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Yuri Mishin
- Professor
Contact Info
- Name
- Dr. Yuri Mishin
- Job Title
- Professor
- Website
- Phone Number
- Office Number
- Planetary Hall, Room 213, MSN 3F3
Affiliations
Departments
- Physics & Astronomy Department (Faculty)
Education
PhD in Solid State Physics, Department of Physics and Chemistry, National University of Science and Technology MISiS, Moscow, Russia, 1985
Current Research
- Dr. Mishin’s research focuses on the theory and computer modeling of materials, particularly interfaces; the thermodynamics and statistical mechanics of alloys; atomic diffusion; and mechanical behavior. Specific research topics include:
- Models of atomic interaction in materials. Development of semi-empirical many-body interatomic potentials (a.k.a. force fields) and machine-learning potentials based on first-principles calculations.
- Methods of theoretical and computational prediction of thermodynamic properties of materials.
- Interfaces in materials, including grain boundaries, interphase boundaries, solid-liquid interfaces, and surfaces.
- Interface thermodynamics, motion, chemical reactions, and cohesion. Relationships between interface structure, chemistry, and diffusion.
- Defects and diffusion in intermetallic compounds: diffusion mechanisms, prediction of diffusion coefficients, relation to creep deformation and other high-temperature properties.
- Plastic deformation and fracture of metals and intermetallic compounds. Grain boundary sliding and cleavage.
Teaching Focus
Dr. Mishin has been teaching undergraduate and graduate-level physics courses, with a focus on graduate courses in electromagnetic theory, thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, and solid-state physics.
Selected Publications
- K. A. Darling, Y. Mishin, N. N. Thadhani, Q. Wei, and K. Solanki, “Mechanical behavior of microstructurally stable nanocrystalline alloys: Processing, properties, performance, and prospects”, Progress in Materials Science 155, 101519 (2026).
- Anuj Bisht, Raj Kiran Koju, Yuanshen Qi, Eugen Rabkin, Yuri Mishin, “Compressive strength of twinned Ni-Co nanoparticles: In-situ experiments and atomistic simulations”, Materials & Design 256, 114208 (2025).
- Omar Hussein, Yuri Mishin, “A model of thermodynamic stabilization of nanocrystalline alloys”, Acta Materialia 301, 121545 (2025).
- Ju Li and Yuri Mishin, “Line and planar defects with zero formation free energy: Applications of the phase rule towards ripening-immune microstructures”, Acta Materialia 298, 121364 (2025).
- Omar Hussein, Yang Li, and Yuri Mishin, “The origin of strings and rings in the atomic dynamics of disordered systems”, Acta Materialia 296, 121212 (2025).
- Yang Li and Yuri Mishin, “Atomistic modeling of the structure and diffusion processes at Al (110)/Si (001) interphase boundaries obtained by vapor deposition”, Physical Review Materials 9, 053401 (2025).
- Indiras Khatri, R. K. Koju, Y. Mishin, “First-principles prediction of diffusion coefficients in off-stoichiometric tantalum carbide”, Acta Materialia 286, 120717 (2025).
- Yong-Wei Zhang, Viacheslav Sorkin, Zachary H Aitken, Antonio Politano, Jörg Behler, Aidan P Thompson, Tsz Wai Ko, Shyue Ping Ong, Olga Chalykh, Dmitry Korogod, Evgeny Podryabinkin, Alexander Shapeev, Ju Li, Yuri Mishin, Zongrui Pei, Xianglin Liu, Jaesun Kim, Yutack Park, Seungwoo Hwang, Seungwu Han, Killian Sheriff, Yifan Cao, Rodrigo Freitas, “Roadmap for the development of machine learning-based interatomic potentials”, Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering 33, 023301 (2025).
- Yang Li, Raj K. Koju and Yuri Mishin, “Atomistic investigation of diffusion processes at Al (Si)/Si (111) interphase boundaries obtained by simulated vapor deposition”, Acta Materialia 289, 120937 (2025).
- B. C. Hornbuckle, R.K. Koju, G. Kennedy, P. Jannotti, N. Lorenzo, J. T. Lloyd, A. Giri, K. Solanki, N. N. Thadhani, Y. Mishin, K. A. Darling, “Direct observation of deformation and resistance to damage accumulation during shock loading of stabilized nanocrystalline Cu-Ta alloys”, Nature Communications 15, 9135 (2024).
- Omar Hussein, Yuri Mishin, “A model of thermodynamic stabilization of nanocrystalline grain boundaries in alloy systems”, Acta Materialia 281, 120404 (2024).
- I. Khatri, R. K. Koju, Y. Mishin, “First-principles prediction of point defect energies and concentrations in the tantalum and hafnium carbides”, Acta Materialia 277, 120216 (2024).
- Zhao Liang, Nishchal Thapa Magar, Raj Kiran Koju, Ian Chesser, Jonathan Zimmerman, Yuri Mishin, Eugen Rabkin, “Ultimate compressive strength and severe plastic deformation of equilibrated single-crystalline copper nanoparticles”, Acta Materialia 276, 120101 (2024).
- Ian Chesser, Raj K Koju, Yuri Mishin, “Atomic-level mechanisms of short-circuit diffusion in materials”, International Journal of Materials Research 115, 85-105 (2024).
- I. Chesser, RK. Koju, A. Vellore, Y. Mishin, “Atomistic modeling of metal–nonmetal interphase boundary diffusion”, Acta Materialia 257, 119172 (2023).
- C. Kale, S. Srinivasan, S. Sharma, B.C. Hornbuckle, R.K. Koju, S. Grendahl, K. Darling, Y. Mishin, K. Solanki, “Exceptional fatigue strength of a microstructurally stable bulk nanocrystalline alloy”, Acta Materialia 255, 119049 (2023).
- Y. Mishin, “Stochastic model and kinetic Monte Carlo simulation of solute interactions with stationary and moving grain boundaries. I. Model formulation and application to one-dimensional systems”, Physical Review Materials 7, 063403 (2023).
- Y. Mishin, “Stochastic model and kinetic Monte Carlo simulation of solute interactions with stationary and moving grain boundaries. II. Application to two-dimensional systems”, Physical Review Materials 7, 063404 (2023).
- Amit Sharma, Oz Mendelsohn, Anuj Bisht, Johann Michler, Raj Kiran Koju, Yuri Mishin, Eugen Rabkin, “Solid-solution and precipitation softening effects in defect-free faceted Nickel-Iron nanoparticles”, Acta Materialia 243, 118527 (2023).
- Ian Chesser and Yuri Mishin, “Point-defect avalanches mediate grain boundary diffusion”, Communications Materials 3, 90 (2022).
- Yi-Shen Lin, Ganga P. Purja Pun and Yuri Mishin, “Development of a physically-informed neural network interatomic potential for tantalum”, Computational Materials Science 205, 111180 (2022).
- J. Zimmerman, A. Bisht, Y. Mishin, and E. Rabkin, “Size and shape effects on the strength of platinum nanoparticles”, Journal of Materials Science 56, 18300-18312 (2021).
- R. K. Koju and Y. Mishin, “The role of grain boundary diffusion in the solute drag effect”, Nanomaterials 11, 2348 (2021).
- Y. Mishin, “Interface migration by phase transformations”, Nature Materials 20, 911–912 (2021).
- Y. Mishin, “Machine-learning interatomic potentials for materials science”, Acta Materialia 214, 116980 (2020).
- Anuj Bisht, Raj Kiran Koju, Yuanshen Qi, James Hickman, Yuri Mishin & Eugen Rabkin, “The impact of alloying on defect-free nanoparticles exhibiting softer but tougher behavior”, Nature Communications 12, 2515 (2021)
- James F. Hickman, Yuri Mishin, Vidvuds Ozolinš, and Alan J. Ardell, “Coarsening of solid β-Sn particles in liquid Pb-Sn alloys: Reinterpretation of experimental data in the framework of trans-interface-diffusion-controlled coarsening”, Physical Review Materials 5, 043401 (2021).
- G. P. Purja Pun, V. Yamakov, J. Hickman, E. H. Glaessgen, and Y. Mishin, “Development of a general-purpose machine-learning interatomic potential for aluminum by the physically informed neural network method”, Physical Review Materials 4, 113807 (2020).
- R. K. Koju and Y. Misnin, “Atomistic study of grain-boundary segregation and grain-boundary diffusion in Al-Mg alloys”, Acta Materialia 201, 596–603 (2020).
- K. A. Darling, S. Srinivasan, R. K. Koju, B.C. Hornbuckle, J. Smeltzer, Y. Mishin, K. N. Solanki, “Stress-driven grain refinement in a microstructurally stable nanocrystalline binary alloy”, Scripta Materialia 191, 185–190 (2021).
- C. Kale, S. Srinivasan, B. C. Hornbuckle, R. K. Koju, K. Darling, Y. Mishin, K. N. Solanki,”An experimental and modeling investigation of tensile creep resistance of a stable nanocrystalline alloy”, Acta Materialia 199, 141–154 (2020).
- R. K. Koju and Y. Mishin, “Direct atomistic modeling of solute drag by moving grain boundaries”, Acta Materialia 198, 111–120 (2020).
- R. K. Koju and Y. Mishin, “Relationship between grain boundary segregation and grain boundary diffusion in Cu-Ag alloys”, Physical Review Materials 4, 073403 (2020).
- J. Hickman and Y. Mishin, “Thermal conductivity and its relation to atomic structure for symmetrical tilt grain boundaries in silicon”, Physical Review Materials 4, 033405 (2020).
- G. B. McFadden, W. J. Boettinger and Y. Mishin, “Effect of vacancy creation and annihilation on grain boundary motion”, Acta Materialia 185, 66–79 (2020).
- M. Rajagopalan, K. A. Darling, C. Kale, S. A. Turnage, R. K. Koju, B. C. Hornbuckle, Y. Mishin and K. N. Solanki, “Nanotechnology enabled design of a structural material with extreme strength as well as thermal and electrical properties”, Materials Today 31, 10-20 (2019).
- Y. Mishin,”Solute drag and dynamic phase transformations in moving grain boundaries”, Acta Materialia 179, 383-395 (2019).
- G. P. Purja Pun, R. Batra, R. Ramprasad and Y. Mishin, "Physically informed artificial neural networks for atomistic modeling of materials", Nature Communications 10, 2339 (2019).
- D. L. Medlin, N. Yang, C. D. Spataru, L. M. Hale and Y. Mishin, "Unraveling the dislocation core structure at a van der Waals gap in bismuth telluride", Nature Communications 10, 1820 (2019).
Awards
Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow (1993)
Lady Davis Fellowship (2017)
Fellow of the American Physical Society (2020)
Contact Info
- Name
- Dr. Yuri Mishin
- Job Title
- Professor
- Website
- Phone Number
- Office Number
- Planetary Hall, Room 213, MSN 3F3