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Benjamin Reinhart

Chemical and Materials Science • X-ray Science Division

Contact

  • Argonne National Laboratory
  • 9700 S. Cass Ave
  • Building 433 - E006
  • (630) 252-7128
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Biography:

Argonne National Lab/Advanced Photon Source:

Supporting Users at Argonne's Advanced Photon Source (APS) sector 12BM to run a multitude of experiments involving Spectroscopy (XAS), Small angle scattering (SAXS), Wide angle scattering (WAXS).

With the multitude of experiments that are performed at 12BM beamline I have become quite knowledgeable in many areas of physics and material science. I also have become familiar with data analysis involving EXAFS, XANES, Scattering, and SAXS.

Collaborating with many user groups to perform experiments ranging from magnetic separation of rare-earth elements to data analysis and modeling of Uranium sorption.  Designing many different types of cells for use in beamline experiments with user groups as well as sample mounting designs using 3D printing technology.

Working with the Beamline Operations upgrading and optimizing the optics of the beamline for APS-U.

Publications:

  • (Nanoscale 2018) - “Controlling 3-D Morphology of Ni-Fe-Based Nanocatalysts for Oxygen Evolution Reaction”,  DOI: 10.1039/C8NR10138H

  • (Enviro. Sci.: Nano., 2018, 5, 2252-2256) - “Surface Optimized Core-Shell Nanocomposites (Fe3O4@MnxFeyO4) for Ultra-High Uranium Sorption and Low-Field Separation in Water”

  • (Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2016, 18, 31254-31259) - “Trapped in the Coordination Sphere: Nitrate Ion Transport Driven by the Cerium(III/IV) Redox Couple”

  • (ACS Catal., 2017, 7 (1), pp 365–379) - “Multi-Component Fe-Ni Hydroxide Nanocatalyst for Oxygen Evolution and Methanol Oxidation Reactions under Alkaline Conditions”

  • (Inorg. Chem., 2017, 56, 1152-1160) - “Straining to separate the rare earths: how the lanthanide contraction impacts chelation by diglycolamide ligands”

  • (ACS Appl. Matter. Interfaces, 2017, 9(9), 8030-8040) - “Effects of Metal Composition and Ratio on the Morphology of Peptide-Templated Multimetallic Nanomaterials”

  • (PNAS, 2017, 114, 3855 - 3860) - “In situ characterization of cofacial Co(IV) centers in a Co4O4 cubane: Modeling the high-valent active site in oxygen evolving catalysts”

  • (Chem. Comm., 2017, 53, 5610 - 5613) - “Capping the Calix: How Toluene Completes Cesium(I) Coordination with Calix[4]pyrrole”

  • JPC (2016) “Temperature-dependent evolution of the oxidation state of cobalt and platinum in Co1-xPtx bimetallic clusters under H2 and CO + H2 atmosphere”

  • Energy and Environmental Science (2016) “Peptide-Directed PdAu Nanoscale Surface Segregation: Toward Controlled Bimetallic Architecture for Catalytic Materials”

  • Chemistry A European Journal (2016); “The Lanthanide Contraction beyond Coordination Chemistry”,

  • ACSNano pp.11968 – 11979 (2015); “Identifying the Atomic-Level Effects of Metal Composition on the Structure and Catalytic Activity of Peptide-Templated Materials”

  • Journal of Equine Veterinary Science 31 pp. 365-369 (2011); “In-laboratory diffraction-enhanced x-ray imaging (DEXI) of an equine hoof”.

  • Clinical Anatomy (Apr. 2010); “In-laboratory diffraction-enhanced X-ray imaging for articular cartilage”

  • Condensed Matter (Oct. 2009); “Thermal Expansion of Germanium Isotopes at low temperature”, arXiv: 0910.1569 Condensed Matter (Oct. 2009)

  • Rev. Sci. Instrum. (May 2009); “The design and application of an in-laboratory diffraction-enhanced x-ray instrument (DEXI)”.

  • Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids. Volume 66, Issue 12, (December 2005) pp. 2230–2234; Elastic modulus of supercooled liquid and hot solid silicon measured by inelastic X-ray scattering“

  • B. Reinhart, Carlo Segre, “Design and characterization of compact beam cleaner for high energy XAS”, Argonne National Lab Users Meeting (May 2006)

Interests:
  • EXAFS/QXAS
  • Diffraction Enhanced Imaging
  • Phase Contrast Imaging
  • AI/Deep Learning
Education:

Physics - Purdue University B.S., 2002

Physics - Illinois Institute of Technology Graduate School

Experience:
  • 2016 -  present Senior Scientific Associate - Argonne National Laboratory
  • 2012 – 2016      Scientific Associate - Argonne National Laboratory
  • 2006 – 2012      Physicist, Chief Design Engineer, X-ray Inst. Specialist - Nesch, LLC
  • 2004 – 2006      Graduate Research Assistant - Illinois Institute of Technology, Argonne National Lab
  • 2002 – 2004      Graduate Research Assistant - Purdue University, Argonne National Lab
  • 2001 – 2002      Research Assistant – Physics - Purdue University Astrophysics
Awards and Honors
  • 2016 -  present Senior Scientific Associate - Argonne National Laboratory
  • 2012 – 2016      Scientific Associate - Argonne National Laboratory
  • 2006 – 2012      Physicist, Chief Design Engineer, X-ray Inst. Specialist - Nesch, LLC
  • 2004 – 2006      Graduate Research Assistant - Illinois Institute of Technology, Argonne National Lab
  • 2002 – 2004      Graduate Research Assistant - Purdue University, Argonne National Lab
  • 2001 – 2002      Research Assistant – Physics - Purdue University Astrophysics
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