Hitchcock Research Group

Contact Info
Adam P. Hitchcock
Canada Research Chair
in Materials Research
CLS-CCRS
B.I.M.R
McMaster University
Hamilton, ON
Canada L8S 4M1
V: +1 905 525-9140
x24729
F: +1 905 521-2773
E: aph@mcmaster.ca
U: unicorn.mcmaster.ca
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Adam Leontowich

Ph.D. Candidate, Chemistry & Chemical Biology, McMaster University

B.Sc (Honours), Chemistry, University of Saskatchewan, (2008)

Location: ABB 332

E-mail:    leontoaf@mcmaster.ca
Phone:   +1 905 525-9140 ext. 24864
Fax:      +1 905 521-2773

Mail: Adam Leontowich
        McMaster University
       Department of Chemistry - ABB 332
       1280 Main St. W.
        Hamilton, ON L8S 4M1 Canada

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MY RESEARCH: Chemical lithography and fundamentals of X-ray damage to polymers

Peer-reviewed publications: (last changed: 10-Nov-2011)

5. Experimental investigation of beam heating in a soft X-ray scanning transmission X-ray microscope A.F.G. Leontowich, A.P. Hitchcock, Analyst, DOI: 10.1039/c1an15688h

4. Zone plate focused soft X-ray lithography A.F.G. Leontowich, A.P. Hitchcock, Applied Physics A: Materials Science & Processing (2011), 103, 1-11 [PDF] #6

3. Fluorescently labeled gold nanoparticles with minimal fluorescence quenching Y. Lu, M. Dasog, A.F.G. Leontowich, R.W.J. Scott, M.F. Paige, Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2010), 114(41), 17446-17454 [PDF] #3

2. Surface properties of water-soluble glycine-cysteamine-protected gold clusters A.F.G. Leontowich, C.F. Calver, M. Dasog, R.W.J. Scott, Langmuir (2010), 26(2), 1285-1290 [PDF] #2

1. Exploiting near-field coupling between closely spaced, gas-phase, 10 ± 5 nm Ag nanoparticles deposited on NaCl to observe the quadrupolar surface plasmon absorption D.B. Pedersen, S. Wang, M.F. Paige, A.F.G. Leontowich, Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2007), 111(15), 5592-5598 [PDF] #1

Reviewed conference publications:

Measurement of the point spread function of a soft X-ray microscope by single pixel exposure of photoresists A.F.G. Leontowich, T. Tyliszczak, A.P. Hitchcock, Proceedings of the SPIE (2011) 8077, 80770N-1

Meeting Reports:

Synchrotron Radiation and Polymer Science IV W. Bras, H. Goossens, B. Goderis, Synchrotron Radiation News (2010), 23(1), 24 DOI: 10.1080/08940880903547322 [PDF] #5

Hot Rod Magazine (2008), 61(9), 27 [PDF] #4