2015

Nath, Jyotishman, Mallik, Sabuj and Bora, Anil (2015) A study on the effect of ageing and intermetallic compound growth on the shear strength of surface mount technology solder joints. Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series D Metallurgical & Materials and Mining Engineering, 96 (1). pp. 1-6. ISSN 2250-2122 (Print), 2250-2130 (Online) (doi:10.1007/s40033-014-0063-3)

Bernasko, Peter K., Mallik, Sabuj and Takyi, G. (2015) Effect of intermetallic compound layer thickness on the shear strength of 1206 chip resistor solder joint. Soldering & Surface Mount Technology, 27 (1). pp. 52-58. ISSN 0954-0911 (doi:10.1108/SSMT-07-2013-0019)

Mallik, Sabuj, Njoku, Jude and Takyi, Gabriel (2015) Quantitative evaluation of voids in lead free solder joints. Applied Mechanics and Materials, 772. pp. 284-289. ISSN 1660-9336

2014

Sharma, Ashutosh, Mallik, Sabuj, Ekere, N. and Jung, Jae-Pil (2014) Printing Morphology and Rheological Characteristics of Lead-Free Sn-3Ag-0.5Cu (SAC) Solder Pastes. Journal of the Microelectronics and Packaging Society, 21 (4). pp. 1-13. ISSN 1226-9360 (Print), 2287-7525 (Online) (doi:10.6117/kmeps.2014.21.4.001)

Bernasko, Peter K., Mallik, Sabuj and Takyi, G. (2014) Effect of reflow profile parameters on surface mount chip resistor solder joint shear strength. International Journal of Materials Science and Applications, 3 (5). pp. 254-259. ISSN 2327-2635 (Print), 2327-2643 (Online) (doi:10.11648/j.ijmsa.20140305.27)

Mallik, Sabuj and Kaiser, Franziska (2014) Reliability study of subsea electronic systems subjected to accelerated thermal cycle ageing. In: Proceedings of The World Congress on Engineering 2014. Newswood Limited, Hong Kong, pp. 1436-1440. ISBN 978-988-19253-5-0 ISSN 2078-0958 (Print), 2078-0966 (Online)

Mallik, Sabuj and Mehdawi, Ahmed Z. El (2014) Shear strength and fracture surface studies of ball grid array (BGA) flexible surface-mount electronics packaging under isothermal ageing. In: Yang, Gi-Chul, Ao, Sio-Iong and Gelman, Len, (eds.) Transactions on Engineering Technologies. Special Volume of the World Congress on Engineering 2013. Springer Netherlands, pp. 31-41. ISBN 9789401788311 (doi:10.1007/978-94-017-8832-8_3)

Ekpu, Mathias, Bhatti, Raj, Okereke, M.I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2104-012X, Mallik, Sabuj and Otiaba, Kenny (2014) The effect of thermal constriction on heat management in a microelectronic application. Microelectronics Journal, 45 (2). 159 - 166. ISSN 0026-2692 (doi:10.1016/j.mejo.2013.10.011)

Ekpu, Mathias, Bhatti, Raj, Okereke, Michael I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2104-012X, Mallik, Sabuj and Otiaba, Kenny (2014) Fatigue life of lead-free solder thermal interface materials at varying bond line thickness in microelectronics. Microelectronics Reliability, 54 (1). 239 - 244. ISSN 0026-2714 (doi:10.1016/j.microrel.2013.08.006)

2013

Kumar, Santosh, Mallik, Sabuj, Ekere, Ndy and Jung, Jaepil (2013) Stencil Printing Behavior of Lead-Free Sn-3Ag-0.5Cu Solder Paste for Wafer Level Bumping for Sub-100 μm Size Solder Bumps. Metals and Materials International, 19 (5). pp. 1083-1090. ISSN 1598-9623 (Print), 2005-4149 (Online) (doi:10.1007/s12540-013-5025-z)

Mallik, S. and Ekere, N. (2013) Metal matrix composites as thermal management materials for automotive applications. In: Magagnin, Luca, (ed.) Engineered Metal Matrix Composites: Forming Methods, Material Properties and Industrial Applications. Nova Science Publishers, Inc., New York, USA, pp. 113-126. ISBN 9781620817193

2012

Otiaba, Kenny C., Bhatti, R.S., Ekere, N.N., Mallik, S. and Ekpu, M. (2012) Finite element analysis of the effect of silver content for Sn–Ag–Cu alloy compositions on thermal cycling reliability of solder die attach. Engineering Failure Analysis, 28. pp. 192-207. ISSN 1350-6307 (doi:10.1016/j.engfailanal.2012.10.008)

Mallik, Sabuj, Chan, Erica Hiu Laam and Ekere, Ndy (2012) Nonlinear Viscoelastic Characteristics of Sn-Ag-Cu Solder Pastes Used in Electronics Assembly Applications. Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, 22 (4). pp. 1186-1193. ISSN 1059-9495 (Print), 1544-1024 (Online) (doi:10.1007/s11665-012-0360-7)

Otiaba, Kenny C., Bhatti, R.S., Ekere, N.N., Mallik, S., Alam, M.O., Amalu, E.H. and Ekpu, M. (2012) Numerical study on thermal impacts of different void patterns on performance of chip-scale packaged power device. Microelectronics Reliability, 52 (7). pp. 1409-1419. ISSN 0026-2714 (doi:10.1016/j.microrel.2012.01.015)

Otiaba, K.C., Ekere, N.N., Amalu, E.H., Bhatti, R.S. and Mallik, S. (2012) Thermal management materials for electronic control unit: trends, processing technology and R and D challenges. Advanced Materials Research, 367. pp. 301-307. ISSN 1022-6680 (Print), 1662-8985 (Online) (doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.367.301)

2011

Otiaba, K.C., Ekere, N.N., Bhatti, R.S., Mallik, S., Alam, M.O. and Amalu, E.H. (2011) Thermal interface materials for automotive electronic control unit: Trends, technology and R&D challenges. Microelectronics Reliability, 51 (12). pp. 2031-2043. ISSN 0026-2714 (doi:10.1016/j.microrel.2011.05.001)

Amalu, E.H., Ekere, N.N., Bhatti, R.S., Mallik, S., Takyi, G. and Ibhadode, A.O.A. (2011) Numerical investigation of thermo-mechanical behaviour of ball grid array solder joint at high temperature excursion. Advanced Materials Research, 367. pp. 287-292. ISSN 1662-8985 (Print), 1022-6680 (Online) (doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.367.287)

Mallik, Sabuj and Ekere, Ndy (2011) Investigating the effects of area ratio and aspect ratio on stencil printing process used in the electronics assembly line. In: International Conference on Electronics Packaging (ICEP) 2011, 13-15 April 2011, Nara Prefectural New Public Hall, Nara, Japan.

Otiaba, K.C., Ekere, N.N., Bhatti, R.S., Mallik, S. and Amalu, E.H. (2011) Emerging nanotechnology-based thermal interface materials for automotive electronic control unit application. In: Microelectronics and Packaging. Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc, Piscataway, NJ, USA, pp. 1-8. ISBN 978-1-4673-0694-2 (print)

Amalu, Emeka H., Ekere, Ndy and Mallik, Sabuj (2011) Evaluation of rheological properties of lead-free solder pastes and their relationship with transfer efficiency during stencil printing process. Materials and Design, 32 (6). pp. 3189-3197. ISSN 0261-3069 (doi:10.1016/j.matdes.2011.02.045)

Mallik, Sabuj, Ekere, Ndy, Best, Chris and Bhatti, Raj (2011) Investigation of thermal management materials for automotive electronic control units. Applied Thermal Engineering, 31 (2-3). pp. 355-362. ISSN 1359-4311 (doi:10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2010.09.023)

Ekpu, Mathias, Bhatti, Raj, Ekere, Ndy and Mallik, Sabuj (2011) Advanced thermal management materials for heat sinks used in microelectronics. In: EMPC-2011: 18th European Microelectronics and Packaging Conference. IEEE Conference Publications . Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc., Piscataway, NJ, USA, pp. 1-8. ISBN 9781467306942

Ekpu, Mathias, Bhatti, Raj, Ekere, Ndy, Mallik, Sabuj, Amalu, Emeka and Otiaba, Kenny (2011) Investigation of effects of heat sinks on thermal performance of microelectronic package. In: 3rd IEEE International Conference on Adaptive Science and Technology (ICAST 2011): Proceedings. IEEE Conference Publications . Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc., Piscataway, NJ, USA, pp. 127-132. ISBN 9781467307581 (doi:10.1109/ICASTech.2011.6145164)

Otiaba, K.C., Bhatti, R.S., Ekere, N.N., Mallik, S., Amalu, E.H. and Ekpu, M. (2011) Thermal effects of die-attach voids location and style on performance of chip level package. In: 3rd IEEE International Conference on Adaptive Science and Technology (ICAST 2011): Proceedings. IEEE Conference Publications . Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc., Piscataway, NJ, USA, pp. 231-236. ISBN 9781467307581 (doi:10.1109/ICASTech.2011.6145176)

2010

Mallik, Sabuj (2010) Rheological characterisation and modelling of electronic materials: time-dependent behaviours of lead-free solder pastes and flux mediums. LAP Lambert Academic Publishing GmbH & Co. KG, Saarbrücken, Germany. ISBN 978-3-8433-7771-3

Bernasko, P.K., Mallik, S., Ekere, N.N., Seman, A. and Tayki, G. (2010) Effect of reflow profile and thermal cycle ageing on the intermetallic formation and growth in lead-free soldering. In: Electronics Packaging Technology. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc., Piscataway, NJ, USA, pp. 986-990. ISBN 978-1-4244-5100-5 (electronic), 978-1-4244-5099-2 (print) (doi:10.1109/EPTC.2009.5416398)

Mallik, S., Ekere, N.N., Marks, A.E., Seman, A. and Durairaj, R. (2010) Modeling the structural breakdown of solder paste using the structural kinetic model. Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, 19 (1). pp. 40-45. ISSN 1059-9495 (Print), 1544-1024 (Online) (doi:10.1007/s11665-009-9448-0)

2009

Durairaj, Rajkumar, Man, Lam Wai, Mallik, Sabuj and Ekere, Ndy (2009) Thixotropic studies of lead-based solder, lead-free solder and conductive adhesive pastes. In: 11th Electronic Material and Packaging Conference (EMAP), 1-3 Dec 2009, Penang, Malaysia. (Unpublished)

Durairaj, R., Mallik, S., Seman, A. and Ekere, N.N. (2009) Investigation of wall-slip behaviour in lead-free solder pastes and isotropic conductive adhesives. Sadhana - Academy Proceedings in Engineering Sciences, 34 (5). pp. 799-810. ISSN 0256-2499 (Print), 0973-7677 (Online) (doi:10.1007/s12046-009-0046-5)

Durairaj, R., Ramesh, S., Mallik, S., Seman, A. and Ekere, N. (2009) Rheological characterisation and printing performance of Sn/Ag/Cu solder pastes. Materials and Design, 30 (9). pp. 3812-3818. ISSN 0261-3069 (doi:10.1016/j.matdes.2009.01.028)

Mallik, S., Ekere, N.N., Durairaj, R., Marks, A.E. and Seman, A. (2009) Wall-slip effects in SnAgCu solder pastes used in electronics assembly applications. Materials & Design, 30 (10). pp. 4502-4506. ISSN 0261-3069 (doi:10.1016/j.matdes.2009.05.028)

Mallik, Sabuj (2009) Study of the time-dependent rheological behaviour of lead-free solder pastes and flux mediums used for flip-chip assembly applications. PhD thesis, University of Greenwich.

Durairaj, R., Man, Lam Wai, Ramesh, S., Wea, Lim Chia, Leng, Eu Poh, Ekere, N.N., Mallik, S. and Seman, A. (2009) Investigation of wall-slip effect on lead-free solder paste and isotropic conductive adhesives. In: Electronics Packaging Technology Conference, 2009. EPTC '09. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc., Piscataway, NJ, USA, pp. 422-426. ISBN 978-1-4244-5099-2 (print), 978-1-4244-5100-5 (e-ISBN) (doi:10.1109/EPTC.2009.5416511)

Durairaj, R., Mallik, S., Seman, A., Marks, A. and Ekere, N.N. (2009) Rheological characterisation of solder pastes and isotropic conductive adhesives used for flip-chip assembly. Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 209 (8). pp. 3923-3930. ISSN 0924-0136 (doi:10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2008.09.013)

2008

Durairaj, Rajkumar, Mallik, Sabuj and Ekere, Ndy (2008) Solder paste characterisation: towards the development of quality control (QC) tool. Soldering & Surface Mount Technology, 20 (3). pp. 34-40. ISSN 0954-0911 (doi:10.1108/09540910810885705)

Ekere, N and Mallik, Sabuj (2008) A methodology for characterising new lead-free solder paste formulations used for flip-chip assembly applications. In: Kobayashi, Akira, (ed.) Smart processing technology: SPT '07. High Temperature Society of Japan, Ibaraki, Japan, pp. 59-64.