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David Mitlin
Professor and GE Chair in Oil and Gas
Systems
Clarkson University
and
Adjunct Professor
University of Alberta
201 CAMP
Clarkson University
PO Box 5705
Potsdam, NY 13699
315-268-6325
[e-mail]
www.mitlingroup.com
Ph.D. University of California at Berkeley, Materials Science, December 2000
M.S. The Pennsylvania State University, Materials Science, December 1996
B.S. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Materials Engineering, Cum-Laude, May 1995
Technical Expertise: Energy Storage, Fouling, Corrosion, Thin Films, Materials Design, TEM
Clarkson University 07/2014 – current
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering and Mechanical Engineering
University of Alberta, 06/2004 – 06/2014
Chemical & Materials Engineering
• Secured over 8.0 million dollars (cash to PI) in research grants from the federal government, the
province and from industry. Successfully fund and lead a group of 9 graduate students and 1 postdoc.
• Promoted from Associate Professor to Professor on 07/01/12. Promoted from Research Officer to
Principal Research Officer to on 12/18/11. Promoted from Assistant Professor to Associate
Professor on 07/01/08.
•Published 100 peer-reviewed journal manuscripts (130 career total) and 3 U.S. Patents. While at
Alberta H-index (Scholar) grown from 4 to 26 (current 35).
• Graduated 13 Ph.D. students, 7 M.S. students and 8 post docs.
• Serve as Editor for Journal of Materials Science, Board of Review Member for Metallurgical
Transactions, Proposal Referee for Sandia National Laboratory CINT User Program.
• Presented ~ 70 Invited or Keynote talks at international conferences and meetings.
• Invited member of the TMS Content Development and Dissemination Committee (TMS Executive
Board).
• Organize and Chair the Materials Aspects of Corrosion and Fouling in Oil Refining and Exploration
Symposium at the TMS Annual Meeting 2014, onwards.
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• Organizer and Chair the Nanostructured Materials for Lithium Ion Batteries and for Supercapacitors
Symposium at the TMS Annual Meeting 2013, 2014, 2015.
• Organizer and Chair the Challenges and Opportunities in Petroleum Oil Production, Refining and
Utilization at the 248th ACS National Meeting, 2014.
• Spin off corrosion-fouling microsensor company (Phasesensors) that is being headed by a former
graduate student and is based on work done for his Ph.D.
• Spin off electrochemical supercapacitor company (Alta Supercaps) that is being headed by Mitlin,
focused on resource-exploration related portable energy storage.
Technical Activity at Alberta
1. Corrosion-Fouling of Surfaces. This is an ongoing industrially sponsored consortium (Phillips66,
Champion, BP, and Statoil) that aims to explain the fundamentals of elevated-temperature corrosion
fouling behaviour of metal surfaces in refinery environments. The program has met significant
success during its first 3 year funding cycle and is now being renewed with an expanded scope.
2. Supercapacitors and Lithium Ion Batteries. We are using a variety of nanoscience approaches to
create improved electrochemical capacitors and lithium ion battery electrodes. A key theme to our
research is “green methods” which include low-energy environmentally friendly synthesis routes
combined with materials precursors derived from agricultural and industrial wastes. A second theme
to our approach is materials design of electrodes and devices for extreme environments.
3. Oxygen Reduction Reaction Electrodes. One of our primary thrusts is on creating hybrid oxide –
nanocarbon supports for Pt that enable tremendously improved corrosion resistance coupled
promising electrochemical activity. In parallel we are utilizing a thin films alloy design approach to
create improved multicomponent Pt-based alloys with outstanding ORR activity and cycling stability.
4. Hydrogen Storage in Thin Films and Multilayers. In the past we have had tremendous success in
designing new catalysts for accelerating the hydrogenation kinetics, and in using TEM to explain the
key microstructural features responsible for this effect. Currently we are focused, with significant
success demonstrated already, on creating alloys with favorably altered thermodymanics.
5. Metallic MEMS. We have developed a series of ultra-strong corrosion-resistant Al, Cu, Au, and Nibased
alloy films and are incorporating them into MEMS devices used for sensing in oil wells. The
project is in the commercialization stage with a start-up partner (DataCan).
6. Corrosion in Supercritical Water. This is a newly funded program in collaboration with AECL and
CANMET to develop nanostructured alloy oxide-based coatings for cladding in the GEN IV SCW
nuclear reactors.
Start Up Companies
• Alta Supercaps (http://www.altasupercaps.com/): D. Mitlin has formed a start-up focused on
providing competitively priced value-added supercapacitors to directly compete in existing and
emerging supercapacitor markets including consumer electronics and hardware, oil/gas/mining
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exploration and high-temperature downhole environments. Alta Supercaps has passed AITF
NanoBridge Proof of Concept stage ($ 75,000) and is now competing for Alpha Stage prototype
funding.
• Phasesensors (http://phasesensors.com/): Chris Holt, who is a recently graduated Ph.D. student from
the Mitlin group, has formed a start-up focusing on microfabricated portable corrosion-fouling
sensors for the oil and gas industry. The company technology is based on work performed during his
Ph.D. project on fabricated downhole oil well sensing. Phasesensors has received initial funding
nanoBridge MNTorship Buisness Plan Competition First Place $75,000, AVCatalyst Workshop MNT
category Competition First Place $2,000, AVCatalyst Business Plan Competition First Place
$10,000, TEC Edmonton VenturePrize Student Competition Finalist $7,500.
Previous Work Experience
MST-8, Structure-Properties Group, Los Alamos National Laboratory 07/2002 - 06/2004
Director’s Funded Postdoctoral Fellow
Utilized TEM to investigate the origin and the structure of epitaxial dislocations in nanolayered
composites. Collaborated with modeling experts in explaining deformation, strengthening
mechanisms and coherency loss in nanocomposites. Employed UHV synthesis methods to create
unique metallic alloy thin films with exceptional mechanical properties.
IBM Corp., SRDC, Hopewell Junction, NY 01/2001 - 07/2002
Integration Engineer
Served as the lead design integrator for Advanced Logic Back-End-Of-The-Line (BEOL)
Development. Managed test-sites. The development cycle started from the initial conception, and
continued all the way through to reticle tapeout and mask inspection. Designed unique test-macros
and performed layout. Wrote and implemented custom RET’s. Lead interconnect and packaging
failure analysis projects.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley 01/1997 - 12/2000
Graduate Student
Developed a new class of structural alloys based on the Al-Cu-Si-Ge system. These alloys require
very short heat treatments, while maintaining excellent strength and high temperature stability.
Investigated precipitation mechanisms, strengthening and aging using TEM analysis and continuum
mechanics.
Independent Materials Consultant 09/1997 - 12/2000
Used microscopy to solve failure analysis and manufacturing problems. Past projects include the
creation and implementation of a complete TEM-based CMP-slurry quality control process for AM
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Teaching Experience
Below is the summary of the courses that I have taught at Alberta, in reverse chronological order.
Also listed are the median course and instructor evaluations, which are based on a 1 - 5 point system,
with 5 being the highest, i.e. student strongly agrees with the statement.
MAT E 654 - Electrochemical Theory of Corrosion
Graduate – level course of the fundamental aspects of corrosion.
Spring 2011: 14 students registered / 13 questionnaires returned
Rating: instructor was excellent: 4.4, quality of the course content was excellent: 4.3
This new course focused on the advanced theory and application of electrochemical corrosion. I
structured the course material based on a combination of “textbook” topics and my group’s research
in the field.
MATE 345 Corrosion and Oxidation, 3rd and 4th year undergraduate course. Until 2009 it was a
required course. Afterward it became an elective.
Spring 2012: 14 students registered / 12 questionnaires returned
Rating: instructor was excellent: 4.8, quality of the course content was excellent: 4.2
Spring 2011: 14 students registered / 13 questionnaires returned
Rating: instructor was excellent: 4.4, quality of the course content was excellent: 4.1
Spring 2010: 14 students registered / 13 questionnaires returned
Rating: instructor was excellent: 3.9, quality of the course content was excellent: 3.8
Spring 2009: 30 students registered / 29 questionnaires returned
Rating: instructor was excellent: 4.0, quality of the course content was excellent: 3.8
Spring 2008: 45 students registered / 32 questionnaires returned
Rating: instructor was excellent: 3.3, quality of the course content was excellent: 3.3
This course focused on theory and application of electrochemical corrosion. Throughout the four
years of instructing this course I implemented several positive changes to the curriculum including
four new in-class demonstrations based on a combination of NACE literature and our own research.
Other changes included an increasing emphasis on electrochemical thermodynamics and a merging of
the applied corrosion kinetic sections with general electrode kinetics theory.
MATE 335 Phase Transformations I, 3rd and 4th year undergraduate course.
Winter 2013: 38 students registered / 34 questionnaires returned
Rating: instructor was excellent: 3.2, quality of the course content was excellent: 3.7
Winter 2012: 37 students registered / 31 questionnaires returned
Rating: instructor was excellent: 3.2, quality of the course content was excellent: 3.7
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This was a new solid-state phase transformations course that is required for all Materials
undergraduates. The course material focuses on phase transformations in steels and in aluminum
alloys, with an emphasis on defects and their role in altering the reaction kinetics. There is a
substantial crystallography component to this course and well as an "end point" emphasis on alloy
design.
MATE 665 TEM Analysis of Materials, course for graduate students
Winter 2012: 19 students registered / 17 questionnaires returned
Rating: instructor was excellent: 4.7, quality of the course content was excellent: 4.7
Winter 2010: 8 students registered / 6 questionnaires returned
Rating: instructor was excellent: 4.1, quality of the course content was excellent: 3.9
Winter 2008: 12 students registered / 10 questionnaires returned
Rating: instructor was excellent: 3.5, quality of the course content was excellent: 3.5
This course focused on the theory and applications of transmission electron microscopy (TEM). In
prior years the course had a primary focus on metallurgical applications and user instrumentation. I
changed the emphasis of the class toward an applied physics approach, emphasizing microscopy
theory and quantitative defect analysis. I also developed several new hands-on laboratories including
one on dark field / bright field analysis of grain sizes and precipitates and on weak beam dark field
analysis of dislocation Burgers vector.
MATE 256 Materials Engineering, first materials course for materials engineers
25 students registered / 23 questionnaires returned
Rating: instructor was excellent: 4.4, quality of the course content was excellent: 4.1
Materials Engineering focused on two critical aspects of materials science and on their interrelation:
defects in materials and materials characterization. To effectively teach this course I incorporated
“active learning” in the form of in-class discussions, in-class problems and group work. While the
themes of the course remained the same as in previous years, I included new topics that emphasized
modern analytical techniques, particularly pertinent to their future line of work. For example, since
many of the Alberta graduates will be involved in oil and corrosion related engineering, I included an
extended section on environmental scanning electron microscopy. I also restructured the order of the
topics to emphasize the suitability of a particular technique for understanding specific microstructural
features. For example, I moved the section on x-ray analysis to follow the section on materials
crystallography. The section on TEM analysis now follows the sections on dislocations, stacking
faults and twins.
MAT E 452 Applications of Physical Metallurgy, 3rd and 4th year undergraduate course
35 students registered / 22 questionnaires returned
Rating: instructor was excellent: 4.5, quality of the course content was excellent: 3.9
This course focused on applications of physical metallurgy, including alloy design and selection, and
aspects of mechanical forming of metals. I incorporated “active learning” as well as “Alberta-related”
application examples into the course curriculum. I also included extensive linear algebra and tensor
notation in many of the sections, and hence challenged the students on the fundamentals. The
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laboratory component of this course was restructured to reflect an emphasis on general
microstructural design. I felt that this was a key skill for materials engineering graduates, which was
previously absent from the laboratory curriculum. The alloy design sections of the laboratory
consisted of optimizing the cold-work/heat treatment sequence for several commercial non-aged
aluminum alloys.
MATE 667 Advanced Physical Metallurgy, graduate course
13 students registered / 12 questionnaires returned
Rating: instructor was excellent: 4.1, quality of the course content was excellent: 4.1
I created this new course, which focused on dislocation theory. We also discussed a variety of
applications, ranging from coherency loss in semiconductor layers, to particle shearing and bypass in
precipitation-hardened alloys. Though the topics were often abstract and mathematical, the majority
of the graduate students were able to handle the content. The subjects were taught using a variety of
source texts, including Theory of Dislocations by Hirth and Lothe.
MATE 660 Crystallography and Diffraction in Materials Science, graduate course
11 students registered / 10 questionnaires returned
Rating: instructor was excellent: 4.8, quality of the course content was excellent: 4.7
This is a course that I developed, which is now part of the standard Alberta Graduate Materials
Engineering curriculum. The course drew from several advanced chemistry and crystallography texts,
covering many subjects directly relevant to graduate-level research. The unique theme of this course
was the emphasis on quantitative crystallography and space group theory, where throughout the
semester the students would work directly with the International Tables for Crystallography. Almost
everyone felt that they benefited tremendously from this approach, since these topics were generally
not covered in most materials science x-ray courses but were essential for research. I also
incorporated hands-on crystallography/diffraction pattern simulation into the curriculum, using a
cluster of workstations equipped with Desktop Microscopist TM, Crystal Kit TM and MacTempas TM.
MATE 252 Materials Science, service course offered to all undergraduates
Fall 2005: 100 students registered / 81 questionnaires returned
Rating: instructor was excellent: 2.9, quality of the course content was excellent: 3.2
Winter 2005: 96 students registered / 66 questionnaires returned
Rating: instructor was excellent: 3.5, quality of the course content was excellent: 3.4
This is the general “introduction to materials science” course required of all engineering students in
their second year. It was also my first course taught at the University or anywhere else.
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Awards and Honors
• TMS Young Leader Professional Development Award, 2013
• Petro-Canada Young Innovator Award, 2007
• Outstanding Instructor Recognition, spring 2006
• Los Alamos Director Postdoctoral Fellowship, awarded to top 5% of post-docs, 2002
Students Graduated
Doctoral
13) Jia Ding, Ph.D. Summer 2015. Jia just graduated.
12) Tyler Stephenson, Ph.D. Fall 2015. Tyler just graduated.
11) XueHai Tan, Ph.D. Fall 2014. XueHai just graduated.
10) Alireza Kohandehghan, Ph.D. Fall 2014. Alireza is a Lead Materials Engineer at SGS.
9) Elmira Memarzadeh Lotfabad, Ph.D. Summer 2014. Elmira is a Research Scientist at Electrovaya.
8) Chris Harrower, Ph.D. Fall 2013. Chris is a Senior Test Engineer Aversan Inc., Toronto, ON,
7) Chris Holt, Ph.D. Spring 2013. Chris is the Owner of Phasesensors (http://phasesensors.com/), a
Mitlin - group spin-off focusing on microfabricated portable corrosion-fouling sensors for the oil and
gas industry.
6) Beniamin Zahiri, Ph.D. Fall 2012. Ben is a Staff Engineer at AFCC, Vancouver BC, Canada.
5) Erik Luber, Ph.D. Fall 2011. Erik is a Staff Engineer UofA/NINT NRC Edmonton, AB.
4) Babak Shalchi, Ph.D. Spring 2011. Babak is a Research Microscopist at CANMET Hamilton, ON.
3) Mohsen Danaie, Ph.D. Fall 2010. Mohsen was a Staff Microscopist at McMaster University’s
Brockhouse Institute for Material Research Hamilton, ON, and is now at Oxford.
2) Colin Ophus Ph.D. Spring 2010. Colin is a Staff Scientist at NCEM in Lawrence Berkeley
National Laboratory.
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1) Reza Mohammadi Ph.D. Spring 2007. Reza is an Assistant Professor in the Department of
Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University.
Masters
5) Behdokht Farbod, M.S. Fall 2014. Behdokht just graduated.
4) Ramin Zahiri, M.S. Fall 2012. Ramin works as a Research and Development Engineer at Black Cat
Blades Ltd. Edmonton, AB.
3) Brian Olsen M.S. Spring 2011. Brian is a Staff Engineer UofA/NINT NRC Edmonton, AB.
2) Julian Haagsma M.S. Spring 2011. Julian is an Engineer working in Calgary.
1) Sean Murphy M.S. Spring 2009. Sean is a Senior R&D Engineer for Sage Electrochromics,
Minneapolis, MN.
Post Docs
8) Huanlei Wang, Spring 2014. Huanlei is an Associate Professor, Ocean University of China,
Shandong, China.
7) Zhanwei Xu, Spring 2014. Zhanwei is an Associate Professor, Northwestern Polytechnical
University, Shaanxi, China.
6) Peter Kalisvaart, Spring 2014. Peter is a Lab Manager, Clean Energy Research Centre, The
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.
5) Yang Xu, Fall 2013. Yang Humboldt Research Fellow, Ilmenau University of Technology,
Germany.
4) Cecil K. King'ondu, Fall 2013. Cecil is an Associate Professor at Nelson Mandela African
Institution of Science and Technology, Tanzania.
3) Li Zhang, Spring 2012. Li is an Associate Professor at the School of Energy (SOE), Soochow
University, Jiangsu, China.
2) Huatao Wang, Spring 2011. Huantao is an Associate Professor at Harbin Institute of Technology
(Weihai) Shandong, China.
1) Jian Chen, Spring 2007. Jian is a Staff Microscopist at NINT NRC, Edmonton, AB.
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Service: External
11/2013 - present: Invited member of the TMS Content Development and Dissemination Committee
(TMS Executive Board).
08/2013 - present: Organizer and Chair the Challenges and Opportunities in Petroleum Oil
Production, Refining and Utilization at the 248th ACS National Meeting, 2014.
03/2013 - present: Organizer and chair of the Materials Aspects of Corrosion and Fouling in Oil
Refining and Exploration Symposium at the TMS Annual Meeting 2014.
03/2012 - present: Organizer and chair of the Nanostructured Materials for Lithium Ion Batteries and
for Supercapacitors Symposium at the TMS Annual Meeting 2013, 2014, 2015.
01/2008 - present: Editor, Journal of Materials Science
01/2008 - present: User Proposal Reviewer, Sandia-LANL CINT
03/2007 – present: Board of Review Member, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions
09/2006 Session-Organizer and Session Chair: The 57th Canadian Chemical Engineering
Conference- Nanomaterials Symposia
03/2006 – 01/2007: President, Alberta Section of the Canadian Microscopy Society
09/2004 – 01/2007: Invited member, The Metallurgical Society of AIME Nanomechanical Material
Behavior Committee
09/2004 – 01/2007: Invited member, COM Materials Education Council
09/2005: Poster Session Organizer, Conference of Metallurgists (COM) 2005
01/1995 – present: Member of Materials Research Society (MRS) and The Minerals, Metals &
Materials Society (TMS)
Service: University of Alberta
09/2007 – 09/2009: Faculty of Engineering's Publicity and Awards Committee
09/2006 – 09/2008: Faculty Search Committee
09/2005 – 09/2007: Materials Curriculum Committee
09/2005 – 09/2007: Nanotechnology Curriculum Committee
09/2005 – 09/2009: Third Year Student Advisor
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Invited and Keynote Presentations since 2004
77. D. Mitlin, Anodes for Sodium Ion Batteries based on Tin - Germanium - Antimony Alloys, MRS
Fall Meeting, Boston MA, December 2015.
76. D. Mitlin, Thiophene Mitigates High Temperature Fouling of Metal Surfaces in Oil Refining,
Army Research Lab Seminar, Watervliet NY, November 2015.
75. D. Mitlin, Coupling in-situ TEM and ex-situ analysis to understand heterogeneous sodiation of
antimony, Army Research Lab Seminar, Adelphi MD, November 2015.
74. D. Mitlin, Coupling in-situ TEM and ex-situ analysis to understand heterogeneous sodiation of
antimony, 2015 CINT Users Meeting, Santa Fe NM, September 2015.
73. D. Mitlin, Thiophene Mitigates High Temperature Fouling of Metal Surfaces in Oil Refining, BP
Seminar Series, Naperville IL, August 2015.
72. D. Mitlin, Design of Electrode Microstructures that Bridge Supercapacitors and Batteries,
Corning Seminar, Corning NY, May 2015.
71. D. Mitlin, Design of Electrode Microstructures that Bridge Supercapacitors and Batteries, CAMP
Annual Technical Meeting, Canandaigua NY, April 2015.
70. D. Mitlin, Design of Electrode Microstructures that Bridge Supercapacitors and Batteries, BNL
Seminar Series, Upton NY, April 2015.
69. D. Mitlin, Si Nanotubes ALD Coated with TiO2, TiN or Al2O3 as High Performance Lithium Ion
Battery Anodes, MRS Spring Meeting 2015, San Francisco CA, March 2015
68. D. Mitlin, High Density Sodium and Lithium Ion Battery Anodes from Banana Peels, TMS 2015:
Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Orlando FL, March 2015.
67. D. Mitlin, Colossal Pseudocapacitance in a High Functionality - High Surface Area Carbon
Anode Doubles the Energy of an Asymmetric Supercapacitor, TMS 2015: Annual Meeting &
Exhibition, Orlando FL, March 2015.
66. D. Mitlin, Peanut Shell Hybrid Sodium Ion Capacitor with Extreme Energy - Power Rivals
Lithium Ion Capacitors, 249th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Denver CO, March 2015.
65. D. Mitlin, Peanut Shell Hybrid Sodium Ion Capacitor with Extreme Energy - Power Rivals
Lithium Ion Capacitors, 249th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Denver CO, March 2015.
64. Keynote D. Mitlin, Thiophene Mitigates High Temperature Fouling of Metal Surfaces in Oil
Refining, 249th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Denver CO, March 2015.
63. D. Mitlin, Design of Electrode Microstructures that Bridge Supercapacitors and Batteries, RIT
Seminar Series, Rochester NY, February 2015.
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62. D. Mitlin, Design of Electrode Microstructures that Bridge Supercapacitors and Batteries, NIST
Seminar Series, Gaithersburg MD, February 2015.
61. D. Mitlin, Design of Electrode Microstructures that Bridge Supercapacitors and Batteries,
IDTechEx Conference: Supercapacitors USA 2014, Santa Clara CA, November 2014.
60. D. Mitlin, Design of Electrode Microstructures that Bridge Supercapacitors and Batteries,
Binghampton University Seminar Series, Binghampton NY, October 2014.
59. D. Mitlin, Design of Electrode Microstructures that Bridge Supercapacitors and Batteries,
International Symposium on Electrocatalysis ECAT 2014, Whistler BC, October 2014.
58. Keynote D. Mitlin, Design of Electrode Microstructures that Bridge Supercapacitors and
Batteries, 64th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference, Niagara Falls NY, October 2014.
57. D. Mitlin, Design of Electrode Microstructures that Bridge Supercapacitors and Batteries,
Binghampton University Smart Energy Series, Binghampton NY, October 2014.
56. D. Mitlin, Design of Electrode Microstructures that Bridge Supercapacitors and Batteries, KAUST
Seminar, Jeddah Saudi Arabia, September 2014.
55. D. Mitlin, High Density Sodium and Lithium Ion Battery Anodes from Banana Peels, ORNL
Seminar, Oak Ridge TN, August 2014.
54. D. Mitlin, Graphene-nickel cobaltite nanocomposite asymmetrical supercapacitor with
commercial level mass loading, 248th ACS National Meeting, San Francisco CA, August 2014.
53. D. Mitlin, Hybrid device employing 3D arrays of MnO in carbon nanosheets bridges battery:
Supercapacitor divide, 248th ACS National Meeting, San Francisco CA, August 2014.
52. D. Mitlin, Anodes for sodium ion batteries based on tin - germanium - antimony alloys, 248th
ACS National Meeting, San Francisco CA, August 2014.
51. D. Mitlin, Si nanotubes ALD coated with TiO2, TiN, or Al2O3 as high performance lithium ion
battery anodes, 248th ACS National Meeting, San Francisco CA, August 2014.
50. Keynote D. Mitlin, Inorganics driven high temperature fouling of metal surfaces in oil refining,
248th ACS National Meeting, San Francisco CA, August 2014.
49. D. Mitlin, Carbon nanosheet frameworks derived from peat moss as high capacity sodium ion
battery anodes with superb cycling and rate capability, 97th Canadian Chemistry Conference and
Exhibition, Vancouver BC, June 2014.
48. Keynote D. Mitlin, Microstructural Design of Nanoarchitectures for Energy Storage,
Nanostructured Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion Workshop, Western University,
London ON, June 2014.
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47. D. Mitlin, Interconnected carbon nanosheets derived from hemp for ultrafast supercapacitors with
high energy, 247th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Dallas TX, April 2013.
46. D. Mitlin, Carbon nanosheet frameworks derived from peat moss as high capacity sodium ion
battery anodes with superb cycling and rate capability, 247th ACS National Meeting &
Exposition, Dallas TX, April 2013.
45. Interconnected Carbon Nanosheets Derived from Hemp for Ultrafast Supercapacitors with High
Energy, TMS Annual Meeting 2014, San Diego CA, February 2014.
44. D. Mitlin, Nanocrystalline Anatase TiO2: a New Anode Material for Rechargeable Sodium Ion
Batteries, TMS Annual Meeting 2014, San Diego CA, February 2014.
43. D. Mitlin, ALD TiO2 Coated Silicon Nanowires for Lithium Ion Battery Anodes with Enhanced
Cycling Stability and Coulombic Efficiency, TMS Annual Meeting 2014, San Diego CA, February
2014.
42. D. Mitlin, Corrosion-fouling of 316 Stainless Steel and Pure Iron by Hot Oil, TMS Annual
Meeting 2014, San Diego CA, February 2014.
41. D. Mitlin, Carbon Nanosheet Frameworks Derived from Peat Moss as High Capacity Intercalation
Sodium Ion Battery Anodes, TMS Annual Meeting 2014, San Diego CA, February 2014.
40. Keynote D. Mitlin, Carbon Nanosheet Frameworks Derived from Peat Moss as High Capacity
Sodium Ion Battery Anodes with Superb Cycling and Rate Capability, Asia Pacific Conference on
Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion APEnergy2014, Brisbane, Australia, February
2014.
39. D. Mitlin, Carbon Nanosheet Frameworks Derived from Peat Moss as High Capacity Sodium Ion
Battery Anodes with Superb Cycling and Rate Capability, Asia Pacific Conference on Energy and
Environmental Materials (APCEEM), Gold Coast, Australia, February 2014.
38. D. Mitlin, Corrosion during Refinery Fouling and in Fuel Cell Electrodes, GE Oil and Gas
Seminar, Houston TX, December 2013.
37. D. Mitlin, Corrosion during Refinery Fouling and in Fuel Cell Electrodes, Baker Hughes Seminar,
Houston TX, December 2013.
36. D. Mitlin, Microstructural Design of Nanoarchitectures for Energy Storage, Waterloo - Brazil
International Exchange Workshop, Waterloo ON, October 2013.
35. D. Mitlin, Microstructural Design of Nanoarchitectures for Energy Storage, Sandia National
Laboratory CINT (Albuquerque) Seminar, Albuquerque NM, August 2013.
34. D. Mitlin, Z. Li, Z. Xu, X. Tan, H. Wang, C. Holt, T. Stephenson, Mesoporous Nitrogen-Rich
Carbons Derived from Protein for Ultra- High Capacity Battery Anodes and Supercapacitors,
223rd ECS Meeting, Toronto ON, May 2013.
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33. Keynote D. Mitlin, T. Stephenson, M. Derakhshesh, A. Kubis, P. Eaton, B. Newman, A. Hoff, M.
Gray, Corrosion-fouling of 316 stainless steel and pure iron by hot oil, 245th ACS National
Meeting & Exposition, New Orleans LA, April 2013.
32. D. Mitlin, E.M. Lotfabad, P. Kalisvaart, Silicon nanowire core aluminum shell coaxial
nanocomposites for lithium ion battery anodes grown with and without a TiN interlayer., 245th
ACS National Meeting & Exposition, New Orleans LA, April 2013.
31. D. Mitlin, X. Tan, L. Wang, C. Holt, B. Zahiri, M. Eikerling, Body centered cubic magnesium
niobium hydride with facile room temperature absorption and four weight percent reversible
capacity, 245th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, New Orleans LA, April 2013.
30. D. Mitlin, H. Wang, C. Holt, X. Tan, Z. Xu, B. Olsen, T. Stephenson, Graphene-nickel cobaltite
nanocomposite asymmetrical supercapacitor with commercial level mass loading, 245th ACS
National Meeting & Exposition, New Orleans LA, April 2013.
29. D. Mitlin, Z. Li, X. Tan, Z. Xu, H. Wang, C. Holt, B. Olsen, Carbonized chicken eggshell
membrane with a hierarchical 3D architecture as a high energy supercapacitor electrode, 245th
ACS National Meeting & Exposition, New Orleans LA, April 2013.
28. D. Mitlin, Z. Li, X. Tan, Z. Xu, H. Wang, C. Holt, B. Olsen, Carbonized chicken eggshell
membrane with a hierarchical 3D architecture s a high energy supercapacitor electrode, 245th
ACS National Meeting & Exposition, New Orleans LA, April 2013.
27. D. Mitlin, Microstructural Design of Nanoarchitectures for Energy Storage, UCONN Materials
Science and Engineering Seminar Series 2013, Storrs CT, March 2013.
26. D. Mitlin, Z. Li, C. Holt, B. Amirkhiz, X. Tan, Carbonized Chicken Eggshell Membranes with 3D
Architectures as High-Performance Electrode Materials for Supercapacitors, TMS Annual Meeting
2013, San Antonio TX, March 2013.
25. D. Mitlin, H. Wang, C. Holt, Z. Li, Asymmetrical Supercapacitor Based on Graphene-Nickel
Cobaltite Nanocomposite and Activated Carbon Electrodes with Commercial Level Mass
Loading, TMS Annual Meeting 2013, San Antonio TX, March 2013.
24. D. Mitlin, E.M. Lotfabad, P. Kalisvaart, A. Kohandehghan, B. Zahiri, C. Holt, Silicon Nanowire
Core Aluminum Shell Coaxial Nanocomposites for Lithium Ion Battery Anodes Grown with and
without a TiN Interlayer, TMS Annual Meeting 2013, San Antonio TX, March 2013.
23. D. Mitlin, New Positive and Negative Nanomaterials and Architectures for Supercapacitor
Electrodes, Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology Seminar Series, Waterloo ON, December
2012.
22. D. Mitlin, Corrosion - Fouling of 316 Stainless Steel and Pure Iron, BP Seminar Series,
Naperville IL, September, 2012.
21. D. Mitlin, Nanostructured Materials for Lithium Ion Batteries and for Supercapacitors, SET 11th
International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies, Vancouver BC, September, 2012.
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20. D. Mitlin, L. Zhang, L. Wang, K. Malek, T. Navessin, M. H. Eikerling, Highly corrosion resistant
platinum-niobium oxide-carbon nanotube electrodes for the oxygen reduction in PEM fuel cells,
63rd Annual Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry in Prague Czech Republic,
August 2012.
19. keynote D. Mitlin, High Rate Electrochemical Capacitors from Three Dimensional Arrays of
Vanadium Nitride Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes, ICNFA'12: International Conference on
Nanotechnology: Fundamentals and Applications, Montreal QC, August 2012.
18. D. Mitlin, TEM Guided Microstructural Design of Magnesium Hydride Alloys with Capability
for Room Temperature Volumetric Absorption Cycling, World Hydrogen Energy Congress
(WHEC) 2012, Toronto ON, June 2012.
17. D. Mitlin, P. Kalisvaart, Hydrogen Storage Materials 2012: Status and Future Prospects,
Canadian Association of Physicists Congress 2012, Calgary AB, June 2012.
16. D. Mitlin, New Positive and Negative Nanomaterials and Architectures for Supercapacitor
Electrodes, McMaster Seminar Series, Hamilton ON, April 2012.
15. D. Mitlin, P. Kalisvaart, M. Danaie, S. Tao, B. Zahiri, H. Fritzsche, TEM Guided Microstructural
Design of Magnesium Hydride Alloys with Capability for Room Temperature Volumetric
Absorption Cycling, TMS Annual Meeting 2012, Orlando FL, March 2012.
14. D. Mitlin, P. Kalisvaart, M. Danaie, S. Tao, B. Zahiri, H. Fritzsche, TEM Guided Microstructural
Design of Magnesium Hydride Alloys with Capability for Room Temperature Volumetric
Absorption Cycling, MCARE 2012: Materials Challenges in Alternative and Renewable Energy,
sponsored by American Ceramic Society, Clearwater FL, February 2012.
13. D. Mitlin, H. Wang, L. Zhang, Z. Xu, and Z. Li, Supercapacitive Properties of Hydrothermally
Synthesized Co3O4 Nanostructures, MCARE 2012: Materials Challenges in Alternative and
Renewable Energy, sponsored by American Ceramic Society, Clearwater FL, February 2012.
12. D. Mitlin, P. Kalisvaart, M. Danaie, S. Tao, B. Zahiri, H. Fritzsche, TEM Guided Microstructural
Design of Magnesium Hydride Alloys with Capability for Room Temperature Volumetric
Absorption Cycling, NIST Seminar Series, Gettysburg MD, December 2012.
11. D. Mitlin, B.S. Amirkhiz, M.Danaie, B.Simard, Microstructure of Single-walled Carbon
Nanotube (SWCNT) Magnesium Hydride (MgH2) Nanocomposites, COM2010, Vancouver BC,
October 2010.
10. D. Mitlin, M. Danaie, B.S. Amirkhiz, C.T. Harrower, Overcoming Kinetic Limitations of
Magnesium Hydride, Hydrogen Storage Materials Workshop at NRC-SIMS, Ottawa ON, April
2010.
9. D. Mitlin, J. Haagsma, C. Ophus, C. T. Harrower, Destabilized Magnesium-based Alloy Thin
Films as Model Systems for Hydrogen Storage, AVS 55th International, Boston MA, October
2008.
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8. D. Mitlin, J. Haagsma, C. Ophus, C. T. Harrower, Destabilized Magnesium-Based Alloy Thin
Films as Model Systems for Hydrogen Storage, 6th Congress of the International Society for
Theoretical Chemical Physics, Vancouver BC, July 2008.
7. H. Fritzsche, M. Saoudi, K. G. Yager, O. M. Tanchak, C. J. Barrett, E. Luber, J. Haagsma and D.
Mitlin, Neutron Reflectometry - A Unique Tool to Characterize the Chemical Structure of Thin
Films, The 57th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference- Nanomaterials Symposia,
Edmonton AB, October 2007.
6. V. Radmilovic, Z. Lee, Berkeley, C. Ophus, L.M. Fischer, N. Nelson-Fitzpatrick, K.L. Westra, S.
Evoy, U. Dahmen, D. Mitlin, Ultra-hard Nanostructured Al-Mo Thin Films for NEMS
Application, International Conference on Aluminium in conjunction with the 6th World Trade
Fair -ALUMINIUM 2006, Essen Germany, September 2006.
5. C. Ophus, D. Mitlin, V. Radmilovic, S. Evoy, L. Fischer, and U. Dahmen, Al-Mo Nanocomposites
for MEMS and NEMS Applications, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab – NCEM Seminar Series,
Berkeley CA, April 2006.
4. D. Mitlin, R. Mohammadi, C. Ophus, S. Evoy, K.Westra, L.M. Fischer, V. Radmilovic, Z-H Lee,
U. Dahmen, Gas-Sensor Cantilevers Synthesized from Ni-V-Zr Nanocomposites, ASU-NINT
Collaborative Exchange Nanotechnology Forum, Phoenix AZ, May 2006.
3. D. Mitlin, V. Radmilovic, U. Dahmen, Nano-Structured Ultra-Hard Al-Si Films Displaying
Elevated Temperature Stability, Solid-Solid Phase Transformations in Inorganic Materials 2005,
Phoenix AZ, August 2005.
2. D. Mitlin, V. Radmilovic, U. Dahmen, Nano-Structured Ultra-Hard Al-Si Films Displaying
Elevated Temperature Stability, TMS Annual Meeting 2005, San Francisco CA, March 2005.
1. D. Mitlin, T.-Y. Pan, M. L. Santella and Z. Feng, The Effect of Spot Friction Welding (SFW) on
the Strength and the Microstructure of Aluminum 6111-T4 Lap Joints, TMS Annual Meeting
2005, San Francisco CA, March 2005.
Co-Author Principal Investigators, Last 5 Years (reverse chronological order)
M.R. Gray: University of Alberta, Chemical and Materials Engineering
A. Hoff: Staoil
B. Newman: Phillips 66
P. Eaton: Champion Technologies
A.O. Anyia: Alberta Innovates Technology Futures, Bio Solutions (AITF-Bio)
B. S. Amirkhiz: CanmetMATERIALS
L.A. Bendersky: NIST
D.S. Gianola: UPENN
V.R. Radmilovic: LBNL, NCEM
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U. Dahmen: LBNL, NCEM
K.J. Hemker: John Hopkins University
P.C. Dastoor: University of Newcastle
M.H. Eikerling: Simon Fraser University
H. Fritzsche: SIMS CNBC, NRC
T. Navessin: IFCI, NCR
G.A. Botton: McMaster University
S.A. McQuarrie: University of Alberta, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
A.J.B. McEwan: University of Alberta, Department of Oncology
H. Zhang: University of Alberta, Chemical and Materials Engineering
M.R. Freeman: University of Alberta, Physics
R.A. van Santen: Technical University of Eindhoven
A.P.J. Jansen: Technical University of Eindhoven
R. Steitz: NIST
J. Huot: Universite du Quebec Trois Riviere
S.M. Kuznicki: University of Alberta, Chemical and Materials Engineering
B. Simard: SIMS, NRC
S. Evoy: University of Alberta, Electrical and Computer Engineering
E.M. Eyring: University of Utah
D. Lewis: RPI
Y. Zhou: University of Waterloo
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Peer-reviewed Journal Publications
http://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=hS5K8A8AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
120. M. Hazelton, T. Stephenson, J. Lepore, V. Subramani, and D. Mitlin, Sulfide promoted chronic
fouling in a refinery: A broad phenomenon spanning a range of heat transfer surfaces and oil
types. Fuel, 2015, 160, 479-489.
119. Z. Li, X. Tan, P. Li, P. Kalisvaart, M.T. Janish, W.M. Mook, E.J. Luber, K.L. Jungjohann, C.B.
Carter and D. Mitlin, Coupling in-situ TEM and ex-situ analysis to understand heterogeneous
sodiation of antimony, Nano Letters, 2015, 15, 6339-6348.
118. Z. Li, J. Ding, D. Mitlin, Tin and tin compounds for sodium ion battery anodes: phase
transformations and performance, Accounts of Chemical Research, 2015, 48, 1657-1665.
117. Z. Li, J. Ding, H. Wang, K. Cui, T. Stephenson, D. Karpuzov, David Mitlin, High Rate SnO2–
Graphene Dual Aerogel anodes and their kinetics of lithiation and sodiation, Nano Energy, 2015,
15, 369-378.
116. J. Ding, H. Wang, Z. Li, K. Cui, D. Karpuzov, X. Tan, A. Kohandehghan, D. Mitlin, Peanut
Shell Hybrid Sodium Ion Capacitor with Extreme Energy - Power Rivals Lithium Ion Capacitors,
Energy and Environmental Science, 2015, 8, 941-955.
115. M. Danaie, H. Fritzsche, W. P. Kalisvaart, X. Tan, D. Mitlin, G. A. Botton, J. Huot, Reactions in
a multilayered Si (substrate)/Ta/Mg/Fe/Ta/Pd thin-film structure during annealing and deuterium
absorption, Acta Materialia, 2015, 90, 259-271.
114. X. Tan, S. Prabhudev, A. Kohandehghan, D. Karpuzov, G. A. Botton, D. Mitlin, Pt–Au–Co
Alloy Electrocatalysts Demonstrate Enhanced Activity and Durability toward the Oxygen
Reduction Reaction, ACS Catalysis 2015, 5, 1513-1524.
113. J. Ding, Z. Li, H. Wang, K. Cui, A. Kohandehghan, X. Tan, D. Karpuzov and D. Mitlin,
Sodiation vs. lithiation phase transformations in a high rate–high stability SnO2 in carbon
nanocomposite, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2015, 3, 7100-7111.
112. T. Stephenson, M. Hazelton, M. Kupsta, J. Lepore, E. J. Andreassen, A. Hoff, B. Newman, P.
Eaton, M. Gray and D. Mitlin, Thiophene mitigates high temperature fouling of metal surfaces in
oil refining, Fuel, 2015, 139, 411–424.
111. M. R. Afshar, N. Yan, B. Zahiri, D. Mitlin, K. T. Chuang, J. Luo, Impregnation of
La0.4Ce0.6O1.8 - La0.4Sr0.6TiO3 as Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Anode in H2S-containing Fuels,
Journal of Power Sources, 2015, 274, 211-218.
110. X. Tan, L. Wang, B. Zahiri, A. Kohandehghan, D. Karpuzov, E. M. Lotfabad, Z. Li, M. H.
Eikerling, and D. Mitlin, Titanium Oxynitride Interlayer to Influence Oxygen Reduction Reaction
Activity and Corrosion Stability of Pt and Pt–Ni Alloy, ChemSusChem, 2015, 8, 361-376
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109. A. Kohandehghan, K. Cui, M. Kupsta, J. Ding, E. M. Lotfabad, W. P. Kalisvaart, and D. Mitlin,
Activation with Li Enables Facile Sodium Storage in Germanium, Nano Letters, 2014, 14,
5873-5882.
108. E. M. Lotfabad, P. Kalisvaart, A. Kohandehghan, and D. Mitlin, Origin of Non-SEI Related
Coulombic Efficiency Loss in Carbons Tested Against Na and Li, Journal of Materials Chemistry
A, 2014, 2, 19685-19695.
107. B. Farbod, K. Cui, M. Kupsta, P. Kalisvaart, E. Memarzadeh, A. Kohandehghan, B. Zahiri and
D. Mitlin, Array geometry dictates electrochemical performance of Ge nanowire lithium ion
battery anodes, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2014, 2, 16770–16785.
106. E. M. Lotfabad, J. Ding, K. Cui, A. Kohandehghan, W.P. Kalisvaart, M. Hazelton, D. Mitlin,
High-Density Sodium and Lithium Ion Battery Anodes from Banana Peels, ACS Nano, 8, 2014,
7115-7129.
105. Z. Xu, H. Wang, Z. Li, A. Kohandehghan, J. Ding, J. Chen, K. Cui and D. Mitlin, Sulfur refines
MoO2 distribution enabling improved lithium ion battery performance, Journal of Physical
Chemistry C, 118, 2014, 18387-18396.
104. A. Kohandehghan, K. Cui, M. Kupsta, E. Memarzadeh, P. Kalisvaart, D. Mitlin, Nanometerscale
Sn Coatings Improve the Performance of Silicon Nanowire LIB Anodes, Journal of
Materials Chemistry A, 2, 2014, 11261-11279.
103. B. Farbod, K. Cui, W.P. Kalisvaart, M. Kupsta, B. Zahiri, A. Kohandehghan, E. Memarzadeh, Z.
Li, E.J. Luber, and D. Mitlin, Anodes for Sodium Ion Batteries based on Tin - Germanium -
Antimony Alloys, ACS Nano, 8, 2014, 4415-4429.
102. H. Wang, Z. Xu, Z. Li, K. Cui, J. Ding, A. Kohandehghan, X. Tan, B. Zahiri, B.C. Olsen, C.M.
B. Holt, and D. Mitlin, Hybrid Device Employing Three-Dimensional Arrays of MnO in Carbon
Nanosheets Bridges Battery–Supercapacitor Divide, Nano Letters, 14, 2014, 1987-1994.
101. M. Vezvaie, P. Kalisvaart, H. Fritzsche, Z. Tun, and D. Mitlin, The Penetration Depth of
Chemical Reactions in a Thin-Film Co3O4 Supercapacitor Electrode, Journal of the
Electrochemical Society, 161, 2014, A1-A5.
Cover 100. H. Wang, Z. Li and D. Mitlin, Tailoring Biomass-Derived Carbon Nanoarchitectures for
High-Performance Supercapacitors, ChemElectroChem, 1, 2014, 302-311.
99. Z. Li, Z. Xu, H. Wang, J. Ding, B. Zahiri, C.M.B. Holt, X. Tan and D. Mitlin, Colossal
pseudocapacitance in a high functionality–high surface area carbon anode doubles the energy of
an asymmetric supercapacitor, Energy & Environmental Science, 7, 2014, 1708-1718.
Cover 98. M. Lotfabad, P. Kalisvaart, A. Kohandehghan, K. Cui, M. Kupsta, B. Farbod and D.
Mitlin, Si nanotubes ALD coated with TiO2, TiN or Al2O3 as high performance lithium ion
battery anodes, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2, 2014, 2504-2516.
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97. T.J. Stephenson, Z. Li, B.C. Olsen and D. Mitlin, Lithium Ion Battery Applications of
Molybdenum Disulfide (MoS2) Nanocomposites, Energy & Environmental Science, 7, 2014, 209-
231.
96. J. Ding, H. Wang, Z. Li, A. Kohandehghan, K. Cui, Z. Xu, B. Zahiri, X. Tan, E.M. Lotfabad, B.C.
Olsen and D. Mitlin, Carbon Nanosheet Frameworks Derived from Peat Moss as High
Performance Sodium Ion Battery Anodes, ACS Nano, 7, 2013, 11004-11015.
95. A. Kohandehghan, P. Kalisvaart, K. Cui, M. Kupsta, E.M. Lotfabad and D. Mitlin, Silicon
nanowire lithium-ion battery anodes with ALD deposited TiN coatings demonstrate a major
improvement in cycling performance, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2013, 1, 12850-12861.

94. Y. Xu, E. M. Lotfabad, H. Wang, B. Farbod, Z. Xu, A. Kohandehghan and D. Mitlin,
Nanocrystalline anatase TiO2: a new anode material for rechargeable sodium ion batteries.
Chemical Communications, 49, 2013, 8973-8975.
93. P. Kalisvaart, B. Shalchi-Amirkhiz, R. Zahiri, B. Zahiri, X. Tan, M. Danaie, G. Botton and D.
Mitlin, Thermodynamically destabilized hydride formation in "bulk" Mg - AlTi multilayers for
hydrogen storage, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 15, 2013, 16432-16436.
92. E.M. Lotfabad, P. Kalisvaart, K. Cui, A. Kohandehghan, M. Kupsta, B.C. Olsen and D. Mitlin,
ALD TiO2 coated silicon nanowires for lithium ion battery anodes with enhanced cycling
stability and coulombic efficiency, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 15, 2013, 13646-
13657.
91. H. Wang, Z. Xu, A. Kohandehghan, Z. Li , K. Cui, X. Tan, T.J. Stephenson, C.K. King'ondu,
C.M.B. Holt, B.C. Olsen, J.K. Tak, D. Harfield, A.O. Anyia and D. Mitlin, Interconnected Carbon
Nanosheets Derived from Hemp for Ultrafast Supercapacitors with High Energy, ACS Nano, 7,
2013, 5131-5141.
** Over a dozen separate write-ups in major international green technology forums. Google
“hemp supercapacitor”, “hemp graphene”.
90. M. Derakhshesh, P. Eaton, B. Newman, A. Hoff, D. Mitlin, M.R. Gray, Effect of asphaltene
stability on fouling at delayed coking process furnace conditions, Energy and Fuels, 27, 2013,
1856-1864.
89. H. Wang, Z. Li, J. K. Tak, C.M.B. Holt, X. Tan, Z. Xu, B. S. Amirkhiz, D. Harfield, A. Anyia, T.
Stephenson and D. Mitlin, Supercapacitors based on carbons with tuned porosity derived from
paper pulp mill sludge biowaste, Carbon, 47, 2013, 317-328.
88. Z. Li, Z. Xu, X. Tan, H. Wang, C.M.B. Holt, T.J. Stephenson, D. Mitlin, Mesoporous nitrogenrich
carbons derived from protein for ultra-high capacity battery anodes and supercapacitors,
Energy and Environmental Science, 6, 2013, 871-878.
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Hot paper 87. A. Kohandehghan, P. Kalisvaart, M. Kupsta, B. Zahiri, B.S. Amirkhiz, Z. Li, E.M.
Lotfabad, L.A. Bendersky, D. Mitlin, Magnesium and magnesium-silicide coated silicon
nanowire composite anodes for lithium-ion batteries, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 1, 2013,
1600-1612.
86. D.S. Gianola, Z. Lee, C. Ophus, E.J. Luber, D. Mitlin, U. Dahmen, K.J. Hemker, V.R.
Radmilovic, Tensile behavior of Al1- x Mox crystalline and amorphous thin films, Acta
Materialia, 61, 2013, 1432-1443.
Cover **85. Z. Li, L. Zhang, B. Shalchi-Amirkhiz, X. Tan, Z .Xu, H. Wang, B.C. Olsen, C.M.B.
Holt, D. Mitlin, Carbonized Chicken Eggshell Membranes with 3D Architectures as HighPerformance
Electrode Materials for Supercapacitors, Advanced Energy Materials, 2, 2012, 431-
437.
**84. Z. Xu, Z. Li, C.M.B. Holt, X. Tan, H. Wang, B.S. Amirkhiz, T. Stephenson, D. Mitlin,
Electrochemical Supercapacitor Electrodes from Sponge-like Graphene Nanoarchitectures with
Ultrahigh Power Density, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 3, 2012, 2928-2933.
** Over a dozen separate write-ups in major international green technology forums. Google “egg
supercapacitor”, “spongy graphene supercapacitor”.
83. H. Wang, C.M.B. Holt, Z. Li, X. Tan, B.S. Amirkhiz, Z. Xu, B.C. Olsen, T. Stephenson, D.
Mitlin, Graphene-nickel cobaltite nanocomposite asymmetrical supercapacitor with commercial
level mass loading, Nano Research, 5, 2012, 605-617.
82. X. Tan, B. Zahiri, C.M.B. Holt, A. Kubis, D. Mitlin, A transmission electron microscopy based
study of the microstructure during room temperature and low temperature hydrogen storage
cycling in MgH2 promoted by Nb–V, Acta Materialia, 60, 2012, 5646-5661.
81. M. Danaie and D. Mitlin, TEM Analysis of the Microstructure in TiF3 Catalyzed and Pure MgH2
During Hydrogen Storage Cycling, Acta Materialia, 60, 2012, 6441-6456.
80. K.B. Burke, E.J. Luber, N.P. Holmes, A.J. Murray, W.J. Belcher, X. Zhou, D. Mitlin, P.C.
Dastoor, A knife-edge measurement of the beam profile of STXM 5.3.2.2 using a focussed ion
beam milled metallic glass, in-press, Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena,
185, 2012, 453-457.
79. X. Tan, L. Wang, C.M.B. Holt, B. Zahiri, M.H. Eikerling, D. Mitlin, Body centered cubic
magnesium niobium hydride with facile room temperature absorption and four weight percent
reversible capacity, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 14, 2012, 10904-10909.
78. E.M. Lotfabad, W.P. Kalisvaart, A. Kohandehghan, B. Zahiri, C. M. B. Holt and D. Mitlin,
Silicon nanowire core aluminum shell coaxial nanocomposites for lithium ion battery anodes
grown with and without a TiN interlayer, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 22, 2012, 6655-6668.
77. Z. Xu, Z. Li, X. Tan, C.M.B. Holt, L. Zhang, B. Shalchi-Amirkhiz, D. Mitlin, Supercapacitive
carbon nanotube - cobalt molybdate nanocomposites prepared via solvent-free microwave
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synthesis, RSC Advances, 2, 2012, 2753-2755.
76. W.P. Kalisvaart, E.J. Luber, E. Poirier, C.T. Harrower, A. Teichert, D. Wallacher, N. Grimm, R.
Steitz, H. Fritzsche, and D. Mitlin, Probing the Room Temperature Deuterium Absorption Kinetics
in Nanoscale Magnesium Based Hydrogen Storage Multilayers Using Neutron Reflectometry, Xray
Diffraction, and Atomic Force Microscopy, Journal of Physical Chemistry C., 116, 2012,
5868-5880.
75. L. Zhang, L. Wang, C.M.B. Holt, B. Zahiri, K. Malek, T. Navessin, M. H. Eikerling, D. Mitlin,
Highly corrosion resistant platinum-niobium oxide-carbon nanotube electrodes for the oxygen
reduction in PEM fuel cells, Energy and Environmental Science, 2012, 5, 6156 – 6172.
74. A. Tsyganok, C.M.B. Holt, S. Murphy, D. Mitlin, M.R. Gray, Electrocatalytic hydrogenation of
aromatic compounds in ionic liquid solutions over WS2-on-glassy carbon and Raney nickel
cathodes, Fuel, 93, 2012, 415-422.
73. H. Fritzsche, W.P. Kalisvaart, B. Zahiri, R. Flacau, D. Mitlin, The catalytic effect of Fe and Cr on
hydrogen and deuterium absorption in Mg thin films, The International Journal of Hydrogen
Energy, 37, 2012, 3540-3547.
72. B. Zahiri, M. Danaie, X-H Tan, B.S. Amirkhiz, G.A. Botton, D. Mitlin, Stable Hydrogen Storage
Cycling in Magnesium Hydride, in the Range of Room Temperature to 300 °C, Achieved Using a
New Bimetallic Cr-V Nanoscale Catalyst, Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 116, 2012, 3188–
3199.
71. R. Zahiri, B. Zahiri, A. Kubis, W. P. Kalisvaart, B. S. Amirkhiz, D. Mitlin, Microstructural
evolution during low temperature sorption cycling of Mg-AlTi multilayer nanocomposites,
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 37, 2012, 4215-4226.
70. K. Gagnon, J.S. Wilson, C.M.B. Holt, D.N. Abrams, A.J.B. McEwan, D. Mitlin, S.A. McQuarrie,
Cyclotron production of 99mTc: Recycling of enriched 100Mo metal targets, Applied Radiation
and Isotopes, 70, 2012, 1685-1690.
69. L. Zhang, C.M.B. Holt, E. Luber, B.C. Olsen, H. Wang, M. Danaie, X.Cui, X. Tan, V. Lui, W.P.
Kalisvaart, D. Mitlin, High Rate Electrochemical Capacitors from Three - Dimensional Arrays of
Vanadium Nitride - Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes, Journal of Physical Chemistry C., 115,
2011, 24381–24393.
68. H. Wang, L. Zhang, X. Tan, C.M.B. Holt, B. Zahiri, B.C. Olsen, D. Mitlin, Supercapacitive
Properties of Hydrothermally Synthesized Co3O4 Nanostructures, Journal of Physical Chemistry
C., 115, 2011, 17599-17605.
67. T. J. Stephenson, A. Kubis, M. Derakhshesh, M. Hazelton, C.M.B. Holt, P.Eaton, B. Newman, A.
Hoff, M.R. Gray, D. Mitlin, Corrosion - Fouling of 316 Stainless Steel and Pure Iron by Hot Oil,
Energy and Fuels, 25, 2011, 4540–4551.
66. X. Liu, E. Luber, D. Mitlin, H. Zhang, Design of high Tg Zr-based metallic glasses using
atomistic simulation and experiment, Philosophical Magazine, 91, 2011, 3393-3405.
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65. C.C.H. Lin, M. Danaie, D. Mitlin, and S.M. Kuznicki, Palladium Nanoparticles Formed on
Titanium Silicate ETS-10, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 11, 2011, 2537-2539.
64. S.X. Tao, M. Danaie, D. Mitlin, R.A. van Santen, A.P.J. Jansen, First principle study of hydrogen
diffusion in equilibrium rutile, rutile with deformation twins and fluorite polymorph of Mg
hydride, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 36, 2011, 11802-11809.
63. K. Gagnon, C. Holt, J.S. Wilson, D. Mitlin, S.A. McQuarrie, Target preparation and recycling of
molybdenum for the cyclotron production of Tc-99m, Journal of Labelled Compounds and
Radiopharmaceuticals, 54, 2011, S54-S55.
62. W.P. Kalisvaart, E.J. Luber, H. Fritzsche, D. Mitlin, Effect of alloying magnesium with
chromium and vanadium on hydrogenation kinetics studied with neutron reflectometry, Chemical
Communications, 47, 2011, 4294-4296.
61. W.P. Kalisvaart, A. Kubis, M. Danaie, B. S. Amirkhiz, D. Mitlin, Microstructural evolution
during hydrogen sorption cycling of Mg–FeTi nanolayered composites, Acta Materialia, 59, 2011,
2083-2095.
60. B.S. Amirkhiz, B. Zahiri, P. Kalisvaart, D. Mitlin, Synergy of elemental Fe and Ti promoting low
temperature hydrogen sorption cycling of magnesium, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy,
36, 2011, 6711-6722.
59. E. Poirier, C.T. Harrower, P. Kalisvaart, A. Bird, A. Teichert, D. Wallacher, N. Grimm, R. Steitz,
D. Mitlin and H. Fritzsche, Deuterium Absorption in Mg70Al30 Thin Films with Bilayer
Catalysts: A Comparative Neutron Reflectometry Study, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 509,
2011, 5466-5471.
58. M. Danaie, C. Mauer, D. Mitlin, J. Huot, Hydrogen storage in bulk Mg-Ti and Mg-stainless steel
multilayer composites synthesized via accumulative roll-bonding (ARB), International Journal of
Hydrogen Energy, 36, 2011, 3022-3036.
57. X. Tan, M. Danaie, W.P. Kalisvaart, and D. Mitlin, The influence of Cu substitution on the
hydrogen sorption properties of magnesium rich Mg-Ni films, International Journal of Hydrogen
Energy, 36, 2011, 2154-2164.
56. J. Losby, J.A.J. Burgess, C.M.B. Holt, J.N. Westwood, D. Mitlin, W.K. Hiebert, and M.R.
Freeman, Nanomechanical torque magnetometry of permalloy cantilevers, Journal of Applied
Physics, 108, 2010, 123910.
55. M. Shi, C.C.H. Lin, L. Wu L, C.M.B. Holt, D. Mitlin and S.M. Kuznicki, Nanosilver Particle
Formation on a High Surface Area Titanate, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 10,
2010, 8448-8451.
54. H. Fritzsche, E. Poirier, J. Haagsma, C. Ophus, E. Luber, C.T. Harrower and D. Mitlin, A
systematic neutron reflectometry study on hydrogen absorption in thin Mg1-xAlx alloy films,
Canadian Journal of Physics, 88, 2010, 723-728.
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53. C.M.B. Holt, S. Murphy, M.R. Gray and D. Mitlin, Electrocatalytic Hydrogenation of 2-
cyclohexen-1-one in a High Sulfur Environment Using a Carbon-supported Nanostructured
Tungsten Sulfide Catalyst, Catalysis Communications, 12, 2010, 314-317.
52. C. Harrower, E. Poirier, H. Fritzsche, P. Kalisvaart, S. Satija, B. Akgun and D. Mitlin, Early
deuteration steps of Pd- and Ta/Pd- catalyzed Mg70Al30 thin films observed at room temperature,
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 35, 2010, 10343-10348.
51. L. Zhang, L. Wang, C.M.B. Holt, T. Navessin, K. Malek, M.H. Eikerling and D. Mitlin, Oxygen
reduction reaction activity and electrochemical stability of thin-film bilayer systems of platinum
on niobium oxide, Journal of Physical Chemistry C., 114, 2010, 16463-16474.
50. B. Zahiri, B.S. Amirkhiz and D. Mitlin, Hydrogen storage cycling of MgH2 thin film
nanocomposites catalyzed by bimetallic Cr Ti, Applied Physics Letters, 97, 2010, 083106.
49. E.J. Luber, B.C. Olsen, C. Ophus and D. Mitlin, Solid-state dewetting mechanisms of ultrathin Ni
films revealed by combining in situ time resolved differential reflectometry monitoring and atomic
force microscopy, Physical Review B., 82, 2010, 085407.
48. C. Ophus, T. Ewalds, E.J. Luber and D. Mitlin, The role of self-shadowing on growth and scaling
laws of faceted polycrystalline thin films, Acta Materialia, 58, 2010, 5150-5159.
47. M. Danaie, S.X. Tao, W.P. Kalisvaart and D. Mitlin, Analysis of deformation twins and the
partially dehydrogenated microstructure in nanocrystalline magnesium hydride (MgH2) powder,
Acta Materialia, 58, 2010, 3162-3172.
46. W.P. Kalisvaart, C.T. Harrower, J. Haagsma, B. Zahiri, E.J. Luber, C. Ophus, E. Poirier, H.
Fritzsche and D. Mitlin, Hydrogen storage in binary and ternary Mg-based alloys: A
comprehensive experimental study, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 35, 2010, 2091-
2103.
45. B.S. Amirkhiz, M. Danaie, M. Barnes, B. Simard and D. Mitlin, Hydrogen sorption cycling
kinetic stability and microstructure of single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) magnesium
hydride (MgH2) nanocomposites, Journal of Physical Chemistry C., 114, 2010, 3265-3275.
44. C. Ophus, E.J. Luber and D. Mitlin, Analytic description of competitive grain growth, Physical
Review E., 81, 2010, 011601.
43. B. Zahiri, B.S. Amirkhiz, M. Danaie and D. Mitlin, Bimetallic Fe-V catalyzed magnesium films
exhibiting rapid and cycleable hydrogenation at 200 degrees C, Applied Physics Letters, 96, 2010,
013108.
42. B. Zahiri, C.T. Harrower, B.S. Amirkhiz and D. Mitlin, Rapid and reversible hydrogen sorption in
Mg-Ti-Fe thin films, Applied Physics Letters, 95, 2009, 103114.
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41. X.-H. Tan, C.T. Harrower, B.S. Amirkhiz and D. Mitlin, Nano-scale bi-layer Pd/Ta, Pd/Nb, Pd/Ti
and Pd/Fe catalysts for hydrogen sorption in magnesium thin films, International Journal of
Hydrogen Energy, 34, 2009, 7741-7748.
40. E.J. Luber, B.C. Olsen, C. Ophus, V. Radmilovic and D. Mitlin, All-metal AFM probes fabricated
from microstructurally tailored Cu-Hf thin films, Nanotechnology, 34, 2009, 345703.
39. C. Ophus, E.J. Luber, M. Edelen, Z. Lee, L. Fischer, S. Evoy, D. Lewis, U. Dahmen, V.
Radmilovic and D. Mitlin, Nanocrystalline-amorphous transitions in Al-Mo thin films: Bulk and
surface evolution, Acta Materialia, 57, 2009, 4296-4303.
38. C.C.H. Lin, M. Danaie, Y. Liu, D. Mitlin, S.M. Kuznicki and E.M. Eyring, Thermally stable
silver nanoparticles formed on a zeolite surface show multiple crystal twinning, Journal of
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 9, 2009, 4985-4987.
37. H. Fritzsche, C. Ophus, C.T. Harrower, E. Luber and D. Mitlin, Low temperature hydrogen
desorption in MgAl thin films achieved by using a nanoscale Ta/Pd bilayer catalyst, Applied
Physics Letters, 94, 2009, 241901.
36. M. Danaie and D. Mitlin, TEM analysis and sorption properties of high-energy milled MgH2
powders, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 476, 2009, 590-598.
35. B.S. Amirkhiz, M. Danaie and D. Mitlin, The Influence of SWCNT-metallic nanoparticle
mixtures on the desorption of milled MgH2 Powders, Nanotechnology, 20, 2009, 204016.
34. C. Ophus, E. Luber and D. Mitlin, Simulations of faceted polycrystalline thin films: Asymptotic
analysis, Acta Materialia, 57, 2009, 1327-1336.
33. H. Fritzsche, M. Saoudi, J. Haagsma, C. Ophus, C.T. Harrower and D. Mitlin, Structural changes
of thin MgAl films during hydrogen desorption, Nuclear Instruments Methods in Physics Research
A, 600, 2009, 301-304.
32. S.M. Kuznicki, C.C.H. Lin, L. Wu, H.Y. Yin, M. Danaie and D. Mitlin, The Synthesis of a platy
chabazite analog from delaminated metakaolin with ability to surface template nanosilver
particulates, Clay and Clay Minerals, 56, 2008, 665-659.
31. M. Danaie, M. Malac, and D. Mitlin, Investigation of beam damage mechanism of ball-milled
MgH2 powder, Microscopy and Microanalysis, 14(Suppl 2), 2008, 278.
30. H. Fritzsche, M. Saoudi, J. Haagsma, C. Ophus, E. Luber, C.T. Harrower and D. Mitlin, Neutron
reflectometry study of hydrogen desorption in destabilized MgAl alloy thin films, Applied Physics
Letters, 92, 2008, 121917.
29. C. Ophus, E. Luber, N. Nelson-Fitzpatrick, K.L. Westra, V. Radmilovic, U. Dahmen, S. Evoy and
D. Mitlin, Resonance properties and microstructure of ultracompliant metallic
nanoelectromechanical systems resonators synthesized from Al-32 at. % Mo amorphousnanocrystalline
metallic composites, Applied Physics Letters, 92, 2008, 123108.
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28. E. Luber, R. Mohammadi, C. Ophus, N. Nelson-Fitzpatrick, K. L. Westra, S. Evoy, V.
Radmilovic, U. Dahmen and D. Mitlin, Tailoring the microstructure and surface morphology of
metal thin films for nano-electro-mechanical systems applications, Nanotechnology, 19, 2008,
125705.
27. J. Chen, K. Sand, M.S. Xia, C. Ophus, R. Mohammadi, M. Kuntz, Y. Zhou and D. Mitlin,
Transmission electron microscopy and nanoindentation study of the weld zone microstructure of
diode-laser-joined automotive transformation-induced plasticity steel, Metallurgical and Materials
Transactions A, 39A, 2008, 593-603.
26. V. Radmilovic, C. Taylor, Z. Lee, A. Tolley, D. Mitlin and U. Dahmen, Nanoindentation
properties and the microstructure of grain boundary Precipitate-Free-Zones (PFZs) in an
AlCuSiGe Alloy, Philosophical Magazine, 87, 2007, 3905-3919.
25. N. Nelson-Fitzpatrick, C. Ophus, E. Luber, L. Gervais, Z. Lee, V. Radmilovic, U. Dahmen, D.
Mitlin and S. Evoy, Synthesis and characterization of Au-Ta nanocomposites for nanomechanical
cantilever devices, Nanotechnology, 18, 2007, 355303.
24. S.M. Kuznicki, D.J.A. Kelly, J. Bian, C.C.H. Lin, Y. Liu, J. Chen, D. Mitlin and Z. Xu, Metal
nanodots formed and supported on chabazite and chabazite-like surfaces, Microporous and
Mesoporous Materials, 103, 2007, 309-315.
23. Z. Lee, C. Ophus, L. M. Fischer, N. Nelson-Fitzpatrick, K.L. Westra, S. Evoy, V. Radmilovic, U.
Dahmen and D. Mitlin, Metallic NEMS components fabricated from nanocomposite Al–Mo films,
Nanotechnology, 17, 2006, 3063-3070.
22. D. Mitlin, V. Radmilovic, T.-Y. Pan, J. Chen, Z. Feng and M.L. Santella, Structure-properties
relations in spot friction welded (also known as Friction Stir Spot Welded) 6111 aluminum,
Materials Science and Engineering A, 441, 2006, 79-96.
21. V. Radmilovic, M.K. Miller, D. Mitlin and U. Dahmen, Strain-compensated nano-clusters in AlSi-Ge
alloys, Scripta Materialia, 54, 2006, 1973-1978.
20. J.C. Thorp, K. Sieradzki, T. Michael, P. Crozier, A. Misra, M. Nastasi, D. Mitlin and S.T.
Picraux, Formation of nanoporous noble metal thin films on Si by electrochemical dealloying of
PtxSi(1-x), Applied Physics Letters, 88, 2006, 033110.
19. A. Tolley, D. Mitlin, V. Radmilovic and U. Dahmen, Transmission electron microscopy analysis
of grain boundary precipitate-free-zones (PFZs) in an AlCuSiGe alloy, Materials Science and
Engineering A, 412, 2005, 204-213.
18. D. Mitlin, A. Misra, T.E. Mitchell, J.P. Hirth and R.G. Hoagland, Interface dislocation structures
at the onset of coherency loss in nanoscale Ni-Cu bilayer Films, Philosophical Magazine, 85,
2005, 3379-3392.
17. P.L. Taylor, O. Omotoso, J.B. Wiskel, D. Mitlin and R.E. Burrell, Impact of heat on the physical
and biological properties of nanocrystalline silver dressings. Part II. Physical properties,
Biomaterials, 26, 2005, 7230-7240.
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16. V. Radmilovic, D. Mitlin and U. Dahmen, Ultra-hard Al-Si nanocomposite films, Materials
Science Forum, 494, 2005, 13-18.
15. D. Mitlin, V. Radmilovic and A. Schmid, Transmission electron microscopy based study of
epitaxy in (001)Cu-Nb bilayer and trilayer nano-scale films, Applied Physics Letters, 86, 2005,
051904.
14. A. Tolley, D. Mitlin, V. Radmilovic and U. Dahmen, TEM analysis of grain boundary precipitatefree-zones
(PFZs) in AlCuSiGe alloy, Microscopy and Microanalysis, 10(Suppl. 2), 2004, 312.
-- Undergraduate, M.S., Ph.D. and Post Doc Publications --
13. D. Mitlin, A. Misra, T.E. Mitchell, R.G. Hoagland and J.P. Hirth, Influence of overlayer thickness
on the density of Lomer dislocations in nano-Scale Ni-Cu bilayer thin films, Applied Physics
Letters, 85, 2004, 1686-1688
12. R.G. Hoagland, J.P. Hirth, A. Misra and D. Mitlin, Influence of surface steps on glide of
threading dislocations during layer growth, Applied Physics Letters, 84, 2004, 5136-5138.
11. D. Mitlin, A. Misra, V. Radmilovic, M. Nastasi, R.G. Hoagland, J.P. Hirth and T.E. Mitchell,
Formation of misfit dislocations in nano-scale Ni-Cu bilayer Films, Philosophical Magazine, 84,
2004, 719-736.
10. D. Mitlin, V. Radmilovic, J.W. Morris, Jr. and U. Dahmen, On the influence of Si-Ge additions
on the aging response of Al-Cu, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A., 34A, 2003, 735-
742.
9. V. Radmilovic, D. Mitlin, S. Hinderberger, U. Dahmen and J.W. Morris, Jr., Resistance to shape
refinement of precipitates in Al-(Si,Ge) alloys during thermal cycling, Metallurgical and
Matererials Transactions A., 34A, 2003, 543-551.
8. V. Radmilovic, U. Dahmen, B. Dracup, M.K. Miller, D. Mitlin and J.W. Morris, Jr., Clustering and
precipitation in Al-Si-Ge and Al-Si-Ge-Cu alloys, Materials Science Forum, 396, 2002, 905-910.
7. D. Mitlin, V. Radmilovic and J.W. Morris, Jr., Precipitation and hardening in Al-Si-Ge, Materials
Science and Engineering A., 301, 2001, 231-236.
6. D. Mitlin, V. Radmilovic, U. Dahmen and J.W. Morris, Jr., Precipitation and aging in Al-Si-GeCu,
Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A., 32A, 2001, 197-199.
5. D. Mitlin, V. Radmilovic and J.W. Morris, Jr., Catalyzed precipitation in Al-Cu-Si, Metallurgical
and Materials Transactions A., 31A, 2000, 2697.
4. E. Romhanji, D. Mitlin and V. Radmilovic, Deformation pattern and strain hardening in a highly
textured 8090 Al-Li alloy sheet, Materials Science and Engineering A., 291, 2000, 160-167.
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3. D. Mitlin, C. H. Raeder and R. W. Messler, Jr., Solid solution creep behavior of Sn-xBi alloys,
Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A., 30A, 1999, 115-122.
2. C.H. Raeder, D. Mitlin and R.W. Messler, Jr., Modelling the creep rates of eutectic Bi-Sn solder
using the data from its constitutive phases, Journal of Materials Science, 33, 1998, 4503-4508.
1. D. Mitlin and R.M. German, An examination of the interparticle contact area during sintering of
W-0.3wt.%Co, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A., 29A, 1998, 1309-1317.
Conference Proceedings
9. D. Mitlin, V. Radmilovic, U. Dahmen and J.W. Morris, Jr., The Microstructure and Properties of
Al-Cu-Ge-Si Alloys, Advances in the Metallurgy of Aluminum Alloys, M. Turyakioglu, ed., ASM,
Metals Park, 2001, 239.
8. C.H. Raeder, J. Campbell, E. Pon, V. Wenner, and D. Mitlin, Maintaining Polish Productivity in
Spite of Consumables Variability, Proc. Semicon West, San Francisco, CA, July 13, 1999.
7. D. Mitlin, A. Griffo and R.M. German, W-10wt.%Co: A New High Hardness Composite,
Advances in Powder Metallurgy & Particulate Mat., 1996, 299.
6. A. Griffo, D. Mitlin, and R.M. German, Alloying Effects in Liquid Phase Sintered W-XFE-(1-X)
NI3AL Composites, Advances in Powder Metallurgy & Particulate Mat., 1996, 149.
5. T-Y Pan, H.D. Blair, D. Mitlin, G. Crosbie, J.M. Nicholson, and J. Hangas, Step Soldering Factors
Affecting the Reliability of Ag-Pd Thick Film Conductor Pads, ASME, EEP 17, 1996, 115.
5. C.H. Raeder, G.D. Schmeelk, and D. Mitlin, Isothermal Creep of Eutectic Sn-Bi and Sn-Ag Solder
and Solder Joints, Proceedings of the 16th Int. Electronics Manufacturing Technology Symposium,
1994, 1.
3. C.H. Raeder, D. Mitlin, and W. Yang, Evolution of Eutectic SnAg, SnBi, and SnPb Joint and Bulk
Microstructures During Isothermal Aging, Int. SAMPE Electronics Conf., 7, 1994, 355.
2. H.D. Blair, T-Y Pan, R.P. Cooper, J.M. Nicholson, R.H. Poulson, C.S. Stine, K. Ezis, D. Mitlin,
Copper Dissolution in Molten Solders, Proc. Nepcon West, 1, 1994, 543.
1. T-Y Pan, J.M. Nicholson, H.D. Blair, R.H. Poulson, R.P. Cooper, D. Mitlin, Dynamic Wetting
Characteristics of Some Lead-Free Solders, Int. SAMPE Electronics Conf., 7, 1994, 343.
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Granted Patents
3. D. Mitlin, B. Zahiri, M. Danaie, X-H Tan, E. Luber and C. Harrower, Kinetic stabilization of
magnesium hydride U.S. Patent 9045335 B2, June 2, 2015.
2. D. Mitlin, R. Mohammadi, S. Evoy, C. Ophus, V. Radmilovic and U. Dahmen, Nanocomposite
Films, U.S. Patent 7758708, July 25, 2010.
1. E Luber, C Ophus, D Mitlin, BC Olsen, C Harrower and V Radmilovic, Micro/Nano Devices
Fabricated from Cu-Hf Thin Films U.S. Patent No. 8458811, June 4, 2013.
Funded Proposals (cash, does not include in-kind)
Total of $ 8,013 K (my share)
40. High Energy – High Power – High Temperature Supercapacitors, School of Energy and
Environment, single applicant, $ 25K.
39. Cost-Effective Biochar Adsorbents for Naphthenic Acid and Total Organic Carbon Removal for
Oilsands Tailings, AITF Bioindustrial Research and Innovation Program, lead applicant, $ 275K
(33% share).
38. Energy Materials Characterization and Control (EMC2), CFI 2012 Leading Edge and New
Initiatives Funds, 2012, co-applicant, $ 3,986 K total, (12% share).
37. Chronic Corrosion-Fouling and Catastrophic Asphaltene Floculation in Heavy Oil Upgrading,
NSERC CRD, program renewal with partners (Phillips 66, Statoil, Athlon Technologies), 2013 -
2015, single applicant $ 540 K.
36. NINT NRC Flagship Supercapacitor Program, 2012 - 2013, single applicant, $ 160 K.
35. Automotive Partnership Canada NSERC Strategic Network on Catalysis Research for Polymer
Electrolyte Fuel Cell, co-applicant, $ 1000 K, 15% my share.
34. Synergistic Surface Mechanical Treatments and Surface Coatings for Enhanced SCW Corrosion
Resistance, NSERC CRD with AECL and CANMET, "Gen IV" Program, single applicant, $ 320 K.
33. Multifunctional Carbonized Sludge Based Nanocomposites with Exceptional Flue Gas Pollutant
Capture Ability, Proof of Concept (POC) Grant for Game-Changing Ideas, Canada School of Energy
and Environment, single applicant, $ 25 K.
32. Canadian Neutron Beam Laboratory, NSERC MRSIF, 2012, co-applicant, $ 543 K general
funding pool, money not subdivided, dollars not included in the above "my share".
31. Large Voltage Window Electrochemical Supercapacitors Derived from Eggshell Membranes,
Alberta Bio, Value Chain Sustainability, 2012, single applicant, $ 420 K.
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30. Cobalt Oxide – Ionic Liquid Ultracapacitors as Universal Laptop Chargers, AITF nanoBridge,
2011, single applicant, $ 75 K.
29. Hybrid Cobalt Oxide – Graphene Nanoflake Electrodes for Automotive Supercapacitors, NRCan
Eco-EII Accelerated Project, 2011, lead applicant, $ 215 K (33% share).
28. Supercapacitors from Biochar and Rust, NINT Internal Collaboration, 2011, lead applicant, $ 150
K (33% share).
27. Downhole Sensors, MSTRI, 24-5D-1A-Downhole-10, single applicant, 2010-2011, $ 77 K.
26. Micro Electric Phase Identification for Horizontal Well Logging, Alberta Ingenuity, nanoBridge,
single applicant, 2010 - 2013, $ 990 K.
25. Bimetallic Catalysts Yielding Improved Kinetics in MgH2 and Mg(BH4)2 Hydrogen Storage
Materials, NRCan, Natural Resources Canada Clean Energy Fund, lead applicant, 2010 - 2012, $ 384
K (33% share).
24. Hybrid CNT-Oxide Supports for Fuel Cells Catalysts, National Research Counsel (NRC), Fuel
Cell Technology Development Program (TDP), 2009 - 2011, single applicant, $ 198 K.
23. TEM - guided design of energy storage nanomaterials including electrochemical batteries,
electrochemical supercapacitors, and metal hydrides, National Research Counsel (NRC) Operating
Grant, 2010 - 2011, $ 250 K.
22. Ultra-sensitive high-pressure differential scanning calorimeter, NSERC RTI, 2010, lead applicant,
$ 145 K.
21. Hydrogen Network, NSERC Network Grant, co-applicant, 2009 - 2012, $ 3,000 (4% share) K.
20. Fundamentals of Heavy Oil Fouling, NSERC CRD, lead applicant, 2009 - 2012, $ 480 K (50%
share).
19. TEM-based Approach for Understanding Microstructure-Properties Relations in Hydrogen
Storing Mg-Fe-Ti and Mg-Ti-Ni Nanocomposites, NSERC Discovery Grant, single applicant, 2009 -
2014, $ 150 K.
18. Advanced Joining Facilities for Macro, Micro and Nano Level Fabrications (equipment grant),
CFI Leading Edge Fund, co-applicant, 2009, $ 1,200 K (20% share).
17. Mg-Al based Thin Film Alloys with Improved Sorption Properties, NRC, NanoInitiative, lead
applicant, 2008 - 2011, $ 600 K (50% share).
16. Amorphous-nanocrystalline Hydrogen Storage Materials, NINT NRC, Operating Grant, single
applicant, 2007 - 2010, $ 360 K.
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15. Hydrogen Testing Sorption System, NRC, Small Capital Equipment Competition, single
applicant, 2007, $ 290 K.
14. Petro-Canada Young Innovator Award, Petro-Canada Corporation, single applicant, 2007, $ 20 K.
13. renewal - Multidisciplinary Approach for Improved Welding Processes of Advanced Materials in
Automotive Applications, Auto21 Network, co-applicant, 2007 - 2008, total of $ 370 K over two
years (17% share).
12. renewal - Chemically Enhanced Formability of Automotive Aluminum Alloys, Auto21 Network,
co-applicant, 2007 - 2008, $ 250 K (15% share).
11. Electrocatalytic Hydrogenation of Bitumen Fractions, Centre for Oil Sands Innovation, lead
applicant, 2007 - 2009, $ 310 K (50% share).
10. Glove Box and TGA (equipment grant), National Research Counsel (NRC), single applicant,
2006, $ 50 K.
9. Combined Pulsed Laser Deposition – Sputter System for Synthesis of Multiphase Nanostructured
Materials and Micro-Devices (equipment grant), Canada Foundation for Innovation, single applicant,
2006, $ 518 K.
8. Combined Pulsed Laser Deposition – Sputter System for Synthesis of Multiphase Nanostructured
Materials and Micro-Devices (equipment grant, matching funds), Alberta Innovation and Science,
single applicant, 2006, $ 270 K.
7. Site Specific TEM/SEM Specimen Preparation Ion Mill (equipment grant), NSERC Research
Equipment Grant, co-applicant, 2006, $ 145 K.
6. Gas Sensor Testing Facility (equipment grant), NSERC Research Equipment Grant, co-applicant,
2006, $ 50 K.

5. Integration of Al-Si Nanostructured Composites into MEMS Manufacturing, Alberta Ingenuity
Fund, single applicant, 2006-2007, $ 110 K.
4. Multidisciplinary Approach for Improved Welding Processes of Advanced Materials in
Automotive Applications, Auto21 Network, co-applicant, 2007 - 2009, $ 412 K (17% share).
3. Chemically Enhanced Formability of Automotive Aluminum Alloys, Auto21 Network, coapplicant,
2005-2007, $ 275 K (15% share).
2. TEM Sample Cleaner and Image Simulation Facility (equipment grant), NSERC Research
Equipment Grant, lead applicant, 2005, $ 136 K + $ 70 K NRC matching.
1. Synthesis of Nanostructured Materials Displaying Ultra-High Hardness, Thermal Stability and