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Doron Shilo

Doron Shilo

Head of The Nano and Micro Mechanics of Materials Lab

Education

  • 1996 – B.S., Physics, Technion – I.I.T., Israel
  • 1996 – B.Sc., Materials Engineering, Technion – I.I.T., Israel
  • 1999 – M.Sc., Materials Engineering, Technion – I.I.T., Israel
  • 2003 – Ph.D., Materials Engineering, Technion – I.I.T., Israel

Research Interests

  • Nano and micro mechanics of materials.
  • Mechanical behavior of smart materials.
  • Mechanics and kinetics of phase transforming materials, such as ferroelectrics, ferromagnetics, shape memory alloys, and liquid crystal elastomers.
  • Innovative experimental instruments and methods.

Guest Appointments

  • Visiting Academic scientist, General Motors R&D Center, Warren, MI, USA (2013).
  • Fellow, Lester Deutsch Post-Doctoral, Graduate Aeronautical Laboratories, Caltech – California Institute of Technology (2003-2004).

Honors and Awards

  • Henry Taub Prize for Academic Excellence (2016).
  • Ray and Miriam Klein Research Prize (2015).

Selected Publications

  • D. Shilo, E. Faran, B. Karki and P. Müllner, “Twin boundary structure and mobility“, Acta Materialia 220, 117316 (2021) Invited Feature Article.
  • E. Bronstein, L. Z. Tóth, L. Daróczi, D. L. Beke, R. Talmon, and D. Shilo, “Tracking twin boundary jerky motion at nanometer and microsecond scales”, Advanced Functional Materials, 2106573 (2021).
  • H. Drezner, D. Shilo, A. Dorogoy and E. Zolotoyabko, “Nano-scale mapping of elastic modules in biogenic composites: the nacre of mollusk shells”, Advanced Functional Materials 20, 2723-2728 (2010).
  • E. Faran and D. Shilo, “Twin Motion Faster than the Speed of Sound”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 155501 (2010).
  • D. Shilo, H. Drezner and A. Dorogoy “Investigation of interface properties by nanoscale elastic modulus mapping”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 035505 (2008).
  • D. Shilo, G. Ravichandran, and K. Bhattacharya, “Investigation of twin wall structure at the nanometer scale using atomic force microscopy”, Nature Mater. 3, 453-457 (2004).
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Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa

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