Dr. Shaahin Amini

University of California

Email: [email protected]

Qualifications

2012 Ph.D., University of California Riverside, Mechanical Engineering

2007 M.S., University of Tehran, Materials Science and Engineering

2004 B.S., Sharif University of Technology, Materials Science and Engineering

Publications (selected)

1. S. Amini and R. Abbaschian, Nucleation and Growth Kinetics of Graphene Layers from a Molten Phase, Journal of Carbon, In Press (available online DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2012.08.019).
2. S. Amini and R. Abbaschian, Synthesis of curved graphene layers on metallic dendrites, Materials Letters, Vol. 88, pp 129‐131, 2012.
3. S. Amini, H. Kalaantari, J. Garay, A. A. Balandin and R. Abbaschian, Growth of Graphene and Graphite Nanocrystals from a Molten Phase, Journal of Materials Science, Vol. 46, No. 19, pp 6255‐6263, 2011.
4. S. Amini, J. Garay, G. Liu, A. A. Balandin, and R. Abbaschian, Growth of Large‐Area Graphene Films from Metal‐Carbon Melts, Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 108, Issue 9, p. 094321, 2010.
5. S. Amini, H. Kalaantari and R. Abbaschian, Graphite crystals grown by electromagnetic levitation, Acta Materialia, In Press.
6. S. Amini, K. Hazeli, H. Khorsand and M. Ghambari, Subsurface Crack Nucleation during Dry Sliding Wear of P/M Steel Powders, Journal of Powder Metallurgy Progress, Vol.9, No. 1, pp 14‐26, 2009.
7. H. Kalaantari, S. Amini, J. Hong and R. Abbaschian, Effects of Bulk Supercooling and Rapid Solidification on Co‐Ni‐Ga Ferromagnetic Shape Memory Alloys, Journal of Materials Science, Vol. 46, No. 19, pp 6224‐6234, 2011.
8. S. Amini and R. Abbaschian, Kinetics and morphological developments during solidification, in preparation.
9. S. Amini and R. Abbaschian, Graphite growth from a molten phase, A Review, in preparation.

Profile Details

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