Thin Films, Interfaces, and Composites Characterization Laboratory at UCLA
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The following are selected publications our laboratory has published. If you are interested in obtaining the journal article or any other literature, please contact Professor Gupta.
   
 

1.


In-Situ Intrinsic Interface Strength Measurement at Elevated Temperatures and its Relationship to Interfacial Structure. V. Gupta, V. Kireev, S.N. Basu, and H. Wu., accepted, Interface Science., 2002.
2.

Trauma to Long Thoracic Nerve and Associated Scapula Winging in a Low-Velocity Rear End Automobile Collision: Case Report. V. Gupta, B. Posner. J. of Trauma, accepted, 2002.
3.

Glass-Modified Stress Waves for Adhesion Measurement of Ultra Thin Films for Device Applications. V. Gupta, V. Kireev, H. Yoshida, and H. Akahoshi. In review, J. Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2002.
4.


Rupture of Fat Cells Using Laser-Generated Ultra Short Stress Waves. K. Kuwahara, H. B. Gladstone, V. Gupta, V. Kireev, V. Neel, R. L. Moy, Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, accepted, 2002.
5.


The Effect of Structure and Chemistry on the Strength of FeCrAl(Y)/Sapphire Interfaces: II, Strength of Interfaces. H. Wu, S.N. Basu, V. Kireev, and V. Gupta. Materials Science and
Engineering A, accepted, 2002.
6.


The Effect of Structure and Chemistry on the Strength of FeCrAl(Y)/Sapphire Interfaces: I, Structure of Interfaces, H. Wu, S.N. Basu, V. Kireev, and V. Gupta. Materials Science and Engineering A, accepted, 2002.
7.


“Laser Spallation Technique: Characterization of Fundamental Adhesion in MultilayerDevices”, V. Gupta, V. Atluri, G. Raiser, L. Dass, K. Seshan, and R. Dias, Intel Assembly andTest Technology Journal, 1 (1998) 23.
8.

“Measurement of Grain-Boundary Tensile Strength in Columnar Freshwater Ice,” V. Guptaand P. Archer, Philosophical Magazine Letters, 79, (8) 503-509, 1999.
9.


“A Progressive Damage Model for Failure by Shear Faulting in Polycrystalline Ice UnderBiaxial Compression,” V. Gupta and J. Bergstrom, International Journal of Plasticity, Vol. 18(2002), pp. 507-530.
10.

“Compressive Failure of Rocks by Shear Faulting,” V. Gupta and J. Bergstrom, Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, 103, B10 (1998) 23,875-23,895.
11.


“Effect of step loading history and related grain boundary fatigue in freshwater columnar ice in the brittle deformation regime,” V. Gupta, J. Bergstrom and R. C. Picu, Philosophical
Magazine Letters, 77, 5 (1998) 241-247.
12.

“Nucleation of feather cracks in columnar freshwater ice-experimental observations,” V. Gupta and R. C. Picu, Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, in press.
13.


“Three-dimensional stress singularities at the tip of a grain triple junction line intersecting the free surface,” C. R. Picu and V. Gupta, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 45, 9
(1997) 1495-1520.
14.

“Nucleation of splitting cracks in columnar freshwater ice,” V. Gupta, R.C. Picu and J. S. Bergstrom, Acta Metallurgica et Materialia, 45, 4 (1998) 1141-1423.
15.

“Brittle failure of columnar freshwater ice under off-axis compression loading,” R. C. Picu, J.S. Bergstrom and V. Gupta, Scripta Metallurgica et Materialia, 36, 1 (1997) 63-67.
16.

“Stress singularities at triple junctions with freely sliding grains,” R. C. Picu and V. Gupta, International Journal of Solids and Structures, 33, 11 (1996) 1535-1541.
17.

"Singularities at grain triple junctions in two dimensional polycrystals with cubic and orthotropic grains," C.R. Picu and V. Gupta, J. Applied Mechanics, 63, (1996) 295-300.
18.

"Observations of crack nucleation in columnar ice due to grain boundary sliding," C. R. Picu and V. Gupta, Acta Metallurgica et Materialia, 43, 10 (1995) 3791-3797.
19.

"Crack nucleation in Columnar ice due to elastic anisotropy and grain boundary sliding," R. C. Picu and V. Gupta, Acta Metallurgica et Materialia, 43, 10 (1995) 3798-3805.
20.

"A model for the indentation-induced splitting ice floe experiments," V. Gupta and R. C. Picu, Acta Metallurgica et Materialia, 43, 4 (1995) 1355-1362.
21.

"Measurement of cleavage strength in freshwater ice crystal," V. Gupta and T. Xuefeng, Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, 116, 1 (1994) 35-42.
22.

“Crack nucleation mechanism in saline ice," R. C. Picu, V. Gupta and H. J. Frost, Journal of Geophysical Research, 99, B6 (1994) 11775-11786.
23.


“Measurement and control of interface strength of rf magnetron sputtered CA-PO-Coatings on Ti-6Al-4V substrates by using the laser spallation technique,” Kitty van Dijk, V. Gupta, A. K.Yu and J.A. Jansen, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research, 41 (1998) 624-632.
24.

“Effects of Specimen Size and Sample Aspect Ratio on the Compressive Strength of Graphite/Epoxy Laminates,” Composites Science and Technology, 60 (2000) 2525-2538.
25.


“Effect of Specimen Size and Sample Aspect Ratio on the Elastic Stiffness of Graphite/Epoxy Laminates,” D. Potter, V. Gupta, S. Hauert, Composites Science and Technology, 60 (2000) 2517-2524.
26.


“The effect of temperature on the strength and failure mechanisms of a woven carbon/polyimide laminate under compression,” J. A. Grape and V. Gupta, Mechanics of Materials, 30 (1998) 165-180.
27.

“Measurement of the in-situ fiber/matrix interface strength in graphite/epoxy composites,” A. Yu and V. Gupta, Composites Science and Technology, 58 (1998) 1827-1837.
28.

“Failure of woven carbon-polyimide laminates under off-axis compression loading,” V. Gupta, K. Anand and J. Grape,” Acta Metallurgica et Materialia, 46, 2 (1998) 711-718.
29.


"A numerical study of the effect of the microstructural parameters on the compressive and shear strength of laminated carbon-carbon composites," K. Anand, V. Gupta, and M. Y. He, J. Composite Materials, 29, 18 (1997) 2446-2463.
30.

"Mechanisms and quantification of spalling failures in laminated composites under shock loading," A. Pronin, K. Anand and V. Gupta, J. Composite Materials, 30, 7 (1996) 1850-1872.
31.

"The Effect of processing conditions on the compression and shear strength of 2D carboncarbon laminates," K. Anand and V. Gupta, Carbon, 33, 6 (1995) 739-748.
32.

"Failure in carbon-polyimide laminates under bi-axial compression," J. Grape and V. Gupta, J. Composite Materials, 29, 14 (1995) 1850-1872.
33.

"Failure Mechanisms in laminated carbon-carbon composites under bi-axial compression," J. Grape and V. Gupta, Acta Metallurgica et Materialia, 43, 7 (1995) 2657-2665.
34.

"Failure mechanisms of laminated carbon-carbon composites. Part II: Under shear loads," K. Anand, V. Gupta and D. Dartford, Acta Metallurgica et Materialia, 42, 3 (1994) 797-809.
35.


"Failure mechanisms of laminated carbon-carbon composites. Part I: Under uniaxial compression," V. Gupta, K. Anand and M. Kryska, Acta Metallurgica et Materialia, 42, 3 (1994) 781-795.
36.

A hydrophobic self assembled monolayer with improved adhesion to aluminum for deicing applications, B. Somlo and V. Gupta, Mechanics of Materials, 33, (2001) 471-480.
37.

“Measurement and control of Ice Adhesion to Aluminum 6061 Alloy,” P. Archer and V. Gupta, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 46, 10 (1998) 1745-1771.
38.

Observations of Limiting Transonic Interface Crack Speeds, Jianxin Wu and V. Gupta, J. Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 48, 3 (2000) 609-619.
39.


“Effect of Humidity and Temperature on the Tensile Strength of Polyimide/Silicon Nitride Interface and its Implications for Electronic Device Reliability,” V. Gupta, R. Hernandez, and P. Charconnet, J. Materials Science and Engineering A, A317 (2001) 249-256.
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“Interfacial Adhesion and its Degradation in Selected Metal/Oxide and Dielectric/Oxide Interfaces in Multi-layer Devices,” V. Gupta, R. Hernandez, J. Wu, and P. Charconnet, Vacuum, 59 (2000) 292-301.