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D. Sheyfer, R. G. Mariano, T. Kawaguchi, W. Cha. R. Harder, M. K. Kanan, S. O. Hruszkewycz, H. You, M. J. Highland. Operando nanoscale imaging of electrochemically induced strain in a locally polarized Pt grain,” Nano Letters 23, 1 (2023). [Published December 21, 2023, DOI:  https://​doi​.org/​1​0​.​1​0​2​1​/​a​c​s​.​n​a​n​o​l​e​t​t​.​2​c​01015]

K. J. Harmon, N. Delegan, M. J. Highland, H. He, P. Zapol, F. J. Heremans, S. O. Hruszkewycz. Designing silicon carbide heterostructures for quantum information science: challenges and opportunities.” Materials for Quantum Technology 2, 023001 (2022). [Published May 23, 2022, DOI: https://​doi​.org/​1​0​.​1​0​8​8​/​2​6​3​3​-​4​3​5​6​/​a​c6b76 ]

Y. Ahn, M. J. Cherukara, Z. Cai, M. Bartlein, T. Zhou, A. DiChiara, D. A. Walko, M. V. Holt, E. E. Fullerton, P. G. Evans, H. Wen. X-ray nanodiffraction imaging reveals distinct nanoscopic dynamics of an ultrafast phase transition” PNAS 119, e2118597119 (2022). [Published May 6, 2022, DOI: https://​doi​.org/​1​0​.​1​0​7​3​/​p​n​a​s​.​2​1​1​8​5​97119 ]

G. Ju, D. Xu, C. Thompson, M. J. Highland, J. A. Eastman, W. Walkosz, P. Zapol, G. B. Stephenson. Burton-Cabrera-Frank theory for surfaces with alternating step types.” Physical Review B 105, 054312 (2022). [Published February 22, 2022, DOI: https://​doi​.org/​1​0​.​1​1​0​3​/​P​h​y​s​R​e​v​B​.​1​0​5​.​0​54312 ]

N. Bertaux, M. Allain, J. Weizeorick, J.-S. Park, P. Kenesei, S. D. Shastri, J. Almer, M. J. Highland, S. Maddali, S. O. Hruszkewycz. Sub-pixel high-resolution imaging of high-energy x-rays inspired by sub-wavelength optical imaging.” Optics Express 29, 35003 (2021). [Published October 11, 2021, DOI: https://​doi​.org/​1​0​.​1​3​6​4​/​O​E​.​4​38945 ]

T. Kawaguchi, V. Komanicky, V. Latyshev, W. Cha, E. R. Maxey, R. Harder, T. Ichitsubo, H. You. Electrochemically Induced Strain Evolution in Pt-Ni Alloy Nanoparticles Observed by Bragg Coherent Diffraction Imaging.” Nano Letters 21, 5945 (2021). [Published July 12, 2021, DOI: https://​doi​.org/​1​0​.​1​0​2​1​/​a​c​s​.​n​a​n​o​l​e​t​t​.​1​c​00778 ]

S. Kandel, S. Maddali, Y. S. G. Nashed, S. O. Hruszkewycz, C. Jacobsen, M. Allain. A matrix-free Levenberg-Marquardt algorithm for efficient ptychographic phase retrieval.” Optics Express 29, 23019 (2021). [Published July 7, 2021, DOI: https://​doi​.org/​1​0​.​1​3​6​4​/​O​E​.​4​22768 ]

G. Ju, D. Xu, C. Thompson, M. J. Highland, J. A. Eastman, W. Walkosz, P. Zapol, G. B. Stephenson. In-situ microbeam surface x-ray scattering reveals alternating step kinetics during crystal growth.” Nature Communications 12, 1721 (2021). [Published March 19, 2021, DOI: https://​doi​.org/​1​0​.​1​0​3​8​/​s​4​1​4​6​7​-​0​2​1​-​2​1​927-5 ]

G. Ju, D. Xu, C. Thompson, M. J. Highland, J. A. Eastman, W. Walkosz, P. Zapol, G. B. Stephenson. Crystal truncation rods from miscut surfaces with alternating terminations.” Physical Review B 103, 125402 (2021). [Published March 2, 2021, DOI: https://​doi​.org/​1​0​.​1​1​0​3​/​P​h​y​s​R​e​v​B​.​1​0​3​.​1​25402 ]

S. Maddali, M. Allain, P. Li, V. Chamard, S. O. Hruszkewycz. Detector tilt considerations in Bragg coherent diffraction imaging: A simulation study,” Crystals 10, 1150 (2020). [Published December 17, 2020, DOI: https://​doi​.org/​1​0​.​3​3​9​0​/​c​r​y​s​t​1​0​1​21150 ]

Y. Cao, D. Sheyfer, Z. Jiang, S. Maddali, H. You, B. X. Wang, Z. G. Ye, E. M. Dufresne, H. Zhou, G. B. Stephenson, S. O. Hruszkewycz. The effect of intensity fluctuations on sequential x-ray photon correlation spectroscopy at the x-ray free electron laser facilities.” Crystals 10, 1109 (2020). [Published December 4, 2020, DOI: https://​doi​.org/​1​0​.​3​3​9​0​/​c​r​y​s​t​1​0​1​21109 ]

T. Kawaguchi, Y. Liu, E. A. Karapetrova, V. Komanicky, H. You. In-situ to ex-situ in-plane structure evolution of stern layers on Pt(111) surface: Surface X-ray scattering studies.” Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry 875, 11495 (2020). [Published October 15, 2020, DOI: https://​doi​.org/​1​0​.​1​0​1​6​/​j​.​j​e​l​e​c​h​e​m​.​2​0​2​0​.​1​14495 ]

T. Kawaguchi, R. R. Rao, J. R. Lunger, Y. Liu, D. Walko, E. A. Karapetrova, V. Komanicky, Y. Shao-Horn, H. You. Stern layers on RuO2 (100) and (110) in electrolyte: Surface x-ray scattering studies.” Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry 875, 114228 (2020). [Published October 15, 2020, DOI: https://​doi​.org/​1​0​.​1​0​1​6​/​j​.​j​e​l​e​c​h​e​m​.​2​0​2​0​.​1​14228 ]

D. Sheyfer, Q. Zhang, J. Lal, T. Loeffler, E. M. Dufresne, A. R. Sandy, S. Narayanan, S. K. R. S. Sankaranarayanan, R. Szczygiel, P. Maj, L. Soderholm, M. R. Antonio, G. B. Stephenson. Nanoscale critical phenomena in a complex fluid studied by x-ray photon correlation spectroscopy.” Physical Review Letters 125, 125504 (2020). [Published September 18, 2020, DOI: https://​doi​.org/​1​0​.​1​1​0​3​/​P​h​y​s​R​e​v​L​e​t​t​.​1​2​5​.​1​25504 ]

S. Maddali, J.-S. Park, H. Sharma, S. Shastri, P. Kenesei, J. Almer, R. Harder, M. J. Highland, Y. Nashed, S. O. Hruszkewycz. High-energy coherent x-ray diffraction microscopy of polycrystal grains: Steps towards a multiscale approach.” Physical Review Applied 14, 024085 (2020). [Published August 27, 2020, DOI: https://​doi​.org/​1​0​.​1​1​0​3​/​P​h​y​s​R​e​v​A​p​p​l​i​e​d​.​1​4​.​0​24085 ]

S. Maddali, P. Li, A. Pateras, D. Timbie, N. Delegan, A. L. Crook, H. Lee, I. Calvo-Almazan, D. Sheyfer, W. Cha, F. J. Heremans, D. D. Awschalom, V. Chamard, M. Allain, S. O. Hruszkewycz. General approaches for shear-correcting coordinate transformations in Bragg coherent diffraction imaging, Part I.” Journal of Applied Crystallography 53, 393 (2020). [Published January 31, 2020, DOI: https://​doi​.org/​1​0​.​1​1​0​7​/​S​1​6​0​0​5​7​6​7​2​0​0​01363 ]

T. Kawaguchi, T.F. Keller, H. Runge, L. Gelisio, C. Seitz, W. Cha, A. Ulvestad, S.O. Hruszkewycz, R. Harder, I. Vartanyants, A. Stierle, and H. You. Gas-induced segregation in Pt-Rh alloy nanoparticles observed by in-situ Bragg coherent diffraction imaging,” Physical Review Letters 123, 246001 (2019). [Published December 13, 2019: DOI: https://​doi​.org/​1​0​.​1​1​0​3​/​P​h​y​s​R​e​v​L​e​t​t​.​1​2​3​.​2​46001]

T. Kawaguchi, W. Cha, V. Latyshev, S. Voroboiv, V. Komanicky, and H. You, Study of the Internal Compositions of Binary Alloy Pd-Rh Nanoparticles by Using Bragg Coherent Diffraction Imaging,” Journal of the Korean Physical Society 75, 528 (2019). [Published October 10, 2019: DOI: https://​doi​.org/​1​0​.​3​9​3​8​/​j​k​p​s​.​7​5.528]

Y. Liu, H. You, Y.C. Kimmel, D.V. Esposito, G. Chen, and T.P. Moffat. Self-terminating electrodeposition of Pt on WC electrocatalysts,” Applied Surface Science 504, 144472 (2020). [Published October 28, 2019: DOI: https://​doi​.org/​1​0​.​1​0​1​6​/​j​.​a​p​s​u​s​c​.​2​0​1​9​.​1​44472]

I. Calvo-Almazan, A. Ulvestad, E. Colegrove, T. Ablekim, M.V. Holt, M.O. Hill, S. Maddali, L.J. Lauhon, M.I. Bertoni, X. Huang, H. Yan, E. Nazaretski, Y.S. Chu, S.O. Hruszkewycz, and M.E. Stuckelberger, Strain mapping of CdTe grains in photovoltaic devices,” IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics 9, 1790 (2019). [Published October 8, 2019: DOI: https://​doi​.org/​1​0​.​1​1​0​9​/​J​P​H​O​T​O​V​.​2​0​1​9​.​2​9​42487]

A. Ulvestad, S.O. Hruszkewycz, M.V. Holt, M.O. Hill, I. Calvo-Almazan, S. Maddali, X. Huang, H. Yan, E. Nazaretski, Y.S. Chu, L.J. Lauhon, N. Rodkey, M.I. Bertoni, and M.E. Stuckelberger, Multimodal x‑ray imaging of grain-level properties and performance in a polycrystalline solar cell,” Journal of Synchrotron Radiation 26, 1316 (2019). [Published July 1, 2019: DOI: https://​doi​.org/​1​0​.​1​1​0​7​/​S​1​6​0​0​5​7​7​5​1​9​0​03606]

S. Maddali, M. Allain, W. Cha, R. Harder, J. Almer, P. Kenesei, J.-S. Park, Y. Nashed, and S.O. Hruszkewycz, Phase retrieval for Bragg coherent diffraction imaging at high x-ray energies,” Physical Review A 99, 053838 (2019). [Published May 23, 2019: DOI: https://​doi​.org/​1​0​.​1​1​0​3​/​P​h​y​s​R​e​v​A​.​9​9​.​0​53838]

I. Calvo-Almazan, M. Allain, S. Maddali, V. Chamard, and S.O. Hruszkewycz, Impact and mitigation of angular uncertainties in Bragg coherent x-ray diffraction imaging,” Scientific Reports 9, 6386 (2019). [Published April 23, 2019: DOI: https://​doi​.org/​1​0​.​1​0​3​8​/​s​4​1​5​9​8​-​0​1​9​-​4​2​797-4]

G. Ju, D. Xu, M.J. Highland, C. Thompson, H. Zhou, J.A. Eastman, P.H. Fuoss, P. Zapol, H. Kim, and G.B. Stephenson, Coherent x-ray spectroscopy reveals the persistence of island arrangements during layer-by-layer growth,” Nature Physics 15, 589 (2019). [Published March 4, 2019: DOI: https://​doi​.org/​1​0​.​1​0​3​8​/​s​4​1​5​6​7​-​0​1​9​-​0​448-1]      

H. You, X-ray scattering and imaging studies of electrode structure and dynamics,” Chemical Record 18, 1 (2018). [Published September 24, 2019: DOI: https://​doi​.org/​1​0​.​1​0​0​2​/​t​c​r​.​2​0​1​8​00083]

S.O. Hruszkewycz, S. Maddali, C.P. Anderson, W. Cha, K.C. Miao, M.J. Highland, A. Ulvestad, D.D. Awschalom, and F.J. Heremans, Strain annealing of SiC nanoparticles revealed through Bragg coherent diffraction imaging for quantum technologies,” Physical Review Materials 2, 086001 (2018). [Published August 2, 2018: DOI: https://​doi​.org/​1​0​.​1​1​0​3​/​P​h​y​s​R​e​v​M​a​t​e​r​i​a​l​s​.​2​.​0​86001]    

H. You, Angle calculations using two detector circles and wavelength,” Journal of Applied Crystallography 51, 1226-1228 (2018). [Published June 25, 2018: DOI: https://​doi​.org/​1​0​.​1​1​0​7​/​S​1​6​0​0​5​7​6​7​1​8​0​09147]

G. Ju, M. J. Highland, C. Thompson, J. A. Eastman, P. H. Fuoss, H. Zhou, R. Dejus, and G. B. Stephenson, Characterization of the x-ray coherence properties of an undulator beamline at the Advanced Photon Source,” Journal of Synchrotron Radiation 25, 1036-1047 (2018). [Published June 13, 2018: DOI: https://​doi​.org/​1​0​.​1​1​0​7​/​S​1​6​0​0​5​7​7​5​1​8​0​06501]     

W. Roseker, S. O. Hruszkewycz, F. Lehmkueler, M. Walther, H. Schulte-Schrepping, S. Lee, T. Osaka, L. Strueder, R. Hartmann, M. Sikorski, S. Song, A. Robert, P. H. Fuoss, M. Sutton, G. B. Stephenson, and G. Gruebel, Towards ultrafast dynamics with split-pulse x-ray photon correlation spectroscopy at free electron laser sources,” Nature Communications 9, 1704 (2018). [Published April 27, 2018:
DOI: https://​doi​.org/​1​0​.​1​0​3​8​/​s​4​1​4​6​7​-​0​1​8​-​0​4​178-9]

T. Kawaguchi, Y. Liu, M. S. Pierce, V. Komanicky, and H. You, Direct determination of the one‑dimensional interphase structure by crystal truncation rod analysis,” Journal of Applied Crystallography 51, 679-684 (2018). [Published April 20, 2018: DOI: https://​doi​.org/​1​0​.​1​1​0​7​/​S​1​6​0​0​5​7​6​7​1​8​0​04326]

S. Maddali, I. Calvo-Almazan, J. Almer, P. Kenesei, J.-S. Park, R. Harder, Y. Nashed, and S.O. Hruszkewycz, Sparse recovery of undersampled intensity patterns for coherent diffraction imaging at high x-ray energies,” Scientific Reports 8, 4959 (2018). [Published March 21, 2018: DOI: https://​doi​.org/​1​0​.​1​0​3​8​/​s​4​1​5​9​8​-​0​1​8​-​2​3​040-y]

Y. Liu, T. Kawaguchi, M. S. Pierce, V. Komanicky, and H. You, Layering and ordering in electrochemical double layers,” Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 9, 1265-1271 (2018). [Published February 26, 2018: DOIhttps://​doi​.org/​1​0​.​1​0​2​1​/​a​c​s​.​j​p​c​l​e​t​t​.​8​b​00123]

T. K. Andersen, S. Y. Cook, G. Wan, H. Hong, L. D. Marks, and D. D. Fong, Layer-by-layer epitaxial growth of defect-engineered strontium cobaltites,” ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 10, 5949 (2018). [Published January 18, 2018: DOI: https://​doi​.org/​1​0​.​1​0​2​1​/​a​c​s​a​m​i​.​7​b​16970]

M. O. Hill, I. Calvo-Almazan, M. Allain, M. V. Holt, A. Ulvestad, J. Treu, G. Koblmueller, C. Huang, X. Huang, H. Yan, E. Nazaretski, Y. S. Chu, G. B. Stephenson, V. Chamard, L. J. Lauhon, and S. O. Hruszkewycz, Measuring three-dimensional strain and structural defects in a single InGaAs nanowire using coherent x-ray multi-angle Bragg projection ptychography,” Nano Letters 18, 811-819 (2018). [Published January 18, 2018: DOIhttps://​doi​.org/​1​0​.​1​0​2​1​/​a​c​s​.​n​a​n​o​l​e​t​t​.​7​b​04024

A. Ulvestad, M. Menickelly, and S. M. Wild, Accurate, rapid identification of dislocation lines in coherent diffractive imaging via a min-max optimization formulation,” AIP Advances 8, 015114 (2018). [Published January 10, 2018: DOI: https://​doi​.org/​1​0​.​1​0​6​3​/​1​.​5​0​17596]

E. Perret, D. Xu, M. J. Highland, G. B. Stephenson, P. Zapol, P. H. Fuoss, A. Munkholm, and C. Thompson, Island dynamics and anisotropy during vapor phase epitaxy of m-plane GaN,” Applied Physics Letters 111, 232102 (2017). [Published December 4, 2017: DOI: https://​doi​.org/​1​0​.​1​0​6​3​/​1​.​4​9​93788]      

S. Y. Cook, T. K. Andersen, R. Rosenberg, H. Hong, L. D. Marks, and D. D. Fong, Engineering the oxygen coordination in digital superlattices,” APL Materials 5, 126101 (2017). [Published December 1, 2017:
DOI: https://​doi​.org/​1​0​.​1​0​6​3​/​1​.​5​0​07663]

S.O. Hruszkewycz, M. Allain, M.V. Holt, C.E. Murray, J.R. Holt, P.H. Fuoss, and V. Chamard, High‑resolution three-dimensional structural microscopy by single-angle Bragg ptychography,” Nature Materials 16, 244-251 (2017). [Published November 21, 2017: DOI: http://​dx​.doi​.org/​1​0​.​1​0​3​8​/​n​m​a​t4798]

K.-C. Chang, B. Ingram, J. Ilavsky, S. Lee, P.H. Fuoss, and H. You, Synchrotron x-ray studies of model SOFC cathodes, part I: Thin film cathodes,” Solid State Ionics 311, 118 (2017). [Published November 15, 2017: DOI: https://​doi​.org/​1​0​.​1​0​1​6​/​j​.​s​s​i​.​2​0​1​7​.​1​0.005]

K.-C. Chang, B. Ingram, J. Ilavsky, S. Lee, P.H. Fuoss, and H. You, Synchrotron x-ray studies of model SOFC cathodes, Part II: Porous powder cathodes,” Solid State Ionics 311, 127 (2017). [Published November 15, 2017: DOI: https://​doi​.org/​1​0​.​1​0​1​6​/​j​.​s​s​i​.​2​0​1​7​.​1​0.001]

A. Ulvestad and A. Yau, The self-healing of defects induced by the hydriding phase transformation in palladium nanoparticles,” Nature Communications 8, 1376 (2017). [Published November 9, 2019:
DOI: https://​doi​.org/​1​0​.​1​0​3​8​/​s​4​1​4​6​7​-​0​1​7​-​0​1​548-7]

H. You, Y. Liu, A. Ulvestad, M. S. Pierce, and V. Komanicky, Studies of electrode structures and dynamics using coherent x-ray scattering and imaging,” Current Opinion in Electrochemistry 4, 89-94 (2017). [Published October 18 2017: DOI: https://​doi​.org/​1​0​.​1​0​1​6​/​j​.​c​o​e​l​e​c​.​2​0​1​7​.​1​0.017]

A. Yau, R. Harder, M. W. Kanan, and A. Ulvestad, Imaging the hydrogen absorption dynamics of individual grains in polycrystalline palladium thin films in 3D,” ACS Nano 11, 10945-10954 (2017). [Published October 16, 2017: DOI: https://​doi​.org/​1​0​.​1​0​2​1​/​a​c​s​n​a​n​o​.​7​b​04735]

A. Ulvestad, Y. Nashed, G. Beutier, M. Verdier, S. O. Hruszkewycz, and M. Dupraz, Identifying defects with guided algorithms in Bragg coherent diffractive imaging,” Scientific Reports 7, 9920 (2017). [Published August 30, 2017: DOI: https://​doi​.org/​1​0​.​1​0​3​8​/​s​4​1​5​9​8​-​0​1​7​-​0​9​582-7]

A. Ulvestad, M. J. Cherukara, R. Harder, W. Cha, I. K. Robinson, S. Soog, S. Nelson, D. Zhu, G. B. Stephenson, O. Heinonen, and A. Jokisaari, Bragg coherent diffractive imaging of zinc oxide acoustic phonons at picosecond timescales,” Scientific Reports 7, 9823 (2017). [Published August 29, 2017:
DOI: https://​doi​.org/​1​0​.​1​0​3​8​/​s​4​1​5​9​8​-​0​1​7​-​0​9​999-0]

A. Yau, W. Cha, M. Kanan, G. B. Stephenson, and A. Ulvestad, Bragg coherent diffractive imaging of single-grain defect dynamics in polycrystalline films,” Science 356, 739-742 (2017). [Published May 19, 2017: DOI: https://​doi​.org/​1​0​.​1​1​2​6​/​s​c​i​e​n​c​e​.​a​a​m6168]

Y. Dong, H. Xu, Z. Luo, H. Zhou, D. D. Fong, W. Wu, and C. Gao, Effect of gate voltage polarity on the ionic liquid gating behavior of NdNiO3/NdGaO3 heterostructures,” APL Materials 5, 051101 (2017). [Published May 16, 2017: DOI: https://​doi​.org/​1​0​.​1​0​6​3​/​1​.​4​9​83617]

W. Cha, Y. Liu, H. You, G. B. Stephenson, and A. Ulvestad, Dealloying in individual nanoparticles and thin film grains: A Bragg coherent diffractive imaging study,” Advanced Functional Materials 27, 1700331 (2017). [Published May 9, 2017: DOI: https://​doi​.org/​1​0​.​1​0​0​2​/​a​d​f​m​.​2​0​1​7​00331]

D. Xu, P. Zapol, G. B. Stephenson, and C. Thompson, Kinetic Monte Carlo simulations of GaN homoepitaxy on c- and m-plane surfaces,” Journal of Chemical Physics 146, 144702 (2017). [Published April 12, 2017: DOI: https://​doi​.org/​1​0​.​1​0​6​3​/​1​.​4​9​79843]        

G. Ju, M.J. Highland, A. Yanguas-Gil, C. Thompson, J.A. Eastman, H. Zhou, S.M. Brennan, G.B. Stephenson, and P.H. Fuoss, An instrument for in situ coherent x-ray studies of metal-organic vapor phase epitaxy of III-nitrides,” Review of Scientific Instruments 88, 035113 (2017). [Published March 21, 2017: DOI: https://​doi​.org/​1​0​.​1​0​6​3​/​1​.​4​9​78656]