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

  • “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