Paul Munroe
Paul Munroe is a Professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of New South Wales. He is also the Director of the University's Electron Microscope Unit. He received both the B.S. and Ph.D. degree from the University of Birmingham and then worked as Research Fellow at Dartmouth College. Since coming to UNSW in the early 1990s, he has built up the Electron Microscope Unit to become a major research facility with 14 major instruments and 13 staff. His research interests include structure-property relationships, thin film deformation, and 3-dimensional image reconstruction.
Biography Updated on 28 November 2007
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Articles in Scholarly Journals [Incomplete List]
- Imaging and analysis of 3-D structure using a dual beam FIB
Microscopy Research and Technique, vol. 70, no. 3, pp. 186–194, 2007 - Novel nano-silicon/polypyrrole composites for lithium storage
Electrochemistry Communications, vol. 9, no. 5, pp. 941–946, 2007 - Metal dusting of ferritic Fe–Ge in the absence of cementite
Scripta Materialia, vol. 56, no. 4, pp. 281–284, 2007 - The yield strength anomaly of single-slip-oriented Fe–Al single crystals
Intermetallics, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 103–107, 2007 - Three dimensional imaging of deformation modes in TiN-based thin film coatings
Thin Solid Films, vol. 515, no. 6, pp. 3190–3195, 2007 - Contact damage evolution in a diamond-like carbon (DLC) coating on a stainless steel substrate
Thin Solid Films, vol. 515, no. 6, pp. 3196–3201, 2007 - Giant pop-ins and amorphization in germanium during indentation
Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 101, no. 4, p. 043524, 2007 - Comparison between nano-diamond and carbon nanotube doping effects on critical current density and flux pinning in MgB2
Superconductor Science and Technology, vol. 20, no. 3, pp. 296–301, 2007 - Deformation of a hard coating on ductile substrate system during nanoindentation: Role of the coating microstructure
Journal of Materials Research, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 437–447, 2006 - Three-dimensional study of indentation-induced cracks in an amorphous carbon coating on a steel substrate
Journal of Materials Research, vol. 21, no. 10, pp. 2600–2605, 2006 - Preparation of Site Specific Atom Probe Tips using Focused Ion Beam Technology
Microscopy and Microanalysis, vol. 12, no. S02, p. 1296, 2006 - Improving flux pinning of MgB2 by carbon nanotube doping and ultrasonication
Superconductor Science and Technology, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. L5–L8, 2006 - Effect of Substrate Hardness on Splat Morphology in High-Velocity Thermal Spray Coatings
Journal of Thermal Spray Technology, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 663–669, 2006 - Control of nano carbon substitution for enhancing the critical current density in MgB2
Superconductor Science and Technology, vol. 19, no. 6, pp. 596–599, 2006 - Phase transformations induced by spherical indentation in ion-implanted amorphous silicon
Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 100, no. 1, p. 013520, 2006 - Enhancement of in-field J[sub c] in MgB[sub 2]/Fe wire using single- and multiwalled carbon nanotubes
Applied Physics Letters, vol. 89, no. 12, p. 122510, 2006 - Deformation and fracture of TiN and TiAlN coatings on a steel substrate during nanoindentation
Surface and Coatings Technology, vol. 200, no. 11, pp. 3518–3526, 2006 - Significant improvement of activation energy in MgB[sub 2]/Mg[sub 2]Si multilayer films
Applied Physics Letters, vol. 88, no. 1, p. 012502, 2006 - Transport properties of multilayered MgB[sub 2]/Mg[sub 2]Si superconducting thin film
Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 99, no. 8, p. 08M503, 2006 - Magnetic field processing to enhance critical current densities of MgB[sub 2] superconductors
Applied Physics Letters, vol. 89, no. 20, p. 202504, 2006 - Spherical Clusters of NiO Nanoshafts for Lithium-Ion Battery Anodes
Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters, vol. 9, no. 11, p. A524, 2006 - An alternative method for determination of the lock-in angle in twinned superconductors
Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 99, no. 4, p. 043904, 2006 - Sliding wear of calcium a-sialon ceramics
Wear, vol. 260, no. 4-5, pp. 387–400, 2006 - Investigation of sliding wear surfaces in alumina using transmission electron microscopy
Science and Technology of Advanced Materials, vol. 7, no. 8, pp. 826–833, 2006 - Superconductivity of MgB2 with embedded multiwall carbon nanotube
Physica C: Superconductivity, vol. 449, no. 2, pp. 133–138, 2006 - Sliding wear behaviour of Ca a-sialon ceramics at 600°C in air
Wear, vol. 260, no. 11-12, pp. 1356–1360, 2006 - TEM characterisation of GdN thin films
Current Applied Physics, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 407–410, 2006 - Nanoindentation-induced deformation behaviour of diamond-like carbon coatings on silicon substrates
Thin Solid Films, vol. 515, no. 3, pp. 1000–1004, 2006 - Alignment of Carbon Nanotube Additives for Improved Performance of Magnesium Diboride Superconductors
Advanced Materials, vol. 18, no. 6, pp. 785–788, 2006 - Damage in III–V Compounds during Focused Ion Beam Milling
Microscopy and Microanalysis, vol. 11, no. 05, 2005 - The application of focused ion beam technology to the characterization of coatings
Surface and Coatings Technology, vol. 198, no. 1-3, pp. 165–168, 2005 - Comment on “Phase transformations induced in relaxed amorphous silicon by indentation at room temperature” [Appl. Phys. Lett. 85, 5559 (2004)]
Applied Physics Letters, vol. 87, no. 1, p. 016102, 2005 - Effect of Carbon Nanotube Size on Superconductivity Properties of<tex>$rm MgB_2$</tex>
IEEE Transactions on Appiled Superconductivity, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 3284–3287, 2005 - Deformation and fracture of Ti?Si?N nanocomposite films
Thin Solid Films, vol. 479, no. 1-2, pp. 193–200, 2005 - Mechanical properties of ZnO epitaxial layers grown on a- and c-axis sapphire
Applied Physics Letters, vol. 86, no. 20, p. 203105, 2005 - Stabilization of amorphous GaN by oxygen
Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 98, no. 6, p. 063514, 2005 - Deformation mechanisms operating during nanoindentation of TiN coatings on steel substrates
Surface and Coatings Technology, vol. 192, no. 1, pp. 11–18, 2005 - High transport critical current density and large Hc2 and Hirr in nanoscale SiC doped MgB2 wires sintered at low temperature
Superconductor Science and Technology, vol. 18, no. 5, pp. 658–666, 2005 - Evidence of Mechanical Interlocking of NiCr Particles Thermally Sprayed onto Al Substrates
Journal of Thermal Spray Technology, vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 524–529, 2005 - A new high-strength spinodal alloy
Journal of Materials Research, vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 791–795, 2005 - Uranium Doping and Thermal Neutron Irradiation Flux Pinning Effects in MgB<tex>$_2$</tex>
IEEE Transactions on Appiled Superconductivity, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 33–39, 2004 - Characterisation of TiN and TiAlN thin films deposited on ground surfaces using focused ion beam milling
Journal of Materials Science, vol. 39, no. 11, pp. 3569–3575, 2004 - FIB-induced damage in silicon
Journal of Microscopy, vol. 214, no. 3, pp. 213–221, 2004 - International Journal of Nanoscience, vol. 3, no. 4 & 5, p. 563, 2004
- The structure and mechanical properties of Fe 2 AlMn single crystals
Philosophical Magazine, vol. 84, no. 29, pp. 3169–3194, 2004 - Transmission electron microscopy of TiN and TiAlN thin films using specimens prepared by focused ion beam milling
Surface and Coatings Technology, vol. 183, no. 2-3, pp. 239–246, 2004 - Reducing the macroparticle content of cathodic arc evaporated TiN coatings
Surface and Coatings Technology, vol. 183, no. 2-3, pp. 283–294, 2004 - The effect of substitutional elements on the strain-induced ferromagnetism in B2-structured Fe?Al single crystals
Intermetallics, vol. 12, no. 7-9, pp. 851–858, 2004 - On the path dependence of the thermal vacancy concentration in stoichiometric FeAl
Intermetallics, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 111–115, 2004 - Observation of strain-induced ferromagnetism in off-stoichiometric Fe2AlMn single crystals
Materials Characterization, vol. 52, no. 3, pp. 209–216, 2004 - The application of FIB milling for specimen preparation from crystalline germanium
Micron, vol. 35, no. 7, pp. 549–556, 2004 - Characterization of TiN thin films subjected to nanoindentation using focused ion beam milling
Applied Surface Science, vol. 237, no. 1-4, pp. 627–631, 2004 - Recrystallization kinetics and final grain size in a cold rolled particulate reinforced Al-based MMC*1
Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, vol. 35, no. 9, pp. 1017–1025, 2004 - Characterization of surface contact-induced fracture in ceramics using a focused ion beam miller
Wear, vol. 255, no. 1-6, pp. 651–656, 2003 - The effect of the gold sputter-coated films in minimising damage in FIB-produced TEM specimens
Materials Letters, vol. 57, no. 15, pp. 2238–2241, 2003 - Enhanced recovery in a particulate-reinforced aluminium composite
Materials Science and Engineering A, vol. 358, no. 1-2, pp. 142–151, 2003 - Role of microstructure in the grinding and polishing of a-sialon ceramics
Journal of the European Ceramic Society, vol. 23, no. 13, pp. 2351–2360, 2003 - Redeposition effects in transmission electron microscope specimens of FeAl–WC composites prepared using a focused ion beam
Micron, vol. 34, no. 2, pp. 97–107, 2003 - Effect of nano-carbon particle doping on the flux pinning properties of MgB2 superconductor
Physica C: Superconductivity, 2003 - Journal of Materials Science, vol. 38, no. 9, pp. 1925–1930, 2003
- Superconductivity, critical current density, and flux pinning in MgB[sub 2-x](SiC)[sub x/2] superconductor after SiC nanoparticle doping
Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 94, no. 3, p. 1850, 2003 - Significant enhancement of flux pinning in MgB2 superconductor through nano-Si addition
Physica C: Superconductivity, vol. 385, no. 4, pp. 461–465, 2003 - The paramagnetic-to-ferromagnetic transition in B2-structured Fe-Al single crystals: experiments and calculations
Philosophical Magazine, vol. 83, no. 3, pp. 295–313, 2003 - Transport critical current density in Fe-sheathed nano-SiC doped MgB/sub 2/ wires
IEEE Transactions on Appiled Superconductivity, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 3199–3202, 2003 - Improved irreversibility behavior and critical current density in MgB[sub 2]-diamond nanocomposites
Applied Physics Letters, vol. 83, no. 14, p. 2916, 2003 - Doping effect of nano-diamond on superconductivity and flux pinning in MgB2
Superconductor Science and Technology, vol. 16, no. 10, pp. 1182–1186, 2003 - Effect of grain size and doping level of sic on the superconductivity and critical current density in MgB/sub 2/ superconductor
IEEE Transactions on Appiled Superconductivity, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 3273–3276, 2003 - Some observations on the mechanical properties of particulate-reinforced 6061 aluminium metal matrix composites
International Journal of Materials and Product Technology, vol. 19, no. 3/4, p. 218, 2003 - Substitution-induced pinning in MgB2 superconductor doped with SiC nano-particles
Superconductor Science and Technology, vol. 15, no. 11, pp. 1587–1591, 2002 - Contact-induced defect propagation in ZnO
Applied Physics Letters, vol. 80, no. 24, p. 4537, 2002 - Enhancement of the critical current density and flux pinning of MgB[sub 2] superconductor by nanoparticle SiC doping
Applied Physics Letters, vol. 81, no. 18, p. 3419, 2002 - Nanoindentation-induced deformation of Ge
Applied Physics Letters, vol. 80, no. 15, p. 2651, 2002 - Oxidation of Metals, vol. 58, no. 1/2, pp. 1–21, 2002
- Spherical indentation of compound semiconductors
Philosophical Magazine A, vol. 82, no. 10, pp. 1931–1939, 2002 - Indentation-induced damage in GaN epilayers
Applied Physics Letters, vol. 80, no. 3, p. 383, 2002 - Microstructure, mechanical properties and wear of Ni–Al–Fe alloys
Materials Science and Engineering A, vol. 325, no. 1-2, pp. 1–8, 2002 - Investigation of sub-surface damage during sliding wear of alumina using focused ion-beam milling
Wear, vol. 252, no. 7-8, pp. 531–539, 2002 - Journal of Materials Science, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 71–79, 2002
- Journal of Materials Science Letters, vol. 20, no. 13, pp. 1181–1183, 2001
- Microstructural analysis of carbonitrided austenitic steels
Micron, vol. 32, no. 8, pp. 817–824, 2001 - Fracture toughness, fracture morphology, and crack-tip plastic zone of a Zr-based bulk amorphous alloy
Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, vol. 32, no. 11, pp. 2819–2825, 2001 - Microstructural analysis of a FeAl/quasicrystal-based composite prepared using a focused ion beam miller
Journal of Microscopy, vol. 201, no. 2, pp. 201–211, 2001 - Mechanical deformation of InP and GaAs by spherical indentation
Applied Physics Letters, vol. 78, no. 21, p. 3235, 2001 - Preparation of transmission electron microscope specimens from FeAl and WC powders using focused-ion beam milling
Materials Characterization, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 297–304, 2001 - Journal of Materials Science, vol. 36, no. 14, pp. 3519–3524, 2001
- Transmission electron microscopy observation of deformation microstructure under spherical indentation in silicon
Applied Physics Letters, vol. 77, no. 23, p. 3749, 2000 - Examination of fracture surfaces using focused ion beam milling
Scripta Materialia, vol. 42, no. 5, pp. 473–478, 2000 - Journal of Materials Science Letters, vol. 18, no. 6, pp. 449–452, 1999
- The development of Fe–Zn intermetallic compounds in solid Fe/Zn and Fe/Zn–Al diffusion couples during short-term annealing at 400°C
Materials Science and Engineering A, vol. 264, no. 1-2, pp. 201–209, 1999 - Solute partitioning in TiAl/Ti3Al alloys
Scripta Materialia, vol. 41, no. 12, pp. 1295–1299, 1999 - Effects of 0.1 and 0.2 wt.% aluminium addition to zinc on the interdiffusion between zinc and iron at 400°C
Materials Science and Engineering A, vol. 251, no. 1-2, pp. 87–93, 1998 - On the strength of nickel-containing B2 iron aluminides
Materials Science and Engineering A, vol. 239-240, pp. 245–250, 1997 - The effect of nickel on vacancy hardening in iron-rich FeAl
Intermetallics, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 5–11, 1996 - The effect of ternary additions on vacancy hardening in near stoichiometric FeAl
Intermetallics, vol. 4, no. 5, pp. 403–415, 1996 - The effect of Al2O3 particulates on the precipitation behaviour of 6061 aluminium-matrix composites
Journal of Materials Science, vol. 31, no. 20, pp. 5351–5361, 1996 - Microstructural evolution of a cold-deformed 6061Al reinforced with SiC particles during subsequent annealing
Journal of Materials Science, vol. 31, no. 3, pp. 625–631, 1996 - Elevated temperature deformation behaviour of multi-phase Ni-20 at % Al-30 at % Fe and its constituent phases
Journal of Materials Science, vol. 31, no. 15, pp. 4055–4065, 1996 - Grain growth in Fe-30at.%Al
Scripta Materialia, vol. 35, no. 5, pp. 615–621, 1996 - The effect of subgrain size on the static recrystallization behaviour of an aluminium-based metal-matrix composite
Scripta Metallurgica et Materialia, vol. 33, no. 6, pp. 857–862, 1995 - Young's modulus and stacking-fault energy of the (Bi, Pb)2Sr2Ca2Cu3O10+x superconductor
Physica C: Superconductivity, vol. 243, no. 3-4, pp. 359–365, 1995 - Transmission electron microscopic observation of precipitates in and aged Pb_0.1wt.%Ca_0.3wt.%Sn alloy
Journal of Power Sources, vol. 55, no. 1, pp. 119–122, 1995 - The microstructures of multiphase Ni-20Al-30Fe and its constituent phases
Materials Characterization, vol. 34, no. 3, pp. 181–188, 1995 - Observation of a L12 superlattice in Fe3Ni
Scripta Metallurgica et Materialia, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 93–97, 1995 - Microstructural characterisation of FeAl-based alloys with small vanadium additions
Scripta Metallurgica et Materialia, vol. 32, no. 3, pp. 469–474, 1995 - Microstructures of high-J
c
melt-textured YBa2Cu3O7?x
/Ag superconductors
Journal of Superconductivity, vol. 7, no. 6, pp. 947–950, 1994 - The effect of matrix temper on particulate integrity in an Al/Al2O3 metal matrix composite
Scripta Metallurgica et Materialia, vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 143–148, 1994 - Recrystallization in SiC particulate reinforced 6061 aluminium metal matrix composites following low strain deformation
Scripta Metallurgica et Materialia, vol. 30, no. 7, pp. 927–932, 1994 - The effect of ternary additions on the vacancy hardening of FeAl
Scripta Metallurgica et Materialia, vol. 30, no. 8, pp. 1079–1083, 1994 - Grain growth of an aluminium 2014/Al2O3 PMMC during solution heat treatment
Scripta Metallurgica et Materialia, vol. 28, no. 10, pp. 1235–1240, 1993 - The effect of processing parameters on the recrystallized grain size and shape of a particulate reinforced metal matrix composite
Scripta Metallurgica et Materialia, vol. 29, no. 6, pp. 741–746, 1993 - The effect of cooling rate and heat treatment on hardness across the FeAl-NiAl pseudobinary
Scripta Metallurgica et Materialia, vol. 28, no. 10, pp. 1241–1244, 1993 - Room temperature deformation modes in DO3-structured Fe-34AI and Fe-28AI-6Cr
Journal of Materials Science, vol. 28, no. 9, pp. 2299–2303, 1993 - Critical current density and the irreversibility line in melt textured YBa2Cu3Oy and YBa2Cu3Oy/Ag superconductors
Physica C: Superconductivity, vol. 215, no. 1-2, pp. 152–158, 1993 - The effect of annealing on Ni_Al_Fe B2 compounds
Materials Science and Engineering A, vol. 152, no. 1-2, pp. 258–263, 1992 - The effect of scandium on the crystal structure of Ti3Al
Scripta Metallurgica et Materialia, vol. 27, no. 10, pp. 1373–1378, 1992 - Effect of accelerating voltage on planar and axial channeling in ordered intermetallic compounds
Journal of Materials Research, vol. 7, no. 8, Article ID 1992.2119, 6 pages, 1992 - Ternary atom site location in L1
Journal of Materials Research, vol. 6, no. 5, Article ID 1991.0943, 6 pages, 1991 - Defects and critical current density in Ag-clad Bi-based superconducting tapes
Physica C: Superconductivity, vol. 190, no. 1-2, pp. 157–159, 1991 - Flexible superconducting Ag$z.sbnd;CLAD Bi$z.sbnd;Pb$z.sbnd;Sr$z.sbnd;Ca$z.sbnd;Cu$z.sbnd;O wires
Physica C: Superconductivity, vol. 185-189, pp. 2493–2494, 1991 - Room temperature deformation behavior of multiphase Ni_20at.%Al_30at.%Fe and its constituent phases
Materials Science and Engineering A, vol. 131, no. 1, pp. 27–37, 1991 - Observation of <001> dislocations and a mechanism for transgranular fracture on ?001? in FeAl
Acta Metallurgica et Materialia, vol. 39, no. 5, pp. 1011–1017, 1991 - The effect of grain size on the yield strength of FeAl and NiAl
Acta Metallurgica et Materialia, vol. 39, no. 7, pp. 1637–1644, 1991 - The yield strength of off-stoichiometric Ni3Al with and without boron
Acta Metallurgica et Materialia, vol. 39, no. 12, pp. 2971–2975, 1991 - Room-temperature deformation of PdIn
Journal of Materials Science, vol. 26, no. 16, pp. 4303–4306, 1991 - Microstructure of As-Cast Al69Ti23Ni8
Materials Characterization, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 45–52, 1991 - Microstructure and mechanical properties of Fe_40Al+Cr alloys
Scripta Metallurgica et Materialia, vol. 24, no. 12, pp. 2273–2278, 1990 - Correlation between electrical resistance and microstructure in gold wirebonds on aluminum films
IEEE Transactions on Components, Hybrids, and Manufacturing Technology, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 592–595, 1990 - The microstructure of extruded Fe-Al
Journal of Materials Science, vol. 24, no. 12, pp. 4246–4252, 1989 - Room temperature tensile ductility in polycrystalline B2 Ni-30Al-20Fe
Scripta Metallurgica, vol. 23, no. 6, pp. 897–900, 1989 - Observation of <111 > slip in NiAl
Scripta Metallurgica, vol. 23, no. 4, pp. 495–499, 1989