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Randall Headrick

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Randall Headrick
Known forX-ray scattering studies of thin film growth dynamics

Randall Headrick is a physicist at the University of Vermont whose work focuses on in-situ and real-time X-ray scattering studies of thin film growth, including oxide epitaxial growth, organic semiconductor films, and ion-beam nanopatterning.[1]

Research

Headrick's research uses coherent and time-resolved X-ray scattering techniques to probe the nanoscale dynamics of thin film growth processes. His publications include studies of local step-flow dynamics in thin film growth with desorption, plasma-enhanced thin film growth, self-organized ion beam nanopatterning of silicon, and charge transfer enhancement in organic semiconductor thin films such as TIPS-pentacene.[2] According to Semantic Scholar, his body of work totals 156 papers with 3,235 citations and an h-index of 27.[3]

His research has been supported by the National Science Foundation through a series of awards totaling $4,042,301 across ten grants. These include "In-situ X-ray Scattering Studies of Oxide Epitaxial Growth Kinetics and Dynamics" ($735,397, awarded January 16, 2024), "PFI-RP: Scalable Fabrication of Flexible Electronics and Solar Cells with Improved Environmental Stability" ($691,906, awarded July 9, 2019), "In-situ and Operando Studies of Metastable and Transient States of Organic Semiconductor Thin Films" ($487,123, awarded June 16, 2017), "Real-time X-ray Scattering Studies of Oxide Epitaxial Growth" ($480,000, awarded August 4, 2015), and "Real-Time Studies of Solution-Processed Organic Semiconductor Thin Films" ($371,921, awarded May 28, 2013), all held at the University of Vermont & State Agricultural College.[4]

Selected publications

  • "Local step-flow dynamics in thin film growth with desorption," Physical Review Materials (2023)[5]
  • "Coherent X-ray Spectroscopy Elucidates Nanoscale Dynamics of Plasma-Enhanced Thin-Film Growth," ACS Nano (2023)[6]
  • "de Gennes Narrowing and Relationship between Structure and Dynamics in Self-Organized Ion-Beam Nanopatterning," Physical Review Letters (2021)[7]
  • "Early stage growth of amorphous thin film: Average kinetics, nanoscale dynamics, and pressure dependence," Physical Review Materials (2021)[8]
  • "Nanoscale dynamics during self-organized ion beam patterning of Si. I. Ar+ bombardment," Physical Review B (2021)[9]
  • "Dynamic processes in transient phases during self-assembly of organic semiconductor thin films," Molecular Systems Design & Engineering (2021)[10]
  • "Nanoscale dynamics during self-organized ion beam patterning of Si. II. Kr+ bombardment," Physical Review B (2020)[11]
  • "Enhancement of charge transfer in thermally-expanded and strain-stabilized TIPS-pentacene thin films," Physical Review Research (2020)[12]
  1. Semantic Scholar author profile for Randall Headrick.
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  3. Semantic Scholar author profile for Randall Headrick.
  4. National Science Foundation award records for Randall Headrick, University of Vermont & State Agricultural College.
  5. Semantic Scholar author profile for Randall Headrick.
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  8. Semantic Scholar author profile for Randall Headrick.
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  10. Semantic Scholar author profile for Randall Headrick.
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  12. Semantic Scholar author profile for Randall Headrick.