PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

Robertson SW, Jessup DB, Boero IJ, Cheng CP.  Right Renal Artery In Vivo Stent Fracture. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2008, 19(3); 439-442. <link>

Gall K, Tyber J, Wilkesanders G, Robertson SW, Ritchie RO, Maier HJ. Effect of Microstructure on the Fatigue of Hot Rolled and Cold Drawn NiTi Shape Memory Alloys.  Mat Sci Eng A 2008; In Press Corrected Proof; doi: 10.1016/j.msea.2007.11.033. <link>

Pelton AR, Schroeder V, Mitchell MR, Gong XY, Barney M, Robertson S. Fatigue and Durability of Nitinol Stents. J Mech Behav Biomed Mater 2008, 1; 153-164. <link>

Robertson SW, Ritchie RO.  A Fracture-Mechanics Based Approach to Fracture Control in Biomedical Devices Manufactured from Nitinol Tube.  J. Biomed. Mater. Res. B 2008, 84B(1); 26-33. <link>

Robertson SW, Mehta A, Pelton AR, Ritchie RO. Evolution of crack-tip transformation zones in superelastic Nitinol subjected to in situ fatigue: A fracture mechanics and synchrotron X-ray microdiffraction analysis. Acta Mater 2007, 55(18); 6198-6207. <link>

Robertson SW, Ritchie RO. In vitro fatigue-crack growth and fracture toughness behaviour of thin-walled superelastic Nitinol tube for endovascular stents: A basis for defining the effect of crack-like defects. Biomaterials 2007; V28(4): 700-709. <link>

Stankiewicz JM, Robertson SW, Ritchie RO.  Fatigue-crack growth properties of thin-walled superelastic austenitic Nitinol tube for endovascular stents. J. Biomed. Mater. Res. A 2007; 81A (3): 685-691. <link>

Robertson SW, Gong XY, Ritchie RO. Effect of Product Form and Heat Treatment on the Crystallographic Texture of Austenitic Nitinol.  J Mater Sci 2006; V41; 621-630. <link>

Robertson SW, Imbeni V, Wenk H-R, Ritchie RO. Crystallographic texture for tube and plate of the superelastic/shape-Memory alloy Nitinol used for endovascular stents.  J Biomed Mater Res A 2005; V72A; Iss 2: 190-199. <link>

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Robertson SW, Stankiewicz J, and Ritchie RO.  A Fracture Mechanics-Based Approach to Fatigue of Nitinol Tube.  Proceedings of the International Conference on Shape Memory and Superelastic Technologies, SMST Society, Inc.; Monterey, CA; 2006, accepted for publication.

Robertson SW, Mehta A, Gong XY, Pelton A, and Ritchie RO.  Ultrahigh Resolution Diffraction Characterization of the Local Mechanics at a Crack Tip.  Proceedings of the International Conference on Shape Memory and Superelastic Technologies, SMST Society, Inc.; Monterey, CA; 2006, accepted for publication.

Mehta A, Tamura N, Robertson S, Imbeni V, Pelton A, and Ritchie R.  The Marriage of Mechanical Testing and Synchrotron Radiation Micro-Diffraction. Proceedings of the International Conference on Shape Memory and Superelastic Technologies, SMST Society, Inc.; Monterey, CA; 2006, accepted for publication.

Pelton AR, Mehta A, Zhu L, Trepanier C, Imbeni V, Robertson S, Barney M, and Minor A. TiNi Oxidation: Kinetics and Phase Transformations.  Proceedings of The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) Solid-to-Solid Transformations in Inorganic Materials 2005, Vol. 2: Phase Transformations in Novel Systems or Special Materials.  Edited by James H. Howe, David E. Laughlin, Jong K. Lee, Ulrich Dahmen, and William A. Soffa.

Robertson SW, Imbeni V, Wenk HR, and Ritchie RO. Crystallographic texture in Austenitic Nitinol. Proceedings of the International Conference on Shape Memory and Superelastic Technologies, Baden-Baden, Germany, Oct 3-7, 2004; M Mertmann, ed.; ASM International; 37-43.

Robertson SW, Stankiewicz J, Gong XY, Ritchie RO.  Cyclic Fatigue of Nitinol.  Proceedings of the International Conference on Shape Memory and Superelastic Technologies, Baden-Baden, Germany, Oct 3-7, 2004; M Mertmann, ed.; ASM International; 79-88.

Stankiewicz J, Robertson SW, Gong XY, Wenk HR, and Ritchie RO.  Effects of Texture on the Fatigue Resistance of Nitinol.  Tenth International Congress and Exposition of the Society for Experimental Mechanics; Costa Mesa, California, USA; Session 54: Nitinol II, Paper No. 453. June 7-10, 2004.

Robertson SW, Imbeni V, Notkina E, Wenk HR, Ritchie RO. Texture in tubes and plates of the superelastic/shape-memory alloy Nitinol. Proceedings of the International Conference on Shape Memory and Superelastic Technologies; A. R. Pelton and T. Duerig, eds.; SMST Society, Inc., Menlo Park, CA, 2003; 341-347.

Imbeni V, Mehta A, Robertson SW, Duerig TW, Pelton A, and Ritchie RO. On the Mechanical Behaviour of Nitinol under Multiaxial Loading Conditions and In Situ Synchrotron X-Ray Diffraction. Proceedings of the International Conference on Shape Memory and Superelastic Technologies; A. R. Pelton and T. Duerig, eds.; SMST Society, Inc., Menlo Park, CA, 2003; 267-276.

INVITED LECTURES

Fatigue in Biomedical Devices. ME 117: Structural Aspects of Biomaterials, Univ ofCalif. Berkeley; Feb 13, 2007.  Podcast link here. 

Stent Failures: Investigation, Research, and Fracture Mechanics. ME 117: Structural Aspects of Biomaterials, Univ of Calif. Berkeley; April 4, 2006.  Podcast link here or here.