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Ames Laboratory Profile

Matthew

Besser

Program Manager I

Division of Materials Science & Engineering

121

Metals Development

Phone Number:

515-294-5236

Email Address:

vulcan@ameslab.gov

Assistant Scientist and Materials Preparation Center Director

Publications

2017

Kaluarachchi, U.S.; Deng, Y.H.; Besser, M.; Sun, K.W.; Zhou, L.; Nguyen, M.C.; Yuan, Z.J.; Zhang, C.L.; Schilling, J.S.; Kramer, M.J.; Jia, S.; Wang, C.Z.; Ho, K.M.; Canfield, P.C.; Bud'ko, S.L. Highly responsive ground state of PbTaSe2: Structural phase transition and evolution of superconductivity under pressure. Physical Review B 2017 95, 224508. Abstract
Zhang, P.; He, L.; Besser, M.; Liu, Z.; Schroers, J.; Kramer, M.J.; Voyles, P.M. Applications and limitations of electron correlation microscopy to study relaxation dynamics in supercooled liquids. Ultramicroscopy 2017 178, 125-130. Abstract
Ye, Z.; Zhang, F.; Sun, Y.; Nguyen, M.C.; Zhou, S.H.; Zhou, L.; Meng, F.; Ott, R.T.; Park, E.; Besser, M.; Kramer, M.J.; Ding, Z.J.; Mendelev, M.I.; Wang, C.Z.; Napolitano, R.E.; Ho, K.M. Structural hierarchy as a key to complex phase selection in Al-Sm. Physical Review Materials 2017 1, 055601. Abstract

2016

Zhang, P.; Maldonis, J.J.; Besser, M.; Kramer, M.J.; Voyles, P.M. Medium-range structure and glass forming ability in Zr-Cu-Al bulk metallic glasses. Acta Materialia 2016 109, 103-114. Abstract
Geng, J.; Nlebedim, I.C.; Besser, M.; Simsek, E.; Ott, R.T. Bulk Combinatorial Synthesis and High Throughput Characterization for Rapid Assessment of Magnetic Materials: Application of Laser Engineered Net Shaping (LENS (TM)). Jom 2016 68, 1972-1977. Abstract
Ruiz-Yi, B.; Bunn, J.K.; Stasak, D.; Mehta, A.; Besser, M.; Kramer, M.J.; Takeuchi, I.; Hattrick-Simpers, J. The Different Roles of Entropy and Solubility in High Entropy Alloy Stability. Acs Combinatorial Science 2016 18, 596-603. Abstract
Yildirim, C.; Kutsal, M.; Ott, R.T.; Besser, M.; Kramer, M.J.; Kalay, Y.E. The role of amorphous precursor in phase selection hierarchy in marginal metallic glasses. Design 2016 112, 479-484. Abstract

2015

Ye, Z.; Zhang, F.; Sun, Y.; Mendelev, M.I.; Ott, R.T.; Park, E.; Besser, M.; Kramer, M.J.; Ding, Z.; Wang, C.Z.; Ho, K.M. Discovery of a metastable Al20Sm4 phase. Applied Physics Letters 2015 106, 101903. Abstract
Vincent, S.; Daiwile, A.; Devi, S.S.; Kramer, M.J.; Besser, M.; Murty, B.S.; Bhatt, J. Bio-corrosion and Cytotoxicity Studies on Novel Zr55Co30Ti15 and Cu60Zr20Ti20 Metallic Glasses. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions a-Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science 2015 46A, 2422-2430. Abstract
Bunn, J.K.; Fang, R.L.; Albing, M.R.; Mehta, A.; Kramer, M.J.; Besser, M.; Hattrick-Simpers, J.R. A high-throughput investigation of Fe-Cr-Al as a novel high-temperature coating for nuclear cladding materials. Nanotechnology 2015 26, 274003. Abstract
He, L.; Zhang, P.; Besser, M.; Kramer, M.J.; Voyles, P.M. Electron Correlation Microscopy: A New Technique for Studying Local Atom Dynamics Applied to a Supercooled Liquid. Microscopy and Microanalysis 2015 21, 1026-1033. Abstract
Ott, R.T.; Geng, J.; Besser, M.; Kramer, M.J.; Wang, Y.M.; Park, E.S.; LeSar, R.; King, A.H. Optimization of strength and ductility in nanotwinned ultra-fine grained Ag: Twin density and grain orientations. Acta Materialia 2015 96, 378-389. Abstract
Zhang, H.; Geng, J.; Ott, R.T.; Besser, M.; Kramer, M.J. Effect of Temperature on the Nano/Microstructure and Mechanical Behavior of Nanotwinned Ag Films. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions a-Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science 2015 46A, 4078-4085. Abstract

2014

Zhang, Y.; Mendelev, M.I.; Wang, C.Z.; Ott, R.; Zhang, F.; Besser, M.; Ho, K.M.; Kramer, M.J. Impact of deformation on the atomic structures and dynamics of a Cu-Zr metallic glass: A molecular dynamics study. Physical Review B 2014 90, 174101. Abstract
Meng, F.Q.; Geng, J.; Besser, M.; Kramer, M.J.; Ott, R.T. Glass transition in a marginal glass-forming alloy studied by dynamic mechanical analysis. Journal of Applied Physics 2014 116, 223505. Abstract

2013

Calvo-Dahlborg, M.; Popel, P.S.; Kramer, M.J.; Besser, M.; Morris, J.R.; Dahlborg, U. Superheat-dependent microstructure of molten Al-Si alloys of different compositions studied by small angle neutron scattering. Journal of Alloys and Compounds 2013 550, 9-22. Abstract
Dahlborg, U.; Kramer, M.J.; Besser, M.; Morris, J.R.; Calvo-Dahlborg, M. Structure of molten Al and eutectic Al-Si alloy studied by neutron diffraction. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 2013 361, 63-69. Abstract
Dahlborg, U.; Besser, M.; Kramer, M.J.; Morris, J.R.; Calvo-Dahlborg, M. Atomic dynamics in molten AlCu alloys of different compositions and at different temperatures by cold neutron scattering. Physica B-Condensed Matter 2013 412, 50-60. Abstract
Levin, E.M.; Besser, M.; Hanus, R. Electronic and thermal transport in GeTe: A versatile base for thermoelectric materials. Journal of Applied Physics 2013 114, 083713. Abstract

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