Staff profile

Dr Brian Abbey

Lecturer

Faculty of Science, Technology and Engineering

School of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences
Department of Physics
Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coherent X-Ray Science

Rm 419, PS1, Melbourne (Bundoora)

 

Qualifications

MSci in Physics (University College London, 2002); MRes in Nanomaterials (Imperial College, 2003); PhD in Chemistry (Cambridge University, 2007).

Area of study

Chemistry
Physics

Brief Profile

If you are interested in a research project and have an excellent academic track record, then please follow the website link above to see details of the projects that we have available in the X-ray science group.

 

Fellowships, Scholorships and Awards Include:

  • 2012                            Deans Award for Excellence in Research
  • 2012                            Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication Technology Fellowship
  • 2003-2007                   BP – EPSRC scholarship (PhD, Cambridge) 
  • 2005                            UK synchrotron users meeting prize
  • 2002-2003                   BP – EPSRC Nanomaterials scholarship (Masters, Imperial)
  • 2002                            Wiley Higher Education Prize for Experimental Physics

Research interests

Imaging technology

- Phase Retrieval

Teaching Units

Research coordinator in the department of physics: PhD, Masters and Honours courses.

I teach the following subjects:

  • PHY1SCB (Principle of Physics)
  • PHY2MOD (Modern Physics)
  • PHY3NMF (Nanomaterials Fabrication)
  • PHY4XRY (X-ray Science)

Recent Publications

 

Lensless imaging using broadband X-ray sources. B Abbey, Lachlan W Whitehead, Harry M Quiney, David J Vine, Guido A Cadenazzi, Clare A Henderson, Keith A Nugent, Eugeniu Balaur, Corey T Putkunz, Andrew G Peele, GJ Williams, I McNulty. Nature Photonics 5 (7), 420-424 (2011) [Cites = 114, 01-Jan-2013]

 

Keyhole coherent diffractive imaging. B Abbey, KA Nugent, GJ Williams, JN Clark, AG Peele, MA Pfeifer, M De Jonge and I. McNulty. Nature Physics 4 (5), 394-398 (2008) [Cites = 18, 01-Jan-2013]

 

Older Publications

Research Publications since 1 January 2008 (37)

Refereed Journal Articles since 2008 (30)

 

1.    Abbey, B., Coherent X-ray Diffraction Imaging for High Resolution Materials Studies. The Journal of the Minerals Metals and Materials Society, Review, 2013 (invited review, ACCEPTED)

 

2.    Vine, D., G. Williams, J. Clark, C. Putkunz, M. Pfeifer, D. Legnini, C. Roehrig, E. Wrobel, E. Huwald, G. van Riessen, B. Abbey, T. Beetz, J. Irwin, M. Feser, B. Hornberger, I. McNulty, K.A. Nugent, and A.G. Peele, An in-vacuum x-ray diffraction microscope for use in the 0.7–2.9 keV range. Review of Scientific Instruments, 2012. 83: p. 033703.

 

3.    Schlotter, W., J. Turner, M. Rowen, P. Heimann, M. Holmes, O. Krupin, M. Messerschmidt, S. Moeller, J. Krzywinski, R. Soufli, M. Fernández-Perea, N. Kelez, S. Lee, R. Coffee, G. Hays, M. Beye, N. Gerken, F. Sorgenfrei, S. Hau-Riege, L. Juha, J. Chalupsky, V. Hajkova, A.P. Mancuso, A. Singer, O. Yefanov, I.A. Vartanyants, G. Cadenazzi, B. Abbey, K.A. Nugent, H. Sinn, J. Lüning, S. Schaffert, S. Eisebitt, W.-S. Lee, A. Scherz, A.R. Nilsson, and W. Wurth, The soft x-ray instrument for materials studies at the linac coherent light source x-ray free-electron laser. Review of Scientific Instruments, 2012. 83(4): p. 043107-043107-10.

 

4.    Peterson, I., B. Abbey, C. Putkunz, D. Vine, G. van Riessen, G. Cadenazzi, E. Balaur, R. Ryan, H. Quiney, and I. McNulty, Nanoscale Fresnel coherent diffraction imaging tomography using ptychography. Optics Express, 2012. 20(22): p. 24678-24685.

 

5.    Krupin, O., M. Trigo, W. Schlotter, M. Beye, F. Sorgenfrei, J. Turner, D. Reis, N. Gerken, S. Lee, W. Lee, G. Hays, Y. Acremann, B. Abbey, R. Coffee, M. Messerschmidt, S.P. Hau-Riege, G. Lapertot, J. Lüning, P. Heimann, R. Soufli, M. Fernández-Perea, M. Rowen, M. Holmes, S.L. Molodtsov, A. Föhlisch, and W. Wurth, Temporal cross-correlation of x-ray free electron and optical lasers using soft x-ray pulse induced transient reflectivity. Optics express, 2012. 20(10): p. 11396-11406.

 

6.    Korsunsky, A.M., F. Hofmann, B. Abbey, and I. Dolbnya, Analysis of the internal structure and lattice (mis)orientation in individual grains of deformed CP nickel polycrystals by synchrotron X-ray micro-diffraction and microscopy. International Journal of Fatigue, 2012. 42: p. 1-13.

 

7.    Korsunsky, A.M., Hofmann, F, Song, X, Abbey, B., A review of recent in situ deformation studies using synchrotron X-ray (Micro) beams. Micro and Nanosystems, 2012. 4(2): p. 97-105.

 

8.    Hofmann, F., X. Song, B. Abbey, T. Jun, and A. Korsunsky, High-energy transmission Laue micro-beam X-ray diffraction: a probe for intra-granular lattice orientation and elastic strain in thicker samples. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, 2012. 19(3): p. 0-0.

 

9.    Hofmann, F., B. Abbey, L. Connor, N. Baimpas, X. Song, S. Keegan, and A.M. Korsunsky, Imaging of grain-level orientation and strain in thicker metallic polycrystals by high energy transmission micro-beam Laue (HETL) diffraction techniques. International Journal of Materials Research, 2012. 102(2): p. 192-199.

 

10.    Chen, B., B. Abbey, R. Dilanian, E. Balaur, G. van Riessen, M. Junker, C.Q. Tran, M.W.M. Jones, A.G. Peele, and I. McNulty, Diffraction imaging: The limits of partial coherence. Physical Review B, 2012. 86(23): p. 235401.

 

11.    Abbey, B., S.Y. Zhang, M. Xie, X. Song, and A.M. Korsunsky, Neutron strain tomography using Bragg-edge transmission. International Journal of Materials Research, 2012. 103(2): p. 234-241.

 

12.    Vartanyants, I., A. Singer, A. Mancuso, O. Yefanov, A. Sakdinawat, Y. Liu, E. Bang, G. Williams, G. Cadenazzi, and B. Abbey, Coherence properties of individual femtosecond pulses of an x-ray free-electron laser. Physical Review Letters, 2011. 107(14): p. 144801.

 

13.    Korsunsky, A.M., N. Baimpas, X. Song, J. Belnoue, F. Hofmann, B. Abbey, M. Xie, J. Andrieux, T. Buslaps, and T.K. Neo, Strain tomography of polycrystalline zirconia dental prostheses by synchrotron X-ray diffraction. Acta Materialia, 2011. 59(6): p. 2501-2513.

 

14.    Abbey, B., S.Y. Zhang, W. Vorster, and A.M. Korsunsky, Reconstruction of axisymmetric strain distributions via neutron strain tomography. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 2012.

 

15.    Abbey, B., L.W. Whitehead, H.M. Quiney, D.J. Vine, G.A. Cadenazzi, C.A. Henderson, K.A. Nugent, E. Balaur, C.T. Putkunz, and A.G. Peele, Lensless imaging using broadband X-ray sources. Nature Photonics, 2011. 5(7): p. 420-424.

 

16.    Abbey, B., F. Hofmann, J. Belnoue, A. Rack, R. Tucoulou, G. Hughes, S. Eve, and A.M. Korsunsky, Mapping the dislocation sub-structure of deformed polycrystalline Ni by scanning microbeam diffraction topography. Scripta Materialia, 2011. 64(9): p. 884-887.

 

17.    Putkunz, C., M. Pfeifer, A. Peele, G. Williams, H. Quiney, B. Abbey, K. Nugent, and I. McNulty, Fresnel coherent diffraction tomography. Optics Express, 2010. 18(11): p. 11746-11753.

 

18.    Korsunsky, A.M., X. Song, F. Hofmann, B. Abbey, M. Xie, T. Connolley, C. Reinhard, R.C. Atwood, L. Connor, and M. Drakopoulos, Polycrystal deformation analysis by high energy synchrotron X-ray diffraction on the I12 JEEP beamline at Diamond Light Source. Materials Letters, 2010. 64(15): p. 1724-1727.

 

19.    Korsunsky, A., F. Hofmann, B. Abbey, and G. Gaucherin, Synchrotron X-ray analysis of microstructure and microdeformation in a recast AA6063 aluminium alloy. The Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design, 2010. 45(5): p. 351-364.

 

20.    Hofmann, F., X. Song, T.S. Jun, B. Abbey, M. Peel, J. Daniels, V. Honkimäki, and A. Korsunsky, High energy transmission micro-beam Laue synchrotron X-ray diffraction. Materials Letters, 2010. 64(11): p. 1302-1305.

 

21.    Hofmann, F., B. Abbey, X. Song, I. Dolbnya, and A.M. Korsunsky, Intragranular lattice misorientation mapping by synchrotron X-ray micro-beams: Laue vs energy-resolved Laue vs monochromatic reciprocal space analysis. International Journal of Modern Physics B, 2010. 24(01n02): p. 279-287.

 

22.    Belnoue, J.P., T.S. Jun, F. Hofmann, B. Abbey, and A.M. Korsunsky, Evaluation of the overload effect on fatigue crack growth with the help of synchrotron XRD strain mapping. Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 2010. 77(16): p. 3216-3226.

 

23.    Zhang, S., E. Godfrey, W. Kockelmann, A. Paradowska, M. Bull, A. Korsunsky, B. Abbey, P. Xu, Y. Tomota, and D. Liljedahl, High-tech composites to ancient metals. Materials Today, 2009. 12(7): p. 78-84.

 

24.    Vine, D., G. Williams, K. Nugent, B. Abbey, M. Pfeifer, J. Clark, A. Peele, M.D. Jonge, and I. McNulty, Ptychographic Fresnel coherent diffractive imaging. Physical Review. A, 2009. 80(6).

 

25.    Hofmann, F., X. Song, I. Dolbnya, B. Abbey, and A.M. Korsunsky, Probing intra-granular deformation by micro-beam Laue diffraction. Procedia Engineering, 2009. 1(1): p. 193-196.

 

26.    Chen, B., R.A. Dilanian, S. Teichmann, B. Abbey, A.G. Peele, G.J. Williams, P. Hannaford, L. Van Dao, H.M. Quiney, and K.A. Nugent, Multiple wavelength diffractive imaging. PHYSICAL REVIEW A: atomic, molecular, and optical physics, 2009. 79(2): p. 23809.

 

27.    Abbey, B., S.Y. Zhang, W.J.J. Vorster, and A.M. Korsunsky, Feasibility study of neutron strain tomography. Procedia Engineering, 2009. 1(1): p. 185-188.

 

28.    Williams, G.J., E. Hanssen, A.G. Peele, M.A. Pfeifer, J. Clark, B. Abbey, G. Cadenazzi, M.D. de Jonge, S. Vogt, and L. Tilley, High‐resolution X‐ray imaging of Plasmodium falciparum‐infected red blood cells. Cytometry Part A, 2008. 73(10): p. 949-957.

 

29.    Abbey, B., G.J. Williams, M.A. Pfeifer, J.N. Clark, C.T. Putkunz, A. Torrance, I. McNulty, T. Levin, A.G. Peele, and K.A. Nugent, Quantitative coherent diffractive imaging of an integrated circuit at a spatial resolution of 20 nm. Applied Physics Letters, 2008. 93(21): p. 214101-214101-3.

 

30.    Abbey, B., K.A. Nugent, G.J. Williams, J.N. Clark, A.G. Peele, M.A. Pfeifer, M. De Jonge, and I. McNulty, Keyhole coherent diffractive imaging. Nature Physics, 2008. 4(5): p. 394-398.

 

Refereed Conference Proceedings since 2008 (7)

 

31.    Chen, B., B. Abbey, R.A. Dilanian, E.B. Balaur, G.v. Riessen, M. Junker, C.Q. Tran, M.W.M. Jones, I. McNulty, D.J. Vine, C.T. Putkunz, H.M. Quiney, and K.A. Nugent, Partial Coherence: a Route to Performing Faster Coherent Diffraction Imaging. XRM 2012 Proceedings, 2013.

 

32.    Korsunsky, A.M., B. Abbey, F. Hofmann, I. Dolbnya, S.P. Collins, M. Xie, and X. Song, Micro-scale characterization of deformation and distortion in ductile (poly) crystals by synchrotron X-ray beams. Diamond Light Source Proceedings, 2011. 1(SRMS-7).

 

33.    Korsunsky, A., X. Song, F. Hofmann, B. Abbey, M. Xie, T. Connolley, C. Reinhard, R. Atwood, L. Connor, and M. Drakopoulos, Residual stress measurement on the I12 JEEP beamline at Diamond Light Source. Diamond Light Source Proceedings, 2011. 1(SRMS-7).

 

34.    Hofmann, F., A. Korsunsky, B. Abbey, I. Dolbnya, M. Xie, and X. Song, Combined micro-beam Laue and white beam topography: mapping local lattice orientation and misorientation. Diamond Light Source Proceedings, 2011. 1(SRMS-7).

 

35.    Potnis, P.R., J.E. Huber, J.P. Sutter, F. Hofmann, B. Abbey, and A.M. Korsunsky. Mapping of domain structure in Barium Titanate single crystals by synchrotron X-ray topography. 2010. International Society for Optics and Photonics.

 

36.    Abbey, B., S. Eve, A. Thuault, K. Charlet, and A. Korsunsky, Synchrotron X-Ray Tomographic Investigation of Internal Structure of Individual Flax Fibres. 6th World Congress of Biomechanics (WCB 2010). August 1-6, 2010 Singapore, 2010: p. 1151-1154.

 

37.    Zhang, S.Y., E. Godfrey, B. Abbey, P. Xu, Y. Tomota, D. Liljedahl, O. Zanellato, M. Fitzpatrick, J. Kelleher, and S. Siano, Materials Structure and Strain Analysis Using Time-of-flight Neutron Diffraction. Proceedings of the World Congress on Engineering, 2009. 2.

 

Older Publications (2004-2008) - from my PhD

 

38.    Abbey, B., J.D. Lipp, Z.H. Barber, and T. Rayment, Monte Carlo study of variations in the surface sensitivity of energy-resolved x-ray absorption spectra from Ni∕ NiO thin-film bilayers. Physical Review B, 2006. 74(24): p. 245408.  

39.    Abbey, B., J.D. Lipp, Z.H. Barber, and T. Rayment, Structure-film thickness relationship study of sputtered NiO∕ Ni bilayers using depth profiling and atomic force microscopy techniques. Journal of Applied Physics, 2006. 99: p. 124914.  

40.    Howe, P., E. Le Ru, E. Clarke, B. Abbey, R. Murray, and T. Jones, Competition between strain-induced and temperature-controlled nucleation of InAs/GaAs quantum dots. Journal of Applied Physics, 2004. 95(6): p. 2998-3004.  

41.    Howe, P., B. Abbey, E. Le Ru, R. Murray, and T. Jones, Strain-interactions between InAs/GaAs quantum dot layers. Thin solid films, 2004. 464: p. 225-228.  

Research projects

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