Kamalakar Baikerikar
Associate Chemist, Materials Chemistry & Biomolecular Materials, Ames Laboratory

340 Spedding Hall
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011
phone 515.294.7995, fax 515.294.5718, email: baik@ameslab.gov

Education

Professional Appointments

Honors, Awards and Professional Activities

Selected Publications

"Fabrication and wear resistance of Al-Cu-Fe quasicrystal-epoxy composite materials," P.D. Bloom, K.G. Baikerikar, J.W. Anderegg, and V.V. Sheares, Materials Science and Engineering , A360 , 46 (2003).

"Al-Cu-Fe quasicrystal/ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene composites as biomaterials for acetabular cup prosthetics," B.C. Anderson, P.D. Bloom, K.G. Baikerikar, V.V. Sheares, and S.K. Mallapragada, Biomaterials , 23 , 1761 (2002).

"Development of Al-Cu-Fe Quasicrystal-Poly(p-phenylene sulfide) Composites," P. D. Bloom, K. G. Baikerikar, J. W. Anderegg, and V. V. Sheares, Materials Research Society Symposium , 643 K16.3.1 (2001).

"High performance polymer quasicrystal-reinforced polymer composites," P.D. Bloom, K.G. Baikerikar, and V.V. Sheares, ACS Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering , 84 , 984 (2001).

"Ultra-high molecular-weight polyethylene quasicrystal composites for hip arthroplasty femoral components," P.D. Bloom, K.G. Baikerikar, B.C. Anderson, S.K. Mallapragada, and V.V. Sheares, ACS Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering, 85 , 592 (2001).

"Development of Novel Polymer/Quasicrystal Composite Materials," P. D. Bloom, K. G. Baikerikar, J. Otaigbe, and V. V. Sheares, Materials Science and Engineering A, 294-296 , 156 (2000).

"Wear Properties of Novel Al-Cu-Fe Quasicrystal Polymer Composites," P. D. Bloom, K. G. Baikerikar, and V. V. Sheares, Proccedings of the American Chemical Society Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering, 82 , 89 (2000).