Steven R. Spurgeon, Ph.D.
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Publications

Homepage of Steven R. Spurgeon, Ph.D., a materials scientist focusing on the development of novel nanomaterials, electron microscopy, and data analytics.

 

Publications

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

2024

  • Smeaton, M.A., Abellan, P., Spurgeon, S.R., Unocic, R.R., and K.L. Jungjohann. “Tutorial on in-situ and operando scanning / transmission electron microscopy for analysis of nanoscale structure-property relationships.” ACS Nano. (2024). DOI:10.1021/acsnano.4c09256 [Download PDF]

  • Koirala, K.P., Hossain, M.D., Wang, L., Zhuo, Z., Yang, W., Bowden, M., Spurgeon, S.R., Wang, C., Sushko, P., and Y. Du. “Layer resolved Cr oxidation state modulation in epitaxial SrFe0.67Cr0.33O3−δ thin films.” Nano Letters. (2024). DOI:10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c03660

  • Hansen, E.R., Niaouris, V., Matthews, B.E., Zimmermann, C., Wang, X., Kolodka, R., Vines, L., Spurgeon, S.R., and K-M.C. Fu “Isolation of single donors in ZnO.” Physical Review Letters. 133 (2024). 146902. DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.133.146902

  • Waqwoya, A., Strube, J., Guo, L., Tallent., N.R., Bel, O., Spurgeon, S.R., Doty, C., and A. Jannesari. “SAM-I-Am: Semantic boosting for zero-shot atomic-scale electron micrograph segmentation.” Computational Materials Science. 246 (2024): 11340. DOI:10.1016/j.commatsci.2024.113400

  • Bard, A.B., Felsted, R.G., Ganas, A.S., Pant, A., Gupta, C., Chen, Y., Nakouzi, E., Jin, B., Washton, N.M., LaCount, M.D., Munday, C.J., Schenter, G.K., Chun, J., Spurgeon, S.R., Lee, G.K., Holmberg, V.C., Brush, L.N., DeYoreo, J.J., and P.J. Pauzauskie. “Chemically driven multistep crystallization in the synthesis of sodium yttrium fluoride via a porous, electrochemically active intermediate.” Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 128.31 (2024): 13034–13044. DOI:10.1021/acs.jpcc.4c01281

2023

  • Kalinin, S.V., Mukherjee, D., Roccapriore, K., Blaiszik, B., Ghosh, A., Ziatdinov, M., Al-Najjar, N., Doty, C.M., Akers, S.M., Rao, N.S., Agar, J. and S.R. Spurgeon. “Machine learning for automated experimentation in scanning transmission electron microscopy.” npj Computational Materials. 9 (2023): 227. DOI:10.1038/s41524-023-01142-0 [Download PDF]

  • Ter-Petrosyan, A.H., Bilbrey, J.A., Doty, C.M., Matthews, B.E., Wang, L., Du, Y., Lang, E., Hattar, K., and S.R. Spurgeon. “Unsupervised segmentation of irradiation‐induced order‐disorder phase transitions in electron microscopy.” Proceedings of Thirty-Seventh Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS). (2023). DOI:10.48550/arXiv.2311.08585 [Download PDF]

  • Spurgeon, S.R., Yano, K., Doty, C., Akers, S., and M.J. Olszta. “Revealing the latent atomic world through data-driven microscopy.” Microscopy and Analysis. 37.6 (2023): S3-S7. [Download PDF]

  • Fiedler, K.R., Olszta, M., Yano, K., Doty, C., Hopkins, D., Akers, S., and S.R. Spurgeon. “Evaluating stage motion for automated electron microscopy.” Microscopy and Microanalysis. 29.6 (2023): 1931–1939. DOI:10.1093/micmic/ozad108 [Download PDF]

  • Kaspar, T.C., Spurgeon, S.R., Yano, K.H., Matthews, B.E., Bowden, M.E., Ophus, C., Kim, H., Wang, Y., and D.K. Schreiber. “Role of structural defects in mediating disordering processes at irradiated epitaxial Fe3O4 / Cr2O3 interfaces.” Physical Review Materials. 7 (2023): 093604. DOI:10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.7.093604

  • Yama, N.S., Cheng, I-T., Chakravarthi, S., Li, B., Pederson, C., Matthews, B.E., Spurgeon, S.R., Perea, D.E., Wirth, M.G., Sushko, P.V., Li, M., and K-M. Fu. “Silicon-lattice-matched boron-doped gallium phosphide: A scalable acousto-optic platform.” Advanced Materials. 36.5 (2023): 2305434. DOI:10.1002/adma.202305434

  • Spurgeon, S.R., Yano, K., Doty, C., Akers, S., and M.J. Olszta. “Revealing the latent atomic world through data-driven microscopy.” JEOL News. 58.1 (2023): 2–11. [Download PDF]

  • Spurgeon, S.R., Mukherjee, D., Gibson, W., and Lupini, A. “Focused interest groups propel innovation in the emerging data-driven hardware ecosystem.” Microscopy Today. 31.4 (2023): 20–21. DOI:10.1093/mictod/qaad042

  • Blanchet, M.D., Matthews, B.E., Spurgeon, S.R., Heald, S.M., Isaacs-Smith, T., and R.B. Comes. “Jahn-Teller-driven phase segregation in MnxCo3−xO4 spinel thin films.” Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A. 41 (2023): 052703. DOI:10.1116/6.0002329

  • Taylor, S.D., Yano, K.H., Sassi, M., Matthews, B.E., Kautz, E.J., Lambeets, S.V., Neumann, S., Schreiber, D.K., Wang, L., Du, Y. and S.R. Spurgeon. “Resolving diverse oxygen transport pathways across La1−xSrxFeO3 and metal-perovskite heterostructures.” Advanced Materials Interfaces. 10.7 (2022): 2202276. DOI:10.1002/admi.202202276 [Download PDF]

2022

  • Yoon, H., Truttman, T., Liu, F., Matthews, B.E., Su, Q., Saraswat, V., Manzo, S., Arnold, M., Kawasaki, J., Koester, S., Spurgeon, S.R., Chambers, S.A., and B. Jalan. “Free-standing epitaxial SrTiO3 nanomembranes via hybrid molecular beam epitaxy on graphene.” Science Advances. 8.51 (2022): sciadv.add5328. DOI:10.1126/sciadv.add5328 [Download PDF]

  • Adiga, P., Wang, L., Wong, C., Matthews, B.E., Bowden, M.E., Spurgeon, S.R., Sterbinsky, G.E., Blum, M., Choi, M.-J., Tao, J., Kaspar, T.C., Chambers, S.A., Stoerzinger, K.A., and Y. Du. “Correlation between oxygen evolution reaction activity and surface compositional evolution in epitaxial La0.5Sr0.5Ni1−xFexO3−δ thin films .” Nanoscale. 15 (2022): 1119–1127. DOI:10.1039/D2NR05373J

  • Lewis, N., Jin, Y., Tang, X., Shah, V., Doty, C., Matthews, B.E., Akers, S. and S.R. Spurgeon. “Forecasting of in situ electron energy loss spectroscopy.” npj Computational Materials. 8 (2022): 252. DOI:10.1038/s41524-022-00940-2 [Download PDF]

  • Yano, K., Kohnert, A., Kaspar, T.C., Taylor, S.D., Spurgeon, S.R., Kim, H., Wang, Y., Uberuaga, B.P., and D.K. Schreiber. “Dose rate dependent cation and anion radiation enhanced diffusion in hematite.” Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 10 (2022): 24167–24177. DOI:10.1039/D2TA03403D [Download PDF]

  • Kalinin, S.V., Ziatdinov, M., Spurgeon, S.R., Ophus, C., Stach, E.A., Susi, T., Agar, J., and J. Randall. “Deep learning for electron and scanning probe microscopy: from materials design to atomic fabrication.” MRS Bulletin. 47 (2022): 931–939. DOI:10.1557/s43577-022-00413-3 [Download PDF]

  • Liu, F., Truttmann, T.K., Lee, D., Matthews, B.E., Laraib, I., Janotti, A., Spurgeon, S.R., Chambers, S.A., and B. Jalan. “Hybrid molecular beam epitaxy of Ge-based oxides.” Communications Materials. 3 (2022): 69. DOI:10.1038/s43246-022-00290-y [Download PDF]

  • Thapa, S., Provence, S., Gemperline, P.T., Matthews, B.E., Spurgeon, S.R., Battles, S., Heald, S.M., Kuroda, M.A., and R.B. Comes. “Surface stability of SrNbO3+δ grown by hybrid molecular beam epitaxy.” APL Materials. 10 (2022): 091112. DOI:10.1063/5.0097699 [Download PDF]

  • Wang, L., Zhao, J., Kuo, C-T., Matthews, B.E., Oostrom, M.T., Spurgeon, S.R., Bowden, M.E., Lee, S-J., Lee, J-S., Guo, E-J., Wang, J., Chambers, S.A., and Y. Du. “Synthesis and electronic properties of epitaxial SrNiO3/SrTiO3 superlattices.” Physical Review Materials. 6 (2022): 075006. DOI:10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.6.075006

  • Kaspar, T.C., Hatton, P.J., Yano, K.H., Taylor, S.D., Spurgeon, S.R., Uberuaga, B.P., and D.K. Schreiber. “Adatom-driven oxygen intermixing during the deposition of oxide thin films by molecular beam epitaxy.” Nano Letters. 22.12 (2022): 4963–4969. DOI:10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c01678 [Download PDF]

  • Olszta, M., Hopkins, D., Fiedler, K.R., Oostrom, M., Akers, S., and S.R. Spurgeon. “An automated scanning transmission electron microscope guided by sparse data analytics.” Microscopy and Microanalysis. 28.5 (2022): 1611–1621. DOI:10.1017/S1431927622012065 [Download PDF]

  • Sassi, M., Spurgeon, S.R., Matthews, B.E., Devaraj, A. and D.J. Senor. “First-principles study of tritium trapping in γ-LiAlO2 nanovoids.” Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 126.12 (2022): 5767–5776. DOI:10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c00381

  • Bredar, A.R.C., Blanchet, M.D., Burton, A.R., Matthews, B.E., Spurgeon, S.R., Comes, R.B., and B.H. Farnum.“Oxygen reduction electrocatalysis with epitaxially grown spinel MnFe2O4and Fe3O4.” ACS Catalysis. 12 (2022): 3577–3588. DOI:10.1021/acscatal.1c05172

  • Chambers, S.A., Chrysler, M., Ngai, J., Lee, T.-L., Gabel, J., Matthews, B.E., Spurgeon, S.R., Bowden, M.E., Zhu, Z., and P.V. Sushko. “Mapping hidden space-charge distributions across crystalline metal oxide/group IV semiconductor interfaces.'' Physical Review Materials. 6 (2022): 015002. DOI:10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.6.015002

  • Doty, C., Gallagher, S., Cui, W., Chen, W., Bhushan, S., Oostrom, M., Akers, S., and S.R. Spurgeon. “Design of a graphical user interface for few-shot machine learning-based classification of electron microscopy data.” Computational Materials Science. 203.15 (2022): 111121. DOI:10.1016/j.commatsci.2021.111121 [Download PDF]

2021

  • Burton, A., Paudel, R., Matthews, B.E., Sassi, M., Spurgeon, S.R., Farnum.B.H., and R.B. Comes. “Thickness dependent OER electrocatalysis of epitaxial LaFeO3 thin films.” Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 10 (2021): 1909-1918. DOI:10.1039/D1TA07142D [Download PDF]

  • Yano, K., Kohnert, A., Kaspar, T.C., Taylor, S.D., Spurgeon, S.R., Kim, H., Wang, Y., Uberuaga, B.P., and D.K. Schreiber. “Radiation enhanced anion diffusion in chromia.” Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 125.50 (2021): 27820–27827. DOI:10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c08705 [Download PDF]

  • Akers, S., Kautz, E., Trevino-Gavito, A., Olszta, M., Matthews, B., Wang, L., Du, Y., and S.R. Spurgeon. “Rapid and flexible segmentation of electron microscopy data using few-shot machine learning.“ npj Computational Materials. 7 (2021): 187. DOI:10.1038/s41524-021-00652-z [Download PDF]

  • Chrysler, M., Gabel, J., Lee, T.-L., Penn, A., Matthews, B.E., Kepaptsoglou, D., Ramasse, Q., Paudel, J.R., Sah, R.K., Grassi, J.D., Zhu, Z., Gray, A.X., LeBeau, J.M., Spurgeon, S.R., Chambers, S.A., Sushko, P.V., and J.H. Ngai. “Tuning band alignment at a semiconductor-crystalline oxide heterojunction via electrostatic modulation of the interfacial dipole.” Physical Review Materials. 5 (2021): 104603. DOI:10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.5.104603 [Download PDF]

  • Wang, L., Adiga, P., Zhao, J., Samarakoon, W.S., Stoerzinger, K., Matthews, B.E., Spurgeon, S.R., Bowden, M.E., Sushko, P.V., Wang, H., Wangoh, L., Wu, J., Guo, E., Qian, H., Wang, J., Vargas, T., Thevuthasan, S., Feng, Z., Yang, W., Du, Y., and S.A. Chambers. “Understanding the electronic structure evolution of epitaxial LaNi1-xFexO3 thin films for water oxidation.” Nano Letters. 21.19 (2021): 8324–8331. DOI:10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c02901 [Download PDF]

  • Yu, X.-Y., Yao, J., Matthews, B.E., Spurgeon, S.R., Riechers, S.L., Sevigny, G.J., Zhu, Z., Jiang, W., and W.G. Luscher. “Evidence of lithium mobility under neutron irradiation.” Journal of Materials Research and Technology. 14 (2021): 475–483. DOI:10.1016/j.jmrt.2021.06.066 [Download PDF]

  • Matthews, B., Sassi, M., Barr, C., Ophus, C., Kaspar, T., Jiang, W., Hattar, K., and S.R. Spurgeon. “Percolation of ion-irradiation-induced disorder in complex oxide interfaces.” Nano Letters. 21.12 (2021): 5353–5359. DOI:10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c01651 [Download PDF]

  • Kaspar, T.C., Spurgeon, S.R., Matthews, B.E., Bowden, M., Heald, S.M., Wang, L., Kelley, R., Paudel, R., Isaacs-Smith, T., Comes, R., Yin, X., Tang, C.S., Wee, A.T.S., and S. Chambers. “Incorporation of Ti in epitaxial Fe2TiO4 thin films.” Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter. 33 (2021): 314004. DOI:10.1088/1361-648X/ac0571 [Download PDF]

  • Kaspar, T.C., Taylor, Sandra D., Yano, Kayla H., Lach, Timothy G., Zhou, Y., Zhu, Z., Kohnert, A.A., Still, E.K., Hosemann, P., Spurgeon, S.R., and D.K. Schreiber. “Bulk and short-circuit anion diffusion in epitaxial Fe2O3 films quantified using buried isotopic tracer layers.” Advanced Materials Interfaces. 8.9 (2021): 2001768. DOI:10.1002/admi.202001768 [Download PDF]

  • Spurgeon, S.R., Ophus, C., Jones, L., Petford-Long, A., Kalinin, S.V., Olszta, M.J., Dunin-Borkowski, R., Salmon, N., Hattar, K., Yang, W-C.D., Sharma, R., Du, Y., Chiaramonti, A., Zheng, H., Buck, E.C., Kovarik, L., Penn, R.L., Li, D., Zhang, X., Murayama, M., and M.L. Taheri. “Towards data-driven next-generation transmission electron microscopy.” Nature Materials. 20 (2021): 274–279. DOI:10.1038/s41563-020-00833-z [Download PDF]

  • Blanchet, M.D., Heath, J.J., Kaspar, T.C., Matthews, B.E., Spurgeon, S.R., Bowden, M.E., Heald, S.M., Issacs-Smith, T., Kuroda, M.A., and R.B. Comes. “Electronic and structural properties of single-crystal Jahn-Teller active Co1+xMn2-xO4 thin films.” Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter. 33 (2020): 124002. DOI:10.1088/1361-648X/abd573 [Download PDF]

2020

  • S.R. Spurgeon. “Order-disorder behavior at thin film oxide interfaces.” Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science. 24.6 (2020): 100870. DOI:10.1016/j.cossms.2020.100870 [Download PDF]

  • Wang, L., Yang, Z., Bowden, M.E., Freeland, J.W., Sushko, P.V., Spurgeon, S.R., Matthews, B., Samarakoon, W.S., Zhou, H., Feng, Z., Engelhard, M.H., Du, Y., and S.A. Chambers. “Hole-trapping-induced stabilization of Ni4+ in SrNiO3/ LaFeO3 superlattices.” Advanced Materials. 32.45 (2020): 2005003. DOI:10.1002/adma.202005003 [Download PDF]

  • Jiang, W., Spurgeon, S.R., Matthews, B., Battu, A.K., China, S., Varga, T., Marcus, M.A., and W.G. Luscher. “Carbonaceous deposits on aluminide coatings in tritium-producing assemblies.” Nuclear Materials and Energy. 25 (2020): 100797. DOI:10.1016/j.nme.2020.100797 [Download PDF]

  • Popel, A.J., Spurgeon, S.R., Matthews, B., Olszta, M.J., Tan, B.T., Gouder, T., Eloirdi, R., Buck, E.C., and I. Farnan. “An atomic-scale understanding of UO2 surface evolution during anoxic dissolution.” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 12.35 (2020):39781–39786. DOI:10.1021/acsami.0c09611 [Download PDF]

  • Durnev, M.V., Glazov, M.M., Linpeng, X., Viitaniemi, M., Matthews, B., Spurgeon, S.R., Sushko, P.V., and K.M. Fu. “Microscopic model of stacking fault potential and exciton wave function in GaAs.” Physical Review B. 101 (2020):125420. DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.101.125420 [Download PDF]

  • Bard, A., Zhou, X., Xia, X., Zhu, G., Lim, M., Kim. S., Johnson, M., Kollman, J., Marcus, M., Spurgeon, S.R., Perea, D.E, Devaraj, A., Chun, J., DeYoreo, J., and P.J. Pauzauskie. “A mechanistic understanding of nonclassical hydrothermal synthesis of hexagonal sodium yttrium fluoride nanowires.” Chemistry of Materials. 32.7 (2020): 2753–2763. DOI:10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b04076 [Download PDF]

  • Spurgeon, S.R., Kaspar, T.C., Shutthanandan, V., Gigax, J., Shao, L., and M. Sassi. “Asymmetric lattice disorder induced at oxide interfaces.” Advanced Materials Interfaces. 7 (2020): 1901944. DOI:10.1002/admi.201901944 [Download PDF]

  • Scafetta, M.D., Kaspar, T.C., Bowden, M.E., Spurgeon, S.R., Matthews, B., and S.A. Chambers. “Reversible oxidation quantified by optical properties in epitaxial Fe2CrO4+δ films on (001) MgAl2O4.” ACS Omega. 2.7 (2020): 3240–3249. DOI:10.1021/acsomega.9b03299 [Download PDF]

2019

  • Spurgeon, S.R., Sassi, M., Ophus, C., Stubbs, J.E., Ilton, E.S., and E.C. Buck. “Nanoscale oxygen defect gradients in UO2+x surfaces.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116.35 (2019): 17181–17186. DOI:10.1073/pnas.1905056116 [Download PDF]

  • Sassi, M., Kaspar, T.C., Rosso, K.M., and S.R. Spurgeon. “Effect of structure and composition on the electronic excitation induced amorphization of La2Ti2−xZrxO7 ceramics.” Scientific Reports. 9 (2019): 8190. DOI:10.1038/s41598-019-44621-5 [Download PDF]

  • Scafetta, M.D., Yang, Z., Spurgeon, S.R., Bowden, M.E., Kaspar, T.C., Heald, S.M., and S.A. Chambers. “Epitaxial growth and atomic arrangement in Fe2CrO4 on crystal symmetry matched (001) MgAl2 O4 .” Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A. 37 (2019): 031511. DOI:10.1116/1.5093537 [Download PDF]

  • Kaspar, T.C., Sushko, P.V., Spurgeon, S.R., Bowden, M.E., Keavney, D.J., Comes, R.B., Saremi, S., Martin, L.W. ,and S.A.Chambers. “Electronic structure and band alignment of LaMnO3 / SrTiO3 polar / nonpolar heterojunctions.” Advanced Materials Interfaces. 6(1) (2019): 1801428. DOI:10.1002/admi.201801428 [Download PDF]

2018

  • Kaspar, T.C., Schemer-Kohrn, A., Arendt, C., Rutherford, C., Lavender, C., Neal, D., Sweet, L., Shimskey, R., Riechers, S., Spurgeon, S.R., and V. Joshi. “Characterization of surface layers formed on DU10Mo ingots after processing steps and high humidity exposure.” Journal of Nuclear Materials. 514 (2019): 28–39. DOI:10.1016/j.jnucmat.2018.11.022 [Download PDF]

  • Lin, S-C., Kuo, C-T., Comes, R.B., Rault, J.E., Rueff, J-P., Nemsak, S., Taleb, A., Kortright, J.B., Meyer-Ilse, J., Gulikson, E., Sushko, P.V., Spurgeon, S.R., Gehlman, M., Plucinski, L., Chambers, S.A., and C.S. Fadley. “Interface properties and built-in potential profile of a LaCrO3 / SrTiO3 superlattice determined by standing-wave excited photoemission spectroscopy.” Physical Review B. 98 (2018): 165124. DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.98.165124 [Download PDF]

  • Gilbert, D.A., Murray, P., Lonin, A., Spurgeon, S.R., Chopdekar, R., Kirby, B.J., Maranville, B.B., Borchers, J.A., N’Diaye, A.T., Liu, K., Arenholz, E., Takamura, Y., and A.J. Grutter. “Ionic tuning of cobaltites at the nanoscale.” Physical Review Materials. 2 (2018): 104402. DOI:10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.2.104402 [Download PDF]

  • Du, Y., Sushko, P.V., Spurgeon, S.R., Bowden, M.E., Ablett, J.M., Lee, T.-L., Quackenbush, N.F., Woicik, J.C., and S.A. Chambers. “Layer resolved band bending at the n-SrTiO3 / p-Ge (001) interface.” Physical Review Materials. 2 (2018): 094602. DOI:10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.2.094602 [Download PDF]

  • Jiang, W., Spurgeon, S.R., Zhu, Z., Yu, X., Kruska, K., Wang, T., Gigax, J., Shao, L., and D.J. Senor. “Chemical imaging and diffusion of hydrogen and lithium in lithium aluminate.” Journal of Nuclear Materials. 511 (2018): 1–10. DOI:10.1016/j.jnucmat.2018.08.057 [Download PDF]

  • Chambers, S.A., Du, Y., Zhu, Z., Wang, J., Wahila, M.J., Piper, L.F.J., Prakash, A., Yue, J., Jalan, B., Spurgeon, S.R., Kepaptsoglou, D., Ramasse, Q.M., and P.V. Sushko. “Interconversion of intrinsic defects in SrTiO3 (001).” Physical Review B. 97 (2018): 245204. DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.97.245204 [Download PDF]

  • Zhang, K.H., Li, G., Spurgeon, S.R., Wang, L., Yan, P., Wang, Z., Gu, M., Varga, T., Bowden, M.E., Zhu, Z., Wang, C.-M., and Y. Du. “Creation and ordering of oxygen vacancies at WO3−δ and perovskite interfaces.” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 10.20 (2018): 17480–17486. DOI:10.1021/acsami.8b03278 [Download PDF]

  • Spurgeon, S.R., Sushko, P.V., Devaraj, A., Du, Y., Droubay, T., and S.A. Chambers. “Onset of phase separation in the double perovskite oxide La2MnNiO6.” Physical Review B. 97 (2018): 134110. DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.97.134110 [Download PDF]

  • Stoerzinger, K.A., Du, Y., Spurgeon, S.R., Wang, L., Kepaptsoglou, D., Crumlin, E.J., Ramasse, Q.M., and S.A. Chambers. “Chemical and electronic structure analysis of a SrTiO3 (001) / p–Ge (001) hydrogen evolution photocathode.” MRS Communications. 8.2 (2018): 446–452. DOI:10.1557/mrc.2018.38

  • Kaspar, T.C., Hong, S., Bowden, M.E., Varga, T., Yan, P., Wang, C-M., Spurgeon, S.R., Comes, R.B., Ramuhalli, P., and C.H. Henager. “Tuning piezoelectric properties through epitaxy of La2Ti2O7 thin films.” Scientific Reports. 8 (2018): 3037. DOI:10.1038/s41598-018-21009-5 [Download PDF]

  • Spurgeon, S.R., Sushko, P.V., Comes, R.B., and S.A. Chambers. “Dynamic interface rearrangement in LaFeO3 / n-SrTiO3 heterojunctions.” Physical Review Materials. 1 (2017): 063401. DOI:10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.1.063401 [Download PDF]

2017

  • Jiang, W., Spurgeon, S.R., Liu, J., Schreiber, D.K., Jung, H.J., Devaraj, A., Edwards, D.J., Henager, C.H., Kurtz, R.J., and Y. Wang. “Precipitates and voids in cubic silicon carbide implanted with 25Mg+ ions.” Journal of Nuclear Materials. 498 (2018): 321–331. DOI:10.1016/j.jnucmat.2017.10.046 [Download PDF]

  • Du, Y., Li, C., Zhang, K.H.L., McBriarty, M., Spurgeon, S.R., Mehta, H.S., Wu, D., and S.A. Chambers. “An all-perovskite p-n junction based on transparent conducting p-La1−xSrxCrO3 epitaxial layers.” Applied Physics Letters. 111.6 (2017): 063501. DOI:10.1063/1.4997410 [Download PDF]

  • Comes, R.B., Perea, D., and S.R. Spurgeon. “Heterogeneous two-phase pillars in epitaxial NiFe2O4–LaFeO3 nanocomposites.” Advanced Materials Interfaces. 1700396 (2017). DOI:10.1002/admi.201700396 [Download PDF]

  • Spurgeon, S.R., Du, Y., and S.A. Chambers. “Measurement error in atomic-scale scanning transmission electron microscopy–energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (STEM-EDS) mapping of a model oxide interface.” Microscopy and Microanalysis. 23.3 (2017): 513–517. DOI:10.1017/S1431927617000368 [Download PDF]

  • Kaspar, T., Gigax, J., Shao, L., Bowden, M.E., Varga, T., Shutthanandan, V., Spurgeon, S.R., Yan, P., Wang, C.M., Ramuhalli, P., and C. Henager. “Damage evolution of ion irradiated defected-fluorite La2Zr2O7 epitaxial thin films.” Acta Materialia. 130 (2017): 111–120. DOI:10.1016/j.actamat.2017.01.012 [Download PDF]

  • Chambers, S.A., Du, Y., Comes, R.B., Spurgeon, S.R., and P.V. Sushko. “The effects of core-level broadening in determining band alignment at the epitaxial SrTiO3 (001) / p-Ge (001) heterojunction.” Applied Physics Letters. 110.9 (2017): 082104. DOI:10.1063/1.4977422 [Download PDF]

  • Stoerzinger, K.A., Comes, R.B., Spurgeon, S.R., Thevuthasan, S., Ihm, K., Crumlin, E.J., and S.A. Chambers. “Influence of LaFeO3 surface termination on water reactivity.” Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 8 (2017): 1038–1043. DOI:10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b00195 [Download PDF]

  • Comes, R.B., Spurgeon, S.R., Kepaptsoglou, D.M., Engelhard, M.H., Perea, D.E., Kaspar, T.C., Ong, P.V., Ramasse, Q.M., Sushko, P.V., and S.A. Chambers. “Probing the origin of interfacial carriers in SrTiO3 – LaCrO3 superlattices.” Chemistry of Materials, 29.3 (2017): 1147–1155. DOI:10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b04329 [Download PDF]

  • Spurgeon, S.R., Du, Y., Droubay, T., Devaraj, A., Sang, X., Longo, P., Yan, P., Kotula, P.G., Shutthanandan, V., Bowden, M.E., LeBeau, J.M., Wang, C., Sushko, P.V., and S.A. Chambers. “Competing pathways for nucleation of the double perovskite structure in the epitaxial synthesis of La2MnNiO6.” Chemistry of Materials, 28.11 (2016): 3814–3822. DOI:10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b00829 [Download PDF]

2016

  • Comes, R.B., Spurgeon, S.R., Heald, S.M., Kepaptsoglou, D.M., Jones, L., Ong, P.V., Bowden, M.E., Ramasse, Q.M., Sushko, P.V., and S.A. Chambers. “Interface-induced polarization in SrTiO3 – LaCrO3 superlattices.” Advanced Materials Interfaces, 3.10 (2016): 1500779. DOI:10.1002/admi.201500779 [Download PDF]

  • Li, X., Ma, C.T., Lu, J., Devaraj, A., Spurgeon, S.R., Comes, R.B., and S.J. Poon.“Exchange bias and bistable magneto-resistance states in amorphous TbFeCo thin films.” Applied Physics Letters, 108.1 (2016): 012401. DOI:10.1063/1.4939240 [Download PDF]

  • Kaspar, T.C., Schreiber, D.K., Spurgeon, S.R., McBriarty, M.E., Carroll, G.M., Gamelin, D.R., and S.A. Chambers. “Built-in potential in Fe2O3 – Cr2O3 superlattices for improved photoexcited carrier separation.” Advanced Materials, 28.8 (2016):1616–1622. DOI:10.1002/adma.201504545 [Download PDF]

2015

  • Spurgeon, S.R., Balachandran, P.V., Kepaptsoglou, D.M., Damodaran, A.R., Karthik, J., Nejati, S., Jones, L., Ambaye, H., Lauter, V., Ramasse, Q.M., Lau, K.K.S., Martin, L.W., Rondinelli, J.M., and M.L. Taheri. “Polarization screening-induced magnetic phase gradients at complex oxide interfaces.” Nature Communications, 6 (2015): 6735. DOI:10.1038/ncomms7735 [Download PDF]

2014

  • Spurgeon, S.R., Sloppy, J.D., Kepaptsoglou, D.M., Balachandran, P.V., Nejati, S., Karthik, J., Damodaran, A.R., Johnson, C.L., Ambaye, H., Goyette, R., Lauter, V., Ramasse, Q.M., Idrobo, J.C., Lau, K.K.S., Lofland, S.E., Rondinelli, J.M., Martin, L.W., and M.L. Taheri. “Thickness-dependent crossover from charge- to strain-mediated magnetoelectric coupling in ferromagnetic / piezoelectric oxide heterostructures.” ACS Nano, 8.1. (2014): 894–903. DOI:10.1021/nn405636c [Download PDF]

  • S.R. Spurgeon. “Correlating interfacial structure and magnetism in thin-film oxide heterostructures using transmission electron microscopy and polarized neutron reflectometry." Doctoral Thesis, Drexel University (2014). [Download PDF]

2012

  • Spurgeon, S.R., Sloppy, J.D., Tao, R., Klie, R.F., Lofland, S.E., Baldwin, J.K., Misra, A., and M.L. Taheri. “A study of the effect of iron island morphology and interface oxidation on the magnetic hysteresis of Fe – MgO (001) thin film composites.” Journal of Applied Physics, 112 (2012): 013905. DOI:10.1063/1.4730630

  • Carroll, K.J., Huba, Z., Spurgeon, S.R., Qian, M., Khanna, S.N., Hudgins, D.M., Taheri, M.L., and E.E. Carpenter. “Magnetic properties of Co2C and Co3C nanoparticles and their assemblies.” Applied Physics Letters, 101 (2012): 012409. DOI:10.1063/1.4733321 [Download PDF]

2010

  • Carroll, K.J., Hudgins, D.M., Spurgeon, S., Kemner, K.M., Mishra, B., Boyanov, M.I., Brown, L.W., Taheri, M.L., and E.E.Carpenter. “One-pot aqueous synthesis of Fe and Ag core/shell nanoparticles.” Chemistry of Materials, 22.23 (2010): 6291–6296. DOI:10.1021/cm101996u

2008

  • Havelia, S., Balasubramaniam, K., Spurgeon, S., Cormack, F., and P. Salvador. “Growth of La2Ti2O7 and LaTiO3 thin films using pulsed laser deposition.” Journal of Crystal Growth, 310.7–9 (2008): 1985–1990. DOI:10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2007.12.006

Book Chapters

  • Spurgeon, S.R. “Scanning transmission electron microscopy of oxide interfaces and heterostructures.” In S.A. Chambers (Ed.), Materials Characterization Methods for Epitaxial Films and Heterostructures. (2020). World Scientific Publishing. In press. [Download Preprint PDF]

  • Spurgeon, S.R. and S.A. Chambers. “Atomic-scale characterization of oxide interfaces and superlattices using scanning transmission electron microscopy.” Encyclopedia of Interfacial Chemistry: Surface Science and Electrochemistry, Elsevier. (2018) 38–48. DOI:10.1016/B978-0-12-409547-2.12877-X [Download PDF]

Invited Talks

  • “Beyond the Hype: Navigating the Promise and Pitfalls of Multi-Modal Models for Materials Science.” MRS Fall Meeting Boston, MA. 1 Dec 2024.

  • “Beyond Human Vision: Exploring Materials With Machine Intelligence.” Front Range Community College Microscopy Meeting. Denver, CO. 6 Nov 2024.

  • “From Chaos to Clarity: Autonomous Materials Discovery for Extreme Environments.” Columbia University Materials Seminar Series. New York, NY. 1 Nov 2024.

  • “From Chaos to Clarity: Autonomous Materials Discovery for Extreme Environments.” University of Delaware Materials Department Seminar Series. Newark, DE. 30 Oct 2024.

  • “The Rise of Intelligent Materials Science: Unleashing the Power of Machine Intelligence in Characterization .” Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies Annual User Meeting. Santa Fe, NM. 16 Sep 2024.

  • “Accelerating Interface Science Through NREL’s New Electron Microscopy Suite.” Workshop on Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells and Modules: Materials and Processes. Breckenridge, CO. 28 Jul 2024.

  • “Understanding Functional Materials in Extremes Through Machine-Guided Discovery.” TMS 2024 Annual Meeting. Orlando, FL. 7 Mar 2024.

  • “Putting Artificial Intelligence into Action to Quantify Radiation Effects in Materials.” TMS 2024 Annual Meeting. Orlando, FL. 4 Mar 2024.

  • “Artificial Intelligence-Guided Mastery of Materials.” Texas Tech University Seminar. Lubbock, TX. 17 Nov 2023.

  • “Understanding Oxides in Extreme Environments Via Machine Intelligence.” Microscopy and Microanlaysis 2023. Minneapolis, MN. 27 Jul 2023.

  • “Artificial Intelligence-Guided Discovery: The Hidden Life of Functional Materials in Extreme Environments.” National Renewable Energy Laboratory Seminar. Golden, CO. 26 Jun 2023.

  • “Accelerating Discovery in the Electron Microscope: Machine Reasoning in Action.” Emergent Opportunities in Data-Driven Electron Microscopy for Materials Science Workshop. Urbana, IL. 8 Jun 2023.

  • “Artificial Intelligence-Guided Microscopy of Materials.” University of Illinois–Chicago Seminar. Chicago, IL. 7 Jun 2023.

  • “Revealing the Lifecycle of Oxides in Extremes Through Bespoke Machine Reasoning.” Deep Learning for Microscopy Image Analysis in Materials Science: Advancing Research and Education Workshop. Knoxville, TN.

  • “Artificial Intelligence-Guided Mastery of Materials.” Los Alamos National Laboratory Seminar. Los Alamos, NM. 9 Mar 2023.

  • “Welcoming Our AI Overlords: Operationalizing Machine Learning for Materials Discovery and Design.” Western Washington University Data Science Seminar. Online. 13 Oct 2022.

  • “Artificial Intelligence-Guided Microscopy: Discovery at the Pace of Change.” Artificial Intelligence for Nuclear Materials and Applications. Lemont, IL. 10 Aug 2022.

  • “Microscopy in the Age of Automation: Accelerating Scientific Discovery via Artificial Intelligence.” Microscopy and Microanalysis 2022. Portland, OR. 31 Jul 2022.

  • “Welcoming our robot overlords: microscopy in the age of automation.” Invited Seminar at National Center for Electron Microscopy, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Berkeley, CA. 4 May 2022.

  • “Realizing the artificial intelligence-driven future of materials discovery and design.” WSU-PNNL Discuss, Discourse, Disseminate with Data (D4) Seminar Series. Online webinar. 27 Apr 2022.

  • “Understanding energy materials in extremes via artificial intelligence-guided electron microscopy.” Invited Seminar at University of California Davis. Davis, CA. 19 Apr 2022.

  • “Realizing the artificial intelligence-driven future of electron microscopy.” Seagate AI/ML Virtual Distinguished Speaker Series. Online webinar. 11 Feb 2022.

  • “Atomistic engineering of the energy materials of the future.” Materials Challenges in Alternative and Renewable Energy 2021. Online webinar. 21 Jul 2021“Atomistic engineering of the energy materials of the future.” Materials Challenges in Alternative and Renewable Energy 2021. Online webinar. 21 Jul 2021.

  • “Designing novel functional materials through data-infused microscopy.” Microscience Microscopy Congress 2021. Online webinar. 7 Jul 2021.

  • “Rapid and flexible few shot learning-based classification of scanning transmission electron microscopy data.” Electronic Materials Conference 2021. Online webinar. 24 Jun 2021.

  • “Shaping the atomic world: the data-driven future of materials science.” University of Washington Undergraduate Engineering Seminar Series. Online webinar. 29 Apr 2021.

  • “Progress toward rapid, statistical scanning transmission electron microscopy.” Autonomous Discovery in Science and Engineering Workshop. Online webinar. 22 Apr 2021.

  • “Harnessing the energy materials of the future one atom at a time.” American Nuclear Society Eastern Washington Chapter Meeting. Online webinar. 16 Mar 2021.

  • “Next-generation materials discovery and design enabled by data-infused electron microscopy.” University of Nebraska – Lincoln NCMN Seminar. Online webinar. 3 Mar 2021.

  • “Exploring the world of nanomaterials defects through atomic-scale electron microscopy.” Indiana University – Purdue University Mechanical Engineering Department Seminar. Online webinar. 25 Feb 2021.

  • “A window into order-disorder processes at oxide interfaces.” Electronic Materials & Applications Conference. Online webinar. 19 Jan 2021.

  • “Harnessing atomistic defects to advance materials discovery and design.” University of Washington Physics Department Seminar. Online webinar. 10 Dec 2020.

  • “Unlocking the materials of the future through atomic-scale electron microscopy.” Trinity College–Dublin. Online Webinar. 23 Jul 2020.

  • “Advancing materials design and discovery through atomic-scale electron microscopy.” National Institute of Standards and Technology. Boulder, CO. 6 Jan 2020.

  • “Modern-day alchemy: Engineering the future atom-by-atom.” Washington State University Tri-Cities Engineering Seminar Series. Richland, WA. 22 Feb 2019.

  • “Atomic-scale structural and chemical investigation of UO2 surface oxidation.” ACS Northwest Regional Meeting. Richland, WA. 25 Jun 2018.

  • “Development of an integrated TEM platform.” D-ITEM Meeting. Telluride, CO. 19 Jun 2018.

  • “Nano to meso: Pushing the limits of atomic-scale materials analysis.” Nion. Co. Kirkland, WA. 17 Mar 2018.

  • “Nano to meso: Pushing the limits of atomic-scale materials analysis.” PNNL Physical Sciences Division Fall Seminar Series. Richland, WA. 5 Oct 2016.

  • “Static and dynamic studies of charge- and strain-mediated magnetoelectric coupling in ferromagnetic / piezoelectric oxide heterostructures using PNR and TEM.” Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Richland, WA. 27 Jun 2014.

  • “Static and dynamic studies of charge- and strain-mediated magnetoelectric coupling in ferromagnetic / piezoelectric oxide heterostructures using PNR and TEM.” National Institute of Standards and Technology, Center for Neutron Research. Gaithersburg, MD. 10 Feb 2014.

MRS Bulletin Articles

2016

  • S. Spurgeon. “Single chip integrates transistors and photonic components.” Materials Research Society Bulletin, 41 (2016): 180-2. DOI:10.1557/mrs.2016.37

2015

  • S. Spurgeon. “SPM scans the chemical landscape of manganite oxides” Materials Research Society Bulletin, 40 (2015): 465-6. DOI:10.1557/mrs.2015.126

2014

  • S. Spurgeon. “’Paper Factory’ produces blend of science and engineering education.” Materials Research Society Bulletin, 39 (2014): 945-6. DOI:10.1557/mrs.2014.268

2013

  • S. Spurgeon. “Navy SeaPerch competition spreads STEM awareness.” Materials Research Society Bulletin, 38 (2013): 780. DOI:10.1557/mrs.2013.246

  • S. Spurgeon. “Electric field utilized to locally pin magnetic domain walls.” Materials Research Society Bulletin, 38 (2013): 598. DOI:10.1557/mrs.2013.190

  • S. Spurgeon. “Epitaxial strain tunes spintronic behavior of BiFeO3.” Materials Research Society Bulletin, 38 (2013): 529. DOI:10.1557/mrs.2013.164

  • S. Spurgeon. “Superdiffusive electron transport mediates laser-induced demagnetization.” Materials Research Society Bulletin, 38 (2013): 296. DOI:10.1557/mrs.2013.89

2012

  • S. Spurgeon. “Drexel hosts Philly Materials Day.” Materials Research Society Bulletin, 37 (2012): 888-889. DOI:10.1557/mrs.2012.261

  • S. Spurgeon. “Spin bag model proposed for room-temperature ferromagnetism in Sr3YCo4O10+δ.” Materials Research Society Bulletin, 37 (2012): 881. DOI:10.1557/mrs.2012.244

  • S. Spurgeon. “Inverse spin Hall effect observed in silicon.” Materials Research Society Bulletin, 37 (2012): 186. DOI:10.1557/mrs.2012.69

  • S. Spurgeon. “Functional ferroelectric tunnel-junction memories demonstrated.” Materials Research Society Bulletin, 37 (2012): 101. DOI:10.1557/mrs.2012.15

2011

  • S. Spurgeon. “Room-temperature electrical control of ferromagnetic ordering in cobalt demonstrated.” Materials Research Society Bulletin, 36 (2011): 953. DOI:10.1557/mrs.2011.316

  • S. Spurgeon. “Thin-film heterostructures of Fe- and Co-BaTiO3 exhibit interface multiferroicity at room temperature.” Materials Research Society Bulletin, 36 (2011): 843. DOI:10.1557/mrs.2011.282

  • S. Spurgeon. “SPM reveals nanoscale understanding of oxygen reactions in fuel cells and batteries.” Materials Research Society Bulletin, 36 (2011): 741. DOI:10.1557/mrs.2011.248

  • S. Spurgeon. “A (111)–ordered Sr2FeRuO6 superlattice displays room-temperature magnetic ordering.” Materials Research Society Bulletin, 36 (2011): 478. DOI:10.1557/mrs.2011.161

2010

  • S. Spurgeon. “Modified SPM allows high resolution mapping of lithium-ion diffusion.” Materials Research Society Bulletin, 35 (2010): 836. DOI:10.1557/mrs2010.723