Research Statement
We seek to better understand the chemistry of surfaces. Directed energy sources such as ion, laser, and electron beams are utilized to modify and probe surface species, composition, and structure. We grow nanostructured thin films including diamond and oxide thin films using ion-beam sputter deposition and microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition. Films are characterized using time-of-flight ion scattering spectroscopies and synchrotron radiation techniques.
Selected Publications
“ZnO Nanotube Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells” A. B. F. Martinson, J. W. Elam, J. T. Hupp, and M. J. Pellin, Nano Letters, 2007, 7, 2183-2187.
"Detection of In Situ Derivatized Peptides in Microbial Biofilms by Laser Desorption 7.87 eV Postionization Mass Spectrometry" D. Edirisinghe, J. F. Moore, K. A. Skinner-Nemec, C. Lindberg, C. S. Giometti, I. V. Veryovkin, J. E. Hunt, M. J. Pellin and L. Hanley, Anal. Chem., 2007,79, 508-514.
"s-Process zirconium in presolar silicon carbide grains" G. K. Nicolussi, A. M. Davis, M. J. Pellin, R. S. Lewis, R. N. Clayton and S. Amari, Science, 1997, 277, 1281-1283
"Triplet states of fullerenes C60 and C70. Electron paramagnetic resonance spectra, photophysics, and electronic structures" M. R. Wasielewski, M. P. O'Neil, K. R. Lykke, M. J. Pellin and D. M. Gruen J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1991, 113, 2774-2776.
Most Significant Awards
Energy 100 Award (one of the best 100 scientific accomplishments of the 20th century) DOE-BES, 2001
Argonne Accelerator Institute Fellow, December, 2007.
Elected Titular Member, IUPAC Commission V.2 (for Trace Analysis), 1991
University of Chicago Distinguished Performance Award, 1993 Fundamental research
Federal Laboratory Consortium Award for medical applications of excimer lasers, 1989
IR-100 Award, 1987, Trace surface analysis by resonance ionization of sputtered atoms
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