Nick Roberts

Publications | Abstracts

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Publications | Curriculum

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Publications | Journal Articles

Academic Journal

• Ghorbani, M., Wang, H., Roberts, N., (2024). Analytical and numerical modeling of phase change material and hybrid PCM-heat sinks for high-power wireless EV charging. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 154, 107460. doi: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2024.107460
• White, B., Behbahanian, A., Stoker, M., Fowlkes, J.D, Hartnett, C., Wu, Y., Rack, P.D, Roberts, N., (2018). The Effect of Different Thickness Al2O3 Capping Layers on the Final Morphology of Dewet Thin Ni Films. Applied Physics A: Materials Science, 124:3, 233.
• Adams, S., Black, B.L, Fazio, G., Roberts, N., (2017). The effect of plant growth regulators on apple graft union flexural strength and flexibility. Journal of the American Pomological Society, 71:1, 8-18.
• Ralphs, M.I, Smith, B.L, Roberts, N., Technique for Direct Measurement of Thermal Conductivity of Elastomers and a Detailed Uncertainty Analysis. Measurement Science and Technology, 27:11, 115014.
• Wood, D., Hensley, D.K, Roberts, N., Enhanced thermal conductance of polymer composites through embedding aligned carbon nanofibers. AIMS Materials Science, 3:3, 851-861.
• Choi, C., Roberts, N., (2016). A simple model for the effective thermal conductivity of bulk nanostructured materials. International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 104, 13-19.
• Choi, C., Roberts, N., Contributions of mass and lattice difference and defects on thermal boundary conductance. AIP Advances, 5:097160
• Stanford, M., Lewis, B., Noh, J.H, Fowlkes, J., Roberts, N., Plank, H., Rack, P., (2014). Purification of nanoscale electron beam induced platinum deposits via pulsed laser induced oxidation reaction. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 6:23, 21256–21263. doi: 10.1021/am506246z
• Skigin, D., Fowlkes, J., Roberts, N., Scaffardi, L., Schinca, D., Lester, M., (2014). Control of the diffracted response of a metallic wire array with double period: experimental demonstration. Optics Letters, 39:19, 5693-5696.
• Fowlkes, J.D, Roberts, N., Wu, Y., Diez, J., Gonzalez, A., Hartnett, C., Mahady, K., Afkhami, S., Kondic, L., Rack, P., (2014). Hierarchical Nanoparticle Ensembles Synthesized by Liquid Phase Directed Self-Assembly. ACS Nano Letters, 14:2, doi: 10.1021/nl404128d
• Roberts, N., Gonzalez, C.M, Fowlkes, J.D, Rack, P.D, (2013). Enhanced by-product desorption via laser assisted electron beam induced deposition of W(CO)6 with improved conductivity and resolution. Nanotechnology, 24:415301, 1-6.
• Roberts, N., Fowlkes, J.D, Mahady, K., Afkhami, S., Kondic, L., Rack, P.D, (2013). Directed Assembly of One- and Two-Dimensional Nanoparticle Arrays from Pulsed Laser Induced Dewetting of Square Waveforms. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 5:10, 4450-4456.
• Roberts, N., Fowlkes, J.D, Magel, G.A, Rack, P.D, (2012). Enhanced purity and resolution via laser assisted electron beam induced deposition of platinum. Nanoscale, 5:1, 408-415.
• McKeown, J.T, Roberts, N., Fowlkes, J.D, Wu, Y., LaGrange, T., Reed, B.W, Campbell, G.H, Rack, P.D, (2012). Real-time observation of nanosecond liquid-phase assembly of nickel nanoparticles via pulse-laser heating. Langmuir, 28:49, 17168-17175.
• Fowlkes, J.D, Kondic, L., Diez, J.A, Gonzalez, A.G, Wu, Y., Roberts, N., McCold, C.E, Rack, P.D, (2012). Parallel assembly of particles and wires on substrates by dictating instability evolution in liquid metal films. Nanoscale, 4:23, 7376-7382.
• Roberts, N., Magel, G.A, Hartfield, C.D, Moore, T.M, Fowlkes, J.D, Rack, P.D, (2012). In situ laser processing in a scanning electron microscope. Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A, 30:4, 041404-1-6.
• Roberts, N., Noh, J.H, Lassiter, M., Guo, S., Kalinin, S., Rack, P.D, (2012). Synthesis and electroplating of high resolution insulated carbon nanotube scanning probes for imaging in liquid solutions. Nanotechnology, 23:14, 145301-1-6.
• Roberts, N., Walker, G., (2011). Investigation of Computational and Visual Modules to Enhance Learning in Undergraduate Heat Transfer. ASEE Computers in Education Journal, 21:1
• Wu, Y., Fowlkes, J.D, Roberts, N., Diez, J., Kondic, L., Gonzalez, A., Rack, P.D, (2011). Competing liquid phase instabilities during pulsed laser induced self-assembly of copper rings into ordered nanoparticle arrays on SiO2. Langmuir, 27:21, 13314-13323.
• Roberts, N., Walker, G., (2011). Computational Study of Thermally Rectifying Behavior from Nanostructured Interfaces. Journal of Heat Transfer, 133:9, 092401.
• Roberts, N., Walker, G., (2011). A Review of Thermal Rectification Observations and Models in Solid Materials. International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 50:5, 648-662.
• Roberts, N., Walker, G., (2010). Phonon Wave-Packet Simulations of Ar/Kr Interfaces for Thermal Rectification. Journal of Applied Physics, 108:12, 123515.
• Roberts, N., Walker, G., (2010). Convective Performance of Nanofluids in Commercial Electronics Cooling Systems. Applied Thermal Engineering, 30:16, 2499-2504.
• Roberts, N., Walker, G., Li, D., (2009). Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Thermal Conductivity of Nanocrystalline Composite Films. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 52:7-8, 2002-2008.

In-House Journal

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Publications | Other

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.