Ben Britton
Associate Professor
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Biography
I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Materials Engineering, at UBC-Vancouver. I work to understand and develop materials characterisation methods used to understand materials used in transport and energy, typically for structural materials.
I also have interests in equity in STEM, with a focus on 2SLGBTQ+ issues and improvement of our general academic culture.
Publications
- Developing a materials world: an analysis of UK HE data (2021)
- Gender issues in fundamental physics: Strumia’s bibliometric analysis fails to account for key confounders and confuses correlation with causation (2021)
Quantitative Science Studies, - The Role of Lengthscale in the Creep of Sn-3Ag-0.5Cu Solder Microstructures (2021)
Journal of Electronic Materials, 50 (3), 926--938 - Advancing characterisation with statistics from correlative electron diffraction and X-ray spectroscopy, in the scanning electron microscope (2020)
Ultramicroscopy, 211 - Characterisation of carbonaceous deposits on diesel injector nozzles (2020)
Fuel, 274 - Dislocation density distribution at slip band-grain boundary intersections (2020)
Acta Materialia, 182, 172--183 - Gender issues in fundamental physics: Strumia's bibliometric analysis fails to account for key confounders and confuses correlation with causation (2020)
- In-situ electron backscatter diffraction of thermal cycling in a single grain Cu/Sn-3Ag-0.5Cu/Cu solder joint (2020)
Scripta Materialia, 175, 55-60 - In-situ study of creep in Sn-3Ag-0.5Cu solder (2020)
Acta Materialia, 196, 31--43 - Investigating spatio-temporal deformation in single crystal Ni-based superalloys using in-situ diffraction experiments and modelling (2020)
Materialia, 9 - Mechanical and microstructural testing of wire and arc additively manufactured sheet material (2020)
Materials and Design, 192 - Constraints on the effective electron energy spectrum in backscatter Kikuchi diffraction (2019)
Physical Review B, 99 (6) - Evaluating Creep Deformation in Controlled Microstructures of Sn-3Ag-0.5Cu Solder (2019)
Journal of Electronic Materials, 48 (1), 107--121 - Gazing at crystal balls: Electron backscatter diffraction pattern analysis and cross correlation on the sphere (2019)
Ultramicroscopy, 207 - High-angular resolution electron backscatter diffraction as a new tool for mapping lattice distortion in geological minerals (2019)
- Indexing electron backscatter diffraction patterns with a refined template matching approach (2019)
Ultramicroscopy, 207, 112845 - Microstructure and formation mechanisms of δ-hydrides in variable grain size Zircaloy-4 studied by electron backscatter diffraction (2019)
Acta Materialia, 169, 76--87 - New techniques for imaging and identifying defects in electron microscopy (2019)
MRS Bulletin, 44 (6), 450-458 - Quantification Challenges for Atom Probe Tomography of Hydrogen and Deuterium in Zircaloy-4 (2019)
Microscopy and Microanalysis, 25 (2), 481-488 - Rapid electron backscatter diffraction mapping: Painting by numbers (2019)
Materials Characterization, 147, 271--279 - The effect of cooling rate and grain size on hydride microstructure in Zircaloy-4 (2019)
Journal of Nuclear Materials, 513, 221--225 - The effect of δ-hydride on the micromechanical deformation of a Zr alloy studied by in situ high angular resolution electron backscatter diffraction (2019)
Scripta Materialia, 173, 101-105 - The reward and risk of social media for academics (2019)
- The role of β-titanium ligaments in the deformation of dual phase titanium alloys (2019)
Materials Science and Engineering A, 746, 394-405 - Variable temperature micropillar compression to reveal basal slip properties of Zircaloy-4 (2019)
Scripta Materialia, 162, 451--455 - AstroEBSD: exploring new space in pattern indexing with methods launched from an astronomical approach (2018)
- Atomic scale analysis of grain boundary deuteride growth front in Zircaloy-4 (2018)
Scripta Materialia, 156, 42-46 - Characterisation of slip and twinning in high rate deformed zirconium with electron backscatter diffraction (2018)
- Correction: In situ study of strontium segregation in La0.6Sr0.4Co0.2Fe0.8O3- δ in ambient atmospheres using high-temperature environmental scanning electron microscopy (J. Mater. Chem. A (2018) DOI: (2018)
Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 6 (29), 14464 - Data on a new beta titanium alloy system reinforced with superlattice intermetallic precipitates (2018)
Data in Brief, - Deformation behaviour of [001] oriented MgO using combined in-situ nano-indentation and micro-Laue diffraction (2018)
Acta Materialia, 145, 516-531 - Direct volumetric measurement of crystallographic texture using acoustic waves (2018)
Acta Materialia, 159, 384--394 - In situ study of strontium segregation in La0.6Sr0.4Co0.2Fe0.8O3- δ in ambient atmospheres using high-temperature environmental scanning electron microscopy (2018)
Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 6 (29), 14120-14135 - Space rocks and optimising scanning electron channelling contrast (2018)
- Strain rate sensitivity in commercial pure titanium: The competition between slip and deformation twinning (2018)
Materials Science and Engineering A, 734, 385-397 - A Chemical and Morphological Study of Diesel Injector Nozzle Deposits - Insights into their Formation and Growth Mechanisms (2017)
SAE International Journal of Fuels and Lubricants, 10 (1), 106-114 - A new beta titanium alloy system reinforced with superlattice intermetallic precipitates (2017)
Scripta Materialia, 140, 71-75 - Comment on “An Experimental Study on Evolution of Grain-Scale Stress/Strain and Geometrical Necessary Dislocations in Advanced TA15 Titanium Alloy during Uniaxial Tension Deformation” (2017)
Advanced Engineering Materials, - Dislocation Interactions in Olivine Revealed by HR-EBSD (2017)
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 122 (10), 7659--7678 - Formation of very large ‘blocky alpha’ grains in Zircaloy-4 (2017)
Acta Materialia, 129, 510-520 - In situ stable crack growth at the micron scale (2017)
Nature Communications, - The development of high strength brazing technique for Ti-6Al-4V using TiZrCuNi amorphous filler (2017)
Materials Characterization, 131, 526-531 - The effect of the beta phase on the micromechanical response of dual-phase titanium alloys (2017)
International Journal of Fatigue, 100, 377-387 - Toward Predictive Understanding of Fatigue Crack Nucleation in Ni-Based Superalloys (2017)
JOM, - Understanding deformation with high angular resolution electron backscatter diffraction (HR-EBSD) (2017)
- Using transmission Kikuchi diffraction to characterise {\alpha} variants in an {\alpha} + {\beta} titanium alloy (2017)
- Using transmission Kikuchi diffraction to characterise α variants in an α+β titanium alloy (2017)
Journal of Microscopy, 267 (3), 318-329 - A nanoindentation investigation of local strain rate sensitivity in dual-phase Ti alloys (2016)
Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 672, 282-291 - Crack nucleation using combined crystal plasticity modelling, high-resolution digital image correlation and high-resolution electron backscatter diffraction in a superalloy containing non-metallic inclusions under fatigue (2016)
Proceedings of the Royal Society A, - Deformation compatibility in a single crystalline Ni superalloy (2016)
Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 472 (2185), 20150690 - Determination of Ti-6242 α and β slip properties using micro-pillar test and computational crystal plasticity (2016)
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 95, 393-410 - Geometrically necessary dislocation densities in olivine obtained using high-angular resolution electron backscatter diffraction (2016)
Ultramicroscopy, 168, 34-45 - Growth of {11-22} twins in titanium: A combined experimental and modelling investigation of the local state of deformation (2016)
Acta Materialia, - Intrinsic anisotropy of strain rate sensitivity in single crystal alpha titanium (2016)
Acta Materialia, 118, 317-330 - Local deformation mechanisms of two-phase Ti alloy (2016)
Materials Science and Engineering A, 649, 39-47 - Local strain rate sensitivity of single α phase within a dual-phase Ti alloy (2016)
Acta Materialia, 107, 298--309 - Microstructurally sensitive crack nucleation around inclusions in powder metallurgy nickel-based superalloys (2016)
Acta Materialia, 117, 333-344 - Tutorial: Crystal orientations and EBSD — Or which way is up? (2016)
Materials Characterization, 117, 113--126 - Using coupled micropillar compression and micro-Laue diffraction to investigate deformation mechanisms in a complex metallic alloy Al13Co4 (2016)
Applied Physics Letters, 108 (11) - (a) Prismatic, (a) basal, and (c+a) slip strengths of commercially pure Zr by micro-cantilever tests (2015)
Acta Materialia, 96, 249-257 - Evolution of intragranular stresses and dislocation densities during cyclic deformation of polycrystalline copper (2015)
Acta Materialia, 94, 193-204 - Heterogeneous nucleation of bulk Cu6Sn5 in Sn-Ag-Cu-Al and Sn-Cu-Al solders (2015)
Proceedings - Electronic Components and Technology Conference, 2015-, 2241-2247 - Heterogeneous nucleation of Cu6Sn5in Sn-Cu-Al solders (2015)
Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 619, 345-355 - In situ micropillar deformation of hydrides in Zircaloy-4 (2015)
Acta Materialia, - Measurements of stress fields near a grain boundary: Exploring blocked arrays of dislocations in 3D (2015)
Acta Materialia, 96, 229-236 - Mechanical and microstructural investigations of tungsten and doped tungsten materials produced via powder injection molding (2015)
Nuclear Materials and Energy, 3-4, 22-31 - On the mechanistic basis of deformation at the microscale in hexagonal close-packed metals (2015)
Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 471 (2178), 20140881 - On the mechanistic basis of fatigue crack nucleation in Ni superalloy containing inclusions using high resolution electron backscatter diffraction (2015)
Acta Materialia, 97, 367-379 - Slip localization and fatigue crack nucleation near a non-metallic inclusion in polycrystalline nickel-based superalloy (2015)
Materials Science and Engineering A, 641, 328-339 - The effect of pattern overlap on the accuracy of high resolution electron backscatter diffraction measurements (2015)
Ultramicroscopy, 155, 62-73 - The orientation and strain dependence of dislocation structure evolution in monotonically deformed polycrystalline copper (2015)
International Journal of Plasticity, 69, 102-117 - A review of advances and challenges in EBSD strain mapping (2014)
IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 55 (1) - Effect of dislocation density on improved radiation hardening resistance of nano-structured tungsten-rhenium (2014)
Materials Science and Engineering A, 611, 388-393 - High-resolution characterization of microstructural evolution in RbxFe2-ySe2 crystals on annealing (2014)
Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 90 (2) - In-service materials support for safety critical applications - A case study of a high strength Ti-alloy using advanced experimental and modelling techniques (2014)
Materials Science and Engineering A, 599, 166-173 - Measurement of probability distributions for internal stresses in dislocated crystals (2014)
Applied Physics Letters, 105 (18) - Slip band-grain boundary interactions in commercial-purity titanium (2014)
Acta Materialia, 76, 1-12 - Assessing the precision of strain measurements using electron backscatter diffraction - part 1: Detector assessment (2013)
Ultramicroscopy, 135, 126-135 - Assessing the precision of strain measurements using electron backscatter diffraction - Part 2: Experimental demonstration (2013)
Ultramicroscopy, 135, 136-141 - Controlling the orientation, edge geometry, and thickness of chemical vapor deposition graphene (2013)
ACS Nano, 7 (2), 1351-1359 - Direct detection of electron backscatter diffraction patterns (2013)
Physical Review Letters, 111 (6) - Evolution of dislocation density distributions in copper during tensile deformation (2013)
Acta Materialia, 61 (19), 7227-7239 - Mapping type III intragranular residual stress distributions in deformed copper polycrystals (2013)
Acta Materialia, 61 (15), 5895-5904 - Measurement of geometrically necessary dislocation density with high resolution electron backscatter diffraction: Effects of detector binning and step size (2013)
Ultramicroscopy, 125, 1-9 - Probing deformation and revealing microstructural mechanisms with cross-correlation-based, high-resolution electron backscatter diffraction (2013)
JOM, 65 (9), 1245-1253 - Accumulation of geometrically necessary dislocations near grain boundaries in deformed copper (2012)
Philosophical Magazine Letters, 92 (11), 580-588 - Characterizing Slip Transfer In Commercially Pure Titanium Using High Resolution Electron Backscatter Diffraction (HR-EBSD) and Electron Channeling Contrast Imaging (ECCI) (2012)
Microscopy and Microanalysis, 18, 702-703 - High resolution electron backscatter diffraction measurements of elastic strain variations in the presence of larger lattice rotations (2012)
Ultramicroscopy, 114, 82-95 - Microstructural analysis of phase separation in iron chalcogenide superconductors (2012)
Superconductor Science and Technology, 25 (8) - Strains, planes, and EBSD in materials science (2012)
Materials Today, 15 (9), 366-376 - Stress fields and geometrically necessary dislocation density distributions near the head of a blocked slip band (2012)
Acta Materialia, 60 (16), 5773-5782 - Analysis of local chemical and structural inhomogeneities in Fe ySe1-xTex single crystals (2011)
Applied Physics Letters, 99 (19) - Geometrically necessary dislocation density distributions in Ti-6Al-4V deformed in tension (2011)
Acta Materialia, 59 (16), 6489-6500 - Measurement of residual elastic strain and lattice rotations with high resolution electron backscatter diffraction (2011)
Ultramicroscopy, 111 (8), 1395-1404 - Electron backscatter diffraction study of dislocation content of a macrozone in hot-rolled Ti-6Al-4V alloy (2010)
Scripta Materialia, 62 (9), 639-642 - Factors affecting the accuracy of high resolution electron backscatter diffraction when using simulated patterns (2010)
Ultramicroscopy, 110 (12), 1443-1453 - High-resolution electron backscatter diffraction: An emerging tool for studying local deformation (2010)
Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design, 45 (5), 365-376 - The effect of crystal orientation on the indentation response of commercially pure titanium: Experiments and simulations (2010)
Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 466 (2115), 695-719 - Nanoindentation study of slip transfer phenomenon at grain boundaries (2009)
Journal of Materials Research, 24 (3), 607-615
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