Washington State University — Department of Physics & Astronomy
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4+ Disciplines |
7k+ citations |
15+ international collaborators |
WSU Pullman, WA |
What We Do
Interdisciplinary Research at the Frontier
Synchrotron X-RayDeveloping and applying cutting-edge X-ray scattering and spectroscopy techniques at national synchrotron facilities. |
OptoelectronicsEngineering carbon-based materials with novel properties for power generation, storage, illumination, and sensing. |
Organic MaterialsProbing how organic molecules and polymers in aggregate govern excited and charged state dynamics at interfaces. |
CollaborationBridging physics, materials science, electrical engineering, and chemistry in a highly interdisciplinary environment. |
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Characterizing nanoscale origins of fibrous texture in high moisture extruded texturized pea protein and chicken breast meat using X-ray scattering
“Characterizing nanoscale origins of fibrous texture in high moisture extruded texturized pea protein and chicken breast meat using X-ray scattering”, Sahil Nain, Brian A. Collins, Girish Ganjyal, Submitted (2026).
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Errors in reconstruction of dichroic X-ray orientation tomography due to polarization rotation of the incident beam
“Errors in reconstruction of dichroic X-ray orientation tomography due to polarization rotation of the incident beam” M. Marcus, H. Heilman, K. Andrle, J. Plumb, J. Synchrotron Rad. (2026) DOI: 10.1107/S1600577525011051. Dichroic X-ray tomography is a technique in which the crystal orientation or magnetization of a sample is resolved in three dimensions. The best-known uses of […]
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Epitaxial growth of Co(x)Mn(y)Si(z) (111) thin films in the compositional range around the Heusler alloy Co(2)MnSi.
Epitaxial growth and structural properties of CoxMnySiz thin films on Ge 111 substrates, including the Heusler alloy Co2 MnSi 111, have been studied using combinatorial molecular beam epitaxy MBE techniques. In situ reflection high energy electron diffraction and ex situ x-ray diffraction experiments show that high quality coherent MBE growth with fcc 111 stacking can […]
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Devin Publishes Optimization of Microfluidic Flow Cell Geometry Paper in RSC: Lab on a Chip
Graduate student Devin Grabner’s work on characterizing and optimizing microfluidic flow cell geometry for in situ resonant soft X-ray characterization of molecular nanostructures has been published in the RSC Journal: Lab on a Chip. This work directly characterizes the deformation of silicon nitride (SiN) membranes used as windows under experimental conditions for various cell configurations. […]
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Publication highlighted in WSU Insider and Wider News Media
The WSU Insider has highlighted Tammanna Khan’s recent work in Advanced Materials. Commissioned artwork for the publication shown above depicts a new Fastlane for the red ions that can be opened or closed at the molecular level. The artwork was done by Ryan Allen at Second Bay Studios. Other news media has picked up the […]
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Tamanna Khan’s work published in Advanced Materials
Recent graduate, Tamanna Khan has had her PhD work published in in Advanced Materials. Her work titled “Local Chemical Enhancement and Gating of Organic Coordinated Ionic-Electronic Transport” reports on the discovery of how ion transport can be concentrated, accelerated, and gated inside a nanochannel ‘ion superhighway.’ This was achieved by lining the nanochannel with either […]
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