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Group for Mechanochemistry and Synthesis of New Materials

Publications 

Journal Publications

  1. Levitas V. I., Asay B. W., Son S. F. and Pantoya M. Melt dispersion mechanism for fast reaction of nanothermites. Applied Physics Letters, 2006, Vol. 89, No. 7, 071909.   pdf . 
  2. Levitas V. I. and Zarechnyy O. M. Kinetics of strain-induced structural changes under high pressure.
    J. Physical Chemistry B, 2006, Vol. 110, 16035-16046.       pdf 
  3. Levitas V.I., Lee D-W.and  Preston D. Phase field theory of surface- and size-induced microstructures. Europhysics Letters (in press).
  4. Levitas V.I., Preston D. and Lee D-W. Ginzburg-Landau theory of microstructures: stability, transient
    dynamics, and functionally graded nanophases. Europhysics Letters, 2006, Vol. 75, No. 1, 84-90.  pdf
  5. Levitas V. I., Henson B. F., Smilowitz L. B, and Asay B. W. Solid-solid phase transformation via internal stress-induced virtual melting, significantly below the melting temperature. Application to HMX energetic crystal. J. Physical Chemistry B, 2006, Vol. 110, No. 20, 10105-10119.  pdf

  6. Levitas V. I., Ma Y., Hashemi J., Holtz M. and Guven N. Strain-induced disorder, phase transformations and transformation induced plasticity in hexagonal boron nitride under compression and shear in a rotational diamond anvil cell: in-situ X-ray diffraction study and modeling. Journal of Chemical Physics, 2006, Vol. 25, 044507, pp. 1-14.                   pdf

  7. Ma, Y. Z., Levitas, V., and Hashemi, J. X-ray diffraction measurements in a rotational diamond anvil cell. J. of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, 2006 (in press).   
  8. Levitas V. I., Smilowitz L. B, Henson B. F., and Asay B. W. Interfacial and volumetric kinetics of the b®d phase transition in the  energetic nitramine octahydro-1,3,5,7-tetranitro-1,3,5,7-tetrazocine based on the virtual melting mechanism. Journal of Chemical Physics, 2006, Vol. 124, 026101.  pdf
  9. Ma Y., Selvi E., Levitas V.I.and Hashemi J. Effect of shear strain on the α-ε phase transition of iron: a new approach in the rotational diamond  anvil cell, J. Phys.: Cond. Matt., 2006, Vol. 18, 1075-1082.  pdf
  10. Levitas V.I. Crystal-amorphous and crystal-crystal  phase transformations via virtual melting. Phys. Review Letters,  2005, Vol. 95, No. 7, 075701.  pdf
  11. Levitas V. I., Henson B. F., Smilowitz L. B, and Asay B. W. Solid-solid phase transformation via internal stress-induced virtual melting: additional confirmations. Applied Physics Letters,  2005, Vol. 87, No. 1, 071912.   pdf
  12. Levitas V.I., Preston D.L. Thermomechanical lattice instability and phase field theory of martensitic
    phase transformations, twinning and dislocations at large strains. Physics Letters A,  2005, Vol. 343, 32-39. pdf
  13. Levitas, V. I., Ma, Y. Z., and Hashemi, J. Transformation-induced plasticity and cascading structural changes in hexagonal boron nitride under high pressure and shear. Appl. Phys. Lett, Vol. 86 (2005), 071912.  pdf
  14. Levitas, V. I., Hashemi, J., and Ma, Y. Strain-induced disorder and phase transformation in hexagonal boron nitride under quasi-homogeneous pressure: in-situ X-ray study in a rotational diamond anvil cell. Europhysics Letters, 2004, Vol. 68, No. 4, pp. 550-556. pdf
  15. Levitas V. I. High-Pressure Mechanochemistry: Conceptual Multiscale Theory and Interpretation of Experiments. Phys. Rev. B, 2004, 70, No. 18, 184118, pp. 1-24. pdf
  16. Idesman A. V., Levitas V. I. , Preston D. L., and Cho J.-Y. Finite Element Simulations of Martensitic Phase Transitionsand Microstructure Based on Strain Softening Model. J. Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2005,Vol. 53, No. 3, pp. 495-523. pdf 
  17. Levitas V. I., Idesman A. V. and Preston D. Microscale simulation of evolution of martensitic microstructure. Phys. Review Letters, 2004, 2004, 93, 105701 (Selected and reproduced in Virtual J. Nanoscale Science Technology, 2004, Sept. 5). pdf
  18. Levitas V. I., Henson B. F., Smilowitz L. B, and Asay B. W. Solid-solid phase transformation via virtual melt, significantly below the melting temperature. Phys. Rev. Letters, 2004, Vol. 92, No. 23, 235702 (Selected and reproduced in Virtual J. Nanoscale Sci. & Tech., 2004, June 21) . pdf
  19. Levitas V. I. A microscale model for strain-induced phase transformations and chemical reactions under high pressure. Europhysics Letters, 2004, Vol. 66, No. 5, 687-693. pdf
  20. Levitas V. I. Strain-induced nucleation at a dislocation pile-up: a nanoscale model for high pressure mechanochemistry. Phys. Letters A, 2004, Vol. 327, 180-185.pdf
  21. Levitas V.I. and Preston D. Three-dimensional Landau theory for multivariant stress-induced martensitic phasetransformations. Part I and II. Phys. Rev. B, 2002, Vol. 66, 134206(1-9) and 134207(1-15).pdf-1 pdf-II
  22. Levitas V.I. , Preston D and Lee D-W. Three-dimensional Landau theory for multivariant stress-induced martensitic phasetransformations. Part III. Alternative potentials, critical nuclei, kink solutions, and dislocation theory. Phys. Rev. B, 2003, Vol. 68, 134201 (1-24). pdf.file
  23. Levitas V.I. and Shvedov, L.K. Low Pressure Phase Transformation from Rhombohedral to Cubic BN: Experiment and Theory. Physical Review B, 2002, Vol. 65, No. 10, 104109(1-6). pdf.file
  24. Levitas V.I., Idesman A.V., Olson G.B. and Stein E. Numerical Modeling of Martensite Growth in Elastoplastic Material. Philosophical Magazine, A, 2002, Vol. 82, No. 3, 429-462.pdf.file
  25. Mielke A., Theil F., Levitas V.I. A Variational Formulation of Rate-Independent Phase Transformations Using an Extremum Principle. Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis, 2002, Vol 162, 137-177 . pdf.file                 Essential Science Indicator: Emerging Research Fronts Paper in Mathematics in August 2006
  26. Levitas V.I. Critical Thought Experiment to Choose the Driving Force for Interface Propagation in Inelastic Materials. Int. J. Plasticity, 2002, Vol. 18, pp. 1499-1525. pdf. file
  27. Leshchuk A. A., Novikov N. V., Levitas V. I. Thermomechanical Model of Phase Transformation Graphite to Diamond. J. of Superhard Materials, 2002, No. 1, pp. 49-57.pdf.file

 Invited Book Chapters

1. Pantoya M., Son S., Danen W., Jorgensen B., Asay B., Busse J., and Mang J., “Characterization of Metastable Intermolecular Composites (MICs),” Chapter 16 in Defense Applications of Nanomaterials, ACS Symposium Series 891, Miziolek, A. W., Karna, S. P., Mauro, J. M., and Vaia, R. A. Editors, Copyright American Chemical Society, pp. 227-240, 2005.

2. Leshchuk A. A., Novikov N. V., Levitas V. I., “Modeling of thermomechanical state of reaction cell of high pressure apparatuses during spontaneous diamond crystallization,” Superhard Materials, Synthesis and Applications. Vol. 1. Synthesis of diamond and similar materials. Chapter 3. pp. 96-118. Kiev, Institute for Superhard Materials, Ed. N. V. Novikov, 2003.

3. Levitas V. I. Continuum Mechanical Fundamentals of Mechanochemistry. In: High Pressure Surface Science and Engineering. Section 3. Institute of Physics, Bristol, Eds. Y. Gogotsi and V. Domnich, 2004, pp. 159-292.pdf

 4. Novikov N. V., Polotnyak S. B., Levitas V. I., Shvedov L. K. Study of material behavior in high pressure apparatuses with diamond anvils. Superhard Materials, Synthesis and Applications. Vol. 2 Structure and properties of superhard materials, methods of investigations. Chapter 1. pp. 13-40. Kiev, Institute for Superhard Materials, Ed. N. V. Novikov, 2004.

Undergraduate Textbooks

1. J. Hashemi. Collaborating Author: W.F. Smith, “Foundations of Materials Science and Engineering”, 3rd Edition, McGraw-Hill, 2003. Developed chapter openers and new materials selection and design problems for the textbook.

2. W.F. Smith and J. Hashemi, “Foundations of Materials Science and Engineering”, 4th Edition, McGraw-Hill, 2005.

Papres in Books

1. Y. Ma, M. Somayazulu, G. Shen, H.-k. Mao, J.F. Shu, and R.J. Hemley, In situ X-ray diffraction studies of iron to Earth's Core Conditions, in New Developments in High-pressure Minerals Physics and Applications to the Earth's Interior, edited by D.C. Rubie, T.S. Duffy and E. Ohtani (Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2005), p. 455-467.

2. V. I. Levitas, Y. Ma and J. Hashemi. Strain-induced disorder and phase transformation in hexagonal boron nitride under quasi-homogeneous pressure up to 25 GPa: in-situ X-ray study in a rotational diamond anvil cell. Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop "Innovative Superhard Materials and Sustainable Coatings". Innovative Superhard Materials and Sustainable Coatings for Advanced Manufacturing, Springer, Netherlands, pp. 31-41.


Patents

1. Highly porous thin films synthesized from nano-scale particles, S. Gangopadhyay, M. L. Pantoya, Y. F. Talentsev, S. M. Nicolich, Status: pending.

2. High Pressure Apparatus. Shvedov L.K., Novikov N. V., Levitas V.I., Krivosheya Ju.M. Ukraine Patent I.c. No. 4681, 17.01.2005, Bul. No. 1.