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  • 1988 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For research using synchrotron radiation to study interface phenomena and for leadership in developing the scientific program at the Wisconsin Synchrotron Radiation Center

Overview

Giorgio Margaritondo is affiliated with the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland. Their research primarily spans the fields of Physics and Astronomy, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Engineering. Within these broad domains, their work focuses particularly on Radiation, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Structural Biology, Biophysics, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

The scientist's main topics of research include:

  • Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques
  • Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications
  • Particle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers
  • Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques
  • Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques
  • Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications
  • Cell Image Analysis Techniques

Margaritondo has contributed to several notable publications, including:

  • "A synchrotron X-ray imaging strategy to map large animal brains" (2020), Chinese Journal of Physics
  • "Synchrotron radiation and X-ray free-electron lasers (X-FELs) explained to all users, active and potential" (2021), Journal of Synchrotron Radiation
  • "SYNAPSE: An international roadmap to large brain imaging" (2022), Physics Reports
  • "Size of National Assemblies: The Classic Derivation of the Cube-Root Law is Conceptually Flawed" (2021), Frontiers in Physics
  • "Imaging with Coherent X-rays: From the Early Synchrotron Tests to SYNAPSE" (2021), Journal of Imaging

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Y. Hwu
  • Yoshiki Kohmura
  • Tetsuya Ishikawa
  • Cyril Petibois
  • Chian-Ming Low

Major publication venues where Margaritondo's work appears often include the Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Chinese Journal of Physics, Physics Reports, and Frontiers in Physics.

The scientist has been recognized with the Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) award in 1988, cited for research using synchrotron radiation to study interface phenomena and for leadership in developing the scientific program at the Wisconsin Synchrotron Radiation Center.

Best Publications

  • Electronic-Structure of Anatase Tio2 Oxide

    R. Sanjinés;H. Tang;H. Berger;F. Gozzo

  • Introduction to synchrotron radiation

    Giorgio Margaritondo;N. V. Smith

  • 3D experimental investigation of the microstructure of cement pastes using synchrotron X-ray microtomography (μCT)

    E. Gallucci;K. Scrivener;A. Groso;M. Stampanoni

  • Microscopic Study of Semiconductor Heterojunctions - Photoemission Measurement of the Valance-Band Discontinuity and of the Potential Barriers

    A. D. Katnani;G. Margaritondo

  • Infrared and Raman studies of the Verwey transition in magnetite

    L. V. Gasparov;D. B. Tanner;D. B. Romero;D. B. Romero;H. Berger

  • Heterojunction Band Discontinuities: Physics and Device Applications

    Federico Capasso;Giorgio Margaritondo

  • Enhancement of cell radiation sensitivity by pegylated gold nanoparticles

    Chi-Jen Liu;Chang-Hai Wang;Shin-Tai Chen;Hsiang-Hsin Chen

  • Electrochemistry: building on bubbles in metal electrodeposition.

    W. L. Tsai;P. C. Hsu;Y. Hwu;C. H. Chen

  • Electronic structure of solids with competing periodic potentials.

    J. Voit;L. Perfetti;F. Zwick;H. Berger

  • Reactivity of Au with ultrathin Si layers: A photoemission study

    J. Ivanco;H. Kobayashi;J. Almeida;G. Margaritondo

  • Surface spectroscopy of Schottky-barrier formation on Si(111) 7 × 7: Photoemission studies of filled surface states and band bending

    G. Margaritondo;J. E. Rowe;S. B. Christman

  • Graphene nanoribbons produced by the oxidative unzipping of single-wall carbon nanotubes

    Franco Cataldo;Giuseppe Compagnini;Giacomo Patané;Ornella Ursini

  • Desorption Induced by Electronic-Transitions

    N.H. Tolk;P. Bucksbaum;N. Gershenfeld;J.S. Kraus

  • Chlorine Chemisorption on Silicon and Germanium Surfaces - Photoemission Polarization Effects with Synchrotron Radiation

    J. E. Rowe;G. Margaritondo;S. B. Christman

  • Band mapping and quasiparticle suppression in the one-dimensional organic conductor TTF-TCNQ

    F. Zwick;D. Jerome;G. Margaritondo;M. Onellion

  • Electronic spectrum of the high-temperature superconducting state.

    Y Hwu;L Lozzi;M Marsi;La Rosa S

  • Enhanced x-ray irradiation-induced cancer cell damage by gold nanoparticles treated by a new synthesis method of polyethylene glycol modification

    Chi-Jen Liu;Chang-Hai Wang;Chia-Chi Chien;Chia-Chi Chien;Tsung-Yeh Yang

  • High-Resolution Synchrotron-Radiation Core-Level Spectroscopy of Decapped Gaas(100) Surfaces

    G. Le Lay;D. Mao;Antoine Kahn;Y. Hwu

  • Metal-Induced Surface States During Schottky-Barrier Formation on Si, Ge, and Gaas

    J. E. Rowe;S. B. Christman;G. Margaritondo

  • Initial stages of Schottky barrier formation: Temperature effects

    K. Stiles;A. Kahn;D. G. Kilday;G. Margaritondo

Frequent Co-Authors

Yeukuang Hwu
Yeukuang Hwu Academia Sinica
Jung Ho Je
Jung Ho Je Pohang University of Science and Technology
H. Berger
H. Berger École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Leonard J. Brillson
Leonard J. Brillson The Ohio State University
Francis Levy
Francis Levy École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Y. A. Chang
Y. A. Chang University of Wisconsin–Madison
László Forró
László Forró University of Notre Dame
Antoine Kahn
Antoine Kahn Princeton University
Jean-Marie Tarascon
Jean-Marie Tarascon Collège de France
J. H. Weaver
J. H. Weaver University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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