Synthesis of amorphous manganese borohydride in the (NaBH 4–MnCl 2) system, its hydrogen generation properties and crystalline transformation during solvent extraction, Robert A Varin, Deepak K Mattar, Amirreza Shirani Bidabadi, Marek Polanski. Journal of Energy Chemistry 26 (1), pp. 24-34 (2017/1/31)

Litwa, P., Perkowski, K., Zasada, D., Kobus, I., Konopka, G., Czujko, T., & Varin, R. A. (2016). A novel Fe–Cr–Nb matrix composite containing the TiB 2 neutron absorber synthesized by mechanical alloying and final hot isostatic pressing (HIP) in the Ti-tubing. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 674, 425-434.

Varin, R. A., Kościuczyk, E. E., & Czujko, T. (2015). Mechanical and Thermal Dehydrogenation of the Mechano-Chemically Synthesized Calcium Alanate (Ca (AlH4) 2) and Lithium Chloride (LiCl) Composite. Materials, 8(6), 3479-3490.

A.R. Shirani Bidabadi, A. Korinek, G.L. Botton, R.A. Varin “High resolution transmission electron microscopy (TEM), energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) and X-ray diffraction studies of nanocrystalline manganese borohydride (Mn(BH₄)₂) after mechano-chemical synthesis and thermal dehydrogenation”, Acta Materialia 100 (2015) 392-400.  

R.A. Varin, A.R. Shirani Bidabadi, “Rapid, ambient temperature hydrogen generation from the solid state Li-B-Fe-H system by mechano-chemical activation synthesis”, Journal of Power Sources  284 (2015) 554-565.

R.A. Varin, A.R. Shirani Bidabadi, “Nanostructured, complex hydride systems for hydrogen generation”, AIMS Energy 3 (2015) 121-143.

Atashin, J. Z. Wen, R.A. Varin, “Investigation of milling energy input on structural variations of processed olivine powders for CO₂ sequestration”, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 618 (2015) 555-561.

R.A. Varin, R. Parviz, M. Polanski, Z.S. Wronski, “The effects of milling energy input and molar ratio on the dehydrogenation and thermal conductivity of the (LiNH₂+nMgH₂) (n=0.5, 0.7, 0.9, 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0) nanocomposites”, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 39 (2014) 10585-10599.

R.A. Varin, T. Czujko, Z.S. Wronski, “Nanomaterials for Solid State Hydrogen Storage”, Springer Science and Business Media, New York, NY 10013, USA, 2009, pp. 338 (book).

Stępniowski, W. J., Nowak-Stępniowska, A., Presz, A., Czujko, T., & Varin, R. A. "The effects of time and temperature on the arrangement of anodic aluminum oxide nanopores." Materials Characterization(2014).

Leshuk, T., Parviz, R., Everett, P., Krishnakumar, H., Varin, R. A., & Gu, F.  "Photocatalytic Activity of Hydrogenated TiO2." ACS applied materials & interfaces 5.6 (2013): 1892-1895.

Varin, Robert A., and Zbigniew S. Wronski. "Progress in Hydrogen Storage in Complex Hydrides." Renewable Hydrogen Technologies: Production, Purification, Storage, Applications and Safety (2013): 293.

R.A. Varin, R. Parviz, "The effects of the micrometric and nanometric iron (Fe) additives on the mechanical and thermal dehydrogenation of lithium alanate (LiAlH₄), its self-discharge at low temperatures and rehydrogenation", International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 37 (2012) 9088-9102.

Varin, R. A., & Parviz, R. (2012). The effects of the micrometric and nanometric iron (Fe) additives on the mechanical and thermal dehydrogenation of lithium alanate (LiAlH4), its self-discharge at low temperatures and rehydrogenation. International Journal Of Hydrogen Energy, 37(11), 9088-9102.
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Varin, R. A., & Parviz, R. (2012). Hydrogen generation from the ball milled composites of sodium and lithium borohydride (NaBH4/LiBH4) and magnesium hydroxide (Mg(OH)2) without and with the nanometric nickel (Ni) additive. International Journal Of Hydrogen Energy, 37(2), 1584-1593.
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Varin, R. A., Parviz, R., Zbroniec, L., & Wronski, Z. S. (2012). Fundamental Aspects of Mechanical Dehydrogenation of Li- Based Complex Hydride Nanocomposites and Their Self-Discharge at Low Temperatures.Energy Procedia, 29(6), 644-653.
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Polanski, M., Bystrzycki, J., Varin, R. A., Plocinski, T., & Pisarek, M. (2011).The effect of chromium (III) oxide (Cr2O3) nanopowder on the microstructure and cyclic hydrogen storage behavior of magnesium hydride (MgH2). Journal Of Alloys And Compounds, 509(5), 2386-2391.
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 Varin, R. A., Zaranski, Z., Czujko, T., Polanski, M., & Wronski, Z. S. (2011).The composites of magnesium hydride and iron-titanium intermetallic. International Journal Of Hydrogen Energy, 36(1), 1177-1183.
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 Varin, R. A., Zbroniec, L., Czujko, T., & Wronski, Z. S. (2011). The effects of nanonickel additive on the decomposition of complex metal hydride LiAlH4(lithium alanate). International Journal Of Hydrogen Energy, 36(1), 1167-1176.
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"The effects of ball milling and nanometric nickel additive on the hydrogen desorption from lithium borohydride and manganese chloride (3LiBH₄+MnCl₂) mixture", International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 35, 2010
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2010.01.137

"The effects of ball milling and molar ratio of LiH on the hydrogen storage properties of nanocrystalline lithium amide and lithium hydride (LiNH₂+LiH) system", Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 491, 2010
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2009.11.035

"Thermal stability of Vale Inco nanometric nickel as a catalytic additive for magnesium hydride (MgH₂)", International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 34, 2009
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2009.07.110

"Synthesis of nanocomposite hydrides for solid state hydrogen storage by controlled mechanical milling techniques", Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 483, 2009
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2008.07.207

R.A. Varin, Ch. Chiu, Z.S. Wronski, "Mechano-chemical activation synthesis (MCAS) of disordered Mg(BH₄)₂ using NaBH₄", Journal of Alloys and Compound 462(2008)201-208 (Accepted in 2008)

Song-Lin Li, Yi Liu, R.A. Varin, Huai-Fei Liu, Jian-Min Cui, Shi-Qi Chen, "Effect of ball milling methods on synthesis and desorption properties of nanocrystalline Mg₂FeH₆ hydrogen storage material", Chinese Journal of Nonferrous Metals 118 (2008) 42-47, 2008 (Accepted in 2008)

Z.S. Wronski, R.A. Varin, T. Czujko, "Mechanochemical activation and synthesis of nanomaterials for hydrogen storage and conversion in electrochemical power sources", Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (In press, accepted in 2008)

R.A. Varin, T. Czujko, Ch. Chiu, R. Pulz, Z. Wronski, "Synthesis of nanocomposite hydrides for solid state hydrogen storage by controlled mechanical milling techniques", Journal of Alloys and Compounds (In press, accepted in 2008)

R.A. Varin, M. Jang, Z. S. Wronski, T. Czujko, "The effect of ball milling under hydrogen and argon on the hydrogen storage properties of nanostructured MgH₂", Journal of Alloys and Compounds (In press, accepted in 2008)

R.A. Varin, T. Czujko, Z.S. Wronski, Z. Zaranski, "Nanomaterials for hydrogen storage produced by ball milling", Canadian Metallurgical Quarterly (In press, accepted in 2008)

R.A. Varin, T. Czujko, Z.S. Wronski, "Nanomaterials for Solid State Hydrogen Storage", Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2009, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA, 2009 (ISBN: 978-0-387-77711-5)

R.A. Varin, T. Czujko, Z.Wronski, "Destabilization of magnesium hydride by compositing with lithium alanate hydride", MH 2008, International Symposium on Hydrogen-Metal Systems,

June 24-28, 2008, Reykjavik, Iceland

R.A. Varin, M. Jang, T. Czujko, Z.S. Wronski, "The effect of ball milling under argon and hydrogen on the hydrogen storage properties of nanostructured MgH₂", 15^th International Symposium on Metastable, Amorphous and Nanostructured Materials, 6-10 July, 2008, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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