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2024

  • C.M. Rost, A.R. Mazza, S.J. McCormack, K. Page, A. Sarkar, T.Z. Ward, Era of entropy: Synthesis, structure, properties, and applications of high-entropy materials. App. Phys. Lett. Vol. 125. November 2024, 200401.  https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0245693
  • S. S. I. Almishal, L. Miao, Y. Tan, G. N. Kotsonis, J. T. Sivak, N. Alem, L.-Q. Chen, V. H. Crespi, I. Dabo, C. M. Rost, S. B. Sinnott, and J.-P. Maria, Order Evolution from a High-Entropy Matrix: Understanding and Predicting Paths to Low-Temperature Equilibrium. Journal of the American Ceramic Society, September 2024, e20223. https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.20223.
  • G.E. Niculescu, G.R. Bejger, J.P. Barber, J.T. Wright, S.S.I. Almishal, M. Webb, S.V.G. Ayyagari, J-P. Maria, N. Alem, C.M. Rost, Local Structure Maturation in High Entropy Oxide (Mg,Co,Ni,Cu,Zn)1-x(Cr,Mn)xO Thin Films. Journal of the American Ceramic Society, September 2024, e20171. https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.20171
  • S.S.I. Almishal , J.T. Sivak , G.N. Kotsonis, Y. Tan, M. Furst, D. Srikanth, V.H. Crespi, V. Gopalan, J.T. Heron, L-Q. Chen, C.M. Rost , S.B. Sinnott, J-P. Maria, Untangling Individual Cation Roles in Rock Salt High-Entropy Oxides. Acta Materialia, Vol. 279, August 2024, 120289. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2024.120289
  • L. Min, J.P. Barber, Y. Wang, S.V.G. Ayyagari, G.E. Niculescu, E. Krysko, G.R. Bejger, L.Miao, S.H. Lee,  Q. Zhang, N. Alem, C. M. Rost , Z. Mao, High Entropy Protected Sharp Magnetic Transitions in Highly Disordered Spinel Ferrites. Journal of the American Chemical Society, August 2024, https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c04765
  • G.N. Kotsonis, S.S.I. Almishal , L. Miao, M.K. Caucci, G.R. Bejger, Sai Venkata Gayathri Ayyagari, T.W. Valentine, B.E. Yang, S.B. Sinnott, C.M. Rost, N. Alem, J-P. Maria, Fluorite-structured high-entropy oxide sputtered thin films from bixbyite target. Appl. Phys. Lett., Vol. 124, April 2024, 171901. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0201419
  • M. Webb, M. Gerhart, S. Baksa, S. Gelin, A. Ansbro, P.B. Meisenheimer, T. Chiang, J-P. Maria, I. Dabo, C.M. Rost, J.T. Heron, High temperature stability of entropy-stabilized oxide (MgCoNiCuZn)0.2O in air. Appl. Phys. Lett., Vol. 124, April 2024, 151904. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0199076

2023

  • E. Krysko, L. Min, Y. Wang, N. Zhang, J.P. Barber, G.E. Niculescu, J.T. Wright, F. Li, K. Burrage, M. Matsuda, R. A. Robinson, Q. Zhang, R. Katzbaer, R. Schaak, M. Terrones, C.M. Rost, and Z. Mao, Studies on the Structure and the Magnetic Properties of High-Entropy Spinel Oxide (Mg,Mn,Fe,Co,Ni)Al2O4, APL Materials, Vol. 11, October 2023, 101123. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0161401
  • G.N. Kotsonis, S.S.I. Almishal, F. Marques dos Santos Vieira, V.H. Crespi, I. Dabo, C.M. Rost, J-P. Maria, High-Entropy Oxides: Harnessing Crystalline Disorder for Emergent Functionality, Journal of the American Ceramics Society, Vol. 106, March 2023, 5587-5611. https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.19252

2022

  • C.M. Rost , D.L. Schmuckler, C. Bumgardner, D.R. Diercks, S. Bin Hoque, G. Kotsonis, J-P. Maria, G. Brennecka, P.E. Hopkins, Thermal and mechanical properties of the Mg0.2Ni0.2Co0.2Cu0.2Zn0.2O entropy stabilized oxide across the multi-phase to single-phase transition, Applied Physics Letters Materials, Vol. 10, Dec. 2022, 121108. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0122775
  • E.A. Scott, M.K. Singh, J.P. Barber, C.M. Rost, S. Ivanov, J. Watt, D. Pete, P. Sharma, T-M. Lu, C.T. Harris, Sensing performance of sub-100-nm vanadium oxide films for room temperature thermal detection applications, Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 121, Oct. 2022, 203505. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0123303
  • M. Brahlek, M. Gazda, V. Keppens, A.R. Mazza, S.J. McCormack, A. Mielewczyk-Gryn, B. Musico, K. Page, C.M. Rost, S.B. Sinnott, C. Toher, T.Z. Ward, A. Yamamoto, What is in a name: Defining “high entropy” oxides, APL Materials, Vol. 10, Oct. 2022, 1100902. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0122727
  • L. Min, M. Sretenovic, T.W. Valentine, T. Heitmann, R. Zu, V. Gopalan, C.M. Rost, X. Ke, Z. Mao, A topological kagome magnet in high entropy form, Communications Physics, Vol. 5, Mar. 2022, pp. 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-022-00842-1
  • C. Toher, C. Oses, M. Esters, D. Hicks, G.N. Kotsonis, C.M. Rost, D.W. Brenner, J-P. Maria, S. Curtarolo, High-entropy ceramics: propelling applications through disorder, MRS Bulletin, Vol. 47, Feb. 2022, pp. 194-202. https://doi.org/10.1557/s43577-022-00281-x
  • K.F. Quiambao-Tomko, R.R. White, J.A. Tomko, C.M. Rost, L. Backman, E.J. Opila, P.E. Hopkins, Thermomechanical and thermochemical failure mechanisms of titanium subjected to high-heat fluxes using a laser-based thermoreflectance technique, Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 131, Feb. 2022, 055104. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0069094
  • A.R. Mazza, X. Gao, D.J. Rossi, B.L. Musico, T.W. Valentine, Z. Kennedy, J. Zhang, J. Lapano, V. Keppens, R.G. Moore, M. Brahlek, C.M. Rost, T.Z. Ward, Searching for superconductivity in high entropy oxide Ruddlesden-Popper cuprate films, Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A, Vol. 40, Jan. 2022, 013404. https://doi.org/10.1116/6.0001441

2020

  • G.N. Kotsonis, P.B. Meisenheimer, L. Miao, J. Roth, B. Wang, P. Shafer, R. Engel-Herbert, N. Alem, J.T. Heron, C.M. Rost, J-P. Maria, Property and cation valence engineering in entropy-stabilized oxide thin films, Physical Review Materials, Vol. 4, Oct. 2020, 100401. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.4.100401
  • C.M. Rost, T. Borman, M.D. Hossian, M. Lim, K.F. Quiambao-Tomko, J.A. Tomko, D.W. Brenner, J-P. Maria, P.E. Hopkins, Electron and phonon thermal conductivity in high entropy carbides with variable carbon content, Acta Materialia, Vol. 196, Sep. 2020, pp. 231-239. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2020.06.005
  • E.A. Scott, K. Hattar, J.L. Braun, C.M. Rost, J.T. Gaskins, T. Bai, Y. Wang, C. Ganski, M. Goorsky, P.E. Hopkins, Orders of magnitude reduction in the thermal conductivity of polycrystalline diamond through carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen ion implantation, Carbon, Vol. 157, Feb. 2020, pp. 97-105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2019.09.076

2019

  • M.E. DeCoster, X. Chen, K. Zhang, C.M. Rost, E.R. Hoglund, J.M. Howe, T.E. Beechem, H. Baumgart, P.E. Hopkins, Thermal Conductivity and Phonon Scattering Processes of ALD Grown PbTe–PbSe Thermoelectric Thin Films, Advanced Functional Materials, Vol. 29, Nov. 2019, 1904073. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201904073
  • E. Radue, E.L. Runnerstrom, K.P. Kelley, C.M. Rost, B.F. Donovan, E.D. Grimley, J.M. LeBeau, J-P. Maria, P.E. Hopkins, Charge confinement and thermal transport processes in modulation-doped epitaxial crystals lacking lattice interfaces, Physical Review Materials, Vol. 3, Mar. 2019, 032201. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.3.032201
  • T.J. Harrington, J. Gild, P. Sarkar, C. Toher, C.M. Rost, O. Dippo, C. McElfresh, K. Kaufmann, E. Marin, L. Borowski, P.E. Hopkins, J. Luo, S. Curtarolo, D.W. Brenner, K. Vecchio, Phase stability and mechanical properties of novel high entropy transition metal carbides, Acta Materialia, Vol. 166, Mar. 2019, pp. 271-280. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2018.12.054
  • M. Lim, Zs. Rak, J.L. Braun, C.M. Rost, G.N. Kotsonis, P.E. Hopkins, J-P. Maria, D.W. Brenner, Influence of mass and charge disorder on the phonon thermal conductivity of entropy stabilized oxides determined by molecular dynamics simulations, Journal of Applied Physics, Vol 125, Feb. 2019, 055105. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5080419

2018

  • J.L. Braun, C.M. Rost, M. Lim, A. Giri, D.H. Olson, G. Kotsonis, G. Stan, D.W. Brenner, J-P. Maria, P.E. Hopkins, Charge‐induced disorder controls the thermal conductivity of entropy‐stabilized oxides, Advanced Materials, Vol. 30, Dec. 2018, 1805504. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201805004
  • E. Scott, S.W. Smith, M.D. Henry, C.M. Rost, A. Giri, J.T. Gaskins, S.S. Fields, S.T. Jaszewski, J.F. Ihlefeld, P.E. Hopkins, Thermal resistance and heat capacity in hafnium zirconium oxide (Hf1−xZrxO2) dielectrics and ferroelectric thin films, Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 113, Nov. 2018, 192901. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5052244
  • G.G. Kenning , D.M. Tennant, C.M. Rost, F. Garrote de Silva, B.J. Walters, Q. Zhai, D.C. Harrison, E.D. Dahlberg, R.L. Orbach, End of aging as a probe for finite size effects near the spin glass transition temperature, Physical Review B, Vol. 98, Sep. 2018, 104436. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.98.104436
  • E. Scott, K. Hattar, C.M. Rost, M. Fazli, J.T. Gaskins, K. Esfarjani, C. Ganski, C. Li, T. Bai, Y. Wang, M. Goorsky, P.E. Hopkins, Phonon scattering effects from point and extended defects on thermal conductivity studied via ion irradiation of crystals with self-impurities, Physical Review Materials, Vol. 2, Sep. 2018, 095001. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.2.095001
  • G. Kotsonis, C.M. Rost, D.T. Harris, J-P. Maria , Epitaxial entropy-stabilized oxides: growth of chemically diverse phases via kinetic bombardment, MRS Communications, Vol. 8, Sep. 2018, pp. 1371-1377. https://doi.org/10.1557/mrc.2018.184
  • D.H. Olson, C.M. Rost, J.T. Gaskins, C.J. Szwejkowski, J.L. Braun, P.E. Hopkins, Size Effects on the Cross-Plane Thermal Conductivity of Transparent Conducting Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) and Fluorine Tin Oxide (FTO) Thin Films, IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology, Vol. 9, Aug. 2018, pp. 51-57. 10.1109/TCPMT.2018.2863648
  • E.A. Paisley, M.T. Brumbach, C.T. Shelton, A.A. Allerman, S. Atcitty, C.M. Rost, J.A. Ohlhausen, B.L. Doyle, Z. Sitar, J-P. Maria, J.F. Ihlefeld, Nitride surface chemistry influence on band offsets at epitaxial oxide/GaN interfaces, Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 112, Feb. 2018, 092903. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5013605

2017

  • C.M. Rost, J.L. Braun, K. Ferri, L. Backman, A. Giri, E.J. Opila, J-P. Maria, P.E. Hopkins, Hafnium nitride films for thermoreflectance transducers at high temperatures: Potential based on heating from laser absorption, Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 111, Oct. 2017, 151902. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5006648
  • Giri , J.L. Braun, C.M. Rost, P.E. Hopkins, On the minimum limit to thermal conductivity of multi-atom component crystalline solid solutions based on impurity mass scattering, Scripta Materialia, Vol. 138, Sept. 2017, pp. 134-138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2017.05.045
  • C.M. Rost , Zs. Rak, D.W. Brenner, J-P. Maria, Local Structure of the MgxNixCoxCuxZnxO (x=0.2) Entropy-Stabilized Oxide: An EXAFS Study, Journal of the American Ceramic Society, Vol. 100, Issue 6, April 2017, pp. 2732-2738. https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.14756
  • S. Faraji, O. Yildiz, C. Rost, K. Stano, N. Farahbakhsh, Y. Zhu, P.D. Bradford, Radial growth of multi-walled carbon nanotubes in aligned sheets through cyclic carbon deposition and graphitization, Carbon, Vol. 111. Jan. 2017, pp. 411-418. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2016.10.012

2016

  • Zs. Rak, C.M. Rost, M. Lim, P. Sarker, C. Toher, S. Curtarolo, J-P. Maria, D.W. Brenner, Charge compensation and electrostatic transferability in three entropy-stabilized oxides: Results from density functional theory calculations, Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 120, Issue 9, Sept. 2016, 095105. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4962135
  • T.E. Beechem , A.E. McDonald, E.J. Fuller, A.A. Talin, C.M. Rost, J-P. Maria, J.T. Gaskins, P.E. Hopkins, A.A. Allerman, Size dictated thermal conductivity of GaN, Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 120, Issue 9, Sept. 2016, 095104. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4962010

2015

  • C.M. Rost, E. Sachet, T. Borman, A. Moballegh, E. Dickey, D. Hou, J. Jones, S. Curtarolo, J-P. Maria,  Entropy-stabilized oxides, Nature Communications, Vol. 6, Sept. 2015, 8485. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms9485

2014

  • S. Faraji, K. Stano, C. Rost, J-P. Maria, Y. Zhu, P. Bradford, Structural annealing of carbon coated aligned multi-walled carbon nanotube sheets, Carbon, Vol. 79, Nov. 2014, pp. 113-122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2014.07.049