Publications in this list are grouped as follows:

• Biomineralization and in-situ crystallization studies
• Clay Minerals
• Liquid metal surfaces and x-ray reflectivity
• X-ray scattering from other surfaces and interfaces
• Charge density waves in rare earth polychalcogenides
• Other papers

Biomineralization and in-situ crystallization studies

• Invited. Structural adaptability in an organic template for CaCO₃ mineralization
  Elaine DiMasi, Seo-Young Kwak, Benoit P. Pichon, and Nico A. J. M. Sommerdijk, CrystEngEomm 9 (2007) 1192. [PDF]
• Template adaptability is key in the oriented crystallization of CaCO₃
  D. C. Popescu, M. M. J. Smulders, B. P. Pichon, N. Chebotareva, S.-Y. Kwak, O. L. J. van Asselen, R. P. Sijbesma, E. DiMasi, and N. A. J. M. Sommerdijk, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 129 (2007) 14058. [PDF]
• Templated biomineralization on self-assembled protein fibers
  Karthikeyan Subburaman, Nadine Pernodet, Seo-Young Kwak, Elaine DiMasi, Shouren Ge, Vladimir Zeitsev, Xiaolan Ba, Nan-Loh Yang, and Miriam Rafailovich, PNAS 103 (2006) 14672. [PDF]
• Complementary control by additives of the kinetics of amorphous CaCO₃ mineralization at an organic interface: In-situ synchrotron x-ray observations
  Elaine DiMasi, Seo-Young Kwak, Fairland F. Amos, Matthew J. Olszta, Debra Lush, and Laurie B. Gower, Phys. Rev. Lett. 97 (2006) 045503. [PDF]
• Invited. Orientation and Mg incorporation of calcite grown on functionalized self-assembled monolayers: a synchrotron x-ray study
  Seo-Young Kwak, Elaine DiMasi, Yong-Jin Han, Joanna Aizenberg, and Ivan Kuzmenko, Crystal Growth and Design, 5 (2005) 2139. [PDF]
• "Synchrotron Imaging of Biominerals" highlights new results and challenges
  Elaine DiMasi, Synchrotron Radiation News 18 (2005) 17.
• Laser light scattering observations of liquid-liquid phase separation in a Polymer-Induced Liquid-Precursor (PILP) mineralization process
  E. DiMasi, T. Liu, M. J. Olszta, and L. B. Gower, MRS Proc. Vol. 873E (2005), paper K10.6. [PDF]
• Identification of mineral modulation sequences within the nacre-associated oyster shell protein, n16
  Il Won Kim, Elaine DiMasi, and John Spencer Evans, Crystal Growth and Design, 4 (2004) 1113. [PDF]
• Synchrotron X-ray Microbeam Diffraction from Abalone Shell
  E. DiMasi and M. Sarikaya, J. Materials Research 19 (2004) 1471. [PDF]
• When is Template Directed Mineralization Really Template Directed?
  E. DiMasi, M. J. Olszta, V. M. Patel, and L. B. Gower, CrystEngComm 5 (2003) 346. [PDF]
• Polymers can force calcite to form via amorphous mineral precursors - and synchrotron x-ray studies can reveal the details
  E. DiMasi, V. M. Patel, M. Sivakumar, M. J. Olszta, Y. P. Yang, and L. B. Gower, National Synchrotron Light Source Science Highlight (2003). [PDF]
• Polymer-Controlled Growth Rate of an Amorphous Mineral Film Nucleated at a Fatty Acid Monolayer
  E. DiMasi, V. M. Patel, M. Sivakumar, M. G. Olszta, Y. P. Yang, and L. B. Gower, Langmuir 18 (2002) 8902. [PDF]
• Synthetic Seashells: Biomimetic Mineral Nucleation at a Langmuir Monlayer
  E. DiMasi, V. M. Patel, S. Munisamy, M. Olszta, and L. B. Gower, BNL NSLS 2001 Activity Report (2002). [PDF]
• Synchrotron X-ray Observations of a Monlayer Template for Mineralization
  E. DiMasi and L. B. Gower, Advanced Biomaterials --- Characterization, Tissue Engineering, and Complexity, MRS Proceedings Volume 711 (2002) 301. [PDF]

Clay Minerals

• Observations of orientational ordering in aqueous suspensions of a nano-layered silicate
  J. O. Fossum, E. Gudding, D. d. M. Fonesca, Y. Meheust, E. DiMasi, T. Gog, C. Venkataraman, Energy 30 (2005) 873.
• Hybrid Langmuir-Blodgett Monolayers containing Clay Minerals: Effect of Clay Concentration and Surface Charge Density on the Film Formation
  Robin H. A. Ras et al, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 6 (2004) 4174. [PDF]
• Hydration Transitions in a Nano-Layered Synthetic Silicate: a Synchrotron X-ray Scattering study
  G. J. da Silva, J. O. Fossum, E. DiMasi, and K.-J. Maloy, Physical Review B 67 (2003) 94114.
• Gravity dispersed clay colloids: Synchrotron x-ray scattering studies and visual observations of orientational order in Na fluorohectorite
  J. O. Fossum, E. Gudding, E. DiMasi, T. Gog, and C. Venkataraman, To appear in Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics (2002).
• Synchrotron X-ray Scattering Studies of Water Intercalation in a Layered Synthetic Silicate
  G. J. da Silva, J. O. Fossum, E. DiMasi, K. J. Maloy, and S. B. Lutnaes, Phys. Rev. E 66 (2002) 11303.
• Synchrotron X-ray Study of Hydration Dynamics in the Synthetic Swelling Clay Na-Fluorohectorite
  E. DiMasi, J. O. Fossum, and G. J. da Silva, Proceedings of the 12th Internation Clay Conference, Bahia Blanca, Argentina (published 2003).
• Orientational Order in Gravity Dispersed Clay Colloids: a synchrotron x-ray scattering study of Na fluorohectorite suspension
  E. DiMasi, J. O. Fossum, T. Gog, and C. Venkataraman, Phys. Rev. E 64 (2001) 61704.

Liquid metal surfaces

• Short-range Wetting at Liquid Gallium-Bismuth Alloy Surfaces
  P. Huber, O. G. Shpyrko, P. S. Pershan, B. M. Ocko, E. DiMasi, and M. Deutsch, Phys. Rev. B 68 (2003) 85409.
• Tetra Point Wetting at the Free Surface of Liquid Ga-Bi
  P. Huber, O. G. Shpyrko, P. S. Pershan, B. M. Ocko, E. DiMasi, and M. Deutsch, Phys. Rev. Lett. 89 (2002) 35502.
• Wetting Behavior at the Free Surface of a Liquid Gallium-Bismuth Alloy: an X-ray reflectivity study close to the bulk monotectic point
  P. Huber, O. G. Shpyrko, P. S. Pershan, H. Tostmann, E. DiMasi, B. M. Ocko, and M. Deutsch, Colloids and Surfaces A 206 (2002) 515.
• The Search for Liquid Fivefold Symmetry
  E. DiMasi, Physics World 14 (2001) 20.
• Pairing interactions and Gibbs Adsorption at the Liquid Bi-In Interface: Observations by Resonant X-ray Reflectivity
  E. DiMasi, H. Tostmann, B. M. Ocko, O. G. Shpyrko, P. Huber, P. S. Pershan, M. Deutsch, and L. E. Berman, Phys. Rev. Lett. 86 (2001) 1538.
• Resonant X-ray Scatttering from the Surface of a Dilute Liquid Hg-Au Alloy
  E. DiMasi, H. Tostmann, B. M. Ocko, P. Huber, O. G. Shpyrko, P. S. Pershan, M. Deutsch, and L. E. Berman, Materials Research Society Symposium Series 590 (2000) 183.
• Microscopic Surface Structure of Liquid Alkali Metals
  H. Tostmann, E. DiMasi, P. S. Pershan, B. M. Ocko, O. G. Shpyrko, and M. Deutsch, Phys. Rev. B 61 (2000) 7284..
• Microscopic Structure of the Wetting Film at the Surface of Liquid Ga-Bi Alloys
  H. Tostmann, E. DiMasi, O. G. Shpyrko, P. S. Pershan, B. M. Ocko, and M. Deutsch, Phys. Rev. Lett. 84 (2000) 4385.
• Surface Induced Order in Liquid Metals and Binary Alloys
  E. DiMasi, H. Tostmann, O. G. Shpyrko, M. Deutsch, P. S. Pershan, and B. M. Ocko, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 12 (2000) A209.
• Competition between Surface Layering and Surface Phase Formation in Dilute Hg-Au Alloys
  E. DiMasi, H. Tostmann, B. M. Ocko, P. S. Pershan, and M. Deutsch, J. Phys. Chem. B 103 (1999) 9952.
• Surface Induced Order in Liquid Metal Alloys.
  E. DiMasi and H. Tostmann, Synchrotron Radiation News 12 (1999) 41.
• Surface Structure of Liquid Metals and the Effect of Capillary Waves: X-ray Studies on Liquid Indium.
  H. Tostmann, E. DiMasi, P. S. Pershan, B. M. Ocko, O. G. Shpyrko, and M. Deutsch, Phys. Rev. B 59 (1999) 783.
• X-Ray Studies of Liquid Metal Surfaces
  H. Tostmann, E. DiMasi, B. M. Ocko, M. Deutsch, and P. S. Pershan, J. Non-Cryst. Sol., 250--252 (1999) 182.
• X-ray Reflectivity Study of Temperature Dependent Surface Layering in Liquid Mercury
  E. DiMasi, H. Tostmann, B. M. Ocko, M. Deutsch, and P. S. Pershan, Phys. Rev. B 58 (1998) R13419.
• Surface Phases in Binary Liquid Metal Alloys: an X-ray Study
  H. Tostmann, E. DiMasi, O. G. Shpyrko, P. S. Pershan, B. M. Ocko and M. Deutsch, Ber. Bunsenges. Phys. Chem. 102 (1998) 1136.
• X-ray study of the Oxidation of Liquid Gallium Surfaces
  M. J. Regan, H. Tostmann, P. S. Pershan, O. M. Magnussen, E. DiMasi, B. M. Ocko and M. Deutsch, Phys. Rev. B 55 (1997) 10786.
  

X-ray scattering from surfaces and interfaces

• Three-Dimensional Structure of the Calcite-Water Interface by Surface X-ray Scattering
  P. Geissbühler, P. Fenter, E. DiMasi, G. Srajer, L.B. Sorensen, and N.C. Sturchio, Surface Science 573 (2004) 191.
• X-ray Reflectivity Study of Capillary Wave Induced Surface Roughness of Supercooled Liquids
  M. Sprung, T. Seydel, C. Gutt, R. Weber, E. DiMasi, A. Madsen, and M. Tolan, Phys. Rev. E 70 (2004) 51809.
• Resonant X-ray Reflectivity from a Bromine-Labeled Fatty Acid Langmuir Monolayer
  J. Strzalka, E. DiMasi, I. Kuzmenko, T. Gog, and J. K. Blasie, Phys. Rev. E 70 (2004) 51603.
• Freezing of Capillary Waves at the Glass Transition
  T. Seydel, M. Tolan, B. M. Ocko, O. H. Seeck, R. Weber, E. DiMasi, and W. Press, Phys. Rev. B 65 (2002) 184207.
• Positional Order and Thermal Expansion of Surface Crystalline N-Alkane Monolayers
  B. M. Ocko, E. B. Sirota, M. Deutsch, E. DiMasi, S. Coburn, J. Strzalka, S. Zheng, A. Tronin, T. Gog, and C. Venkataraman, Phys. Rev. E 63 (2001) 32602.
• Surface Speciation of Calcite Observed in situ by X-ray Scattering
  P. Fenter, P. Geissbuhler, E. DiMasi, G. Srajer, L. B. Sorenson, and N. C. Sturchio, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 64 (2000) 1221.
• Langmuir Flims of Amphiphilic Crown Ethers
  P. A. Heiney, M. R. Stetzer, O. Y. Mindyuk, E. DiMasi, A. R. McGhie, H. Liu, and A. B. Smith III, J. Phys. Chem. B 103 (1999) 6206.
• Self-Replicating Amphiphilic Monolayers
  R. Maoz, S. Matlis, E. DiMasi, B. M. Ocko and J. Sagiv, Nature 384 (1996) 150.

CDWs in rare earth polychalcogenides

• Direct Observation of Complete Fermi Surface, Imperfect Nesting, and Gap Anisotropy in the High Temperature Incommensurate Charge Density Wave Compound SmTe₃
  G.-H. Gweon, J. D. Denlinger, J. A. Clack, J. W. Allen, C. G. Olson, E. DiMasi, M. C. Aronson, B. Foran and S. Lee, Phys. Rev. Lett. 81 (1998) 886.
• Stability of Charge Density Waves under Continuous Variation of Bandfilling in LaTe_2-xSb_x (0 < x < 1)
  E. DiMasi, B. Foran, M. C. Aronson, and S. Lee, Phys. Rev. B 54 (1996) 1.
• Chemical Pressure and Charge Density Waves in the Rare Earth Tritellurides
  E. DiMasi, M. C. Aronson, J. F. Mansfield, B. Foran, and S. Lee, Phys. Rev. B. 52 (1995) 14516.
• Metal--Insulator Transition in the Sm Polytellurides SmTe_n (n=2,2.5,3)
  E. DiMasi, B. Foran, M. C. Aronson, and S. Lee, Physica B 206 & 207 (1995) 386.
• Quasi--Two Dimensional Metallic Character of SmTe₃ and Sm₂Te₅
  E. DiMasi, B. Foran, M. C. Aronson, and S. Lee, Chem. Mater. 6 (1994) 1867.

Other papers

• The Preparation and Characterization of Photocatalytically Active TiO₂ Thin Films Using Successive-Ionic-Layer-Adsorption-and-Reaction (SILAR)
  Sangmoon Park, Elaine DiMasi, Young-Il Kim, Weiqiang Han, Patrick M. Woodward, and Thomas Vogt, Thin Solid Films (in press, 2006).
• Premonitory Martensitic Surface Relief via Novel X-ray Diffuse and Laser Light Reflectivity from the (001) Surface of a Ni₆₃Al₃₇ Single Crystal
  U. Klemradt, M. Aspelmeyer, H. Abe, L. T. Wood, S. C. Moss, E. DiMasi, and J. Peisl, Materials Research Society Symposium Series (2000).
• Pressure Dependence of the Curie Temperature of Co₂TiAl
  E. DiMasi, M. C. Aronson, and B. R. Coles, Phys. Rev. B 47 (1993) 14301.
• Observation of Soliton-Like Waves in Adsorbed Films of Superfluid ⁴He
  M. J. McKenna, R. J. Stanley, E. DiMasi, and J. D. Maynard, Physica B 165--166 (1990) 603.