NanoSIMS Publications

Publications using data from the Cameca NanoSIMS 50 are listed below.

2012

• M. Pacton, D. Ariztegui, D. Wacey, M.R. Kilburn, C. Rollion-Bard, R. Farah, and C. Vasconcelos, Going nano: a new step towards understanding the processes governing freshwater ooid formation, Geology
• J. Wells, M.R.Kilburn, J.A. Shaw, C.A. Bartlett, A.R. Harvey, S.A. Dunlop, and M.Fitzgerald, Early in vivo changes in calcium ions, oxidative stress markers and ion channels immunoreactivity following partial injury to the optic nerve, Journal of Neuroscience Research, 90: 606-618, 2012.
• T. Alam, P.J. Felfera, M. Chaturvedi, L.T. Stephenson, M.R. Kilburn, and J.M.Cairney, Segregation of B, P and C in the Ni-based superalloy, Inconel 718, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, online DOI: 10.1007/s11661-012-1085-9, 2012.

2011

• L.E. Wedlock and S.J. Berners-Price, Recent advances in mapping the sub-cellular distribution of metal-based anticancer drugs, Australian Journal of Chemistry, 64: 692-704, 2011.
• N. McLouhglin, D. Wacey, C. Kruber, M.R. Kilburn, I.H.Thorseth and R.B. Pedersen, A combined TEM and NanoSIMS study of endolithic microfossils in altered seafloor basalt, Chemical Geology, 289: 154-162, 2011.
• D. Wacey, M. Saunders, M.D. Brasier and M.R. Kilburn,Earliest microbially mediated pyrite oxidation in ~ 3.4 billion-year-old sediments, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 301: 393-402, 2011.
• L.E. Wedlock, M.R. Kilburn, J.B. Cliff, L. Filgueira, M. Saunders and S.J. Berners-Price, Visualizing gold inside tumor cells following treatment with an antitumor gold(I) complex, Metallomics, 3: 917-925, 2011.
• D. Wacey, M.R. Kilburn, M. Saunders, J.B.Cliff and M.D. Brasier, Diverse cellular life preserved in a c.3400Ma beach sandstone, Nature Geoscience, 4: 698-702, 2011.
• M. Kocan, F. Recht, G.A. Umana-Membreno, M.R. Kilburn, B.D. Nener, U.K. Mishra and G. Parish, Implantation angle periphery effects on non-alloyed Si-implanted ohmic contacts for AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistors, Solid State Electronics, 56: 56-59, 2011.

2010

• D. Wacey, Stromatolites in the ∼3400 Ma strelley pool formation Western Australia: examining biogenicity from the macro- to the nano-scale, Astrobiology, 10: 381-395, 2010.
• D. Wacey, N. McLoughlin, M.J. Whitehouse and M.R. Kilburn, Two co-existing metabolisms in a ca. 3400 Ma sandstone, Geology, 38: 1115-1118, 2010.
• D. Wacey, D. Gleeson and M.R. Kilburn, Microbialite taphonomy and biogenicity: new insights from NanoSIMS, Geobiology, 8: 403-416, 2010.
• D.E. Williams, M.R. Kilburn, J.B. Cliff and G. Waterhouse, Composition changes around sulphide inclusion in stainless steels, and implications for the initiation of pitting corrosion, Corrosion Science, 52: 3702-3716, 2010.
• M.R. Kilburn, D.L. Jones, P.L. Clode, J.B. Cliff, E.A. Stockdale, A.M. Herrmann and D.V. Murphy, Application of nanoscale secondary ion mass spectrometry to plant cell research, Plant Signaling & Behavior, 5: 760-762, 2010.

2009

• S.L.L. Barker, K.A. Hickey, G.M. Dipple, J. Vaughan, J.S. Cline, A. Longo and M.R. Kilburn, Uncloaking “invisible” gold: use of NanoSIMS to measure gold, trace element and sulfur isotopes in pyrite from Carlin-type gold deposits, Economic Geology, 104: 897-904 2009.
• M.R. Kilburn and D. Wacey,NanoSIMS analysis of Archean fossils and biomarkers, Applied Surface Science, 255: 1465-1467 2009.
• P.L. Clode, M.R. Kilburn, D.L. Jones, E.A. Stockdale, J.B. Cliff, A.M. Herrmann and D.V. Murphy, In situ mapping of nutrient uptake in the rhizosphere using nano-scale secondary ion mass spectrometry, Plant Physiology, 151: 1751-1757, 2009.
• B. Rasmussen, T.S. Blake, I.R. Fletcher and M.R. Kilburn, Evidence for life in synsedimentary cavities from 2.75-billion-year-old terrestrial environments, Geology 37: 423-426, 2009.
• M.M. Smits, A.M. Herrmann, M. Duane, O.W. Duckworth, S. Bonneville, L.G. Benning and U. Lundstrӧm, The fungal–mineral interface: challenges and considerations of micro-analytical developments, Fungal Biology Reviews, 23: 122-131, 2009.

2008

• B. Rasmussen, I.R. Fletcher, M.R. Kilburn and J. Brocks, Reassessing the first appearance of eukaryotes and cyanobacteria, Nature, 455: 1101-1104, 2008.
• I.R. Fletcher, B. Rasmussen, M.R. Kilburn, NanoSIMS µm-scale in situ measurement of ¹³C/¹²C in early Precambrian organic matter, with per mil precision, International Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 278: 59-68, 2008.
• M. Kocan, G.A. Umana-Membreno, M.R. Kilburn, I.R. Fletcher, F. Recht, L. McCarthy, U.K. Mishra, B.D. Nene and G. Parish, Scanning ion probe studies of Silicon implantation profiles in AlGaN/GaN HEMT heterostructures, Journal of Electronic Materials, 37: 554-557, 2008.
• D. Wacey, M.R. Kilburn, N. McLoughlin, J. Parnell, C.A. Stoakes, C.R.M. Grovenor and M.D. Brasier, Use of NanoSIMS in the search for early life on Earth: ambient inclusion trails in a ~3400Ma sandstone, Journal of the Geological Society of London, 165: 43-53, 2007.

2007

• A.M. Herrmann, K. Ritz, N. Nunan, P.L. Clode, J. Pett-Ridge, M.R. Kilburn, D.V. Murphy, A.G. O’Donnell, E.A. Stockdale, Nano-scale secondary ion mass spectrometry – a new analytical tool in biogeochemistry and soil ecology: A review article, Soil Biology and 
Biochemistry, 39: 1835-1850, 2007.
• A.T. Marshall, P.L. Clode, R. Russel, K. Prince, R. Stern, Electron and ion microprobe analysis of calcium distribution and transport in coral tissues, Journal of Experimental Biology, 210: 2453-2463, 2007.
• A.M. Herrmann, P.L. Clode, I.R. Fletcher, N. Nunan, E.A. Stockdale, E.A. O’Donnell, D.V. Murphy, A novel method for the study of the biophysical interface in soils using nano-scale secondary ion mass spectrometry, Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 21: 29-34, 2007.
• P.L. Clode, R.A. Stern, A.T. Marshall, Subcellular imaging of isotopically labeled carbon compounds in a biological sample by ion microprobe (NanoSIMS), Microscopy Research and Technique, 70: 220-229, 2007.

2006

• F. Sidiroglou, S.T. Huntington, A. Roberts, R. Stern, I.R. Fletcher, G.W. Baxter, Simultaneous multidopant investigation of rare-earth-doped optical fibers by an ion microprobe, Optics Letters, 31: 3258-3260, 2006.

2005

• R.A. Stern, I.R. Fletcher, B. Rasmussen, N.J. McNaughton, B.J. Griffin, Ion microprobe (NanoSIMS 50) Pb-isotope geochronology at < 5 µm scale, International Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 244: 125-134, 2005.