Abstract Submissions
On-line submission of abstracts is now closed. Those who submitted abstracts will be notified about poster sessions logisitcs by October 1.

The poster session will be held in conjunction with a reception for exhibitors on Monday, October 9, from 4:30 to 7:15 P.M.

Note: The poster board size is 1.2 m (4 ft) square; push pins will be provided.

General Poster Session Titles and Authors

AMO and Chemical Dynamics

Cool, Terrill

Cornell University

Combustion Chemistry of Oxygenated Fuels Studied by Synchrotron Photoionization Mass Spectrometry

Das, Aloke

Louisiana State University

Mode-Specific Photoelectron Trapping in Complex Molecular Landscapes

Hemmers, Oliver

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

First Observation of a Quadrupole Cooper Minimum in the Photoionization of Xe 5p

Howle, Chris

Berkeley Lab

The VUV Photodissociation Dynamics of CH3CN

Osborn, David

Sandia National Laboratory

Isomer-Resolved Chemical Kinetics Using a Highly Multiplexed Photoionization Mass Spectrometer

Rolles, Daniel

Western Michigan University/Berkeley Lab

Molecular Fragmentation Dynamics Studied by Velocity Map Imaging

Rolles, Daniel

Western Michigan University/Berkeley Lab

Size Effects in Angle-Resolved Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Free Rare-Gas Clusters

Sterling, Nicholas

University of Texas, Austin

Absolute Photoionization Cross-Section Measurements of Se Ions for Deriving Chemical Abundances in Ionized Nebulae

Stolte, Wayne

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Fragmentation of Methyl Chloride Studied by Partial Positive- and Negative-Ion-Yield Spectroscopy

Stolte, Wayne

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Partial Cation- and Anion-Yield Experiments In Ammonia around the N 1s Ionization Threshold

Earth and Environmental Science-Ambient Pressure and Liquids

Bluhm, Hendrik

Berkeley Lab

The Adsorption and Uptake of Acetone on Ice Studied with Ambient Pressure Photoemission Spectroscopy

Briggs, Daniel

University of California, Berkeley

Characterization of Cu+ Zeolite Catalysts for DMC Synthesis by X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy

Brown, Matthew

University of California, Irvine/AIR UCI

Ion Concentrations at the Alkali Halide Aqueous-Vapor Interface Investigated through Ambient Pressure X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy

Brown, Matthew

University of California, Irvine/AIR UCI

Reactions of Ozone with the Constituents of Sea Salt Particles

Cui, Congwu

Berkeley Lab

Characterizing Nanometer Structures of Dense Geological Materials with High-Resolution Ab Initio Coherent Soft X-Ray Diffraction Tomography

Curti, Enzo

Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland

Ni and Mg Redistribution and Speciation During Alteration of a Simulated Nuclear Waste Glass: A Micro-XAS and Micro-XRF Study

Daehn, Rainer

Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland/Berkeley Lab

Spectromicroscopic Investigation of Metal Precipitate Formation in Nuclear Waste Repository Materials

Gilles, Mary

Berkeley Lab

Size-Dependent Chemical Composition of Individual Organic Aerosol Particles Studied with Scanning Transmission X-Ray Microscopy

Gilles, Mary

Berkeley Lab

Black Carbon in the Atmosphere

Gilles, Mary

Berkeley Lab

Chemical Speciation of Sulfur in Marine Cloud Droplets and Particles

Gleason, Arianna

University of California, Berkeley

Pressure-Temperature Stability Studies of alpha-FeOOH Using X-Ray Diffraction

Hernandez-Cruz, Daniel

McMaster University, Canada

Quantitative Mapping of the b-Sheet Orientation in N. Clavipes Spider Silk Fibers by Scanning Transmission X-Ray Microscopy

Krisch, Maria

University of California, Irvine/AIR UCI

The Effect of an Organic on the Interfacial Structure of an Electrolyte Solution

Mirguet, Claude

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

Microstructure of Gallic Imitations of Sigillata Slips by X-Ray Synchrotron Diffraction and Electron Transmission Microscopy

Monteiro, Paulo

University of California, Berkeley

How Ettringite Crystals Can Expand Concrete Members: A Soft X-Ray Microscopy Study

Naslund, Lars

Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory

Structure and Bonding of the Hydroxyl-Water Mixed Phase on Pt(111)

Saykally, Richard

University of California, Berkeley

X-Ray Spectroscopy on Liquid Microjets

Toner, Brandy

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Seafloor Weathering of Hydrothermal Chimney Sulide Minerals From East Pacific Rise: An X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopic Study

Yamamoto, Susumu

Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory

Microscopic Wetting of Water on Metals at Near-Ambient Conditions

Instrumentation

Bajt, Sasa

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Development of Multilayer-Based Optical Elements for FLASH Experiments

Caldwell, Sander

Berkeley Lab

Temperature Calibration for the Laser-Heated Diamond-Anvil Cell

Drury, Owen

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Superconducting Tunnel Junction Array Spectrometers for High Resolution Soft X-Ray Spectroscopy

Godwal, Budhi

University of California, Berkeley/Berkeley Lab

Incorporation of Ab-Initio Based Software Packages for the Interpretation of Phenomena at High Pressures and Temperatures

Goudeau, Philippe

Université de Poitiers/CNRS France

Synchrotron Laue Microdiffraction: A New Beam Line Project at SOLEIL for Phase Identification and Mechanics of Materials

Heimann, Philip

Berkeley Lab

The Berkeley Lab Slicing Undulator Beamline, BL6.0.2 and BL6.0.1

Hura, Greg

Berkeley Lab

SIBYLS: A Joint Small-Angle and Crystallography Beamline

Koike, Masato

Japan Atomic Energy Agency

High Efficiency Multilayer Laminar-Type Gratings and their Application to a Grazing Incidence Monochromator for the 1-8 keV Region

Starr, David

Berkeley Lab

A Combined Droplet Train–Photoemission Spectroscopy Experiment for the Investigation of Heterogeneous Reactions on Liquid Surfaces

Watts, Benjamin

North Carolina State University

A Simple Polarimeter for Quantifying the Linear Polarization of Focused Soft X-Ray Beam Delivered by STXM

Magnetism, Superconductivity, and Correlated Materials

Chiou, Jau-Wern

Berkeley Lab

The Electronic Structure of Zn1-xCuxO Film Studied by X-Ray Absorption and Emission Spectroscopies

Eimueller, Thomas

Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany

X-Ray Magnetic Imaging of Colloidal Magnetic Crystals

Fischer, Peter

Berkeley Lab

Imaging Ultrafast Spin Dynamics with Magnetic Soft X-Ray Microscopy

Freelon, Byron

Berkeley Lab

Direct Observation of Spin Fluctuations in a High-Tc Parent Compound Using Resonant Inelastic X-Ray Scattering

Hunt, Adrian

University of Saskatchewan, Canada

Possible Electron Self-Trapping in LiFePO4 Probed with X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy

Kondo, Takeshi

Iowa State University

Dichotomy of the Electronic Structure in YBa2Cu4O8: Conduction Bands of CuO2 Planes and CuO Chains

Konings, Stan

University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Magnetization Reversal of an Anisotropy-Patterned Thin Film

Konings, Stan

University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Magnetic Fluctuations Measured With X-Ray Photon Correlation Spectroscopy

Koo, YangMo

Pohang University of Science and Technology, South Korea

Structural Dynamics of Polarization Switching in BiFeO3 Thin Films Using In-Situ X-Ray Microdiffraction

Markiewicz, Robert

Northeastern University

Multiband Resonant Inelastic X-Ray Scattering (RIXS) Calculations in the Cuprates

Moritz, Brian

University of Waterloo, Canada

Physical and Spectral Properties of the Hubbard-Holstein Model

Qian, Dong

Princeton University

Low-Lying Quasiparticle States and Hidden Collective Charge Instabilities in Parent Cobaltate Superconductors

Raekers, Michael

University of Osnabrueck, Germany

Investigation of Orbital Ordering in La7/8Sr1/8MNo3 by Means of X-Ray Linear Dichroism at the Mn L Edge

Rossnagel, Kai

University of Kiel, Germany

Continuous Tuning of the Metal-Insulator Transition in TaS2 by Alkali Adsorption

Sun, Zhe

University of Colorado

Electronic Structure in a Colossal Magnetoresistive Oxide La2-2xSr1+2xMn2O7

Vernay, Francois

University of Waterloo, Canada

Momentum-Resolved Inelastic X-Ray Scattering in Insulating Copper Oxides

Polymers, Soft Matter, and Biological Sciences

Ager, Joel

Berkeley Lab

Soft X-Ray Microscopy of Human Dentin with Sub-100 nm Resolution

Araki, Tohru

North Carolina State University

Direct Imaging and Spectroscopic Characterization of Stimulus-Responsive Microgels

Araki, Tohru

North Carolina State University

Resonant Soft X-Ray Scattering from Structured Polymer Nanoparticles and Composite Thin Films

Blakely, Eleanor

Berkeley Lab

Radiation-Induced Bystander Effects with a 12.5 keV X-Ray Microbeam

George, Simon

Berkeley Lab

Nitrogen K-edge XAS and EXAFS of Nitrogen Compounds Relevant to the Mechanism of Nitrogenase

Gilles, Mary

Berkeley Lab

STXM and FTIRSM Investigations into the Electron Beam Exposure Mechanism of Hydrogen Silsesquioxane Resists

Glasauer, Susan

University of Guelph, Canada

Partitioning of V at the Bacteria-Solution Interface during Dissimilatory Reduction

Goldstein, Lee

Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston

Metal Analysis in Human Alzheimer Disease Brain & Lens

Guo, Jinghua

Berkeley Lab

Understanding of Electric Conduction in DNA From Photon-In/Photon-Out X-Ray Spectroscopy

Holman, Hoi-Ying

Berkeley Lab

Molecular Characterization of Low-LET Bystander Effects

Mitchell, Gary

The Dow Chemical Corporation

Chemical Nanostructure of Commercial Reverse Osmosis Membranes Made by Interfacial Polymerization

Mitchell, Gary

The Dow Chemical Corporation

Protein Localization in E. coli Bacteria Using X-Ray Microscopy

Piamonteze, Cinthia

Berkeley Lab

Ni L-edge XAS and XMCD of Carbon Monoxide Dehydrogenase

Stewart, Andrew

Stony Brook University

Diffraction Microscopy: Prospects for Biological Imaging

Virgili, Justin

University of California, Berkeley/Berkeley Lab

Analysis of Order Formation in Block Copolymer Thin Films Using Resonant Soft X-Ray Scattering

Watts, Benjamin

North Carolina State University

Quantitative Mapping the Segregation of Semiconducting Polymers in Thin Blend Films: Correlations with Photovoltaic Device Efficiency

Semiconductors and Materials

Bär, Marcus

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

X-Ray Emission Spectroscopy of Interfaces in Thin Film Solar Cell Devices

Godwal, Budhi

University of California, Berkeley/Berkeley Lab

Signatures of Lifshitz Transitions in Cd-Hg Alloy and AuIn2 Compound at High Pressures

Goudeau, Philippe

Université de Poitiers/CNRS France

Thin Film Delamination Study During In Situ Compressive Testing By Scanning Micro X-Ray Diffraction

Montoya-Vaverka, April

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory/University of California, Davis

Effect of Surface Termination on Electronic Structure of Silicon Nanoparticles

Muramatsu, Yasuji

University of Hyogo, Japan

Pi*-Peak Broadness in the CK X-Ray Absorption Spectra of Graphite-Based Carbon Materials

Ohta, Taisuke

Berkeley Lab

Controlling the Electronic Structure of Bilayer Graphene

Urquhart, Stephen

University of Saskatchewan, Canada

Using Soft X-Ray Microscopy to Characterize and Develop Organic Materials with a Controlled Nanoscale Orientational Morphology

Weinhardt, Lothar

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Resonant Inelastic Soft X-Ray Scattering of CdS

Willey, Trevor

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

The Electronic Structure of Diamondoids Measured with X-Ray Absorption and Soft X-Ray Emission Spectroscopies

Zhou, Shuyun

University of California, Berkeley/Berkeley Lab

The Low Energy Electronic Dynamics in Graphene and Graphite

Note: The student poster session is presented separately.

For additional information about abstract submissions, contact:

ALS Users' Meeting Abstracts
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Berkeley Lab
Berkeley, CA 94720-8235

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