Michael J. Bedzyk

About

Professor Michael J. Bedzyk is the Principal Investigator of the Bedzyk Research Group and holds the position of Professor of Materials Science & Engineering by courtesy at Northwestern University. He also serves as the Co-Director of the Northwestern Synchrotron Research Center. His office is located in Cook Hall Room 1139 at Northwestern University. The information provided highlights his leadership role within the research group and his involvement in advanced materials science research, particularly utilizing synchrotron radiation facilities. The page lists numerous current and former group members, indicating a long-standing and active research program under his guidance. However, the page text does not provide specific details about his research focus, background, or key scientific contributions beyond his academic and administrative titles and affiliations.

Research topics

• Materials science
• Chemistry
• Nanotechnology
• Electrical engineering
• Optoelectronics
• Metallurgy
• Physical chemistry
• Crystallography
• Chemical engineering
• Chemical physics

Selected publications

• Thermally conductive ultra-low-k dielectric layers based on two-dimensional covalent organic frameworks

  Nature Materials · 2021 · 308 citations

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• Elucidating and Mitigating High‐Voltage Degradation Cascades in Cobalt‐Free LiNiO₂ Lithium‐Ion Battery Cathodes

  Advanced Materials · 2021 · 98 citations

  , is presented. Lattice oxygen loss is found to play a critical role in the local O3-O1 stacking transition at high states of charge, which subsequently leads to Ni-ion migration and irreversible stacking faults during cycling. This undesirable atomic-scale structural evolution accelerates microscale electrochemical creep, cracking, and even bending of layers, ultimately resulting in macroscopic mechanical degradation of LNO particles. By employing a graphene-based hermetic surface coating, oxyg…

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• Experimental and theoretical evidence for hydrogen doping in polymer solution-processed indium gallium oxide

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2020 · 61 citations

  H} rotational-echo double-resonance (REDOR) NMR and other data indicate that PVA achieves optimal H doping with a Ga···H distance of ∼3.4 Å and conversion from six- to four-coordinate Ga, which together suppress deep trap defect localization. This reduces metal-oxide polyhedral distortion, thereby increasing the electron mobility. Hydroxyl polymer doping thus offers a pathway for efficient H doping in green solvent-processed metal oxide films and the promise of high-performance, ultra-stable met…

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• Thermal Atomic Layer Deposition of Gold: Mechanistic Insights, Nucleation, and Epitaxy

  ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces · 2021 · 7 citations

  infrared spectroscopy informed by first-principles computation provides insight into the surface chemistry of the self-limiting half-reactions, which are consistent with an oxidized Au surface mechanism. X-ray diffraction of ALD-grown gold on silicon, silica, sapphire, and mica reveals consistent out-of-plane oriented crystalline film growth as well as epitaxially directed in-plane orientation on closely lattice-matched mica at a relatively low growth temperature of 180 °C. A more complete under…

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• Thermodynamics, local structure, and transport of protons in triple-conducing oxide, BaCo0.4Fe0.4Zr0.1Y0.1O3-δ (BCFZY4411)

  Solid State Ionics · 2025-07-15 · 6 citations

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Frequent coauthors

• Jeffrey A. Klug

  101 shared

• Tobin J. Marks

  Northwestern University

  94 shared

• Mark C. Hersam

  Northwestern University

  91 shared

• Paul Fenter

  Argonne National Laboratory

  86 shared

• O. Auciello

  84 shared

• Darrell G. Schlom

  Leibniz Institute for Crystal Growth

  83 shared

• Antonio Facchetti

  Georgia Institute of Technology

  74 shared

• Ying‐Hao Chu

  National Tsing Hua University

  68 shared

Labs

• Bedzyk Research GroupPI

  Atomic-Scale View of Interfacial Processes with X-rays

Education

• Ph.D., Physics

  State University of New York, Albany

• B.S., Physics and Mathematics

  State University of New York, Brockport

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