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Physics Publications

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2017

  1. Conrad West^, Robert McTaggart, Todd Letcher. “Effects of Gamma Irradiation upon the Mechanical Properties of 3-D Printed Samples of Poly Lactic Acid.”
  2. Robert McTaggart. “Simulation of Neutrino Detection and Background Rejection for a Heavy Liquid Scintillator in a Space Environment.” Submitted August 2, 2017 as a NASA technical report for the completion of the 2017 NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Faculty Fellowship.
  3. Robert McTaggart. “Modeling the Detection of Solar Neutrinos via Inverse Beta Decay in a Space Environment.”  2016 Marshall Space Flight Center Faculty Fellowship Program. N.F. Six, Program Director, G. Karr, Compiler. March 2017, NASA/TM-2017-218234, pp.124-131.
  4. Wenyong Zhang, Ralph Skomski, Parashu Kharel, Xingzhong Li, Tingyong Chen, Gejian Zhao, Dongrin Kim, Shah Valloppilly, and David J. Sellmyer. “Mn2CrGa-Based Heusler Compounds with Low Net Moment and High Spin Polarization.”
  5. R. Sbiaa, I. A. Al-Omari, M. Al Bahri, Parashu Kharel, M. Ranjbar, J. Åkerman, David J. Sellmyer. “Ni thickness influence on magnetic properties of Co/Ni/Co/Pt multilayers with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy.” Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 441, 585(2017).
  6. Shouyun Cheng, Lin Wei, James Julson, Kasiviswanathan Muthukumarappan, Parashu Kharel. “Upgrading pyrolysis bio-oil to hydrocarbon enriched biofuel over bifunctional Fe-Ni/HZSM-5 catalyst in supercritical methanol.” Fuel Processing Technology, 167, 117-126(2017).
  7. Shouyun Cheng, Lin Wei, James Julson, Parashu Kharel, Yuhe Cao, Zhengrong Gu. “Catalytic liquefaction of pine sawdust for biofuel development on bifunctional Zn/HZSM-5 catalyst in supercritical ethanol.” Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis 126, 256(2017).
  8. Y. Jin, R. Skomski, Parashu Kharel, S. R. Valloppilly, David J. Sellmyer. “Effect of disorder on the resistivity of CoFeCrAl films.” AIP Advances 7, 055834 (2017).
  9. Shouyun Cheng, Lin Wei, James Julson, Kasiviswanathan Muthukumarappan, Parashu Kharel, Eric Boakye. “Hydrocarbon bio-oil production from pyrolysis bio-oil using non-sulfide Ni-Zn/AlO2 catalyst.” Fuel Processing Technology, 162, 78-86(2017).
  10. Shouyun Cheng, Lin Wei, James Julson, Kasiviswanathan Muthukumarappan, Parashu Kharel, Yuje Cao, Eric Boakye, Douglas Raynie, Zhengrong Gu. “Hydrodeoxygenation upgrading of pine sawdust bio-oil using zinc metal with zero valency.” Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers, 000 (2017) 1-8.
  11. Parashu Kharel,J. Herran,P. Lukashev,Y. Jin, J. Waybright^, S. Gilbert^,B. Staten, P. Gray,S. Valloppilly, Yung Huh, D. J. Sellmyer. “Effect of disorder on the magnetic and electronic structure of a prospective spin-gapless semiconductor MnCrVAl.” AIP Advances 7, 056402 (2017).
  12. Y. Jin, J. Waybright^, Parashu Kharel^, I. Tutic, J. Herran,P. Lukashev,S. Valloppilly, David J. Sellmyer. “Effect of Fe substitution on the structural, magnetic and electron-transport properties of half-metallic Co2TiSi.” AIP Advances 7, 055812 (2017).
  13. Yung Huh, Swarangi Joshi^, Sanmati Jain^, Ojas Pathak^, Parashu Kharel. "Magnetism and structure of a half-metallic Heusler compound Co-Mn-Cr-Si."APS March Meeting (2017)

2016

  1. W. R. Matson, Author. "Earthquakes: The Sound of Multi-Modal Waves." Published June 2016 by Morgan and Claypool, Online ISBN: 978-1-6817-4329-5, Print ISBN: 978-1-6817-4328-8.
  2. Vondruska, J. "Exploring the nature of interactions during peer instruction for different subject-experience pairs." Proceedings of the American Association of Physics Teachers, Winter Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana.
  3. Behzad Rankouhi, Todd Letcher, Robert McTaggart, Fereidoon Delfanian. “An Experimental Investigation of the Effects of Gamma Radiation on 3D Printed ABS for In-Space Manufacturing Purposes.” Proceedings of the ASME 2015 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, November 11-17, 2016, Phoenix, Arizona.
  4. J. Cassidy^, N. Sepehr, R. McTaggart, F. Delfanian. “Mechanical Response of High Density Polyethylene to Gamma Radiation from a Cobalt-60 Irradiator.” Polymer Testing 52 (2016), 111-116.
  5. Y. Jin, Parashu Kharel, S. R. Valloppilly, X. Z. Li, D. Kim, G. J. Zhao, T. Y. Chen, R. Choudhary, A. Kashyap, R. Skomski, David J. Sellmyer. “Half-Metallicity in Highly L21-Ordered CoFeCrAl Thin Films.” Applied Physics Letters, 109, 142410 (2016).
  6. Wenyong Zhang, Parashu Kharel, Tom George, Xingzhong Li, Pinaki Mukherjee, Shah Valloppilly, David J. Sellmyer. “Origin of grain alignment due to magnetic-field annealing for MnBi:Bi nanocomposites.” Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 49, 455002, (2016).
  7. Y. Jin, Parashu Kharel, P. Lukashev, S. Valloppilly, B. Staten, J. Herran, I. Tutic, M. Mitrakumar^, B. Bhusal^, A. O'Connell, K. Yang, Yung Huh, R. Skomski, David J. Sellmyer. "Magnetism and electronic structure of CoFeCrX (X = Si, Ge) Heusler alloys." Journal of Applied Physics 120, 053903 (2016); doi: 10.1063/1.4960350.
  8. Wenyong Zhang, Parashu Kharel, Imad Al-Omari, Jeffrey E. Shield, David J. Sellmyer. “Effect of element substitution on nanostructure and hard magnetism of rapidly quenched Nd2Fe14B.” Philosophical Magazine 96, 2800 (2016).
  9. Yuhe Cao, Keliang Wang, Xiaomin Wang, Zhengrong Gu, Qihua Fan, William Gibbons, James D. Hoefelmeyer, Parashu Kharel, Maheshwar Shrestha. “Hierarchical porous activated carbon for supercapacitor derived from corn stalk core by potassium hydroxide activation.” Electrochimica Acta, 212, 839 (2016).
  10. P. Lukashev, Parashu Kharel, S. Gilbert^, B. Staten, N. Hurley, R. Fuglsby, Yung Huh, S. Valloppilly, W. Zhang, K. Yang, R. Skomski and David J. Sellmyer. "Investigation of spin-gapless semiconductivity and half-metallicity in Ti2MnAl-based compounds." Applied Physics Letters 108, 141901 (2016); doi: 10.1063/1.4945600.
  11. Wenyong Zhang, Parashu Kharel, Ralph Skomski, Shah Valloppilly, Xingzhong Li and David J. Sellmyer. “Structure, magnetism and electrical transport properties of Mn2CrGa-based nanomaterials” AIP Advances, 6, 056218 (2016).
  12. Keliang Wang, Yuhe Cao, Xiaomin Wang, Parashu Ram Kharel, William Gibbons, Bing Luo, Zhengrong Gu, Qihua Fan and Lloyd Metzger. "Nickel catalytic graphitized porous carbon as electrode material for high performance supercapacitors.” Energy, 101, 9-15 (2016).
  13. Renu Choudhary, Parashu Kharel, Shah R. Valloppilly, Yunlong Jin, Andrew O’Connell, Yung Huh, Simeon Gilbert^, Arti Kashyap, David J. Sellmyer and Ralph Skomski. "Structural disorder and magnetism in the spin-gapless semiconductor CoFeCrAl." AIP Advances 6, 056304 (2016); doi: 10.1063/1.4943306.
  14. Y. Jin, W. Zhang, Parashu Kharel, Shah R. Valloppilly, R. Skomski and David J. Sellmyer. “Effect of boron doping on nanostructure and magnetism of rapidly quenched Zr2Co11-based alloys.” AIP Advances 6, 056002 (2016).
  15. R. Choudhary, Parashu Kharel, S. Valloppilly, Y. Jin, A. O’Connell, Yung Huh, S. Gilbert, A. Kashyap, David J. Sellmyer and R. Skomski. "Structural and thermal disorder in the spin-gapless semiconductor CoFeCrAl, MMM/INTERMAG conference." (2016)
  16. Parashu Kharel, Y. Jin, S. Valloppilly, A. O’Connell, Yung Huh, K. Yang^ and David J. Sellmyer. "Structural and magnetic properties of CoFeCrSi Heusler allos, MMM/INTERMAG conference." (2016)
  17. Yung Huh, S. Gilbert^, Parashu Kharel, Y. Jin, P. Lukashev, S. Valloppilly and David J. Sellmyer. "Structural and magnetic properties of a prospective spin gapless semiconductor: MnCrVAl." APS MARCH Meeting, 2016.
  18. P. Lukashev, S. Gilbert^, B. Staten, N. Hurley, R. Fuglsby^, Parashu Kharel, Yung Huh, S. Valloppilly, W. Zhang, K. Yang and David J. Sellmyer. "Development of spin gapless semiconductivity and half metallicity in Ti2MnAl by substitutions for Al." APS MARCH Meeting, (2016).

2015

  1. R. Sbiaa, I. Al-Omari, Parashu Kharel, M. Ranjbar, David Sellmyer, J. Akerman and S. N. Piramanayagam. “Temperature effect on exchange coupling and magnetization reversal in antiferromagnetically coupled Co/Pd multilayers.” Journal of Applied Physics 118, 063902 (2015).
  2. Parashu Kharel, W. Zhang, R. Skomski, S. Valloppilly, Yung Huh, R. Fuglsby^, S. Gilbert^ and David J. Sellmyer. "Magnetism, electron transport and effect of disorder in CoFeCrAl." Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 48, 245002 (2015).
  3. Wenyong Zhang, Parashu Kharel, Shah Valloppilly, Lamping Yue and David J. Sellmyer. “High-energy-product MnBi films with controllable anisotropy” Physica Status Solidi B, 1-6 (2015).
  4. A. Nelson^, Parashu Kharel, Yung Huh, P. Lukashev, R. Fuglsby^, J. Guenther^, W. Zhang, S. Valloppilly and David J. Sellmyer, "Enhancement of Curie Temperature in Mn2RuSn by Co Substitution." Journal of Applied Physics 117, 153906 (2015).
  5. Yung Huh, Parashu Kharel*, A. Nelson^, V. R. Shah, P. Manchanda, A. Kashyap, R. Skomski and David J. Sellmyer. “Effect of Co substitution on the magnetic and electron transport properties of Mn2PtSn.” Journal of Physics: Condemns. Matter, 27, 076002 (2015).
  6. R. Fuglsby^, Parashu Kharel, W. Zhang, S. Valloppilly, Yung Huh and David J. Sellmyer. "Magnetism of hexagonal Mn1.5X0.5Sn (X = Cr, Mn, Fe, Co) nanomaterials." Journal of Applied Physics 117, 17D115 (2015).
  7. Rakesh Kumar Gupta, Mukul Dubey, Parashu Kharel, Zhengrong Gu and Qi Hua Fan. “Biocar activated by Oxygen Plasma for Supercapacitors.” Journal of Power Sources, 274, 1300 (2015).
  8. W.Y. Zhang, Parashu Kharel, S. Valloppilly, R. Skomski and David J. Sellmyer. “Synthesis and Magnetism of single-phase Mn-Ga films.” Journal of Applied Physics 117, 17E306 (2015).
  9. Yung Huh. "The Physics Materials and Nano-Science (PMNS) Lab at South Dakota State University." South Dakota Academy of Science, 2015.
  10. Parashu Kharel, W. Zhang, R. Skomski, S. Valloppilly, Yung Huh, R. Fuglsby^, S. Gilbert^ and David J. Sellmyer. "Effect of disorder on the magnetic and electron-transport properties of a prospective spin gapless semiconductor CoFeCrAl, 20th International Conference on Magnetism." (2015), Barcelona, Spain.
  11. S. Gilbert^, R. Fuglsby^, Yung Huh and Parashu Kharel. "Synthesis and Characterization of Ti2MnAl: A Potential Spin Gapless Semiconductor." South Dakota Academy of Science, (2015).
  12. Parashu Kharel, R. Fuglsby^, S. Simeon^, Yung Huh, W. Zhang, S. Valloppilly, R. Skomski and David J. Sellmyer. "Structural, magnetic and electron-transport properties of rapidly quenched CoFeCrAl nanomaterials." APS March Meeting, (2015).
  13. R. Fuglsby^, Parashu Kharel, W. Zhang, S. Valloppilly, Yung Huh and David J. Sellmyer. "Magnetism of Hexagonal Mn1.5X0.5Sn (X = Cr, Mn, Fe, Co) Melt-spun ribbons." APS March Meeting, (2015).
  14. Parashu Kharel, R. Fuglsby^, S. Gilbert^, Yung Huh, S. Vallippolly, R. Skmoski and David J. Sellmyer. "Structural, Magnetic and Electron transport properties of rapidly quenched CoFeCrAl nanostructures." APS March Meeting, 2015.
  15. R. Fuglsby^, Parashu Kharel, W. Zhang, S. Valloppilly, Yung Huh and David J. Sellymyer. "Structural and Magnetic Properties of Mn1.5X0.5Sn (X = Cr, Mn, Fe, Co) Melt-spun Ribbons." APS March Meeting, 2015.