Evgenia Pekarskaya
Director, Keck Microscopy Laboratory
and Research Professor, Depts. of Polymer Science and Engineering
and Chemical Engineering
Conte A229, University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01003-9292
(413) 545-2261
pekarskaya@mail.pse.umass.edu
http://www.umassmicroscopy.com/
Electron Microscopy - Characterization Tool For Nanotechnology
My research work is centered around the use of electron microscopy techniques to study material structure and structure-property relationships. Structure controls the properties of materials and electron microscopy is one of the most versatile tools for understanding how to fine-tune materials to obtain desirable functional, mechanical and other properties. Nanotechnology relies heavily on ability to characterize and manipulate material structure. My research interests cover a wide range of phenomena and material classes, such as phase transformations, crystallization, deformation mechanisms and defect analysis in nanocrystalline materials, intermetallics, bulk metallic glasses, ceramics, nanocomposites and polymers.
| Research Interest | Potential Application |
|---|---|
| Nanoparticles: structure, properties, phase transformations | Drug delivery, sensors, data storage |
Honors and Awards
- Peer Recognition Award, ExxonMobil, 2002
- Best Poster Award, MRS Symposium on "High Temperature Ordered Intermetallic Alloys VIII," 1998
- Honorary Cambridge Overseas Trust Scholar, University of Cambridge, 1996
- Feinberg Graduate Fellowship, Weizmann Institute of Science, 1995
- Academician Kuznetsov's Fellowship, Tomsk State University, 1993
Publications
- E. Pekarskaya, J.F. Löffler, W.L. Johnson. Microstructural studies of crystallization of a Zr-based bulk metallic glass, Acta Met 51, (2003) 4045-4057.
- N.A. Koneva, A.N. Zhdanov, L.N. Igantenko, N.A. Popova, E. Pekarskaya, E.V. Kozlov. “Structure and Stability Of Ultrafine-Grained Materials: Role of Impurities and Second-Phase Particles,” in Ultrafine Grained Materials II. Y.T. Zhu, T.G. Langdon, R.S. Mishra, et al., TMS, 2002, 505.
- E Pekarskaya, C.P. Kim, W.L. Johnson. “In-situ Transmission Electron Microscopy Studies of Shear Bands in a Bulk Metallic Glass Based Composite,” J. Mater. Res., 16 #9 (2001) 2513.
- E. Pekarskaya, G.A. Botton, C.N. Jones, C.J. Humphreys. The effect of annealing on the microstructure and tensile properties of a β/γ ' Ni-Al-Fe alloy, Intermetallics, 8, (2000) 903.
