Research Interests

• The mechanisms of solid-state of phase transformations.
• The evolution of microstructures during deposition, deformation and thermal exposure.
• The development of intermetallics for high temperature structural applications.
• Microstructure - property relationships in aerospace aluminum alloys.
• Microstructure - processing - property relationships in maraging steels for automotive applications.
• Thermal contact conductance of nickel and titanium alloys in turbomachinery applications.

Research Collaborations

Industrial partners and sponsors include:

• EPSRC
• Rolls Royce
• Dstl
• Bosch
• Plasmaquest

Publications

Barber, D. K., Jenkins, S. N., Whiting, M. J. and Baker, M. A., Investigation of the nickel/emissive oxide interface in thermionic emitters, Surf. Interface Anal. 36, 1190-1194 (2004).

Barber, D. K., Jenkins, S. N., Whiting, M. J. and Baker, M. A., Interfacial Studies of Double Carbonate Thermionic Oxide Cathodes over Accelerated Operational Life, in Proceedings of the 5th International Vacuum Electron Source Conference, pp. 108-110 (2004).

Jenkins S. N., Barber D. K., Whiting M. J. and Baker, M. A., Preliminary result on the chemical characterisation of the cathode nickel-emissive layer interface in oxide cathodes, Applied Surface Science 215, 78-86 (2003).

Whiting, M. J., Stolojon, V., Rattana, A., and Watts, J. F., Direct observation and characterisation of the oxide nanostructured interface resulting from organosilane pre-treatment of aluminium, in Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings 734, 27-32 Warrendale: MRS (2003).

Stolojan, V., Whiting, M. J., Goringe, M. J., Kelly, M. J. and Silva, S. R. P. Electron energy loss line spectral and TEM analysis of heterojunctions in Proc MSM2003, IoP Conf. Ser. 180, 41-44 (2003).

Arvanitis, A., Diplas, S., Tsakiropoulos, P., Watts, J. F., Whiting, M. J., and Matthew, J. A. D., An Experimental Study of Bonding and Crystal Structure Modifications in MoSi2 and MoSi2 + x%Al (x = 10 to 40 at% Al) via Auger Parameter Changes and Charge Transfer Calculations, Acta Materialia, 49(6) pp1063-1078 (2001).

Arvantis, A., Whiting, M. J. and Tsakiropoulos, P., A study of the oxidation behaviour of Mo-Si-Al intermetallic alloys at low, intermediate and high temperatures in structural intermetallics, eds: Hemker, K. J. Dimiduk, D. M., Darolia, R., Inui, H., Larsen, J. M., Sikka, V. K., Thomas, M. and Whittengerger, J. D., TMS, Warrendale, pp.561-570, ISBN 0-87339-511-5 (2001).

Whiting, M. J., A reappraisal of kinetic data for the growth of pearlite in high purity Fe-C eutectoid alloys, Scripta Materialia, 43, 969 (2000).

Arvanitis, A., Whiting, M. J. and Tsakiropoulos, P., Microstructural studies of Mo-Si-Al alloys, in Intermetallics and Superalloys in EUROMAT99, eds: Morris, D. G., Naka, S. and Caron, P., Wiley-VCH, 10, 345-349, ISBN-3-527-30192-5 (2000).

Coomber, E., Whiting, M. J and Tsakiropoulos, P., Eutectoid decomposition in three Ti-Co alloys, MRS proceedings, in Nucleation and Growth Processes in Materials, eds: Gonis, A., Turchi, P. E. A. and Ardell, A. J., MRS Symposium Proceedings, 580, 93-98, ISBN 1-55899-488-2 (2000).

Whiting, M. J. and Tsakiropoulos, P., Morphological Evolution of Lamellar Structures: The Cu-Al Eutectoid, Acta Materialia, 45, 2027 (1997).

Whiting, M. J. and Ogin, S. L., Dislocation Wall Structures Near a Stress Concentration in Fatigued Copper Polycrystals, Scripta Materialia, 36, 763 (1997).

Chrysanthou, A., Jenkins, R. C., Whiting, M. J. and Tsakiropoulos, P., A study of the Combustion Synthesis of MoSi2 and MoSi2-Matrix composites, Journal of Materials Science, 31, 4221 (1996).

Whiting, M. J. and Tsakiropoulos, P., Process/Microstructure Studies of Mo(Si,Al)2 and Nb(Si,Al)2 Intermetallics, p.129 in Processing and Fabrication of Advanced Materials IV, Editors: Srivatsan, T. S. and Moore, J. J., TMS, 1996.

Whiting, M. J. and Tsakiropoulos, P., The Ledge Mechanism of Pearlite Growth, Scripta Metallurgica et Materialia 32, 1965 (1995).

Whiting, M. J. and Tsakiropoulos, P., The Ledge Growth Mechanism of Pearlite: Growth Velocity of Ferrous Pearlite, Materials Science and Technology 11 (8), 717 (1995).

Whiting, M. J. and Tsakiropoulos, P., An Appraisal of Recent Work on the Role of Crystallography in Ferrous and Non-ferrous Pearlite, Materials Science and Technology 11 (10), 977 (1995).

Whiting, M. J. and Tsakiropoulos, P., The Ledge Mechanism of Pearlite Growth: Some thoughts on the Solution to the Kinetic Problem, Scripta Metallurgica et Materialia 30, 1031 (1994).

Whiting, M. J. and Tsakiropoulos, P., On the Ledge Mechanism of Pearlite Growth: The Cu-Al Lamellar Eutectoid, Scripta Metallurgica et Materialia 29, 401 (1993).

Professional Activities

• Member, Structure of Materials Committee, Institute of Materials (1998-2007).
• Honorary Secretary and Member, Materials Section Committee, Royal Microscopical Society (2001 - 2009).
• Electron Microscopy Standards Committee, BSI (2007-2010).

Current Research Programmes

• The growth and microstructural evolution of lamellar  microstructures in high temperature materials.
• The development of novel commercial processes for the rapid deposition of functional coatings.
• Modelling and experimental measurement of thermal contact conductance.
• Microstructural characterisation and property evaluation of nitrided maraging steels for automotive applications.