Soft Matter Group

Soft & Biomolecular Materials Staff Profiles

Go Back

Senior Scientist & Group Leader Ben Ocko Bus: 631.344.4299 Fax: 631.344.2739 send e-mail

Education

• Ph.D. 1984: Physics, MIT
• B.S. 1978: Physics, Swarthmore College

Research Interests

• Surface Freezing at Interfaces
• Surface Ordering in Liquids at Solid Interfaces
• Surface Wetting of Topographical Patterns
• Nanoscale Wetting of Topographical Patterns
• Structure of Thin Organic Films

Links

• BNL/X22A
• BNL/X22B
• APS/CMC
• APS/CMC Liquid Spectrometer

Key Publications

• Liquid nanostripes, A. Checco, O. Gang, and B. Ocko.  Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 056104 (2006).
• Surface crystallization in a liquid AuSi alloy, O. Shpyrko, R. Streitel, V. S. K. Balagurusamy, A. Griogoriev, M. Deutsch, B. M. Ocko, M. Meron, B. Lin, and P. Pershan.  Science 313, 77-80 (2006).
• Structure of a Langmuir film on a liquid metal surface, H. Kraack, B. Ocko, P. Pershan, and M. Deutsch, Science 298, 1404 (2002).
• Bromide adsorption on Ag(001): A potential induced two-dimensional Ising order-disorder transition, B.M. Ocko, J.X. Wang, T. Wandlowski, Phys Rev. Lett. 79 1511-1514 (1997)
• Surface freezing in chain molecules, B.M. Ocko, X.Z. Wu, E. B. Sirota, S.K. Sinha, O. Gang, and M. Deutsch, Phys. Rev. E 55, 3164- (1997)
• X-ray reflectivity measurements of surface layering in liquid mercury, O.M. Magnussen, B.M. Ocko, M.J. Regan, K. Penanen, P.S. Pershan, and M. Deutsch, Phys. Rev. Lett. 74 , 4444-4447 (1995).
• In situ diffraction and reflectivity studies of the Au(111)/electrolyte Interface: Reconstruction and anion adsorption, J. Wang, B.M. Ocko, A.J. Davenport, and H.S. Isaacs, Phys. Rev. B 46 , 10321--38 (1992).
• Capillary waves on the surface of simple liquids measured by x-ray reflectivity, A. Braslau, P.S. Pershan, G. Swislow, B.M. Ocko, and J. Als-Nielsen, Phys. Rev. A38, 2457 (1988).
• Quantized layer growth at liquid crystal surfaces, B.M. Ocko, A. Braslau, P.S. Pershan, J. Als-Nielsen, J., and M. Deutsch, Phys. Rev. Lett. 57, 94 (1986).
• Critical and tricritical behavior at the nematic to smectic-A transition, B.M. Ocko, R.J. Birgeneau, J.D. Litster, and M.E. Neubert, Phys. Rev. Lett. 52, 208 (1984).

All Publications

Last Modified: June 23, 2009
Please forward all questions about this site to: Ben Ocko

One of ten national laboratories overseen and primarily funded by the Office of Science of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Brookhaven National Laboratory conducts research in the physical, biomedical, and environmental sciences, as well as in energy technologies and national security. Brookhaven Lab also builds and operates major scientific facilities available to university, industry and government researchers. Brookhaven is operated and managed for DOE's Office of Science by Brookhaven Science Associates, a limited-liability company founded by the Research Foundation for the State University of New York on behalf of Stony Brook University, the largest academic user of Laboratory facilities, and Battelle, a nonprofit, applied science and technology organization.

Privacy and Security Notice  | Contact Web Services for help