X-Ray Scattering Group

Publications - Fiscal Year 2005

• Baddorf, A.P.; Zajonz, H.; Gibbs, D.; and Zehner, D.M.  Strain accommodation in growth of Cu films on Ru(0001) studies with x-ray diffraction.  Phys. Rev. B (submitted). 
• Cai, Y.; and Ocko, B.  Large scale fabrication of protein nanoarrays based on nanosphere lithography.  Langmuir 21, 9274-9279 (2005).
• Cai, Y.; and Ocko, B.  Electro Pen Nanolithography.  J. Amer. Chem. Society (submitted).
• Checco, A.; Cai, Y.; Gang, O.; and Ocko, B.  High resolution non-contact AFM imaging of liquids condensed onto chemically nanopatterned surfaces.  Ultramicroscopy (submitted).
• Checco, A.; Gang, O.; and Ocko, B.  Liquid nanostripes.  Phys. Rev. Lett. (submitted).
• DiMasi, E.; Liu, T.; Olszta, M.J.; and Gower, L.B.  Particle aggregation dominates a polymer-induced liquid-precursor process for mineralization:  observations by laser light scattering.  Canadian J. Phys. (submitted).
• Dourdain, S.; Bardeau, J.-F.; Colas, M.; Smarsly, B.; Mehdi, A.; Ocko, B.; and Gibaud, A.  Design of mesoporous silica thin films and determination by x-ray reflectivity and GISAXS of their porous properties.  Nanoletters (submitted).
• Dourdain, S.; Rezaire, A.; Mehdi, A.; Ocko, B.; and Gibaud, A.  Real time GISAXS study of Micelle hydration in CTAB templated silica thin films.  Physica B:  Physics of Condensed Matter 357(1-2), 180-184 (2005).
• Dourdain, S.; Bardeau, J.-F.; Colas, M.; Smarsly, B.; Mehdi, A.; Ocko, B.; and Gibaud, A.  Determination by x-ray reflectivity and small angle x-ray scattering of the porous properties of mesoporous sililca thin films.  Appl. Phys. Lett. 86, 113108 (2005).
• Gang, O.; Ocko, B.M.; Wu, X.Z.; Sirota, E.B.; and Deutsch, M.  Surface freezing and its tuning in normal alcohols.  J. Phys.: Condens. Matter (in press).
• Gang, O.; Alvine, K.; Fukuto, M.; Pershan, P.; Black, C.; and Ocko, B.  Liquids on topologically nano-patterned surfaces.  Phys. Rev. Lett. (submitted).
• Geissbhhler, P.; Fenter, P.; DiMasi, E.; Srajer, G.; Sorensen, L.B.; and Sturchio, N.C.  Three-dimensional structure of the calcite-water interface by surface x-ray scattering.  Surf. Sci. (in press).
• Gibaud, A.; Desert, A.; Ocko, B.M.; Wen, K.; Maoz, R.; Cohen, H.; and Sagiv, J.  Non-destructive chemical modification of a preassembled silane multilayer:  structural study by combined FTIR, x-ray scattering, and XPS techniques.  Langmuir (submitted).
• Grenier, S.; Hill, J.P.; Kiryukhin, V.; Ku, W.; Kim, Y.-J.; Thomas, K.J.; Cheong, S.-W.; Tokura, Y.; Tomioka, Y.; Casa, D.; and Gog, T.  d-d excitations in manganites probed by resonant inelastic x-ray scattering.  Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 047203 (2005).
• Grigoriev, A.; Shpyrko, O.; Steimer, C.; Pershan, P.; Ocko, B.; Deutsch, M.; Lin, B.; Meron, M.; Graber, T.; and Gebhardt, J.  Surface oxidation of liquid Sn.  Surface Sci. 575(3), 223-232 (2005).
• Gu, G.D. Hücker, M.; Kim, Y.-J.; Tranquada, J.M.; Dabkowska, H.; Luke, G.M.; Timusk, T.; Gaulin, B.D.; Li, Q.; and Moodenbaugh, A.R.  Crystal growth and superconductivity of (La_1-xCa_x)₂CaCu₂O_6+y materials.  J. Phys. Chem. Solids (submitted).
• He, F.; Wells, B.O.; Ban, Z.-G.; Alpay, S.P.; Grenier, S.; Shapiro, S.M.; Si, W.; Clark, A.; and Xi, X.  Structural phase transitions in epitaxial perovskite films.  Phys. Rev. B (submitted).
• He, F.; Wells, B.O.; Shapiro, S.M.; v.Zimmermann, M.; Clark, A.; and Xi, X.  Anomalous phase transition in strained SrTiO₃ films.  Appl. Phys. Lett. (submitted).
• Hücker M.; Kim, Y.-J.; Gu, G.D.; Gaulin B.D.; Lynn, J.W.; and Tranquada, J.M.  Neutron scattering study on La_1.9Ca_1.1Cu­₂O_6+d and La_1.85Sr_0.15CaCu₂O_6+d.  cond-mat/0408298.  Phys. Rev. B (submitted).
• Hill, J.P.; Coburn, D.S.; Kim, Y.-J.; Gog, T.; Kodituwakku, C.N.; and Sinn, H.  A new 2m inelastic x-ray scattering spectrometer at CMC-CAT, Advanced Photon Source.  J. Phys. Chem. Solids (submitted).
• Katz, H.; Siegrist, T.; Lefenfeld, M.; Gopalan, P.; Mushrush, M.; Ocko, B.; Gang, O.; and Jisrawi, N.  Mesophase transitions, surface functionalization, and growth mechanism of semiconducting 6PTTP6 Films from Solution.  American Chem. Society (submitted).
• Kim, I.-W.; DiMasi, E.; and Evans, J.S.  Identification of mineral modulation sequences within the nacre-associated oyster shell protein n16.  Crystal Growth and Design (in press).
• Kim, Y.-J.; Hill, J.P.; Gu, G.; Chou, F.; Wakimoto, S.; Birgeneau, R.; Komiya, S.; Ando, Y.; Motoyama, N.; Kojima, K.; Uchida, S.; Casa, D.; and Gog. T.  Molecular orbital excitations in cuprates.  Phys. Rev. B (to be published).
• Lefenfeld, M.; Gopalan, P.; Mushrush, M.; Ocko, B.; Gang, O.; Jisrawi, N.; Siegrist, T.; and Katz, H.  Mesophase transitions, surface functionalization, and growth mechanism of semiconducting 6PTTP6 films from solution.  J. Phys. Chem. (submitted).
• Liu, G.; Cons, M.; and Liu, T.  The ionic effect on supramolecular aggregates in polyoxomolybdate solution.  J. Molecular Liquids 118, 27-29 (2005).
• Liu, G. and Liu, T.  Thermodynamic properties of the unique self-assembly of {Mo₇₂Fe₃₀} inorganic macro-ions in salt-free and salt-containing aqueous solutions.  Langmuir 21, 2713-2720 (2005).
• Liu, G.; Cai, Y.; and Liu, T.  Automatic and subsequent dissolution and precipitation process in inorganic macroionic solutions.  J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 126, 16690-16691 (2004).
• Liu, T.  Giant inorganic ions in dilute solution:  equilibrium and transition between the first and second solute states and determination of the activation energy.  J. Amer. Chem. Soc. (submitted).
• Liu, T.  New sciences emerge from an ancient “Blue Water” puzzle – novel solution behaviors of nanometer scale inorganic ions.  J. Chem. Education (submitted).
• Lu, L.; Chabot-Couture, G.; Zhao, Z.; Hancock, J.N.; Kaneko, N.; Vajk, O.P.; Yu, G.; Grenier, S.; Kim, Y.J.; Casa, D.; Gog, T.; and Greven, M.  Charge-Transfer Excitations in the Model Superconductor HgBa₂CuO_4+d.  Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 217003 (2005).
• Markinovic, N.S., Wang, J.X.; Zajonz, H.; and Adizic, R.R. Adsorption of bisulfate on the Ru(0001) single crystal electrode surface. J. Electroanaly. Chem. 500(1-2), 388-394 (in preparation).
• Nelson, M.; Cain, N.; Taylor, C.; Ocko, B.; Gin, D.; Hammond, S.; and Schwartz, D. Periodic arrays of interfacial cylindrical reverse Micelles. Langmuir (accepted).
• Ocko, B.M.; Kraack, H.; Pershan, P.; Sloutskin, E.; Tamam, L.; and Deutsch, M. Crystalline phases of alkyl-thiol monolayers on liquid mercury. Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 017802 (2005).
• Park, S.; DiMasi, E.; Kim, Y.-I.; Woodward, P.M.; and Vogt, T. The preparation and characterization of photocatalytically active TiO2 thin films using successive-ionic-layer-adsorption-and-reaction (SILAR). Chem. Mater. (submitted).
• Pfeifer, M.; Robach, O.; Ocko, B.; and Robinson, I.K. Thickness-related instability of Cu thin films on Ag(100). Physica B 357, 152-158 (2005).
• Shpyrko, O.; Grigoriev, A.; Steimer, C.; Pershan, P.; Lin, B.; Meron, M.; Graber, T.; Gerbhardt, J.; Ocko, B.; and Deutsch, M. Anomalous layering at the liquid Sn surface. Phys. Rev. B (submitted).
• Shpyrko, O.; Grigoriev, A.; Streital, R.; Pontoni, D.; Pershan, P.; Deutsch, M.; and Ocko, B. Atomic-scale surface demixing in a eutectic liquid BiSn alloy. Phys. Rev. Lett. (submitted).
• Sloutskin, E.; Sirota, E.B.; Kraack, H.; Ocko, B.M.; and Deutsch, M. Surface freezing in n-alkane solutions: the relation to bulk phases. Phys. Rev. E (accepted).
• Sloutskin, E.; Bain, C.; Ocko, B.; and Deutsch, M. Surface freezing of chain molecules at the liquid-liquid and liquid-air interfaces. Faraday Discussions 19, 339-352 (2005).
• Sloutskin, E.; Ocko, B.; Tamam, L.; Kuzmenko, I.; Gog, T.; and Deutsch, M. Surface layering in ionic liquids: an x-ray reflectivity study. J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 127, 7796-7804 (2005).
• Sprung, M.; Seydel, T.; Gutt, C.; Weber, R.; DiMasi, E.; Madsen, A.; and Tolan, M. X-ray reflectivity study of capillary wave induced surface roughness of supercooled liquids. Phys. Rev. E (in press).
• Strzalka, J.; DiMasi, E.; Kuzmenko, I.; Gog, T.; and Blasie, J.K. Resonant x-ray reflectivity from a bromine-labeled fatty acid Langmuir monolayer. Phys. Rev. E (in press).
• Tamam, L.; Kraack, H.; Sloutskin, E.; Ocko, B.; Pershan, P.; Ulman, A.; and Deutsch, M. Structure of mercaptobiphenyl monolayers on mercury. J. Phys. Chem. B 109, 12534-12543 (2005).
• Thomas, K. Jessica, Grenier, S.; Hill, J.P.; Chou, F.C.; Tomioka, Y.; Tokura, Y.; and Abbamonte, P. Soft x-ray resonant diffraction in transition metal oxides. Proceedings of the Conference on Strongly Correlated Electron Materials: Physics and Nanoengineering, part of The International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE) International Symposium on Optics and Photonics, Paper 80, Session 5932, San Diego, California, July 31-August 4, 2005.
• Turgeman, R.; Gershevitz, O.; Palchik, O.; Deutsch, M.; Ocko, B.M.; Gendanken, A.; and Sukenik, C. Oriented growth of ZnO crystals on self-assembled monolayers of functionalized alkyl silanes. Crystal Growth & Design (submitted).
• Turgeman, R.; Gershevitz, O.; Deutsch, M.; Ocko, B.; Gedanken, A.; and Sukenik, C. Crystallization of highly oriented ZnO microrods on carboxylic acid-terminated SAMs. Chem. Mater. 17, 5048-5056 (2005).
• Vaknin, D.; Kelley, M.S.; and Ocko, B.M. The structure of D-erythro-C18 ceramide at the air-water interface. Biophys. J. (accepted).
• van den Brink, J. and van Veenendaal, M. Theory of indirect resonant inelastic x-ray scattering. Theory of indirect resonant inelastic x-ray scattering. Phys. Rev. Lett. (submitted).
• von Zimmermann, M.; Hill, J.P.; Gibbs, D.; Blume, M.; Casa, D.; Keimer, B.;
  Murakami, Y.; Tomioka, Y.; and Tokura, Y. Interplay of charge, orbital and magnetic order in Pr1-xCaxMnO3. Proceedings of the Materials Research Society, Vol. 590, “Application of Synchrotron Radiation Techniques to Materials Science V”, S.R. Stock, D.L. Perry, and S.M. Mini, Eds.; ISBN: 1-55899-498-X (in press).
• Wang, J.X.; Robinson, I.K.; Ocko, B.M.; and Adzic, R.R. Adsorbate-geometry specific subsurface relaxation in the CO/Pt(111) system. J. Phys. Chem. B 109, 24-26 (2005).
• Wells, B.O.; von Zimmermann, M.; Shapiro, S.; Zhu, Y.; Clark, A.; and Xi, X.X. Novel phases in strained films of SrTiO3. Phys. Rev. B (submitted).
• Xu, T.; Misner, M.; Kim, S.; Sievert, J.; Gang, O.; Ocko, B.; and Russell, T. Selective solvent induced reversible surfaces reconstruction of diblock copolymer thin films. In: New Polymeric Materials, ACS Symposium Series 916, L.S. Korugic-Karasz, W. MacKnight, and E. Martuscelli (Eds.), pp. 158-170, Oxford University Press (Publisher), 2005.
• Zajonz, H.; Gibbs, D.; Baddorf, A.P.; and Zehner, D.M. Growth of strained epitaxial Cu films on Ru(0001) monitored by surface x-ray diffraction. Physica A (accepted).
• Zegkinoglou, I.; Strempfer, J.; Nelson, C.S.; Hill, J.P.; Chakhalian, J.; Bernhard, C.; Lang, J.C.; Srajer, G.; Fukazawa, H.; Nakatsuji, S.; Maeno, Y.; and Keimer, B. Orbital ordering transition in Ca2RuO4 observed with resonant x-ray diffraction. Phys. Rev. Lett. (submitted).
  

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