Publications

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS (note some papers available as pdf files)

           

1.      V. Thomas, X. Zhang, S.A. Catledge, and Y.K. Vohra, “Functionally graded electrospun scaffolds with tunable mechanical properties for vascular tissue regeneration”, Biomedical Materials (in press).

2.      S.A. Catledge, W. C. Clem, N. Shrikishen, S. Chowdhury, A.V. Stanishevsky, M. Koopman, and Y.K. Vohra, "An electrospun triphasic nanofibrous scaffold for bone tissue engineering", Biomedical Materials 2, 142-150 (2007).

3.      A.V. Stanishevsky, P.Chinoda, S. Chowdhury, V.Thomas, A.S. Catledge, and D. Dean, Compositionally modified hydroxyapatite nanocrystals for polymer/ceramic scaffold applications, Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. Vol. 897E, Materials Research Society, pp. J03-18.1 - J03-18.6A (2006).

4.      William. C. Clem, Valeriy V. Konovalov, Shafiul Chowdhury, Yogesh K. Vohra , S. A. Catledge, and Susan L. Bellis, “Mesenchymal Stem Cell Adhesion and Spreading on Microwave Plasma Nitrided Titanium Alloy”, J Biomed Mater Res. 76A(2), 279 (2006).

5.      S.A. Catledge, V. Thomas, and Y.K. Vohra, “Effect of Surface Oxides and Intermetallics on Nanostructured Diamond Coating of Nitinol”, Current Nanosciences 2, 9 (2006).

6.      V.V. Konovalov, A. Melo, S.A. Catledge, S. Chowdhury, Y.K. Vohra, “Ultra-smooth nanostructured diamond films deposited from He/H2/CH4/N2 microwave plasmas”, J. Nanosci. Nanotech. 6, 258 (2006).

7.      S. Chowdhury, Damon A. Hillman, Shane A. Catledge, Valery V. Konovalov, Yogesh K. Vohra, “Synthesis of ultrasmooth nanostructured diamond films by microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition using a He/H2/CH4/N2 gas mixture”, Journal of Materials Research 21, 2675 (2006).

8.      Chowdhury, Vinoy Thomas, Derrick Dean, S.A. Catledge, Yogesh K. Vohra, “Nanoindentation on Porous Bioceramic Scaffolds for Bone Tissue Engineering”, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 5, 1816 (2005).

9.      T. R. Lawson, S. A. Catledge, and Y. K. Vohra, “Nanostructured Diamond Coated CoCrMo Alloys for Use in Biomedical Implants”, Key Engineering Materials Vols. 284-286, 1015 (2005).

10.  R. S. Peterson, P. A. Baker, S. A. Catledge, Y. K. Vohra, and S. T. Weir, “Optical Defect Centers and Surface Morphology of Isotopically Enriched Diamond Layers in Designer Diamond Anvils”, J. Appl. Phys. 97, 073504 (2005). [PDF]

11.  S. A. Catledge, Y. K. Vohra, and P. B. Mirkarimi, “Low temperature Growth of Nanostructured Diamond on Quartz Spheres”, J. of Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 38, 1410 (2005). [PDF]

12.  S. A. Catledge, M. Fries, and Y. K. Vohra, “Nanostructured Surface Modifications for Biomedical Implants”, in Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, ed. H. S. Nalwa, Vol. 7, pp. 741-762 (2004). [PDF]

13.  S. A. Catledge, Y. K. Vohra, S. L. Bellis, and A. A. Sawyer, “Mesenchymal Stem Cell Adhesion and Spreading on Nanostructured Biomaterials”, J. Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 4, 986 (2004).

14.  E. M. Santos, S. Vohra, A. Catledge, M. D. McClenney, J. Lemons, and K. D. Moore, “Examination of surface and material properties of explanted Zirconia femoral heads”, Journal of Arthroplasticy 19, 30 (2004). [PDF]

15.  M. J. Papo, S. A. Catledge, and Y. K. Vohra, “Mechanical wear behavior of nanocrystalline and multilayer diamond coatings on temporomandibular joint implants”, J. Mat. Sci.-Mat. In Medicine 15, 773 (2004). [PDF]

16.  Q. Liang, S. A. Catledge, and Y. K. Vohra, “Effect of nitrogen addition on the morphology and structure of boron-doped nanostructured diamond films”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 83, 5047 (2003). [PDF]

17.  S. A. Catledge. M. Cook, Y. K. Vohra, E. M. Santos, M. D. McClenney, and K. D. Moore, “Surface crystalline phases and nanoindentation hardness of explanted zirconia femoral heads”, J. Mat. Sci.-Mat. In Medicine 14, 863 (2003). [PDF]

18.  D. D. Jackson, C. Aracne-Ruddle, V. Malba, S. T. Weir, S. A. Catledge, and Y. K.Vohra, “Magnetic susceptibility measurements at high pressure using designer diamond anvils”, Rev. Sci. Instr. 74, 2467 (2003). [PDF]

19.  S. A. Catledge, Y. K. Vohra, S. Woodard, and R. Venugopalan, “Structural and mechanical properties of nanostructured metalloceramic coatings on cobalt chrome alloys”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 82, 1625 (2003). [PDF]

20.  S. A. Catledge, M. Fries, Y. K. Vohra, W. R. Lacefield, J. E. Lemons, S. Woodard, and R. Krishna,  “Nanostructured Ceramics for Biomedical Implants”, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 2, 293 (2002). [PDF]

21.  S. A, Catledge, J. Borham, Y. K. Vohra, W. R. Lacefield, and J. E. Lemons, “Nanoindentation Hardness and Adhesion Investigations of Vapor Deposited Nanostructured Diamond Films”, J. Appl. Phys.91, May 2002. [PDF]

22.  R. B. Corvin, J. G. Harrison, S. A. Catledge, and Y. K. Vohra, “Gas-Phase Thermodynamic Models of Nitrogen-Induced Nanocrystallinity in Chemical Vapor-Deposited Diamond”, App. Phys. Lett. 80, April 2002. [PDF]

23.   P. A. Baker, S. A. Catledge, and Y. K. Vohra, “Low-Temperature Growth of Nanostructured Diamond Films”, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 1, 31 (2001).

24.  S. A. Catledge, Philemon T. Spencer, and Yogesh K. Vohra, “Nanoindentation Hardness and Atomic Force Microscope Imaging Studies of Pressure-Quenched Zirconium Metal”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 77, 3568 (2000). [PDF]

25.  S. A. Catledge and Y. K. Vohra, “Interfacial Oxide and Carbide Phases in the Deposition of Diamond Films on Beryllium Metal”, Diam. Relat. Mater. 9, 1327 (2000). [PDF]

26.  J. R. Patterson, S. A. Catledge, Y. K. Vohra, J. Akella, and S. T. Weir, “Electrical and Mechanical Properties of C-70 Fullerene and Graphite Under High Pressures Studied Using Designer Diamond Anvils”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 5364 (2000). [PDF]

27.  S. A. Catledge, P. Baker, J. T. Tarvin, and Y. K. Vohra, “Multilayer Nanocrystalline/Microcrystalline Diamond Films Studied by Laser Reflectance Interferometry”, Diam. and Relat. Mater. 9, 1512 (2000). [PDF]

28.  S. T. Weir, J. Akella, Y. K. Vohra, S. A. Catledge, C. Ruddle, and K. Ghandehari, “Epitaxial Diamond Encapsulation of Metal Microprobes for High Pressure Experiments”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 77, 3400 (2000). [PDF]

29.  J. R. Patterson, S. A. Catledge, and Y. K. Vohra, “Nanoindentation and X-ray Diffraction Studies of Pressure-Induced Amorphization in C-70 Fullerene”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 77, (2000). [PDF]

30.  N. Toprani, S. A. Catledge, Y. K. Vohra, and R. Thompson, “Interfacial Adhesion and Toughness of Nanostructured Diamond Coatings”, J. Mater. Res. 15, 1052 (2000). [PDF]

31.  S. A. Catledge and Y. K. Vohra, “Effect of Nitrogen Addition on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Diamond Films Grown using High-Methane Concentrations”, J. Appl. Phys. 86, 698 (1999). [PDF]

32.  J. Akella, S. T. Weir, Y. K. Vohra, H. Prokop, S. A. Catledge, and G. N. Chesnut, “High Pressure Phase Transformations in Neodymium Studied in a Diamond Anvil Cell Using Diamond-Coated Rhenium Gaskets”, J. of Phys.-Cond. Mat. 11, 6515 (1999).

33.  S. A. Catledge and Y. K. Vohra, “High Density Plasma Processing of Nano-Structured Diamond Films on Metals”, J. Appl. Phys. 84, 6469 (1998). [PDF]

34.  S. A. Catledge, W. Comer, and Y. K. Vohra, “In-Situ Diagnostics of Film Thickness and Surface Roughness of Diamond Films on a Ti-6Al-4V Alloy by Optical Pyrometry”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 73, 181 (1998). [PDF]

35.  S. A. Catledge and Y. K. Vohra, “Mechanical Properties and Quality of Diamond Films Synthesized on Ti-6Al-4V Alloy using the Microwave Plasmas of CH4/H2 and CO/H2 Systems”, J. Appl. Phys. 83, 198 (1998). [PDF]

36.  S. A. Catledge, N. Chesnut, and Y. K. Vohra, “Growth and Modification of Diamond Anvils by Chemical Vapor Deposition”, Rev. High Pressure Sci. Technol. 7, 957 (1998).

37.  Y. K. Vohra, A. Israel, and S. A. Catledge, “Resonance Raman and Photoluminescence Investigations of Micro-Twins in Homoepitaxially Grown Chemical Vapor Deposited Diamond”, App. Phys. Lett. 71, 321 (1997). [PDF]

38.  S. A. Catledge, Y. K. Vohra, S. T. Weir, and J. Akella, “Homoepitaxial Diamond Films on Diamond Anvils with Metallic Probes: The Diamond/Metal Interface up to 74 GPa”, J. Phys. Condens. Matter 9, L1-L7 (1997).

39.  S. A. Catledge and Y. K. Vohra, “Micro-Raman Stress Investigations and X-ray Diffraction Analysis of Polycrystalline Diamond (PCD) Tools”, Diam. and Relat. Mat. 5, 1159 (1996). [PDF]

40.  S. A. Catledge and Y. K. Vohra, “High Density Plasma Processing of Diamond Films on Titanium: Residual Stress and Adhesion Measurements”, J. Appl. Phys. 78, 7053 (1995). [PDF]

 

 

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS PUBLICATIONS

 

1.      S.A. Catledge and Y.K. Vohra“Microwave Plasma Nitriding and Carbiding Surface Modification for Nanostructured Diamond Growth on CoCrMo Alloy”, NSTI Nanotech 2006, Boston, MA, May 10th, 2006.

2.      S.A. Catledge, Qi Laing, and Y.K. Vohra, “Nanotribology of Boron-doped and Undoped Nanostructured Diamond Films on Titanium Alloys”, MRS Spring meeting 2005, San Francisco, CA, March 31st, 2005.

3.      S.A. Catledge, Y. K. Vohra, S. L. Bellis, and A. A. Sawyer “Mesenchymal stem cell adhesion and spreading on metalloceramic biomaterials”, Bioceramics 17; 17th International Symposium on Ceramics in Medicine, Dec. 8-12, 2004, New Orleans, LO.

4.      S. A. Catledge,Y. K. Vohra, S. Woodard, and K. Venugopalan “Structure and Mechanical Properties of Functionally-Graded Nanostructured Metalloceramic Coatings”, in Mechanical Properties Derived from Nanostructuring Materials, eds. H. Kung, D.F. Bahr, N.R. Moody, K.J. Wahl, MRS Proceedings Vol. 778, Pittsburgh, PA 2003. [PDF]

5.      Q. Liang, S. A. Catledge, and Y. K. Vohra, “Mechanical Properties of Boron Doped Diamond Films Prepared by MPCVD”,  in Mechanical Properties of Nanostructured Materials and Nanocomposites, eds. I. Ovid'ko, C.S. Pande, R. Krishnamoorti, E. Lavernia, G. Skandan, MRS Proceedings Vol. 791, Pittsburgh, PA 2003.

6.      M. J. Papo, S. A. Catledge, C. Machado, S. Kashef, A. Eberhardt, and Y. K. Vohra, “On the Wear Assessment of Multilayer Nanocrystalline Diamond Coated Implants of the Temporomandibular Joint”, in Mechanical Properties of Nanostructured Materials and Nanocomposites, eds. I. Ovid'ko, C.S. Pande, R. Krishnamoorti, E. Lavernia, G. Skandan, MRS Proceedings Vol. 791, Pittsburgh, PA 2003.

7.      M. Bulut, S. A. Catledge, Y. K. Vohra, and R. Camata, “Thermal Stability of Nanocrystalline Diamond Films Grown by Microwave Plasma Chemical Vapor Deposition”, in Surface Engineering 2002--Synthesis, Characterization and Applications, eds. Ashok Kumar, Wen Jin Meng, Yang-Tse Cheng, Jeffrey S. Zabinski, Gary L. Doll, Stan Veprek, MRS Proceedings Vol. 750, Pittsburgh, PA 2002.

8.      S. A. Catledge and Y. K. Vohra, “Effect of Nitrogen Feedgas Addition on the Mechanical Properties of Nano-   Structured Carbon Coatings”, in Mechanical Properties of Structural Films, eds. C. L. Muhlstein and S. T. Brown, ASTM STP1413, West Conshohocken, PA, 2001. [PDF]

9.      S. A. Catledge, P. T. Spencer, J. R. Patterson, and Y. K. Vohra, “Nanoindentation  of Pressure Quenched  Fullerenes and Zirconium Metal from a Diamond Anvil Cell”, in Fundamentals of Nanoindentation and Nanotribology II, eds. S.P. Baker, R.F. Cook, S.G. Corcoran, and N.R. Moody, MRS Proceedings Vol. 649, Pittsburgh, PA 2001. [PDF]

10.  S. A. Catledge and Y. K. Vohra, “Structure and Stress Evaluation of Diamond Films Deposited on Ti-6Al-4V Alloy at Low Temperature Using CH4/O2/H2 and CO/H2 Gas Mixtures”, in Thin Films-Stresses and Mechanicl Properties VII, eds. R. C. Cammarata, M. Nastasi, E. P. Busso, and W. C. Oliver, MRS Proceedings Vol. 505, Pittsburgh PA 1998.

 

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