Kristin M. Poduska

TL;DR: In this article, the authors exploit differences in the infrared spectra of geogenic, biogenic and pyrogenic calcites for the identification of each calcite type, which can assist in distinguishing between the various calcites, and provide insights into homogeneity and preservation state of the calcitic materials in question.

TL;DR: In this article, a simple and economical procedure was developed to demonstrate the effects of roughness and wetting fraction on the equilibrium contact angles of liquid droplets on solid surfaces, which can facilitate assessments of changes in true surface area due to surface roughening, as well as changes in the fractional contact areas of the water droplets, due to the formation of air pockets between the rough surface and the droplet.

TL;DR: Infrared spectral peak broadening due to atomic disorder and narrowing due to particle-size-related optical absorption effects can be decoupled experimentally and theoretically and provides a powerful diagnostic tool for archaeology, geology, and materials/biomaterials science.

TL;DR: The results suggest that studies of packing arrangements could provide a generalizable approach to identify the most diagnostic vibrational modes for tracking either temperature-dependent or crystallinity-related effects in IR-active solids.

TL;DR: In this article, an overview of theoretical and experimental studies of spin coating of colloidal suspensions is presented, and the dynamics of the spin coating process is discussed first, and insights from both theory and experiment are presented.