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Publications
_Articles

F. P. Vidal, S. Afshari, S. Ahmed, C. Atkins, E. Béchet, A. C. Bellot, S. Bosse, Y. Chahid, C.-Y. Chou, R. Culver, L. Dixon, J. Friemann, A. Garbout, C. Hatton, A. Henry, C. Leblanc, A. Leonardi, J. M. Létang, H. Lipscomb, T. Manchester, B. Meere, S. Middleburgh, I. Mitchell, L. Perera, M. Puig, J. Tugwell-Allsup

Proc. SPIE 13152, Developments in X-Ray Tomography XV, 131520W. (2024)

X-ray simulations with gVXR as a useful tool for education, data analysis, set-up of CT scans, and scanner development

DOI: 10.1117/12.3025315

Kuo Yuan, Sharif Ahmed, Alberto Leonardi, Mariia Zimina, T.L Martin, Mehdi Mokhtarishirazabad, Xavier van Heule, Ronald Clark, Matthew Peel, Mahmoud Mostafavi

Corrosion Science (2024)

Real-Time Tomography of Stress Corrosion Cracking on Stainless Steel by an In-Situ Corrosion Tensile Test

DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.5055104

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2024

C. Shi, Z. Cheng, A. Leonardi, Y. Yang, M. Engel, M. R. Jones, Y. Han

Science Advances, 10, 3788. (2024)

Preserving Surface Strain in Nanocatalysts via Morphology Control

DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adp3788

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2023

A. Leonardi, M. Leoni

Acta Materialia, 249, 118491. (2023)

Dynamic Lattice Distortion in Metallic Nanocrystals”

DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2022.118491

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2022

S. L. A. Bueno, A. Leonardi, N. Kar, K. Chatterjee, X. Zhan, C. Chen, J. Wang, M. Engel, V. Fung, S. E. Skrabalak,

ACS Nano, 16, 18873. (2022)

Quinary, Senary, and Septenary High Entropy Alloy Nanoparticle Catalysts from Core@Shell Nanoparticles and the Significance

of Intraparticle Heterogeneity

DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c07787

A. Leonardi, R. Neder, M. Engel

Journal of Applied Crystallography, 55, 329. (2022)

Efficient Solution of Particle Shape Functions for 

the Analysis of Powder Total Scattering Data

DOI: 10.1107/S1600576722001261

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2021

A. Leonardi

IUCrJ – 8 (2021) – 257-269

Whole pair distribution function modeling:

the bridging of Bragg and Debye scattering theories

DOI: 10.1107/S2052252521000324

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2020

L. Chen, A. Leonardi, J. Chen, M. Cao, N. Li, D. Su, Q. Zhang, M. Engel, X. Ye

Nature Communication – 11 (2020) 3041

Imaging the kinetics of anisotropic dissolution of bimetallic core-shell nanocubes

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-16645-3

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J. T. L. Gamler, A. Leonardi, X. Sang, K. M. Koczkur, R. R. Unocic, M. Engel,
S. E. Skrabalak

Nanoscale Advances – 2 (2020) 1105

Effect of Lattice Mismatch and Shell Thickness on Strain in Core@Shell Nanocrystals

DOI: 10.1039/D0NA00061B

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A. Leonardi, D. L. Bish

Inorganic Chemistry – (2020) – 5357-5367

Understanding Powder X-ray Diffraction Profiles from Layered Minerals: The Case of Kaolinite Nanocrystals

DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b03464

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2019

J. T. L. Gamler, A. Leonardi, N. N. Daanen, H. M. Ashberry, R. R. Unocic,

M. Engel, S. E. Skrabalak

ACS Nano – 13 (2019) – 4008

Achieving Highly Durable Random Alloy Nanocatalysts through Intermetallic Cores

DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.8b08007

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2018

A. Leonardi, M. Engel

ACS Nano – 12 (2018) 9186

Particle Shape Control via Etching of Core@Shell Nanocrystals

DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.8b03759​

2017

A. Leonardi, D. L. Bish

Acta Materialia 133 (2017) 380-392

Interactions of lattice distortion fields in nano polycrystalline materials revealed by molecular dynamics and X-ray powder diffraction

DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2017.04.072

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P. Scardi, L. Rebuffi, M. Abdellatief, A. Flor, A. Leonardi

Journal of Applied Crystallography - 50 (2017) - 508-518

Debye-Waller coefficient of heavily deformed nanocrystalline iron

DOI: 10.1107/S160057671700022X

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2016

A. Leonardi, D. L. Bish

Journal of Applied Crystallography 49 (2016) 1593-1608

High-performance powder diffraction pattern simulation for large-scale atomistic models trough full-precision pair distribution function computation

DOI: 10.1107/S1600576716011729

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L. Rebuffi, A. Troian, R. Ciancio, E. Carlino, A. Amimi, A. Leonardi, P. Scardi

Scientific Reports - 6 (2016) - 20712

On the reliability of powder diffraction Line Profile Analysis of plastically deformed nanocrystalline systems

DOI: 10.1038/srep20712

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2015

J. Solla-Gullón, E. Garnier, J. M. Feliu, M. Leoni, A. Leonardi, P. Scardi

Journal of Applied Crystallography  - 48 (2015) 1534

Structure and morphology of shape-controlled Pd nanocrystals

DOI: 10.1107/S1600576715015964

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P. Scardi, A. Leonardi, L. Gelisio, M. R. Suchomel, B. T. Sneed, M. K. Sheehan, C.-K. Tsung

Physical Review B - 91 (2015) 155414

Anisotropic atom displacement in Pd nanocubes resolved by molecular dynamics simulations supported by x-ray diffraction imaging

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.91.155414

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A. Leonardi, P. Scardi

Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A (2015) - Published online

Dislocation Effects on the Diffraction Line Profiles from Nanocrystalline Domains

DOI: 10.1007/s11661-015-2863-y

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A. Leonardi, S. Ryu, N. M. Pugno, P. Scardi

Journal of Applied Physics - 117 (2015) 164304

Eshelby twist and correlation effects in diffraction from nanocrystals

DOI: 10.1063/1.4918918

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A. Leonardi, P. Scardi

Frontiers in Materials - Mechanics of Materials (2015) - Published online

Atomistic model of metal nanocrystals with line defects:

contribution to diffraction line profile

DOI: 10.3389/fmats.2014.00037

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2013

A. Leonardi, M. Leoni, P. Scardi

Journal of Applied Crystallography, 46 (2013) 63-75

Directional Pair Distribution Function for Diffraction Line Profile Analysis of Atomistic Models

DOI: 10.1107/S0021889812050601

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A. Leonardi, M. Leoni, P. Scardi

Thin Solid Films, 530 (2013) 40-43

Atomistic interpretation of microstrain in Diffraction Line Profile Analysis

DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2012.05.037

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M. Burgess, A. Leonardi, M. Leoni, P. Scardi

Powder Diffraction, 28 S2 (2013) S184

Diffraction line broadening from nanocrystals under large hydrostatic pressures

DOI: 10.1017/S088571561300105X

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A. Leonardi, P. Scardi, M. Leoni

Computational Materials Science, 67 (2013) 238-242

Atomistic modelling of polycrystalline microstructures:

an evolutional approach to overcome topological restrictions

DOI: 10.1016/j.commatsci.2012.09.013

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2012

A. Leonardi, M. Leoni, P. Scardi

Philosophical Magazine,  92 – 8 (2012) 986-1005

Realistic nano-polycrystalline microstructures:

beyond the classical Voronoi Tessellation

DOI: 10.1080/14786435.2011.637984

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A. Leonardi, M. Leoni, M. Li, P. Scardi

Journal of Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, 12 (2012) 8546-8553

Strain in atomistic models of nanocrystalline clusters

DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2012.6807

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A. Leonardi, M. Leoni, P. Scardi

Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 44 (2012) 39-44

Interference effects in nanocrystalline systems

DOI: 10.1007/s11661-012-1428-6

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A. Leonardi, M. Leoni, S. Siboni, P. Scardi

Journal of Applied Crystallography, 45 (2012) 1162-1172

Common Volume Functions and Diffraction Line Profiles of polyhedral domains

DOI: 10.1107/S0021889812039283

 

2011

A. Leonardi, K. R. Beyerlein, T. Xu, M. Li, M. Leoni, P. Scardi

Zeitschrift für Kristallographie Proceeding, I (2011) 37-42

Microstrain in nanocrystalline samples from atomistic simulation

DOI: 10.1524/9783486991321-010

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Publications
_Books & Chapters

2024

A. Leonardi

Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen Nuremberg

Multiscale simulation of nanostructured materials

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2013

A. Leonardi

LAMBERT Academic Publishing (2013) – ISBN: 978-3-659-40764-2

Molecular Dynamics and X-ray Powder Diffraction Simulations

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2013

A. Leonardi

University of Padova

Didattica e formazione nell’istituto tecnico economico e tecnologico G. Floriani

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A. Leonardi

University of Trento (2012) – ISBN: 978-88-8443-455-5

Molecular Dynamics and X-ray Powder Diffraction Simulations: investigation of nano-polycrystalline microstructure at the atomic scale coupling local structure configurations and X-ray powder diffraction techniques

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2012
2007

A. Leonardi

University of Trento

Il nuovo polo fieristico del Trentino a Riva del Garda.

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Dr.-Ing. habil. Alberto Leonardi
| Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
| Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
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