Adam Hitchcock

Name: Adam Hitchcock
Title: Dr.
Institution: McMaster University
Address: Brockhouse Institute for Materials Research
City, ZIP code: Hamilton L8S 4M1
Country: Canada
E-mail: aph@mcmaster.ca
Web page: http://www.penty.mcmaster.ca
Interests: SEXAFS, Instrumentation, Soft X-ray spectroscopy, Materials science, XANES, soft X-ray spectromicroscopy
Keywords: NEXAFS, REELS, X-ray microscopy, polymer microstructure, electrochemical surfaces, semiconductors

Brief description of the work:
Development of novel techniques involving inner shell excitation, and their application to a wide variety of materials science problems.
Synchrotron projects:
- polymer microstructure by soft X-ray NEXAFS microscopy (ALS, NSLS)
- electrochemical interfaces (CHESS)
- semiconductor materials - bulk and surface structure (CHESS, SRC)
home lab:
- Reflection electron energy loss spectroscopy for surface studies
- EELS in a transmission electron microscope