Materials Growth and Processing

Our materials growth and processing research develops novel materials and processing methods directed towards applications in high-tech microelectronics, sensing, and sustainability, working in collaboration with key industrial and scientific partners.

About the Research Area

Novel materials coupled with precision processing techniques enable unique functional devices on sub-micron and nanometre length scales. The ability to work at the interface of materials growth and processing, and to utilise a wide variety of processing techniques, including non-equilibrium plasma methods, enables us to access a broad range of parameter space and to develop innovative new materials, composites and structures suited to specific applications. Our wide range of analysis and characterisation techniques provide us with detailed understanding of the scientific basis of the material and device behaviour and these techniques are designed to maximise their relevance to the high-tech manufacturing sector by replicating industrial conditions to give our work maximum impact.

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Materials Growth and Processing

Silver and copper nano-colloid generation via pulsed laser ablation in liquid: Recirculation nanoparticle production mode. Pavithran, S.S; McCann, R; McCarthy, É; Freeland, B; Fleischer, K; Goodnick, S; Bowden, S; Honsberg, C; Brabazon, D. ESAFORM 2021 – 24th International Conference on Material Forming 2021

Materials Growth and Processing

Electrochemical and chronoamperometry assessment of nano‑gold sensor surfaces produced via novel laser fabrication methods. Hughes, C; McCann, R.M; Freeland, B; Brabazon, D. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry 2021

Materials Growth and Processing

Effect of power and scan speed on the melt profile and hardness of laser-treated HVOF thermally sprayed nanostructured WC-12Co mixed with Inconel 625 coatings. Sivarajan, S; Padmanabhan, R; Stokes, J. Advances in Materials and Processing Technologies 2021

Materials Growth and Processing

A new method for assessing the recyclability of powders within Powder Bed Fusion process. Gorji, N.E; Saxena, P; Corfield, M; Clare, A; Rueff, J.-P; Bogan, J; González, P.G.M; Snelgrove, M; Hughes, G; O’Connor, R; Raghavendra, R; Brabazon, D. Materials Characterization 2020

Materials Growth and Processing

Mechanism of stress relaxation and phase transformation in additively manufactured Ti-6Al-4V via in situ high temperature XRD and TEM analyses. Kaschel, F.R; Vijayaraghavan, R.K; Shmeliov, A; McCarthy, E.K; Canavan, M; McNally, P.J; Dowling, D.P; Nicolosi, V; Celikin, M. Acta Materialia 2020

Materials Growth and Processing

Comprehensive assessment of spatter material generated during selective laser melting of stainless steel. Ahmed Obeidi, M; Mussatto, A; Groarke, R; Vijayaraghavan, R.K; Conway, A; Rossi Kaschel, F; McCarthy, E; Clarkin, O; O’Connor, R; Brabazon, D. Materials Today Communications 2020

Materials Growth and Processing

X-ray tomography, AFM and nanoindentation measurements for recyclability analysis of 316L powders in 3D printing process. Gorji, N.E; O’Connor, R; Brabazon, D. Procedia Manufacturing 2020

Materials Growth and Processing

Ti6Al4V functionally graded material via high power and high speed laser surface modification. Geng, Y; McCarthy, É; Brabazon, D; Harrison, N. Surface and Coatings Technology 2020

Materials Growth and Processing

316l stainless steel powders for additive manufacturing: Relationships of powder rheology, size, size distribution to part properties. Groarke, R; Danilenkoff, C; Karam, S; McCarthy, E; Michel, B; Mussatto, A; Sloane, J; Neill, A.O; Raghavendra, R; Brabazon, D. Materials 2020

Materials Growth and Processing

Experimental and empirical model analysis of microsurface texturing on 316 L press-fit joints fabricated by selective laser melting. Sohrabpoor, H; Mousavian, R.T; O’Halloran, S; Benyounis, K.Y; Baraheni, M; Obeidi, M.A; Ahad, I.U; Raghavendra, R; Brabazon, D. International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology 2020

Materials Growth and Processing

Comparative study of a cubic, Kelvin and Weaire-Phelan unit cell for the prediction of the thermal conductivity of low density silica aerogels. Latré, S.K; De Pooter, S; Buffel, B; Brabazon, D; Seveno, D; Desplentere, F. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 2020

Low-temperature Plasmas, Materials Growth and Processing

Aluminium oxide formation via atomic layer deposition using a polymer brush mediated selective infiltration approach. Snelgrove, M; McFeely, C; Mani-Gonzalez, P.G; Lahtonen, K; Lundy, R; Hughes, G; Valden, M; McGlynn, E; Yadav, P; Saari, J; Morris, M.A; O’Connor, R. Applied Surface Science 2020

Materials Growth and Processing

Comparing the adhesion strength of 316L stainless steel joints after laser surface texturing by CO2 and fiber lasers. Mandolfino, C; Obeidi, M; Lertora, E; Brabazon, D. International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology 2020

Materials Growth and Processing

Advanced materials of printed wearables for physiological parameter monitoring. Sreenilayam, S.P; Ahad, I.U; Nicolosi, V; Acinas Garzon, V; Brabazon, D. Materials Today 2020

Biomedical Applications, Materials Growth and Processing

Wearable devices for monitoring work related musculoskeletal and gait disorders. Sreenilayam, S.P; Afkham, Y; Hughes, C; Ahad, I.U; Hopper, L; Boran, A; Brabazon, D. Proceedings – 2020 International Conference on Assistive and Rehabilitation Technologies, iCareTech 2020 2020

Materials Growth and Processing

Strength-ductility trade-off via SiC nanoparticle dispersion in A356 aluminium matrix. Mousavian, R.T; Behnamfard, S; Khosroshahi, R.A; Zavašnik, J; Ghosh, P; Krishnamurthy, S; Heidarzadeh, A; Brabazon, D. Materials Science and Engineering A 2020

Materials Growth and Processing

Dry Milling of Aluminum and Ceramic Nanoparticles for a Particulate-Injection Casting of Aluminum Matrix Nanocomposites. Behnamfard, S; Mousavian, R.T; Afkham, Y; Khosroshahi, R.A; Nekouee, K.A; Brabazon, D. Silicon 2020

Materials Growth and Processing, Low-temperature Plasmas

Area-Selective ALD of Ru on Nanometer-Scale Cu Lines through Dimerization of Amino-Functionalized Alkoxy Silane Passivation Films. Zyulkov, I; Madhiwala, V; Voronina, E; Snelgrove, M; Bogan, J; O’Connor, R; De Gendt, S; Armini, S. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 2020

Materials Growth and Processing

Precise Definition of a “monolayer Point” in Polymer Brush Films for Fabricating Highly Coherent TiO2Thin Films by Vapor-Phase Infiltration. Lundy, R; Yadav, P; Prochukhan, N; Giraud, E.C; O’Mahony, T.F; Selkirk, A; Mullen, E; Conway, J; Turner, M; Daniels, S; Mani-Gonzalez, P.G; Snelgrove, M; Bogan, J; McFeely, C; O’Connor, R; McGlynn, E; Hughes, G; Cummins, C; Morris, M.A. Langmuir 2020

Materials Growth and Processing

Nitriding process for next-generation semiconductor devices by VHF (162 MHz) multi-tile push-pull plasma source. Ji, Y.J; Kim, K.S; Kim, K.H; Ellingboe, A.R; Yeom, G.Y. Applied Surface Science 2020

Materials Growth and Processing

Study of the plastic deformation mechanism of TRIP-TWIP high entropy alloys at the atomic level. Bahramyan, M; Mousavian, R.T; Brabazon, D. International Journal of Plasticity 2020

Materials Growth and Processing

Determination of atomic-scale structure and compressive behavior of solidified AlxCrCoFeCuNi high entropy alloys. Bahramyan, M; Taherzadeh Mousavian, R; Brabazon, D. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences 2020

Materials Growth and Processing

Development of BMG-B2 nanocomposite structure in HAZ during laser surface processing of ZrCuNiAlTi bulk metallic glasses. Taherzadeh Mousavian, R; Zavašnik, J; Heidarzadeh, A; Bahramyan, M; Vijayaraghavan, R.K; McCarthy, E; Clarkin, O.M; McNally, P; Brabazon, D. Applied Surface Science 2020

Laser Plasmas and Spectroscopy, Materials Growth and Processing

Stable nano-silver colloid production via Laser Ablation Synthesis in Solution (LASiS) under laminar recirculatory flow. Freeland, B; McCann, R; Alkan, G; Friedrich, B; Foley, G; Brabazon, D. Advances in Materials and Processing Technologies 2020

Materials Growth and Processing, Laser Plasmas and Spectroscopy

High-efficiency generation of nanomaterials via laser ablation synthesis in solution with in-situ diagnostics for closed-loop control. Freeland, B; McCann, R; Foley, G; Brabazon, D. Proceedings of SPIE – The International Society for Optical Engineering 2020

Materials Growth and Processing

Analysis of Al and Cu salt infiltration into a poly 2-vinylpyridine (P2vP) polymer layer for area selective deposition applications. Mani-Gonzalez, P.G; Snelgrove, M; Rueff, J.-P; Lundy, R; Yadav, P; Bogan, J; O’Connor, R; Morris, M; Hughes, G. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 2020

Diagnostics and Sensors, Materials Growth and Processing

Hard x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy study of copper formation by metal salt inclusion in a polymer film. Snelgrove, M; Mani-Gonzalez, P.G; Bogan, J; Lundy, R; Rueff, J.-P; Hughes, G; Yadav, P; McGlynn, E; Morris, M; O’Connor, R. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 2019

Materials Growth and Processing

Recyclability of stainless steel (316 L) powder within the additive manufacturing process. Gorji, N.E; O’Connor, R; Mussatto, A; Snelgrove, M; González, P.G.M; Brabazon, D. Materialia 2019

Materials Growth and Processing

Laser polishing of additive manufactured 316L stainless steel synthesized by selective laser melting. Obeidi, M.A; McCarthy, E; O’Connell, B; Ahad, I.U; Brabazon, D. Materials 2019