Search Results - "Jardine, P. A."
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Unlocking new contrast in a scanning helium microscope
Published in Nature communications (04-01-2016)“…Delicate structures (such as biological samples, organic films for polymer electronics and adsorbate layers) suffer degradation under the energetic probes of…”
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Measurement of single-molecule frictional dissipation in a prototypical nanoscale system
Published in Nature physics (01-08-2009)“…Fast-moving nanoscale systems offer the tantalizing possibility for rapid processing of materials, energy or information. Frictional forces can easily dominate…”
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How Atomic Steps Modify Diffusion and Inter-adsorbate Forces: Empirical Evidence from Hopping Dynamics in Na/Cu(115)
Published in The journal of physical chemistry letters (15-10-2015)“…We followed the collective atomic-scale motion of Na atoms on a vicinal Cu(115) surface within a time scale of pico- to nanoseconds using helium spin echo…”
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Determination of the quantum contribution to the activated motion of hydrogen on a metal surface: H/Pt(111)
Published in Physical review letters (23-09-2010)“…Measurements of the atomic-scale motion of H and D atoms on the Pt(111) surface, above the crossover temperature to deep tunneling, are presented. The results…”
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Highly Proton-Ordered Water Structures on Oxygen Precovered Ru{0001}
Published in The journal of physical chemistry. A, Molecules, spectroscopy, kinetics, environment, & general theory (30-06-2011)“…We present helium scattering measurements of a water ad-layer grown on a O(2 × 1)/Ru(0001) surface. The adsorbed water layer results in a well ordered helium…”
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The significance of grain morphology and moisture content on the response of silica sand to ballistic penetration
Published in Applied physics letters (19-08-2019)“…The dynamic response of sand is of interest for a wide range of applications, from civil engineering to asteroid impact, in addition to defense and industrial…”
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A method for constrained optimisation of the design of a scanning helium microscope
Published in Ultramicroscopy (01-12-2019)“…•Optimal design of a scanning helium microscope obtained through a constrained optimisation.•Model for the intensity includes both the source and atom…”
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Observation of diffraction contrast in scanning helium microscopy
Published in Scientific reports (06-02-2020)“…Scanning helium microscopy is an emerging form of microscopy using thermal energy neutral helium atoms as the probe particle. The very low energy combined with…”
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Multiple scattering in scanning helium microscopy
Published in Applied physics letters (10-02-2020)“…Using atom beams to image the surface of samples in real space is an emerging technique that delivers unique contrast from delicate samples. Here, we explore…”
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Characterisation of high rate plasticity in the uniaxial deformation of high purity copper at elevated temperatures
Published in International journal of plasticity (01-03-2018)“…In uni-axial compression at strain rates above 104 s−1, FCC metals exhibit a rapid increase in strength. Mechanisms proposed to be responsible for this…”
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Behaviour of moist and saturated sand during shock and release
Published in Applied physics letters (26-10-2015)“…Relatively little is known about the changes that occur in the shock compaction and release of granular matter with varying levels of moisture. Here, we report…”
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A ray tracing method for predicting contrast in neutral atom beam imaging
Published in Micron (Oxford, England : 1993) (01-10-2018)“…•Ray tracing is used to predict contrast in neutral atom beam imaging.•Diffuse contrast in helium atom imaging is successfully predicted.•Masking and diffuse…”
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Helium-3 spin-echo: Principles and application to dynamics at surfaces
Published in Progress in surface science (01-11-2009)“…In this review we give a detailed description of the recently developed helium-3 spin-echo technique and its application to several classes of surface dynamic…”
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The significance of grain morphology, moisture, and strain rate on the rapid compaction of silica sands
Published in Applied physics letters (24-10-2016)“…There is considerable interest in the high-rate compaction of brittle granular materials such as sand. However, the vast majority of studies focus on a single…”
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Behaviour of sand during release from a shocked state
Published in Applied physics letters (07-10-2013)“…The dynamic response of granular materials to an applied shockwave is of wide ranging importance. While the shock Hugoniot has been studied, the shock-release…”
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Structural Evolution of a Cyclooctatetraene Adlayer on Cu(111) during Isothermal Desorption
Published in Journal of physical chemistry. C (26-04-2018)“…The use of helium diffraction patterns to study desorption processes is explored as a novel extension to traditional methods based on helium specular…”
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Ultra-high precision determination of site energy differences using a Bayesian method
Published in Physical review. B, Condensed matter and materials physics (10-03-2014)“…Accurate experimental data of adsorbate potential energy landscapes are crucial as benchmarks for the evaluation of first-principles calculations. Here, we…”
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Observation of grain size limited dynamic failure in a typical granite
Published in International journal of rock mechanics and mining sciences (Oxford, England : 1997) (01-12-2020)“…Understanding the dynamic fragmentation of geological materials is important to many fields, but is particularly significant for mining. Here, a series of…”
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Rotation and translational motion prior to self-assembly: dynamics of ethanethiolate on Cu(111)
Published in Physical review letters (24-06-2011)“…We investigate the dynamics of low-coverage ethanethiolate on Cu(111) using helium spin-echo spectroscopy. Above 210 K, the measurements are dominated by…”
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Electronic Structure and Bonding of an Ionic Molecular Adsorbate: c-C5H5 on Cu{111}
Published in Journal of physical chemistry. C (18-08-2011)“…Self-assembled monolayers containing conjugated π systems find application in organic electronics to functionalize and modify the electronic properties of…”
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