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  • 1992 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For the application of laser and molecular beam techniques to gas phase dynamics, especially oxygen atom chemical reactions, and as a participant in introducing these techniques to moleculesurface dynamics

Overview

Alan C. Luntz is affiliated with the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Physics and Astronomy as well as Materials Science, with a focus on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, and Materials Chemistry. Additional subfields include Geophysics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Structural Biology.

The main scientific topics addressed in their work include:

  • Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research
  • Advanced Chemical Physics Studies
  • Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications
  • High-pressure Geophysics and Materials
  • Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications
  • Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques
  • X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis

Alan C. Luntz has contributed to multiple publications, including papers in the following venues:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Physical Review Letters
  • AIP Advances
  • The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • ACS Applied Energy Materials

Examples of recent papers authored or coauthored by Luntz include:

  • Ultrafast Adsorbate Excitation Probed with Subpicosecond-Resolution X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy, 2021, Physical Review Letters
  • Accuracy of XAS Theory for Unraveling Structural Changes of Adsorbates: CO on Ni(100), 2020, AIP Advances
  • Symmetry-resolved CO Desorption and Oxidation Dynamics on O/Ru(0001) Probed at the C K-edge by Ultrafast X-Ray Spectroscopy, 2022, The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • Factors Affecting the Electron Conductivity in Single Crystal Li7La3Zr2O12 and Li7P3S11, 2024, ACS Applied Energy Materials
  • Atom-Specific Probing of Electron Dynamics in an Atomic Adsorbate by Time-Resolved X-Ray Spectroscopy, 2022, Physical Review Letters

Luntz has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Johannes Voss, Elias Diesen, Frank Abild-Pedersen, Hirohito Ogasawara, and Jörgen Gladh. These collaborations have contributed to their work in advanced spectroscopy techniques and material studies.

In 1992, Alan C. Luntz was recognized as a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), with a citation highlighting contributions to laser and molecular beam techniques in gas phase dynamics and their application to molecular-surface dynamics.

Best Publications

  • Lithium−Air Battery: Promise and Challenges

    G. Girishkumar;B. McCloskey;A. C. Luntz;S. Swanson

  • Twin Problems of Interfacial Carbonate Formation in Nonaqueous Li-O2 Batteries.

    B. D. McCloskey;A. Speidel;R. Scheffler;D. C. Miller

  • Solvents' Critical Role in Nonaqueous Lithium-Oxygen Battery Electrochemistry.

    B. D. McCloskey;D. S. Bethune;R. M. Shelby;G. Girishkumar

  • Nonaqueous Li-air batteries: a status report.

    Alan C. Luntz;Bryan D. McCloskey;Bryan D. McCloskey

  • Solvating additives drive solution-mediated electrochemistry and enhance toroid growth in non-aqueous Li–O2 batteries

    Nagaphani B. Aetukuri;Bryan D. McCloskey;Jeannette M. García;Leslie E. Krupp

  • Review—Practical Challenges Hindering the Development of Solid State Li Ion Batteries

    Kian Kerman;Alan Luntz;Venkatasubramanian Viswanathan;Yet-Ming Chiang

  • On the efficacy of electrocatalysis in nonaqueous Li-O2 batteries.

    Bryan D. McCloskey;Rouven Scheffler;Angela Speidel;Donald S. Bethune

  • Electrical conductivity in Li2O2 and its role in determining capacity limitations in non-aqueous Li-O2 batteries.

    V. Viswanathan;Kristian Sommer Thygesen;J.S. Hummelshøj;Jens Kehlet Nørskov

  • Interfacial challenges in solid-state Li ion batteries.

    Alan C. Luntz;Johannes Voss;Karsten Reuter;Karsten Reuter

  • Communications: Elementary oxygen electrode reactions in the aprotic Li-air battery

    J. S. Hummelshøj;J. Blomqvist;S. Datta;T. Vegge

  • Limitations in Rechargeability of Li-O2 Batteries and Possible Origins

    B. D. McCloskey;D. S. Bethune;R. M. Shelby;T. Mori

  • Combining Accurate O2 and Li2O2 Assays to Separate Discharge and Charge Stability Limitations in Nonaqueous Li–O2 Batteries

    Bryan D. McCloskey;Alexia Valery;Alexia Valery;Alan C. Luntz;Alan C. Luntz;Sanketh R. Gowda

  • On the Mechanism of Nonaqueous Li–O2 Electrochemistry on C and Its Kinetic Overpotentials: Some Implications for Li–Air Batteries

    Bryan D. McCloskey;Rouven Scheffler;Angela Speidel;Girish Girishkumar

  • Rotational Energy Transfer in Direct Inelastic Surface Scattering: NO on Ag(111)

    A. W. Kleyn;A. C. Luntz;D. J. Auerbach

  • Identifying Capacity Limitations in the Li/Oxygen Battery Using Experiments and Modeling

    Paul Albertus;G. Girishkumar;Bryan McCloskey;Roel S. Sánchez-Carrera

  • CH4 dissociation on metals: a quantum dynamics model

    A.C. Luntz;J. Harris

  • The sticking of O2 on a Pt(111) surface

    A. C. Luntz;M. D. Williams;D. S. Bethune

  • Activation of methane dissociation on a Pt(111) surface

    A. C. Luntz;D. S. Bethune

  • Microwave Spectrum, Vibration—Rotation Interaction, and Potential Function for the Ring‐Puckering Vibration of Trimethylene Sulfide

    David O. Harris;Howard W. Harrington;Alan C. Luntz;William D. Gwinn

  • Mechanisms of two-electron and four-electron electrochemical oxygen reduction reactions at nitrogen-doped reduced graphene oxide

    Hyo Won Kim;Hyo Won Kim;Hyo Won Kim;Vanessa J. Bukas;Hun Park;Sojung Park

  • Theoretical evidence for low kinetic overpotentials in Li-O2 electrochemistry

    J. S. Hummelshøj;A. C. Luntz;J. K. Nørskov

Frequent Co-Authors

Bryan D. McCloskey
Bryan D. McCloskey University of California, Berkeley
Jens K. Nørskov
Jens K. Nørskov Technical University of Denmark
Venkatasubramanian Viswanathan
Venkatasubramanian Viswanathan Carnegie Mellon University
Donald S. Bethune
Donald S. Bethune IBM (United States)
Daniel J. Auerbach
Daniel J. Auerbach Max Planck Society
Tejs Vegge
Tejs Vegge Technical University of Denmark
Karsten Reuter
Karsten Reuter Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Karen Chan
Karen Chan Technical University of Denmark
Aart W. Kleyn
Aart W. Kleyn Leiden University
Emily A. Carter
Emily A. Carter Princeton University

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