanical Properties of Silicon Carbide Ceramics by R. O. Ritchie, X.-F. Zhang, and L. C. De Jonghe
Utilizing On-Chip Testing and Electron Microscopy to Study Fatigue and Wear in Polysilicon Strcutural Films by D. H. Alsem, E.A. Stach, C.L. Muhlstein, M.T. Dugger, and R.O. Ritchie

Effects of the Amorphous Oxide Intergranular Layer Structure and Bonding on the Fracture Toughness of a High Purity Silicon Nitride A. Ziegler, C. Kisielowski, M. J. Hoffmann, and R. O. Ritchie

added 09-09-04

Mechanistic Aspects of In Vitro Fatigue-Crack Growth in Dentin by J. J. Kruzic, R. K. Nalla, J. H. Kinney, and R. O. Ritchie

added 07-31-04

Aspects of In Vitro Fatigue-Crack Growth in Human Cortical Bone: Time- and Cycle-Dependent Crack Growth by R. K. Nalla, J. J. Kruzic, J. H. Kinney, and R. O. Ritchie

updated 06-17-04

Mechanistic Aspects of Fracture and R-Curve Behavior in Human Cortical Bone by R. K. Nalla, J. J. Kruzic, J. H. Kinney, R. O. Ritchie

added 06-04-04

On the Electronic and Mechanical Instabilities in Ni50.9Ti49.1 by A. Mehta, V. Imbeni, R. O. Ritchie, and T. W. Duerig

added 05-16-04

Nanowicks: Nanotubes as Tracks for Mass Transfer by B.C. Regan, S. Aloni, B. Huard, A. Fennimore, R.O. Ritchie and A. Zettl

added 05-04-04

On the Origin of Toughness of Mineralized Tissue: Microcracking or Uncracked-Ligament Bridging? by R. K. Nalla, J. J. Kruzic, and R. O. Ritchie

added 04-29-04

Constitutive Modelling and Numerical Simulation of Multivariant Phase Transformation in Superelastic Shape-Memory Alloy by Y. Jung, P. Papadopoulos, and R. O. Ritchie

added 04-28-04

Mechanistic Aspects of Fracture and R-Curve Behavior in Human Cortical Bone by R. K. Nalla, J. J. Kruzic, J. H. Kinney, R. O. Ritchie
Carbon Nanotubes as Nanoscale Mass Conveyors by B. C. Regan, S. Aloni, R. O. Ritchie, U. Dahmen, and A. Zettl

added 01-23-04

Crack-Size Effects on Cyclic and Monotonic Crack Growth in Polycrystalline Alumina: Quantification of the Role of Grain Bridging by J. J. Kruzic, R. M. Cannon, and R. O. Ritchie

LBNL , MSD * Ritchie Group * Dept of MSME , UC Berkeley