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  1. An investigation into the layer thickness effect on the mechanical properties of additively manufactured polymers: PLA and ABS

    Article • The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, April 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Steve John Bull

  2. Fatigue life prediction of composite tidal turbine blades

    Article • Ocean Engineering, September 2022, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  3. Unravelling the combined effect of cooling rate and microalloying on the microstructure and tribological performance of Cu50Zr50

    Article • Wear, April 2022, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  4. Production and evaluation of two antibiotics of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2), prodigiosin and actinorhodin under solid state fermentation, using micro-porous culture

    Article • Chemical Engineering and Processing - Process Intensification, January 2022, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  5. Structural performance of composite tidal turbine blades

    Article • Composite Structures, December 2021, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  6. Investigation of the Effects of Environmental Fatigue on the Mechanical Properties of GFRP Composite Constituents Using Nanoindentation

    Article • Experimental Mechanics, November 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Steve John Bull

  7. Investigation of anisotropy effects in glass fibre reinforced polymer composites on tensile and shear properties using full field strain measurement and finite element multi-scale techniques

    Article • Journal of Composite Materials, November 2021, SAGE Publications

    Professor Steve John Bull

  8. Role of precursor microstructure in the development of graphene quantum dots from biomass

    Article • Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, October 2021, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  9. Investigation of the effect of raster angle, build orientation, and infill density on the elastic response of 3D printed parts using finite element microstructural modeling and homogenization techniques

    Article • The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, September 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Steve John Bull

  10. Sustainable Hydrogen Production from Waste Wood and CO2

    Article • Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, August 2021, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Steve John Bull

  11. Tunable High Refractive Index Polymer Hybrid and Polymer–Inorganic Nanocomposite Coatings

    Article • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, July 2021, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Steve John Bull

  12. Investigating cleaning in place (CIP) chemical, water, and energy use: A comparative study of standard operating procedure (SOP) for UK North East microbreweries

    Article • Journal of Brewing and Distilling, May 2021, Academic Journals

    Professor Steve John Bull

  13. Potential of households’ solar PV consumption in South Africa

    Article • African Journal of Science Technology Innovation and Development, April 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Steve John Bull

  14. Investigation of Chemomechanical Effects on Sapphire Surfaces Modified by Ion-Implantation-Induced Carbon Impurities

    Article • Journal of Bio- and Tribo-Corrosion, February 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Steve John Bull

  15. Fatigue damage analysis of GFRP composites using digital image correlation

    Article • Journal of Ocean Engineering and Marine Energy, February 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Steve John Bull

  16. High yield synthesis of graphene quantum dots from biomass waste as a highly selective probe for Fe3+ sensing

    Article • Scientific Reports, December 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Steve John Bull

  17. The effect of processing parameters on the mechanical characteristics of PLA produced by a 3D FFF printer

    Article • The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, October 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Steve John Bull

  18. Using CFD Modelling to Relate Pig Lying Locations to Environmental Variability in Finishing Pens

    Article • Sustainability, March 2020, MDPI AG

    Professor Steve John Bull

  19. Gasification of waste biomass for hydrogen production: Effects of pyrolysis parameters

    Article • Renewable Energy, December 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  20. Microstructure and indentation response of TiN coatings: The effect of measurement method

    Article • Thin Solid Films, October 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  21. An innovative concept building design incorporating passive technology to improve resource efficiency and welfare of finishing pigs

    Article • Biosystems Engineering, October 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  22. Optimisation of a throat downdraft gasifier for hydrogen production

    Article • Biomass and Bioenergy, September 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  23. How cell culture conditions affect the microstructure and nanomechanical properties of extracellular matrix formed by immortalized human mesenchymal stem cells: An experimental and modelling study

    Article • Materials Science and Engineering C, August 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  24. Finite element modeling of nanoindentation response of elastic fiber-matrix composites

    Article • Journal of Materials Research, July 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Steve John Bull

  25. Hybrid thermal storage using coil-encapsulated phase change materials

    Article • Energy and Buildings, January 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  26. Tuning the Mechanical and Antimicrobial Performance of a Cu-Based Metallic Glass Composite through Cooling Rate Control and Annealing

    Article • Materials, May 2017, MDPI AG

    Professor Steve John Bull

  27. Application of dynamic thermal engineering principles to improve the efficiency of resource use in UK pork production chains

    Article • Energy and Buildings, March 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  28. Antimicrobial and wear performance of Cu-Zr-Al metallic glass composites

    Article • Materials & Design, February 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  29. Mechanistic Study of the Wear of Ceramic Heads by Metallic Stems in Modular Implants

    Article • Journal of Bio- and Tribo-Corrosion, December 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Steve John Bull, ExplantLab ‎

  30. Substrate effects and evaluation of elastic moduli of components of inhomogeneous films by nanoindentation

    Article • Thin Solid Films, November 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  31. Fatigue of Sandwich Composites in Air and Seawater

    Article • Journal of Bio- and Tribo-Corrosion, April 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Steve John Bull

  32. Process analysis of AuCl4− sorption leading to gold nanoparticle synthesis by Shewanella putrefaciens

    Article • Chemical Engineering Journal, March 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  33. Finite element failure analysis of wires for civil engineering applications with various crack-like laminations

    Article • Engineering Failure Analysis, February 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  34. Ion Implantation in Ceramics

    Article • January 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  35. Modeling the nanomechanical responses of biopolymer composites during the nanoindentation

    Article • Thin Solid Films, December 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  36. The origins of chemomechanical effects in the low-load indentation hardness and tribology of ceramic materials

    Article • Journal of Materials Science, September 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Steve John Bull

  37. Nanoindentation in studying mechanical properties of heterogeneous materials

    Article • Journal of Mining Science, May 2015, Pleiades Publishing Ltd

    Professor Steve John Bull

  38. Elastic properties of multilayer oxide coatings on float glass

    Article • Vacuum, April 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  39. Scratch Damage in Coated Glass

    Article • March 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Steve John Bull

  40. Evaluation of elastic modulus and hardness of highly inhomogeneous materials by nanoindentation

    Article • Applied Physics A, February 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Steve John Bull

  41. A comparison of nanoindentation pile-up in bulk materials and thin films

    Article • Thin Solid Films, December 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  42. Size effects in the mechanical response of nanoscale multilayer coatings on glass

    Article • Thin Solid Films, November 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  43. Experimental assessment of the elastic properties of thin TiN/AlN superlattice and nano-multilayer coatings

    Article • Surface and Coatings Technology, October 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Adrian Oila, Professor Steve John Bull

  44. Numerical Prediction of Differences in Micromechanical Fracture Sequence in Notched and Un-Notched Wires for Civil Engineering Applications

    Article • Civil Engineering Dimension, September 2014, Petra Christian University

    Professor Steve John Bull

  45. Extracting mechanical properties of copper coatings on oxidized silicon substrates by nanoindentation

    Article • Journal of Physics D Applied Physics, July 2014, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Adrian Oila, Professor Steve John Bull

  46. A simple method for the assessment of the contact modulus for coated systems

    Article • The Philosophical Magazine A Journal of Theoretical Experimental and Applied Physics, May 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Steve John Bull

  47. Shewanella putrefaciens for the remediation of Au3+, Co2+ and Fe3+ metal ions from aqueous systems

    Article • Biochemical Engineering Journal, April 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  48. Prediction of tensile and fracture properties of cracked carbon steel wires using finite element simulation

    Article • Journal of Civil Engineering and Management, March 2014, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University

    Professor Steve John Bull

  49. Experimental Investigation of the Effects of Reverse Bending and Straightening Process on Carbon Steel Bars used for Civil Engineering Applications

    Article • Civil Engineering Dimension, March 2014, Petra Christian University

    Professor Steve John Bull

  50. Numerical Prediction Of The Effect Of Lamination Orientation On Fracture Behaviour Of Wires For Civil Engineering Applications

    Article • DELETED, January 2014, De Gruyter

    Professor Steve John Bull

  51. Numerical Prediction Of The Effects Of Miniature Channel Shaped Scratches On The Fracture Behaviour Of Wires For Civil Engineering Applications Using Finite Element Analysis

    Article • DELETED, January 2014, De Gruyter

    Professor Steve John Bull

  52. Microbiological influence of metal ion electrodeposition: Studies using graphite electrodes, [AuCl4]− and Shewanella putrefaciens

    Article • Electrochimica Acta, January 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  53. Elastic properties of eta carbide (η-Fe2C) from ab initio calculations: application to cryogenically treated gear steel

    Article • Journal of Materials Science, December 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Adrian Oila, Professor Steve John Bull

  54. Effectiveness of the Reverse Bending and Straightening Tests in Detecting Laminations in Wires for Civil Engineering Applications

    Article • DELETED, December 2013, Polish Academy of Sciences Chancellery

    Professor Steve John Bull

  55. Why does titanium alloy wear cobalt chrome alloy despite lower bulk hardness: A nanoindentation study?

    Article • Thin Solid Films, December 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull, ExplantLab ‎

  56. Nanoindentation Measurements of Mechanical Properties of Very Thin Films and Nanostructured Materials at High Spatial Resolution

    Article • November 2013, Wiley

    Professor Steve John Bull

  57. Finite Element Modelling of Delamination in Multilayer Coatings

    Article • Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Letters, July 2013, American Scientific Publishers

    Professor Steve John Bull

  58. Prediction of the fracture performance of defect-free steel bars for civil engineering applications using finite element simulation

    Article • Construction and Building Materials, April 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  59. Bioelectrochemical metal remediation and recovery of Au3+, Co2+ and Fe3+ metal ions

    Article • Electrochimica Acta, April 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  60. Effect of microstructure on hardness of submicrometre thin films and nanostructured devices

    Article • Materials Science and Technology, October 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Steve John Bull, Dr Adrian Oila

  61. Hardness across the multi-scales of structure and loading rate: a post-meeting response to the ‘pre-editorial’

    Article • Materials Science and Technology, October 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Steve John Bull

  62. Critical review of claims for ultra-hardness in nanocomposite coatings

    Article • The Philosophical Magazine A Journal of Theoretical Experimental and Applied Physics, May 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Steve John Bull

  63. (Invited) Scanning Probe Analysis of Dielectrics on High Mobility Substrates

    Article • ECS Transactions, April 2012, The Electrochemical Society

    Professor Steve John Bull

  64. Mechanical response of atomic layer deposition alumina coatings on stiff and compliant substrates

    Article • Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films, January 2012, American Vacuum Society

    Professor Steve John Bull

  65. Nanoscale Characterization of Gate Leakage in Strained High-Mobility Devices

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, November 2011, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Steve John Bull

  66. Analysis methods and size effects in the indentation fracture toughness assessment of very thin oxide coatings on glass

    Article • Comptes Rendus Mécanique, July 2011, Cellule MathDoc/CEDRAM

    Professor Steve John Bull

  67. Adhesion and delamination of interfaces

    Article • Journal of Physics D Applied Physics, December 2010, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Professor Steve John Bull

  68. Inorganic fullerene-like materials for increased operational life in rolling/sliding applications

    Article • Tribology - Materials Surfaces & Interfaces, December 2010, SAGE Publications

    Professor Steve John Bull, Dr Adrian Oila

  69. Analysis and characterization of a mechanical sensor to monitor stress in interconnect features

    Article • Thin Solid Films, October 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  70. Characterising gate dielectrics in high mobility devices using novel nanoscale techniques

    Article • Microelectronics Reliability, September 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  71. Determination of Hardness and Modulus of Thin Films

    Article • June 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Steve John Bull

  72. Determination of Hardness and Modulus of Thin Films

    Article • June 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Steve John Bull

  73. A nano-indentation study of the reduced elastic modulus of Alq3 and NPB thin-film used in OLED devices

    Article • Organic Electronics, March 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  74. Mechanical modeling of flexible OLED devices

    Article • Organic Electronics, November 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  75. Experimental and modelling techniques for assessing the adhesion of very thin coatings on glass

    Article • Journal of Physics D Applied Physics, October 2009, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Professor Steve John Bull

  76. Nanomechanical characterization of tissue engineered bone grown on titanium alloy in vitro

    Article • Journal of Materials Science Materials in Medicine, August 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Steve John Bull

  77. Nanoindentation and nanowear study of Sn and Ni–Sn coatings

    Article • Tribology International, June 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  78. Finite element analysis of contact induced adhesion failure in multilayer coatings with weak interfaces

    Article • Thin Solid Films, May 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  79. Atomistic simulation of Fe–C austenite

    Article • Computational Materials Science, April 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull, Dr Adrian Oila

  80. Modelling the limits of coating toughness in brittle coated systems

    Article • Thin Solid Films, March 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  81. Relation between the ratio of elastic work to the total work of indentation and the ratio of hardness to Young's modulus for a perfect conical tip

    Article • Journal of Materials Research, March 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Steve John Bull

  82. The investigation of creep of electroplated Sn and Ni–Sn coating on copper at room temperature by nanoindentation

    Article • Surface and Coatings Technology, March 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  83. On the factors affecting the critical indenter penetration for measurement of coating hardness

    Article • Vacuum, February 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  84. A modified model to determine limiting values of coating toughness by nanoindentation

    Article • Tribology - Materials Surfaces & Interfaces, December 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Steve John Bull

  85. Nanoscale strain characterisation for ultimate CMOS and beyond

    Article • Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, October 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  86. Nanoscale viscoelastic properties of an aligned collagen scaffold

    Article • Journal of Materials Science Materials in Medicine, September 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Steve John Bull

  87. Investigation of the relationship between work done during indentation and the hardness and Young's modulus obtained by indentation testing

    Article • International Journal of Materials Research (formerly Zeitschrift fuer Metallkunde), August 2008, Carl Hanser Verlag

    Professor Steve John Bull

  88. Nanometer strain profiling through Si/SiGe quantum layers

    Article • Journal of Applied Physics, July 2008, American Institute of Physics

    Professor Steve John Bull

  89. Multi-cycling nanoindentation study on thin optical coatings on glass

    Article • Journal of Physics D Applied Physics, March 2008, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Professor Steve John Bull

  90. Analysis of a Passive Sensor for Predicting Process-Induced Stress in Advanced Integrated Circuit Interconnect

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Device and Materials Reliability, March 2008, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Steve John Bull

  91. Intentional Polymer Particle Contamination and the Simulation of Adhesion Failure due to Transit Scratches in Ultra-thin Solar Control Coatings on Glass

    Article • Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology, January 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Steve John Bull

  92. Thermal stability of supercritical thickness-strained Si layers on thin strain-relaxed buffers

    Article • Journal of Applied Physics, December 2007, American Institute of Physics

    Professor Steve John Bull

  93. Loading rate effects on the fracture behaviour of solar control coatings during nanoindentation

    Article • Thin Solid Films, December 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  94. Modelling of contact deformation for a pinch gripper in automated material handling

    Article • Mathematical and Computer Modelling, December 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  95. Hardness measured with traditional Vickers and Martens hardness methods

    Article • Dental Materials, September 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  96. Indentation fracture and toughness assessment for thin optical coatings on glass

    Article • Journal of Physics D Applied Physics, August 2007, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Professor Steve John Bull

  97. Getting accurate nanoindentation data from time-dependent and microstructural effects of zinc

    Article • International Journal of Materials Research (formerly Zeitschrift fuer Metallkunde), May 2007, Carl Hanser Verlag

    Professor Steve John Bull

  98. On the relationship between plastic zone radius and maximum depth during nanoindentation

    Article • Surface and Coatings Technology, December 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  99. Measuring and modelling the instrumented indentation (nanoindentation) response of coated systems

    Article • The Philosophical Magazine A Journal of Theoretical Experimental and Applied Physics, November 2006, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Steve John Bull

  100. Chemomechanical effects in optical coating systems

    Article • Thin Solid Films, November 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  101. Assessment of the Adhesion of Ceramic Coatings

    Article • October 2006, CrossRef Test Account

    Professor Steve John Bull

  102. A critical examination of the relationship between plastic deformation zone size and Young's modulus to hardness ratio in indentation testing

    Article • Journal of Materials Research, October 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Steve John Bull

  103. Control of Self-Heating in Thin Virtual Substrate Strained Si MOSFETs

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, September 2006, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Steve John Bull

  104. Physical vapour deposition methods for protection against wear

    Article • June 2006, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Steve John Bull

  105. On high dose nitrogen implantation of PVD titanium nitride

    Article • Surface and Coatings Technology, May 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  106. Impact of strained-Si thickness and Ge out-diffusion on gate oxide quality for strained-Si surface channel n-MOSFETs

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, May 2006, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Steve John Bull

  107. Using work of indentation to predict erosion behavior in bulk materials and coatings

    Article • Journal of Physics D Applied Physics, March 2006, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Professor Steve John Bull

  108. An overview of the potential of quantitative coating adhesion measurement by scratch testing

    Article • Tribology International, February 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  109. Dynamic nanoindentation of some polyolefins

    Article • Polymer Engineering & Science, January 2006, Wiley

    Professor Steve John Bull

  110. Assessment of the toughness of thin coatings using nanoindentation under displacement control

    Article • Thin Solid Films, January 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  111. Nanoindentation response of high performance fullerene-like CNx

    Article • Thin Solid Films, January 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  112. An Overview Of The Potential Of Quantitative Coating Adhesion Measurement By Scratch Testing

    Article • January 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  113. Physical vapour deposition methods for protection against wear

    Article • January 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  114. Assessment of the Adhesion of Ceramic Coatings

    Article • Advances in Science and Technology, January 2006, Trans Tech Publications

    Professor Steve John Bull

  115. Study of Surface Roughness and Dislocation Generation in Strained Si Layers Grown on Thin Strain-Relaxed Buffers for High Performance MOSFETs

    Article • January 2006, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Steve John Bull

  116. Strained silicon technology

    Article • January 2006, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Steve John Bull

  117. Thermal Stability of Thin Virtual Substrates for High Performance Devices

    Article • MRS Proceedings, January 2006, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Steve John Bull

  118. Ge out-diffusion and its Effect on Electrical Properties in s-Si/SiGe Devices

    Article • MRS Proceedings, January 2006, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Steve John Bull

  119. Nanoindentation of coatings

    Article • Journal of Physics D Applied Physics, December 2005, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Professor Steve John Bull

  120. Mobility-limiting mechanisms in single and dual channel strained Si/SiGe MOSFETs

    Article • Materials Science and Engineering B, December 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  121. Obtaining mechanical parameters for metallisation stress sensor design using nanoindentation

    Article • Zeitschrift für Metallkunde, November 2005, Carl Hanser Verlag

    Dr Adrian Oila, Professor Steve John Bull

  122. The use of Raman spectroscopy to identify strain and strain relaxation in strained Si/SiGe structures

    Article • Surface and Coatings Technology, November 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  123. Phase transformations associated with micropitting in rolling/sliding contacts

    Article • Journal of Materials Science, July 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Adrian Oila, Professor Steve John Bull

  124. Comments on—mechanical modelling of multilayer optical coatings: authors' reply

    Article • Thin Solid Films, July 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  125. Study of strain relaxation in Si/SiGe metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors

    Article • Journal of Applied Physics, June 2005, American Institute of Physics

    Professor Steve John Bull

  126. Assessment of the factors influencing micropitting in rolling/sliding contacts

    Article • Wear, May 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull, Dr Adrian Oila

  127. Martensite decay in micropitted gears

    Article • Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part J Journal of Engineering Tribology, February 2005, SAGE Publications

    Dr Adrian Oila, Professor Steve John Bull

  128. Indentation Fracture, Acoustic Emission and Modelling of the Mechanical Properties of Thin Ceramic Coatings

    Article • January 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Steve John Bull

  129. The effect of temperature on the abrasive wear of coatings and hybrid surface treatments for injection-moulding machines

    Article • Wear, January 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  130. A new method based on work-displacement curve to assess the toughness of coated system

    Article • MRS Proceedings, January 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Steve John Bull

  131. A mathematical model for grasping analysis of flexible materials

    Article • Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, December 2004, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Professor Steve John Bull

  132. Indentation response of fullerene-like CNx

    Article • Tribology International, November 2004, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  133. Thermal oxidation of strained Si/SiGe: impact of surface morphology and effect on MOS devices

    Article • Materials Science and Engineering B, June 2004, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  134. Modelling of the indentation response of coatings and surface treatments

    Article • Wear, May 2004, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  135. Dynamic indentation measurements on amorphous materials

    Article • Zeitschrift für Metallkunde, May 2004, Carl Hanser Verlag

    Professor Steve John Bull

  136. Technique for measuring the residual strain in strained Si/SiGe MOSFET structures using Raman spectroscopy

    Article • Zeitschrift für Metallkunde, May 2004, Carl Hanser Verlag

    Professor Steve John Bull

  137. Nanoindentation assessment of aluminium metallisation; the effect of creep and pile-up

    Article • Surface and Coatings Technology, January 2004, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  138. Mechanical modelling of multilayer optical coatings

    Article • Thin Solid Films, January 2004, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  139. Measurement of the residual macro and microstrain in strained Si/SiGe using Raman spectroscopy

    Article • MRS Proceedings, January 2004, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Steve John Bull

  140. Impact of Ge diffusion and wafer cross hatching on strained Si MOSFET electrical parameters

    Article • MRS Proceedings, January 2004, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Steve John Bull

  141. Nanoindentation testing of gear steels

    Article • Zeitschrift für Metallkunde, July 2003, Carl Hanser Verlag

    Professor Steve John Bull, Dr Adrian Oila

  142. Determination of mechanical parameters for rotating MEMS structures as a function of deposition method

    Article • MRS Proceedings, January 2003, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Adrian Oila, Professor Steve John Bull

  143. Properties and performance of commercial TiCN coatings. Part 1: coating architecture and hardness modelling

    Article • Surface and Coatings Technology, January 2003, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  144. Properties and performance of commercial TiCN coatings. Part 2: tribological performance

    Article • Surface and Coatings Technology, January 2003, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  145. Extracting hardness and Young's modulus from load–displacement curves

    Article • Zeitschrift für Metallkunde, September 2002, Carl Hanser Verlag

    Professor Steve John Bull

  146. Effect of metal–oxide–semiconductor processing on the surface roughness of strained Si/SiGe material

    Article • Journal of Applied Physics, August 2002, American Institute of Physics

    Professor Steve John Bull

  147. How hard is fullerene-like CN x ? Some observations from the nanoindentation response of a magnetron-sputtered coating

    Article • Philosophical Magazine A, July 2002, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Steve John Bull

  148. How hard is fullerene-like CNx? Some observations from the nanoindentation response of a magnetron-sputtered coating

    Article • Philosophical Magazine A, July 2002, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Steve John Bull

  149. Assessment of aluminium metallisation by nanoindentation

    Article • MRS Proceedings, January 2002, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Steve John Bull

  150. Modelling of the mechanical and tribological properties of coatings and surface treatments

    Article • MRS Proceedings, January 2002, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Steve John Bull

  151. Mechanical properties and characterisation of very thin CNx films synthesised by IBAD

    Article • Diamond and Related Materials, December 2001, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  152. Modelling the hardness response of bulk materials, single and multilayer coatings

    Article • Thin Solid Films, November 2001, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  153. A simulation test for wear in injection moulding machines

    Article • Wear, June 2001, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  154. Indentation hardness evaluation of cathodic arc deposited thin hard coatings

    Article • Surface and Coatings Technology, May 2001, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  155. Hardness measurements on thin IBAD CNx films — a comparative study

    Article • Surface and Coatings Technology, March 2001, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  156. Ion Implantation in Ceramics

    Article • January 2001, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  157. A simulation test for the selection of coatings and surface treatments for plastics injection moulding machines

    Article • Surface and Coatings Technology, August 2000, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  158. Modelling of the hardness of electroplated nickel coatings on copper substrates

    Article • Surface and Coatings Technology, May 2000, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  159. Can scratch testing be used as a model for the abrasive wear of hard coatings?

    Article • Wear, December 1999, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  160. Time-dependent changes in the mechanical properties of diamond-like carbon films

    Article • Surface and Coatings Technology, December 1999, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  161. The effect of rapid thermal processing (RTP) on TiN coatings deposited by PVD and the steel-turning performance of coated cemented carbide

    Article • Surface and Coatings Technology, November 1999, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  162. On the hardness of coated systems

    Article • Surface and Coatings Technology, February 1998, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  163. Scratch Deformation Response of Thin Cnx Coatings at Ultra-Low Loads

    Article • MRS Proceedings, January 1998, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Steve John Bull

  164. Metallurgical and ceramic protective coatings

    Article • Surface Engineering, January 1998, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Steve John Bull

  165. Failure mode maps in the thin film scratch adhesion test

    Article • Tribology International, July 1997, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  166. Guest Editorial

    Article • Surface Engineering, January 1997, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Steve John Bull

  167. Simple Computer Modeling of the Grain Microstructure of Al-4wt%Cu Interconnection Lines

    Article • MRS Proceedings, January 1997, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Steve John Bull

  168. Tribological and Micro-Tribological Phenomena in Coatings

    Article • Materials Science Forum, January 1997, Trans Tech Publications

    Professor Steve John Bull

  169. Changing the tribological performance of steels using low energy, high temperature nitrogen ion implantation

    Article • Surface and Coatings Technology, September 1996, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  170. Improving the mechanical properties of steels using low energy, high temperature nitrogen ion implantation

    Article • Surface and Coatings Technology, September 1996, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  171. The sliding wear of plasma sprayed alumina

    Article • Surface and Coatings Technology, August 1996, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  172. Radiation hardness of DLC films produced by ion-assisted deposition

    Article • Diamond and Related Materials, April 1996, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  173. Laboratory characterisation of the wear behaviour of PVD-coated tool steels and correlation with cutting tool performance

    Article • Surface and Coatings Technology, March 1996, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  174. Positron annihilation studies of defects in PVD TiN coatings

    Article • Surface and Coatings Technology, January 1996, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  175. Multilayer coatings for improved performance

    Article • Surface and Coatings Technology, January 1996, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  176. Tribology of carbon coatings: DLC, diamond and beyond

    Article • Diamond and Related Materials, May 1995, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  177. High-performance diamond and diamond-like coatings

    Article • JOM, April 1995, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Steve John Bull

  178. The effects of ion implantation on the friction behaviour of sapphire

    Article • Journal of Materials Science, January 1995, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Steve John Bull

  179. Aluminium nitride layers investigated by slow positrons

    Article • Applied Surface Science, January 1995, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  180. Indentation response of diamond thin films

    Article • Diamond and Related Materials, December 1994, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  181. The effect of roughness on the friction and wear of diamond thin films

    Article • Surface and Coatings Technology, December 1994, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  182. Modification of the electronic properties of ion-beam-deposited diamond-like carbon on polymers

    Article • Diamond and Related Materials, October 1994, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  183. Mechanical and tribological performance of ion-beam deposited diamond-like carbon on polymers

    Article • Surface and Coatings Technology, May 1994, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  184. Mechanical properties of ion-beam deposited diamond-like carbon on polymers

    Article • Diamond and Related Materials, February 1994, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  185. The effects of deposition temperature and interlayer thickness on the adhesion of ion-assisted titanium nitride films produced with yttrium metal interlayers

    Article • Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, January 1993, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  186. Residual stress in ion-assisted coatings

    Article • Surface and Coatings Technology, November 1992, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  187. Diamond for wear and corrosion applications

    Article • Diamond and Related Materials, November 1992, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  188. Residual stress in ion-assisted coatings

    Article • Surface and Coatings Technology, November 1992, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  189. Mechanical properties of diamond thin films

    Article • Materials Science and Technology, August 1992, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Steve John Bull

  190. Mechanical properties of diamond thin films

    Article • Materials Science and Technology, August 1992, Maney Publishing

    Professor Steve John Bull

  191. Correlation of microstructure and properties of hard coatings

    Article • Vacuum, May 1992, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  192. Techniques for improving thin film adhesion

    Article • Vacuum, May 1992, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  193. Lubricated sliding wear of physically vapour deposited titanium nitride

    Article • Surface and Coatings Technology, February 1992, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  194. Effects of ion implantation on the hardness and friction behaviour of soda-lime silica glass

    Article • Journal of Materials Science, January 1992, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Steve John Bull

  195. Interfaces and Adhesion

    Article • January 1992, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Steve John Bull

  196. High Temperature Mechanical Properties of Physical Vapour Deposited Titanium Nitride

    Article • Surface Engineering, January 1992, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Steve John Bull

  197. Residual stress in ion-assisted coatings

    Article • January 1992, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  198. A review of the methods for the evaluation of coating-substrate adhesion

    Article • Materials Science and Engineering A, July 1991, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  199. The influence of titanium interlayers on the adhesion of titanium nitride coatings obtained by plasma-assisted chemical vapour deposition

    Article • Materials Science and Engineering A, July 1991, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  200. Erosive wear of thermally sprayed tungsten coatings

    Article • Thin Solid Films, March 1991, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  201. Failure modes in scratch adhesion testing

    Article • Surface and Coatings Technology, January 1991, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  202. Evaluation of coatings

    Article • January 1991, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Steve John Bull

  203. Quality Assurance Assessment of Thin Films

    Article • Surface Engineering, January 1991, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Steve John Bull

  204. Compositional, microstructural and morphological effects on the mechanical and tribological properties of chromium nitrogen films

    Article • Surface and Coatings Technology, December 1990, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  205. New developments in the modelling of the hardness and scratch adhesion of thin films

    Article • Surface and Coatings Technology, November 1990, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  206. The sliding wear of titanium nitride coatings

    Article • Surface and Coatings Technology, June 1990, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  207. The role of titanium in the abrasive wear resistance of physically vapour-deposited TiN

    Article • Surface and Coatings Technology, February 1990, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  208. The Hardness and Elastic Modulus of TiN Films as Determined by Ultra-Low Load Indentation

    Article • MRS Proceedings, January 1990, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Steve John Bull

  209. Paper XV (i) The inter-relationship between coating microstructure and the tribological performance of PVD coatings

    Article • January 1990, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  210. COMPOSITIONAL, MICROSTRUCTURAL AND MORPHOLOGICAL EFFECTS ON THE MECHANICAL AND TRIBOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF CHROMIUM NITROGEN FILMS

    Article • January 1990, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  211. Hard Coatings

    Article • MRS Proceedings, January 1990, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Steve John Bull

  212. Engineering with surface coatings: The role of coating microstructure

    Article • Surface and Coatings Technology, December 1989, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  213. Multi-pass scratch testing as a model for abrasive wear

    Article • Thin Solid Films, December 1989, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  214. High-temperature x-ray diffraction studies on physical vapour deposited TiN

    Article • Surface and Coatings Technology, December 1989, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  215. Chemomechanical effects in ion-implanted MgO

    Article • Journal of Physics D Applied Physics, July 1989, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Professor Steve John Bull

  216. High-dose ion implantation of ceramics: benefits and limitations for tribology

    Article • Journal of Materials Science, December 1988, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Steve John Bull

  217. The use of scratch adhesion testing for the determination of interfacial adhesion: The importance of frictional drag

    Article • Surface and Coatings Technology, December 1988, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  218. The abrasive wear resistance of sputter ion plated titanium nitride coatings

    Article • Surface and Coatings Technology, December 1988, Elsevier

    Professor Steve John Bull

  219. Modeling of Indentation Damage in Single and Multilayer Coatings

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Steve John Bull

  220. Study of Surface Roughness and Dislocation Generation in Strained Si Layers Grown on Thin Strain-Relaxed Buffers for High Performance MOSFETs

    Article • Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Steve John Bull

  221. Study of Surface Roughness and Dislocation Generation in Strained Si Layers Grown on Thin Strain-Relaxed Buffers for High Performance MOSFETs

    Article • Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Steve John Bull