Research Interest: Functionally Graded Materials

Deformation and failure of functionally graded materials. Protection mechanisms of graded materials.

Related Publications

Modeling Fretting Wear Resistance and Shakedown of Metallic Materials with Graded Nanostructured Surfaces

T. Yang, T.A. Venkatesh and M. Dao*, Nanomaterials, 13(10):1584, 2023.

Analyses of internal structures and defects in materials using physics-informed neural networks

E. Zhang M. Dao*, G.E. Karniadakis*, S. Suresh*, Science Advances, 8 (2022) eabk0644.

Fish-inspired flexible protective material systems with anisotropic bending stiffness

K. Zolotovsky1, S. Varshney1, S. Reichert, E.M. Arndt, M. Dao, M.C. Boyce, C. Ortiz*, Communications Materials, 3 (2021) 25. [1Contributed equally.]

Metallization of Diamond

Z. Shi1, M. Dao1,*, E. Tsymbalov, A. Shapeev, J. Li*, S. Suresh*, “Metallization of Diamond,” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 117 (2020) 24634-24639. [1Contributed equally.] (See MIT News Report, NTU News Report, Phys.Org, Science Daily, and Materials Today)

Improved fatigue resistance of gradient nanograined Cu

J. Long, Q. Pan, N. Tao, M. Dao, S. Suresh*, L. Lu*, Acta Materialia, 166 (2019) 56-66.

Enhanced repeated frictional sliding properties in 304 stainless steel with a gradient nanostructured surface

D. Bernoulli, S.C. Cao, J. Lu* and M. Dao*, Surface & Coatings Technology, 339 (2018) 14-19.

Nature-Inspired Hierarchical Steels

S.C. Cao, J. Liu, L. Zhu, L. Li, M. Dao, J. Lu, R.O. Ritchie, Scientific Reports, 8 (2018) 5088. (See Supporting Information)

Modeling of shrinkage during investment casting of thin-walled hollow turbine blades

Y.W. Dong, X.L. Lia, Q. Zhao, J. Yang and M. Dao, Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 244 (2017) 190-203.

Microstructural and Mechanical-Property Manipulation through Rapid Dendrite Growth and Undercooling in an Fe-based Multinary Alloy

Y. Ruan*, A. Mohajerani and M. Dao*, Scientific Reports, 6 (2016) 31684.

Fracture mode control: a bio-inspired strategy to combat catastrophic damage

H. Yao*, Z. Xie, C. He and M. Dao, Scientific Reports, 5 (2015) 8011.

Cold spray coating: review of material systems and future perspectives

A. Moridi, S.M. Hassani-Gangaraj, M. Guagliano* and M. Dao, Surface Engineering, 36 (2014) 369-395.

Real-time, high-resolution study of nanocrystallization and fatigue cracking in a cyclically strained metallic glass

C.-C. Wang, Y.-W. Mao, Z.-W. Shan*, M. Dao*, J. Li, J. Sun, E. Ma and S. Suresh*, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 110 (2013) 19725-19730.

Grain size gradient length scale in ballistic properties optimization of functionally graded nanocrystalline steel plates

A. Jerusalem*, W. Dickson, M.J. Perez-Martin, M. Dao, J. Lu and F. Galvez, Scripta Materialia, 69 (2013) 773-776.

Ballistic performance of nanocrystalline and nanotwinned ultrafine crystal steel

J.F. Vicente, Y. Zhang, M. Dao, J. Lu, F. Galvez and A. Jerusalem, Acta Materialia, 60 (2012) 1353-1367.

Steady-state frictional sliding contact on surfaces of plastically graded materials

A. Prasad, M. Dao and S. Suresh, Acta Materialia, 57 (2009) 511-524.

Mechanics of Indentation of Plastically Graded Materials: II. Experiments on Nanocrystalline Alloys with Grain-Size Gradients

I.S. Choi, A.J. Detor, R. Schwaiger, M. Dao, C.A. Schuh and S. Suresh, J. Mech. Phys. Solids, 56 (2008) 172-183.

Mechanics of Indentation of Plastically Graded Materials: I. Analysis

I.S. Choi, M. Dao and S. Suresh, J. Mech. Phys. Solids, 56 (2008) 157-171.

Graded Materials for Resistance to Contact Deformation and Damage

S. Suresh, Science , Vol. 292, 2447-2451, 29 June 2001.

Spherical indentation of composite laminates with controlled gradients in elastic anisotropy

O. Jorgensen, A.E. Giannakopoulos and S. Suresh, International Journal of Solids and Structures , Vol. 35, No. 36, pp. 5097-5113, 1998