Biomaterials:
Structure of hydroxyapatite precipitates on biomaterial
substrates
Composites:
Mechanical properties of composite materials
Electronic Packaging:
Failure mechanisms in Pb-free solder joints and surface
finish
Environmental Science:
Speciation of trace elements in ferromanganese nodules
from soils
Ferroelectrics:
Local strain fields around Ferroelectric domains
Extraterrestrial Geology:
Characterization of micrometeorites and cometary dust
particles
Geology/Mineralogy:
identification of new minerals
High-Pressure Physics:
structure refinement of crystals in a diamond-anvil cell
MEMS:
Deformation mechanisms in MEMS devices
Microelectronics:
Electromigration in Al and Cu interconnect lines
Polycrystals:
in-situ deformation of Al and Cu bulk polycrystalline
samples
Shape Memory Alloys:
Study of superelasticity in a NiTi Shape Memory Alloy
Solid Fuel Cell
Materials: Twinning properties of LaSrGaMgO
Superconductors:
Characterization and strain measurements in
superconducting YBCO films
Thin Films:
Local plasticity studies in thin films
