University of Maryland Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics
Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics

Microwave Processing Laboratory for Advanced Materials


Publications in Refereed Journals

  1. G. S. Nusinovich, Y. Carmel, A. G. Shkvarunets, J. C. Rodgers, T. M. Antonsen, Jr., V. L. Granatstein, Y. P. Bliokh, D. M. Goebel, J. P. Verboncoeur, "The Pasotron: Progress in the Theory and Experiments," IEEE Trans. Electron Devices 52 (5), 845 (2005).

  2. Yu. P. Bliokh, G. S. Nusinovich, A. G. Shkvarunets, and Y. Carmel, "Self-Excitation of Microwave Oscillations in Plasma-Assisted Slow-Wave Oscillators by an Electron Beam with a Movable Focus," Phys. Rev. E 70, 046501 (2004).

  3. G. Xu, Y. Carmel, T. Olorunyolemi, I. Lloyd, O. Wilson, "Microwave Sintering and the Properties of AIN/TIB2 Composites," J. Mat. Research 18 [1], 66-76 (2003).

  4. G. Xu, O. C. Wilson, Jr., T. Olorunyolemi, I. K. Lloyd, and Y. Carmel, "Design and Construction of Insulation Configuration for Ultra High-Temperature Microwave Processing of Ceramics," J. Am. Cer. Soc. 86 [12], 2082 (2003).

  5. T. Olorunyolemi, A. Birnboim, Y. Carmel, O. Wilson, Jr., I. Lloyd, S. Smith, and R. Campbell, "Thermal Conductivity of Zink Oxide: From Green to Sintered State," J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 85 [3], 1249 (2002).

  6. G. Xu, T. Olorunyolemi, O. Wilson, I. Lloyd, Y. Carmel, "Microwave Sintering of High-Density, High Thermal Conductivity AIN," J. Mat. Res. 17 [11], 2837 (2002).

  7. T. M. Abu-Elfadl, G. Nusinovich, A. Shkvarunets, Y. Carmel, T. Antonsen, Jr., V. Granatstein, and D. Goebel, "Efficiency of Helix Pasotron Backward-Wave Oscillator," IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci. 30 [3], 1126-1134 (2002).

  8. A. Shkvarunets, Y. Carmel, G. Nusinovich, T. Abu-Elfadl, J. Rodgers, T. Antonsen, Jr., V. Granatstein, "Realization of High Efficiency in a Plasma-Assisted Microwave Source with Two-Dimensional Electron Motion," Phys. Plasma 9, 4114-4117 (2002).

  9. Evan Pert, Yuval Carmel, Amikam Birnboim, Tayo Olorunyolemi, David Gershon, Jeff Calame, Isabel Lloyd, and Otto Wilson, "Temperature Measurements during Microwave Processing: The Significance of Thermocouple Effects," J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 84 [9], 1981 (2001).

  10. G. Xu, I. K. Lloyd, Y. Carmel, T. Olorunyolemi, and O. Wilson, Jr.,"Microwave Sintering of ZnO at Ultra High Heating Rates," J. Mat. Res. 16 [10], 2850 (2001).

  11. A. Birnboim, T. Olorunyolemi, and Y. Carmel, "Calculating the Thermal Conductivity of Heated Powder Compacts," J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 84 [5], 1315 (2001).

  12. D. Gershon, J.P. Calame, and A. Birnboim, "Complex Permittivity Measurements and the Mixing Laws of Alumina Composites," J. Appl. Phys. 89, 8110-8116 (2001).

  13. D. Gershon, J.P. Calame, and A. Birnboim, "Complex Permittivity Measurements and the Mixing Laws of Porous Alumina," J. Appl. Phys. 89, 8117-8120 (2001).

  14. T. Olorunyolemi, R. Tolbert, O. Wilson, Jr., Y. Carmel, I. Lloyd, G. Xu, and A. Jaworski, "Measurement of Densification of Zinc Oxide Compacts Using an Optical, Noncontact, Noninvasive Extensometer," J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 83, 974-976 (2000).Abstract

  15. D. Gershon, J. P. Calame, Y. Carmel, and T. M. Antonsen, "Adjustable Resonant Cavity for Measuring the Complex Permittivity of Dielectric Materials," Rev. Sci. Instrum. 71 [8], 3207 (2000).

  16. Tayo Olorunyolemi and Ronald A. Kydd, "Laser Raman Spectroscopy of MoO3 and NiO-MoO3 Supported on Gallia and Gallium-Aluminum Mixed Oxides," Catalysis Lett. 65, 185-192 (2000).

  17. O. C. Wilson, Jr., T. Olorunyolemi, A. Jaworski, L. Borum, D. Young, E. Dickens, and C. Oriakhi, "Surface Properties of Layered Double Hydroxide Nanocomposites," in Bioceramics: Materials and Application III, Ceramic Transactions 199, 93 (2000).

  18. A. Birnboim, J.P. Calame, and Y. Carmel, "Microfocusing and Polarization Effects in Spherical Neck Ceramic Microstructures during Microwave Processing," J. Appl. Phys. 85, 478-482 (1999).

  19. D. Gershon, J. P. Calame, Y. Carmel, and T. M. Antonsen, Jr., "Open-Ended Coaxial Probe for High Temperature and Broad-Band Dielectric Measurements," IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech. 47 (9), 1640-1648 (1999).

  20. A. Birnboim and Y. Carmel, "Modeling of the Heat Wave Generated during Microwave Heating of Powdered Zinc Oxide in a Nitrogen Atmosphere," J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 82, 313-318 (1999).Abstract

  21. Tayo Olorunyolemi and Ronald Kydd, "Barium as a Secondary Promoter for Ni-Mo Catalyst Supported on Alumina," Catalysis Lett. 59, 27-32 (1999).Abstract

  22. O. C. Wilson, Jr., T. Olorunyolemi, A. Jaworski, L. Borum, D. Young, A. Siriwat, E. Dickens, C. Oriakhi, and M. Lerner, "Surface and Interfacial Properties of Polymer-Intercalated Layered Double Hydroxide Nanocomposites," Appl. Clay Sci. 15, 265-279 (1999).Abstract

  23. Tayo Olorunyolemi and Ronald A. Kydd, "The Effect of Fluoride Addition on the Catalytic Activity of Gallium-Aluminum Mixed Oxides and Ni-Mo Supported on Them," Catalysis Lett. 63, 173-178 (1999).

  24. A. Birnboim and Y. Carmel, "Simulation of Microwave Sintering of Ceramic Bodies with Complex Geometry," J. Am. Ceramic Soc. 82 [11] 3024-3030 (1999).Abstract

  25. L.P. Martin, D. Dadon, M. Rosen, D. Gershon, K. Rybakov, A. Birman, J. Calame, B. Levush, Y. Carmel, R. Hutcheon, "Effects of Anomalous Permittivity on the Microwave Heating of Zinc Oxide," J. Appl. Phys. 83 [1], 432-437 (1998).

  26. A. Birnboim, D. Gershon, J. Calame, A. Birman, Y. Carmel, J. Rodgers, B. Levush, Y. V. Bykov, A. G. Eremeev, V. V. Holoptsev, V. E. Semenov, D. Dadon, L. P. Martin, M. Rosen, R. Hutcheon, and D. Abe, "Comparative Study of Microwave Sintering of Zinc Oxide at 2.45, 30 and 83 GHz," J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 1493-1501 (1998).Abstract

  27. J.P. Calame, A. Birman, Y. Carmel, D. Gershon, B. Levush, A.A. Sorokin, V.E. Semenov, D. Dadon, L.P. Martin, and M. Rosen, "A Dielectric Mixing Law for Porous Ceramics Based on Fractal Boundaries," J. Appl. Phys. 80 [7], 3992-4000 (1996).

  28. D. Dadon, L.P. Martin, M. Rosen, A. Birman, D. Gershon, J.P. Calame, B. Levush, and Y. Carmel, "Temperature and Porosity Gradients Developed during Non-isothermal Microwave Processing of Zinc Oxide," J. Mater. Synth. Process. 4 [2], 95-103 (1996).Abstract

  29. L. P. Martin, D. Dadon, M. Rosen, D. Gershon, A. Birman, B. Levush, and Y. Carmel, "Ultrasonic and Dielectric Characterization of Microwave-Sintered and Conventionally Sintered Zinc Oxide," J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 79 [10], 2652-2658 (1996).Abstract

  30. T. Olorynyolemi and R. A. Kydd, "Gallium-Aluminum Mixed Oxides as Supports for Ni-Mo Catalysts: Characterization and Reactivity for Cumene Cracking and Thiophene HDS Reactions," J. Catal. 158, 583 (1996).

  31. A. S. Hinman and T. Olorunyolemi, "In situ Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroelectrochemical Studies of the Oxidation of Some Octaethylporphyrin Complexes," Can. J. Chem. 71, 1975 (1993).


Conference Presentations and Proceedings

A. Invited Talks
  1. Y. Carmel, I. K. Lloyd, O. C. Wilson, Jr., T. O. Olorunyolemi, A. Birnboim, D. Gershon, E. Pert, G. Xu, 2nd World Congress on Microwave and Radio Frequency Processing, Orlando, FL, April 2-6, 2000.Abstract

  2. O. Wilson, Jr., Y. Carmel, I. Lloyd, T. Olorunyolemi, J. Calame, D. Gershon, E. Pert, G. Xu, M. Walter, A. Jaworski, and A. Birnboim, "Microwave Systems for the Processing of Advanced Ceramics," 26th IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science, Monterey, CA, June 20-24, 1999. Abstract

  3. J. Calame, Y. Carmel, D. Gershon, and E. Pert, "The Microwave Sintering of Ceramics: New Insights, Models, and Applications Based on Realistic Ceramic Microstructures," 22nd International Workshop on Infrared and Millimeter Waves, July 20-25, 1997.Abstract

  4. J. P. Calame, Y. Carmel, D. Gershon, and M. Rosen, "Predicting the Dielectric Properties of Mixtures: A Practical Engineering Approach," First World Conference on Microwave Processing, Lake Buena Vista, FL, January 5-9, 1997.Abstract

  5. J. P. Calame, A. Birman, Y. Carmel, D. Gershon, B. Levush, A. A. Sorokin, V. E. Semenov, D. Dadon, L. P. Martin, and M. Rosen, "Dielectric Mixing Laws for Porous Ceramic Materials," First World Conference on Microwave Processing, Lake Buena Vista, FL, January 5-9, 1997.Abstract

  6. J. P. Calame, Y. Carmel, A. Birman, and D. Gershon, "The Propagation and Absorption of Electromagnetic Waves in Porous Ceramic Materials," IEEE Conference on Plasma Science, Boston, MA, June 1996.Abstract

B. Other

  1. Y. Carmel, A. Birnboim, and T. Olorunyolemi, "Calculating the Dielectric Properties of Highly Porous Designed Architecture Multiscale Composite Systems," PAC RIM IV Conference, Maui, Hawaii, USA, November 4-8, 2001.

  2. G. Xu, T. Olorunyolemi, I. Lloyd, O. C. Wilson, Jr., and Y. Carmel, "Microwave Sintering of High Thermal Conductivity AlN-SiC Composite," PAC RIM IV Conference, Maui, Hawaii, USA, November 4-8, 2001.

  3. G. Xu, I. K. Lloyd, T. Olorunyolemi, O. C. Wilson, Jr., and Y. Carmel, "Microwave Sintering of ZnO at Ultra High Heating Rates," 103rd Annual Meeting and Exposition, American Ceramic Society, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, April 22-25, 2001.

  4. O. C. Wilson, Jr., G. Xu, B. Harris, T. Olorunyolemi, I. K. Lloyd, and Y. Carmel, "Ultra Rapid Microwave Processing of Nanopowder Compacts," 103rd Annual Meeting and Exposition, American Ceramic Society, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, April 22-25, 2001.

  5. G. Xu, T. Olorunyolemi, I. Lloyd, O. C. Wilson, Jr., and Y. Carmel, "Low Temperature Microwave Sintering of AlN," 103rd Annual Meeting and Exposition, American Ceramic Society, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, April 22-25, 2001.

  6. G. Xu, I. Lloyd, T. Olorunyolemi, Y. Carmel, and O. C. Wilson, Jr., "High Thermal Conductivity AlN Prepared by Microwave Sintering," 103rd Annual Meeting and Exposition, American Ceramic Society, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, April 22-25, 2001.

  7. Yuval Carmel, Isabel Lloyd, Tayo Olorunyolemi, Otto Wilson, Jr., Gengfu Xu, Evan Pert, and David Gershon, "Advanced Ceramics for Microwave Tubes," International Vacuum Electronics Conference (IVEC 2000), Monterey, CA, May 3-5, 2000.

  8. Isabel Lloyd, Tayo Olorunyolemi, Yuval Carmel, and Otto Wilson, Jr., "Microwave Processing of Ceramics," AFOSR Meeting in Ceramic Materials and Composites, St. Louis, MO, May 4-5, 2000.

  9. Tayo Olorunyolemi, Yuval Carmel, Amikam Birnboim, Otto C. Wilson, Jr., and Isabel K. Lloyd, "Calculation of Thermal Conductivity During Microstructure Development," 102nd Annual Meeting and Exposition, The American Ceramic Society, St. Louis, MO, April 30-May 3, 2000.Abstract

  10. Gengfu Xu, Isabel Lloyd, Tayo Olorunyolemi, Yuval Carmel, and Otto Wilson, Jr., "Ultra Rapid Microwave Sintering of ZnO," 102nd Annual Meeting and Exposition, The American Ceramic Society, St. Louis, MO, April 30-May 3, 2000.Abstract

  11. C. M. Hudson, O. C. Wilson, Jr., T. O. Olorunyolemi, and C. Oriakhi, "Rehydration Synthesis of Layered Double Hydroxide Nanocomposites," 102nd Annual Meeting and Exposition, The American Ceramic Society, St. Louis, MO, April 30-May 5, 2000.

  12. Gengfu Xu, Isabel Lloyd, Tayo Olorunyolemi, Yuval Carmel, and Otto Wilson, Jr., "High Thermal Conductivity AIN Prepared by Microwave Sintering," 2nd World Congress on Microwave and Radio Frequency Processing, Orlando, FL, April 2-6, 2000.Abstract

  13. Gengfu Xu, Tayo Olorunyolemi, Isabel Lloyd, Yuval Carmel, and Otto Wilson, Jr., "Microwave Sintering of ZnO at High Heating Rates," 2nd World Congress on Microwave and Radio Frequency Processing, Orlando, FL, April 2-6, 2000.Abstract

  14. E. Pert, J. P. Calame, D. Gershon, Y. Carmel, I. Lloyd, O. Wilson, Jr., T. Olorunyolemi, "Design of a Wide-Range Non-contact Temperature Measurement and Control System for a 2.45 GHz Microwave Furnace," 26th IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science, Monterey, CA, June 20-24, 1999. Abstract

  15. T. Olorunyolemi, A. Birnboim, Y. Carmel, O. Wilson, Jr., I. Lloyd, A. Jaworski, S. Smith, and R. Campbell, "Thermal Conductivity of ZnO: From Green to Sintered State," 101st Annual Meeting & Exposition, The American Ceramic Society, Indianapolis, IN, April 25-28, 1999. Abstract

  16. A. Birnboim, J. P. Calame, and Y. Carmel, "Microfocusing and Polarization Effects in Spherical Neck Ceramic Microstructures During Microwave Processing," 101st Annual Meeting & Exposition, The American Ceramic Society, Indianapolis, IN, April 25-28, 1999. Abstract

  17. T. Olorunyolemi, R. Tolbert, O. Wilson, Jr., Y. Carmel, I. Lloyd, G. Xu, "Measurement of Densification of Zinc Oxide (ZnO) Using an Optical, Non-contact, Non-invasive Extensometer," 101st Annual Meeting & Exposition, The American Ceramic Society, Indianapolis, IN, April 25-28, 1999. Abstract

  18. A. W. Jaworski, Jr., O. C. Wilson, Jr., T. Olorunyolemi, R. Tolbert, I. K. Lloyd, and Y. Carmel, "Particle Size Effects on the Sintering of ZnO," 101st Annual Meeting & Exposition, The American Ceramic Society, Indianapolis, IN, April 25-28, 1999. Abstract

  19. D. Gershon, O. Wilson, J. Calame, T. Olorunyolemi, Y. Carmel, and I. Lloyd, "The Role of Microstructure Modification on Dielectric Mixing Laws," 101st Annual Meeting & Exposition, The American Ceramic Society, Indianapolis, IN, April 25-28, 1999. Abstract

  20. I. K. Lloyd, C. Mims, D. Hugue, G. Xu, E. Pert, O. C. Wilson, Jr., Y. Carmel, and T. Olorunyolemi, "Comparison of Grain Growth in Zinc Oxide in Conventional and Microwave Environments," 101st Annual Meeting & Exposition, The American Ceramic Society, Indianapolis, IN, April 25-28, 1999. Abstract

  21. A. Birnboim and Y. Carmel, "Simulation of Microwave Sintering of Ceramic Bodies with Complex Geometry," 101st Annual Meeting & Exposition, The American Ceramic Society, Indianapolis, IN, April 25-28, 1999. Abstract

  22. D. Gershon, O. Wilson, J. Calame, Y. Carmel, and I. Lloyd, "The Role of Microstructure Modification on Dielectric Mixing Laws," poster presentation at American Ceramic Society Annual Meeting, May, 1998. Abstract

  23. A. Birnboim and Y. Carmel, "Modeling the Heat Wave Generated During Microwave Heating of Powdered Zinc Oxide in Nitrogen Atmosphere," American Ceramic Society Annual Meeting, May, 1998. Abstract

  24. D. Gershon, J. Calame, Y. Carmel, and T. Antonsen, "Open-Ended Coaxial Probe for High-Temperature and Broad Band Dielectric Measurements," American Ceramic Society Annual Meeting, 1998. Abstract

  25. O. Wilson, Jr. and D. Gershon, "Copper Oxide Based Surface Modification Agent," American Ceramic Society Annual Meeting, May, 1998. Abstract

  26. E. Pert, J. Calame, D. Gershon, and Y. Carmel, "Pyrometric Temperature Control System for Microwave Processing of Materials," poster presentation at American Ceramic Society Annual Meeting, May, 1998. Abstract

  27. J. P. Calame, K. Rybakov, Y. Carmel, and D. Gershon, "Electric Field Intensification in Spherical Neck Ceramic Microstructures During Microwave Sintering," First World Congress on Microwave Processing, 1997. Abstract

  28. D. Gershon, J. Calame, Y. Carmel, T. Antonsen, and M. Rosen, "Complex Permittivity Measurements at Elevated Temperatures of Zinc Oxice Sintered in Conventional and Microwave Furnaces," poster presentation at First World Congress on Microwave Processing, 1997. Abstract

  29. J. P. Calame, Y. Carmel, D. L. Gershon, and M. Rosen, "Predicting the Dielectric Properties of Mixtures: A Practical Engineering Approach," First World Congress on Microwave Processing, January, 1997. Abstract

  30. D. Dadon, D. Gershon, Y. Carmel, K. Rybakov, R. Hutcheon, A. Birman, L. P. Martin, J. Calame, B. Levush, M. Rosen, "Observation of an Electromagnetically Driven Temperature Wave in Porous Zinc Oxide During Microwave Sintering," pp. 507-512 in Materials Research Society, Vol. 430, Microwave Processing of Materials V, edited by M. Iskander, J. Kiggans, J. C. Bolomey, 1996. Abstract

  31. L. P. Martin, D. Dadon, M. Rosen, A. Birman, D. Gershon, J. P. Calame, B. Levush, Y. Carmel, "Temperature Gradients and Residual Porosity in Microwave Sintered Zinc Oxide," pp. 579-584 in Materials Research Society, Vol. 430, Microwave Processing of Materials V, edited by M. Iskander, J. Kiggans, J. C. Bolomey, 1996. Abstract

  32. A. Birman, B. Levush, Y. Carmel, D. Gershon, D. Dadon, L. P. Martin, and M. Rosen, "Modeling of Multi-Frequency Microwave Sintering of ZnO Ceramic," pp. 305-312 in Ceramic Transactions, Vol. 59, Microwaves: Theory and Application in Materials Processing III, edited by D. E. Clark, D. C. Folz, S. J. Oda, and R. Silberglitt, American Ceramic Society, Westerville, OH, 1995. Abstract

  33. L. P. Martin, D. Dadon, M. Rosen, D. Gershon, A. Birman, B. Levush, and Y. Carmel, "Characterization of Microwave Processed ZnO," pp. 399-407 in Ceramic Transactions, Vol. 59, Microwaves: Theory and Application in Materials Processing III, edited by D. E. Clark, D. C. Folz, S. J. Oda, and R. Silberglitt, American Ceramic Society, Westerville, OH, 1995. Abstract


Dissertations

  1. G. Xu, Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Maryland, May 2002.
  2. D. Gershon, Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Maryland, May 1999.
  3. E. Pert, M.S. Thesis, University of Maryland, December 1998.


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