Publications

    2025

  • P. MacArdghail, R. A. Barrett, N. Harrison, I. Sabirov, J. LLorca, S. B. Leen - Combined Gleeble physical welding simulation and low-cycle thermo-mechanical fatigue for heat-affected zone material for 9Cr steel: Experimental testing and through-process model. Journal of Materials: Design and Applications, 239, 180-204, 2025.
  • C. Pereira-Lobato, M. Echeverry-Rendón, J. P. Fernández-Blázquez, J. LLorca, C. González - Self-reinforced PLA/PCL composites manufactured from commingled yarns for biomedical applications. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 163, 106819, 2025.
  • I. Escobar-Moreno, E. Nieto-Valeiras, J. LLorca - Slip transfer and crack initiation at grain and twin boundaries during strain-controlled fatigue of solution-hardened Ni-based alloys. Acta Materialia, 283, 120497, 2025.

    2024

  • W. Ali, J. Ordoño, A. Kopp, C. González, M. Echeverry-Rendón, J. LLorca - Cytocompatibility, cell-material interaction, and osteogenic differentiation of MC3T3-E1 pre-osteoblasts in contact with engineered Mg/PLA composites. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research part A, 112, 2136-2148, 2024.
  • Y.-Y. Liu, C. Intini, M. Dobricic, F. J. O'Brien, J. LLorca, M. Echeverry-Rendon - Biomimetic collagen-based 3D-printed poly (glycerol sebacate) composite scaffold resembling mechanical properties of native cartilage for enhanced tissue defect repair. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules , 280, 135827, 2024.
  • C. Thompson, C. González, J. LLorca - Material extrusion fabrication of continuous metal wire-reinforced polymer–matrix composites. Composites Communications, 50, 102024, 2024.
  • B. Yang, J. Wang, M. R. Ghandehari Ferdowsi, Q. Chao, X. Gao, Y. Li, Y. Zhu, M. Barnett, J. LLorca - Effect of precipitates on the dominant active slip systems in Mg-4.5Zn (wt.%) alloy. Acta Materialia, 278, 120231, 2024.
  • Z. Liu, T. Chen, R. Shu, J. Wang, G. Sha, J. LLorca - Hot-isostatic pressed Al melt-spun ribbons with tailored microstructure and mechanical properties for metallic mirrors. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 55, 3147-3154, 2024.
  • C. Martínez-Alonso, J. LLorca - On the applicability of the d-band model to predict the influence of elastic strains on the adsorption energy of different adsorbates onto Pt and PtO2 surfaces. ACS Omega, 9, 29884-29895, 2024.
  • C. Martínez-Alonso, V. Vassilev-Galindo, B. M. Comer, F. Abild-Pedersen, K. T. Winther, J. LLorca - Application of machine learning to discover new intermetallic catalysts for the hydrogen evolution and the oxygen reduction reactions. Catalysis Science and Technology, 14, 3784-3799, 2024.
  • W. Shao, H. Hou, S. Liu, J. LLorca - First-principles prediction of the Co-Al phase diagram including configurational, vibrational and magnetic contributions. Journal of Materials Research and Technology, 31, 1518-1534, 2024.
  • W. Ali, C. González, A. Kopp, J. LLorca. - Bioabsorbable Composite Laminates of Poly-Lactic Acid Reinforced with Surface-Modified Mg Wires for Orthopedic Implant Applications. Advanced Engineering Materials , 26, 2400617, 2024.
  • B. Yang, J. LLorca - Origin of nucleation and growth of extension twins in grains unsuitably oriented for twinning during deformation of Mg-1%Al. Journal of Magnesium and Alloys, 12, 1186-1203, 2024.
  • A. Jamali, A. Ma, J. LLorca - Prediction of the fatigue life in a textured AZ31 Mg alloy as a function of orientation using fatigue indicator parameters. Materials Science and Engineering A, 899, 146447, 2024.
  • C. Thompson, G. Domínguez, P. Bardisa, Y. Liu, J. P. Fernández-Blázquez, J. Sánchez del Río, M. Echeverry-Rendón, C. González, J. LLorca - Medical grade 3D printable bioabsorbable PLDL/Mg and PLDL/Zn composites for biomedical applications. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A, 112, 798-811, 2024.
  • R. Santos-Güemes, J. LLorca - Dislocation dynamics analysis of the strengthening induced by shearable and non-shearable precipitates in the presence of dislocation pile-ups. European Journal of Mechanics A / Solids, 104, 105042, 2024.
  • E. Nieto-Valeiras, A. Orozco-Caballero, M. Sarebanzadeh, J. Sun, J. LLorca - Analysis of slip transfer across grain boundaries in Ti via diffraction contrast tomography and high-resolution digital image correlation: when the geometrical criteria are not sufficient. International Journal of Plasticity, 175, 103941, 2024.
  • A. K. Boukellal, M. Sarebanzadeh, A. Orozco-Caballero, F. Sket, J. LLorca, D. Tourret - Grain growth competition and formation of grain boundaries during solidification of hcp alloys. Acta Materialia, 269, 119830, 2024.
  • C. Thompson, C. González, J. LLorca - Additively-manufactured Mg wire-reinforced PLDL-matrix composites for biomedical applications. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 153, 106496, 2024.
  • S. Liu, H. Y. Hou, W. Shao, J. Yang, Z. Wang, Q. X. Yang, J. LLorca - Revisiting the precipitation mechanisms of Guinier-Preston zones, η′, and η precipitates in Al-Zn-Mg alloys. Acta Materialia, 268, 119789, 2024.
  • B. Yang, V. Vassilev-Galindo, J. LLorca - Application of machine learning to assess the influence of microstructure on twin nucleation in Mg alloys. npj Computational Materials, 10, 26, 2024.
  • R. Muñoz, R. Seltzer, V. Martínez, C. González, J. LLorca - A material selection approach for protecting carbon/epoxy laminates against single and repeated low-velocity impacts. International Journal of Impact Engineering, 186, 104893, 2024.
  • C. Pereira Lobato Costa, M. Echeverry-Rendón, J. P. Fernández-Blázquez, C. González, J. LLorca - Mechanical properties, in vitro degradation and cytocompatibility of woven textiles manufactured from PLA/PCL commingled yarns. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 150, 106340, 2024.
  • B. Ribeiro, A. Vázquez-López, M. Vázquez-Pufleau, M. Llamosí, J. Semprere, J. Yuste, M. Domenech, D.-Y. Wang, J. J. Vilatela, J. LLorca and M. Echeverry-Rendón - Control of microbial agents by functionalization of commercial air filters with metal oxide particles. Materials Chemistry and Physics, 313, 128684, 2024.
  • E. Nieto-Valeiras, E. Ganju, N. Chawla, J. LLorca - Assessment of slip transfer criteria for prismatic-to-prismatic slip in Ti from 3D grain boundary data. Acta Materialia, 262, 119424, 2024.