PHATE Research Group

Shamberger Lab

Papers

Patents

  1. P.J. Shamberger, “Nucleating Agent for Lithium Nitrate Trihydrate Thermal Energy Storage Medium.” U.S. Patent 8,703,258, issued April 22, 2014.

Select Publications

2025

  1. T.-H. Chao, A. Foncerrada#, P.J. Shamberger, and D. Tabor, Low-Data Machine Learning Methods for Predicting Thermodynamic Properties of Solid-Solid Phase Transformations in Plastic Crystals, Soft Matter, 21, 5957–5968 (2025). doi: 10.1039/D5SM00353A
  2. F. Jardalix, J.L. Chong*, Y. Yu*, R.S. Williams, S. Kumar, P.J. Shamberger, and T.D. Brown, Materials Selection Principles for Designing Electro-thermal Neurons, Adv. Electron. Mater., 2400938 (2025). doi: 10.1002/aelm.202400938
  3. A. Bradicich*, Y. Yu*, T.D. Brown, F. Jardalix, S. Kumar, R.S. Williams, P.J. Shamberger, Electrically-Driven Metal-Insulator Transitions Emerging from Localizing Current Density and Temperature, Adv. Electron. Mater., 2400975 (2025). doi: 10.1002/aelm.202400975

2024

  1. J. Ponis, N. Jerla, G. Agbeworvi, S. Perez-Beltran, N. Kumar, K. Ashen, J. Li, E. Wang, M.A. Smeaton, F. Jardalix, S. Chakraborty, P.J. Shamberger, K.L. Jungjohann, C. Weiland, C. Jaye, L. Ma, D. Fischer, J. Guo, G. Sambandamurthy, X. Qian, S. Banerjee, Atomistic Origins of Conductance Switching in an ε-Cu0.9V2O5 Neuromorphic Single Crystal Oscillator, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 146(50), 34536–34550 (2024). doi: 10.1021/jacs.4c11968
  2. E.T. Iverson, H. Legendre, S. Chakravarty*, S. Zhang, S.G. Fisher, D.L. Smith, K. Schmieg, Y. Ge, D.S. Antao, P.J. Shamberger, J.C. Grunlan, High Thermal Conductivity Polyelectrolyte Nanocomposite Electrical Insulation Thin Films, Adv. Funct. Mater, 2420355 (2024). doi: 10.1002/adfm.202420355
  3. D. Ibbotson*, S. Ahmed*, P.J. Shamberger, Mutability of Nucleation Particles in Reactive Salt Hydrate Phase Change Materials, J. Phys Chem. C, 128, 17282-17290 (2024). doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.4c03913
  4. T.D. Brown, A. Zhang, F. Nitta, E.D. Grant, J. Chong*, J. Zhu, S. Radhakrishnan, M. Islam, E.J. Fuller, A.A. Talin, P.J. Shamberger, E. Pop, R.S. Williams, S. Kumar, Axon-like Active Transmission, Nature, published online (2024). doi: 10.1038/s41586-024-07921-z
  5. S. Chakravarty*, W. Hinz*, D. Antao, P.J. Shamberger. Overcoming Thermal Energy Storage Density Limits by Liquid Water Recharge in Zeolite-Polymer Composites, Matter, published online (2024). doi: 10.1016/j.matt.2024.06.038
  6. N.C. Starvaggi, C.B. Somodi*, E.C. Barrios, P.J. Shamberger, E.B. Pentzer, Microcapsule Fabrication by ATRP at Non-Aqueous Emulsion Interfaces, Chem. Commun., 60, 4346-4349 (2024). doi: 10.1039/D4CC00736K
  7. C. Somodi*, K. McCormick, E. Pentzer, P.J. Shamberger, Kinetics of the Plastic Crystal Transition in Neopentyl Glycol, J. Appl. Phys., 135, 145101 (2024). doi: 10.1063/5.0192791
  8. R. Gurrola*, J.M. Cain, S. Oh, T.D. Brown, F. Jardalix, R.M. Schoell, D.R. Yadav, J. Dong, C. Smyth, M. Pharr, S. Kumar, K. Xie, K. Hattar, A.A. Talin, T.-M. Lu, P.J. Shamberger, Selective modulation of electronic transport in VO2 induced by 10 keV helium ion irradiation, J. Appl. Phys., 135, 125109 (2024). doi: 10.1063/5.0189562
  9. J.C. Lago*, W. Cho, D. Salas, Y. Zhang*, I. Karaman, P.J. Shamberger. Insensitivity of nucleation rate to order-disorder interfaces in reversible thermoelastic martensitic transformations, Phys. Rev. Mater., (2024). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.00.004400
  10. K. Rajagopalan, S. Haney, P.J. Shamberger, S.A. Sukhishvili. Hybrid Polymer Salogels for Reversible Entrapment of Salt-Hydrate-Based Thermal Energy Storage Materials, ACS Appl. Engineer. Mater., 2(3), 553-562 (2024). doi: 10.1021/acsaenm.3c00522
  11. S. Ahmed*, D. Ibbotson*, C. Somodi*, P.J. Shamberger. Zinc Nitrate Hexahydrate Pseudobinary Eutectics for Near-Room Temperature Thermal Energy Storage, ACS Appl. Engineer. Mater., 2(3), 530-541 (2024). doi: 10.1021/acsaenm.3c00444

2023

  1. E.T. Iverson, H. Legendre, S.V. Chavan, A. Aryalx, M. Singh, S. Chakravarty*, K. Schmieg, H.-C. Chiang, P.J. Shamberger, A. Karim, J.C. Grunlan. Nanobrick Wall Multilayer Thin Films with High Dielectric Breakdown Strength, ACS Appl. Eng. Mater., 1(9), 2429-2439 (2023). doi: 10.1021/acsaenm.3c00439
  2. Y. Zhang*, D. Zhao, J.C. Lago*, K. Xie, P.J. Shamberger. Substrate Effects in Hysteresis of Microscale Ni-Mn-Sn Heusler Alloy Films, Appl. Phys. Lett., 123(7), 072405 (2023). doi: 10.1063/5.0159129
  3. M. Hanson, A. Wang, J. Dong, Y. Zhang, T. Umale, S. Banerjee, P.J. Shamberger, M. Pharr, I. Karaman, K. Xie. Crystallographic Variant Mapping Using Precession Electron Diffraction Data, Microstructures, 3:2023029 (2023). doi: 10.20517/microstructures.2023.17
  4. A. Bradicich*, T.D. Brown, R. Ganguli, R.S. Williams, P.J. Shamberger. Spontaneous symmetry breaking from nonlinear electrical transport, Adv. Electron. Mater., 2300265 (2023). doi: 10.1002/aelm.202300265
  5. A. Chakraborty, S. Ahmed*, P.J. Shamberger, C. Yu. Achieving extraordinary thermal stability of salt hydrate eutectic composites by amending crystallization behaviour with thickener, Composites Part B: Engineering, 110877 (2023). doi: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2023.110877
  6. A. Tamraparni, A. Hoe*, M. Deckard*, C. Zhang, N. Malone, A. Elwany, P.J. Shamberger, J. Felts. Design and optimization of composite phase change material for cylindrical thermal energy storage, Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 208, 123995 (2023). doi: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2023.123995
  7. D. Zhao, A. Patel, A. Barbosa, M.H. Hansen, A.L. Wang, J. Dong, Y. Zhang, T. Umale, I. Karaman, P.J. Shamberger, S. Banerjee, M. Pharr, K.Y. Xie. A Reference-area-free Strain Mapping Method Using Precession Electron Diffraction Data. Ultramicroscopy, 247, 113700 (2023). doi: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2023.113700
  8. Y. Zhang, C. Fincher, R. Gurrola*, W. Serem, D. Zhao, J. Shin, S. Banerjee, K. Xie, P.J. Shamberger, M. Pharr. Strategic Texturation of VO2 Thin Films for Tuning Mechanical, Structural, and Electronic Couplings during Metal-Insulator Transitions, Acta Materialia, 242, 118478 (2023). doi: 10.1016/j.actamat.2022.118478
  9. M. Deckard*, D. Sharar, M. Fish, P.J. Shamberger, Phase Change Material Behavior in Finite Thickness Slabs Under a Step Response Heat. ASME J. Electron. Packag., 145(1), 011201 (2023) doi: 10.1115/1.4054651

2022

  1. P. Schofield, A. Bradicich*, R. Gurrola*, Y. Zhang, T.D. Brown, M. Pharr, P.J. Shamberger, S. Banerjee. Harnessing the Metal—Insulator Transition of VO2 in Neuromorphic Computing, Adv. Mater., 2205294 (2022). doi: 10.1002/adma.202205294
  2. A. Aryal, A. Bradicich*, E.T. Iverson, C.T. Long, Hsu-Cheng Chiang, J.C. Grunlan, P.J. Shamberger. Thermal conductivity of multilayer polymer-nanocomposite thin films, J Appl Phys, 132, 195104 (2022). doi: 10.1063/5.0102203
  3. A. Chakraborty, J. Noh, P.J. Shamberger, C. Yu. Unveiling Real-time Crystallization of Zinc Nitrate Hexahydrate Using Zinc Acetate Dihydrate Nucleator and Carboxymethyl Cellulose Thickener, Energy Storage, e417 (2022). doi: 10.1002/est2.417
  4. A. Hoe*, A. Tamraparni, C. Zhang, A. Elwany, J. Felts, P.J. Shamberger. Design of Radially Variant Phase Change Material Composites, Adv. Eng. Mater., 2200841 (2022). doi: 10.1002/adem.202200841
  5. A. Chakraborty, P.J. Shamberger, C. Yu. In-Operando Crystallization Study of Zinc Nitrate Hexahydrate Using Zinc Oxide Nucleators, Energy Storage, e372, (2022). doi: 10.1002/est2.372
  6. S.N. Lak, S. Ahmed*, P.J. Shamberger, E.B. Pentzer. Encapsulation of Hygroscopic Liquids via Polymer Precipitation in Non-aqueous Emulsions, J Colloid Interface Sci., 628(B), 605-613 (2022). doi: 10.1016/j.jcis.2022.08.083
  7. A. Hoe*, J. Felts, P.J. Shamberger. Numerical Evaluation of Thermal Energy Storage Rate in Planar and Cylindrical Phase Change Material Composites, J Energy Storage, 55(A), 105430 (2022). doi: 10.1016/j.est.2022.105430
  8. A. Chakraborty, J. Noh, R. Mach*, P.J. Shamberger, C. Yu. Thermal Energy Storage Composites with Preformed Expanded Graphite Matrix and Paraffin Wax for Long-term Cycling Stability and Tailored Thermal Properties, J Energy Storage, 52, 104856 (2022). doi: 10.1016/j.est.2022.104856
  9. P. Schofield, E.J. Braham, B. Zhang, J.L. Andrews, H. Drozdick, D. Zhao, W. Zaheer, R. Gurrola*, K. Xie, P.J. Shamberger, X. Qian, S. Banerjee, Decoupling the Metal—Insulator Transition Temperature and Hysteresis of VO2, Chem. Commun., 58, 6586-6589 (2022). doi: 10.1039/d2cc01599d
  10. S. Ahmed*, A. Hoe*, F. Alamo#, N. Turner#, P.J. Shamberger. Experimental Determination of High Energy Density Lithium Nitrate Hydrate Eutectics, J Energy Storage, 52, 104754 (2022). doi: 10.1016/j.est.2022.104754
  11. M. Shanks, C.M. Shoalmire*, M. Deckard*, K. Gohil, H. Lewis II, D. Lin, P.J. Shamberger, N. Jain, Design of Spatial Variability in Thermal Energy Storage Modules for Enhanced Power Density Applied Energy, Applied Energy, 314, 118966 (2022). doi: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2022.118966
  12. A. Hoe*, M.T. Barako, A. Tamraparni, C. Zhang, A. Elwany, J. Felts, P.J. Shamberger. Objective Oriented Phase Change Material Composite Heat Sink Design, Applied Thermal Eng., 209, 118235 (2022). doi: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2022.118235

2021

  1. A. Bradicich*, H. Clarke*, E.J. Braham, A. Yano*, D. Sellers, Sarbajit Banerjee, P.J. Shamberger. Probing Relaxation Dynamics and Stepped Domain Switching in Boron-Alloyed VO2, Advanced Electronic Materials, 8(3), 2100932 (2021). doi: 10.1002/aelm.202100932.
  2. K. Rajagopalan, P. Karimineghlani, X. Zhu, P.J. Shamberger, and S.A. Sukhishvili, Polymers in Molten Inorganic Salt Hydrates: Solubility and Gelation, J Mater. Chem, A, 9, 25892 (2021). doi: 10.1039/D1TA07842A.
  3. S. Chakravarty*, D.J. Sharar, P.J. Shamberger. Heterogeneous Nucleation of Gallium with Lattice-Matched Cubic Carbide and Nitride Phases, J. Appl. Phys, 130, 125107 (2021). doi: 10.1063/5.0060207.
  4. C.T. Long, R. Wang, C. Shoalmire*, D. Antao, P.J. Shamberger, J.C. Grunlan, Heat Shielding of Steel with Polymer-Clay Multilayer Thin Films, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 13(16), 19369-19376 (2021). doi: 10.1021/acsami.1c03781
  5. Y. Zhang*, C. Lago*, I. Karaman, P.J. Shamberger. Nucleation site potency distributions in thermoelastic martensitic transformation in Ni43Co7Mn39Sn11 particles, Phys. Rev. Mater., 5(2), 023401 (2021). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.5.023401
  6. A. Ali, P.J. Shamberger, S. Vaddiraju. Thermal Conductivity of Mg2Si1-xSnx Nanowire Assemblies Synthesized using Solid-State Phase Transformation of Silicon Nanowires, Mater. Res. Express., 8(2), 025005 (2021). doi: 10.1088/2053-1591/abdf80
  7. C. Zhang, A. Banerjee, A. Hoe*, A. Tamraparni, J. Felts, P.J. Shamberger, A. Elwany. Design for laser powder bed additive manufacturing of AlSi12 periodic mesoscale lattice structures, Int. J. Adv. Manuf. Technol. (2021). doi: 10.1007/s00170-021-06817-w

2020

  1. A. Tamraparni, A. Hoe*, M. Deckard*, C. Zhang, P.J. Shamberger, A. Elwany, J. Felts. Design and optimization of lamellar phase change composites for thermal energy storage, Adv. Eng. Mtls., 2001052 (2020). doi: 10.1002/adem.202001052
  2. A. Yano*, H. Clarke*, D. Sellers, E.J. Braham, T.E.G. Alivio, S. Banerjee, P.J. Shamberger. Towards High-Precision Control of Transformation Characteristics in VO2 through Dopant Modulation of Hysteresis, J. Phys. Chem. C., 124(39), 21223-21231 (2020). doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c04952
  3. P.J. Shamberger, A. Hoe*, M. Deckard*, M. T. Barako.  Dynamics of Melting in a Slab under Harmonic Heating and Convective Cooling Boundary Conditions, J. Appl. Phys., 128, 105102 (2020).  doi: 10.1063/5.0016060
  4. Sellers, E. Braham, R. Villarreal, B. Zhang, A. Parija, T.D. Brown*, T. Alivio, H. Clarke*, L. De Jesus, L. Zuin, D. Prendergast, X. Qian, R. Arróyave, P.J. Shamberger, S. Banerjee. An Atomic Hourglass and Thermometer Based on Diffusion of a Mobile Dopant in VO2, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 142(36), 15513-15526 (2020). doi: 10.1021/jacs.0c07152
  5. H.P. de Bock, D. Huitink, P.J. Shamberger, J.S. Lundh, S. Choi, N. Niedbalski, L. Boteler.  A System to Package Perspective on Transient Thermal Management of Power Electronics, ASME J Electronics Packaging. 142(4), 041111-1-11 (2020). doi: 10.1115/1.4047474
  6. A. Tamraparni, P.J. Shamberger, J. Felts. Cyclic Stability of Lithium Nitrate Trihydrate in Plate Fin Heat Exchangers, Appl. Therm. Eng. 179, 115476 (2020). doi: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2020.115476
  7. A. Hoe*, M. Deckard*, A. Tamraparni, A. Elwany, J. Felts, P.J. Shamberger. Conductive Heat Transfer in Lamellar Phase Change Material Composites, Appl. Therm. Eng. 178, 115553 (2020). doi: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2020.115553
  8. T.D. Brown*, J.-H. Chen, E.J. Braham, S. Stadler, P.J. Shamberger. Dynamic Re-equilibration Controlled Multi-step Transformations in (Mn,Fe)2(P,Si) Alloys, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 53(20), 205303 (2020). doi: 10.1088/1361-6463/ab768a
  9. T.D. Brown*, D. Galvan#, J. van Buskirk#, A. Mott, P.J. Shamberger. Effect of Carbide Formation on Phase Equilibria and Compositional Modulation of Transformation Properties in (Mn,Fe)2(P,Si) Alloys, J. Alloys Compounds, 830, 154532 (2020). doi: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2020.154532
  10. P.J. Shamberger, N. Bruno. Review of Metallic Phase Change Materials for High Heat Flux Transient Thermal Management Applications, Applied Energy, 258, 113955 (2020). doi: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.113955
  11. H. Clarke*, L. Deremo#, J. Anderson#, S. Ganguli, P.J. Shamberger. Conductive Filament Shape in HfO2 Electrochemical Metallization Cells Under a Range of Forming Voltages, Nanotechnology, 55(7), 075706 (2020). doi: 10.1088/1361-6528/ab53a9

x Postdoctoral Scholar / Senior Researcher
* Graduate Student
# Undergraduate Student