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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

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605
National Ranking
270

Materials Science

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1629

Overview

Alex A. Volinsky is affiliated with the University of South Florida in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of engineering and materials science, with a strong focus on mechanical engineering and materials chemistry as key subfields. Additional areas of study include mechanics of materials, aerospace engineering, and biomedical engineering.

The scientist's work addresses several main topics, such as aluminum alloys composites properties, microstructure and mechanical properties, and aluminum alloy microstructure properties. Further research interests include advanced materials and composites, metallurgy and material forming, metal and thin film mechanics, as well as electrical contact performance and analysis.

Frequent publication venues for Alex A. Volinsky include the SSRN Electronic Journal, where they have published extensively, as well as the Journal of Materials Research and Technology, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Materials Science and Engineering A, and Materials Characterization.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by them cover a range of topics in materials science and engineering. These include:

  • Properties and precipitates of the high strength and electrical conductivity Cu-Ni-Co-Si-Cr alloy, 2021, Journal of Material Science and Technology
  • A review of microstructure and texture evolution with nanoscale precipitates for copper alloys, 2020, Journal of Materials Research and Technology
  • Recent advances and perspective in metal coordination materials-based electrode materials for potassium-ion batteries, 2021, Rare Metals
  • FeSiBCrC amorphous magnetic powder fabricated by gas-water combined atomization, 2020, Journal of Alloys and Compounds
  • Effects of Cr addition on the constitutive equation and precipitated phases of copper alloy during hot deformation, 2020, Materials & Design

The scientist has worked collaboratively with several colleagues, with frequent co-authors including Baohong Tian, Yi Zhang, Meng Zhou, Yong Liu, and Yanlin Jia, contributing to the development of the fields in which they publish.

Best Publications

  • Interfacial toughness measurements for thin films on substrates

    A.A Volinsky;N.R Moody;W.W Gerberich

  • Crosslinking Effect on Polydimethylsiloxane Elastic Modulus Measured by Custom-Built Compression Instrument

    Zhixin Wang;Alex A. Volinsky;Nathan D. Gallant

  • Fe3O4 magnetic nanoparticles synthesis from tailings by ultrasonic chemical co-precipitation

    Shen Wu;Aizhi Sun;Fuqiang Zhai;Jin Wang

  • Fracture toughness, adhesion and mechanical properties of low-K dielectric thin films measured by nanoindentation

    Alex A Volinsky;Joseph B Vella;William W Gerberich

  • Heat treatment effects on microstructure and magnetic properties of Mn–Zn ferrite powders

    Ping Hu;Hai-bo Yang;De-an Pan;Hua Wang

  • Long-term in vivo study of biodegradable Zn-Cu stent: A 2-year implantation evaluation in porcine coronary artery.

    Chao Zhou;Hua-Fang Li;Yu-Xia Yin;Zhang-Zhi Shi

  • Initial formation of corrosion products on pure zinc in saline solution.

    Yao Meng;Lijun Liu;Dawei Zhang;Chaofang Dong

  • Immobilization mechanism of Pb in fly ash-based geopolymer

    Bin Guo;De'an Pan;Bo Liu;Alex A. Volinsky

  • Cu-Doped ZnO Electronic Structure and Optical Properties Studied by First-Principles Calculations and Experiments

    Zhanhong Ma;Fengzhang Ren;Xiaoli Ming;Yongqiang Long

  • Annealing effects on magnetic properties of silicone-coated iron-based soft magnetic composites

    Shen Wu;Aizhi Sun;Fuqiang Zhai;Jin Wang

  • Microstructure, residual stress, and fracture of sputtered TiN films

    Liqiang Zhang;Huisheng Yang;Xiaolu Pang;Kewei Gao

  • Iron-based soft magnetic composites with Mn-Zn ferrite nanoparticles coating obtained by sol-gel method

    Shen Wu;Aizhi Sun;Wenhuan Xu;Qian Zhang

  • Nanomechanical properties of TiO2 granular thin films.

    Houman Yaghoubi;Nima Taghavinia;Eskandar Keshavarz Alamdari;Alex A. Volinsky

  • Initial formation of corrosion products on pure zinc in simulated body fluid

    Lijun Liu;Yao Meng;Chaofang Dong;Yu Yan

  • Properties and precipitates of the high strength and electrical conductivity Cu-Ni-Co-Si-Cr alloy

    Yijie Ban;Yongfeng Geng;Jinrui Hou;Yi Zhang

  • Aging behavior and precipitates analysis of the Cu–Cr–Zr–Ce alloy

    Yi Zhang;Yi Zhang;Alex A. Volinsky;Hai T. Tran;Zhe Chai;Zhe Chai

  • Nanoindentation of Au and Pt/Cu thin films at elevated temperatures

    Alex A. Volinsky;Neville R. Moody;William W. Gerberich

  • A review of microstructure and texture evolution with nanoscale precipitates for copper alloys

    Yongfeng Geng;Yijie Ban;Bingjie Wang;Xu Li

  • Influences of albumin on in vitro corrosion of pure Zn in artificial plasma

    Lijun Liu;Yao Meng;Alex A. Volinsky;Hai-Jun Zhang

  • Review of nano-phase effects in high strength and conductivity copper alloys

    Xiaohui Zhang;Yi Zhang;Baohong Tian;Kexing Song

  • Nanoindentation-induced defect-interface interactions: Phenomena, methods and limitations

    W.W. Gerberich;D.E. Kramer;N.I. Tymiak;A.A. Volinsky

  • Annealing effects on microstructure and mechanical properties of chromium oxide coatings

    Xiaolu Pang;Xiaolu Pang;Kewei Gao;Fei Luo;Huisheng Yang

  • Study of Gamification Effectiveness in Online e-Learning Systems

    Ilya V. Osipov;Evgeny Nikulchev;Alex A. Volinsky;Anna Y. Prasikova

  • Substrate Effects on Indentation Plastic Zone Development in Thin Soft Films

    D E. Kramer;A A. Volinsky;N R. Moody;W Gerberich

  • Nanoindentaion techniques for assessing mechanical reliability at the nanoscale

    Alex A. Volinsky;William W. Gerberich

Frequent Co-Authors

Xiaolu Pang
Xiaolu Pang University of Science and Technology Beijing
Kewei Gao
Kewei Gao University of Science and Technology Beijing
Lijie Qiao
Lijie Qiao University of Science and Technology Beijing
Xuanhui Qu
Xuanhui Qu University of Science and Technology Beijing
Jianjun Tian
Jianjun Tian University of Science and Technology Beijing
William W Gerberich
William W Gerberich University of Minnesota
Stephen E. Saddow
Stephen E. Saddow University of South Florida
Bich-Yen Nguyen
Bich-Yen Nguyen Soitec (France)
Peng Cao
Peng Cao University of Auckland
Robert Elliman
Robert Elliman Australian National University

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