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Ricardo B. Schwarz is affiliated with the Los Alamos National Laboratory in the United States. Their research primarily spans engineering and physics and astronomy, with a focus on various subfields including mechanical engineering, geophysics, materials chemistry, atomic and molecular physics and optics, as well as computer vision and pattern recognition.

Their research interests cover multiple topics such as high-pressure geophysics and materials, hydrogen storage and materials, advanced chemical physics studies, music technology and sound studies, experimental and theoretical physics studies, adhesion, friction, and surface interactions, and high entropy alloys studies.

Recent publications by Ricardo B. Schwarz include the following papers:

  • Coherent phase decomposition in the Pd-H system, 2020, Journal of Materials Science
  • Helmholtz vibrations in bowed strings, 2022, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
  • Invited viewpoint: on the term "High Entropy Alloys", 2025, Journal of Materials Science

Their frequent publication venues reflect their interdisciplinary approach, with publications appearing primarily in:

  • Journal of Materials Science
  • The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Schwarz has collaborated with a range of co-authors in their work, including A. K. Khachaturyan, A. Caro, M. I. Baskes, Enrique Martínez, and Philip Nash.

Best Publications

  • Formation of an Amorphous Alloy by Solid-State Reaction of the Pure Polycrystalline Metals

    R. B. Schwarz;W. L. Johnson

  • Formation of amorphous alloys by the mechanical alloying of crystalline powders of pure metals and powders of intermetallics

    Ricardo B. Schwarz;Carl C. Koch

  • Bulk ferromagnetic glasses prepared by flux melting and water quenching

    T. D. Shen;R. B. Schwarz

  • Localized heating during serrated plastic flow in bulk metallic glasses

    Wendelin J Wright;Ricardo B Schwarz;William D Nix

  • Superhard B–C–N materials synthesized in nanostructured bulks

    Y. Zhao;D. W. He;L. L. Daemen;T. D. Shen

  • Bulk glass formation in the Pd-Ni-P system

    Y. He;R. B. Schwarz;J. I. Archuleta

  • Synthesis of molybdenum disilicide by mechanical alloying

    R.B. Schwarz;S.R. Srinivasan;J.J. Petrovic;C.J. Maggiore

  • Alloys for hydrogen storage in nickel/hydrogen and nickel/metal hydride batteries

    Anaba Anani;Arnaldo Visintin;Konstantin Petrov;Supramaniam Srinivasan

  • Metastable phases in the Al3X (X = Ti, Zr, and Hf) intermetallic system

    S. Srinivasan;P.B. Desch;R.B. Schwarz

  • Dynamic simulation of solution hardening

    R. B. Schwarz;R. Labusch

  • BULK FERROMAGNETIC GLASSES IN THE Fe-Ni-P-B SYSTEM

    T.D. Shen;R.B. Schwarz

  • Magnetocaloric effect in bulk amorphous Pd40Ni22.5Fe17.5P20 alloy

    T. D. Shen;R. B. Schwarz;J. Y. Coulter;J. D. Thompson

  • Elastic constants of single crystal γ – TiAl

    Y. He;R.B. Schwarz;A. Migliori;S.H. Whang

  • Elastic moduli of gallium nitride

    R. B. Schwarz;K. Khachaturyan;E. R. Weber

  • Thermodynamics of open two-phase systems with coherent interfaces : Application to metal-hydrogen systems

    R.B. Schwarz;A.G. Khachaturyan

  • A theory for the shock-wave consolidation of powders

    R.B Schwarz;P Kasiraj;T Vreeland;T.J Ahrens

  • Amorphous zirconium-nickel films formed by solid state reactions

    B.M. Clemens;W.L. Johnson;R.B. Schwarz

  • Thermodynamics of open two-phase systems with coherent interfaces.

    R. B. Schwarz;A. G. Khachaturyan;A. G. Khachaturyan

  • Formation of amorphous alloys by solid state reactions

    Ricardo B. Schwarz

  • Calorimetry study of the synthesis of amorphous Ni-Ti alloys by mechanical alloying

    R.B. Schwarz;R.R. Petrich

Frequent Co-Authors

Philip Nash
Philip Nash Illinois Institute of Technology
Supramaniam Srinivasan
Supramaniam Srinivasan Princeton University
Himanshu Jain
Himanshu Jain Lehigh University
J. D. Thompson
J. D. Thompson Los Alamos National Laboratory
Michael I. Baskes
Michael I. Baskes University of North Texas
Thomas J. Ahrens
Thomas J. Ahrens California Institute of Technology
William L. Johnson
William L. Johnson California Institute of Technology
Michael K Miller
Michael K Miller Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Kurt E. Sickafus
Kurt E. Sickafus University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Yusheng Zhao
Yusheng Zhao Southern University of Science and Technology

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