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The research falls into three general categories: 1) the structure of materials, 2) nondestructive testing of engineering materials, and 3) biomaterials.
The primary interest in the structure of materials has been in the interstitial structure of glass and ceramics. A focus of this research is the characterization of the medium-range structure in engineering materials. The interest in nondestructive testing has included collaboration with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, applying the X-ray diffraction technique of stress measurement to engineering, e.g. ceramics. The work in biomaterials has primarily involved the interaction with the UCD Orthopaedics Research Laboratory. Typical of this is the characterization of a "synthetic bone" material involving a two-phase ceramic/collagen composite system. |
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| The equipment includes a Scintag XDS2000 X-ray diffractometer with a wide range of options, including full computer control, crystallographic phase search/match software (JCPDS PDF 2 database), residual stress measurement attachment, particle size measurement capability, high-temperature stage, and thin-film attachment. Affiliated with this experimental system is a Silicon Graphics workstation with Moldecular Simlations software, capable of generating theoretical x-ray diffraction patters for a given, simulated crystal structure. |
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National Science Foundation
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