All Papers...
[78] Cervellere MR, Yang Y, Qian X, Ford DM, Millett PC.  Mesoscopic simulations of thermally-induced phase separation in PVDF/DPC solutions.  Journal of Membrane Science 577 (2019) 266-273. [DOI]


[77] Wise MB, Millett PC.  Two-dimensional bicontinuous structures from symmetric surface-directed spinodal decomposition in thin films.  Physical Review E 98 (2018) 022601.  [DOI]


[76] Carmack JM, Millett PC.  Tuning thin-film bijels with applied external electric fields.  Soft Matter 14 (2018) 4344-4354.  [DOI]


[75] Hill JD, Millett PC.  Numerical simulations of directed self-assembly in diblock copolymer films using zone annealing and pattern templating.  Scientific Reports 7 (2017) 5250.  [DOI]


[74] Berry BE, Millett PC.  Phase-field simulations of the impact of bimodal pore size distributions on solid-state densification.  Journal of Nuclear Materials 491 (2017) 48-54.  [DOI]


[73] Carmack JM, Millett PC.  Diverse morphologies in thin-film bijels by varying film thickness and composition.  Soft Matter 13 (2017) 4214-4223.  [DOI]


[72] Vance IW, Millett PC.  Phase-field simulations of pore migration and morphology change in thermal gradients.  Journal of Nuclear Materials 490 (2017) 299-304.  [DOI]


[71] Millett PC.  Mesoscopic simulations of coarsening kinetics within block copolymer / homopolymer thin films.  Computational Materials Science 125 (2016) 20-27.  [DOI]


[70] Sarollahi M, Mishler J, Bauman SJ, Barraza-Lopez S, Millett PC, Herzog JB.  The significance of the number of periods and period size in 2D photonic crystal waveguides.  SPIE Proceedings 9556 (2015) 95561B.  [DOI]


[69] Carmack JM, Millett PC.  Numerical simulations of bijel morphology in thin films with complete surface wetting. The Journal of Chemical Physics 143 (2015) 154701.  [DOI]


[68] Millett PC. A time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau model for non-frustrated linear ABC triblock terpolymers.  Physical Review E 92 (2015) 022602.  [DOI]


[67] Zhang Y, Millett PC, Tonks MR, Bai X, Biner SB. Preferential Cu segregation at extended defects in bcc Fe: An atomistic study.  Computational Materials Science 101 (2015) 181-188.  [DOI]


[66] Millett PC. Electric-field induced alignment of nanoparticle-coated channels in thin-film polymer membranes. The Journal of Chemical Physics 140 (2014) 144903.  [DOI]


[65] Xu WZ, Zhang YF, Cheng GM, Jian WW, Millett PC, Koch CC, Mathaudhu SN, Zhu YT. Dynamic void growth and shrinkage in Mg under electron irradiation.  Materials Research Letters 2 (2014) 176-183.  [DOI]


[64] Andersson AD, Garcia P, Liu X-Y, Pastore G, Tonks MR, Millett PC, Dorado B, Gaston DR, Andrs D, Williamson RL, Martineau RC, Uberuaga BP, Stanek CR. Atomistic modeling of intrinsic and radiation-enhanced fission gas (Xe) diffusion in UO2±x: Implications for nuclear fuel performance modeling.  Journal of Nuclear Materials 451 (2014) 225-242.


[63] Tonks MR, Zhang Y, Bai X, Millett PC. Demonstrating the temperature gradient impact on grain growth in UO2 using the phase field method.  Materials Research Letters 2 (2014) 23-28.


[62] Zhang Y, Millett PC, Tonks MR, Bai XM, Biner SB. Molecular dynamics simulations of intergranular fracture in UO2 with nine empirical interatomic potentials.  Journal of Nuclear Materials 452 (2014) 296-303.


[61] Xu W, Zhang Y, Cheng G, Jian W, Millett PC, Koch CC, Mathaudhu SN, Zhu YT. In-situ atomic-scale observation of irradiation-induced void formation.  Nature Communications 4 (2013) 2288.


[60] Millett PC, Zhang Y, Tonks MR, Biner SB. Consideration of grain size distribution in the diffusion of fission gas to grain boundaries.  Journal of Nuclear Materials 440 (2013) 435-439.


[59] Cheng GM, Yuan H, Jian WW, Xu WZ, Millett PC, Zhu YT. Deformation-induced ω phase in nanocrystalline Mo.  Scripta Materialia 68 (2013) 130-133.


[58] Tonks MR, Millett PC, Nerikar P, Andersson D, Stanek C, Gaston D, Andrs D, Williamson R. Multiscale development of a fission gas thermal conductivity model: Coupling atomic, meso and continuum level simulations. Journal of Nuclear Materials 440 (2013) 193-200.


[57] Zhang L, Tonks MR, Gaston D, Peterson J, Andrs D, Millett PC, Biner SB. A quantitative comparison between C0 and C1 elements in solving Cahn-Hilliard equation. Journal of Computational Physics 236 (2013) 74-80.


[56] Millett PC, Tonks MR, Chockalingam K, Zhang Y, Biner SB. Three dimensional calculations of the effective Kapitza resistance of UO2 grain boundaries containing intergranular bubbles.  Journal of Nuclear Materials 439 (2013) 117-122.


[55] Tonks MR, Zhang Y, Biner SB, Millett PC, Bai X. Guidance to design grain boundary mobility experiments with quantitative phase-field modeling. Acta Materialia 61 (2013) 1373-1382.


[54] Cheng GM, Jian WW, Xu WZ, Zhang YF, Millett PC, Wolf D, Zhu YT. Dislocations with edge components in nanocrystalline body-centered-cubic Mo.  Journal of Materials Research 28 (2013) 1820-1826.


[53] Chockalingam K, Tonks MR, Gaston DR, Hales JD, Millett PC, Zhang L. Crystal plasticity with Jacobian-free Newton Krylov.  Computational Mechanics 51 (2012) 617-627.


[52] Cheng GM, Jian WW, Xu WZ, Yuan H, Millett PC, Zhu YT. Grain size effect on deformation mechanisms of nanocrystalline BCC metal.  Materials Research Letters 1 (2013) 1-6.


[51] Millett PC, Zhang Y, Andersson DA, Tonks MR, Biner SB. Random-walk Monte Carlo simulation of intergranular gas bubble nucleation in UO2 fuel.  Journal of Nuclear Materials 430 (2012) 44-49.


[50] Zhang Y, Millett PC, Tonks MR, Biner SB. Deformation twinning in nanocrystalline body-centered-cubic Mo by molecular dynamics simulation.  Acta Materialia 60 (2012) 6421-6428.


[49] Zhang Y, Millett PC, Tonks MR, Zhang L, Biner SB. Molecular dynamics simulations of He bubble nucleation at grain boundaries.  Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 24 (2012) 305005.


[48] Chockalingam K, Millett PC, Tonks MR. Effects of Intergranular gas bubbles on thermal conductivity.  Journal of Nuclear Materials 430 (2012) 166-170.


[47] Millett PC, Tonks MR, Biner SB. Grain Boundary Percolation Modeling of Fission Gas Release in Oxide Fuels. Journal of Nuclear Materials 424 (2012) 176-182.


[46] Zhang L, Tonks MR, Millett PC, Zhang Y, Chockalingam K, Biner SB. Phase-field modeling of temperature gradient driven pore migration.  Computational Materials Science 56 (2012) 161-165.


[45] Zhang Y, Liu XY, Millett PC, Tonks MR, Andersson DA, Biner SB. Crack tip plasticity in single crystal UO2: Atomistic simulations.  Journal of Nuclear Materials 430 (2012) 96-105.


[44] Millett PC, Tonks MR, Biner SB. Mesoscale modeling of intergranular bubble percolation in nuclear fuels.  Journal of Applied Physics 111 (2012) 083511.


[43] Millett PC. Percolation on grain boundary networks: Application to fission gas release in nuclear fuels.  Computational Materials Science 53 (2012) 31-36.  [DOI]


[42] Zhang Y, Millett PC, Tonks MR, Biner SB. Deformation-twin-induced grain boundary failure. Scripta Materialia 66 (2012) 117-120.


[41] Tonks MR, Gaston D, Millett PC, Andrs D, Talbot P. An object-oriented finite element framework for multiphysics phase field simulation.  Computational Materials Science 51 (2012) 20-29.  [DOI]


[40] Millett PC, Tonks MR, Biner SB, Zhang L, Chockalingam K, Zhang Y. Phase-field simulation of intergranular bubble growth and percolation in bicrystals.  Journal of Nuclear Materials 425 (2012) 130-135.


[39] Zhang Y, Huang H, Millett PC, Tonks MR, Wolf D, Phillpot D. Atomistic study of grain boundary sink strength under prolonged electron irradiation. Journal of Nuclear Materials 422 (2012) 69-76.


[38] Zhang Y, Millett PC, Tonks MR. Energetics and diffusional properties of He in BCC Mo: An empirical potential for molecular dynamics simulations.  Computational Materials Science 50 (2011) 3224-3229.  [DOI]


[37] Tonks MR, Millett PC. Phase field simulations of elastic deformation-driven grain growth in 2-D copper polycrystals. Materials Science and Engineering A 528 (2011) 4086-4091.


[36] Millett PC, Tonks MR. Application of phase-field modeling to irradiation effects in materials.  Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science 15 (2011) 125-133.


[35] Millett PC, Tonks MR. Mesoscale modeling of the influence of intergranular gas bubbles on effective thermal conductivity. Journal of Nuclear Materials 412 (2011) 281-286.


[34] Millett PC, Wang YU. Diffuse-interface field approach to modeling arbitrarily-shaped particles at fluid-fluid interfaces. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 353 (2011) 46-51.


[33] Millett PC, Tonks MR. Phase-field simulations of gas density within bubbles under irradiation.  Computational Materials Science 50 (2011) 2044-2050.  [DOI]


[32] Millett PC, El-Azab A, Wolf D. Phase field simulation of irradiated metals: Part II: Gas bubble kinetics.  Computational Materials Science 50 (2011) 960-970.  [DOI]


[31] Millett PC, El-Azab A, Rokkam S, Tonks M, Wolf D. Phase field simulation of irradiated metals: Part I: Void kinetics.  Computational Materials Science 50 (2011) 949-959.  [DOI]


[30] Tonks M, Millett PC, Cai W, Wolf D. Analysis of the elastic strain energy driving force for grain boundary migration using phase field simulation. Scripta Materialia 63 (2010) 1049-1052.


[29] Tonks M, Gaston D, Permann C, Millett PC, Hansen G, Wolf D. A coupling methodology for mesoscale-informed nuclear fuel performance codes. Nuclear Engineering and Design 240 (2010) 2877-2883.


[28] Desai T, Millett PC, Tonks M, Wolf D. Atomistic simulations of void migration under thermal gradient in UO2. Acta Materialia 58 (2010) 330-339.


[27] Millett PC, Rokkam S, El-Azab A, Wolf D. Void nucleation and growth in polycrystalline metals: A phase-field model. Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering 17 (2009) 064003.


[26] Aidhy DP, Millett PC, Desai T, Wolf D, Phillpot S. Kinetically-evolving irradiation-induced point defect clusters in UO2. Physical Review B 80 (2009) 104107.


[25] Millett PC, Wang YU. Diffuse-interface field approach to modeling and simulation of self-assembly of charged colloidal particles with various shapes and sizes. Acta Materialia 57 (2009) 3101-3109.


[24] Rokkam SK, El-Azab A, Millett PC, Wolf D. Phase field simulation of void nucleation and growth in irradiated metals. Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering 17 (2009) 064002.


[23] Millett PC, Aidhy DP, Desai T, Phillpot SR, Wolf D. Grain-boundary source/sink behavior for point defects: An atomistic simulation study. International Journal of Materials Research 100 (2009) 550-555.


[22] Aidhy DP, Millett PC, Wolf D, Phillpot SR, Huang H. Kinetically driven point-defect clustering in irradiated MgO by molecular-dynamics simulation. Scripta Materialia 60 (2009) 691-694.


[21] Millett PC, Desai T, Yamakov V, Wolf D. Time scale for point-defect equilibration in nanostructures. Applied Physics Letters 93 (2008) 161902.


[20] Millett PC, Desai T, Wolf D, Rokkam S, El-Azab A. Phase-field simulation of thermal conductivity in porous polycrystalline microstructures. Journal of Applied Physics 104 (2008) 033512.


[19] Millett PC, Desai T, Yamakov V, Wolf D. Atomistic simulations of diffusional creep in a nanocrystalline bcc material. Acta Materialia 56(14) (2008) 3688-3698.


[18] Desai T, Millett PC, Wolf D. Molecular dynamics study of diffusional creep in nanocrystalline UO2. Acta Materialia 56 (2008) 4489-4497.


[17] Desai T, Millett PC, Wolf D. Is diffusion creep the cause for the inverse Hall-Petch effect in nanocrystalline materials? Materials Science and Engineering A 493 (2008) 41-47.


[16] Rokkam SK, Millett PC, Wolf D, El-Azab A. Phase-field simulation of void growth in irradiated materials. Multiscale Materials Modeling (MMM) Proceedings (2008) p. 405-408.


[15] Millett PC, Selvam RP, Saxena A. Stabilizing nanocrystalline materials with dopants. Acta Materialia 55 (2007) 2329-2336.


[14] Millett PC, Selvam RP, Saxena A. Improving grain boundary sliding resistance with segregated dopants. Materials Science and Engineering A 431 (2006) 92-97.


[13] Millett PC, Selvam RP, Saxena A. Molecular dynamics simulations of grain size stabilization in nanocrystalline materials by addition of dopants. Acta Materialia 54 (2006) 297-303.


[12] Millett PC, Selvam RP, Bansal S, Saxena A. Atomistic simulation of grain boundary energetics – effects of dopants.  Acta Materialia 53 (2005) 3671-3678.


[11] Selvam RP and PC Millett. Large eddy simulation of the tornado-structure interaction to determine structural loadings. Wind and Structures: An International Journal 8 (2005) 49-60.


[10] Millett PC, Selvam RP. 2005. Molecular dynamics study of the effect of dopant atoms on grain boundary sliding. Materials Research Society Proceedings vol 903E:Z5.42 Nov. 28 – Dec 2, Boston, MA.


[9] Saxena A, Millett PC, Selvam RP, Bansal S. 2005. Application of molecular dynamics in designing stable nanostructures. International Conf. on Advanced Materials Design and Development. Gao, India. December 14-16.


[8] Millett PC, Riordan J, Selvam RP. 2005. Computation of moment coefficients on a cubic building due to tornado. 10th Americas Conference on Wind Engineering. May 31-June 4, Baton Rouge, LA. 


[7] Millett PC, Selvam RP, Saxena A. 2004. Molecular dynamics study of the prevention of grain growth in nanocrystalline materials by use of doping.  Materials Research Society Proceedings vol 854E:U6.10  Nov. 29 – Dec. 3, Boston, MA.


[6] Millett PC, Selvam RP, Bansal S, Saxena A. 2004. Atomistic simulation of the effects of doping in the vicinity of a copper bicrystal grain boundary.  Meeting of the Arkansas Academy of Sciences.


[5] Selvam RP and PC Millett. Computer modeling of tornado forces on buildings. Wind and Structures: An International Journal 6 (2003) 209-220.


[4] Selvam RP and PC Millett. Computer Modeling of Tornado Forces on a Cubic Building Using Large Eddy Simulation. Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Sciences 57 (2003)140-146.


[3] Selvam RP and PC Millett. 2003. Computer Modeling of the Tornado-Structure Interaction on a Cubic Building. 11th International Conference on Wind Engineering.  Texas Tech University, June 2-5. p. 837-844.


[2] Selvam RP and PC Millett. 2003. Computer Modeling of Tornado Forces on a Cubic Building Using Large Eddy Simulation.  Meeting of the Arkansas Academy of Sciences.


[1] Selvam RP and PC Millett. 2002. Computer Modeling of the Tornado-Structure Interaction: Investigation of Structural Loading of Cubic Building. Second International Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power. Indian Institute of Technology-Roorkee, India. December 12-14.

OverviewWe are a theory and computational group that studies complex fluids and materials. 
Paul C. Millett
Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering
University of Arkansas

pmillett@uark.edu
CV
Google Scholar Page
MILLETT LAB
COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS
COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS SCIENCE