Publications (Journal Articles & Book Chapters)

  • Y.-L. Shen
    "Externally Constrained Plastic Flow in Miniaturized Metallic Structures: A Continuum-based Approach to Thin Films, Lines and Joints"
    Progress in Materials Science , 53, 838-891 (2008).

  • M. A. Neidigk and Y.-L. Shen
    "Nonlinear Viscoelastic Finite Element Analysis of Physical Aging in an Encapsulated Transformer"
    ASME Journal of Electronic Packaging , in press.

  • Y.-L. Shen and M. Y. Al-Haik
    "Grain Boundary Mediated Dislocation Behavior in a 2D Bi-Crystal: A Model Atomistic Study"
    Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience , 5, 1318-1327 (2008).

  • R. S. McEntire and Y.-L. Shen
    "Parametric Variations of the Interatomic Potential in Atomistic Analysis of Nano-scale Metal Plasticity"
    International Journal of Mechanics and Materials in Design , in press.

  • Y.-L. Shen
    "On the Elastic Assumption for Copper Lines in Interconnect Stress Modeling"
    IEEE Transactions on Device and Materials Reliability , in press.

  • N. Chawla, D. R. P. Singh, Y.-L. Shen, G. Tang and K. K. Chawla
    "Indentation Mechanics and Fracture Behavior of Metal/Ceramic Nanolaminate Composites"
    Journal of Materials Science , 43, 4383-4390 (2008).

  • G. Tang, Y.-L. Shen, D. R. P. Singh and N. Chawla
    "Analysis of Indentation-Derived Effective Elastic Modulus of Metal-Ceramic Multilayers"
    International Journal of Mechanics and Materials in Design , in press.

  • R. S. McEntire and Y.-L. Shen
    "Atomistic Analysis of Crystal Plasticity in a Copper Nanowire during Tensile Loading"
    in Materials Science Research Trends, Chapter 2, pp. 133-149, 2008, Nova Publishers.

  • J. D. Lerma, T. Khraishi and Y.-L. Shen
    "Elastic Fields of 2D and 3D Misfit Particles in an Infinite Medium"
    Mechanics Research Communications , vol. 34, pp. 31-43 (2007).

  • A. Gouldstone, N. Chollacoop, M. Dao, J. Li, A. Minor and Y.-L. Shen
    "Indentation across Size Scales: Recent Developments in Experimentation and Modeling"
    Acta Materialia , vol. 55, pp. 4015-4039 (2007).

  • W. H. Moy and Y.-L. Shen
    "On the Failure Path in Shear-Tested Solder Joints"
    Microelectronics Reliability , vol. 34, pp. 31-43 (2007).

  • E. R. Olivas, J. G. Swadener and Y.-L. Shen
    "Nanoindentation Measurement of Surface Residual Stresses in Particle-Reinforced Metal Matrix Composites"
    Scripta Materialia , vol. 54, pp. 263-268 (2006).

  • Y.-L. Shen
    "Thermo-mechanical Stresses in Copper Interconnects: A Modeling Analysis"
    Microelectronic Engineering , vol. 83, pp. 446-459 (2006).

  • M. Mulholland, T. Khraishi, Y.-L. Shen and M. Horstemeyer
    "Void Growth and Interaction Experiments: Implications to the Optimal Straining Rate in Superplastic Forming"
    International Journal of Plasticity , vol. 22, pp. 1728-1744 (2006).

  • Y.-L. Shen and R. W. Leger
    "Parametric Atomistic Analysis of Dislocation-Interface Interactions in Thin Metallic Films"
    Materials Science and Engineering A , vol. 423, pp. 102-106 (2006).

  • M. Popova and Y.-L. Shen
    "Interaction between a Dislocation and a Nano-scale Penetrable Particle: A Model Atomistic Study"
    Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience , vol. 3, pp. 448-452 (2006).

  • S. Mukherjee, S. Murray, T. Khraishi and Y.-L. Shen
    "A Straw Model Simulating Nanoindentation"
    Molecular Simulation , vol. 32, pp. 339-343 (2006).

  • R. S. McEntire and Y.-L. Shen
    "An Atomistic Analysis of Incipient Metal Plasticity during Tensile Loading"
    Molecular Simulation , vol. 32, pp. 857-867 (2006).

  • S. Mukherjee, T. Khraishi and Y.-L. Shen
    "Modeling the Effects of Particles, Interstitials, Vacancies and Tip Geometry on Indentation-induced Plasticity"
    Molecular Simulation , vol. 32, pp. 655-660 (2006).

  • M. Popova, Y.-L. Shen and T. A. Khraishi
    "Atomistic Simulation of Dislocation Interactions in a Model Crystal Subjected to Shear"
    Molecular Simulation , vol. 31, pp. 1043-1049 (2005).

  • Y.-L. Shen
    "Analysis of Thermal Stresses in Copper Interconnect/Low-k Dielectric Structures"
    Journal of Electronic Materials , vol. 34, pp. 497-505 (2005).

  • X. H. Tan and Y.-L. Shen
    "Modeling Analysis of the Indentation-Derived Yield Properties of Metallic Multilayered Composites"
    Composites Science and Technology , vol. 65, pp. 1639-1646 (2005).

  • Y.-L. Shen, N. Chawla, E. S. Ege and X. Deng
    "Deformation Analysis of Lap Shear Testing of Solder Joints"
    Acta Materialia , vol. 53, pp. 2633-2642 (2005).

  • R. Pereyra and Y.-L. Shen
    "Characterization of Indentation-Induced 'Particle Crowding' in Metal Matrix Composites"
    International Journal of Damage Mechanics , vol. 14, pp. 197-213 (2005).

  • Y.-L. Shen and X. H. Tan
    "On the Correlation between Hardness and Yield S.trength in Multilayered Elastic-Plastic Materials"
    Journal of Materials Science , vol. 40, pp. 4683-4686 (2005).

  • Y.-L. Shen
    "On the Atomistic Simulation of Plastic Deformation and Fracture in Crystals"
    Journal of Materials Research , vol. 19, pp. 973-976 (2004).

  • T. A. Khraishi, L. Yan and Y.-L. Shen
    "Dynamic Simulation of Dislocation-Particle Interaction in Metal-Matrix Composites"
    International Journal of Plasticity , vol. 20, pp. 1039-1057 (2004).

  • Y.-L. Shen, K. C. R. Abell and S. E. Garrett
    "Effects of Grain Boundary Sliding on Microstructural Evolution and Damage Accumulation in Tin-Lead Alloy"
    International Journal of Damage Mechanics , vol. 13, pp. 225-240 (2004).

  • R. W. Leger, Y.-L. Shen and T. A. Khraishi
    "Defect Nucleation during Nanoindentation: An Atomistic Analysis"
    Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience , vol. 1, pp. 261-264 (2004).

  • R. W. Leger, T. A. Khraishi and Y.-L. Shen
    "A Dislocation Dynamics Study of Strength Differential in Particle-Containing Metals during Cyclic Loading"
    Journal of Materials Science , vol. 39, pp. 3593-3604 (2004).

  • Y.-L. Shen and R. W. Leger
    "Atomistic Analysis of Nano-scale Crystal Plasticity in Thin Metal Films"
    Journal of Mechanics , vol. 20, pp. 1-12 (2004).

  • L. Yan, T. A. Khraishi, Y.-L. Shen and M. F. Horstemeyer
    "A Distributed-Dislocation Method for Treating Free-Surface Image Stresses in 3D Dislocation Dynamics Simulations"
    Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering , vol. 12, pp. s289-s301 (2004).

  • R. Pereyra and Y.-L. Shen
    "Characterization of Particle Concentration in Indentation-Deformed Metal-Ceramic Composites"
    Materials Characterization , vol. 53, pp.373-380 (2004).

  • N. Chawla, Y.-L. Shen, X. Deng and E. S. Ege
    "An Evaluation of the Lap-Shear Test for Sn-rich Solder/Cu Couples: Experiments and Simulation"
    Journal of Electronic Materials , vol. 33, pp.1589-1595 (2004).

  • Y.-L. Shen
    "Thermomechanical Modeling of Metal Interconnects in Microelectronic Devices"
    in Recent Research Development in Materials Science IV, Part I, Chapter 6, pp. 125-155, Research Signpost, 2003.

  • Y.-L. Shen and U. Ramamurty
    "Constitutive Response of Passivated Copper Films to Thermal Cycling"
    Journal of Applied Physics , vol. 93, pp. 1806-1812 (2003).

  • B. D. Kozola and Y.-L. Shen
    "A Mechanistic Analysis of the Correlation between Overall Strength and Indentation Hardness in Discontinuously Reinforced Aluminum"
    Journal of Materials Science , vol. 38, pp. 901-907 (2003).

  • J. Lerma, T. Khraishi, Y.-L. Shen and B. D. Wirth
    "The Elastic Fields of Misfit Cylindrical Particles: A Dislocation-Based Numerical Approach"
    Mechanics Research Communications , vol. 30, pp. 325-334 (2003).

  • Y.-L. Shen and U. Ramamurty
    "Temperature Dependent Inelastic Response of Passivated Copper Films: Experiments, Analyses and Implications"
    Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B, vol. 21, pp. 1258-1264 (2003).

  • M. M. Mulholland, E. S. Ege, T. A. Khraishi, M. F. Horstemeyer and Y.-L. Shen
    "Cavity Mediated Strain Localization and Overall Ductility in Eutectic Tin-Lead Alloy"
    Materials Science and Engineering A , vol. 360, pp.160-168 (2003).

  • Y.-L. Shen
    "Strength and Interface-Constrained Plasticity in Thin Metal Films"
    Journal of Materials Research , vol. 18, pp. 2281-2284 (2003).

  • E. S. Ege and Y.-L. Shen
    "Thermo-mechanical Response and Stress Analysis of Copper Interconnects"
    Journal of Electronic Materials , vol. 32, pp. 1000-1011 (2003).

  • K. C. R. Abell and Y.-L. Shen
    "Deformation Induced Phase Rearrangement in Near Eutectic Tin-Lead Alloy"
    Acta Materialia , vol. 50, pp. 3191-3202 (2002).

  • M. S. Kilijanski and Y.-L. Shen
    "Analysis of Thermal Stresses in Metal Interconnects with Multilevel Structures"
    Microelectronics Reliability , vol. 42, pp. 259-264 (2002).

  • Y.-L. Shen and K. C. R. Abell
    "Phase Realignment in Deformed Tin-Lead Eutectic"
    Journal of Materials Science Letters , vol. 21, pp. 631-633 (2002).

  • Y.-L. Shen and Y. L. Guo
    "Indentation Modeling of Heterogeneous Materials"
    Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering , vol. 9, pp. 391-398 (2001).

  • Y.-L. Shen, J. J. Williams, G. Piotrowski, N. Chawla and Y. L. Guo
    "Correlation between Tensile and Indentation Behavior of Particle-Reinforced Metal Matrix Composites: An Experimental and Numerical Study"
    Acta Materialia , vol. 49, pp. 3219-3229 (2001).

  • T. Wilkins and Y.-L. Shen
    "Stress Enhancement at Inclusion Particles in Aluminum Matrix Composites: Computational Modeling and Implications to Fatigue Damage"
    Computational Materials Science , vol. 22, pp. 291-299 (2001).

  • Y.-L. Shen, M. C. Abeyta and H. E. Fang
    "Microstructural Changes in Eutectic Tin-Lead Alloy due to Severe Bending"
    Materials Science and Engineering A , vol. 308, pp. 288-291 (2001).

  • Y.-L. Shen
    "Local Joule Heating and Overall Resistance Increase in Void-Containing Aluminum Interconnects"
    Journal of Electronic Materials , vol. 30, pp. 367-371 (2001).

  • N. Chawla and Y.-L. Shen
    "Mechanical Behavior of Particle Reinforced Metal Matrix Composites - A Review"
    Advanced Engineering Materials, vol. 3, pp. 357-370 (2001).

  • Y.-L. Shen, W. Li and H. E. Fang
    "Phase Structure and Cyclic Deformation in Eutectic Tin-Lead Alloy: A Numerical Analysis"
    ASME Journal of Electronic Packaging , vol. 123, pp. 74-78 (2001).

  • Y.-L. Shen and N. Chawla
    "On the Correlation between Hardness and Tensile Strength in Particle Reinforced Metal Matrix Composites"
    Materials Science and Engineering A , vol. 297, pp. 44-47 (2001).

  • Y.-L. Shen, Y. L. Guo and C. A. Minor
    "Voiding Induced Stress Redistribution and its Reliability Implications in Metal Interconnects"
    Acta Materialia , vol. 48, pp. 1667-1678 (2000).

  • Y.-L. Shen, W. Li, D. L. Sulsky and H. L. Schreyer
    "Localization of Plastic Deformation along Grain Boundaries in a Hardening Material"
    International Journal of Mechanical Sciences , vol. 42, pp. 2167-2189 (2000).

  • Q. F. Duan and Y. -L. Shen
    "On the Prediction of Electromigration Voiding Using Stress-based Modeling"
    Journal of Applied Physics , vol. 87, pp. 4039-4041 (2000).

  • Y.-L. Shen, E. Fishencord and N. Chawla
    "Correlating Macrohardness and Tensile Behavior in Discontinuously Reinforced Metal Matrix Composites"
    Scripta Materialia , vol. 42, pp. 427-432 (2000).

  • N. Chawla, U. Habel, Y.-L. Shen, C. Andres, J.W. Jones, and J.E. Allison
    "Effect of Matrix Microstructure on the Tensile and Fatigue Behavior of SiC Particle Reinforced Al Matrix Composites"
    Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A , vol. 31A, pp. 531-540 (2000).

  • Y. -L. Shen
    "Analysis of Joule Heating in Multilevel Interconnects"
    Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B , vol. 17, pp. 2115-2121 (1999).

  • C. A. Minor, Y. L. Guo and Y. -L. Shen
    "On the Propensity of Electromigration Void Growth from Pre-existing Stress-Voids in Metal Interconnects"
    Scripta Materialia , vol. 41, pp. 347-352 (1999).

  • Y. -L. Shen and Y. L. Guo
    "Designing Test Interconnect Structures for Micro-scale Stress Measurement: An Analytical Guidance"
    Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B , vol. 17, pp. 448-454 (1999).

  • C. -T. Lin, Y. -L. Shen, R. Becker and S. Suresh
    "Grain Morphology, Texture and Microhardness Gradients in Aluminum Diffusion-Bonded to Aluminum Oxide"
    Acta Materialia , vol. 47, pp. 501-515 (1999).

  • Y. -L. Shen
    "Void Nucleation in Metal Interconnects: Combined Effects of Interface Flaws and Crystallographic Slip"
    Journal of Materials Research , vol. 14, pp. 584-591 (1999).

  • Y. -L. Shen
    "Stresses, Deformation, and Void Nucleation in Locally Debonded Metal Interconnects"
    Journal of Applied Physics , vol. 84, pp. 5525-5530 (1998).

  • Y. -L. Shen
    "Thermal Expansion of Metal-Ceramic Composites: A Three-Dimensional Analysis"
    Materials Science and Engineering A , vol. 252, pp. 269-275 (1998).

  • M. Chaturvedi and Y. -L. Shen
    "Thermal Expansion of Particle-Filled Plastic Encapsulant: A Micromechanical Characterization"
    Acta Materialia , vol. 46, pp. 4287-4302 (1998).

  • A. Gouldstone, Y. -L. Shen, S. Suresh and C. V. Thompson
    "Evolution of Stresses in Passivated and Unpassivated Metal Interconnects"
    Journal of Materials Research , vol. 13, pp. 1956-1966 (1998).

  • Y. -L. Shen, S. Suresh, M. Y. He, A. Bagchi, O. Kienzle, M. Ruhle and A. G. Evans
    "Stress Evolution in Passivated Thin Films of Cu on Silica Substrates"
    Journal of Materials Research , vol. 13, pp. 1928-1937 (1998).

  • Y. -L. Shen
    "Effects of Pre-existing Interfacial Defects on the Stress Evolution in Aluminum Interconnection Lines"
    IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging, and Manufacturing Technology, Part A , vol. 21, pp. 127-131 (1998).

  • Y. -L. Shen
    "On the Formation of Voids in Thin-film Metal Interconnects"
    Scripta Materialia , vol. 37, 1805 (1997).

  • Y. -L. Shen
    "Combined Effects of Microvoids and Phase Contiguity on the Thermal Expansion of Metal-Ceramic Composites"
    Materials Science and Engineering A , vol. A237, 102 (1997).

  • Y. -L. Shen
    "Thermal Stresses in Multilevel Interconnections: Aluminum Lines at Different Levels"
    Journal of Materials Research , vol. 12, 2219 (1997).

  • Y. -L. Shen
    "Modeling of Thermal Stresses in Metal Interconnects: Effects of Line Aspect Ratio"
    Journal of Applied Physics , vol. 82, 1578 (1997).

  • D. K. Balch, T. J. Fitzgerald, V. J. Michaud, A. Mortensen, Y. -L. Shen and S. Suresh
    "Thermal Expansion of Metals Reinforced with Ceramic Particles and Microcellular Foams"
    Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, vol. 27A, 3700 (1996).

  • Y. -L. Shen, S. Suresh and I. A. Blech
    "Stresses, Curvatures and Shape Changes Arising from Patterned Lines on Silicon Wafers"
    Journal of Applied Physics , vol. 80, 1388 (1996).

  • Y. -L. Shen and S. Suresh
    "Steady-State Creep of Metal-Ceramic Multilayered Materials"
    Acta Materialia , vol. 44, 1337 (1996).

  • Y. -L. Shen, S. Suresh and J. B. Bernstein
    "Laser Linking of Metal Interconnects: Analysis and Design Considerations"
    IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices , vol. 43, 402 (1996).

  • Y. -L. Shen and S. Suresh
    "Thermal Cycling and Stress Relaxation Response of Si-Al and Si-Al-SiO2 Multilayered Thin Films"
    Acta Metallurgica et Materialia , vol. 43, 3915 (1995).

  • Y. -L. Shen and S. Suresh
    "Elastoplastic Deformation of Multilayered Materials due to Thermal Cycling"
    Journal of Materials Research , vol. 10, 1200 (1995).

  • Y. -L. Shen, M. Finot, A. Needleman and S. Suresh
    "Effective Plastic Response of Two-Phase Composites"
    Acta Metallurgica et Materialia , vol. 43, 1701 (1995).

  • M. Finot, Y. -L. Shen, A. Needleman and S. Suresh
    "Micromechanical Modeling of Reinforcement Fracture in Particle-Reinforced Metal-Matrix Composites"
    Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, vol. 25A, 2403 (1994).

  • Y. -L. Shen, A. Needleman and S. Suresh
    "Coefficient of Thermal Expansion of Metal-Matrix Composites for Electronic Packaging"
    Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, vol. 25A, 839 (1994).

  • Y. -L. Shen, M. Finot, A. Needleman and S. Suresh
    "Effective Elastic Response of Two-Phase Composites"
    Acta Metallurgica et Materialia , vol. 42, 77 (1994)

  • Y. -L. Shen
    "A Note on the 19-degree Shear Bands in Rolled F.C.C. Metals"
    Scripta Metallurgica et Materialia , vol. 29, 1665 (1993).

  • Y. -L. Shen
    "An Analysis of Shear Band Formation in {100}<011> Textured F.C.C. Metals"
    Philosophical Magazine Letters , vol. 67, 73 (1993).

  • Y. -L. Shen
    "Comment on 'A Criterion for the Prediction of Shear Band Angles in F.C.C. Metals'"
    Scripta Metallurgica et Materialia , vol. 28, 145 (1993).

  • Y. -L. Shen
    "On the Shear Band Formation in F.C.C. Metals"
    Scripta Metallurgica et Materialia , vol. 25, 1081 (1991).

  • Y. -L. Shen, J. J. Chan and S. C. Chang
    "The Shear-Band Stress-Corrosion Cracking of an Aluminum-Lithium Alloy"
    Journal of Materials Science Letters , vol. 7, 787 (1988).


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