Publications

• A. Hussein, M. Cauwels, L. Claeys, T. Depover, K. Verbeken. A full-field model for hydrogen diffusion and trapping in two-phase microstructures: Application to thermal desorption spectroscopy of duplex stainless steel. Acta Mater. (2025): 121042.  10.1016/j.actamat.2025.121042 (Open access)

• A. Hussein, Finite Element Theory for PHIMATS. 2025. doi: 10.48550/ARXIV. 2502.16283. arxiv version 

• A. Hussein, B. Kim, K. Verbeken, T. Depover, The Effect of grain Boundary misorientation on hydrogen flux using a phase‐field‐based diffusion and trapping model. Adv. Eng. Mater. 26(22)(2024): 2401561. 10.1002/adem.202401561  arxiv version

• A. Hussein, S. van der Zwaag, B. Kim, The effect of micromechancial stresses on vacancy formation and stress-driven mass-transport in polycrystalline Fe-Au alloy. Mater. Chem. Phys. (2024) 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2024.128878.

• A. Hussein, B. Kim, T. Depover, K. Verbeken, Modeling the effect of hydrogen grain boundary diffusivity and trapping on hydrogen transport using a phase-field compatible formulation. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy. 55 (2024) 1445-1455. 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2023.11.270 arxiv version

• A. Hussein, A.H.M. Krom, P. Dey, G.K. Sunnardianto, O.A. Moultos, C.L. Walters, The effect of hydrogen content and yield strength on the distribution of hydrogen in steel: a diffusion coupled micromechanical FEM study, Acta Mater. 209 (2021) 116799. 10.1016/j.actamat.2021.116799 (Open access)

• G.K. Sunnardianto, G. Bokas, A. Hussein, C. Walters, O.A. Moultos, P. Dey, Efficient hydrogen storage in defective graphene and its mechanical stability: A combined density functional theory and molecular dynamics simulation study, Int. J. Hydrogen Energy. 46 (2021) 5485–5494. 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2020.11.068

• A. Hussein, S. Ramasundaram, B. Kim, A novel method for fabricating bioinspired layered nanocomposites using aligned graphene oxide/PVDF and their micromechanical modeling, Mater. Today Commun. 24 (2020) 101050. 10.1016/j.mtcomm.2020.101050

• A. Hussein, B. Kim, Micromechanics based FEM study on the mechanical properties and damage of epoxy reinforced with graphene based nanoplatelets. Compos. Struct. (2019) 215:266–77. 10.1016/j.compstruct.2019.02.059

• A. Hussein, B. Kim, Graphene/polymer nanocomposites: The active role of the matrix in stiffening mechanics. Compos. Struct. (2018) 202:170–81. 10.1016/j.compstruct.2018.01.023

• A. Hussein, S. Sarkar, K. Lee, B. Kim, Cryogenic fracture behavior of epoxy reinforced by a novel graphene oxide/poly(p-phenylenediamine) hybrid, Compos. Part B Eng. (2017) 129:133–42. 10.1016/j.compositesb.2017.07.085

• S. Sarkar, A. Hussein, B. Kim, Effects of Changing the Amount of Oxidizing Agents on the Structural Properties of Graphene Oxide and its Dispersion Stability in an Aqueous Medium, Chem. Eng. Commun. (2017) 204:221–31. 10.1080/00986445.2016.1260009

• A. Hussein, S. Sarkar, D. Oh, K. Lee, B. Kim, Epoxy/p-phenylenediamine functionalized graphene oxide composites and evaluation of their fracture toughness and tensile properties, J. Appl. Polym. Sci. (2016) 133:43821–43821.  10.1002/app.43821

• A. Hussein, S. Sarkar, B. Kim, Low Temperature Reduction of Graphene Oxide Using Hot-plate for Nanocomposites Applications, J. Mater. Sci. Technol. (2016) 32:411–418. 10.1016/j.jmst.2016.02.001

• A. Hussein, M.A.-H. Gepreel, M.K. Gouda, A.M. Hefnawy, S.H. Kandil, Biocompatibility of new Ti–Nb–Ta base alloys, Mater. Sci. Eng. C. (2016) 61:574–578. 10.1016/j.msec.2015.12.071