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80
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23982
World Ranking
2691
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762

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2004 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For fundamental contributions to the theory of the kinetics and thermodynamics of morphological change

Overview

Peter W. Voorhees is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Engineering, with a particular focus on Materials Chemistry and Mechanical Engineering. Their work also intersects with Aerospace Engineering and Hematology, expanding into Atmospheric Science.

The scientist's recent publications reflect an interest in the microstructural and processing aspects of materials, with topics including solidification, crystal growth, and additive manufacturing processes. Notable recent papers include:

  • The development of grain structure during additive manufacturing (2021, Acta Materialia)
  • Grain boundary mobilities in polycrystals (2020, Acta Materialia)
  • Optimizing convolutional neural networks to perform semantic segmentation on large materials imaging datasets: X-ray tomography and serial sectioning (2020, Materials Characterization)
  • Reducing Time to Discovery: Materials and Molecular Modeling, Imaging, Informatics, and Integration (2021, ACS Nano)
  • Characterization of metals in four dimensions (2020, Materials Research Letters)

The primary research topics explored include:

  • Solidification and crystal growth phenomena
  • Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties
  • Nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions
  • Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments
  • Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes
  • Machine Learning in Materials Science
  • Advancements in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells

Voorhees has collaborated frequently with several researchers, indicating established research partnerships. Frequent co-authors include Alexander F. Chadwick, Jin Zhang, Tiberiu Stan, Scott A. Barnett, and James A. Warren.

The scientist has published extensively in a range of venues, with the most frequent outlets being Clinical Lymphoma Myeloma & Leukemia, Acta Materialia, ECS Meeting Abstracts, Physical Review Materials, and SSRN Electronic Journal.

Recognitions awarded to Peter W. Voorhees include:

  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2016)
  • Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) (2004) - for fundamental contributions to the theory of the kinetics and thermodynamics of morphological change

Best Publications

  • The Theory of Ostwald Ripening

    P. W. Voorhees

  • Three-dimensional reconstruction of a solid-oxide fuel-cell anode

    James R. Wilson;Worawarit Kobsiriphat;Roberto Mendoza;Roberto Mendoza;Hsun Yi Chen

  • Growth and Coarsening: Ostwald Ripening in Material Processing

    Lorenz Ratke;Peter W. Voorhees

  • Ostwald Ripening of Two-Phase Mixtures

    Peter W Voorhees

  • Morphological instability in epitaxially strained dislocation-free solid films.

    B. J. Spencer;P. W. Voorhees;S. H. Davis

  • Direct measurement of dopant distribution in an individual vapour–liquid–solid nanowire

    Daniel E. Perea;Eric R. Hemesath;Edwin J. Schwalbach;Jessica L. Lensch-Falk

  • Growth and Coarsening

    Lorenz Ratke;Peter W. Voorhees

  • Solution to the multi-particle diffusion problem with applications to Ostwald ripening—I. Theory

    P.W. Voorhees;M.E. Glicksman

  • Solution to the multi-particle diffusion problem with applications to ostwald ripening—II. Computer simulations

    P.W. Voorhees;M.E. Glicksman

  • Morphological instability in epitaxially strained dislocation‐free solid films: Linear stability theory

    B. J. Spencer;P. W. Voorhees;S. H. Davis

  • Morphological stability of alloy thin films

    J. E. Guyer;P. W. Voorhees

  • THE EQUILIBRIUM SHAPE OF A MISFITTING PRECIPITATE

    M.E. Thompson;C.S. Su;P.W. Voorhees

  • A phase-field model for highly anisotropic interfacial energy

    J. J. Eggleston;G. B. McFadden;P. W. Voorhees

  • Ostwald ripening in concentrated alloys

    H.A. Calderon;P.W. Voorhees;J.L. Murray;G. Kostorz

  • Ostwald ripening in multicomponent alloys

    T. Philippe;Peter W Voorhees

  • Ostwald ripening in ternary alloys

    C. J. Kuehmann;P. W. Voorhees

  • Lattice Softening Significantly Reduces Thermal Conductivity and Leads to High Thermoelectric Efficiency.

    Riley Hanus;Matthias T. Agne;Alexander J. E. Rettie;Zhiwei Chen

  • Quantitative serial sectioning analysis

    J. Alkemper;Peter W Voorhees

  • Ostwald ripening in a system with a high volume fraction of coarsening phase

    S. C. Hardy;P. W. Voorhees

  • Homogeneous Second‐Phase Precipitation

    Richard Wagner;Reinhard Kampmann;Peter W. Voorhees

  • Ostwald ripening during liquid phase sintering—Effect of volume fraction on coarsening kinetics

    P. W. Voorhees;M. E. Glicksman

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen H. Davis
Stephen H. Davis Northwestern University
Katsuyo Thornton
Katsuyo Thornton University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Scott A. Barnett
Scott A. Barnett Northwestern University
Michael J. Miksis
Michael J. Miksis Northwestern University
Geoffrey B. McFadden
Geoffrey B. McFadden National Institute of Standards and Technology
Mark Asta
Mark Asta University of California, Berkeley
Martin E. Glicksman
Martin E. Glicksman Florida Institute of Technology
Wooyoung Lee
Wooyoung Lee Yonsei University
Gregory B. Olson
Gregory B. Olson Northwestern University
Chris Wolverton
Chris Wolverton Northwestern University

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