Education B.S., Case Institute of Technology,Case Western Reserve University, Metallurgical Engineering and Materials, 1979 B.A., Western Reserve College,Case Western Reserve University, Classics, 1979 M.S., Stanford University, Materials Science and Engineering, 1980 Ph.D., Stanford University, Materials Science and Engineering, 1984

Research interests in the Mecartney Group are focused on the development of new and multiphase ceramics for energy applications (fuel cells, nuclear energy, solid state lighting, oxygen sensors) and for use in extreme environments with an emphasis on how grain boundaries and interfaces control physical properties of ceramics. Mecartney specializes in research on optimal microstructural design of oxide ceramics, interfacial engineering of high temperature materials, and the use of analytical transmission electron microscopy. See Research Group Website for details of specific projects.

J.P. Angle, P.E.D. Morgan and M.L. Mecartney, "Water Vapor-Enhanced Diffusion in Alumina," J. Am. Ceram. Soc. ,96 [11] 3372–3374 (2013) (Link) D. Men, M.K. Patel, I.O. Usov, J C. Pivin, J.R. Porter and M.L. Mecartney, "Radiation Damage of LaMgAl11O19 and CeMgAl11O19 Magnetoplumbite," J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 96 [10] 3325–3332 (2013) (Link) J.P. Angle, Z. Wang, C. Dames and M.L. Mecartney, "Comparison of Two-Phase Thermal Conductivity Models with Experiments on Dilute Ceramic Composites," J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 96 [9] 2935–2942 (2013) (Link) D. Men, M.K. Patel, I.O. Usov, M. Toiammou, I. Monnet, J.C. Pivin, J.R. Porter and M.L. Mecartney, "Radiation Damage in Multiphase Ceramics," J. Nucl. Mater., 443[1–3] 120-27 (2013) (Link) J. Kim, C. Y. Lin, W. Xing, M. L. Mecartney, E. O. Potma, and R. M. Penner, "Laser Annealing of Nanocrystalline Gold Nanowires," Acs. Appl. Mater. Inter., 5[15] 6808-14 (2013) (Link) D. Men and M.L. Mecartney, "Superplasticity and machinability in a four-phase ceramic," Mater. Res. Bull., 47 [8] 1925-1931 (2012) (Link) C.M. Hoo, D. Men, L. Teharabadi, and M.L. Mecartney, "Grain-Boundary Sliding in a Superplastic Three-Phase Alumina-Zirconia-Mullite Ceramic Composite," J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 94 [7] 2171–2180 (2011) (Link) C.M. Hoo, T. Doan, N. Starostin, P.E. West, and M.L. Mecartney, "Optimal sample preparation for nanoparticle metrology (statistical size measurements) using atomic force microscopy," J. Nanopart. Res., 12 [3] 939-949 (2010) (Link) M.T. Schatzmann, M.L. Mecartney, and P.E.D. Morgan, "Synthesis of monoclinic monazite, LaPO(4), by direct precipitation," Journal of Materials Chemistry,19 [32] 5720-5722 (2009) (Link) L. Ramirez, M. L. Mecartney, S. P. Krumdeick, “Nano-crystalline ZrO2 Thin Films on Silicon Fabricated by Pulsed-Pressure Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (PPMOCVD),” J. of Mat. Res., 23 [8] 2202-2211 (2008) (Link) N. Starostin, M. Brodsky, S. Prikhodko, C.M. Hoo, M.L. Mecartney and P.E. West, "AFM capabilities in characterization of particles and surfaces: From angstroms to microns," Journal of Cosmetic Science, 59 [3] 225-232 (2008) (Link) T. Chen, S.Tekeli, R.P. Dillon, and M. L.Mecartney, "Phase stability, microstructural evolution and room temperature mechanical properties of TiO2 doped 8 mol% Y2O3 stabilized ZrO2 (8Y-CSZ)," Ceram. Int., 34 [2] 365-370 (2008) (Link) R.P. Dillon, D.K. Kim, J.E. Trujillo, W. M. Kriven, and M.L. Mecartney, "Creep Characteristics of Alumina, Nickel Alumina spinel, Zirconia Composites," J. of Mat. Res., 23 [2] 556-564 (2008) (Link) Lili Taherabadi, Joy E. Trujillo, Tiandan Chen, John R. Porter, and Martha L. Mecartney, "Observation of Dislocation Assisted High Temperature Deformation in Mullite and Mullite Composites," J. Eur. Ceram. Soc., 28 [2] 371-376 (2008) (Link)