User ProfileProfile Prof Ian Robinson Telephone Number: +44 (0)20 7679-7365Telephone Extension: 37 365Fax Number: +44 (0)20 7679 0595Email: i.robinson@ucl.ac.ukOffice/Location: 2C3Research Interests: Structure analysis of nanocrystals and nanowiresSurface structure determination by CTR and GISAXSPhase contrast imaging using hard X-raysX-ray diffraction methods development BiographyBiography: My degrees are from Cambridge (Natural Science, 1976) and Harvard (Biophysics, 1981). I worked for 11 years at Bell Labs in its heyday and then started teaching as Professor of Physics at the University of Illinois (Urbana, USA) in 1992. I came to UCL in 2006.External positions held: Half time appointment with Diamond Light Source to develop X-ray coherence and imaging methods Leader of the ‘surface and interface’ “village” at DLS ResearchResearch: My specialisation is X-ray diffraction using synchrotron radiation. During the Bell Labs years, I developed the methods for studying surface structure using X-ray diffraction. These methods, based on crystal truncation rods, have become the definitive technique for the determination of the atomic positions at surfaces and interfaces. These surface methods are still used today at the major SR facilities, NSLS (Brookhaven), ESRF (Grenoble), APS(Chicago) and SRS (Daresbury). More recently I have been developing method of using the very high coherence of the latest SR sources to enable direct 3D imaging of structure. This is potentially useful for examining strain distributions inside complex materials.The coherent X-ray diffraction methods will develop and expand further with the inauguration of the new Diamond Light Source (DLS) presently being built at Rutherford Lab near Oxford. My research at UCL is largely focused on this development, although we continue to do experiments at ESRF and APS during the buildup period. A list of PhD projects is available for donwload Recent Publications "Longitudinal Coherence Function in X-ray Imaging of Crystals", Steven J. Leake, Marcus C. Newton, Ross Harder and Ian K. Robinson, Optics Express 17 15853 (2009) "Three-Dimensional Imaging of Strain in a Single ZnO Nanorod", Marcus C. Newton, Steven J. Leake, Ross Harder and Ian K. Robinson, submitted to Nature Materials (2009) "Bistable Strain State of Zeolite Microcrystals Imaged by Coherent X-ray Diffraction", Wonsuk Cha, Sanghoon Song, Nak Cheon Jeong, Ross Harder, Kyung Byung Yoon, Ian K. Robinson, Hyunjung Kim, submitted to Nature Materials (2009) "Confocal Microscope Alignment of Nanocrystals for Coherent Diffraction Imaging", Loren Beitra, Moyu Watari, Takashi Matsuura, Naonobu Shimamoto, Ross Harder and Ian Robinson, submitted to Proceedings of Synchrotron Radiation Instrumentation (2009) "Imaging of Complex Density in Silver Nanocubes by Coherent X-ray Diffraction", R. Harder, M. Liang, Y. Sun, Y. Xia and I.K. Robinson, submitted to New Journal of Physics (2009) Research Highlights: Publications Search publication title 31.03.2014 Virtual edge illumination and one dimensional beam tracking for absorption, refraction, and scattering retrieval 18.03.2014 Dynamic Imaging Using Ptychography 06.03.2014 Scanning electron microscope studies of human metaphase chromosomes 06.03.2014 Sensitivity of edge illumination X-ray phase-contrast imaging 06.03.2014 Steve Wilkins 1946-2013 06.03.2014 Taking X-ray phase contrast imaging into mainstream applications’ and its satellite workshop ‘Real and reciprocal space X-ray imaging’ 21.01.2014 Coherent x-ray imaging of collagen fibril distributions within intact tendons. 13.01.2014 Hard X-ray dark-field imaging with incoherent sample illumination Pages« first ‹ previous … 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 … next › last » News TeachingTeaching: Presently teaching 3C25 Solid State Physics Print
31.03.2014 Virtual edge illumination and one dimensional beam tracking for absorption, refraction, and scattering retrieval
06.03.2014 Taking X-ray phase contrast imaging into mainstream applications’ and its satellite workshop ‘Real and reciprocal space X-ray imaging’
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