Selected publications

The publications listed below show a variety of applications that SEM SRF facilities have been used for in recent years.

2024

Multi-spot ultrafast laser ablation at ambient pressure – A new window on coalescing shock wave interactions

T. Zhou, S. Kraft, Z. Fang, W. Perrie, M. Bilton, J. Schille, U. Löschner, S. E. Rigby, S. Edwardson, G. Dearden (2024). Optics & Laser Technology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optlastec.2024.110739 

A key role for diffusion creep in eclogites: Omphacite deformation in the Zermatt-Saas unit, Italian Alps

D. D. McNamara, J. Wheeler, M. Pearce, D. J. Prior (2024) Journal of Structural Geology https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2023.105033

Seismic faulting and CO2-rich fluid interactions: Evidence from carbonate spherulitic grains in ultramafic fault damage zones 

M. Locatelli, L Crispini, E. Mariani, G Capponi, M Scarsi, L Federico (2024). Journal of Structural Geology. doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2024.105058

Simultaneous Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering with a Kerr Gate for Fluorescence Suppression

G. Cabello, I. V. Sazanovich, I. Siachos, M. Bilton, B. L. Mehdi, A. R. Neale, L. J. Hardwick, (2024). The journal of physical chemistry letters, 608-615. doi:10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c02926

 

2023

Fabricating Quasiperiodic Tilings with Thermal-Scanning Probe Lithography

L. Chandler, O. J. Barker, A. J. Wright, L. O'Brien, S. Coates, R. McGrath, R. Lifshitz, H. R. Sharma, Isr. J. Chem. 2023, e202300115. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijch.202300115

Copper bioreduction and nanoparticle synthesis by an enrichment culture from a former copper mine

L. Kimber, G. Elizondo, K. Jedyka, C. Boothman, R. Cai, H. Bagshaw, S. J. Haigh, V. S. Coker, J. R. Lloyd (2023). Environmental Microbiology. doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.16488 

The effect of earthquake rupture on the brittle-viscous flow of olivine 

E. Mariani, H. Bagshaw, M. Bilton, J. Gardner (2023). EGU General Assembly 2023 doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu23-15541 

Environmentally assisted cracking of a single crystal nickel-based superalloy

K. Dawson, F. Duarte-Martinez, S. Gray, J. Nicholls, G. Gibson, J. Leggett & G. J. Tatlock (2023), Materials at High Temperatures, DOI: 10.1080/09603409.2023.2182587

2022

Pulse Burst Generation and Diffraction with Spatial Light Modulators for Dynamic Ultrafast Laser Materials Processing

Z. Fang,  T. Zhou, W. Perrie, M. Bilton, J. Schille, U. Löschner, S. Edwardson, G. Dearden. Materials 2022, 15, 9059. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15249059

Potassium silicate alteration in porphyry coppergold deposits: A case study at the giant maar-diatreme hosted Grasberg deposit, Indonesia 

R.W. Henley, T. Mernagh, C. Leys, U. Troitzsch, J. Bevitt, F. Brink, J. Gardner, L. Knuefing, J. Wheeler, A. Limaye, M. Turner, Y. Zhang. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 2022, 107710, ISSN 0377 0273 DOI:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2022.107710

Band Structure Engineering of Bi4O4SeCl2 for Thermoelectric Applications

J. Newnham, T. Zhao, Q.D. Gibson, T.D. Manning, M. Zanella, E. Mariani, L.M. Daniels, J.Alaria, J.B. Claridge, F.Corà, M.J. Rosseinsky ACS Organic & Inorganic Au20222 (5), 405-414 DOI: 10.1021/acsorginorgau.2c00018

Low Paleointensities and Ar/Ar Ages From Saint Helena Provide Evidence for Recurring Magnetic Field Weaknesses in the South Atlantic 

YA Engbers, JM Grappone, DF Mark, AJ Biggin. JGR Solid Earth, 127, 3, 2022 https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JB023358

Physical property characterization of the Waipapa greywacke: an important geothermal reservoir basement rock in New Zealand

A. Melia, D.R. Faulkner, D.D. McNamara. Geotherm Energy 10, 11 (2022). DOI: 10.1186/s40517-022-00218-2

Interrelation of the CdTe Grain Size, Postgrowth Processing, and Window Layer Selection on Solar Cell Performance 

T.P. Shalvey, H. Bagshaw, J. D. Major. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2022, 14 (37), 42188-42207 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c07609

Sodium Fluoride Doping Approach to CdTe Solar Cells 

T.P. Shalvey, H. Shiel, O. S. Hutter, G. Zoppi, L. Bowen, V. R. Dhanak, and J. D. Major ACS Applied Energy Materials 2022 5 (4), 3888-3897 DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.1c03351

Melt stripping and agglutination of pyroclasts during the explosive eruption of low viscosity magmas

T.J Jones, J.K. Russell, R.J. Brown, L. Hollendonner. Nat Commun 13, 992 (2022). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-28633-w

Low-cost electrochemical detection of arsenic in the groundwater of Guanajuato state, central Mexico using an open-source potentiostat

J.C. Bullen, L.N. Dworsky, M. Eikelboom, M. Carriere, A. Alvarez et al. (2022) Low-cost electrochemical detection of arsenic in the groundwater of Guanajuato state, central Mexico using an open-source potentiostat. PLOS ONE 17(1): e0262124. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0262124

2021

Annealing and Treatment Effects on Se Diffusion in CdTe Photovoltaics 

J.F. Leaver, K. Durose and J. D. Major, 2021 IEEE 48th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), 2021, pp. 1187-1191, doi: 10.1109/PVSC43889.2021.9518821.

Backward Flux Re-Deposition Patterns during Multi-Spot Laser Ablation of Stainless Steel with Picosecond and Femtosecond Pulses in Air 

Zhou T, Kraft S, Perrie W, Schille J, Löschner U, Edwardson S, Dearden G.. Materials (Basel). 2021 Apr 27;14(9):2243. doi: 10.3390/ma14092243.

Microbial degradation of citric acid in low level radioactive waste disposal: impact on biomineralisation reactions 

N Byrd, JR Lloyd, J Small, F Taylor, H Bagshaw, C Boothman, K Morris Frontiers in Microbiology 12, 723, 2021(https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.565855)

2020

Covalent Organic Framework Nanosheets Embedding Single Cobalt Sites for Photocatalytic Reduction of Carbon Dioxide 

Wang, X., Fu, Z., Zheng, L., Zhao, C., Wang, X., Chong, S. Y., . . . Cooper, A. I. (2020). CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS, 32(21), 9107-9114. doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c01642

Highly Stable Energy Capsules with Nano-SiO2 Pickering Shell for Thermal Energy Storage and Release (Journal article)

Graham, M., Smith, J., Bilton, M., Shchukina, E., Novikov, A. A., Vinokurov, V., & Shchukin, D. G. (2020). ACS NANO, 14(7), 8894-8901. doi:10.1021/acsnano.0c03706

GaAsSbN for Multi-Junction Solar Cells (Conference Paper)

Mumtaz, A., Milanova, M., Sandall, I., Cheetham, K., Cao, Z., Bilton, M., . . . Durose, K. (2020). In 2020 47th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC). IEEE. doi:10.1109/pvsc45281.2020.9300524

A stable covalent organic framework for photocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction (Journal article)

Fu, Z., Wang, X., Gardner, A., Wang, X., Chong, S. Y., Neri, G., . . . Cooper, A. I. (2020). CHEMICAL SCIENCE, 11(2), 543-550. doi:10.1039/c9sc03800k

Microstructure and mechanical properties of Cu-modified AlSi10Mg fabricated by Laser-Powder Bed Fusion (Journal article)

Garmendia, X., Chalker, S., Bilton, M., Sutcliffe, C. J., & Chalker, P. R. (2020). Materialia, 100590. doi:10.1016/j.mtla.2020.100590

Enhanced fuzzy tungsten growth in the presence of tungsten deposition (Journal article)

McCarthy, P., Hwangbo, D., Bilton, M., Kajita, S., & Bradley, J. W. (2020). Nuclear Fusion, 60. doi:10.1088/1741-4326/ab6060

Microanalysis of Calcite Scaling in a Fractured Geothermal System

McNamara, D. D., Lister, A., Prior, D. J., Scully, A.. Gardner, J., Wheeler, J. (2020). Proceedings World Geothermal Congress.

Biomineralisation of Sr by the cyanobacterium Pseudanabaena catenata under alkaline conditions

L Foster, A Cleary, H Bagshaw, D Sigee, JK Pittman, K Morris, K Zhang, ... Frontiers in Earth Science 8, 2020 (https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2020.556244)

Biomineralisation of Cu2S nanoparticles by Geobacter sulfurreducens

R.L. Kimber, H. Bagshaw, K. Smith, D.M. Buchanan, V.S. Coker, J.S. Cavet, ... Applied and environmental microbiology 86 (18), 2020 (https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.00967-20)

2019

Mussel-Inspired Self-Healing Coatings Based on Polydopamine-Coated Nanocontainers for Corrosion Protection (Journal article)

Qian, B., Zheng, Z., Michailids, M., Fleck, N., Bilton, M., Song, Y., . . . Shchukin, D. (2019). ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES, 11(10), 10283-10291. doi:10.1021/acsami.8b21197

Tannic complexes coated nanocontainers for controlled release of corrosion inhibitors in self-healing coatings (Journal article)

Qian, B., Michailidis, M., Bilton, M., Hobson, T., Zheng, Z., & Shchukin, D. (2019). ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA, 297, 1035-1041. doi:10.1016/j.electacta.2018.12.062 DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2018.12.062

 

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