Dr Vanessa Peterson

Dr Vanessa Peterson is an instrument scientist co-responsible for Echidna and Wombat, the neutron powder diffractometers.

Phone +61 (0)2 9717 9401
E-Mail Vanessa.Peterson@ansto.gov.au

Her expertise includes structure and dynamics in chemistry and their relationship to properties in condensed matter materials including cement, porous coordination framework materials, and hydrogen storage materials. Her expertise in analyses techniques include Synchrotron/Laboratory X-Ray and Neutron Powder Diffraction, Rietveld analysis, Quasi-Elastic Neutron Scattering, Inelastic Neutron Scattering, and Single Crystal X-Ray Diffraction.

Qualifications and achievements:

• Brunauer award from the Cements Division of the American Ceramic Society for best cement publication (2005)
• Young Scientist's Award at the International Conference on Neutron Scattering in Munich, Germany (2001).
• Post-doctoral positions at the University of Sydney (2005-2006) and the National Institute for Standards and Technology Center for Neutron Research (2003-2005).
• Ph.D. in solid state chemistry and powder diffraction (2003) and B. App. Sc. (Chemistry, Hons. 1, 1999) from the University of Technology, Sydney.
  

Key Publications

V. Peterson, Y. Liu, C. M. Brown, and C. J. Kepert, Structural Characterization of D₂ in Cu₃(1,3,5-benzenetricarboxylate)₂ Using Neutron Powder Diffraction, Mat. Sci. For., 561-565, 1601-1604 (2007).

Y. Liu, C. M. Brown, D. A. Neumann, V. K. Peterson, and C. J. Kepert, Inelastic neutron scattering of H₂ adsorbed in HKUST-1, J. Alloy. Compd., 446-447, 385-388 (2007).

V. K. Peterson, Y. Liu, C. M. Brown, C. J. Kepert, 'Neutron powder diffraction study of D2 sorption in Cu3(1,3,5-benzenetricarboxylate)2', Journal of the American Chemical Society. 128, 15578-15579, (2006).

V. K. Peterson and M. Juenger, 'Quasielastic neutron scattering study of the effects of CaCl₂ and sucrose on the hydration of tricalcium silicate' Chem. Mater. 18, 5798-5804, 2006.

V. K. Peterson, C. M. Brown, and R. A. Livingston, 'Quasielastic and inelastic neutron scattering study of the hydration of monoclinic and triclinic tricalcium silicate' Chem. Phys. 326, 381-389, (2006).

V. K. Peterson, D. A. Neumann, and R. A. Livingston, 'Investigation of hydrating tricalcium and dicalcium silicate mixture pastes: strength and Ca(OH)₂ formation' J. Mat. Res. 21, 1836-1842, (2006).

V. K. Peterson, D. A. Neumann, and R. A. Livingston, 'Quasielastic neutron scattering study of the effect of NaOH on the hydration of tricalcium and dicalcium silicate'. Chem. Phys. Letters, 419, 16-20, (2006).

M. Hartman, V. K. Peterson, D.A. Neumann, Y. Liu, S. Kaye, J. Long, 'Neutron diffraction and neutron vibrational spectroscopy studies of hydrogen adsorption in the Prussian blue analogue Cu₃[Co(CN)₆]₂' Chem. Mater. 18, 3221-3224, (2006).

V. K. Peterson and M. Juenger, 'Time-resolved quasielastic neutron scattering study of the hydration of tricalcium silicate: effects of CaCl₂ and sucrose.' Physica B. 385-386, 222-224, (2006).

V. K. Peterson, R. A. Livingston, and D. A. Neumann, 'Hydration of cement: The application of quasielastic and inelastic neutron scattering' Physica B. 385-386, 481-486, (2006).

V. K. Peterson, B. Hunter, and A. Ray, 'A comparative study of Rietveld phase analysis of cement clinker using neutron, laboratory X-ray, and synchrotron data', Powder Diffraction. 21, 12-18, (2005).

V. K. Peterson, D. A. Neumann, and R. A. Livingston, 'Hydration of tricalcium and dicalcium silicate mixtures studied using quasielastic neutron scattering' Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 109, 14449-14453, (2005).