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This article details the analytical electron microscopy techniques that can provide atomically resolved and quantitative chemical compositional as well as…

  • Ray Duffy
  • J. Boland
  • J. D. Holmes
  • Dr Michele (Shelly) Conroy
  • Prof Ursel Bangert

Ge1–xSnx nanowires incorporating a large amount of Sn would be useful for mobility enhancement in nanoelectronic devices, a definitive transition…

  • Killian Stokes
  • Ibrahim Saana Amiinu
  • Hugh Geaney
  • Tadhg Kennedy
  • Ms Temilade Esther Adegoke
  • Dr Michele (Shelly) Conroy

A scalable and cost‐effective process is used to electroplate metallic Zn seeds on stainless steel substrates. Si and Ge nanowires…

  • Ray Duffy
  • Dr Alan Harvey
  • Dr Michele (Shelly) Conroy

Pulsed laser thermal annealing (LTA) has been thoroughly investigated for the formation of low-resistance stanogermanide contacts on Ge0.91Sn0.09 substrates. Three…

  • Jon Michael Schwantes
  • Richard Clark
  • Dr Michele (Shelly) Conroy

Although the existence of a five-metal (Mo-Tc-Ru-Rh-Pd) phase – as nanoparticles observed in irradiated nuclear fuel – has been known…

We have made observations of noble metal phase fission-product agglomerates and gaseous xenon within the fuel-cladding interaction (FCI) zone of…

  • Mr Kalani Moore
  • Dr Michele (Shelly) Conroy

Growing III-nitride nanowires on 2D materials is advantageous as it effectively decouples the underlying growth substrate from the properties of…

  • S. Biswas
  • C. O'Dwyer
  • David Mcnulty
  • Dr Michele (Shelly) Conroy
  • Mr Kalani Moore
  • Prof Ursel Bangert

The combination of two active Li-ion materials (Ge and Sn) can result in improved conduction paths and higher capacity retention.…

Conducting nuclear materials analysis at the micron scale offers a number of advantages over the bulk scale, including: (1) access…

  • T. C. Droubay
  • Dr Michele (Shelly) Conroy

We assess the validity of criteria based on size mismatch and thermodynamics in predicting the stability of the rare class…

  • Caitlin A. Taylor
  • Patrick M. Price
  • T. C. Droubay
  • Jon Michael Schwantes
  • Matthew J Olszta
  • Dr Michele (Shelly) Conroy

Metallic particles formed in oxide fuels (e.g., UO2) during neutron irradiation have an adverse impact on fuel performance. A fundamental…

A better understanding of how production pathway affects the final product is required in order to produce targeted syntheses, but…