Pupa Gilbert Research Group
(née Gelsomina De Stasio)

Publications

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  1. EW Lees, C Tournassat, AZ Weber, PUPA Gilbert.
    eCoral: How electrolysis could restore seawater conditions ideal for coral reefs.
    J Phys Chem Letters, accepted for publication Nov 13, 2024. Selected as COVER story.
  2. CA Schmidt, E Tambutté, AA Venn, Z Zou, C Castillo Alvarez, LS Devriendt, HA Bechtel, CA Stifler, S Anglemyer, CP Breit, CL Foust, A Hopanchuk, CN Klaus, IJ Kohler, IM LeCloux, J Mezera, M Patton, A Purisch, V Quach, JS Sengkhammee, T Sristy, S Vattem, EJ Walch, M Albéric, Y Politi, P Fratzl, S Tambutté, PUPA Gilbert.
    Myriad Mapping of nanoscale minerals reveals calcium carbonate hemihydrate in forming nacre and coral biominerals.
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-46117-x
    Nature Communications 15, 1812, 1-15 (2024).
    Highlighted in Science 384, 402-403 (2024). link
  3. C Castillo Alvarez, JL Grimsich, CA Schmidt, H Lisabeth, A Voigtländer, PUPA Gilbert.
    Calcite twinning in mollusk shells and Carrara marble.
    DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202304288
    Adv Funct Mater 34, 2304288, 1-9 (2024).
  4. AJ Lew, CA Stifler, A Cantamessa, A Tits, D Ruffoni, PUPA Gilbert, MJ Buehler.
    Deep learning virtual indenter maps nanoscale hardness rapidly and non-destructively, revealing mechanism and enhancing bioinspired design.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.matt.2023.03.031
    Matter 6, 1975-1991 (2023).
  5. AJ Lew, CA Stifler, A Tits, CA Schmidt, A Scholl, A Cantamessa, L Müller, Y Delaunois, P Compère, D Ruffoni, MJ Buehler*, PUPA Gilbert*.
    A molecular scale understanding of misorientation toughening in corals and seashells.
    DOI: 10.1002/adma.202300373
    Advanced Materials 35, 2300373 (2023). INSIDE COVER PDF
    VIDEO
  6. PUPA Gilbert.
    Biomineral Mesostructure.
    DOI: 10.1557/s43577-023-00479-7
    MRS Bulletin 48, 413-420 (2023). PDF
  7. J Sui, J Li, L Gu, CA Schmidt, Z Zhang, Y Shao, E Gazit, PUPA Gilbert, X Wang.
    Orientation-Controlled Crystallization of γ-Glycine Films with Enhanced Piezoelectricity.
    DOI: 10.1039/D2TB00997H
    J Mat Chem B 10, 6958-6964 (2022).
  8. AJ Lew, E Beniash, PUPA Gilbert*, MJ Buehler*.
    Role of the mineral in the self-healing of cracks in human enamel.
    DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c10407
    ACS Nano 16, 10273–10280 (2022).
  9. PUPA Gilbert*, KD Bergmann, N Boekelheide, S Tambutté, T Mass, F Marin, JF Adkins, J Erez, B Gilbert, V Knutson, M Cantine, J Ortega Hernández, AH Knoll*.
    Biomineralization: integrating mechanism and evolutionary history.
    DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abl9653
    Science Advances 8, eabl9653 (2022). COVER PDF
  10. CA Stifler, H Yamazaki, PUPA Gilbert, HC Margolis, E Beniash.
    Loss of biological control of enamel mineralization in amelogenin-phosphorylation-deficient mice.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2022.107844
    J Struct Biol 214, 107844 (2022). PDF
  11. CA Schmidt, CA Stifler, EL Luffey, BI Fordyce, A Ahmed, G Barreiro Pujol, CP Breit, SS Davison, CN Klaus, IJ Koehler, IM LeCloux, C Matute Diaz, CM Nguyen, V Quach, JS Sengkhammee, EJ Walch, MM Xiong, E Tambutté, S Tambutté, T Mass, PUPA Gilbert.
    Faster crystallization during coral skeleton formation correlates with resilience to ocean acidification.
    DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c11434
    J Am Chem Soc 144, 1332-1341 (2022). PDF
  12. Z Deng, H-C Loh, Z Jia, CA Stifler, A Masic, PUPA Gilbert, R Shahar, L Li.
    Black Drum Fish Teeth: Built for Crushing Mollusk Shells.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2021.10.023
    Acta Biomaterialia 137, 147-161 (2022). PDF
  13. CA Stifler, CE Killian, PUPA Gilbert.
    Evidence for a liquid precursor to biomineral formation.
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.1c00865
    Cryst Growth Des 21, 6635-6641 (2021). PDF
  14. L Gránásy, L Rátkai, GI Tóth, PUPA Gilbert, I Zlotnikov, T Pusztai.
    Phase-field modeling of biomineralization in mollusks and corals: microstructure vs formation mechanism.
    DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.1c00026
    J Am Chem Soc Au 1, 1014-1033 (2021). PDF
  15. J Salman, CA Stifler, A Shahsafi, C-Y Sun, S Weibold, M Frising, B Rubio-Perez, Y Xiao, C Draves, R Wambold, Z Yu, DC Bradley, G Kemeny, PUPA Gilbert*, MA Kats*.
    Hyperspectral interference tomography of nacre.
    DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2023623118
    Procs Natl Acad Sci 118, e2023623118 (2021). PDF
  16. CA Stifler, J Jakes, J North, D Green, JC Weaver, PUPA Gilbert.
    Crystal misorientation correlates with hardness in tooth enamels.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2020.07.037
    Acta Biomater 120, 124-134 (2021). PDF
  17. C-Y Sun, L Gránásy, CA Stifler, JAY Zhang, T Zaquin, T Mass, S Goffredo, G Falini, MA Marcus, R Chopdekar, T Pusztai, JC Weaver, PUPA Gilbert.
    Crystal nucleation and growth in spherulites revealed by coral skeletons.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2020.06.027
    Acta Biomater 120, 277-292 (2021). PDF
  18. Y-H Lo, J Zhou, A Rana, D Morrill, C Gentry, B Enders, Y-S Yu, C-Y Sun, D Shapiro, RW Falcone, H Kapteyn, M Murnane, PUPA Gilbert, and J Miao.
    X-ray linear dichroic ptychography.
    DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2019068118
    Procs Natl Acad Sci 118, e2019068118 (2021). PDF
  19. H Li, C-Y Sun, Y Fang, CM Carlson, H Xu, A Ješovnik, J Sosa-Calvo, R Zarnowski, HA Bechtel, JH Fournelle, DR Andes, TR Schultz, PUPA Gilbert, CR Currie.
    Biomineral armor in leaf-cutter ants.
    DOI: 10.1038/S41467-020-19566-3
    Nature Communications 11, 5792 (2020). PDF
  20. H-C Loh, T Divoux, B Gludovatz, PUPA Gilbert, RO Ritchie, F-J Ulm, A Masic.
    Nacre toughening due to cooperative plastic deformation of co-oriented aragonite platelets.
    DOI: 10.1038/s43246-020-00078-y
    Communications Materials 1, 77 (2020). PDF
  21. C-Y Sun, CA Stifler, RV Chopdekar, CA Schmidt, G Parida, V Schoeppler, BI Fordyce, JH Brau, T Mass, S Tambutté, PUPA Gilbert.
    From particle attachment to space-filling coral skeletons.
    DOI 10.1073/pnas.2012025117
    Procs Natl Acad Sci 117, 30159-30170 ( 2020). PDF
  22. R Laipnik, V Bissi, C-Y Sun, G Falini, PUPA Gilbert, T Mass.
    Coral acid rich protein selects vaterite polymorph in vitro.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2019.107431
    J Struct Biol 209, 107431 (2020). PDF
  23. E Beniash, CA Stifler, C-Y Sun, GS Jung, Z Qin, MJ Buehler, PUPA Gilbert.
    The hidden structure of human enamel.
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-12185-7
    Nature Communications 10, 4383/1-13 (2019). PDF
  24. PUPA Gilbert, SM Porter, BM Gibson, C-Y Sun, S Xiao, N Shenkar, AH Knoll
    Biomineralization by particle attachment in early animals.
    DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1902273116
    Procs Natl Acad Sci 116, 17659-17665 (2019). PDF
    Highlighted in Science 366, 1468-1469 (2019). PDF
  25. M Albéric, CA Stifler, Z Zou, C-Y Sun, CE Killian, S Valencia Molina, M Mawass, F Kronast, L Bertinetti, PUPA Gilbert, Y Politi.
    Growth and regrowth of adult sea urchin spines involves hydrated and anhydrous amorphous calcium carbonate precursors.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.yjsbx.2019.100004
    J Struct Biol X 1, 100004 (2019). PDF
  26. Z Zou, WJEM Habraken, G Matveeva, ACS Jensen, L Bertinetti, MA Hood, C-Y Sun, PUPA Gilbert, I Polishchuk, B Pokroy, J Mahamid, Y Politi, S Weiner, P Werner, S Bette, R Dinnerbier, U Kolb, E Zolotoyabko, P Fratzl.
    A hydrated crystalline calcium carbonate phase: calcium carbonate hemihydrate.
    DOI: 10.1126/science.aav0210
    Science 363, 396-400 (2019). PDF
  27. CA Stifler, C-Y Sun, MA Marcus, M Sassi, KM Rosso, and PUPA Gilbert.
    X-ray linear dichroism in apatite.
    DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b05547
    J Am Chem Soc 140, 11698-11704 (2018). PDF
  28. PUPA Gilbert
    Polarization-dependent Imaging Contrast (PIC) Mapping in 2018.
    DOI: 10.1017/S1431927618014514
    Microsc Microanal 24, 454-456 (2018). PDF
  29. CE Myers, KD Bergmann, C-Y Sun, N Boekelheide, AH Knoll, PUPA Gilbert.
    Exceptional Preservation of Organic Matrix and Shell Microstructure in a Cretaceous Pinna Fossil revealed by PhotoEmission Electron spectroMicroscopy (PEEM).
    DOI: 10.1130/G45271.1
    Geology 46, 711-714 (2018). PDF
  30. MA Marcus, S Amini, CA Stifler, C-Y Sun, N Tamura, HA Bechtel, DY Parkinson, HS Barnard, XXX Zhang, JQI Chua, A Miserez, PUPA Gilbert.
    Parrotfish teeth: stiff biominerals whose microstructure makes them tough and abrasion-resistant to bite stony corals.
    DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.7b05044
    ACS Nano 11, 11856–11865 (2017). PDF
  31. I Polishchuk, A Aronhime Bracha, L Bloch, D Levy, S Kozachkevich, Y Etinger-Geller, Y Kauffmann, M Burghammer, C Giacobbe, J Villanova, G Hendler, C-Y Sun, AJ Giuffre, MA Marcus, L Kundanati, P Zaslansky, NM Pugno, PUPA Gilbert, A Katsman, B Pokroy.
    Coherent Nanoparticles Within a Biogenic Single Crystal: a Biological Prestressing Strategy.
    DOI: 10.1126/science.aaj2156
    Science 358, 1294-1298 (2017). PDF
  32. T Mass, AJ Giuffre, C-Y Sun, CA Stifler, MJ Frazier, M Neder, N Tamura, CV Stan, MA Marcus, PUPA Gilbert.
    Amorphous Calcium Carbonate Particles Form Coral Skeletons.
    DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1707890114
    Procs Natl Acad Sci 114, E7670-E7678 (2017). COVER PDF
    Highlighted in Science 357, 1012 (2017). PDF
  33. C-Y Sun, MA Marcus, MJ Frazier, AJ Giuffre, T Mass, PUPA Gilbert.
    Spherulitic Growth of Coral Skeletons and Synthetic Aragonite: Nature’s Three-Dimensional printing.
    DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.7b00127
    ACS Nano 11, 6612–6622 (2017). PDF
  34. PUPA Gilbert, KD Bergmann, CE Myers, MA Marcus, RT DeVol, C-Y Sun, AZ Blonsky, J Zhao, EA Karan, E Tamre, N Tamura, AJ Giuffre, S Lemer, G Giribet, JM Eiler, AH Knoll.
    Nacre tablet thickness records formation temperature in modern and fossil shells.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2016.11.012
    Earth Planet Sci Lett 460, 281-292 (2017). PDF
  35. RT DeVol, C-Y Sun, MA Marcus, SN Coppersmith, SCB Myneni, and PUPA Gilbert.
    Nanoscale transforming mineral phases in fresh nacre.
    DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b07931
    J Am Chem Soc 137, 13325-13333 (2015). PDF
    Highlighted in Science 350, 648 (2015). PDF
  36. B Pokroy, L Kabalah-Amitai, I Polishchuk, RT DeVol, AZ Blonsky, C-Y Sun, MA Marcus, A Scholl, PUPA Gilbert.
    Narrowly distributed crystal orientation in biomineral vaterite.
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b01542
    Chem Mater 27, 6516–6523 (2015) COVER. PDF [free PDF]
  37. JJ De Yoreo, PUPA Gilbert, NAJM Sommerdijk, RL Penn, S Whitelam, D Joester, H Zhang, JD Rimer, A Navrotsky, JF Banfield, AF Wallace, FM Michel, FC Meldrum, H Cölfen, PM Dove.
    Crystallization by Particle Attachment in Synthetic, Biogenic, and Geologic Environments.
    DOI: 10.1126/science.aaa6760
    Science 349, aaa6760 (2015).     PDF
  38. A Gal, K Kahil, N Vidavsky, RT DeVol, PUPA Gilbert, P Fratzl, S Weiner, L Addadi.
    Particle accretion mechanism underlies biological crystal growth from an amorphous precursor phase.
    DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201400676
    Adv Funct Mater 24, 5420-5426 (2014). PDF
  39. RT DeVol, RA Metzler, L Kabalah-Amitai, B Pokroy, Y Politi, A Gal, L Addadi, S Weiner, A Fernandez-Martinez, R Demichelis, JD Gale, J Ihli, FC Meldrum, AZ Blonsky, CE Killian, CB Salling, AT Young, MA Marcus, A Scholl, A Doran, C Jenkins, HA Bechtel, and PUPA Gilbert.
    Oxygen spectromicroscopy and Polarization-dependent Imaging Contrast (PIC)-mapping of calcium carbonate minerals and biominerals.
    J Phys Chem B 118, 8449-8457 (2014). PDF
  40. PUPA Gilbert.
    Photoemission spectromicroscopy for the biomineralogist.
    In “Biomineralization Handbook, Characterization of Biominerals and Biomimetic Materials” L Gower and E DiMasi Editors, pages 135-151, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, (2014). PDF
  41. N Tamura and PUPA Gilbert.
    Microdiffraction of Biominerals.
    In Methods in Enzymology, JJ De Yoreo editor, Vol. 5323 (2013).
  42. IC Olson, AZ Blonsky, N Tamura, M Kunz, B Pokroy, CP Romao, MA White, and PUPA Gilbert.
    Crystal nucleation and near-epitaxial growth in nacre.
    J Struct Biol 184, 454-463 (2013). COVER PDF
  43. IC Olson, RA Metzler, N Tamura, M Kunz, CE Killian, and PUPA Gilbert.
    Crystal lattice tilting in prismatic calcite.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2013.06.006
    J Struct Biol 183, 180-190 (2013). PDF
  44. L Kabalah-Amitai, B Mayzel, Y Kauffmann, AN Fitch, L Bloch, PUPA Gilbert, B Pokroy.
    Vaterite crystals contain two interspersed crystal structures.
    DOI: 10.1126/science.1232139
    Science 340, 454-457 (2013). PDF
  45. CJ Johnson, PUPA Gilbert, M Abrecht, KL Baldwin, RE Russell, JA Pedersen, JM Aiken, D McKenzie.
    Low copper and high manganese levels in prion protein plaques.
    Viruses 5, pages 654-662 (2012). PDF
  46. PUPA Gilbert.
    Polarization-dependent Imaging Contrast (PIC) mapping reveals nanocrystal orientation patterns in carbonate biominerals.
    Special issue on Photoelectron microscopy, Time-resolved pump-probe PES. Eds M Kiskinova, A Scholl.

          J Electr Spectrosc Rel Phenom 185, pages 395-405 (2012). PDF

  1. IC Olson and PUPA Gilbert.
    Aragonite crystal orientation in mollusk shell nacre may depend on temperature. The angle spread of crystalline aragonite tablets records the water temperature at which nacre was deposited by Pinctada margaritifera.
    Faraday Discussions 159, 421-432 (2012). PDF
  2. AR Konicek, DS Grierson, AV Sumant, TA Friedmann, JP Sullivan, PUPA Gilbert, WG Sawyer, RW Carpick.
    Influence of surface passivation on the friction and wear behavior of ultrananocrystalline diamond and tetrahedral amorphous carbon thin films.
    Physical Review B 85, 155448 (2012). PDF
  3. YUT Gong, CE Killian, IC Olson, NP Appathurai, AL Amasino, MC Martin, LJ Holt, FH Wilt, PUPA Gilbert.
    Phase Transitions in Biogenic Amorphous Calcium Carbonate.
    DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1118085109
    Procs Natl Acad Sci 109, 6088-6093 (2012). PDF
  4. IC Olson, R Kozdon, JW Valley, and PUPA Gilbert.
    Mollusk Shell Nacre Ultrastructure Correlates with Environmental Temperature and Pressure.
    J Am Chem Soc 134, 7351-7358 (2012).     COVER PDF
  5. RSK Lam, RA Metzler, PUPA Gilbert, E Beniash.
    Anisotropy of Chemical Bonds in Collagen Molecules Studied by X-ray Absorption Near-Edge Structure (XANES) Spectroscopy.
    ACS Chem Biol 7, 476-480 (2012). PDF
  6. PUPA Gilbert and FH Wilt, Molecular Aspects of Biomineralization of the Echinoderm Endoskeleton, pages 199-224, in Molecular Biomineralization: Aquatic Organisms Forming Extraordinary Materials, edited by WEG Müller, Springer, Heidelberg, 199-224 (2011). PDF
  7. PUPA Gilbert, A Young, SN Coppersmith.
    Measurement of c-axis angular orientation in calcite (CaCO3) nanocrystals using X-ray absorption spectroscopy.
    DOI 10.1073/pnas.1107917108
    Procs Natl Acad Sci 108, 11350-11355 (2011). PDF
  8. CE Killian, RA Metzler, YT Gong, TH Churchill, IC Olson, V Trubetskoy, MB Christensen, JH Fournelle, F De Carlo, S Cohen, J Mahamid, FH Wilt, A Scholl, A Young, A Doran, FH Wilt, SN Coppersmith, and PUPA Gilbert.
    Self-sharpening mechanism of the sea urchin tooth.
    DOI: doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201001546
    Adv Funct Mater 21, 682-690 (2011). COVER PDF
  9. L Yang, CE Killian, M Kunz, N Tamura, and PUPA Gilbert.
    Biomineral nanoparticles are space-filling.
    DOI: 10.1039/C0NR00697A
    R Soc Chem Nanoscale 3, 603-609 (2011).
  10. AV Radha, TZ Forbes, CE Killian, PUPA Gilbert, and A Navrotsky.
    Transformation and crystallization energetics of synthetic and biogenic amorphous calcium carbonate.
    DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1009959107
    Procs Natl Acad Sci 107, 16438–16443, 2010. PDF
  11. RA Metzler, GA Tribello, M Parrinello, and PUPA Gilbert.
    Asprich peptides are occluded in calcite and permanently disorder biomineral crystals.
    DOI: 10.1021/ja103089r
    J Am Chem Soc 132, 11585-11591 (2010). PDF
  12. RA Metzler, JS Evans, CE Killian, D. Zhou, TH Churchill, N Appathurai, SN Coppersmith, PUPA Gilbert.
    Nacre Protein Fragment Templates Lamellar Aragonite Growth.
    DOI: 10.1021/ja909735y
    J Am Chem Soc 132, 6329-6334 (2010).     PDF
  13. CK Boyce, M Abrecht, D Zhou, PUPA Gilbert.
    X-ray photoelectron emission spectromicroscopic analysis of arborescent lycopsid cell wall composition and Carboniferous coal ball preservation.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2009.10.008
    Int J Coal Geol 83, 146-153 (2010). PDF
  14. CE Killian, RA Metzler, YUT Gong, IC Olson, J Aizenberg, Y Politi, FH Wilt, A Scholl, A Young, A Doran, M Kunz, N Tamura, SN Coppersmith, and PUPA Gilbert.
    Mechanism of calcite co-orientation in the sea urchin tooth.
    DOI: 10.1021/ja907063z
    J Am Chem Soc 131, 18404-18409 (2009).     PDF
  15. CJ Johnson, PUPA Gilbert, D McKenzie, JA Pedersen, JM Aiken.
    Ultraviolet-ozone Treatment Reduces Levels of Disease-associated Prion Protein and Prion Infectivity.
    DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-2-121
    BioMed Central Res Notes 2, 121-1/5 (2009). PDF
  16. E Beniash, RA Metzler, RSK Lam, and PUPA Gilbert.
    Transient amorphous calcium phosphate in forming enamel.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2009.02.001
    J Struct Biol 166, 133-143 (2009).     PDF SI cover
  17. Yurong Ma, Barbara Aichmayer, Oskar Paris, Peter Fratzl, Anders Meibom, RA Metzler, Yael Politi, Lia Addadi, PUPA Gilbert and Steve Weiner.
    The grinding tip of the sea urchin tooth: exquisite control over calcite crystal orientation and Mg distribution.
    10.1073/pnas.0810300106
    Procs Natl Acad Sci 106, 6048-6053 (2009). PDF SI NYT article on this work
  18. SN Coppersmith, PUPA Gilbert, RA Metzler.
    Theoretical characterization of a model of aragonite crystal orientation in red abalone nacre.
    DOI: 10.1088/1751-8113/42/12/125101
    J Phys A: Math Theor 42, 125101 (2009). PDF
  19. LCW MacLean, T Tyliszczak, PUPA Gilbert, D Zhou, TJ Pray, TC Onstott, G Southam.
    A high-resolution chemical and structural study of framboidal pyrite formed within a low-temperature bacterial biofilm.
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4669.2008.00174.x
    Geobiology 6, 471-480 (2008). Abstract
  20. PUPA Gilbert, RA Metzler, D Zhou, A Scholl, A Doran, A Young, M Kunz, N Tamura, SN Coppersmith.
    Gradual Ordering in Red Abalone Nacre.
    DOI: 10.1021/ja8065495
    J Am Chem Soc 130, 17519-17527 (2008).     PDF SI
  21. Y Politi, RA Metzler, M Abrecht, B Gilbert, FH Wilt, I Sagi, L Addadi, S Weiner, PUPA Gilbert.
    Mechanism of transformation of amorphous calcium carbonate into calcite in the sea urchin larval spicule.
    DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0806604105
    Procs Natl Acad Sci 105, 17362-17366 (2008).     PDF SI
  22. D Zhou, RA Metzler, T Tyliszczak, J Guo, M Abrecht, SN Coppersmith, PUPA Gilbert.
    Assignment of polarization-dependent peaks in carbon K-edge spectra from biogenic and geologic aragonite.
    DOI: 10.1021/jp803176z
    J Phys Chem B 112, 13128-13135 (2008). PDF
  23. AR Konicek, DS Grierson, PUPA Gilbert, WG Sawyer, AV Sumant, RW Carpick.
    Origin of ultra-low friction and wear in ultrananocrystalline diamond.
    DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.235502
    Phys Rev Lett 100, 235502-1/4 (2008). PDF Also highlighted in Science 321, 16-17 (2008). PDF
  24. RA Metzler, IW Kim, K Delak, JS Evans, D Zhou, E Beniash, FH Wilt, M Abrecht, J-W Chiou, J Guo, SN Coppersmith, PUPA Gilbert.
    Probing the organic-mineral interface at the molecular level in model biominerals.
    DOI: https://10.1021/la7031237
    Langmuir 24, 2680-2687 (2008). PDF SI
  25. RA Metzler, D Zhou, M Abrecht, J-W Chiou, J Guo, D Ariosa, SN Coppersmith, PUPA Gilbert.
    Polarization-dependent imaging contrast in abalone shells.
    10.1103/PhysRevB.77.064110
    Phys Rev B 77, 064110-1/9 (2008). PDF
  26. G Pereira, A Lachenwitzer, YR Li, M Kasrai, GM Bancroft, PR Norton, M Abrecht, PUPA Gilbert, T Regier, YF Hu, L Zuin.
    Chemical and mechanical analysis of tribofilms formed from fully formulated oils. Part 2 – Films on Al-Si alloy (A383).
    DOI: 10.1179/175158407X231303
    Tribology 1, 105-112 (2007). PDF
  27. DS Grierson, AV Sumant, AR Konicek, M Abrecht, J Birrell, O Auciello, JA Carlisle, TW Scharf, MT Dugger, PUPA Gilbert, RW Carpick.
    Tribochemistry and material transfer for the ultrananocrystalline diamond-silicon nitride interface revealed by x-ray photoelectron emission spectromicroscopy.
    DOI: 10.1116/1.2782428
    J Vac Sci Technol B 25, 1700-1705 (2007). PDF
  28. M Nicholls, MN Najman, Z Zhang, M Kasrai, PR Norton, PUPA Gilbert.
    The Contribution of XANES Spectroscopy to Tribology.
    DOI: 10.1139/v07-093
    Can J Chem 85, 816-830 (2007). PDF
  29. RA Metzler, M Abrecht, RM Olabisi, D Ariosa, CJ Johnson, BH Frazer, SN Coppersmith, PUPA Gilbert.
    Columnar Nacre Architecture and Possible Formation Mechanism.
    DOI: 10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.98.268102
    Phys Rev Lett 98, 268102-1/4 (2007).     PDF Also featured in Science 317, 175 (2007). PDF
  30. G Pereira, A Lachenwitzer, M Kasrai, GM Bancroft, PR Norton, M Abrecht, PUPA Gilbert, T Regier, RIR Blyth, J Thompson.
    Chemical and mechanical analysis of tribofilms from fully formulated oils. Part 1 – Films on 52100 steel.
    DOI: 10.1179/175158407X189293
    Tribology 1, 48-61 (2007). PDF
  31. G Pereira, A Lachenwitzer, M Kasrai, PR Norton, TW Capehart, TA Perry, Y-T Cheng, BH Frazer, PUPA Gilbert.
    A multi-technique characterization of ZDDP antiwear films formed on Al (Si) alloy (A383) under various conditions.
    DOI: 10.1007/s11249-006-9125-5
    Tribol Lett 26, 103-117 (2007). PDF
  32. AV Sumant, PUPA Gilbert, DS Grierson, AR Konicek, M Abrecht, JE Butler, T Feygelson, SS Rotter, RW Carpick.
    Surface composition, bonding, and morphology in the nucleation and growth of ultra-thin, high quality nanocrystalline diamond films.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.diamond.2006.12.011
    Diam Relat Mater 16, 718-724 (2007). PDF
  33. PUPA Gilbert and W Haeberli.
    Experiments on subtractive color mixing with a spectrophotometer.
    DOI: 10.1119/1.2431654
    Am J Phys 75, 313-319 (2007). PDF
  34. RA Metzler, RM Olabisi, M Abrecht, D Ariosa, CJ Johnson, B Gilbert, BH Frazer, SN Coppersmith, and PUPA Gilbert.
    XANES in Nanobiology.
    DOI: 10.1063/1.2644429
    In: American Institute of Physics Conference Proceedings, Volume 882, X-RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURE – XAFS13: 13th International Conference, Stanford, California (USA), 9-14 July 2006, edited by B. Hedman and P. Pianetta, p. 51-55 (2007). PDF
  35. G Pereira, A Lachenwitzer, D Munoz-Paniagua, M Kasrai, PR Norton, M Abrecht, PUPA Gilbert.
    The role of the cation in antiwear films formed from ZDDP on 52100 Steel.
    Tribol Lett 23, 109-119 (2006). PDF
  36. G De Stasio, D Rajesh, JM Ford, MJ Daniels, RJ Erhardt, BH Frazer, T Tyliszczak, MK Gilles, RL Conhaim, SP Howard, JF Fowler, François Estève, and MP Mehta.
    Motexafin-Gadolinium Taken Up in Vitro by at Least 90% of Glioblastoma Cell Nuclei
    DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-05-0743
    Clin Cancer Res 12, 206-213 (2006). PDF
  37. MA Nicholls, PR Norton, GM Bancroft, M Kasrai, G De Stasio, LM Wiese.
    Spatially resolved nanoscale chemical and mechanical characterization of ZDDP antiwear films on aluminum-silicon alloys under cylinder/bore wear conditions.
    DOI: 10.1007/s11249-004-2752-9
    Tribol Lett 18, 261-278 (2005). PDF
  38. PUPA Gilbert, BH Frazer and M Abrecht.
    The organic-mineral interface in biominerals.
    DOI: 10.2138/rmg.2005.59.7
    Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry. In: Molecular Geomicrobiology. Vol 59. JF Banfield, KH Nealson, J. Cervini-Silva (eds), Mineralogical Society of America, Washington DC, p 157-185 (2005).     PDF
  39. G De Stasio, MA Schmitt, SH Gellman.
    Spectromicroscopy at the Organic-Inorganic Interface in Biominerals.
    Quantitative approaches towards biogeochemistry: processes, scaling and interfaces. A. Lüttge, R. Rye, P. G. Conrad (eds). Am J Sci 305, 673-686 (2005). COVER PDF
  40. G De Stasio, D Rajesh, P Casalbore, MJ Daniels, RJ. Erhardt, BH Frazer, LM Wiese, KL Richter, BR Sonderegger, B Gilbert, S Schaub, RJ Cannara, JF Crawford, MK Gilles, T Tyliszczak, JF Fowler, LM Larocca, SP Howard, D Mercanti, MP Mehta, and R Pallini.
    Are Gadolinium Contrast Agents Suitable for Gadolinium Neutron Capture Therapy?
    Neurol Res 27, 387-398 (2005). PDF
  41. G Pereira, A Lachenwitzer, MA Nicholls, M Kasrai, PR Norton, Gelsomina De Stasio.
    Chemical characterization and nanomechanical properties of antiwear films fabricated from ZDDP on a near hypereutectic Al-Si alloy.
    Tribol Lett 18, 411-427 (2005). PDF
  42. MA Nicholls, GM Bancroft, M Kasrai, PR Norton, BH Frazer, Gelsomina De Stasio.
    Improvement of PEEM images from thick inhomogeneous antiwear films using a thin Pt coating.
    Tribol Lett 18, 453-462 (2005). PDF
  43. MN Najman, M Kasrai, GM Bancroft, BH Frazer and G De Stasio.
    The correlation of microchemical properties to antiwear (AW) performance in ashless thiophosphate oil additives.
    Tribol Lett 17, 811-822 (2004). PDF
  44. MA Nicholls, PR Norton, GM Bancroft, M Kasrai, T Do, BH Frazer and G De Stasio.
    Nanometer scale chemomechanical characterization of antiwear films.
    Tribol Lett 17, 205-216 (2004). PDF
  45. MA Nicholls, GM Bancroft, R Norton, M Kasrai, Gelsomina De Stasio, BH Frazer and LM Wiese.
    Chemomechanical properties of antiwear films using X-ray absorption microscopy and nanoindentation techniques.
    Tribol Lett 17, 245-259 (2004). PDF
  46. BH Frazer, M Girasole, LM Wiese, T Franz and Gelsomina De Stasio.
    Spectromicroscope for the PHotoelectron Imaging of Nanostructures with X-rays (SPHINX): performance in biology, medicine and geology.
    Ultramicroscopy 99, 87-94 (2004). PDF
  47. CS Chan*, G De Stasio*, SA Welch, M Girasole, BH Frazer, M Nesterova, S Fakra, JF Banfield.
    Microbial polysaccharides template assembly of nanocrystal fibers, *Equal contributors.
    Science 303, 1656-1658 (2004).     PDF SOM Commentary
  48. Gelsomina De Stasio, Bradley H Frazer, Marco Girasole, Lisa M Wiese, Ewa K Krasnowska, Giulia Greco, Annalucia Serafino, and Tiziana Parasassi.
    Imaging the cell surface: argon sputtering to expose inner cell structures.
    Microsc Res Tech 63, 115- 121 (2004). PDF
  49. B. Frazer, B. Sonderegger, B. Gilbert, K. Richter, C. Salt, L. Wiese, D. Rajesh, S. Howard, J. Fowler, M. Mehta, G. De Stasio.
    Mapping of physiological and trace elements with X-PEEM.
    J Physique IV 104, 349 (2003). PDF
  50. Gelsomina De Stasio, Bradley H. Frazer, Benjamin Gilbert, Katherine L. Richter and John W. Valley.
    Compensation of charging in X-PEEM: a successful test on mineral inclusions in 4.4 Ga old zircon.
    Ultramicroscopy 98, 57-62 (2003). PDF
  51. Bradley H. Frazer, Benjamin Gilbert, Brandon R. Sonderegger, and Gelsomina De Stasio.
    The probing depth of total electron yield in the sub keV range: TEY-XAS and X-PEEM
    Surface Sci 537, 161-167 (2003). PDF
  52. B. Gilbert, B. H. Frazer, F. Naab, J. Fournelle, J.W. Valley and G. De Stasio.
    X-ray absorption spectroscopy of silicates for in situ sub-micrometer mineral identification.
    Am Mineral 88, 763-769 (2003). PDF
  53. K. Masenelli-Varlot, M.Kasrai, G.M.Bancroft, G.De Stasio, B.Gilbert, E.S.Yamaguchi, and P.R. Ryason.
    Spatial distribution of the chemical species generated under rubbing from ZDDP and dispersed potassium triborate.
    Tribol Lett 14, 157-166 (2003). PDF
  54. B. Gilbert, B.H. Frazer, A. Belz, P. Conrad, K. H. Nealson, D. Haskel, J.C. Lang, G. Srajer and G. De Stasio.
    Multiple scattering calculations of bonding and X-ray absorption spectroscopy of manganese oxides.
    J Phys Chem A 107, 2839-2847 (2003). PDF
  55. B. Gilbert, B. H. Frazer, H. Zhang, F. Huang, J. F. Banfield, D. Haskel, J. C. Lang, G. Srajer and G. De Stasio.
    X-ray absorption spectroscopy of the cubic and hexagonal polytypes of zinc sulfide.
    Phys Rev B 66, 245205-1-245205-6 (2002). PDF
  56. B. H. Frazer, Benjamin Gilbert, and Gelsomina De Stasio.
    X-ray absorption microscopy of aqueous samples
    Rev Sci Instrum 73, 1373- (2002).
  57. B. Gilbert, G. Margaritondo, D. Mercanti, P. Casalbore, and G. De Stasio.
    Synchrotron spectromicroscopy in medicine and biology.
    J Alloys & Compounds 328, 8-13 (2001). PDF
  58. B. Gilbert, G. Margaritondo, S. Douglas, K. H. Nealson, R. F. Edgerton, G. Rempfer, and G. De Stasio.
    XANES microspectroscopy of biominerals with photoconductive charge compensation.
    J Electr Spectrosc and Rel Phenom 114/116, 1005-1011 (2001). PDF
  59. Gelsomina De Stasio, B. Gilbert, B. H. Frazer, K. H. Nealson, P. G. Conrad, V. Livi, M. Labrenz, and J. F. Banfield.
    The Multidisciplinarity of Spectromicroscopy: from Geomicrobiology to Archaeology.
    J Electr Spectrosc and Rel Phenom 114 /116, 997-1003 (2001). PDF
  60. Gelsomina De Stasio, Patrizia Casalbore, Roberto Pallini, Benjamin Gilbert, Francesca Sanita’, Maria Teresa Ciotti, Giancarlo Rosi, Armando Festinesi, Luigi Maria Larocca, Alessandro Rinelli, Didier Perret, David W. Mogk, Paolo Perfetti, Minesh P. Mehta, and Delio Mercanti.
    Gadolinium in Human Glioblastoma Cells for Gadolinium Neutron Capture Therapy
    Cancer Res 61, 4272-4277 (2001).     PDF
  61. M Labrenz, GK Druschel, T Thomsen-Ebert, B Gilbert, SA Welch, KM Kemner, GA Logan, RE Summons, G De Stasio, PL Bond, B Lai, SD Kelly, JF Banfield.
    Sphalerite (ZnS) deposits forming in natural biofilms of sulfate-reducing bacteria.
    Science 290, 1744-47 (2000).     COVER PDF
  62. B. Gilbert, L. Perfetti, R. Hansen, D. Mercanti, M. T. Ciotti, R. Andres, P. Perfetti, and Gelsomina De Stasio.
    UV-Ozone Ashing of Cells and Tissues for Spatially Resolved Trace Element Analysis.
    Front Biosci 5, 10-17 (2000). PDF
  63. B. Gilbert, L. Perfetti, O. Fauchoux, J. Redondo, P.-A. Baudat, R. Andres, M. Neumann, S. Steen, D. Gabel, Delio Mercanti, M. Teresa Ciotti, P. Perfetti, G. Margaritondo, and Gelsomina De Stasio.
    The Spectromicroscopy of Boron in Human Glioblastomas following Administration of BSH.
    Phys Rev E 62, 1110-1118 (2000). PDF
  64. B. Gilbert, R. Andres, P. Perfetti, G. Margaritondo, G. Rempfer and Gelsomina De Stasio.
    Charging Phenomena in PEEM Imaging and Spectroscopy
    Ultramicroscopy 83, 123-139 (2000). PDF
  65. Gelsomina De Stasio, B. Gilbert, T. Nelson, R. Hansen, J. Wallace, D. Mercanti, M. Capozi, P. A. Baudat, P. Perfetti, G. Margaritondo and B. P. Tonner.
    Feasibility Tests of Transmission X-Ray PhotoElectron Emission Microscopy (X-PEEM) of Wet Samples.
    Rev Sci Instrum 71, 11-14 (2000). PDF
  66. J. N. Cutler, J. H. Sanders, P. J. John, G. De Stasio, B. Gilbert and K. Tan.
    Chemical Characterization of Antiwear Films Generated by Tris-[p-(perfluoroalkylether)phenyl] phosphine using X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy.
    WEAR 236, 165-178 (1999). PDF
  67. G. W. Canning, M. L. Suominen Fuller, G. M. Bancroft, M. Kasrai, J.N. Cutler, G. De Stasio and B. Gilbert.
    Spectromicroscopy of tribological films from engine oil additives: part I: films from zddp’s.
    Tribol Lett 6, 159-169 (1999). PDF
  68. D. N. McIlroy, Daqing Zhang, Robert M. Cohen, J. Wharton, Yongjun Geng, M. Grant Norton, Gelsomina De Stasio, B. Gilbert, Luca Perfetti, J. H. Streiff, B. Broocks and Jeanne L. McHale.
    Electronic and Dynamic Studies of Boron Carbide Nanowires.
    Phys Rev B 60, 4874-4879 (1999). PDF
  69. Gelsomina De Stasio, Luca Perfetti, B. Gilbert, O. Fauchoux, M. Capozi, P. Perfetti, G. Margaritondo and B. P. Tonner.
    The MEPHISTO Spectromicroscope Reaches 20 nm Lateral Resolution.
    Rev Sci Instrum 70, 1740-1742 (1999).     PDF
  70. Gelsomina De Stasio, B. Gilbert, L. Perfetti, R. Hansen, D. Mercanti, M. T. Ciotti, R. Andres, V. E. White, P. Perfetti, and G. Margaritondo.
    Cell Ashing for Trace Element Analysis: a New Approach Based on UV/Ozone.
    Anal Biochem 266, 174-180 (1999). PDF
  71. D. Zhang, D. N. McIlroy, W. L. O’Brien, and G. De Stasio.
    The Chemical and Morphological Properties of Boron-Carbide Alloys as Determined by Imaging Photoelectron Spectromicroscopy.
    J Mat Sci 33, 4911-4915 (1998).
  72. Gelsomina De Stasio, B. Gilbert, Luca Perfetti, T. Nelson, M. Capozi, P. A. Baudat, F. Cerrina, P. Perfetti, B. P. Tonner and G. Margaritondo.
    Soft-X-Ray Transmission Photoelectron Spectromicroscopy with the MEPHISTO System.
    Rev Sci Instrum 69, 3106-3108 (1998). PDF
  73. B. Gilbert, J. Redondo, P-A. Baudat, G. F. Lorusso, R. Andres, E. G. Van Meir, M-F. Hamou, T. Suda, D. Mercanti, M. T. Ciotti, T. C. Droubay, B. P. Tonner, P. Perfetti, G. Margaritondo and Gelsomina De Stasio.
    Spectromicroscopy of Boron for the Optimization of Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT) for Cancer.
    J Phys D 31, 2642-2647 (1998). PDF
  74. G. F. Lorusso, Gelsomina De Stasio, Delio Mercanti, M. Teresa Ciotti, D. Perret, A. Merbach, P. Perfetti and G. Margaritondo.
    High Sensitivity Quantitative Analysis of Cobalt Uptake in Rat Cerebellar Granule Cells with and without Excitatory Amino Acids.
    Neurosci Lett 248, 9-12 (1998). PDF
  75. Gelsomina De Stasio, M. Capozi, G. F. Lorusso, P. A. Baudat, T. C. Droubay, P. Perfetti, G. Margaritondo and B. P. Tonner.
    MEPHISTO: Performance Tests of a Novel Synchrotron Imaging Photoelectron Spectromicroscope.
    Rev Sci Instrum 69, 2062- 2067 (1998).
  76. Gelsomina De Stasio, M. Capozi, T. C. Droubay, D. Mercanti, M. T. Ciotti, G. F. Lorusso, R. Andres, T. Suda, P. Perfetti, B. P. Tonner and G. Margaritondo.
    The Effect of Ashing on Cells: Spectromicroscopy of Physiological Elements.
    Anal Biochem 252, 106-109 (1997). PDF
  77. G. F. Lorusso, G. De Stasio, D. Perret, R. Andres, D. Mercanti, M. T. Ciotti, L. Milazzo, P. Casalbore and G. Margaritondo.
    Quantitative characterization of time dependence of boron uptake by brain cells.
    In “Advances in Neutron Capture Ther-apy”, B. Larsson, J. Crawford And R. Weinreich Eds., Elsevier, Amsterdam, 330-333 (1997).
  78. R. Andres, G. De Stasio, G. F. Lorusso, J. Redondo, D. Mercanti, M. T. Ciotti, and G. Margaritondo.
    Boron Chemical Status after Incineration Studied by Spectromicroscopy.
    In “Advances in Neutron Capture Therapy”, B. Larsson, J. Crawford And R. Weinreich Eds., Elsevier, Amsterdam, 326-329 (1997).
  79. G. De Stasio, B. Gilbert, R. Andres, G. F. Lorusso, J. Redondo, E. G. Van Meir, J.-F. Brunet, T. C. Droubay, B. P. Tonner, D. Mercanti, M. T. Ciotti, T. Suda, P. Perfetti and G. Margaritondo.
    Synchrotron Spectromicroscopy for Microchemical Analysis of Boron in Rat Brain Tumor treated with BSH.
    In “Advances in Neutron Capture Therapy”, B. Larsson, J. Crawford And R. Weinreich Eds., Elsevier, Amsterdam, 321-325 (1997).
  80. G. F. Lorusso, Gelsomina De Stasio, P. Casalbore, D. Mercanti, M. T. Ciotti, A. Cricenti, R. Generosi, P. Perfetti and G. Margaritondo.
    Photoemission Analysis of Chemical Differences Between Membrane and Cytoplasm of Neuronal Cell.
    J Phys D 30, 1794-1799 (1997). PDF
  81. Gelsomina De Stasio and G. Margaritondo.
    Photoelectron Spectromicroscopy with Synchrotron Radiation: Applications to Neurobiology.
    In Spectromicroscopy with VUV Photons and X-Rays, special issue of J. Electr. Spectr. and Rel. Phenom., H. Ade, Ed., Elsevier, Amsterdam, 137-147 (1997). PDF
  82. Gelsomina De Stasio.
    New Possibilities Opened by Synchrotron Spectro-microscopy in Neurobiology.
    Acta Physica Polonica A91, 715-721 (1997).
  83. G. Margaritondo and Gelsomina De Stasio.
    Synchrotron Spectromicroscopy for the Life Sciences: General Considerations and Special Procedures.
    In Int. J. Imaging Sys. and Technol. 8, 188-203 (1997). PDF
  84. A. Cricenti, Gelsomina De Stasio, R. Generosi, M. A. Scarselli, P. Perfetti, M. T. Ciotti, D. Mercanti, P. Casalbore and G. Margaritondo.
    Native and Modified Uncoated Neurons Observed with Atomic Force Microscopy.
    Vuoto 25, 98-100 (1996).
  85. G. F. Lorusso, Gelsomina De Stasio, B. P. Tonner, M. T. Ciotti, D. Mercanti, S. Pochon and G. Margaritondo.
    Surface and Bulk Analysis of Zinc Uptake by Brain Cells.
    Proceedings of the ‘6th European Conference on Applications of Surface and Interface Analysis, ECASIA 95’, H. J. Mathieu, B. Rheil and D. Briggs Eds., Wiley Chichester, 412-15 (1996).
  86. A. Cricenti, Gelsomina De Stasio, R. Generosi, M. A. Scarselli, P. Perfetti, M. T. Ciotti, D. Mercanti, P. Casalbore and G. Margaritondo.
    Native and Modified Uncoated Neurons Observed by Atomic Force Microscopy.
    J Vac Sci Technol A 14, 1741-6 (1996).
  87. Cricenti, G. De Stasio, R. Generosi, M. A. Scarselli, P. Perfetti, M. T. Ciotti and D. Mercanti.
    Atomic Force Microscopy Observation of Native Neurons and Modifications Induced by Glutamate.
    J Vac Sci Technol B 14, 1395-98 (1996).
  88. Gelsomina De Stasio, S. Pochon, G. F. Lorusso, B. P. Tonner, Delio Mercanti, M. Teresa Ciotti, Nino Oddo, Paolo Galli, P. Perfetti and G. Margaritondo.
    Zinc Uptake by Brain Cells: “Surface” vs “Bulk”.
    J Phys D 29, 2209-15 (1996). PDF
  89. Gelsomina De Stasio, G. F. Lorusso T. Droubay, M. Kohli, P. Muralt, P. Perfetti, G. Margaritondo T. F. Kelly and B. P. Tonner.
    An Electron Imaging Approach to Soft-X- Ray Transmission Microscopy.
    Rev Sci Instrum 67, 737-741 (1996).
  90. Gelsomina De Stasio, D. Mercanti, M. T. Ciotti, T. C. Droubay, P. Perfetti, G. Margaritondo and B. P. Tonner.
    Synchrotron Spectromicroscopy of Cobalt Accumulation in Granule Cells, Glial Cells and GABAergic Neurons.
    J Phys D 29, 259-262 (1996). PDF
  91. Gelsomina De Stasio, A. Cricenti, R. Generosi D. Mercanti, M. T. Ciotti, P. Casalbore, G. Margaritondo and P. Perfetti.
    Neurone Decapping Characterization by Atomic Force Microscopy.
    NeuroReport 7, 65-68 (1995). PDF
  92. G. Margaritondo, J. Almeida, and Gelsomina De Stasio.
    Recent Progress in Synchrotron Radiation Spectroscopy and Spectromicroscopy.
    J Jpn Soc Synch Radiat Res 8, 521-532 (1995).
  93. Tiziana dell’Orto, J. Almeida, C. Coluzza, E. Conforto, Gelsomina De Stasio, G. Margaritondo, G. Paic, A. Braem, F. Piuz and B. P. Tonner.
    Laterally Resolved Measurements of Cesium Iodide Quantum Yield.
    J Vac Sci Technol A 13, 2787-2790 (1995).
  94. A. Cricenti, Gelsomina De Stasio R. Generosi, P. Perfetti, M. T. Ciotti, and D. Mercanti.
    Atomic Force Microscopy of Neuron Networks.
    Scanning Microsc 9, 695-700 (1995).
  95. Y. Hwu, C. Y. Tung, Y. I. Pieh, S. D. Lee, P. Alméras, F. Gozzo, H. Berger, G. Margaritondo, Gelsomina De Stasio, D. Mercanti and M. T. Ciotti.
    First Spectromicroscopic Tests at the Taiwan Synchrotron Radiation Research Center (SSRC): Chemical and Topographic Microimaging of Layered Systems.
    Nucl Instrum Meth A 361, 349-53 (1995).
  96. G. Margaritondo, G. De Stasio, and C. Coluzza.
    Photoemission Spectromicroscopy in Materials Science and in Neurobiology.
    J Electr Spectrosc 72, 281-287 (1995). PDF
  97. Gelsomina De Stasio, D. Desloge, W. P. Skoczylas, D. Mercanti, M. T. Ciotti, G. Margaritondo and G. F. Rempfer.
    Low Energy Electron Microscopy (LEEM) Imaging of a Neuron Network.
    Physica Scripta 51,411-412 (1995). PDF
  98. Gelsomina De Stasio, D. Dunham, B. P. Tonner, D. Mercanti, M. T. Ciotti, P. Perfetti and G. Margaritondo.
    Application of Photoelectron Spectromicroscopy to a Systematic Study of Toxic and Natural Elements in Neurons.
    J Synch Rad 2, 106-112 (1995). PDF
  99. Gelsomina De Stasio, D. Mercanti, M. T. Ciotti, T. C. Droubay, P. Perfetti, G. Margaritondo and B. P. Tonner.
    Synchrotron Spectromicroscopy in Biophysics: Specificity of Metal Uptake by Neurons.
    Europhys Lett 28, 283-287 (1994). PDF
  100. A. Abrami, D. Alfe’, S. Antonini, M. Bernardini, M. Bertolo, C. J. Bocchetta, D. Bulfone, F. Cargnello, F. Dalcon, S. Di Fonzo, S. Fontana, A. Galimberti, M. Giannini, W. Jark, A. Massarotti, F. Mazzolini, M. Puglisi, R. Richter, A. Rindi, R. Rosei, C. Rubbia, D. Tommasini, A. Savoia, G. Viani, R. P. Walker, A. Wrulich, C. Coluzza, T. dell’Orto, F. Gozzo, G. Margaritondo, Gelsomina De Stasio, P. Perfetti, M. Gentili, M. T. Ciotti, and D. Mercanti.
    First Experimental Tests at the New Synchrotron Radiation Facility ELETTRA in Trieste.
    Nucl Instrum Meth A 349, 609-613 (1994). PDF
  101. Gelsomina De Stasio.
    Synchrotron Radiation Spectromicroscopy: Recent Results in Neurobiology.
    Journal de Physique IV 4, C9-287-292 (1994). PDF
  102. Gelsomina De Stasio, D. Mercanti, M. T. Ciotti, D. Dunham, T. C. Droubay, B. P. Tonner, P. Perfetti and G. Margaritondo.
    Aluminum in Rat Primary Cultures: Glial Cells and GABAergic Neurons.
    NeuroReport 5, 1973 (1994).
  103. T. dell’Orto, Gelsomina De Stasio, M. Capozi, C. Ottaviani, C. Quaresima and P. Perfetti.
    Band Offset Formation in the a-Si/Si(111) Homojunction by a CaF2 Intralayer.
    Vuoto XXIII, 65 (1994).
  104. Gelsomina De Stasio and G. Margaritondo.
    Photoemission Spectromicroscopy.
    In New Directions in Research with Third-Generation Soft X-Ray Synchrotron Radiation Sources, A. S. Schlachter and F. J. Wuilleumier Eds., NATO ASI Series, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Netherlands, p. 299-313 (1994).
  105. Gelsomina De Stasio, F. Cerrina, B. P. Tonner, D. Mercanti, and G. Margaritondo.
    Spectromicroscopy in Biophysics.
    In“Life Chemistry Reports”, Vol. 11, pp. 79-95. Harwood Academic Publishers GmbH, Malaysia (1994).
  106. C. Capasso, W. Ng, A. K. Ray-Chaudhuri, S. H. Liang, R. K. Cole, Z. Y. Guo, J. Wallace, J. Underwood, R. Perera, J. Kortright, Gelsomina De Stasio and G. Margaritondo.
    Scanning Photoemission Microscopy on MAXIMUM Reaches 0.1 Micron Resolution.
    Surf Sci 287, 1046-1050 (1993). PDF
  107. G. Margaritondo, F. Cerrina, N. H. Tolk and Gelsomina De Stasio.
    Non-Linear Optics, Fluorescence, Spectromicroscopy, Stimulated Desorption: We Need LCLS’ Brightness and Time Scale!
    Workshop on Scientific Applications of Short Wavelength Coherent Light Sources, SLAC Report 414, 65-90 (1993). PDF
  108. Gelsomina De Stasio, D. Dunham, B. P. Tonner, D. Mercanti, M. T. Ciotti, C. Coluzza, P. Perfetti, and G. Margaritondo.
    Aluminum in Rat Cerebellar Neural Cultures.
    NeuroReport 4, 1175-1178 (1993).
  109. Gelsomina De Stasio, P. Perfetti, W. Ng, A. K. Ray-Chaudhuri, S. H. Liang, S. Singh, R. K. Cole, Z. Y. Guo, J. Wallace, C. Capasso, F. Cerrina, D. Mercanti, M. T. Ciotti, F. Gozzo, and G. Margaritondo.
    Scanning Photoemission Spectro-microscopy of Neurons.
    Phys Rev E 48, 1478-1482 (1993). PDF
  110. T. dell’Orto, Gelsomina De Stasio, M. Capozi, C. Ottaviani, C. Quaresima and P. Perfetti.
    Band Offset Formation in the a-Si/Si(111) Homojunction by a CaF2 Intralayer.
    Phys Rev B 48, 8823-8826 (1993). PDF
  111. T. dell’Orto, Gelsomina De Stasio, M. Capozi, C. Ottaviani, C. Quaresima, P. Perfetti, Y. Hwu, and G. Margaritondo.
    Temperature Dependence of Heterojunction Band Offset: Si on InP(110).
    Phys Rev B 48, 8035-9 (1993).
  112. Tiziana dell’Orto, Gelsomina De Stasio, M. Capozi, C. Ottaviani, C. Quaresima, P. Perfetti, Y. Hwu, and G. Margaritondo.
    Search for Photoinduced Dipoles at Heterojunction Interfaces.
    Appl Surf Sci 65/66, 789-794 (1993). PDF
  113. Gelsomina De Stasio, P. Perfetti, D. Mercanti, M. T. Ciotti, S. Hardcastle, S. F. Koranda, B. P. Tonner, C. Capasso, W. Ng, A. K. Ray-Chaudhuri, S. Liang, S. Singh, F. Cerrina, and G. Margaritondo.
    Photoemission Spectromicroscopies of Neurons.
    In “Vacuum Ultraviolet Radiation Physics”, Proceedings of the 10th VUV conference, edited by F. J. Wuilleumier, Y. Petroff and I. Nenner, World Scientific, Singapore, p.534-543 (1993).
  114. Gelsomina De Stasio, S. Hardcastle, S. F. Koranda, B. P. Tonner, Delio Mercanti, M. Teresa Ciotti, P. Perfetti and G. Margaritondo.
    Photoemission Spectromicroscopy of Neurons.
    Phys Rev E 47, 2117-2121 (1993). PDF
  115. G. Zolese, I. Giambanco, G. Curatola, Gelsomina De Stasio, and R. Donato.
    Time Resolved Fluorescence of S-100a Protein in the Absence and Presence of Calcium and Phospholipids.
    Biochimica Biophysica Acta 1162, 47-53 (1993). PDF
  116. Gelsomina De Stasio, P. Perfetti, N. Oddo, P. Galli, Delio Mercanti, M. Teresa Ciotti, S. F. Koranda, S. Hardcastle, B. P. Tonner and G. Margaritondo.
    Metal Uptake in Neuron Cultures: a Systematic Study.
    NeuroReport 3, 965 (1992). PDF
  117. M. Marsi, Gelsomina De Stasio, and G. Margaritondo.
    Local Nature of Artificial Homojunction Band Discontinuities.
    J Appl Phys 72, 1443-1445 (1992). PDF
  118. Gelsomina De Stasio, S. F. Koranda, B. P. Tonner, G. R. Harp, Delio Mercanti, M. Teresa Ciotti and G. Margaritondo.
    X-ray Secondary Emission Microscopy (XSEM) of Neurons.
    Europhys Lett 19, 655-659 (1992). PDF
  119. Gelsomina De Stasio, A. M. Giusti, T. Parasassi, G. Ravagnan, and O. Sapora.
    Time Resolved Experiments in the Frequency Domain Using Synchrotron Radiation.
    Rev Sci Instrum 63, 1393 (1992). PDF
  120. Gelsomina De Stasio, D. Rioux, G. Margaritondo, D. Mercanti, L. Trasatti, and C. Moore.
    Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Images of DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid) During Replication.
    J Vac Sci Technol A 9, 2319-2321 (1991). PDF
  121. D. Mercanti, Gelsomina De Stasio, M. T. Ciotti, C. Capasso, W. Ng, A. K. Ray- Chaudhuri, S. H. Liang, R. K. Cole, Z. Y. Guo, J. Wallace, G. Margaritondo, F. Cerrina, J. Underwood, R. Perera, and J. Kortright.
    Photoelectron Microscopy in the Life Sciences: Imaging Neuron Networks.
    J Vac Sci Technol A 9, 1320-22 (1991). PDF
  122. T. Parasassi, Gelsomina De Stasio, G. Ravagnan, R. M. Rush and E. Gratton.
    Quantitation of Lipid Phases in Mixed Phospholipid Vesicles by Generalized Polarization of Laurdan Fluorescence.
    Biophys J 60, 179-189 (1991). PDF
  123. Gelsomina De Stasio, C. Capasso, W. Ng, A. K. Ray-Chaudhuri, S. H. Liang, R. K. Cole, Z. Y. Guo, J. Wallace, G. Margaritondo and F. Cerrina, J. Underwood, R. Perera and J. Kortright, D. Mercanti, M. T. Ciotti, and A. Stecchi.
    High Resolution Photoelectron Microimaging of Neuron Networks.
    Europhys Lett 16, 411-414 (1991). PDF
  124. Gelsomina De Stasio, N. Zema, A. Savoia, T. Parasassi, N. Rosato and F. Antonangeli.
    Plastique: a Synchrotron Radiation Beam Line for Time Resolved Fluorescence in the Frequency Domain.
    Rev Sci Instrum 62, 1670-1671 (1991). PDF
  125. T. Parasassi, Gelsomina De Stasio, R. M. Rush and E. Gratton.
    A Photophysical Model for 1.6-Diphenyl-1,3,5-Hexatriene Decay in Solvents and in Phospholipid Vesicles.
    Biophys J 59, 466-475 (1991).
  126. T. Parasassi, O. Sapora, A. M. Giusti, Gelsomina De Stasio and G. Ravagnan.
    Alterations in Erythrocyte Membrane Lipids Induced by Low Doses of Ionizing Radiation as Detected by 1,6-Diphenyl-1,3,5-Hexatriene Fluorescence Lifetime Distribution.
    Int J Radiat Biol 59, 59-69 (1991).
  127. Gelsomina De Stasio, G. Margaritondo, C. Capasso, and F. Cerrina.
    X-Ray Photoemission Enters the Life Sciences.
    X-Ray and Inner Shell Processes, edited by T. A. Carlson, M. O. Krause, and S. T. Manson, Knoxville, TN, p. 231-241 (1990). PDF
  128. T. Parasassi, Gelsomina De Stasio, A. D’Ubaldo, and E. Gratton.
    Phase Fluctuation in Phospholipid Membranes, Revealed by Laurdan Fluorescence.
    Biophys J 57, 1179- 86 (1990). PDF
  129. Gelsomina De Stasio, W. Ng, A. K. Ray-Chaudhuri, R. K. Cole, Z. Y. Guo, J. Wallace, G. Margaritondo, F. Cerrina, J. Underwood, R. Perera, J. Kortright, D. Mercanti, and M. T. Ciotti.
    Scanning Photoelectron microscopy with undulator radiation: a successful test on uncoated neurons.
    Nucl Instr Meth A 294, 351-354 (1990). PDF
  130. T. Parasassi, G. De Stasio, A. Miccheli, F. Bruno, F. Conti and E. Gratton.
    Abscisic Acid Induced Microheterogeneity in Phospholipid Vesicles. A Fluorescence Study.
    Biophys Chem 35, 65-73 (1990). PDF