Refereed Journal Publications

References marked in bold are featured on the journal's cover page

2010 

L. Tortora, H.-S. Park, S.-W. Kang, V. Savaryn, S.H. Hong, K. Kaznatcheev, D. Finotello, S. Sprunt, S. Kumar and O.D. Lavrentovich. Self-assembly, condensation, and order in aqueous lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals crowded with additives, Soft Matter (2010) in press.
A. Felten, X. Gillon, M. Gulas, J.-J. Pireaux, X. Ke, G. Van Tendeloo, C. Bittencourt, A.L.D. Kilcoyne, E. Najafi and A.P. Hitchcock. Measuring defect density of individual carbon nanotubes using polarization dependent X-ray microscopy, ACS Nano (2010) in press.
D. Papineau, B.T. DeGregorio, G.D. Cody, M.D. Fries, S.J. Mojzsis, A. Steele, R.M. Stroud and M.L. Fogel. Ancient graphite in the Eoarchen quartz-pyroxene rock from Akilia in southern West Greenland I: Petrographic and spectroscopic characterization, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (2010) in press.
E. Najafi, J. Wang, A.P. Hitchcock, J. Guan, S. Denommee and B. Simard. Characterization of single walled carbon nanotubes by scanning transmission X-ray spectromicroscopy: purification, order and dodecyl functionalization, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 132 (2010) 9020-9029.
J. Zhou, J. Wang, H. Liu, M.N. Banis, X. Sun and T.K. Sham. Imaging nitrogen in individual carbon nanotubes, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 1 (2010) 1709-1713.
J. Zhou, J. Wang, H. Fang, C. Wu, J.N. Cutler and T.K. Sham. Nanoscale chemical imaging and spectroscopy of individual RuO2 coated carbon nanotubes, Chem. Commun. 46 (2010) 2778-2780.
F. Lewis, S. Turgeon, P. Chevallier, J.-J. Pireaux, M. Tatoulian and D. Mantovani, On the growth of fluorocarbon thin films deposited on plasma-etched 316L stainless steel, Plasma Process. Polym. 7 (2010) 309-317.
T.R. Neu, B. Manz, F. Volke, J.J. Dynes, A.P. Hitchcock and J.R. Lawrence. Advanced imaging techniques for assessment of structure, composition and function in biofilm systems, FEMS Microbiology Ecology 72 (2010) 1-21.
K.P. Lam, A.P. Hitchcock, M. Obst, J.R. Lawrence., G.D.W. Swerhone, G.G. Leppard, T. Tyliszczak, C. Karunakaran, J. Wang, K. Kaznatcheev,  D. Bazylinski and U. Lins, X-ray magnetic circular dichroism of individual magnetosomes by Scanning Transmission X-ray Microscopy, Chemical Geology 270 (2010) 110-116.

2009 

1. E. Otero, N. Kosugi, and S.G. Urquhart, Strong double excitation and open-shell features in the near-edge x-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy of ferrocene and ferrocenium compounds, The Journal of Chemical Physics 131(2009) 114313:1-8.
2. K.L.I. Norlund, G. Southam, T. Tyliszczak, Y. Hu, C. Karunakaran, M. Obst, A.P. Hitchcock and L.A. Warren, A novel syntrophic microbial sulphur metabolising consortia: new evidence for microbial global carbon cycling, Environmental Science and Technology 43 (2009) 8781–8786.
3. S. Hanhan, A.M. Smith,  M. Obst and A.P. Hitchcock, Optimization of analysis of Ca 2p soft X-ray spectromicroscopy, J. Electron Spectrosc. Rel. Phenom. 173 (2009) 44-49.
4. M. Obst, J.J. Dynes, J.R. Lawrence, G.D.W. Swerhone, C. Karunakaran, K.V. Kaznatcheev, D. Bertwistle, K. Benzerara, T. Tyliszczak and A.P. Hitchcock, Precipitation of amorphous CaCO₃ (aragonite) controlled by cyanobacteria: a multi -technique study of the influence of EPS on the nucleation process, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 73 (2009) 4180-4198.
5. J. M. MacLeod, J. A. Lipton-Duffin, S.G. Urquhart and F. Rosei, Shape Transition in Very Large Germanium Islands on Si(111), Applied Physics Letters 94 (2009) 103109 – 1-3. 
6. M. Weigand, M., B.Van Waeyenberge, A. Vansteenkiste, M. Curcic, V.Sackmann, H. Stoll, T. Tyliszczak, K. Kaznatcheev, D. Bertwistle, G. Woltersdorf, C.H. Back, and Schütz, Vortex core switching by coherent excitation with single in-plane magnetic field pulses.  Phys. Rev. Lett. 102 (2009), 077201 – (1-4).
7. E.de Smit, I. Swart, J.F. Creemer, C. Karunakaran, D. Bertwistle, H.W. Zandbergen, F.M.F. de Groot and B.M. Weckhuysen, Nanoscale Chemical Imaging of the Reduction Behavior of a Single Catalyst Particle, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 48 (2009) 3632-3636.
8. J. Miot,, K. Benzerara, G. Morin, A. Kappler, S. Bernard, M. Obst, C. Férard, F. Skouri-Panet, J.-M. Guigner, N. Posth, M. Galvez, G.E. Brown Jr and F. Guyot, Iron biomineralization by anaerobic neutrophilic iron-oxidizing bacteria, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 73 (2009) 696–711.
9. J. Miot,, K. Benzerara, G. Morin, A. Kappler, S. Bernard, M. Obst, C. Férard, F. Skouri-Panet, J.-M. Guigner, N. Posth, M. Galvez, G.E. Brown Jr and F. Guyot, Extracellular Iron Biomineralization by Photoautotrophic Iron-Oxidizing Bacteria, e Applied and Environmental Microbiology 73 (2009) 5586-5591.

2008 

1. R.C. Hunter, A.P. Hitchcock, J.J. Dynes, M. Obst and T.J. Beveridge, Mapping the speciation of iron minerals in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms using scanning transmission x-ray microscopy, Environmental Science and Technology 42  (2008) 8766–8772.
2. E. Najafi, D. Hernández Cruz, M. Obst, A.P. Hitchcock, B. Douhard, J.-J. Pireaux and A. Felten,  Polarization dependence of the C 1s X-ray absorption spectra  of individual multi-walled carbon nanotubes, Small 4 (2008) 2279-2285.
3. M.T. Greiner, M. Festin and P. Kruse, Investigation of Corrosion-Inhibiting Aniline Oligomer Thin Films on Iron Using Photoelectron Spectroscopy, J. Phys. Chem. C 112 (2008) 18991- 19004.
4. P. Hale, S. Turgeon, P. Horny, F. Lewis, N. Brack, G.Van Riessen, P. Pigram and D. Mantovan, X-ray Photoelectron Emission Microscopy and Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry Analysis of Ultrathin Fluoropolymer Coatings for Stent Applications, Langmuir 24  (2008) 7897–7905. [CaPeRS X-PEEM on the SGM]
5. S. Christensen, U.D. Lanke, B. Haines, S.E. Qaqish, M.F. Paige, S.G. Urquhart, Structural and Compositional Mapping of a Phase-Separated Langmuir-Blodgett Monolayer by X-ray Photoelectron Emission Microscopy, Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena  162 (2008) 107-114.
6. S.G. Urquhart, Uday D. Lanke and J. Fu,  Characterization of Molecular Orientation in Organic Nanomaterials by X-ray Linear Dichroism Microscopy, International Journal of Nanotechnology  5 (2008) 1138-1170.
7. A.P. Hitchcock, J.J. Dynes, G.A. Johansson, J. Wang and G. Botton, Comparison of NEXAFS microscopy and TEM-EELS for studies of soft matter, Micron 39 (2008) 311-319.

 2007

1. K.V. Kaznatcheev, P. Dudin, A.P. Hitchcock and O.D. Lavrentovich, An x-ray microscopy study of chromonic liquid crystal texture, Phys. Rev. E 76 (2007) 061703:1-14.

2. K.V. Kaznatcheev, C. Karunakaran, U.D. Lanke, S.G. Urquhart, M. Obst, A.P. Hitchcock, Soft X-ray Spectromicroscopy Beamline at the CLS:  Commissioning Results, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 582 (2007) 96-99.

Book Chapters

 2010

1. J. Lehmann and D. Solomon, Organic carbon chemistry in soils observed by synchrotron-based spectroscopy, in: B. Singh and M. Grafe (Eds.), Developments in soil science, 34 (2010) 289-312.

Theses

2010

1. Katie Harding (McMaster University, Physics, B.Sc. thesis, April 2010), Synthesis and characterization of CoCr₂Se₄ magnetic semiconductors
2. Karen Lam (McMaster University, Chemistry, M.Sc. thesis, March 2010), X-ray Magnetic Circular Dichroism of Individual Magnetosomes in Magnetotactic Bacteria by Scanning Transmission X-ray Microscopy 

2009

1. David D. Wells (State University of New York, Buffalo, Chemistry, Ph.D. thesis, Dec 2009), Advanced Instrumental Techniques: (1) Analysis of Spatial Chemical Phase Segregation in Biodegradable Polymers by STXM and TOF-SIMS (2) Novel Effects of Cluster vs. Monatomic Primary Ion Bombardment of Polymers in TOF-SIMS
2. Stephen Christensen (University of Saskatchewan, Chemistry, M.Sc. thesis, Dec 2009), Photoemission Electron Microscopy and Atomic Force Microscopy of Phase-Separated Langmuir-Blodgett Monolayer Thin Films
3. Anne Marie Smith, (McMaster University, B.Sc. thesis, April 2009), Interpretation of Ca 2p, C 1s and O 1s spectra of Calcium Carbonates

2008

1. Edwige Otero  (University of Saskatchewan, Chemistry, Ph.D. thesis, March 2008), Soft X-ray Spectroscopy of Organic and Organometallic Molecules and Polymers 
2. A. Mclean (University of Saskatchewan B.Sc. thesis, April 2008), Correlation of X-PEEM and Optical Microscopy of Duplex Stainless Steel Alloys
3. Rahim Oraji, (University of Saskatchewan, M.Sc thesis, Nov 2008), The effect of plasma treatment on flax fibres

2007

1. Stephanie Hanhan (McMaster University, B.Sc. thesis, April 2007),  Calcium chemistry in the microbial world
2. Stephen Christensen (University of Saskatchewan B.Sc. thesis, April 2007), X-PEEM microscopy of Langmuir Blodgett Monolayers