“The thermodynamic punishment must fit the structural crime.”

2025

38. “Densification of zirconium diboride with varying carbon additions”, Yue Zhou*, Xiaoqing He, William Fahrenholtz, Gregory Hilmas, Scott J. McCormack, J. Eur. Ceram. Soc.,  45 (7) (2025) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2025.117250

37. "Uncertainty quantification of materials processing for ultrahigh-temperature materials", Soumya Sridar, Wei Xiong, Hessam Babaee, William Fahrenholtz and Scott J. McCormack* Am. Ceram. Soc. Bull. 025, 104(2): 28-32 (2025) Ref: https://bulletin.ceramics.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Bulletin_Vol_104_No_02_March_2025.pdf#page=30 

36. "Synthesis of highly pure Ta0.8Hf0.2C powder and dense ceramics using a combination of organic steric entrapment, carbothermal reduction methods and spark plasma sintering process", Van-Quyet Nguyen, Hee Jung Lee, Jun-Seop Kim, Hyunwoong Seo, Scott J. McCormack, Sea-Hoon Lee*, Ceramics International, In-press, (2025), DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2025.01.429 

35. "Excess Thermochemical Properties and Local Structure in the Entropy Stabilized (Hf-Zr)TiO4 System", William Rosenberg, Stuart C. Ness, Bhoopesh Mishra, Carlo U. Segre, Scott J. McCormack, Acta Materialia, 285, 120639, (2025), DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2024.120639 

34. “Trends in calorimetric fragility of normal and invert borate glasses”, Shi-Yi Chuang, Tae-min Yeo, Randi K. Swanson, Cristian Cano, Steven A. Feller, Scott J. McCormack and Sabyasachi Sen*, J. Non. Cryst. Solids., 650, 123361, (2025), DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2024.123361 

33. "Method to characterize phase transformation kinetics at high temperature", Kevin Seymour, Daniel Ribero, Scott J. McCormack, Waltraud Kriven*, J. Am. Ceram. Soc., (2025) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.20276 

32. "On the product phases and the reaction kinetics of carbothermal reduction of UO2 + C at relatively low temperatures", Chinthaka M. Silva*, Kyle J. Kondrat, Bradley C. Childs, Mayline G. Ferrier, Michelle M. Greenough, Kiel Holiday, Scott J. McCormack, J. Nucl. Mater., 604, 155495 (2025) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2024.155495 

2024

31. “In-plane anisotropy and odd/even effect in layered metal-organic chalcogenides act as birefringent color filter with dispersive optical axes”, Zichao Ye, Jie Zhao, Kisung Kang, Scott J. McCormack, Yu-Tsun Shao, Mikhail Efremov, Andre Schleife, Waltraud M. Kriven, Jian-Min Zuo, Leslie H. Allen*, Advanced Optical Materials, 2402159 (2024), DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.202402159

30. Editorial: “Era of entropy: Synthesis, structure, properties and applications of high entropy materials”, Christina M. Rost*, Alessandro R. Mazza, Scott J. McCormack, Katharine Page, Abhisek Sarkar, Zac Ward, Appl. Phys. Lett., 125 200401 (2024) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0245693

29. "Charge transport in the A6B2O17 (A = Zr, Hf; B = Nb, Ta) superstructure series", Tadeusz Miruszewski, Aleksandra Mielewczyk-Gryn, Daniel Jaworski, William Rosenberg, Scott J. McCormack and Maria Gazda, J. Electrochem. Soc., 171, 034503 (2024) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ad2d90

28. "Thermostructural evolution of boron carbide characterized using in-situ X-ray diffraction", Harry Charalambous, Qirong Yang, Jesus Rivera, Isabel R. Crystal, Leila Yici Sun, Fox Thorpe, William Rosenberg, Scott J. McCormack, Gabriella C. S. King, James T. Cahill, Wyatt L. Du Frane, Joshua D. Kuntz, Elizabeth Sobalvarro Converse, Acta Materialia, 265, 119597 (2024) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2023.119597 

27. "Environmental conical nozzle levitator equipped with dual wavelength lasers", Fox Thorpe, Trevor Li, Richard Weber, Scott J. McCormack, J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 107, 2010-2023 (2024) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.19542

2023

26. "Photonics roadmap for ultra-high-temperature thermophotovoltaics", Mariama Rebello Sousa Dias, Tao Gong, Margaret A. Duncan, Stuart C. Ness, Scott J. McCormack, Marina S. Leite*, Jeremy N. Munday*, Joule, 7, 10, 2209-2227 (2023) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2023.08.015

25. “A crystallographic study of product phases of carbothermic reduction and nitridation of hafnium dioxide”, Chinthaka M. Silva*, Kyle J. Kondrat, Kiel S. Holiday, Scott J. McCormack, J. Inorg. Chem., 62, 30, 11910-11919 (2023) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c01333

24. "Summary report of CALPHAD GLOBAL, 2021", Yu Zhong*, Richard Otis, Scott J. McCormack, Wei Xiong, Zi-Kui Liu, Calphad, 102527 (2023) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.calphad.2022.102527

23. "Structure and thermodynamics of oxides/carbides/nitrides/borides at high temperatures", Qi-Jun Hong, Sergey V. Ushakov, Kristina Lilova, Alexandra Navrotsky and Scott J. McCormack*, Am. Ceram. Soc. Bull., 102, 1 (2023) Ref: https://ceramics.org/wp-content/bulletin/2023/March2023/March2023.html#p=30

22. "In-situ Synchrotron X-ray diffraction of TiB2 up to ~3050 ˚C", Elizabeth Sobalvarro Converse, Fox Thorpe, Jesus Rivera, Harry Charalambous, Gabriella King, James Cahill, Wyatt Du Frane, Joshua Kuntz, Scott J. McCormack*, J. Eur. Ceram. Soc., 43, 8 (2023) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2023.01.050

21. "Structure and Fragility of Normal and Invert Lanthanum Borate Glasses from 11B and 17O NMR Spectroscopy and Calorimetry", Randi Swanson, Jonathan Stebbins, Taemin Yeo, Yijue Xu, Ivan Hung, Zhehong Gan, Scott J. McCormack and Sabyasachi Sen*, J. Non. Cryst. Solids, 603, 122119 (2023) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2022.122119

2022

20. Invited Article: "Material Property Characterization in the Most Extreme Environments", Daniel K. Schreiber, Ruth Schwaiger, Martin Heilmaier, Scott J. McCormack*, MRS Bulletin, 47, 1-15 (2022) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1557/s43577-022-00441-z 

19. Invited Article: "What is in a Name: Defining "High Entropy" Oxides", Matthew Brahlek, Maria Gazda, Veerle Keepers, Alessandro Mazza, Scott J. McCormack, Aleksandra Mielewczyk-Gryn, Brianna Music, Katharine Page, Christina Rost, Susan Sinnott, Cormac Toher, Thomas Ward* and Ayako Yamamoto, APL Mater. 10, 110902 (2022) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0122727

2021

18. "A new class of entropy stabilized oxides: Commensurately modulated A6B2O17 (A = Zr, Hf; B = Nb, Ta) structures", Albert A. Voskanyan, Kristina Lilova, Scott J. McCormack, Waltraud M. Kriven, Alexandra Navrotsky*, Scripta Materialia, 204, 114139 (2021) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2021.114139

17. "Thermal Expansion and Phase Transformation in the Rare Earth Di-titanate (R2Ti2O7) System", Benjamin S. Hulbert, Scott J. McCormack, Kuo-Pin Tseng, and Waltraud M. Kriven*, Acta Cryst. B77 (2021) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S2052520621004479

16. Invited Feature Article: "Thermodynamics of high entropy oxides", Scott J. McCormack* and Alexandra Navrotsky, Acta Materialia, 202 1-21 (2021) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2020.10.043

2020

15. "Directions of zero thermal expansion and the peritectic transformation in HfTiO4", Scott J. McCormack, William A. Wheeler, Ben S. Hulbert, Waltraud, M. Kriven*, Acta Materialia,  200 187-199 (2020) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2020.08.060

14. "High-Entropy, Phase Constrained, Lanthanide Sesquioxide”, Kuo-Pin Tseng, Qun Yang, Scott J. McCormack, and Waltraud Kriven*, J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 103 569-576 (2020) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.16689

Pre-2020

13. "Crystal Structure Solution for the A6B2O17 (A = Zr, Hf | B = Nb, Ta)”, Superstructure”, Scott J. McCormack and Waltraud M. Kriven*, Acta Cryst. B75 227-234 (2019) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S2052520619001963

12. Reply to comments: “In-Situ Determination of the HfO2-Ta2O5-Temperature Phase diagram up to 3000 ˚C”, Scott J. McCormack, Kuo-Pin Tseng, Richard J.K. Weber, Denys Kapush, Sergey Ushakov, Alexandra Navrotsky and Waltraud Kriven* J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 102 7028-7030 (2019) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.16529

11. Editors Pick: "Temperature gradients for thermophysical and thermochemical property measurements to 3000 ˚C for an aerodynamically levitated spheroid”, Scott J. McCormack, Anthony Tamalonis, Richard J. K. Weber and Waltraud M. Kriven*, Rev Sci Instum., 90, 015109 (2019). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5055738

10. "In-Situ Determination of the HfO2-Ta2O5-Temperature Phase diagram up to 3000 ˚C”, Scott J. McCormack, Kuo-Pin Tseng, Richard J.K. Weber, Denys Kapush, Sergey Ushakov, Alexandra Navrotsky and Waltraud Kriven* J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 102 4848-4861 (2019) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.16271

9. "Experimental and self-consistent modelling study of de-twinning in a twinning-induced plasticity steel”, Ahmed A. Saleh, Wei Wen, Elena V. Pereloma, Scott J. McCormack, Carlos N. Tomé and Azdiar A. Gazder*. J. JOM., (2019) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-019-03374-2

8. "Chair's update on PCSA activities and welcome to the student ACerS Bulletin issue" Scott J. McCormack, Am. Ceram. Soc. Bull., 98, 26 (2019) Ref: https://bulletin-archive.ceramics.org/2019-06/28

7. "In-situ Investigation of Hf6Ta2O17 Anisotropic Thermal Expansion and Topotactic Peritectic Transformation”, Scott J. McCormack, Richard J. Weber and Waltraud M. Kriven*, Acta Materialia., 161 127-137 (2018). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2018.08.029

6. "On the First Direct Observation of De-twinning in a Twinning-Induced Plasticity Steel”, Scott J. McCormack, Wei Wen, Elena V. Pereloma, Carlos N. Tomé, Azdiar A. Gazder, Ahmed A. Saleh*, Acta Materialia., 156 172-183 (2018). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2018.06.029

5. "Alpha-Alumina and Spinel react into Single Phase High-Alumina Spinel in <3 Seconds during Flash Sintering”, David Kok, Emanuele Sortino, Devinder Yadav, Scott J. McCormack, Kuo-Pin Tseng, Waltraud M. Kriven, Rishi Raj and Martha L. Mecartney*, J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 102 644-653 (2018) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.15927

4. "Relationships Between the Orthorhombic and Hexagonal Phases in Dy2TiO5” Kevin C. Seymour, Daniel Ribero, Scott J. McCormack, and Waltraud Kriven*, J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 99 3739-3744 (2016). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.14354

3. "Broadening of Diffraction Peak Widths and Temperature Nonuniformity During Flash Experiments”, Jean-Marie Lebrun, Shikhar K. Jha, Scott J. McCormack, Waltraud M. Kriven and Rishi Raj*, J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 99 3429-3434 (2016) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.14326

2. "Deciphering the discipline: How to decide where to study your Ph.D.", Scott J. McCormack, Am. Ceram. Soc. Bull., 95, 50 (2016) Ref: https://bulletin-archive.ceramics.org/2016-09/50

1. "Investigation of Vacancies in Lead Lanthanum Zirconate Titanate”, Kevin R. Tolman, R. Ubic, Meagan Papac, Kevin C. Seymour, Scott J. McCormack, Waltraud M. Kriven and Hans Kungl*, J. Solid State Chem., 225 359-367 (2015). DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jssc.2014.12.024