Acknowledgement
We encourage our users to acknowledge the use of MCP instruments in their publications, particularly for peer-reviewed journals. The recommended citation is: “This work was performed (in part) at the Materials Characterization and Processing Facility (MCP) in the Whiting School of Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.”
2026
“Selective cobalt and nickel separation by bioacid-mediated electrowinning”
Tianchen Li, Chi Zhang, Hewen Zhou, Dian-Zhao Lin, Jiahang Chen, Yongbiao Mu, Jasmine Vy Tran, Andong Liu, Krish N Jayarapu, Zhengyuan Li, Charles B Musgrave, Jihan Zhang, Lingyu Zhang, Zhiyao Qi, Anmol Mathur, Hongang Du, Prabhat Prakash, William A Goddard, Yayuan Liu. 2026, Science Advances. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aec7956.
“Nacre-Inspired Composite Coatings with Hierarchical Architecture for Durable Surface Protection” Aranzazu Sierra-Fernández, Diego Cortes, Miguel A. Monclus, Kenneth J.T. Livi, Michael Kappl, Stefan A.L. Weber, D. Howard Fairbrother, Rafael Fort. 2026, Chemistry of Materials – Article. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.chemmater.5c02825
“Combinatorial Investigation of Microstructural Evolution and Multifunctional Properties in Cu/Ti Nanolaminates.” Rohit Berlia, Marshall Civin, Yucheng Sun, Rayna T. Mehta, Timothy P. Weihs 2026, Materialia 102690- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtla.2026.102690
“Soft tissue morphology of the vomeronasal organ in Lontra canadensis and its osteological correlate: Implications for the evolution of the caniform accessory olfactory system.” , , ,
2025
“Self-Organized Metal-Carbon Multilayers Formed by Ion Beam Induced Deposition from Trimethyl(methylcyclopentadienyl)platinum(IV).” Patrick M. Eckhert, Johnathon M. Johnson, Lisa McElwee-White, David Howard Fairbrother. Advanced Functional Materials, 2025, doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202519982.
“Design criteria for single-phase non-equiatomic refractory multiprincipal element alloys from the Nb-Ti-Zr system.” Sebastian Lech, Jason Hattrick-Simpers, Elaf A. Anber, Michael J. Waters, Howie Joress, Debashish Sur, Emily Holcombe, James M. Rondinelli, John R. Scully, Mitra L. Taheri. Materials & Design, Volume 260, 2025, doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2025.115211.
“Machine learning-assisted analysis of ignition and combustion properties in as-milled and annealed Al-Zr composite powders.” Michael R. Flickinger, Sreenivas Raguraman, Amee L. Polk, Colin Goodman, Megan Bokhoor, Rami Knio, Michael Kruppa, Mark A. Foster, Timothy P. Weihs. Combustion and Flame, Volume 284, 2026, doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2025.114660.
“Microstructure regulates early-stage corrosion behavior and systemic aluminum fate in biodegradable Mg–Al alloys: Integrated in-vitro and in-vivo insights.” Sreenivas Raguraman, Mitchell Connon, Camryn Byrum, Rohit Berlia, Veronica Ivanovskaya, Beril Ulugun, Suhas Eswarappa Prameela, Roger J Guillory Ii, Timothy P Weihs. 2025, Acta Biomaterialia https://app.dimensions.ai/details/publication/pub.1194573663
“Extreme ultraviolet and beyond extreme ultraviolet lithography using amorphous zeolitic imidazolate resists deposited by Atomic/molecular layer deposition.” Waltz, Kayley E., et al. Chemistry of Materials, vol. 37, no. 21, 30 Oct. 2025, pp. 8548–8567, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.5c01476.
“Revealing bulk-like properties in freestanding PVD copper foils.” Rohit Berlia, Chetan Singh, Zhaosen Qu, Rayna T. Mehta, Timothy P. Weihs, Materials Science and Engineering: A, Volume 947, 2025, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921509325013875?via%3Dihub
“Tunable high Néel temperature and large anomalous Hall response in antiferromagnetic Weyl semimetal Mn3Sn1−xGax thin films.” Raju, M., Matsuo, T., Balkew, M.B. et al. Commun Mater 6, 205 (2025). https://www.nature.com/articles/s43246-025-00912-1
“Surface stability of Mo-based compositionally complex alloys and evidence of radiation-induced dynamic recrystallization” Emily H. Mang, Yongqiang Wang, Mitra L. Taheri, Materials Letters, Volume 39 (2025) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167577X25008912
“Earth-Abundant Manganese Nitride Catalysts for Mild-Condition Ammonia Synthesis” Qu, WY (Qu, Weiye); Roy, P (Roy, Pranav); Wang, CH (Wang, Canhui); Ma, L (Ma, Lu); Bu, F (Bu, Fan); Zhang, XS (Zhang, Xinsui); He, ZM (He, Zimin); Tsapatsis, M (Tsapatsis, Michael); Bukowski, BC (Bukowski, Brandon C.); Wang, C (Wang, Chao) ACS CATALYSIS 15, 6: 4817-4823 (2025) https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acscatal.5c00899
“Evaluating In-Vitro Corrosion Testing of ECAP-Processed Lean Magnesium Alloys: The Critical Role of Degradation Media Composition, Buffering, and Volume”. Raguraman, S (Raguraman, Sreenivas); Ulugun, B (Ulugun, Beril); Ayodeji, T (Ayodeji, Tunde); Chowdhury, R (Chowdhury, Rida); Griebel, A (Griebel, Adam); Weihs, T (Weihs, Timothy). JOM https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11837-025-07176-7
“Size-dependent fragment shape in high-velocity anvil impact of spherical metal powder-compacts”. Simpson, G (Simpson, Gary); Grant, J (Grant, Jesse); Weihs, TP (Weihs, Timothy P.); Ramesh, KT (Ramesh, K. T.). ACTA MATERIALIA 286:120647 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1359645424009959
2024
“The deformation mechanisms responsible for strain localization in nanotwinned nickel alloys”. He, MR (He, Mo-Rigen); Banerjee, A (Banerjee, Arunima); Hemker, KJ (Hemker, Kevin J.). ACTA MATERIALIA 282:120502 (2025) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1359645424008516
“High-throughput aqueous passivation behavior of thin-film vs. bulk multi-principal element alloys in sulfuric acid”. Blades, WH (Blades, William H.); Sur, D (Sur, Debashish); Joress, H (Joress, Howie); DeCost, B (DeCost, Brian); Holcombe, EF (Holcombe, Emily F.); Redemann, B (Redemann, Ben); McQueen, TM (McQueen, Tyrel M.); Berlia, R (Berlia, Rohit); Rajagopalan, J (Rajagopalan, Jagannathan); Taheri, ML (Taheri, Mitra L.); Scully, JR (Scully, John R.); Sieradzki, K (Sieradzki, Karl). CORROSION SCIENCE 236:112261 (2024 ) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0010938X24004566
“Machine learning-guided accelerated discovery of structure-property correlations in lean magnesium alloys for biomedical applications” Raguraman, S (Raguraman, Sreenivas); Priyadarshini, MS (Priyadarshini, Maitreyee Sharma); Nguyen, T (Nguyen, Tram); McGovern, R (McGovern, Ryan); Kim, A (Kim, Andrew); Griebel, AJ (Griebel, Adam J.); Clancy, P (Clancy, Paulette); Weihs, TP (Weihs, Timothy P.) JOURNAL OF MAGNESIUM AND ALLOYS 12, 2267-2283 (2024) https://www.sciopen.com/article/10.1016/j.jma.2024.06.008
“Indigo as a Low-Cost Redox-Active Sorbent for Electrochemically Mediated Carbon Capture” Jayarapu, KN (Jayarapu, Krish N.); Mathur, A (Mathur, Anmol); Li, X (Li, Xing); Liu, AD (Liu, Andong); Zhang, LY (Zhang, Lingyu); Kim, J (Kim, Jaeeun); Kim, H (Kim, Hyunah); Kuk, SK (Kuk, Su Keun); Liu, YY (Liu, Yayuan). ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS 34 Issue 37 (2024) https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/adfm.202402355
“Anisotropic anomalous transport in the kagome-based topological antiferromagnetic Mn3Ga epitaxial thin films” Raju, M (Raju, M.); Romero, R III (Romero III, Ralph); Nishio-Hamane, D (Nishio-Hamane, Daisuke); Uesugi, R (Uesugi, Ryota); Asakura, M (Asakura, Mihiro); Tagay, Z (Tagay, Zhenisbek); Higo, T (Higo, Tomoya); Broholm, C (Broholm, Collin); Nakatsuji, S (Nakatsuji, Satoru), PHYSICAL REVIEW MATERIALS 8, Issue 1, 014204 (2024) https://journals.aps.org/prmaterials/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.8.014204
“Tailoring the nanotwin spacing of Ni-Mo-W alloys via composition and substrate temperature control” Banerjee, A (Banerjee, Arunima); He, MR (He, Mo-Rigen); Chávez, FA (Chavez, Francisco Andrade); Krogstad, JA (Krogstad, Jessica A.); Hemker, KJ (Hemker, Kevin J.). SCRIPTA MATERIALIA 243, 115979 (2024) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1359646224000149?via%3Dihub
2023
“Zinc-Imidazolate Films as an All-Dry Resist Technology” Corkery, P (Corkery, Peter); Waltz, KE (Waltz, Kayley E.); Eckhert, PM (Eckhert, Patrick M.); Ahmad, M (Ahmad, Mueed); Kraetz, A (Kraetz, Andrea); Miao, YR (Miao, Yurun); Lee, DT (Lee, Dennis T.); Abdel-Rahman, MK (Abdel-Rahman, Mohammed K.); Lan, YC (Lan, Yucheng); Haghi-Ashtiani, P (Haghi-Ashtiani, Paul); Stein, A (Stein, Aaron); Boscoboinik, JA (Boscoboinik, J. Anibal); Tsapatsis, M (Tsapatsis, Michael); Fairbrother, DH (Fairbrother, D. Howard). ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS 34 Issue: 12 (2023) https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/adfm.202311149
“Microstructural effects on the spall failure of 7085 aluminum alloy” Wu, DY (Wu, Dung-Yi); Miao, CY (Miao, Chengyun); DiMarco, CS (DiMarco, Christopher S.); Ramesh, KT (Ramesh, K. T.); Hufnagel, TC (Hufnagel, Todd C.) MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING 866,144674 (2023) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921509323000989
2022
“Strong Impact of Minor Elements on the Microstructural Evolution of an Additively Manufactured Inconel 625 Alloy”. He, MR (He, Mo-Rigen); Banerjee, A (Banerjee, Arunima); Marvel, CJ (Marvel, Christopher J.); Price, S (Price, Sam); McCue, I (McCue, Ian); Schwalbach, EJ (Schwalbach, Edwin J.); Hemker, KJ (Hemker, Kevin J.) METALLURGICAL AND MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS A-PHYSICAL METALLURGY AND MATERIALS SCIENCE 53, Issue 8, 2926-2942 (2022) https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11661-022-06715-0