Joseph Jakes, PhD
Research Materials Engineer
joseph.e.jakes@usda.gov
Treesearch Publications
- Filip Majstorović, Eric Hirschmann, Maik Butterling, Ahmed G. Attallah, Andreas Wagner, Joseph Jakes. 2025. Positrons as microprobes to study water-dependent free volume of wood cell walls: a preliminary study
- Xavier Arzola-Villegas, Nayomi Z. Plaza, Nathan J. Bechle, Yikai Wang, Roderic Lakes, Donald S. Stone, Joseph Jakes. 2025. Moisture-Dependent Transverse Isotropic Elastic Constants of Wood S2 Secondary Cell Wall Layers Determined Using Nanoindentation
- Magdalena Broda, Nayomi Z. Plaza, Joseph Jakes, Carlos Baez, Sai Venkatesh Pingali, Wim Bras. 2024. Effect of alkali treatment and fungal degradation on the nanostructure and cellulose arrangement in Scots pine cell walls – A neutron and X-ray scattering study
- Joseph Jakes, Jane O’dell, Donald S. Stone. 2024. Viscoelastic Moduli and Path-Dependent Hardness Across Four Decades of Timescale in Semicrystalline Polymers from Berkovich Nanoindentation
- D. S. Stone, Joseph Jakes, A. A. Elmustafa. 2024. A Well-Posed Definition for Plastic Strain Rate in Indentation
- Magdalena Broda, Joseph Jakes, Luxi Li, Olga A. Antipova, Evan R. Maxey, Qiaoling Jin. 2024. Conservation of model degraded pine wood with selected organosilicons studied by XFM and nanoindentation
- Jake K. Lindstrom, Chad A. Peterson, Peter N. Ciesielski, John Ralph, Mingjie Chen, Joseph Jakes, Patrick A. Johnston, Sean A. Rollag, Robert C. Brown. 2024. Structural and chemical changes in hardwood cell walls during early stages of flash pyrolysis
- Sina Youssefian, Mobin Vandadi, Joseph Jakes, Nima Rahbar. 2024. Effect of Moisture Content on Ion Diffusion and Glass Transition Temperature in Wood Cell Walls
- Magdalena Broda, Joseph Jakes, Luxi Li, Olga A. Antipova. 2023. Archeological wood conservation with selected organosilicon compounds studied by XFM and nanoindentation
- Mariem Zouari, Stefan G. Stanciu, Joseph Jakes, Laetitia Marrot, Efstathios Fiorentis, George A. Stanciu, David B. DeVallance. 2023. Investigations on the topography and micro-mechanical properties of polyvinyl alcohol thin-film composites reinforced with hardwood biocarbon particles
- Oswaldo Erazo, Joseph Jakes, Nayomi Z. Plaza, Judith Vergara-Figueroa, Paulina Valenzuela, William Gacitúa. 2023. Quasistatic and Dynamic Nanoindentation Measurements of Pinus radiata D. Don S2 and CCML Cell Wall Layers
- Xavier Arzola-Villegas, Carlos Baez, Roderic Lakes, Donald S. Stone, Jane O'Dell, Pavel Shevchenko, Xianghui Xiao, Francesco De Carlo, Joseph Jakes. 2023. Convolutional Neural Network for Segmenting Micro-X-ray Computed Tomography Images of Wood Cellular Structures
- Daipayan Sarkar, Lintao Bu, Joseph Jakes, Jacob K. Zieba, Isaiah D. Kaufman, Michael F. Crowley, Peter N. Ciesielski, Josh V Vermaas. 2023. Diffusion in intact secondary cell wall models of plants at different equilibrium moisture content
- Joseph Jakes, Donald S. Stone. 2021. Best Practices for Quasistatic Berkovich Nanoindentation of Wood Cell Walls
- Sage Fulco, Sarah Wolf, Joseph Jakes, Zahra Fakhraai, Kevin T. Turner. 2021. Effect of surface detection error due to elastic–plastic deformation on nanoindentation measurements of elastic modulus and hardness
- Joseph Jakes, Douglas Stauffer. 2021. Contact area correction for surface tilt in pyramidal nanoindentation
- Samuel L. Zelinka, Joseph Jakes, Grant T. Kirker, Amy B. Bishell, Charles R. Boardman, Barry Lai, George E. Sterbinsky, Jody Jellison, Barry Goodell. 2021. Oxidation states of iron and manganese in lignocellulose altered by the brown rot fungus Gloeophyllum trabeum measured in-situ using X-ray absorption near edge spectroscopy (XANES)
- Cayla A. Stifler, Joseph Jakes, Jamie D. North, Daniel R. Green, James C. Weaver, Pupa U.P.A. Gilbert. 2021. Crystal misorientation correlates with hardness in tooth enamels
- Joseph Jakes, Samuel L. Zelinka, Christopher G. Hunt, Peter Ciesielski, Charles R. Frihart, Daniel J. Yelle, Leandro Passarini, Sophie-Charlotte Gleber, David Vine, Stefan Vogt. 2020. Measurement of moisture-dependent ion diffusion constants in wood cell wall layers using time-lapse micro X-ray fluorescence microscopy
- Christopher G. Hunt, Samuel L. Zelinka, Joseph Jakes. 2020. Limiting polysaccharide motion protects wood from decay
- Xavier Arzola-Villegas, Roderic Lakes, Nayomi Z. Plaza, Joseph Jakes. 2019. Wood moisture-induced swelling at the cellular scale—Ab Intra
- Charles R. Frihart, Christopher G. Hunt, Nayomi Z. Plaza, Joseph Jakes. 2019. Adhesive-wood interactions in relation to failure in bonded wood products from the centimeter to nanometer scale
- Joseph Jakes, Christopher G. Hunt, Samuel L. Zelinka, Peter N. Ciesielski, Nayomi Z. Plaza. 2019. Effects of Moisture on Diffusion in Unmodified Wood Cell Walls: A Phenomenological Polymer Science Approach
- Joseph Jakes. 2019. Mechanism for diffusion through secondary cell walls in lignocellulosic biomass
- Samuel L. Zelinka, Joseph Jakes, Grant T. Kirker, Leandro Passarini, Christopher G. Hunt, Barry Lai, Olga Antipova, Luxi Li, Stefan Vogt. 2019. Copper distribution and oxidation states near corroded fasteners in treated wood
- Joseph Jakes, Charles R. Frihart, Christopher G. Hunt, Daniel J. Yelle, Nayomi Z. Plaza, Linda F. Lorenz, Daniel J. Ching. 2018. Integrating multiscale studies of adhesive penetration into wood
- Christopher G. Hunt, Samuel L. Zelinka, Charles R. Frihart, Linda F. Lorenz, Daniel J. Yelle, Sophie-Charlotte Gleber, Stefan Vogt, Joseph Jakes. 2018. Acetylation increases relative humidity threshold for ion transport in wood cell walls – a means to understanding decay resistance
- Joseph Jakes, Charles R. Frihart, Christopher G. Hunt, Daniel J. Yelle, Nayomi Z. Plaza, Linda F. Lorenz, Warren Grigsby, Daniel J. Ching, Fred Kamke, Sophie-Charlotte Gleber, Stefan Vogt, Xianghui Xiao. 2018. X-ray methods to observe and quantify adhesive penetration into wood
- Paige McKinley, Frederick A. Kamke, Arijit Sinha, Vincent De Andrade, Joseph Jakes. 2018. Analysis of adhesive penetration into wood using nano-x-ray computed tomography
- Samuel L. Zelinka, Joseph Jakes, Juliet D. Tang, Katie M. Ohno, Amy B. Bishell, Lydia Finney, Evan R. Maxey, Stefan Vogt, Grant T. Kirker. 2018. Fungal–copper interactions in wood examined with large field of view synchrotron-based X-ray fluorescence microscopy
- Joseph Jakes. 2018. Improved methods for nanoindentation Berkovich probe calibrations using fused silica
- Nayomi Z. Plaza, Joseph Jakes, Charles R. Frihart, Christopher G. Hunt, Daniel J. Yelle, Linda F. Lorenz, William T. Heller, Sai Venkatesh Pingali, Donald S. Stone. 2017. Small-angle neutron scattering as a new tool to evaluate moisture-induced swelling in the nanostructure of chemically modified wood cell walls
- Peter N. Ciesielski, Gavin M. Wiggins, Joseph Jakes, Stuart C. Daw. 2017. Simulating biomass fast pyrolysis at the single particle scale
- J. J. Paredes, S. Shaler, C. Howell, Joseph Jakes. 2017. Influence of hot water extraction on cell wall and OSB strand mechanics
- Joseph Jakes, Charles R. Frihart, Christopher G. Hunt, Daniel J. Yelle, Nayomi Z. Plaza, Linda F. Lorenz, Daniel J. Ching. 2017. Integrating multi-scale studies of adhesive penetration into wood
- Nayomi Z. Plaza, Joseph Jakes, Charles R. Frihart, Christopher G. Hunt, Daniel J. Yelle, Linda F. Lorenz. 2017. Small angle neutron scattering as a new tool to evaluate moisture-induced swelling in the nanostructure of chemically modified wood cell walls
- Christopher G. Hunt, Joseph Jakes, Charles R. Frihart. 2017. Advanced analysis tools and programs to accelerate the adoption of more natural structures
- Chaiyapat Tangpatjaroen, David Grierson, Steve Shannon, Joseph Jakes, Izabela Szlufarska. 2017. Size dependence of nanoscale wear of silicon carbide
- S. Youssefian, Joseph Jakes, N. Rahbar. 2017. Variation of nanostructures, molecular interactions, and anisotropic elastic moduli of lignocellulosic cell walls with moisture
- Joseph Jakes, Nayomi Z. Plaza, Xavier Arzola Villegas, Charles R. Frihart. 2017. Improved understanding of moisture effects on outdoor wood–adhesive bondlines
- Samuel L. Zelinka, Joseph Jakes, Grant T. Kirker, David Vine, Stefan Vogt. 2017. Synchrotron based x-ray fluorescence microscopy confirms copper in the corrosion products of metals in contact with treated wood
- Grant T. Kirker, Samuel L. Zelinka, Sophie-Charlotte Gleber, David Vine, Lydia Finney, Si Chen, Young Pyo Hong, Omar Uyarte, Stefan Vogt, Jody Jellison, Barry Goodell, Joseph Jakes. 2017. Synchrotron-based X-ray fluorescence microscopy enables multiscale spatial visualization of ions involved in fungal lignocellulose deconstruction
- Alex C. Wiedenhoeft, Rafael Arévalo, Craig Ledbetter, Joseph Jakes. 2016. Structure–property characterization of the crinkle-leaf peach wood phenotype: a future model system for wood properties research?
- Chien-Yuan Lin, Joseph Jakes, Bryon S. Donohoe, Peter N. Ciesielski, Haibing Yang, Sophie-Charlotte Gleber, Stefan Vogt, Shi-You Ding, Wendy A. Peer, Angus S. Murphy, Maureen C. McCann, Michael E. Himmel, Melvin P. Tucker, Hui Wei. 2016. Directed plant cell-wall accumulation of iron: embedding co-catalyst for efficient biomass conversion
- Samuel L. Zelinka, Grant T. Kirker, Joseph Jakes, Leandro Passarini, Barry Lai. 2016. Distribution and oxidation state of copper in the cell walls of treated wood examined by synchrotron based XANES and XFM
- Samuel L. Zelinka, Samuel V. Glass, Joseph Jakes, Donald S. Stone. 2016. A solution thermodynamics definition of the fiber saturation point and the derivation of a wood-water phase (state) diagram
- Samuel L. Zelinka, Joseph Jakes, Grant T. Kirker, Leandro Passarini, Barry Lai. 2016. Corrosion of metals in treated wood examined by synchrotron based xanes and XFM
- Joseph Jakes, Xavier Arzola, Richard Bergman, Peter Ciesielski, Christopher G. Hunt, Nima Rahbar, Mandla A. Tshabalala, Alex C. Wiedenhoeft, Samuel L. Zelinka. 2016. Not just lumber--Using wood in the sustainable future of materials, chemicals, and fuels
- Joseph Jakes. 2016. Recent advances in forest products research and development
- Nayomi Z. Plaza, Sai Venkatesh Pingali, Shuo Qian, William T. Heller, Joseph Jakes. 2016. Informing the improvement of forest products durability using small angle neutron scattering
- Samuel L. Zelinka, Leandro Passarini, José L. Colon Quintana, Samuel V. Glass, Joseph Jakes, Alex C. Wiedenhoeft. 2016. Cell wall domain and moisture content influence southern pine electrical conductivity
- Samuel L. Zelinka, R. Ringman, A. Pilgard, E. E. Thybring, Joseph Jakes, K. Richter. 2016. The role of chemical transport in the brown-rot decay resistance of modified wood
- Samuel L. Zelinka, Rebecka Ringman, Annica Pulgard, Emil Engelund Thybring, Joseph Jakes, Klaus Richter. 2015. The Role of Chemical Transport in the Decay Resistance of Modified Wood
- Joseph Jakes, Christopher G. Hunt, Daniel J. Yelle, Linda F. Lorenz, Kolby Hirth, Sophie-Charlotte Gleber, Stefan Vogt, Warren Grigsby, Charles R. Frihart. 2015. Synchrotron-based X-ray Fluorescence Microscopy in Conjunction with Nanoindentation to Study Molecular-Scale Interactions of Phenol–Formaldehyde in Wood Cell Walls
- Samuel L. Zelinka, José L. Colon Quintana, Samuel V. Glass, Joseph Jakes, Alex C. Wiedenhoeft. 2015. Subcellular Electrical Measurements as a Function of Wood Moisture Content
- Samuel L. Zelinka, Sophie-Charlotte Gleber, Stefan Vogt, Gabriela M. Rodriguez Lopez, Joseph Jakes. 2015. Threshold for ion movements in wood cell walls below fiber saturation observed by X-ray fluorescence microscopy (XFM)
- Anna M. Clausen, Deborah M. Paskiewicz, Alireza Sadeghirad, Joseph Jakes, Donald E. Savage, Donald S. Stone, Feng Liu, Max G. Lagally. 2014. Silicon nanomembranes as a means to evaluate stress evolution in deposited thin films
- X. Guo, Joseph Jakes, S. Banna, Y. Nishi, J.L. Shohet. 2014. Effects of plasma and vacuum-ultraviolet exposure on the mechanical properties of low-k porous organosilicate glass
- Xiangyu Guo, Joseph Jakes, Samer Banna, Yoshio Nishi, J. Leon Shohet. 2014. Effect of water uptake on the fracture behavior of low-k organosilicate glass
- Juan Vivanco, Joseph Jakes, Josh Slane, Heidi-Lynn Ploeg. 2014. Accounting for structural compliance in nanoindentation measurements of bioceramic bone scaffolds
- Joseph Jakes, Nayomi Z. Plaza, Samuel L. Zelinka, Donald S. Stone, Sophie-Charlotte Gleber, Stefan Vogt. 2014. Wood as inspiration for new stimuli-responsive structures and materials
- Mariko Ago, Joseph Jakes, Orlando J. Rojas. 2013. Thermomechanical Properties of Lignin-Based Electrospun Nanofibers and Films Reinforced with Cellulose Nanocrystals: A Dynamic Mechanical and Nanoindentation Study
- X. Guo, Joseph Jakes, M.T. Nichols, S. Banna, Y. Nishi, J.L. Shohet. 2013. The effect of water uptake on the mechanical properties of low-k organosilica glass
- Joseph Jakes, Nayomi Plaza, Donald S. Stone, Christopher G. Hunt, Samuel V. Glass, Samuel L. Zelinka. 2013. Mechanism of Transport Through Wood Cell Wall Polymers
- Fei Wang, Joseph Jakes, Dalong Geng, Xudong Wang. 2013. Spontaneous Phase Transformation and Exfoliation of Rectangular Single-Crystal Zinc Hydroxy Dodecylsulfate Nanomembranes
- Nayomi Plaza, Samuel L. Zelinka, Don S. Stone, Joseph Jakes. 2013. Plant-based torsional actuator with memory
- Mandla A. Tshabalala, Joseph Jakes, Mark R. VanLandingham, Shaoxia Wang, Jouko Peltonen. 2013. Chapter 8:Surface Characterization
- Curtis Marcott, Michael Lo, Kevin Kjoller, Craig Prater, Roshan Shetty, Joseph Jakes, Isao Noda. 2012. Nanoscale Infrared Spectroscopy of Biopolymeric Materials
- Z. Humberto Melgarejo, Joseph Jakes, J. Hwang, Y.E. Kalay, M.J. Kramer, P.M. Voyles, D.S. Stone. 2012. Variation of Hardness and Modulus across thickness of Zr-Cu-Al Metallic Glass Ribbons
- Mariko Ago, Joseph Jakes, Leena-Sisko Johansson, Sunkyu Park, Orlando J. Rojas. 2012. Interfacial Properties of Lignin-Based Electrospun Nanofibers and Films Reinforced with Cellulose Nanocrystals
- Mariko Ago, Kunihiko Okajima, Joseph Jakes, Park Sunkyu, Orlando J. Rojas. 2012. Lignin-Based Electrospun Nanofibers Reinforced with Cellulose Nanocrystals
- Joseph Jakes, Rod S. Lakes, Don S. Stone. 2012. Broadband nanoindentation of glassy polymers: Part I Viscoelasticity
- Joseph Jakes, Rod S. Lakes, Don S. Stone. 2012. Broadband nanoindentation of glassy polymers: Part II. Viscoplasticity
- Perry Peralta, Ilona Peszlen, Laszlo Horvath, Levente Csoka, Balazs Horvath, Joseph Jakes. 2012. Modeling hygroelastic properties of genetically modified aspen
- Joseph Jakes, Daniel J. Yelle, Charles R. Frihart. 2011. Tools to Understand Structural Property Relationships for Wood Cell Walls
- K. Tapily, Joseph Jakes, D. Gu, H. Baumgart, A.A. Elmustafa. 2011. Nanomechanical study of amorphous and polycrystalline ALD HfO2 thin films
- Christopher G. Hunt, Joseph Jakes, Warren Grigsby. 2010. Evaluation of adhesive penetration of wood fibre by nanoindentation and microscopy
- Joseph Jakes, Charles R. Frihart, James Beecher, Donald S. Stone. 2010. Nano-indentation creep properties of the S2 cell wall lamina and compound corner middle lamella [abstract]
- Joseph Jakes, Daniel J. Yelle, James Beecher, Charles R. Frihart, D.S. Stone. 2010. Characterizing polymeric methylene diphenyl diisocyanate reactions with wood. 2, Nano-indentation
- Daniel J. Yelle, Joseph Jakes, John Ralph, Charles R. Frihart. 2010. Characterizing polymeric methylene diphenyl diisocyanate reactions with wood. 1, High-resolution solution-state NMR spectroscopy
- Don S. Stone, Joseph Jakes, Jonathan Puthoff, Abdelmageed A. Elmustafa. 2010. Analysis of indentation creep
- J.B. Puthoff, H.B. Cao, Joseph Jakes, P.M. Voyles, D.S. Stone. 2009. Shear transformation zone activation during deformation in bulk metallic glasses characterized using a new indentation creep technique
- Robert J. Moon, Joseph Jakes, James Beecher, Charles R. Frihart, Donald S. Stone. 2009. Relating nanoindentation to macroindentation of wood
- Joseph Jakes, Charles R. Frihart, Donald S. Stone. 2009. Creep properties of micron-size domains in ethylene glycol modified wood across 4 1/2 decades in strain rate
- Joseph Jakes, Charles R. Frihart, J.F. Beecher, Robert J. Moon, P.J. Resto, Z.H. Melgarejo, O.M. Saurez, H. Baumgart, A.A. Elmustafa, D.S. Stone. 2009. Nanoindentation near the edge
- J.B. Puthoff, Joseph Jakes, H. Cao, D.S. Stone. 2009. Investigation of thermally activated deformation in amorphous PMMA and Zr-Cu-Al bulk metallic glasses with broadband nanoindentation creep
- Charles R. Frihart, Daniel J. Yelle, John Ralph, Robert J. Moon, Donald S. Stone, Joseph Jakes. 2008. Enhanced understanding of the relationship between chemical modification and mechanical properties of wood
- K. Tapily, Joseph Jakes, D. S. Stone, P. Shrestha, D. Gu, H. Baumgart, A. A. Elmustafa. 2008. Nanoindentation investigation of HfO2 and Al2O3 films grown by atomic layer deposition
- Joseph Jakes, Charles R. Frihart, James Beecher, Robert J. Moon, D. S. Stone. 2008. Experimental method to account for structural compliance in nanoindentation measurements
- B.F. West, B.T. Hotle, Joseph Jakes, John M. Considine, R.E. Rowlands, K.T. Turner. 2008. Nanoindentation studies of paper
- Joseph Jakes, Donald S. Stone, Charles R. Frihart. 2008. Nanoindentation methods for wood-adhesive bond lines
- Joseph Jakes, John C. Hermanson, Donald S. Stone. 2007. Nanoindentation of the interphase region of a wood-reinforced polypropylene composite
- Joseph Jakes, Donald S. Stone, Charles R. Frihart. 2007. Nanoindentation size effects in wood
- University of Wisconsin at Madison, B.S., Chemical and Biological Engineering, 2005
- University of Wisconsin at Madison, M.S., Materials Science, 2007
- University of Wisconsin at Madison, Ph.D., Materials Science, 2010
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