Professor Cornelia Rodenburg (née Schönjahn)
Dipl. Ing (FH), PhD
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering
Chair in Nanostructured Materials Technology
+44 114 222 5921
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School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering
Sir Robert Hadfield Building
Mappin Street
Sheffield
S1 3JD
- Profile
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Professor Rodenburg obtained her first Degree in Engineering in Germany in 1997 and her PhD from Sheffield Hallam University in 2001. She joined the Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy at the University in Cambridge as a postdoctoral researcher before moving to the Department of Materials Science & Engineering at the University of Sheffield.
She was awarded a Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship and after a brief spell as University teacher, held an EPSRC Early Career Fellowship (2016-2021). She was Senior Lecturer in Materials Science & Engineering prior to her appointment as Chair in Nanostructured Materials Technology in 2022.
- Research interests
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- Low voltage Scanning Electron Microscopy and Secondary Electron Hyperspectral Imaging, with a particular interest in nanostructures in natural materials, biopolymers and related composites
- Plasmas with particular interest to application to composite manufacture and characterisation
- Publications
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Journal articles
- An accessible Secondary Electron Hyperspectral Imaging approach to draw meaningful insights from scanning electron microscopy. BIO Web of Conferences, 129, 06003-06003.
- Evidence of time dependent degradation of polypropylene surgical mesh explanted from the abdomen and vagina of sheep.. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 106722-106722.
- Strengthening preclinical testing to increase safety in surgical mesh. Nature Reviews Urology. View this article in WRRO
- Uncovering the relationship between macrophages and polypropylene surgical mesh. Biomaterials Advances, 159. View this article in WRRO
- Carbon nanotubes facilitate silk hierarchical assembly by dry drawing. Small Structures. View this article in WRRO
- Insights into surface chemistry down to nanoscale: An accessible colour hyperspectral imaging approach for scanning electron microscopy. Materials Today Advances, 19, 100413-100413.
- Aerosol jet printing polymer dispersed liquid crystals on highly curved optical surfaces and edges. Scientific Reports, 12(1). View this article in WRRO
- Low-voltage SEM of air-sensitive powders: from sample preparation to micro/nano analysis with secondary electron hyperspectral imaging. Micron, 156.
- Interfacial Morphology between Ramie Fibers and Phenolic Resins: Effects of Plasma Treatment and Cure Cycle. Journal of Composite Materials, 56(6), 889-897.
- Mesoscale structure development reveals when a silkworm silk is spun. Nature Communications, 12(1).
- Spinning beta silks requires both pH activation and extensional stress. Advanced Functional Materials.
- Controlling PbI2 stoichiometry during synthesis to improve the performance of perovskite photovoltaics. Chemistry of Materials. View this article in WRRO
- Identifying and mapping chemical bonding within phenolic resin using Secondary Electron Hyperspectral Imaging. Polymer Chemistry. View this article in WRRO
- Tensegrity modelling and the high toughness of spider dragline silk. Nanomaterials, 10(8). View this article in WRRO
- Characterizing cross‐linking within polymeric biomaterials in the SEM by secondary electron hyperspectral imaging. Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 41(3). View this article in WRRO
- Cover Picture: Plasma Process. Polym. 1/2020. Plasma Processes and Polymers, 17(1), 2070001-2070001. View this article in WRRO
- An accurate device for apparent emissivity characterisation in controlled atmospheric conditions up to 1423 K. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement. View this article in WRRO
- Making sense of complex carbon and metal/carbon systems by secondary electron hyperspectral imaging. Advanced Science. View this article in WRRO
- Optimizing size and distribution of voids in phenolic resins through the choice of catalyst types. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. View this article in WRRO
- Exploiting Plasma Exposed, Natural Surface Nanostructures in Ramie Fibers for Polymer Composite Applications. Materials, 12(10). View this article in WRRO
- Revealing spider silk’s 3D nanostructure through low temperature plasma etching and advanced low-voltage SEM. Frontiers in Materials, 5. View this article in WRRO
- Novel plasma treatment for preparation of laser sintered nanocomposite parts. Additive Manufacturing, 25, 297-306. View this article in WRRO
- Localized effect of PbI2 excess in perovskite solar cells probed by high-resolution chemical–optoelectronic mapping. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 6(45), 23010-23018. View this article in WRRO
- Stoichiometry-dependent local instability in MAPbI3 perovskite materials and devices. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. View this article in WRRO
- High-Efficiency Spray-Coated Perovskite Solar Cells Utilizing Vacuum-Assisted Solution Processing.. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 10(46), 39428-39434. View this article in WRRO
- High-Performance Multilayer Encapsulation for Perovskite Photovoltaics. Advanced Energy Materials, 8(24). View this article in WRRO
- Surface modification of the laser sintering standard powder polyamide 12 by plasma treatments. Plasma Processes and Polymers, 15(7). View this article in WRRO
- Cover Picture: Plasma Process. Polym. 7/2018. Plasma Processes and Polymers, 15(7), 1870015-1870015. View this article in WRRO
- New perspectives on nano-engineering by secondary electron spectroscopy in the helium ion and scanning electron microscope. MRS Communications. View this article in WRRO
- An Anisotropic Approach for Simulating Electron Transport in Layered Materials: Computational and Experimental Study of Highly Oriented Pyrolitic Graphite. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 122(18), 10159-10166. View this article in WRRO
- View this article in WRRO Cross-sectioning photovoltaic polymer blends with advanced gas-ion microscopy. Microscopy and Analysis, 32(2), 16-18.
- Dark electrical bias effects on moisture-induced degradation in inverted lead halide perovskite solar cells measured by using advanced chemical probes. Sustainable Energy Fuels. View this article in WRRO
- Mapping Nanostructural Variations in Silk by Secondary Electron Hyperspectral Imaging. Advanced Materials, 29(47). View this article in WRRO
- Comparative study of image contrast in scanning electron microscope and helium ion microscope. Journal of Microscopy, 268(3), 313-320. View this article in WRRO
- Searching for order in atmospheric pressure plasma jets. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 60(1). View this article in WRRO
- Nanoclay/Polymer Composite Powders for Use in Laser Sintering Applications: Effects of Nanoclay Plasma Treatment. JOM, 69(11), 2278-2285. View this article in WRRO
- Secondary electron spectra of semi-crystalline polymers – A novel polymer characterisation tool?. Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena. View this article in WRRO
- Efficient perovskite photovoltaic devices using chemically doped PCDTBT as a hole-transport material. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 5(30), 15714-15723. View this article in WRRO
- Nanoscale Mapping of Bromide Segregation on the Cross Sections of Complex Hybrid Perovskite Photovoltaic Films Using Secondary Electron Hyperspectral Imaging in a Scanning Electron Microscope. ACS Omega, 2(5), 2126-2133. View this article in WRRO
- Optimized organometal halide perovskite solar cell fabrication through control of nanoparticle crystal patterning. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. View this article in WRRO
- Novel organic photovoltaic polymer blends: A rapid, 3-dimensional morphology analysis using backscattered electron imaging in the scanning electron microscope. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 160, 182-192. View this article in WRRO
- Angle selective backscattered electron contrast in the low-voltage scanning electron microscope: simulation & experiment for polymers. Ultramicroscopy, 171, 126-138. View this article in WRRO
- Sub-5 nm graphene nanopore fabrication by nitrogen ion etching induced by a low-energy electron beam. Nanotechnology, 27(19).
- Quantitative secondary electron imaging for work function extraction at atomic level and layer identification of graphene. Scientific Reports, 6. View this article in WRRO
- Indium-free multilayer semi-transparent electrodes for polymer solar cells. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 144, 600-607. View this article in WRRO
- The effect of residual palladium catalyst on the performance and stability of PCDTBT:PC70BM organic solar cells. Organic Electronics, 27, 266-273. View this article in WRRO
- Sub-nanometre resolution imaging of polymer–fullerene photovoltaic blends using energy-filtered scanning electron microscopy. Nature Communications, 6. View this article in WRRO
- High-efficiency inverted polymer solar cells via dual effects of introducing the high boiling point solvent and the high conductive PEDOT:PSS layer. Organic Electronics, 15(9), 2059-2067.
- Helium ion microscopy based wall thickness and surface roughness analysis of polymer foams obtained from high internal phase emulsion.. Ultramicroscopy, 139, 13-19.
- Helium ion microscopy and energy selective scanning electron microscopy-two advanced microscopy techniques with complementary applications. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 522(1).
- Imaging the bulk nanoscale morphology of organic solar cell blends using helium ion microscopy.. Nano Lett, 11(10), 4275-4281.
- Resolution limits of secondary electron dopant contrast in helium ion and scanning electron microscopy.. Microsc Microanal, 17(4), 637-642.
- Surface morphology of silica nanowires at the nanometer scale. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids.
- Surface morphology of silica nanowires at the nanometer scale. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 357(15), 3042-3045.
- Advantages of Energy Selective Secondary Electron Detection in SEM. Microscopy and Microanalysis, 16(S2), 622-623.
- Helium Ion Microscopy for the Characterization of Complex 3D Structures in a C/CrC Nanocomposite. Microscopy and Microanalysis, 16(S2), 602-603.
- The role of helium ion microscopy in the characterisation of complex three-dimensional nanostructures.. Ultramicroscopy, 110(9), 1178-1184.
- Energy selective scanning electron microscopy to reduce the effect of contamination layers on scanning electron microscope dopant mapping.. Ultramicroscopy, 110(9), 1185-1191.
- Energy filtered scanning electron microscopy: Applications to dopant contrast. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 209.
- Progress towards site-specific dopant profiling in the scanning electron microscope. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 209.
- The effect of oxide overlayers on secondary electron dopant mapping.. Microsc Microanal, 15(3), 237-243.
- Quantitative dopant contrast in the helium ion microscope. EPL-EUROPHYS LETT, 86(2).
- Dopant contrast in the helium ion microscope. EPL-EUROPHYS LETT, 85(4).
- Quantitative dopant contrast in the helium ion microscope. EPL, 86(2).
- Dopant contrast in the helium ion microscope. EPL, 85(4).
- One year on: New and unique applications of he ion microscopy. Microscopy and Microanalysis, 15(SUPPL. 2), 652-653.
- A comprehensive Monte Carlo calculation of dopant contrast in secondary-electron imaging. EPL-EUROPHYS LETT, 82(3).
- A comprehensive Monte Carlo calculation of dopant contrast in secondary-electron imaging (vol 82, pg 30006, 2008). EPL-EUROPHYS LETT, 82(4).
- A comprehensive Monte Carlo calculation of dopant contrast in secondary-electron imaging (Europhysics Letters (EPL) (2008) 82 (30006)). Europhysics Letters, 82(4).
- Oxidation behavior and mechanisms of TiAIN/VN coatings. METALL MATER TRANS A, 38A(10), 2464-2478.
- The Effect of Surface States on Secondary Electron (SE) Dopant Contrast from Silicon p-n Junctions. MRS Proceedings, 1026.
- A quantitative analysis of the influence of carbides size distributions on wear behaviour of high-speed steel in dry rolling/sliding contact. ACTA MATER, 55(7), 2443-2454.
- Quantitative secondary electron energy filtering in a scanning electron microscope and its applications.. Ultramicroscopy, 107(2-3), 140-150.
- The influence of beam energy and oxidation on quantitative carbide analysis in the scanning electron microscope. J APPL PHYS, 100(11).
- High resolution quantitative two-dimensional dopant mapping using energy-filtered secondary electron imaging. J APPL PHYS, 100(5).
- Site-specific dopant profiling in a scanning electron microscope using focused ion beam prepared specimens. APPL PHYS LETT, 88(21).
- Hot workability of spray-formed AISI M3 : 2 high-speed steel. MAT SCI ENG A-STRUCT, 386(1-2), 420-427.
- Hot workability of spray-formed AISI M3:2 high-speed steel. Materials Science and Engineering: A, 386(1-2), 420-427.
- Effect of experimental parameters on doping contrast of Si p?n junctions in a FEG-SEM. Microelectronic Engineering, 73-74, 948-953.
- Optimizing and quantifying dopant mapping using a scanning electron microscope with a through-the-lens detector. APPL PHYS LETT, 83(2), 293-295.
- Energy-filtered imaging in a field-emission scanning electron microscope for dopant mapping in semiconductors. J APPL PHYS, 92(12), 7667-7671.
- Energy filtered imaging in a FEG-SEM for enhanced dopant contrast. Microscopy and Microanalysis, 8(S02), 718-719.
- Characterization of arc discharge plasmas in the combined steered arc/unbalanced magnetron deposition process. Proceedings, Annual Technical Conference - Society of Vacuum Coaters, 382-387.
- Industrial scale manufactured superlattice hard PVD coatings. SURF ENG, 17(1), 15-27.
- Hard coatings deposited by combined cathodic arc evaporation and magnetron sputtering (arc bond sputtering : Abs). Vide: Science, Technique et Applications, 2000(297), 205-223.
- Substrate ion etching in combined steered cathodic arc-UBM deposition system: Effects on interface architecture, adhesion, and tool performance. SURFACE ENG, 16(2), 176-180.
- Revealing the morphology of Ink and aerosol jet printed palladium-silver alloys fabricated from metal organic decomposition inks. Advanced Science. View this article in WRRO
- Arginine–glycine–aspartic acid functional branched semi-interpenetrating hydrogels. Soft Matter, 11(38), 7567-7578. View this article in WRRO
- Mapping the potential within a nanoscale undoped GaAs region using a scanning electron microscope. Appl. Phys. Lett., 84, 2109-2111.
- Solvent vapour annealing of methylammonium lead halide perovskite: what's the catch?. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 8(21), 10943-10956.
- HelixJet : an innovative plasma source for next‐generation additive manufacturing (3D printing). Plasma Processes and Polymers. View this article in WRRO
- Mapping Polymer Molecular Order in the SEM with Secondary Electron Hyperspectral Imaging. Advanced Science. View this article in WRRO
- Understanding Surface Modifications Induced via Argon Plasma Treatment through Secondary Electron Hyperspectral Imaging. Advanced Science, 2003762-2003762.
- Monitoring Carbon in Electron and Ion Beam Deposition within FIB-SEM. Materials, 14(11), 3034-3034.
- A novel characterisation approach to reveal the mechano–chemical effects of oxidation and dynamic distension on polypropylene surgical mesh. RSC Advances, 11(55), 34710-34723.
Chapters
- Morphologies of a solvent cast polystyrene-polybutadiene-polystyrene (S-B-S) triblock copolymer characterised by TEM, AFM and Energy Filtered SEM (pp. 748-749). Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA
Conference proceedings papers
- Unsupervised learning assisted secondary electron hyperspectral imaging for high-throughput cheminformatics analysis of materials. BIO Web of Conferences, Vol. 129. Copenhagen, Denmark, 25 August 2024 - 25 August 2024. View this article in WRRO
- A secondary electron hyperspectral imaging characterisation of mechanochemically functionalised carbon black materials. BIO Web of Conferences, Vol. 129. Copenhagen, Denmark, 25 August 2024 - 25 August 2024. View this article in WRRO
- Application of secondary electron hyperspectral imaging to the analysis of pharmaceutical materials. BIO Web of Conferences, Vol. 129. Copenhagen, Denmark, 25 August 2024 - 25 August 2024. View this article in WRRO
- Aerosol jet printed ionic liquid-doped polymer dispersed liquid crystal devices in optical systems. Liquid Crystals XXVIII (pp 57-57), 18 August 2024 - 23 August 2024.
- Developing Biodegradable Polymer Resins for Additive Manufacturing via a Novel Synthesis Method. TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A, Vol. 29(13-14)
- Developing Biodegradable Polymer Resins for Additive Manufacturing via a Novel Synthesis Method. TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A, Vol. 29(13-14)
- A MESOSCALE TENSEGRITY MODEL OF SPIDER DRAGLINE SILK FIBER. Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering (COMPDYN 2015), 28 June 2021 - 30 June 2021.
- SECONDARY ELECTRON HYPER SPECTRAL IMAGING IN HELIOS NANOLAB - MAPPING MATERIALS PROPERTIES OR ARTEFACTS?. RECENT TRENDS IN CHARGED PARTICLE OPTICS AND SURFACE PHYSICS INSTRUMENTATION (pp 68-68)
- Nanoscale mapping of semi-crystalline polypropylene. Physica Status Solidi. C: Current Topics in Solid State Physics, Vol. 14, 22 May 2017 - 26 May 2017. View this article in WRRO
- Low-Voltage SEM of Natural Plant Fibers: Microstructure Properties (Surface and Cross-Section) and their Link to the Tensile Properties. Procedia Engineering, Vol. 200 (pp 295-302) View this article in WRRO
- Feasibility of Plasma Treated Clay in Clay/Polymer Nanocomposites Powders for use Laser Sintering (LS). IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, Vol. 195 (pp 012003-012003) View this article in WRRO
- SECONDARY ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY AND ENERGY SELECTIVE IMAGING FOR THE ENGINEERING OF CARBON BASED MATERIALS. RECENT TRENDS IN CHARGED PARTICLE OPTICS AND SURFACE PHYSICS INSTRUMENTATION (pp 58-59)
- Application of low-voltage backscattered electron imaging to the mapping of organic photovoltaic blend morphologies. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Vol. 644 (pp 012017-012017) View this article in WRRO
- Separating topographical and chemical analysis of nanostructure of polymer composite in low voltage SEM. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Vol. 644 (pp 012018-012018) View this article in WRRO
- Helium Ion Microscopy to Study Bulk Hetero Junction Polymer Solar Cell Materials
- Energy Selective Secondary Electron Detection in SEM for the Characterization of Polymers
- ENERGY SELECTIVE SECONDARY ELECTRON DETECTION A SOLUTION TO SITE SPECIFIC SEM DOPANT MAPPING. RECENT TRENDS IN CHARGED PARTICLE OPTICS AND SURFACE PHYSICS INSTRUMENTATION (pp 59-60)
- The Effect of Oxidation and Carbon Contamination on SEM Dopant Contrast. ELECTRON MICROSCOPY AND ANALYSIS GROUP CONFERENCE 2009 (EMAG 2009), Vol. 241
- Comparison of multilayered nanowire imaging by SEM and Helium Ion Microscopy. ELECTRON MICROSCOPY AND ANALYSIS GROUP CONFERENCE 2009 (EMAG 2009), Vol. 241
- Energy Filtered Scanning Electron Microscopy: applications to characterisation of semiconductors. ELECTRON MICROSCOPY AND ANALYSIS GROUP CONFERENCE 2009 (EMAG 2009), Vol. 241
- Dopant Contrast in the Helium Ion Microscope: Contrast Mechanism. ELECTRON MICROSCOPY AND ANALYSIS GROUP CONFERENCE 2009 (EMAG 2009), Vol. 241
- Quantitative Dopant Profiling in the SEM Including Surface States. MICROSCOPY OF SEMICONDUCTING MATERIALS 2007, Vol. 120 (pp 407-410)
- High resolution dopant profiling in the SEM, image widths and surface band-bending - art. no. 012033. EMAG: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY AND ANALYSIS GROUP CONFERENCE 2007, Vol. 126 (pp 12033-12033)
- Effect of experimental parameters on doping contrast of Si p-n junctions in a FEG-SEM. MICROELECTRONIC ENGINEERING, Vol. 73-74 (pp 948-953)
- Quantitative doping contrast profiling of p-n junctions in Si with the scanning electron microscope. MICROSCOPY OF SEMICONDUCTING MATERIALS 2003(180) (pp 593-596)
- Investigation of intermixing in TiAlN/VN nanoscale multilayer coatings by energy-filtered TEM. SURFACE & COATINGS TECHNOLOGY, Vol. 151 (pp 209-213)
- Influence of the interface composition on the corrosion behavior of unbalanced magnetron grown niobium coatings on steel. JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY A-VACUUM SURFACES AND FILMS, Vol. 19(4) (pp 1392-1398)
- Optimization of in situ substrate surface treatment in a cathodic arc plasma: A study by TEM and plasma diagnostics. JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY A-VACUUM SURFACES AND FILMS, Vol. 19(4) (pp 1415-1420)
- Enhanced adhesion through local epitaxy of transition-metal nitride coatings on ferritic steel promoted by metal ion etching in a combined cathodic arc/unbalanced magnetron deposition system. JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY A, Vol. 18(4) (pp 1718-1723)
- The interface between TiAlN hard coatings and steel substrates generated by high energetic Cr+ bombardment. SURFACE & COATINGS TECHNOLOGY, Vol. 125(1-3) (pp 66-70)
- Hard coatings deposited by combined cathodic arc evaporation and magnetron sputtering (arc bond sputtering : ABS). VIDE-SCIENCE TECHNIQUE ET APPLICATIONS, Vol. 55(297) (pp 205-223)
- Influence of Cr+ and Nb+ substrate sputter cleaning on the formation of Ti1-xAlxN/steel interfaces generated in a combined cathodic arc/unbalanced magnetron deposition system. ELECTRON MICROSCOPY AND ANALYSIS 1999(161) (pp 75-78)
- The importance of lead iodide stoichiometry when preparing perovskite solar cells. Proceedings of the International Conference on Hybrid and Organic Photovoltaics, 19 May 2022 - 25 May 2022.
- Investigation of Perovskite Solar Cells Homogeneity and Defects by Complementary High-Resolution Mapping Techniques. Proceedings of the nanoGe International Conference on Perovskite Solar Cells, Photonics and Optoelectronics, 24 February 2019 - 27 February 2019.
- Origin of dark electrical bias-induced degradation of inverted methylammonium lead iodide perovskite solar cells. Proceedings of the 2nd Asia-Pacific Hybrid and Organic Photovoltaics, 28 January 2018 - 30 January 2018.
Software / Code
Datasets
- Datasheets for figures in "Nano-Scale Mapping of Bromide segregation on Cross-sections of Complex Hybrid Perovskite Photovoltaic Films Using Secondary Electron Hyperspectral Imaging in The Scanning Electron Microscope".
- Dataset of figures presented in "Angle selective backscattered electron contrast in the low-voltage scanning electron microscope: Simulation and experiment for polymers" in Ultramicroscopy.
Preprints
- Aerosol jet printing polymer dispersed liquid crystals on highly curved optical surfaces and edges, Research Square Platform LLC.
- Mapping the potential within a nanoscale undoped GaAs region using a scanning electron microscope, arXiv.
- Grants
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SEE MORE MAKE MORE: Secondary Electron Energy Measurement Optimisation for Reliable Manufacturing of Key Materials (EPSRC)
- Teaching interests
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Nanoscience and Nanomaterials, Electron Microscopy