Aota, L. S.; Bajaj, P.; Zilnyk, K. D.; Ponge, D.; Zschommler Sandim, H. R.: The origin of abnormal grain growth upon thermomechanical processing of laser powder-bed fusion alloys. Materialia 20, 101243 (2021)
Aota, L. S.; Bajaj, P.; Sandim, H. R. Z.; Jägle, E. A.: Laser Powder-Bed Fusion as an Alloy Development Tool: Parameter Selection for In-Situ Alloying Using Elemental Powders. Materials 13 (18), 3922 (2020)
Woods, E.; Aota, L. S.; Schwarz, T.; Kim, S.-H.; Douglas, J. O.; Singh, M. P.; Gault, B.: In-situ cryogenic protective layers and metal coatings in cryogenic FIB. IMC20 - 20th International Microscopy Congress - Pre-congress workshop, Cryogenic Atom Probe Tomography, Busan, South Korea (2023)
Schwarz, T.; Yang, J.; Aota, L. S.; Woods, E.; Zhou, X.; Neugebauer, J.; Todorova, M.; McCaroll, I.; Gault, B.: Analysis of the reactive solid-liquid interface during the corrosion of magnesium at the near atomic level using cryo-atom probe tomography. Aqueous Corrosion Gordon Research Conference (GRC) 2024, Corrosion Challenges and Opportunities for the Energy Transition, New London, CT, USA (2024)
Schwarz, T.; Yang, J.; Aota, L. S.; Woods, E.; Zhou, X.; Neugebauer, J.; Todorova, M.; McCaroll, I.; Gault, B.: Analysis of the reactive solid-liquid interface during the corrosion of magnesium at the near atomic level using cryo-atom probe tomography. Aqueous Corrosion Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) 2024, Corrosion Monitoring, Modelling and Mitigation Towards a Sustainable Future, New London, CT, USA (2024)
Schwarz, T.; Woods, E.; Aota, L. S.; Zhou, X.; McCaroll, I.; Gault, B.: Application of cryo-atom probe tomography to study early-stage corrosion mechanism at liquid-solid interfaces at near atomic scale. EuroCorr 2023, Bruessles, Belgium (2023)
Lee, C.-G.; Nallathambi, V.; Kang, T.; Aota, L. S.; Reichenberger, S.; El-Zoka, A.; Choi, P.-P.; Gault, B.; Kim, S.-H.: Magnetocaloric effect of Fe47.5Ni37.5Mn15 bulk and nanoparticles: A cost-efficient alloy for room temperature magnetic refrigeration. arXiv (2024)
Kim, S.-H.; Yoo, Su, S.-H.; Aota, L. S.; El-Zoka, A.; Kang, P. W.; Lee, Y.; Gault, B.: B dopant evolution in Pd catalysts after H evolution/oxidation reaction in alkaline environment. arXiv (2023)
International researcher team presents a novel microstructure design strategy for lean medium-manganese steels with optimized properties in the journal Science
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