Recent Publications

2026

  1. M.E. Pek, J.M. Hogg, O.S. Houghton, D.M. Collins, P. Jackson, H.J. Stone, The effect of carbon and silicon variation on the oxidation resistance of a cobalt-based superalloy, Corrosion Science, 264, 113746
  2. A.M.L. Andersson, R.F.L. Mellor, J.M. Hogg, H.C. Cole, G.I. Lampronti, N.L. Church, O.S. Houghton, N.G. Jones, H.J. Stone, Superlattice phase precipitation in Ti-Fe-Mo-Al alloys, Materials Characterization, 234, 116139
  3. F.E. Synnot, L.R. Owen, N.G. Jones, H.J. Stone, D. Dye, P.M. Mignanelli, M. Hardy, K.A. Christofidou, In Situ X-ray Characterization of Thermomechanical Deformation Behavior in Powder-Processed Polycrystalline High Co-Containing Ni-Based Superalloys, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A
  4. S. Toyting, C.W. Harrison, A. Lambourne, H.J. Stone, Magnetic behaviour of FeCo-2V under applied stress and elevated temperature, Materialia, 45, 102636
  5. C.E.P. Talbot, N.L. Church, E.M. Hildyard, L.D. Connor, S. Michalik, N.G. Jones, Separating the effect of athermal and isothermal ω on superelasticity in Ti-24Nb (at.%), Intermetallics, 189, 109129
  6. M.E. Pek, J.M. Hogg, P. Jan, G.J. Wise, N.L. Church, D.M. Collins, P. Jackson, H.J. Stone, The Effect of Carbon and Silicon Variation on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of a Cobalt-Based Superalloy,  Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 57, 1178–1199
  7. S. Toyting, C.W. Harrison, S. Michalik, A. Lambourne, H.J. Stone, Effect of cyclic loading on the magnetic properties of FeCo-2V alloy, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 638, 173752
  8. E.L. Podd, D.M. Collins, Engineering ductility in magnesium: A review of texture-driven challenges and opportunities, Materials Science and Technology
  9. J.M. Hogg, M.E. Pek, J. Vollhüter, H.C. Cole, G.J. Wise, N.G. Jones, C. Dejoie, S. Neumeier, D.M. Collins, H.J. Stone, Spinodal decomposition and discontinuous precipitation in a low‑solvus Au‑Pt‑Pd alloy: an in situ X‑ray diffraction study, Acta Materialia, 302, 121620
  10. N.L. Church, E. Curtis, G.J. Wise, C. Collins, N. Martin, N.G. Jones, The effect of Co additions on the microstructure and mechanical properties of solute lean ⍺ + β Ti alloys, Materials Science and Engineering: A, 950, 149489

2025

  1. M.J. Lloyd, Í.Carneiro, J.P. Magnussen, M. Naeem, R. Heymer, E. Alborghetti, B.Pyles, G.A. Rozak, D.M. Collins, A.J. Knowles, Ductilisation of tungsten using rolling and rhenium alloying, International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials, 133, 107352
  2. A.M.L. Andersson, HY. Li, G.J. Wise, P. Bowen, M.C. Hardy, H.J. Stone, Controlling Inter- and Intra-granular γ′ Through Heat Treatment,  Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A
  3. J.R. Miller, H.C. Cole, J.M. Hogg, J. Pitchforth, L.D. Connor, P. Vacek, S. Neumeier, N.L. Church, P.A. Midgley, D.M. Collins, C.M.F. Rae, H.J. Stone, Satellite intensity and forbidden reflections from stacking faults in a deformed superalloy, Acta Materialia, 301, 121542
  4.  O.G. Reed, B.T. Desson, N.L. Church, N.G. Jones, The Effect of the Rolling Reduction Ratio on the Superelastic Properties of Ti-24Nb-4Zr-8Sn (wt%), Metals, 15, 1323
  5. N.L. Church, C.E.P. Talbot, S.M. Fairclough, N.G. Jones, The total stress approach to martensitic transformations in Ti–Nb-based alloys, Communications Materials, 6, 254
  6. N.L. Church, O.G. Reed, G.J. Wise, N.G. Jones, On the role of athermal and isothermal omega on the stress induced martensitic transformation in Ti-18Nb (at.%), Materialia, 44, 102608
  7. G.J. Wise, P.M. Mignanelli, M.C. Hardy, N.G. Jones, H.J. Stone, Thermomechanical behaviour of a new low-cost polycrystalline nickel-base superalloy, Materials Science and Engineering: A, 945, 149041
  8. J.M. Hogg, J. Vollhüter, N.L. Church, A.M.L. Andersson, C. Dejoie, D.M. Collins, S. Neumeier, H.J. Stone, Kinetics of spinodal decomposition, metastable ordering, and discontinuous precipitation in Cu‑15Ni‑8Sn, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 1042, 183926
  9. N.L. Church, C.E.P. Talbot, L.C.B. Fisher, C.E. Churchman, N.G. Jones, Utilising Ti3Sn intermetallic precipitates to achieve high strength Ti-Nb-Sn alloys, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 1032, 181172
  10. N. D’Souza, B. Roebuck, I.M. Edmonds, G.D. West, D.M. Collins, Key Considerations of Electro-thermal Mechanical Testing in Ni-Base Superalloy Phase Transformations,  Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 56, 3051-3061
  11. J.M. Hogg, J.R. Miller, M.E. Pek, M.A. Carpenter, H.J. Stone, Microstructural evolution in a spinodal copper alloy and its effect on elastic moduli and hardness, Materials Science and Engineering: A, 930, 148144
  12. H.S. Kitaguchi, S. Banerjee, H. Vashishtha, W. Theis, P. Bowen, D.M. Collins, A TEM study of microstructure inhomogeneity in a superalloy powder: Implications for microstructure development, Materialia, 39, 102347
  13. G.J. Wise, N.L. Church, H.T. Pang, R.P. Thompson, H.J. Stone and N.G. Jones, The viability of the high entropy alloy AlMo0.5NbTa0.5TiZr for high-temperature structural applications, Advanced Engineering Materials, 27, 2402330
  14. H. Vashishtha, D.M. Collins, The influence of dislocations on B19' and R-phase transformations in a NiTi shape memory alloy, Scripta Materialia, 225, 116365
  15. C.E.P. Talbot, N.L. Church, N.G. Jones, Observation of α phase nucleation within ω precipitates with novel orientation relationship in a low misfit metastable β-Ti alloy through EBSD, 255, 116335

2024

  1. N.L. Church, J.Y. Ang, O.G. Reed, O.E. Gibson, N.G. Jones, The effect of athermal omega on the transformation behaviour of Ti-24Nb-4Zr-8Sn (wt%), Materialia, 38, 102266
  2.  A. Prasad, N.L. Church, N.G. Jones, An Investigation into the Ti-Nb-Ag Ternary System for Biocompatible Superelastic Alloys, Metals, 14, 1426
  3. L.R. Owen, N.G. Jones, H.J. Stone, H.Y. Playford, Separation of static and dynamic displacements in the CrMnFeCoNi high entropy alloy, Acta Materialia, 119164
  4. C.E.P. Talbot, N.L. Church, N.G. Jones, Effect of prior processing on the decomposition of the β phase in Ti–Nb alloys during intermediate heat treatments, Scripta Materialia, 238, 115729
  5. J.R. Miller, J.F.S. Markanday, S.M. Fairclough, G.J. Wise, C.M.F. Rae, L.R. Owen, D. Stapleton, N. D’Souza, P.A.J. Bagot, H.J. Stone, Gamma prime precipitation in as-deposited Ni-based superalloy IN713LC, Scripta Materialia, 239, 115775
  6. N.L. Church, C.E.P. Talbot, L.D. Connor, S Michalik, N.G. Jones, The interdependence of the thermal and mechanical cycling behaviour in Ti2448 (Ti–24Nb–4Zr–8Sn, wt%), Materials Science and Engineering: A, 145791
  7. C.E.P. Talbot, N.L. Church, E.M. Hildyard, L.D. Connor, J.R. Miller, N.G. Jones, On the stability and formation of the α″ and ω phases in Ti-Nb alloys upon cooling, Acta Materialia, 119409
  8. G.J. Wise, N.L. Church, C.E.P. Talbot, P.M. Mignanelli, M.C. Hardy, N.G. Jones,  H.J. Stone, Microstructural Stability and Evolution in a New Polycrystalline Ni-Base Superalloy, Metallurgical & Materials Transactions A
  9. J.W.X. Wo, D.M. Collins, M.P. Taylor, M.C. Hardy, H.J. Stone, Delayed parabolic oxidation via transient thermal exposures on a polycrystalline nickel-based superalloy, Corrosion Science, 227, 111675
  10. N.L. Church, A. Prasad, C.E.P. Talbot, O.G. Reed, N.G. Jones, Development of a novel Ti-Nb-Au superelastic alloy with exceptionally low elastic modulus, Materials Research Letters, 12 (1), 34-41
  11. N.L. Church, I.C. James, N. Martin, N.G. Jones, The effect of heat treatment temperature on the mechanical properties of TIMETAL® 575, Materials Science & Engineering A, 145991
  12. J. A.D. Ball, C. Davis, C. Slater, H. Vashishtha, M. Said, L. Hébrard, F. Steinhilber, J.P. Wright, T. Connolley, S. Michalik, D.M. Collins, Grain-level effects on in-situ deformation-induced phase transformations in a complex-phase steel using 3DXRD and EBSD, Acta Materialia, 119608
  13. J.W.X. Wo, M.C. Hardy, H.J. Stone The Effect of Nb, Ta, and Ti on the Oxidation of a New Polycrystalline Ni‐Based Superalloy, High Temperature Corrosion of Materials
  14. J.P. Moffat, K.A. Christofidou, M.E. Pek, N.G. Jones, P. Jackson, H.J. Stone, Surveying the Effects of Aging a High C-Containing Co-Based Superalloy From the As-Cast and Solution Heat-Treated Conditions, Metallurgical & Materials Transactions A, 55, 791-802
  15. J.A.D. Ball, A. Kareer, O.V. Magdysyuk, S. Michalik, T. Connolley, D.M. Collins, Revealing per-grain and neighbourhood stress interactions of a deforming ferritic steel via three-dimensional X-ray diffraction, Communications Materials,  5, 27
  16. O.G. Reed, N.L. Church, N.G. Jones, Understanding the Room Temperature Recovery Behavior in a Ti–24Nb–4Zr–8Sn Superelastic Alloy, Advanced Engineering Materials, 11
  17. F. Ashraf, R.S. Ramadhan, A. Al Mamun, J.A.D. Ball, E. Demir, T. Connolley, D.M. Collins, M. Mostafavi, D. Knowles, Investigating grain-resolved evolution of lattice strains during plasticity and creep using 3DXRD and crystal plasticity modelling, Acta Materialia, 278, 120250
  18. J. Birch, E. Jenkins, A. Vrettou, M. Said, H. Vashishtha, T. Connolley, J. Brooks, D.M. Collins, A micromechanical study of heat treatment induced hardening in α-brass, Acta Materialia, 278, 120277
  19. N.L. Church, A. Prasad, N.G. Jones, On the design of low modulus Ti–Nb–Au alloys for biomedical applications, Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 157, 106633
  20. J. Bandorf, A. Kirzinger, C.H. Zenk, H.T. Pang, C.M.F. Rae, H.J. Stone, S. Neumeier On the Evolution of the γ/γ′ Lattice Misfit and TCP Phase Precipitation in a Highly Alloyed Single Crystalline Ni-Base Superalloy, Superalloys 2024, 73-84
  21. G.J. Wise, H.T. Pang, P.M. Mignanelli, M.C. Hardy, N.G. Jones, H.J. Stone, Development of a New Low-Cost Polycrystalline Nickel-Base Superalloy, Superalloys 2024, 136-146
  22. B.S. Rowlands, L.R. Owen, J.R. Miller, X. Shen, W. Song, H.J. Stone, E.I. Galindo-Nava, T. Jackson, C. M. F. Rae, The PLC Effect in the Absence of Long-Range Cottrell Atmospheres in RR1000, Superalloys 2024, 391–403
  23. M. Müller, H.J. Stone, E. Galindo-Nava, F.Schleifer, M. Fleck, U. Glatzel, Microstructure-Based Modeling of Temperature-Dependent Yield Strength in Polycrystalline Ni-Based Superalloys, Superalloys 2024, 412-424
  24. J.F.S. Markanday, N. D’Souza, N.L. Church, J.R. Miller, J.J.C. Pitchforth, L.D. Connor, S. Michalik, B. Roebuck, N.G. Jones, K.A. Christofidou, H.J. Stone, The Relationship Between Strain-Age Cracking and the Evolution of γ′ in Laser Powder-Bed-Fusion Processed Ni-Based Superalloys, Superalloys 2024, 822-835
  25. K.A. Christofidou, A.S. Wilson, J.F.S. Markanday, E.J. Pickering, N.L. Church, J.R. Miller, N.G. Jones, C.N. Jones, H.J. Stone, Eutectic Superalloys for Laser Powder Bed Fusion, Superalloys 2024, 860-870
  26. H. Vashishtha, P. Jamshidi, A. Vrettou, A. Kareer, M. Goode, H. Deyhle, A. James, S. Ahmad, C. Reinhard, M.M. Attallah, D.M. Collins, Microscale stress-geometry interactions in an additively manufactured NiTi cardiovascular stent: A synchrotron dual imaging tomography and diffraction study, Materials Characterization, 213, 114016
  27. S. Gray, M. Mphahlele, D.M. Collins, C. Jackson, M.C. Hardy, M.P. Taylor, Comparison of Performance of NiCr2O4 and Cr2O3 Formed on the Ni-Based Superalloy RR1000 Under Corrosive Conditions, High Temperature Corrosion of Materials, 101, 1091–1102
  28. S.L. Driver, J.F.S. Markanday, K.A. Christofidou, P.M. Mignanelli, H.J. Stone, M.A. Carpenter, Elasticity, acoustic loss and γ′ dissolution in superalloys from resonant ultrasound spectroscopy, Materials Science and Technology, 41, 199-209

2023

  1. N.L. Church, L.D. Connor, N.G. Jones, The effect of sample size on the microstructure and mechanical properties of Ti2448 (Ti-24Nb-4Zr-8Sn wt%), Scripta Materialia, 222, 115035
  2. J.P. Moffat, N.G. Jones, P. Jackson, H.J. Stone, On the mechanism of carbide network oxidation and subsequent passivation interference in a high carbon-containing cobalt-based superalloy, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 168251
  3. S.C.H. Llewelyn, L.R. Owen, H.Y. Playford, N.G. Jones, D. Dye, M.C. Hardy, H.J. Stone, Influence of Ni: Co ratio and temperature on the lattice misfit of γ-γ'Ni-Co-Al-Ti-Cr alloys, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 168253
  4. T.E. Whitfield, N.L. Church, H.J. Stone, N.G. Jones, On the rate of microstructural degradation of Al-Ta-Ti-Zr refractory metal high entropy superalloys, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 168369
  5. J.F.S. Markanday, K.A. Christofidou, J.R. Miller, E.R. Livera, N.G. Jones, E.J. Pickering, W. Li, Y. Pardhi, C.N. Jones & H.J. Stone, The Microstructural Evolution of CM247LC Manufactured Through Laser Powder Bed Fusion, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A
  6. G.J. Wise, P.M. Mignanelli, M.C. Hardy, N.L. Church, N.G. Jones, H.J. Stone, Oxidation Behaviour of New Nickel-Base Superalloys with Varying Aluminium: Niobium Ratio, High Temperature Corrosion of Materials
  7. J.F.S. Markanday, M.A. Carpenter, R.P. Thompson, N.G. Jones, K.A. Christofidou, S.M. Fairclough, C.P. Heason, H.J. Stone, Effect of NbC Inoculants on the Elastic Properties and Microstructure of Additively Manufactured IN718, Materialia, 101701
  8. J.F.S. Markanday, M.A. Carpenter, R.P. Thompson, N.G. Jones, K.A. Christofidou, S.M. Fairclough, C.P. Heason, H.J. Stone, Data on the effect of NbC inoculants on the elastic and microstructural evolution of LBP-DED IN718, Data in Brief, 48, 109299
  9. N.L. Church, C.E.P. Talbot, L.D. Connor, S. Michalik, N.G. Jones, Functional Fatigue During Superelastic Load Cycling of Ti2448 (Ti-24Nb-4Zr-8Sn, wt%), Materialia, 101719
  10. G.J. Wise, J.R. Miller, N.L. Church, P.M. Mignanelli, M.C. Hardy, N.G. Jones, H.J. Stone, Microstructural Stability and Properties of New Nickel‐Base Superalloys with Varying Aluminium: Niobium Ratio, Advanced Engineering Materials
  11. R.F.L. Mellor, P. Vacek, N.G. Jones, P.A. Midgley, H.J. Stone, Precipitate nanostructuring that enhances lattice compatibility in a Ti-Fe-Al alloy, Scripta Materialia, 115476
  12. N.L. Church, C.E.P. Talbot, J.R. Miller, L.D. Connor, S. Michalik, N.G. Jones, Evidence of Dislocation Dependent Behaviour in Superelastic Ti2448 (Ti-24Nb-4Zr-8Sn, wt%), Acta Materialia, 119066
  13. J.W.X. Wo, M.C. Hardy, H.J. Stone, Evaluating Wagner Oxidation Criteria for Protective Al2O3 Scale Formation in Ni-Based Superalloys, High Temperature Corrosion of Materials, 1-24
  14. B. Ohl, L. Owen, H. Stone, D.C. Dunand, Microstructure and mechanical properties of L12-strengthened Co–Ni–Fe-based superalloys, Materials Science and Engineering: A, 145276
  15. B.S. Rowlands, C. Rae, E. Glaindo-Nava, The Portevin-Le Chatelier Effect in Nickel-Base Superalloys: Origins, Consequences and Comparison to Strain Ageing in Other Alloy Systems, Progress in Materials Science, 101038
  16. Y.M. Wang-Koh, O.M.D.M. Messe, C.W.M. Schwalbe, C.N. Jones, C.M.F. Rae, The Effect of Strain Rate on the Tensile Deformation Behavior of Single Crystal, Ni-Based Superalloys, Metallurgical & Materials Transactions A, 1456-1648
  17. M. Fernandez-Alvarez, A. Vaasudevan, E. Fischer, C. Rae, T. Witulski, E.I. Galindo-Nava, Appraising Forgeability and Surface Cracking in New Generation Cast and Wrought Superalloys, Metallurgical & Materials Transactions A, 2071-2091
  18. F. Leon-Cazares, B. Rowlands, E. Glaindo-Nava, Quantification of Slip Band Distribution in Polycrystals: An Automated Fast Fourier Transform Decomposition Approach, Microscopy and Microanalysis, 580-595
  19. J.T. Purstl, T.E.J. Edwards, F.D. Leon-Cazares, R.P. Thompson, N.M. della Ventura, N.G. Jones, W.J. Clegg, The effect of orientation on the deformation behavior of Cr2AlC, Acta Materialia, 257, 119136
  20. C. Rodenkirchen, A.K. Ackerman, P.M. Mignanelli, A. Cliff, G.J. Wise, P. Breul, J.O. Douglas, P.A.J. Bagot, M.P. Moody, M. Appleton, M.P. Ryan, M.C. Hardy, S. Pedrazzini, H.J. Stone, Effect of Alloying on the Microstructure, Phase Stability, Hardness, and Partitioning Behavior of a New Dual-Superlattice Nickel-Based Superalloy,  Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 54, 1902-1923
  21. W.R. Hixson, J. Yu, A. Wilson, H.J. Stone, D. Isheim, J. Coakley, Eutectic composition titanium metal matrix composites for laser powder bedfusion via surface remelt analyses, Materials Science and Technology, 39, 13

2022

  1. A. Bezold, H.J. Stone, C.M.F. Rae, S. Neumeier, In Situ Investigation of TCP Phase Formation, Stress Relaxation and γ/γ′ Lattice Misfit Evolution in Fourth Generation Single Crystal Ni-Base Superalloys by X-Ray High Temperature Diffraction, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science, 53 (8) 2890-2901
  2. N.L. Church, N.G. Jones, The influence of stress on subsequent superelastic behaviour in Ti2448 (Ti–24Nb–4Zr–8Sn, wt%), Materials Science and Engineering: A 833, 142530
  3. N.L. Church, C.E.P. Talbot, G.J. Wise, O.Y.I. Shah, N.G. Jones, Development of ultra-high strength Ti-Nb-Sn alloys through grain-refinement by in situ Zener pinning, Scripta Materialia 218, 114809
  4. J.F.S. Markanday, Applications of alloy design to cracking resistance of additively manufactured Ni-based alloys, Materials Science and Technology, 38, 1300-1314
  5. P.J Barron, A.W. Carruthers, H. Dawson, M.T.P. Rigby, S. Haigh, N.G. Jones, E.J. Pickering, Phase stability of V-based multi-principal element alloys, Materials Science and Technology, 1-14
  6. E.M. Hildyard, L.D Connor, N.L. Church, T.E. Whitfield, N. Martin, D. Rugg, H.J. Stone, N.G. Jones, On the role of internal stresses on the superelastic behaviour of Ti-24Nb (at.%), Acta Materialia, 118161
  7. M.E. Bloomfield, K.A. Christofidou, P.M. Mignanelli, A-P.M. Reponen, H.J. Stone, N.G. Jones, Phase stability of the AlxCrFeCoNi alloy system, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 166734
  8. F.D. Leon-Cazares, R. Schlütter, F. Monni, M.C. Hardy, C.M.F. Rae, Nucleation of superlattice intrinsic stacking faults via cross-slip in nickel-based superalloys, Acta Materialia, 241, 118372
  9. L. Chechik, K.A. Christofidou, J.F.S. Markanday, A.D. Goodall, J.R. Miller, G. West, H. Stone, I. Todd, Hardness variation in inconel 718 produced by laser directed energy deposition, Materialia, 101643
  10. J.W.X. Wo, H.T. Pang, A.S. Wilson, M.C. Hardy, H.J. Stone, The Isothermal Oxidation of a New Polycrystalline Turbine Disk Ni-Based Superalloy at 800° C and Its Modification with Pre-oxidation, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 1-15
  11. F. Markanday, G. Conduit, B. Conduit, J. Pürstl, K. Christofidou, L. Chechik, G. Baxter, C. Heason, H. Stone, Design of a Ni-based superalloy for laser repair applications using probabilistic neural network identification, Data-Centric Engineering, 3, e30
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