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Overview

Ian K. Robinson is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Physics and Astronomy, with a significant focus on subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Radiation, Condensed Matter Physics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Structural Biology.

Their investigative efforts center on topics that include:

  • Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques
  • Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications
  • Advanced Condensed Matter Physics
  • Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques
  • Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism
  • Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials

Robinson has authored numerous publications across a range of peer-reviewed venues. Among the most frequent publication venues are:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Physical Review B
  • IUCrJ
  • Advanced Materials
  • Chromosome Research

Selected recent papers exemplify the scope and depth of Robinson's research:

  • "Origin of structural degradation in Li-rich layered oxide cathode" (2022, Nature)
  • "Suppressing strain propagation in ultrahigh-Ni cathodes during fast charging via epitaxial entropy-assisted coating" (2024, Nature Energy)
  • "Charge density waves in cuprate superconductors beyond the critical doping" (2021, npj Quantum Materials)
  • "Complex imaging of phase domains by deep neural networks" (2020, IUCrJ)
  • "Multiscale Understanding of Surface Structural Effects on High-Temperature Operational Resiliency of Layered Oxide Cathodes" (2021, Advanced Materials)

Robinson collaborates extensively with a group of frequent co-authors, including Longlong Wu, Jiecheng Diao, Ross Harder, Tadesse A. Assefa, and Ana F. Suzana.

Best Publications

  • Crystal truncation rods and surface roughness.

    I. K. Robinson

  • GexSi1−x/Si strained‐layer superlattice grown by molecular beam epitaxy

    J. C. Bean;Leonard C Feldman;A. T. Fiory;S. Nakahara

  • Surface X‐Ray Diffraction

    I K Robinson;D J Tweet

  • Beyond crystallography: Diffractive imaging using coherent x-ray light sources

    Jianwei Miao;Tetsuya Ishikawa;Ian K. Robinson;Margaret M. Murnane

  • Three-dimensional mapping of a deformation field inside a nanocrystal

    Mark A. Pfeifer;Garth J. Williams;Ivan A. Vartanyants;Ross Harder

  • Coherent X-ray diffraction imaging of strain at the nanoscale.

    Ian Robinson;Ross Harder

  • Origin of structural degradation in Li-rich layered oxide cathode

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  • Reconstruction of the Shapes of Gold Nanocrystals Using Coherent X-Ray Diffraction

    I. K. Robinson;I. A. Vartanyants;G. J. Williams;M. A. Pfeifer

  • Three-dimensional imaging of microstructure in Au nanocrystals

    G. J. Williams;M. A. Pfeifer;I. A. Vartanyants;I. K. Robinson

  • How Water Meets a Hydrophobic Surface

    Adelé Poynor;Liang Hong;Ian K. Robinson;Steve Granick

  • Direct Determination of the Au(110) Reconstructed Surface by X-Ray Diffraction

    I. K. Robinson

  • Three-dimensional imaging of strain in a single ZnO nanorod.

    Marcus C. Newton;Marcus C. Newton;Steven J. Leake;Ross Harder;Ian K. Robinson

  • Ultrafast three-dimensional imaging of lattice dynamics in individual gold nanocrystals

    J. N. Clark;L. Beitra;G. Xiong;A. Higginbotham

  • X-Ray photon correlation spectroscopy study of Brownian motion of gold colloids in glycerol.

    S. B. Dierker;R. Pindak;R. M. Fleming;I. K. Robinson

  • Synthesis of core-shell gold coated magnetic nanoparticles and their interaction with thiolated DNA

    Ian Robinson;Le D. Tung;Shinya Maenosono;Christoph Wälti

  • Structure determination of the Si(111): B(3×3)R30°surface: Subsurface substitutional doping

    R. L. Headrick;I. K. Robinson;E. Vlieg;Leonard C Feldman

  • Structure of the expanded state of tomato bushy stunt virus

    I. K. Robinson;S. C. Harrison

  • Three-dimensional imaging of dislocation propagation during crystal growth and dissolution

    Jesse N. Clark;Johannes Ihli;Anna S. Schenk;Yi-Yeoun Kim

  • Partial Coherence Effects on the Imaging of Small Crystals using Coherent X-ray Diffraction

    I A Vartanyants;I K Robinson

  • Commensurate and incommensurate structures in molecular beam epitaxially grown GexSi1−xfilms on Si(100)

    A. T. Fiory;J. C. Bean;L. C. Feldman;I. K. Robinson

  • Structure of Quantum Wires in Au/Si(557)

    I. K. Robinson;Peter Bennett;F. J. Himpsel

  • Crystal nucleation, growth, and morphology of the synthetic malaria pigment beta-hematin and the effect thereon by quinoline additives: the malaria pigment as a target of various antimalarial drugs.

    Inna Solomonov;Marua Osipova;Yishay Feldman;Carsten Baehtz

Frequent Co-Authors

Wolfgang Moritz
Wolfgang Moritz Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Robert S Averback
Robert S Averback University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Simon J. L. Billinge
Simon J. L. Billinge Columbia University
Leonard C. Feldman
Leonard C. Feldman Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Paul Fenter
Paul Fenter Argonne National Laboratory
Robert L. Johnson
Robert L. Johnson Universität Hamburg
Steve Granick
Steve Granick University of Massachusetts Amherst
Claus Peter Richter
Claus Peter Richter Northwestern University
Gehan A. J. Amaratunga
Gehan A. J. Amaratunga University of Cambridge
Helmut Dosch
Helmut Dosch Max Planck Society

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