Dr Ross Piltz

Phone +61 (0)2 9717 3607
E-Mail Ross.Piltz@ansto.gov.au

Dr Ross Piltz has a PhD (Physics) from the University of Melbourne. Since joining ANSTO in 1996, he has been responsible for the 2TAN neutron scattering instruments and is the leader of the project on Image plate as neutron detectors. He is experienced in synchrotron and neutron diffraction and has written/co-authored over 25 publications in this area.

Selected Recent Papers

J. Overgaard, M. P. Waller, R. Piltz, J. A. Platts, P. Emseis, P. Leverett, P. A. Williams, and D. E. Hibbs, Experimental and theoretical charge density distribution in two ternary cobalt(III) complexes of aromatic amino acids, J. Phys. Chem. A, 111(40), 10123-10133 (2007).

R. O. Piltz, Domain structure of 001-poled PZN-4.5%PT using neutron diffraction, Ferroelectrics, 339, 1733-1737 (2006).

A. E. Whitten, P. Turner, W. T. Klooster, R. O. Piltz and M. Spackman, Reassessment of large dipole moment enhancements in crystals: A detailed experimental and theoretical charge density analysis of 2-methyl-4-nitroaniline, J. Phys. Chem. A 110, 8763-8776 (2006).

W. T. Klooster, R. O. Piltz, T. Uda, B. V. Merinov and S. M. Haile, Structure Refinement and Chemical Analysis of Cs₃Li(DSO₄)₄, formerly 'Cs_1.5Li_1.5D(SO₄)₂', J. Solid State Chemistry 177, 274-280, (2004).

D. E. Hibbs, J. R. Hanrahan, M. B. Hursthouse, D. W. Knight, J. Overgaard, P. Turner, R. O. Piltz and M. P. Waller, Experimental and theoretical charge distribution in (Z)-N-methyl-C-phenylnitrone, Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry 1, 1034-1040 (2003). 

D. E. Hibbs, J. Overgaard and R. O. Piltz, X-N Charge Density Analysis of 1-(2-hydroxy-5-nitrophenyl) ethanone, Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry 1, 1191-1198 (2003).

E. H. Kisi, R. O. Piltz, J. S. Forrester and C. Howard, The Giant Piezo-Electric Effect: E-field Induced Monoclinic Phase or Piezoelectric Distortion of the Rhombohedral Parent?, J. Phys. Condens. Matter 15, 3631-3640 (2003).

J. S. Forrester, R. O. Piltz, E. H. Kisi and G. J. McIntyre, Temperature-induced Phase Transitions in the Giant Piezoelectric Material, PZN-4.5%PT, J. Phys. Condens. Matter 13, 825-833 (2001).

M. M. Bishop, L. F. Lindoy, O. T. Thorn-Seshold, R. O. Piltz and P. Turner, A Supramolecular Assembly Containing an Unusually Short N-H…N Hydrogen Bond - An X-ray and Neutron Diffraction Study, submitted to J. Heterocyclic Chemistry (2001).

S. M. Moussa, R. R. Fenton, B. J. Kennedy and R. O. Piltz, Hydrogen Bonding in cis-bis(L-alaninato)copper(II): a single crystal neutron diffraction study, Inorganica Chimica Acta 288, 29-34 (1999).

L. D. Cussen, M. F. Ling, T. J. Hicks, R. O. Piltz, and Y. Tsunoda, Transverse Spin Freezing in Antiferromagnetic Gamma-Mn₉₀Cu₁₀, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 177, 1419-1420 (1998).