Dr Damon Kent
Honorary Principal Fellow
School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering
Researcher biography
Associate Professor Damon Kent is an expert in the development and processing of metallic biomaterials, light structural metals and metallic composites. He applies advanced characterisation to study the links between structure and processing with the aim to control properties and performance.
Book Chapter
Wang, Gui, Kent, Damon, Paladugu, Mohanchand, Yu, Zhen Tao and Dargusch, Matthew S. (2010). Microstructure and mechanical properties of cast Ti25Nb3Mo3Zr2Sn alloy. Manufacturing Science and Engineering I: International Conference on Manufacturing Science and Engineering (ICMSE 2009)Procedings, Zhuhai, Peoples Republic of China, 26-28 December, 2009. (pp. 488-491) edited by Zhengyi Jiang and Chunliang Zhang. Switzerland: Trans Tech Publications. doi: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.97-101.488
Journal Articles
Rodriguez, Laureano Gonzalez, Kent, Damon, Rathnayaka, Charith, Fairweather, Helen and McCallum, Adrian (2024). Fibre optic sensing technology for field assessment of thermal conductivity of aquatic sediments. Journal of Soils and Sediments. doi: 10.1007/s11368-024-03772-3
Dargusch, Matthew S., Soro, Nicolas, Demir, Ali Gokhan, Venezuela, Jeffrey, Sun, Qiang, Wang, Yuan, Abdal-hay, Abdalla, Alali, Aya Q., Ivanovski, Saso, Previtali, Barbara and Kent, Damon (2024). Optimising degradation and mechanical performance of additively manufactured biodegradable Fe–Mn scaffolds using design strategies based on triply periodic minimal surfaces. Smart Materials in Medicine, 5 (1), 127-139. doi: 10.1016/j.smaim.2023.10.003
Fu, Yu, Xiao, Wenlong, Kent, Damon, Rong, Jian, Zhao, Xinqing and Ma, Chaoli (2023). Natural aging of a metastable β-type titanium alloy to simultaneously enhance yield strength and uniform elongation. Scripta Materialia, 234 115569, 1-6. doi: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2023.115569
Liu, Xiaosong, Chen, Guoqiang, Zhong, Xiongxiong, Wang, Tianfang, He, Xiaohong, Yuan, Weipeng, Zhang, Pingping, Liu, Ying, Cao, Dongming, Chen, Shu, Manabe, Ken-ichi, Jiang, Zhengyi, Furushima, Tsuyoshi, Kent, Damon, Chen, Yang, Ni, Guoying, Gao, Mingyong and Li, Hejie (2023). Degradation of differently processed Mg-based implants leads to distinct foreign body reactions (FBRs) through dissimilar signaling pathways. Journal of Magnesium and Alloys, 11 (6), 2106-2124. doi: 10.1016/j.jma.2022.03.017
Gonzalez Rodriguez, Laureano, McCallum, Adrian, Kent, Damon, Rathnayaka, Charith and Fairweather, Helen (2023). A review of sedimentation rates in freshwater reservoirs: recent changes and causative factors. Aquatic Sciences, 85 (2) 60. doi: 10.1007/s00027-023-00960-0
Attar, Hooyar, Ehtemam-Haghighi, Shima, Kent, Damon and Dargusch, Matthew S. (2023). Laser additive manufacturing of low‐cost Ti–Mo alloys: microstructural evolution, phase analysis, and mechanical properties. Advanced Engineering Materials, 25 (6) 2201265. doi: 10.1002/adem.202201265
Rogers, Samuel, Dargusch, Matthew and Kent, Damon (2023). Impacts of temperature and time on direct nitridation of aluminium powders for preparation of AlN reinforcement. Materials, 16 (4) 1583, 1-13. doi: 10.3390/ma16041583
Huang, Zhuoyu, Jowers, Casey, Kent, Damon, Dehghan-Manshadi, Ali and Dargusch, Matthew S. (2022). The implementation of Industry 4.0 in manufacturing: from lean manufacturing to product design. International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 121 (5-6), 3351-3367. doi: 10.1007/s00170-022-09511-7
Soro, Nicolas, Brodie, Erin G., Abdal-hay, Abdalla, Alali, Aya Q., Kent, Damon and Dargusch, Matthew S. (2022). Additive manufacturing of biomimetic titanium-tantalum lattices for biomedical implant applications. Materials and Design, 218 110688, 1-14. doi: 10.1016/j.matdes.2022.110688
Sjafrizal, Teddy, Kent, Damon, Dehghan-Manshadi, Ali, Xiao, Wenlong and Dargusch, Matthew S. (2022). Metastable Ti-Fe-Ge alloys with high elastic admissible strain. Materialia, 21 101304, 101304. doi: 10.1016/j.mtla.2021.101304
McCallum, Adrian B., Kent, Damon and Lee, Denham (2022). Sugar as an analogue for snow in penetration testing: a preliminary comparison. Powders, 1 (1), 33-46. doi: 10.3390/powders1010004
Liu, Shiyang, Zhan, Hongyi, Kent, Damon, Tan, Qiyang, Yin, Yu, Doan, Nghiem, Wang, Chang, Dargusch, Matthew and Wang, Gui (2022). Effect of Mg on dynamic recrystallization of Zn–Mg alloys during room-temperature compression. Materials Science and Engineering: A, 830 142243, 142243. doi: 10.1016/j.msea.2021.142243
Wang, Xiaoying, Jowers, Casey, Mazur, Maciej, Buddery, Alexander, Kent, Damon, Bab-Hadiashar, Alireza and Easton, Mark (2022). Automated quality control inspection of geometric tip defects in medical needle manufacturing. International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 123 (7-8), 2371-2384. doi: 10.1007/s00170-022-10249-5
Dunn, Peter K., Brunton, Elizabeth, Marshman, Margaret, McDougall, Robert, Kent, Damon, Masters, Nicole and McKay, David (2021). The first paragraph is as good as it gets: STEM articles in Wikipedia and opportunistic learning. College Teaching, 71 (1), 1-10. doi: 10.1080/87567555.2021.2004387
Liu, Shiyang, Kent, Damon, Zhan, Hongyi, Doan, Nghiem, Wang, Chang, Yu, Sen, Dargusch, Matthew and Wang, Gui (2021). Influence of strain rate and crystallographic orientation on dynamic recrystallization of pure Zn during room-temperature compression. Journal of Materials Science and Technology, 86, 237-250. doi: 10.1016/j.jmst.2020.12.077
Raza, Mehdi, Shewchenko, Lee, Olofinjana, Ayodele, Kent, Damon, Mata, Jitendra and Haque, Rezwanul (2021). The effects of Bi substitution for Sn on mechanical properties of Sn-based lead-free solders. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 32 (17), 22155-22167. doi: 10.1007/s10854-021-06691-y
Ng, C. H., Bermingham, M. J., Kent, D. and Dargusch, M. S. (2021). High stability and high strength β-titanium alloys for additive manufacturing. Materials Science and Engineering A, 816 141326, 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.msea.2021.141326
Ehtemam-Haghighi, Shima, Attar, Hooyar, Okulov, Ilya V., Dargusch, Matthew S. and Kent, Damon (2021). Microstructural evolution and mechanical properties of bulk and porous low-cost Ti–Mo–Fe alloys produced by powder metallurgy. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 853 156768. doi: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2020.156768
Zhu, Hanliang, Wang, Zhiyang, Muránsky, Ondrej, Davis, Joel, Yu, Sen, Kent, Damon, Wang, Gui and Dargusch, Matthew S. (2021). The characterisation and formation of novel microstructural features in a Ti−Nb−Zr−Mo−Sn alloy manufactured by Laser Engineered Net Shaping (LENS). Additive Manufacturing, 37 101705, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.addma.2020.101705
Fu, Yu, Xiao, Wenlong, Kent, Damon, Dargusch, Matthew S., Wang, Junshuai, Zhao, Xinqing and Ma, Chaoli (2020). Ultrahigh strain hardening in a transformation-induced plasticity and twinning-induced plasticity titanium alloy. Scripta Materialia, 187, 285-290. doi: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2020.06.029
Sjafrizal, Teddy, Kent, Damon, Dehghan-Manshadi, Ali, Yan, Ming and S. Dargusch, Matthew (2020). Role of germanium in microstructural development of powder metallurgy Ti-20Cr-xGe alloys. Materials Letters, 274 127964, 127964. doi: 10.1016/j.matlet.2020.127964
Yin, Yu, Kent, Damon, Tan, Qiyang, Bermingham, Michael and Zhang, Ming-Xing (2020). Spheroidization behaviour of a Fe-enriched eutectic high-entropy alloy. Journal of Materials Science and Technology, 51, 173-179. doi: 10.1016/j.jmst.2020.01.066
Bermingham, M. J., Kent, D., Pace, B., Cairney, J. M. and Dargusch, M. S. (2020). High strength heat-treatable β-titanium alloy for additive manufacturing. Materials Science and Engineering A, 791 139646, 139646. doi: 10.1016/j.msea.2020.139646
Yin, Yu, Tan, Qiyang, Wang, Tong, Kent, Damon, Mo, Ning, Bermingham, Michael, Li, Huijun and Zhang, Ming-Xing (2020). Eutectic modification of Fe-enriched high-entropy alloys through minor addition of boron. Journal of Materials Science, 55 (29), 14571-14587. doi: 10.1007/s10853-020-05025-3
Ren, Lei, Xiao, Wenlong, Kent, Damon, Wan, Min, Ma, Chaoli and Zhou, Lian (2020). Simultaneously enhanced strength and ductility in a metastable β-Ti alloy by stress-induced hierarchical twin structure. Scripta Materialia, 184, 6-11. doi: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2020.03.039
Attar, Hooyar, Ehtemam-Haghighi, Shima, Soro, Nicolas, Kent, Damon and Dargusch, Matthew S. (2020). Additive manufacturing of low-cost porous titanium-based composites for biomedical applications: advantages, challenges and opinion for future development. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 827 154263, 154263. doi: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2020.154263
Yin, Yu, Chen, Zhihan, Mo, Ning, Kent, Damon, Candella, Adhitya Riadhi, Koey, Kai En, Tan, Qiyang, Bermingham, Michael and Zhang, Ming-Xing (2020). High-temperature age-hardening of a novel cost-effective Fe45Ni25Cr25Mo5 high entropy alloy. Materials Science and Engineering A, 788 139580, 139580. doi: 10.1016/j.msea.2020.139580
Liu, Shiyang, Kent, Damon, Zhan, Hongyi, Doan, Nghiem, Dargusch, Matthew and Wang, Gui (2020). Dynamic recrystallization of pure zinc during high strain-rate compression at ambient temperature. Materials Science and Engineering A, 784 139325, 139325. doi: 10.1016/j.msea.2020.139325
Chen, Yunhui, Han, Pingping, Dehghan-Manshadi, Ali, Kent, Damon, Ehtemam-Haghighi, Shima, Jowers, Casey, Bermingham, Michael, Li, Tong, Cooper-White, Justin and Dargusch, Matthew S. (2020). Sintering and biocompatibility of blended elemental Ti-xNb alloys. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 104 103691, 103691. doi: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2020.103691
Xiao, Wenlong, Dargusch, Matthew S., Kent, Damon, Zhao, Xinqing and Ma, Chaoli (2020). Activation of homogeneous precursors for formation of uniform and refined α precipitates in a high-strength β-Ti alloy. Materialia, 9 100557, 100557. doi: 10.1016/j.mtla.2019.100557
Dargusch, M.S., Balasubramani, N., Venezuela, J., Johnston, S., Wang, G., Lau, C., Bermingham, M., Kent, D. and StJohn, D.H. (2020). Improved biodegradable magnesium alloys through advanced solidification processing. Scripta Materialia, 177, 234-240. doi: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2019.10.028
Sjafrizal, Teddy, Dehghan-Manshadi, Ali, Kent, Damon, Yan, Ming and Dargusch, Matthew S. (2020). Effect of Fe addition on properties of Ti–6Al-xFe manufactured by blended elemental process. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 102 103518, 103518. doi: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2019.103518
Carluccio, Danilo, Xu, Chun, Venezuela, Jeffrey, Cao, Yuxue, Kent, Damon, Bermingham, Michael, Demir, Ali Gökhan, Previtali, Barbara, Ye, Qingsong and Dargusch, Matthew (2020). Additively manufactured iron-manganese for biodegradable porous load-bearing bone scaffold applications. Acta Biomaterialia, 103, 346-360. doi: 10.1016/j.actbio.2019.12.018
Dehghan-Manshadi, Ali, Kent, Damon, StJohn, David and Dargusch, Matthew (2019). Properties of powder metallurgy-fabricated oxygen-containing beta Ti-Nb-Mo-Sn-Fe alloys for biomedical applications. Advanced Engineering Materials, 22 (3) 1901229, 1901229. doi: 10.1002/adem.201901229
Dargusch, Matthew S., Wang, Gui, Kent, Damon, Bermingham, Michael, Venezuela, Jeffrey, Frith, Jessica E., Yu, Zhentao, Yu, Sen and Shi, Zhiming (2019). Comparison of the microstructure and biocorrosion properties of additively manufactured and conventionally fabricated near β Ti–25Nb–3Zr–3Mo–2Sn alloy. ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering, 5 (11) acsbiomaterials.9b00596, 5844-5856. doi: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.9b00596
Li, Tong, Lai, Minjie, Kostka, Aleksander, Salomon, Steffen, Zhang, Siyuan, Somsen, Christoph, Dargusch, Matthew S. and Kent, Damon (2019). Composition of the nanosized orthorhombic O′ phase and its direct transformation to fine α during ageing in metastable β-Ti alloys. Scripta Materialia, 170, 183-188. doi: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2019.06.008
Attar, H., Bermingham, M. J., Ehtemam-Haghighi, S., Dehghan-Manshadi, A., Kent, D. and Dargusch, M. S. (2019). Evaluation of the mechanical and wear properties of titanium produced by three different additive manufacturing methods for biomedical application. Materials Science and Engineering: A, 760, 339-345. doi: 10.1016/j.msea.2019.06.024
Carluccio, Danilo, Bermingham, Michael, Kent, Damon, Demir, Ali Gökhan, Previtali, Barbara and Dargusch, Matthew S. (2019). Comparative study of pure iron manufactured by selective laser melting, laser metal deposition, and casting processes. Advanced Engineering Materials, 21 (7) adem.201900049, 1900049. doi: 10.1002/adem.201900049
Liu, Shiyang, Kent, Damon, Doan, Nghiem, Dargusch, Matthew and Wang, Gui (2019). Effects of deformation twinning on the mechanical properties of biodegradable Zn-Mg alloys. Bioactive Materials, 4 (1), 8-16. doi: 10.1016/j.bioactmat.2018.11.001
Chen, Yunhui, Han, Pingping, Vandi, Luigi-Jules, Dehghan-Manshadi, Ali, Humphry, Jarrad, Kent, Damon, Stefani, Ilaria, Lee, Peter, Heitzmann, Michael, Cooper-White, Justin and Dargusch, Matthew (2019). A biocompatible thermoset polymer binder for Direct Ink Writing of porous titanium scaffolds for bone tissue engineering. Materials Science and Engineering: C, 95, 160-165. doi: 10.1016/j.msec.2018.10.033
Ehtemam-Haghighi, Shima, Attar, Hooyar, Dargusch, Matthew S. and Kent, Damon (2019). Microstructure, phase composition and mechanical properties of new, low cost Ti-Mn-Nb alloys for biomedical applications. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 787, 570-577. doi: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2019.02.116
Chen, Yunhui, Frith, Jessica Ellen, Dehghan-Manshadi, Ali, Kent, Damon, Bermingham, Michael and Dargusch, Matthew (2018). Biocompatible porous titanium scaffolds produced using a novel space holder technique. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research. Part B, Applied Biomaterials, 106 (8), 2796-2806. doi: 10.1002/jbm.b.34060
Li, Tong, Kent, Damon, Sha, Gang, Liu, Hongwei, Fries, Suzana G., Ceguerra, Anna V., Dargusch, Matthew S. and Cairney, Julie M. (2018). Nucleation driving force for omega-assisted formation of alpha and associated omega morphology in beta-Ti alloys. Scripta Materialia, 155, 149-154. doi: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2018.06.039
Attar, Hooyar, Ehtemam-Haghighi, Shima, Kent, Damon and Dargusch, Matthew S. (2018). Recent developments and opportunities in additive manufacturing of titanium-based matrix composites: a review. International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture, 133, 85-102. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmachtools.2018.06.003
Kent, Damon, Rahman Rashid, Rizwan, Bermingham, Michael, Attar, Hooyar, Sun, Shoujin and Dargusch, Matthew (2018). Insights into machining of a β titanium biomedical alloy from chip microstructures. Metals, 8 (9) 710, 710. doi: 10.3390/met8090710
Mereddy, S., Bermingham, M. J., Kent, D., Dehghan-Manshadi, A., Stjohn, D. H. and Dargusch, M. S. (2018). Trace carbon addition to refine microstructure and enhance properties of additive-manufactured Ti-6Al-4V. JOM, 70 (9), 1670-1676. doi: 10.1007/s11837-018-2994-x
Bermingham, M. J., Nicastro, L., Kent, D., Chen, Y. and Dargusch, M. S. (2018). Optimising the mechanical properties of Ti-6Al-4V components produced by wire + arc additive manufacturing with post-process heat treatments. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 753, 247-255. doi: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2018.04.158
Attar, Hooyar, Dargusch, Matthew S., Ehtemam-Haghighi, Shima, Kent, Damon and Wu, Xinhua (2017). Comparative study of commercially pure titanium produced by laser engineered net shaping, selective laser melting and casting processes. Materials Science and Engineering: A, 705, 385-393. doi: 10.1016/j.msea.2017.08.103
Chen, Yunhui, Frith, Jessica Ellen, Dehghan-Manshadi, Ali, Attar, Hooyar, Kent, Damon, Soro, Nicolas Dominique Mathieu, Bermingham, Michael J. and Dargusch, Matthew S. (2017). Mechanical properties and biocompatibility of porous titanium scaffolds for bone tissue engineering. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 75, 169-174. doi: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2017.07.015
Chen, Yunhui , Kent, Damon , Bermingham, Michael , Dehghan-Manshadi, Ali , Wang, Gui , Wen, Cuie and Dargusch, Matthew (2017). Manufacturing of graded titanium scaffolds using a novel space holder technique. Bioactive Materials, 2 (4), 248-252. doi: 10.1016/j.bioactmat.2017.07.001
Chen, Yunhui, Kent, Damon, Bermingham, Michael, Dehghan-Manshadi, Ali and Dargusch, Matthew (2017). Manufacturing of biocompatible porous titanium scaffolds using a novel spherical sugar pellet space holder. Materials Letters, 195, 92-95. doi: 10.1016/j.matlet.2017.02.092
Attar, H., Ehtemam-Haghighi, S., Kent, D., Okulov, I. V., Wendrock, H., Bӧnisch, M., Volegov, A. S., Calin, M., Eckert, J. and Dargusch, M. S. (2017). Nanoindentation and wear properties of Ti and Ti-TiB composite materials produced by selective laser melting. Materials Science and Engineering: A, 688, 20-26. doi: 10.1016/j.msea.2017.01.096
Li, Tong, Kent, Damon, Sha, Gang, Cairney, Julie M. and Dargusch, Matthew S. (2016). The role of ω in the precipitation of α in near-β Ti alloys. Scripta Materialia, 117, 92-95. doi: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2016.02.026
Li, Tong, Kent, Damon, Sha, Gang, Stephenson, Leigh T., Ceguerra, Anna V., Ringer, Simon P., Dargusch, Matthew S. and Cairney, Julie M. (2016). New insights into the phase transformations to isothermal ω and ω-assisted α in near β-Ti alloys. Acta Materialia, 106, 353-366. doi: 10.1016/j.actamat.2015.12.046
Zhan, Hongyi, Wang, Gui, Kent, Damon and Dargusch, Matthew (2016). The dynamic response of a metastable β Ti-Nb alloy to high strain rates at room and elevated temperatures. Acta Materialia, 105, 104-113. doi: 10.1016/j.actamat.2015.11.056
Zhang, Yaowu, Kent, Damon, Wang, Gui, St John, David and Dargusch, Matthew (2015). An investigation of the mechanical behaviour of fine tubes fabricated from a Ti-25Nb-3Mo-3Zr-2Sn alloy. Materials and Design, 85, 256-265. doi: 10.1016/j.matdes.2015.06.127
Zhan, Hongyi, Zeng, Weidong, Wang, Gui, Kent, Damon and Dargusch, Matthew (2015). On the deformation mechanisms and strain rate sensitivity of a metastable β Ti-Nb alloy. Scripta Materialia, 107, 34-37. doi: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2015.05.014
Bermingham, M. J., Kent, D., Zhan, H., StJohn, D. H. and Dargusch, M. S. (2015). Controlling the microstructure and properties of wire arc additive manufactured Ti–6Al–4V with trace boron additions. Acta Materialia, 91, 289-303. doi: 10.1016/j.actamat.2015.03.035
Tian, Yuxing, Yu, Zhentao, Ong, Chun Yee Aaron, Kent, Damon and Wang, Gui (2015). Microstructure, elastic deformation behavior and mechanical properties of biomedical β-type titanium alloy thin-tube used for stents. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 45, 132-141. doi: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2015.02.001
Bermingham, M. J., Kent, D. and Dargusch, M. S. (2015). A new understanding of the wear processes during laser assisted milling 17-4 precipitation hardened stainless steel. Wear, 328-329, 518-530. doi: 10.1016/j.wear.2015.03.025
Zhan, Hongyi, Zeng, Weidong, Wang, Gui, Kent, Damon and Dargusch, Matthew (2015). Microstructural characteristics of adiabatic shear localization in a metastable beta titanium alloy deformed at high strain rate and elevated temperatures. Materials Characterization, 102 7820, 103-113. doi: 10.1016/j.matchar.2015.02.017
Li, Tong, Kent, Damon, Sha, Gang, Dargusch, Matthew S. and Cairney, Julie M. (2015). The mechanism of ω-assisted α phase formation in near β-Ti alloys. Scripta Materialia, 104, 75-78. doi: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2015.04.007
Zhang, Yaowu, Kent, Damon, Wang, Gui, St John, David and Dargusch, Matthew (2015). Evolution of the microstructure and mechanical properties during fabrication of mini-tubes from a biomedical beta-titanium alloy. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 42, 207-218. doi: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2014.11.013
Bermingham, M. J., Sim, W. M., Kent, D., Gardiner, S. and Dargusch, M. S. (2015). Tool life and wear mechanisms in laser assisted milling Ti-6Al-4V. Wear, 322-323, 151-163. doi: 10.1016/j.wear.2014.11.001
Zhan, Hongyi, Wang, Gui, Kent, Damon and Dargusch, Matthew (2014). Constitutive modelling of the flow behaviour of a β titanium alloy at high strain rates and elevated temperatures using the Johnson-Cook and modified Zerilli-Armstrong models. Materials Science and Engineering A, 612, 71-79. doi: 10.1016/j.msea.2014.06.030
Zhan, Hongyi, Kent, Damon, Wang, Gui and Dargusch, Matthew S. (2014). The dynamic response of a β titanium alloy to high strain rates and elevated temperatures. Materials Science and Engineering A, 607, 417-426. doi: 10.1016/j.msea.2014.04.028
Li, Tong, Kent, Damon, Sha, Gang, Dargusch, Matthew S. and Cairney, Julia M. (2014). Precipitation of the α-phase in an ultrafine grained beta-titanium alloy processed by severe plastic deformation. Materials Science and Engineering A, 605, 144-150. doi: 10.1016/j.msea.2014.03.044
Zhang, Yaowu, Kent, Damon, Wang, Gui, StJohn, David and Dargusch, Matthew S. (2014). The cold-rolling behaviour of AZ31 tubes for fabrication of biodegradable stents. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 39, 292-303. doi: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2014.07.026
Kent, Damon, Wang, Gui and Dargusch, Matthew (2013). Effects of phase stability and processing on the mechanical properties of Ti-Nb based β Ti alloys. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 28, 15-25. doi: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2013.07.007
Kent, D., Xiao, W. L., Wang, G., Yu, Z. and Dargusch, M. S. (2012). Thermal stability of an ultrafine grain β-Ti alloy. Materials Science and Engineering A, 556, 582-587. doi: 10.1016/j.msea.2012.07.030
Kent, Damon, Pas, Steven, Zhu, Suming, Wang, Gui and Dargusch, Matthew S. (2012). Thermal analysis of precipitation reactions in a Ti-25Nb-3Mo-3Zr-2Sn alloy. Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing, 107 (4), 835-841. doi: 10.1007/s00339-012-6778-9
Bermingham, M. J., Palanisamy, S., Kent, D. and Dargusch, M. S. (2012). A comparison of cryogenic and high pressure emulsion cooling technologies on tool life and chip morphology in Ti-6Al-4V cutting. Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 212 (4), 752-765. doi: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2011.10.027
Kent, D., Wang, G., Wang, W. and Dargusch, M. S. (2012). Influence of ageing temperature and heating rate on the properties and microstructure of beta Ti alloy, Ti-6Cr-5Mo-5V-4Al. Materials Science and Engineering A: Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing, 531, 98-106. doi: 10.1016/j.msea.2011.10.040
Kent, Damon, Wang, Gui, Yu, Zhentao, Ma, Xiqun and Dargusch, Matthew (2011). Strength enhancement of a biomedical titanium alloy through a modified accumulative roll bonding technique. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 4 (3), 405-416. doi: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2010.11.013
Kent, D., Drennan, J. and Schaffer, G.B. (2011). A morphological study of nitride formed on Al at low temperature in the presence of Mg. Acta Materialia, 59 (6), 2469-2480. doi: 10.1016/j.actamat.2010.12.050
Paladugu, Mohanchand, Kent, Damon, Wang, Gui, Yu, Zhentao and Dargusch, Matthew S. (2010). Strengthening of cast Ti-25Nb-3Mo-3Zr-2Sn alloy through precipitation of α in two discrete crystallographic orientations. Materials Science and Engineering A, 527 (24-25), 6601-6606. doi: 10.1016/j.msea.2010.06.075
Kent, D., Wang, G., Yu, Z. and Dargusch, M. S. (2010). Corrigendum to "Pseudoelastic behaviour of a beta Ti–25Nb–3Zr–3Mo–2Sn alloy" [Mater. Sci. Eng. A 527 (2010) 2246–2252]. Materials Science and Engineering: A, 527 (16-17), 4524-4524. doi: 10.1016/j.msea.2010.03.060
Kent, D., Qian, M. and Schaffer, G. B. (2010). Formation of aluminium nitride during sintering of powder injection moulded aluminium. Powder Metallurgy, 53 (2), 118-124. doi: 10.1179/003258909X12523294330154
Kent, D., Wang, G., Yu, Z. and Dargusch, M. S. (2010). Pseudoelastic behaviour of a beta Ti-25Nb-3Zr-3Mo-2Sn alloy. Materials Science and Engineering A: Structural Materials: Properties, Microstructures and Processing, 527 (9), 2246-2252. doi: 10.1016/j.msea.2009.11.059
Liu, Z.Y., Kent, D. and Schaffer, G.B. (2009). Powder Injection Molding of Al-(Steel and Magnet) Hybrid Components. METALLURGICAL AND MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS A-PHYSICAL METALLURGY AND MATERIALS SCIENCE, 40A (12), 2785-2788. doi: 10.1007/s11661-009-0012-1
Liu, Z.Y., Kent, D. and Schaffer, G.B. (2009). Powder injection moulding of an Al-AlN metal matrix composite. MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING, 513-14 (C), 352-356. doi: 10.1016/j.msea.2009.02.001
Kent, D., Schaffer, G. B., Sercombe, T. B. and Drennan, J. (2006). A novel method for the production of aluminium nitride. Scripta Materialia, 54 (12), 2125-2129. doi: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2006.02.047
Kent, D., Schaffer, G. B. and Drennan, J. (2005). Age hardening of a sintered Al-Cu-Mg-Si-(Sn) alloy. Materials Science And Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure And Processing, 405 (1-2), 65-73. doi: 10.1016/j.msea.2005.05.104
Conference Papers
Kent, Damon, Wang, Gui, Yu, Zhentao, Ma, Xiqun and Dargusch, Matthew S. (2012). Development of ultrafine and nano-crystalline grain structures during modified accumulative roll bonding of titanium alloy, Ti-25Nb-3Zr-3Mo-2Sn. 12th World Conference on Titanium (Ti-2011 ), Beijing, China, 19-24 June 2011. Beijing, China: Science Press.
Wang, Yongmei, Wang, Gui, Wang, Weiqi, Kent, Damon and Dargusch, Matthew S. (2011). The effect of HIPping on the microstructure and tensile properties of cast BTi-6554 alloy. The 5th International Light Metals Technology Conference (LMT 2011), Lüneburg, Germany, 19–22 July 2011. Stafa-Zurich, Switzerland: Trans Tech Publications. doi: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.690.33
Wang, Yongqiang, Wang, Gui, Wang, Weiqi, Kent, Damon and Dargusch, Matthew S. (2011). The aging response of a metastable β Ti alloy, BTi-6554. The 5th International Light Metals Technology Conference (LMT 2011), Lüneburg, Germany, 19–22 July 2011. Stafa-Zurich, Switzerland: Trans Tech Publications. doi: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.690.29
Kent, Damon, Wang,Gui, Zheng, Li Hui, Yu, Zhen Tao and Dargusch, Matthew S. (2010). Influence of heat treatment on the pseudoelastic behaviour of a beta Ti-25Nb-3Zr-3Mo-2Sn alloy. 7th Pacific Rim International Conference on Advanced Materials and Processing (PRICM 7), Cairns, QLD, Australia, 2-6 August 2010. Stafa-Zurich, Switzerland: Trans Tech Publications. doi: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.654-656.871
Wang, Gui, Wang, Weiqi, Yang, Yulan, Kent, Damon and Dargusch, Matthew S. (2010). The effect of temperature on the microstructure of a metastable beta titanium alloy. Pacific Rim International Conference on Advanced Materials and Processing, Cairns, QLD, Australia, 2-6 August 2010. Stafa-Zurich ; United Kingdom: Trans Tech Publications. doi: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.654-656.847
Liu, Z. Y., Kent, D. and Schaffer, G. B. (2009). Powder injection molding of Al-(Steel and Magnet) hybrid components. doi: 10.1007/s11661-009-0012-1
Qian, Ma, Kondoh, K., Kent, D., Umeda, J., Yu, P. and Schaffer, G. B. (2009). The in-situ fabrication of Al-AlN composites from metal powders and their resistance to wear and cavitation. Light Metals Technology 2009, Gold Coast, Brisbane, Australia, 1-3 July 2009. Uetikon, Zürich, Switzerland: Trans Tech Publications. doi: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.618-619.617
Kent, Damon, Schaffer, Graham, Qian, Ma and Liu, Zhenyun (2009). Formation of aluminium nitride during sintering of powder injection moulded aluminium. Light Metals Technology 2009, Gold Coast, Brisbane, Australia, 1-3 July 2009. Uetikon, Zürich, Switzerland: Trans Tech Publications. doi: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.618-619.631
Kent, Damon, Schaffer, Graham B., Qian, Ma and Liu, Zhenyun (2009). Formation of aluminum nitride during sintering of aluminum. 2009 International Conference on Powder Metallurgy and Particulate Materials, PowderMet 2009, Las Vegas, NV United States, 28 June - 1 July 2009. Princeton, NJ United States: Metal Powder Industries Federation.
Kent, D., Schaffer, G. B. and Drennan, J. (2007). Novel aluminium nitride surface coatings formed on aluminium. 6th Pacific Rim International Conference on Advanced Materials and Processing, Cheju Island, Korea, 5th-9th November, 2007. Stafa-Zurich, Switzerland: Trans Tech Publications. doi: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.561-565.571
Theses
Kent, Damon (2008). Synthesis and characterisation of aluminium nitride formed on aluminium at low temperature. PhD Thesis, School of Engineering, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/159669
Kent, Damon (2004). Age hardening of sintered Al-Cu-Mg-Si-Sn alloys. MPhil Thesis, School of Engineering, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/260123