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Adam P. Hitchcock
Canada Research Chair
in Materials Research
CLS-CCRS
B.I.M.R
McMaster University
Hamilton, ON
Canada L8S 4M1
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Spectroscopy publications - gas, surface, solids (since 1994, reverse order)

• M. Nagasaka H. Yuzawa, T. Horigome, A.P. Hitchcock and N. Kosugi, Electrochemical reactions of aqueous iron sulfate solutions studied by Fe L-edge soft X-ray absorption spectroscopy, J. Phys. Chem. C 117 (2013) 16343-16348. doi: 0.1021/jp405112r get pdf
• D. Rossouw, G.A. Botton, E. Najafi, V. Lee and A.P. Hitchcock, Metallic and Semiconducting Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes: Differentiation individual SWCNT by their Carbon 1s Spectra, ACS Nano 6 (2012) 10965-10972. get pdf
• W. Cao, M. Masnadi, Q-F. Xiao, Y.-F. Hu, J.-M. Baribeau, J.C. Woicik, A.P.Hitchcock and S.G. Urquhart, Quantification of Strain Through Linear Dichroism in the Si K-edge X-ray Absorption Spectra of Strained Si1-xGex Thin Films, Applied Surface Science 265 (2013) 358-362. get pdf
• A.P. Hitchcock, Soft X-ray Imaging and Spectromicroscopy Chapter 22 in Volume II of the Handbook on Nanoscopy, eds. Gustaaf Van Tendeloo, Dirk Van Dyck and Stephen J. Pennycook (Wiley, 2012) pp 745-791 invited BOOK CHAPTER
• E. Najafi, A.P. Hitchcock, D.Rossouw and G Botton, Mapping defects in a carbon nanotube by momentum transfer dependent electron energy loss spectromicroscopy, Ultramicroscopy 113 (2012) 158-164.get pdf
• J.A. Bradley, A. Sakko, G.T. Seidler, A. Rubio, M. Hakala, K. Hämäläinen, G. Cooper, A.P. Hitchcock, K. Schlimmer and K.P. Nagle, Understanding the Lyman Birge Hopfield Band of N2, Physical Review A 84 (2011) 022510_1-8.get pdf
• M. Vos, R.P. McEachran, G. Cooper and A.P. Hitchcock, Understanding energy loss in large-angle scattering of keV electrons from Ar and Ne, Phys. Rev. A 83 (2011) 022707-1-9. get pdf
• J.A. Bradley, G.T. Seidler, G. Cooper, M Vos, A.P. Hitchcock, A. P. Sorini, C. Schlimmer and K.P. Nagle, A comparative study of electronic excitations of N2 by inelastic X-ray and electron scattering, Phys. Rev. Lett 105 (2010) 053202-1-4. get pdf
• E. Rühl, A.P. Hitchcock, J.D. Bozek, T. Tyliszczak, A.L.D. Kilcoyne, D.N. McIlroy, A. Knop-Gericke and P.A. Dowben, Fission Processes following Core Level Excitation in Closo-Orthocarborane, Phys. Stat. Sol. B 246 (2009) 1496-1503. get pdf
• S. Hanhan, A.M. Smith, M. Obst and A.P. Hitchcock, Optimization of analysis of Ca 2p soft X-ray spectromicroscopy, J. Electron Spectrosc. Rel. Phenom. 173 (2009) 44-49. get pdf
• R. A. Bonham, G. Cooper and A. P. Hitchcock, Electron Compton-Like Quasi-Elastic Scattering from H2, D2 and HD, J. Chemical Physics 130 (2009) 144303-1-9. get pdf
• J. Wang, G.A. Botton, M.M. West and A.P. Hitchcock, Quantitative evaluation of radiation damage to polyethylene terephthalate by soft X-rays and high energy electrons, J. Phys. Chem B 113 (2009) 1869-1876. get pdf
• D.Feng, J. Liu, A.P. Hitchcock, A.L.D. Kilcoyne, T. Tyliszczak, N.F. Riehs, E. Rühl, J.D. Bozek, D. McIlroy and P.A. Dowben, Photo-fragmentation of the closo-carboranes Part 1: Energetics of Decomposition, J. Phys. Chem. A 112 (2008) 3311-3318. get pdf
• G. Cooper, A. P. Hitchcock and C. A. Chatzidimitriou-Dreismann, Anomalous quasi-elastic electron scattering from single H2, D2 and HD molecules at large momentum transfer: Indications of Nuclear Spin Effects, Physical Review Letters 100 (2008) 043204-(1-4). get pdf
• G. Cooper, E. Christensen and A.P Hitchcock, Quasi-elastic electron scattering from methane, methane-d4, methane-d2, ethylene, 2-methylpropane and acetylene, J. Chem. Phys. 127 (2007) 084315 (1-6) get pdf
• A. Felten, C. Bittencourt J.-J. Pireaux, M.Reichelt, J. Mayer, D. Hernández Cruz and A. P. Hitchcock Individual multi-wall carbon nanotubes Spectroscopy by Scanning Transmission X-ray Microscopy, Nanoletters 7 (2007) 2435-2440. get pdf
• J. Stewart-Ornstein, A.P. Hitchcock, Daniel Hernàndez-Cruz, P. Henklein, J. Overhage, K. Hilpert, J. Hale and R.E.W. Hancock, Using intrinsic X-ray absorption spectral differences to identify and map peptides and proteins, J. Phys. Chem. B 111 (2007) 7691-7699. get pdf
• I.G. Eustatiu, T. Tyliszczak, G. Cooper, A. P. Hitchcock, C.C. Turci, A.B. Rocha, M. Barbatti, and C.E. Bielschowsky, Experimental and theoretical study of S 2p and C 1s spectroscopy in CS2, J. Electron Spectrosc. Rel. Phenom. 156-158 (2007) 145-149. get pdf
• G. Cooper, A.P. Hitchcock, C.A. Chatzidimitriou-Dreismann and M. Vos, Electron Compton scattering from methane and methane-d4, J. Electron Spectrosc. Rel. Phenom., 155 (2007) 28-34. get pdf
• R. Lessard, J. Cuny, G. Cooper and A.P. Hitchcock, Inner-shell excitation of gas phase carbonates and -dicarbonyl compounds, Chemical Physics 331 (2007) 289-303. get pdf
• J. Wang, G. Cooper, D. Tulumello and A.P. Hitchcock, Inner Shell Excitation Spectroscopy of biphenyl and substituted biphenyls: probing delocalization and fluorination effects, J. Phys. Chem. A 109 (2005) 10886-10896 get pdf
• D. Tulumello, G. Cooper, I. Koprinarov, A.P. Hitchcock, E.G. Rightor, G.E. Mitchell, S. Rozeveld, G.F. Meyers and T.M. Stokich, Inner shell excitation spectroscopy of adhesion promoters, J. Phys. Chem B 109 (2005) 6343-6354. get pdf
• M.L.Gordon, D.Tulumello, G. Cooper, A.P. Hitchcock, P. Glatzel, O.C. Mullins, S.P. Cramer and U.. Bergmann, Inner shell excitation spectroscopy of fused aromatic molecules by electron energy loss and X-ray Raman techniques, J. Phys. Chem. B107 (2003) 8512-8520 get_pdf
• M.L. Gordon, G. Cooper, T. Araki, C. Morin, C. C. Turci, K. Kaznatcheev, and A. P. Hitchcock, Inner shell spectroscopy of the peptide bond: comparison of the C 1s, N 1s and O 1s spectra glycine, glycyl-glycine and glycyl-glycyl-glycine, J. Phys. Chem A 107 (2003) 6144-6159 get pdf
• A.T. Young, E. Arenholz, S. Marks, R. Schlueter, C. Steier, H.A. Padmore, A.P. Hitchcock, and D.G. Castner, Variable Linear Polarization from an X-ray Undulator, J. Synchrotron Radiation 9 (2002) 270-274. get pdf
• K. Kaznacheyev, A. Osanna, C. Jacobsen, O. Plashkevych, O. Vahtras, H. Ågren, V. Carravetta and A.P. Hitchcock, Inner-Shell Absorption Spectroscopy of Amino Acids, J. Chem. Phys. 106 (2002) 3153-3168 get pdf
• R. Flesch, A.A. Pavlychev, J.J. Neville, J. Blumberg, M. Kuhlmann, W. Tappe, F. Senf, O. Schwarzkopf, A.P. Hitchcock, and E. Rühl, Dynamic Stabilization in N1s -> p*-Excited Nitrogen Clusters, Physical Review Letters 86 (2001) 3767-3770. get pdf
• A.P. Hitchcock, L.E. Ennis, J.F. Lehmann and M.K. Denk, Transient ISEELS: a new probe of chemical reactions, J. Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena 114-116 (2001)1037-1042. get pdf
• T. Tyliszczak, I.G. Eustatiu, A.P. Hitchcock, C.C. Turci, A.B. Rocha and C.E. Bielschowsky, Generalized Oscillator Strength Profiles for Inner Shell Excitation of CO2 Derived from Variable Angle Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy, J. Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena 114-116 (2001) 93-98. get pdf
• A.P. Hitchcock and J.J. Neville, Photoionization Dynamics from Inner shell Mass Spectrometry, chapter in "Chemical Applications of Synchrotron Radiation" (T.K. Sham, ed.) (World Scientific, 2001)
• A.P. Hitchcock, Inner shell Excitation Spectroscopy of Molecules using Inelastic Electron Scattering, J. Electron Spectroscopy Rel. Phenom. 112 (2000) 9-29. get pdf
• I.G. Eustatiu, J. T. Francis, T. Tyliszczak, C.C. Turci, A.L.D. Kilcoyne and A. P. Hitchcock, A high-performance electron energy loss spectrometer: generalized oscillator strengths for inner-shell excitation of SF6 , Chem. Phys. 257 (2000) 235 - 252. get pdf
• I.G. Eustatiu, T. Tyliszczak, A.P. Hitchcock, C.C. Turci, A.B. Rocha and C.E.  Bielschowsky, Experimental and theoretical study of generalized oscillator strengths for  C 1s and O 1s excitation in CO₂, Physical Review A 61 (2000) 042505 (14 pages)
• L.E. Ennis and A.P. Hitchcock, Inner Shell Excitation Spectroscopy of Transient Molecules: HBS, HBO and H₃B₃O₃, J. Chemical Physics 111 (1999) 3468-3478.
• A.P. Hitchcock and J.J. Neville, Some Applications of Synchrotron Radiation to Chemistry and Physics, Physics in Canada 55 (1999) 191-198.
•  S.G. Urquhart, A.P. Hitchcock, A.P. Smith, H.W.  Ade, W. Lidy, E. G. Rightor and G.E. Mitchell, NEXAFS Spectromicroscopy of Polymers: Overview and Quantitative Analysis of Polyurethane Polymers, J. Electron Spectrosc. Rel. Phenom. 100 (1999)  119-135.     get pdf
• I.T. Steinberger, B. Wassermann, C.M. Teodorescu, G. Reichhardt, D. Gravel, C.W. Hutchings, A.P. Hitchcock, P.A. Dowben and E. Rühl, Kr 3p and Xe 4p Rydberg and core exciton series, Phys. Rev. B 60 (1999) 3995-4004.
• S.G. Urquhart, A.P. Smith, H.W. Ade, A.P. Hitchcock, E.G. Rightor and W. Lidy, NEXAFS Spectroscopy of MDI and TDI Polyurethane Polymers, J. Phys. Chem. B 103 (1999) 4603-4610.
•  J.F. Lehmann, L. Ennis, A.P. Hitchcock, S.G. Urquhart, K. Hatano, S. Gupta and M.K. Denk,  Core Excitation Spectroscopy Study of Delocalization in Stable Cyclic Diamino Carbenes, Silylenes and Germylenes, Organometallics 18  (1999) 1862-1872.
• I. G. Eustatiu, T. Tyliszczak and A. P. Hitchcock, Inner-shell electron energy-loss spectroscopy of SF₆ at very high momentum transfer, Chem. Phys. Lett.300  (1999) 676-680.
• J.J. Neville, T. Tyliszczak, A.P. Hitchcock, A. Jürgensen and R.G. Cavell, P 1s  spectroscopy of SPF₃: spectral assignments aided by angle-resolved photodissociation, Chem. Phys. Lett. 300 (1999) 451-459.
• J.J. Neville, T. Tyliszczak and A.P. Hitchcock, Photofragmentation of OCS at the S 1s edge, J. Electron Spectrosc.101-103 (1999) 119-124.   get pdf
• J.J. Neville, A. Jürgensen, R.G. Cavell, N. Kosugi and A.P. Hitchcock, Inner-shell excitation of PF₃, PCl₃, PCl₂CF₃, OPF₃ and SPF₃. Part 1. Spectroscopy, Chem. Phys. 238 (1998) 201-220.
• I.G. Eustatiu, B. Huo, S.G. Urquhart and A.P. Hitchcock, Isomeric Sensitivity of the C 1s spectra of xylenes, J. Electron Spectrosc. 94( 1998) 243-252. get pdf
• C. W. Hutchings, A. P. Hitchcock, A. T. Wen, S.-D. Hwang, J. A. Glass, J. T. Spencer, Y.-F. Hu, G. M. Bancroft, P. A. Dowben, Valence Band Photoemission and Near Edge Core Excitation Spectroscopy of Di-t-butylchlorophosphine, J. Electron Spectrosc. 94 (1998) 187-194.  get pdf
• S.G. Urquhart, A.P. Hitchcock,  J.F. Lehmann and M. Denk, Probing Delocalization in Stable Silylenes: Core Excitation Spectra of Si(NRCH=CHNR), Si(NRCH₂CH₂NR), H₂Si(NRCH=CHNR) and H₂Si(NRCH₂CH₂NR) (R = tBu), Organometallics 17 (1998), 2352-2360.
• A.P. Hitchcock, J.J. Neville, A. Jürgensen and R.G. Cavell, Ionic Fragmentation of Inner-shell Excited Molecules,  J. Electron Spectrosc. 88-91 (1998) 71-76. get pdf
• A.P. Hitchcock, I.G. Eustatiu, J.T. Francis and C.C. Turci, Electron Impact Core excitation of molecules: Non-dipole spectroscopy and generalised oscillator strengths, J. Electron Spectrosc. 88-91 (1998) 77-82.  get pdf
• S.G. Urquhart, C.C. Turci, T. Tyliszczak, M.A. Brook and A.P. Hitchcock, Core excitation spectroscopy of phenyl- and methyl-substituted silanol, disiloxane and disilane compounds: Evidence for p-Delocalisation across the Si-Cphenyl Bond. Organometallics 16 (1997) 2080-2088.
• S.G. Urquhart, A.P. Hitchcock, A.P. Smith, H. Ade and E.G. Rightor, Inner-shell excitation spectroscopy of Polymer and Monomer Isomers of Dimethyl Phthalate, J. Phys. Chem. B 101 (1997) 2267-2276.
• N. Kosugi, R.G. Cavell and A.P. Hitchcock, (LS) versus (jj) coupling in P 2p inner-shell excited states, Chem. Phys. Lett 265 (1997) 490-496
• A.P. Hitchcock, S.G. Urquhart, A.T. Wen, A.L.D. Kilcoyne, T. Tyliszczak, E. Rühl, N. Kosugi, J.D. Bozek, J.T. Spencer, D.N. McIlroy and P.A. Dowben, Inner-shell excitation spectroscopy of closo-carboranes, J. Phys. Chem.B 101 (1997) 3483-3493..
• E.G. Rightor, A.P. Hitchcock, H. Ade, R.D. Leapman, S.G. Urquhart, A.P. Smith, G. Mitchell, D. Fischer, H.J. Shin and T. Warwick, Spectromicroscopy of Poly(ethylene terephthalate):Comparison of Spectra and Radiation Damage Rates in X-ray Absorption and Electron Energy Loss,  J. Phys. Chem. B  101 (1997) 1950-1960.
• E. Rühl, A. Knop, A.P. Hitchcock, P.A. Dowben and D.N. McIlroy, Core Excitation in Free Clusters: Ionization, Relaxation and Fragmentation, Surface Reviews and Letters 3 (1996) 557-565.
• C.C. Turci, S.G. Urquhart and A.P. Hitchcock, Inner-shell excitation spectroscopy of aniline, nitrobenzene, and nitroanilines Can. J. Chem. 74 (1996) 851-869.
• J.Z. Xiong, D.T. Jiang, Z.F. Liu, K.M. Baines, T.K. Sham, S.G. Urquhart, A.T. Wen, T. Tyliszczak and A.P. Hitchcock, Si core level excitation of hexamethyldisilane studied by synchrotron radiation and multiple scattering Xa calculation, Chem. Phys. 203 (1996) 81-92.
• J.T. Francis, C.C. Turci, T. Tyliszczak, G.G.B. de Souza, N. Kosugi and A.P. Hitchcock, Electron impact core excitation of SF₆: Part I: S 2p, S 2s and F 1s spectroscopy, Phys. Rev. A 52 (1995) 4665-4677.
• C.C. Turci, J.T. Francis, T. Tyliszczak, G.G.B. de Souza and A.P. Hitchcock, Electron impact core excitation of SF₆: Part II: Generalized Oscillator Strengths in the S 2p region, Phys. Rev. A 52 (1995) 4678-4688.
• S.G. Urquhart, A.P. Hitchcock, R.D. Leapman, R.D. Priester and E.G. Rightor, Analysis of Polyurethanes using Core Excitation Spectroscopy. Part I. Model Polyurethane Foam Polymers. J. Polymer Science B: Polymer Physics, 33 (1995) 1593-1602.
• S.G. Urquhart, A.P. Hitchcock, R.D. Priester and E.G. Rightor,  Analysis of Polyurethanes using Core Excitation Spectroscopy. Part II. Inner-shell Spectra of Ether, Urea and Carbamate Model Compounds, J. Polymer Science B: Polymer Physics, 33 (1995) 1603-1620.
• A.P. Hitchcock and T. Tyliszczak, Surface studies by core-excitation reflection electron energy loss spectroscopy, Surface Reviews and Letters 2 (1995) 43-61.
• E. Rühl, A.P. Hitchcock, P. Morin and M. Lavollée, Core Excitation in Atomic and Molecular Clusters, Journal de Chimie et Physique 92 (1995) 521-534.
• T. Tyliszczak, A.P. Hitchcock, Z.H. Lu, J-M. Baribeau and T.E. Jackman, X-ray Absorption Studies of strain in epitaxial (Si-Ge) atomic layer superlattices and alloy films, Scanning Microscopy 8 (1994) 795-802
• J.T. Francis, N. Kosugi and A.P. Hitchcock, Experimental and Theoretical Studies of the (C 1s->p*) ³p State of CO: Momentum Transfer Dependence and Vibrational Structure, J. Chem. Phys. 101 (1994) 10429-10435.
• S.G. Urquhart, J.Z. Xiong, A.T. Wen, T.K. Sham, K.M. Baines, G.G.B. de Souza and A.P. Hitchcock, Inner-shell Spectroscopy of compounds containing Si-Si bonds: Is there a localised, low-energy Si-Si resonance?, Chem. Phys. 189 (1994) 757-768.
• J.T. Francis, C. Enkvist, S. Lunell and A.P. Hitchcock, Studies of C 1s -> p* Triplet states of Carbon Monoxide, Benzene, Ethylene and Acetylene, Can. J. Phys. 72 (1994) 879-884.
• A. Knop, H.W. Jochims, A.L.D. Kilcoyne, A.P. Hitchcock, and E. Rühl,  ZEKE Spectroscopy of Ar(2p) Excited Argon Clusters, Chem. Phys. Lett. 223 (1994) 553-560.
• J.T. Francis and A.P. Hitchcock, Distinguishing Keto and Enol Structures by Inner-shell Spectroscopy, J. Phys. Chem. 98 (1994) 3650-3657.
• A.P. Hitchcock, T.Tyliszczak, M.L.M. Rocco, J.T. Francis, S.G. Urquhart, Z.H. Feng, Z.H. Lu, J.M. Baribeau and T.E. Jackman, Polarization Dependence of the Si 1s X-ray Absorption Spectra of Single Crystal Si-Ge Alloys and Atomic Layer Superlattices, J. Vac. Sci. Tech. A 12 (1994) 1142-1147.
• A.P. Hitchcock, T.Tyliszczak, P. Aebi, X.H. Feng, Z.H. Lu, J.M. Baribeau and T.E. Jackman, Polarization Dependence of the Si 1s X-ray Absorption Spectra of Si-Ge Atomic Layer Superlattices, Surf. Sci. 301 (1994) 260-272.
• A.P. Hitchcock and D.C. Mancini, Bibliography and Database of Inner-shell Excitation Spectra of Gas Phase Atoms and Molecules, J. Electron Spectrosc. 67 (1994) 1-123.

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