Research Publications

Disciplinary Research Articles Published in Refereed Journals

1. Cocke, D. L., D. E. Mencer, Jr., D. G. Naugle and C. L. Tsai, XPS Investigation of the Surfaces of Amorphous (Ti₉₀Ru₁₀)₈₇Si₁₃, Material Chemistry and Physics 18: 71-80 (1987).
2. Cocke, D. L., T. R. Hess, T. Mebrahtu, D. E. Mencer, Jr., and D. G. Naugle, The Surface Reactivity of Ti-Cu and Ti-Al Alloys and the Ion Chemistry of Their Oxide Overlayers, Solid State Ionics, 43: 119-131 (1990).
3. Mencer, Jr., D. E., T. R. Hess, T. Mebrahtu, J. Patscheider, D. L. Cocke, and D. G. Naugle, A Novel use for Gold Diffusion Barriers in Studies of Oxygen Absorption in Titanium Films, Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications 1602-1603 (1990).
4. Mencer, Jr., D. E., D. L. Cocke and Cheonho Yoon, The Oxidation and Oxide Overlayer Stability of AgMn Alloys, Surface and Interface Analysis, 17: 31-37 (1991).
5. Mebrahtu, T., T. R. Hess, D. E. Mencer, Jr., K. G. Balke, D. G. Naugle, and D. L. Cocke, Photoelectron Spectroscopic Investigation of the Surface Reactivity of Crystalline and Amorphous Ti-Cu Alloys, Material Science and Engineering:, A134: 1041-1044 (1991).
6. Mencer, Jr., D. E., T. R. Hess, T. Mebrahtu, D. L. Cocke, and D. G. Naugle,
7. Surface Reactivity of Titanium Aluminum Alloys: Ti₃Al, TiAl, and TiAl₃, Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology, A9: 1610-1615 (1991).
8. Mencer, Jr., D. E., D. G. Naugle, D. L. Cocke, and T. O. Callaway, Structure and Thermal Stability of Amorphous Co-Deposited Ti-Al Alloys, Applied Physics Communications, 11(1): 7-18 (1992).
9. Cocke, David L., Thomas R. Hess, D. E. Mencer, Jr., and Donald G. Naugle, Prediction of Alloy Component Oxidation Order from a Kinetic Model Using Free Energies of Oxide Formation, Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, September: 2765-2766 (1994).
10. Nicolussi G.K., M.J. Pellin, K.R. Lykke, J.L.Trevor, D.E. Mencer, A.M.Davis, Surface analysis by SNMS: Femtosecond laser postionization of sputtered and laser desorbed atoms, Surface and Interface Analysis 24 (6): 363-370 (1996).
11. Trevor, Jennifer L., Donald E. Mencer, Keith R. Lykke, Michael J. Pellin, and Luke Hanley, Surface Mass Spectrometry of Biotinylated Self-Assembled Monolayers, Analytical Chemistry, 69 (21): 4331-8 (1997).
12. Mencer, D. E., Electroless Deposition of Amorphous Ni-Re-P Alloys from Acidic Hypophosphite Solutions, J. of Alloys and Compounds, June 23, 2000: 306 (1-2) 158-162 (2000).
13. D.E. Mencer, M.A. Hossain, J.R. Parga, and D.L. Cocke, Cu₃O₂, Evidence from Linear Sweep Voltammetry, J. Materials Science Letters, 21 (2): 125-127 (2002).
14. D.E. Mencer, M.A. Hossain, J.R. Parga, and D.L. Cocke, Erratum, Cu₃O₂, Evidence from Linear Sweep Voltammetry, J. Materials Science Letters, 21 (2002) 1143.
15. D.L. Cocke, D. E. Mencer, M. A. Hossain, R. Schennach, M. Kesmez, J. R. Parga and D. G. Naugle Investigation of the Metal-Oxide Buried Interfacial Zone with Linear Sweep Voltammetry J. Appl. Electrochem., 34 (9) (2004) 919-927.
16. D. E. Mencer, M. A. Hossain, R. Schennach, T. Grady, H. McWhinney, J. A. G. Gomes, M. Kesmez, J. R. Pargad, T. L. Barr and D. L. Cocke, On the surface analysis of copper oxides: the difficulty in detecting Cu₃O₂, Vacuum 77 (1) (2004) 27-35.
17. J. R. Parga,, D. L. Cocke, V. Valverdea, J. A. G. Gomes, M. Kesmez, H. Moreno, M. Weir and Donald Mencer, Characterization of Electrocoagulation for Removal of Chromium And Arsenic, Chemical Engineering and Technology, 28 (5) (2005) pp. 605-612.
18. D.L. Cocke, R. Schennach, M.A. Hossain, D.E. Mencer, H. McWhinney, J.R. Parga, M. Kesmez, J.A.G. Gomes and M.Y.A. Mollah, The low-temperature thermal oxidation of copper, Cu₃O₂, and its influence on past and future studies, Vacuum, 79 (1-2) (2005) 71-83.

Pedagogical Articles Published in Refereed Journals

1. "A Group Experiment on Solubility for General Chemistry Laboratory" by Donald E. Mencer, in preparation.
2. "Changing general chemistry lecture with interactive web-based course materials", by DE Mencer, ABSTR PAP AM CHEM SOC, 220: 347-CHED Part 1 AUG 20 2000
3. "Developing and Implementing Computer Simulations for In-Class and Small Group Work" Summer 2000 CONFCHEM: The Use of Computer Simulations in General Chemistry (an on-line conference May 12 - June 6, 2000).
4. "Experimental Evaluation of DS^o_rxn, DH^o_rxn, and DG^o_rxn Using Voltaic Cells: A First-Year College Chemistry Laboratory" by Donald E. Mencer and Elaine Elliott, The Chemical Educator, Vol. 5 (1), 2000.

Articles and Abstracts Published in Conference Proceedings

1. Cocke, David L., Thomas R. Hess, D. E. Mencer, Jr., and Donald G. Naugle, Preparation, Characterization and Surface Reactivity of Crystalline and Amorphous Strongly Interacting Alloys as Illustrated by Titanium-Aluminum, in the Proceedings of the Symposium on Corrosion, Electrochemistry, and Catalysis of Metastable Metals and Intermetallics, p. 246. Edited by C. R. Clayton and K. Hashimoto, Electrochemical Society Inc., Corrosion Division (1993), Honolulu, Hawaii, Electrochem. Society.
2. "Electrochemical processes in liquid ionic solvents" by DE Mencer in ABSTR PAP AM CHEM SOC 218: 15-ANYL Part 1 AUG 22 1999.
3. "Electroless deposition and corrosion studies of amorphous Ni-Re-P alloys deposited from acidic hypophosphite solutions" by DE Mencer, in ABSTR PAP AM CHEM SOC, 220: 63-ANYL Part 1 AUG 20 2000.
4. J.R. Parga, D.L. Cocke, W.J. Adam, D.E. Mencer, G. Irwin, and P. Morkovsky, Electrocoagulation for Removal of Heavy Metals in the Proceedings of the XXIV International Convention of the Asociacion de Ingenieros de Minas Metalurgistas y Geologos de Mexico held October 17-20, 2001 in Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico.
5. D.E. Mencer, Production of amorphous Ni-Re-P alloys from acidic hypophosphite solutions by electroless deposition in the Proceedings of the XXIII Congreso Internacional de Metalurgia y Materiales held November 7 - 9, 2001 at the Instituto Technologico de Saltillo, Saltillo, Coahillo, Mexico.
6. Jose R. Parga, David L. Cocke, Donald Mencer, and Paul Morkovsky, Electrocoagulation for Pollutant Separation and Degradation New Fundamental Knowledge (Invited) in the Proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in Materials and Materials Processing (ICAMMP-2002) held February 1 - 3, 2002 at the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India.
7. Jose R. Parga, David L. Cocke, Donald Mencer, and Paul Morkovsky, Electrocoagulation of Heavy Metals and Characterization of the Process in the Proceedings of the TMS Fall 2002 Extraction and Processing Division Meeting on Recycling and Waste Treatment in Mineral and Metal Processing: Technical and Economic Aspects held June 16 - 20, 2002 held at the Luleå University of Technology in Luleå, Sweden.
8. D.E. Mencer, Web-based Computer Simulations for In-Class, Individual, and Small Group Work, Proceedings of ED-MEDIA 2002--World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications, Denver Colorado, United States, June 24-29, 2002.
9. M.A. Hossain, M.Y.A. Mollah, D.E. Mencer, R. Schennach, H. McWhinney, and D.L. Cocke, A Potentiodynamic Study of the Influence of Chloride and Chromate on Passive Films on Copper, AVS 49th International Symposium, Denver, CO, United States, November 4-8, 2002.
10. M. Kesmez, M.A. Hossain, D.E. Mencer, H. McWhinney, and D.L. Cocke, Electrochemical Characterization and Preparation of Nanoporous Model Catalysts Produced from the Alloy Cu₇₇Zn₁₂Mn₇Ni₄, AVS 49^th International Symposium, Denver, CO, United States, November 4-8, 2002.
11. S.R. Pathak, J.R. Parga, D.E. Mencer, G. Irwin, and D.L. Cocke, The Electrode Processes of Iron at Potentials Beyond the Stability Limits of Water, AVS 49^th International Symposium, Denver, CO, United States, November 4-8, 2002.
12. D.L. Cocke, M.A. Hossain, D.E. Mencer, H. McWhinney, J.R. Parga, M.Y.A. Mollah, D.G. Naugle, and M. Kesmez, Electrochemical Properties of Copper Oxide Surfaces, Buried Interfaces, and Subsurface Zones and Their Use to Characterize These Entities MRS 2002 Fall Meeting Proceedings (Boston, MA, December 2 - 6), Editors: Kathleen B. Alexander, C. Barry Carter, Robin W. Grimes, Xiaoqing Pan, Thomas E. Wood (MRS Proceedings, Volume 751, 2002).
13. D.E. Mencer, M. A. Hossain, M. Kesmez, D. G. Naugle and D. L. Cocke Metal-Oxide Interfacial Evolution In Thermally Grown Oxide Films, MRS 2002 Fall Meeting Proceedings (Boston, MA, December 2 - 6), Editors: Kathleen B. Alexander, C. Barry Carter, Robin W. Grimes, Xiaoqing Pan, Thomas E. Wood (MRS Proceedings, Volume 751, 2002).
14. E. Peterson, D.E. Mencer, D.L. Cocke, HELICAL Learning Model as a Global Link to Engineering Education, (5th Annual ASEE Global Colloquium on Engineering, October 9 – 12, 2006 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil).
15. J.A. Gomes, D.L. Cocke, M.Y.A. Mollah, H.A. Moreno C., E. Peterson, and D.E. Mencer, Removal Mechanism of Orange II Azo Dye by Electrocoagulation, 2007 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition (Orlando, FL, February 25 - March 1), accepted (EPD Congress Volume) will be in press 2007.
16. H.A. Moreno, D.L. Cocke, J.A. Gomes, P. Morkovsky, J.R. Parga, E. Peterson, D.E. Mencer, Electrochemical Reactions for Electrocoagulation Using Aluminum Electrodes, 2007 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition (Orlando, FL, February 25 - March 1), accepted (EPD Congress Volume) will be in press 2007.
17. D. Rutman, J. Hutchins, E. Peterson, M. Reed, D.E. Mencer, G. Beall, J. Gomes, and D.L. Cocke, Characterization of Halloysite Clay as a Function of Temperature, 2008 TMS Annual Meeting and Exposition (2008) in preparation.

Parts of Books

1. Cocke, D. L., D. E. Mencer, Jr., and D. G. Naugle, Preparation of Amorphous Alloys by Cocondensation - Modern Aspects, in Advanced Materials, pp. 365-381. Edited by J. G. Morse, Colorado Advanced Materials Institute, Denver, Colorado (1987).
2. Brian Esselman and Donald E. Mencer, in a chapter entitled Inclusion of NMR in High School Chemistry – Two Approaches, in Modern Nuclear Magnetic Resonance in Undergraduate Education (Div. Chem. Ed. ACS). Edited by David Rovnyak and Robert A. Stockland (Oxford University Press, 2007) pp. 77 - 90.
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