Dr. Michael Mills investigates the structure and behavior of crystalline defects such as dislocations, grain boundaries and interfaces, and explores the relationship between these defects and the mechanical, electrical and optical properties of materials.
M.J. Mills, "High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy and Atomistic Calculations of Grain Boundaries in Metals and Intermetallics," Mat. Sci. Engrg. A, 166, p. 35, 1993.
M.J. Mills and D.B. Miracle, "The Structure of <100> and <110> Dislocation Cores in NiAl,"Acta Metall. Mat., 41, p. 85, 1993.
K.J. Hemker and M.J. Mills, "Measurement of APR and CSF Energies in Binary and Boron-Doped Ni3Al Using Weak Beam TEM,"Phil. Mag. A, 68, p. 305, 1993.
D.C. Chrzan and M.J. Mills, "Dynamics of Dislocation Motion in L12 Compounds,"Dislocations in Solids, Volume 10, edited by F.R.N. Nabarro and M.S. Duesbury, Elsevier Science Publishers, Amsterdam, in press, 1995.