Faculty Directory
Michael Bedzyk

Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and (by courtesy) Physics and Astronomy

Co-Director, Northwestern Synchroton Research Center

Contact

2220 Campus Drive
Cook Hall 1139
Evanston, IL 60208

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Website

The Bedzyk Group

Centers

Northwestern Synchroton Research Center

Departments

Materials Science and Engineering

Affiliations

PhD Program in Applied Physics

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Education

Ph.D. Physics, State University of New York, Albany, NY

M.S. Physics, State University of New York, Albany, NY

B.S. Physics and Mathematics, State University of New York, Brockport, NY


Research Interests

Bedzyk's research group develops novel X-ray probes for atomic-scale characterization of surfaces, interfaces, ultra-thin-films and nanostructures. In addition to using an in-house X-ray lab, they make extensive use of synchrotron X-ray facilities, where there is greatly enhanced chemical and structural sensitivity for studying systems as dilute as one-hundredth of an atomic monolayer.

Bedzyk employs various conventional X-ray scattering and spectroscopy techniques, and have developed a number of novel methods for generating X-ray standing waves with differing characteristic length scales. These periodic X-ray probes are used to pinpoint the lattice location of adsorbate atoms on crystalline surfaces, to measure strain within epitaxially grown semiconductor and ferroelectric thin films, to locate heavy atoms within ordered ultrathin organic films, and to study polyion adsorption at charged liquid/solid interfaces.


Significant Recognition

  • Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2012
  • Fellow, American Physical Society, 1998
  • Bertram Eugene Warren Diffraction Physics Award, American Crystallographic Association, 1994

Significant Professional Service

  • Management Board for DuPont-Northwestern-Dow- Collaborative Access Team (DND-CAT) at the Advanced Photon Source
  • Director of the X-ray Diffraction Facility at NU
  • Visiting research scientist, Argonne National Laboratory
  • Professor of Physics and Astronomy (Joint Courtesy Appointment)

Selected Publications

    M. K. Tiwari, G. Das, M. J. Bedzyk,“X-ray Standing Wave Analysis of Nanostructures using Partially Coherent Radiation”,  Appl. Phys Lett. 107, 103104 (2015). http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4930228 

     X. Yu, J. Smith, N. Zhou, L. Zeng, P. Guo,Y. Xia, A. Alverez, S. Aghion, H. Lin, J. Yu, R. P. H. Chang, M. J. Bedzyk, R. Ferragut, T. J. Marks, Antonio Facchetti,"Spray-Combustion Synthesis: Efficient Solution Route to High-Performance Oxide Transistors",Proc. Nat. Aca. Sci. 112, 3217-3222 (2015).

    J. D. Emery, V. H. Wheeler, J.E. Johns, M. E. McBriarty, B. Detlefs, M. C. Hersam, D. K. Gaskill, M. J. Bedzyk, “Structural consequences of hydrogen intercalation of epitaxial graphene on SiC(0001)”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 161602 (2014). http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4899142

    J. D. Emery, B. Detlefs, H. J. Karmel, L. O. Nyakiti, D. K. Gaskill,  M. C. Hersam, J. Zegenhagen, M. J. Bedzyk, “Chemically-Resolved Interface Structure of Epitaxial Graphene on SiC(0001)”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 21550 (2013). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.215501

    S. Kewalramani, J. W. Zwanikken, R. J. Macfarlane, C. Y. Leung, M. Olvera de la Cruz, C. A. Mirkin and M. J. Bedzyk,  “Counterion Distribution Surrounding Spherical Nucleic Acid-Au Conjugates (SNA-AuNPs) Probed by Small-Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS)”, ACS Nano 7, 11301-11309 (2013). DOI. 10.1021/nn405109z.

    C.-Y. Leung, L. C. Palmer, S. Kewalramani, B. F. Qiao, S. I. Stupp, M. Olvera de la Cruz, and M. J. Bedzyk, “Crystalline polymorphism induced by charge regulation in ionic membranes”, Proc Natl Aca Sci  110, 16309-16314 (2013).

    Z. Feng, J. Lu, H. Feng, P. C. Stair, J. W. Elam, M. J. Bedzyk, “Catalysts Transform While Molecules React: An Atomic-Scale View”, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 4, 285-291 (2013). DOI: 10.1021/jz301859k

    A. L. Lipson, S. Chattopadhyay, H. J. Karmel, T. T. Fister, J. D. Emery, V. P. Dravid, M. M. Thackeray, P. A. Fenter, M. J. Bedzyk and M. C. Hersam, “Enhanced Lithiation of Doped 6H Silicon Carbide (0001) via High Temperature Vacuum Growth of Epitaxial Graphene”, J. Phys. Chem. C 116, 20949-20957 (2012). DOI: 10.1021/jp307220y