Literature

Classical papers on Modern EXAFS Spectroscopy
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1.  New Technique for Investigating Noncrystalline Structures:
            Fourier Analysis of the Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure,
            D.E. Dayers et al., Phys Rev. Lett  27, 1204 (1971).                

2.  Theory of the extended x-ray-absorption fine structure,
            E. A. Stern, Phys. Rev. B10, 3027 (1974)                              

3.  Theory of the extended x-ray-absorption fine structure,
            P.A. Lee et al, Phys. Rev. B11, 2795 (1975)                            

4.  EXAFS technique. II. Experimental practice and selected results.
            F.W. Lytle et al., Phys. Rev. B11, 4825, (1975)                        

5.  EXAFS technique.  III. Determination of physical parameters
            E. A. Stern et al., Phys. Rev. B11, 4836 (1975)                       

6.  Fluorescence Detection of EXAFS,
            J. Jaklevic et al.  Solid State Comm., 23,  679 (1977)            

7.  High-order Multiple-Scattering Calculations of X-ray-Absorption Fine Structure,
            J.J. Rehr et al.  Phys Rev. B69, 3397 (1992).                                 


Reviews of EXAFS Spectroscopy

8.  EXAFS - its strengths and limitations as a structural tool,
            P.A. Lee et al., Rev. Mod. Phys. 53, 769 (1981).                        

9.  EXAFS:  A Modern Structural tool in Materials Science,
            Joe Wong, Mat. Sc. Eng. 80, 107 (1986).                                 


Discovery of Synchrotron Radiation

10.  The discovery of synchrotron radiation,
            H. C. Pollock, Am. J. Phys. 51, 279 (1983).               
                     
11.  On the Classical Radiation of Accelerated Electrons,
            J. Schwinger, Phys. Rev. 75, 1912 (1949).                             


Notable XANES papers

12.  K-edge absorption spectra of selected vanadium compounds,
            Joe Wong, et al., Phys. Rev. B30, 5596 (1984).                        

13.  Quantiative Speciation of Mn-bearing Particulates emitted from Autos Burning MMT-added Gasolines using XANES Spectroscopy,
            T. Ressler et al. Environ. Sci. Technol. 34, 950 (2000).       


1-2 KeV Soft X-ray Spectroscopy

14.  First XAFS spectra with a YB66 monochromator, 
            Joe Wong et al., Syn. Rad. News, 6, 25 (1993).                        

15.  YB66 - a new soft x-ray monochromator for synchrotron radiation. II. Characterization.
            Joe Wong et al., J. Syn. Rad. 6, 1086 (1999).                                 

16.  Measurement of Soft X-ray Absorption Spectra with a Fluorescent Ion Chamber Detector,
            F.W. Lytle et al., Nucl. Instrum. Meth. 226, 542 (1984)        

17.  X-ray absorption spectroscopic Investigation of Sulfur sites in Coal: Organic Sulfur Identification,
            C.L. Spiro et al., Science 226, 48 (1984).     
                    

Materials Science Application: Metallic Glasses, Welding and Combustion Synthesis

18.  EXAFS and XANES studies of glassy Ni66B33:  A multi-shell modeling of the Ni-Ni distribution,
            Joe Wong et al., Phys. Rev. B29, 651 (1984).                        

19.  In-situ phase mapping and transformation study in fusion welds,
            Joe Wong et al., J. Mater. Sci. 32, 1493 (1997).                      

20.  Dynamics of phase transformations and micro-structural evolution in carbon manganese steel arc welds using time-resolved synchrotron x-ray diffraction,
            Joe Wong et al., J. Syn. Rad., 10, 154 (2003).                     

21.  Combustion front dynamics in the combustion synthesis of refractory metal carbides and di-borides using time-resolved x-ray diffractions,
            Joe Wong et al., J. Syn. Rad., 13, 326 (2006).                   

22.  Morphology and microstructure in fused silica induced by high fluence ultraviolet 3ω (355 nm) laser pulses,
            Joe Wong et al., J. Non-Crystall. Solids, 352, 255 (2006).       


HRIXS Mapping of Pu Phonon Dispersion Curves

23.  Phonon Dispersions of fcc δ-Plutonium-Gallium by Inelastic X-ray Scattering,
            Joe Wong et al., Science, 301, 1078 (2003).                                    

24.  Crystal dynamics of δ fcc PuGa alloy by high-resolution inelastic x-ray scattering,
            Joe Wong et al., Phys. Rev. B72, 64115 (2005).                   

25.  Imaging Phonons in a fcc Pu-Ga alloy by thermal diffuse x-ray scattering,
            Joe Wong et al., Appl. Phys. Lett., 84, 3747 (2004).                  

26.  Catching Phonons in Plutonium: My Story,
            Joe Wong,  Syn. Rad. News, 20, 11 (2007)