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        Laboratory for MicroMechanics of Materials is concentrated in the areas of micromechanical characterization of materials (including composites, superplastic, magnetic and thin film layered structures).  The main focus for these activities is to correlate details of microstructure (crystallographic grain and phase) distribution in the materials and properties (mechanical, magnetic) exhibited by these materials.  A variety of analytical approaches together with computational analysis (statistical analysis and neural network) have been used to characterize the distribution of the microstructure (crystal grain, phase) and its linkage to property.  One major emphasis has been to apply the concept of n-point probability functions to composites (elastic, plastic and magnetic) and finally to polycrystalline materials and layered structures.  I consider this as my most important contribution.
 Recent Publications

1-  Hoda Amani Hamedani, Klaus-Hermann Dahmen, Dongsheng Li, Houman Peydaye-saheli and Hamid Garmestani, Fabrication of gradient porous LSM cathode by optimizing deposition parameters in ultrasonic spray pyrolysis, Accepted for publication in Materials Science & Engineering B  <pdf>

2-  M. K. Singh, T. Shokuhfar, J. J. de Almeida Gracio, A. C. Mendes de Sousa, J. M. Da Fonte Fereira, H. Garmestani, S. Ahzi Hydroxyapatite Modified with Carbon Nanotube-Reinforced Poly(methyl methacrylate): A Novel Nanocomposite Material for Biomedical Applications, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2008, 9999, 1–7. <pdf>

3-  S Saheli, H. Garmestani, A. Gokhale, Homogenization Relations for Elastic Properties of Two Phase Composites Using Two-Point Statistical Functions, accepted in the International Journal of Physics and Mechanics of Solids. P85-107, Vol. 3, No. 1, 2008

4-  D.S. Li, H. Garmestani, A.O. Chu, H. Ahzi, G. Alapati, M. Khatonabadi, O.S. Es-Said, M.T. Siniawski, L. Matrisciano, S. Ahzi, Wear resistance and microstructure in annealed ultra high molecular weight polyethylenes, Journal of Polymer Science, Series A, Polymer Chemistry. May issue of "Polymer Science", vol. 50, n. 5, 2008 <pdf>

5-  D.S. Li, H. Garmestani, S. Ahzi, Processing path optimization to achieve desired texture in polycrystalline materials, Acta Materialia 55 (2007) 647–654.
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