Publications

2025

Fabrication of Planar Highly Enriched Silicon by 28Si Focused Ion Beam and Subsequent Experimental Optimization

M. Coke, M. Adshead, R. Acharya, K. Li, K.L. Moore, D.N. Jamieson, R.J. Curry

Advanced Electronic Materials 2025, 11(18), e00233

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi influence the speciation and subcellular abundance of uranium in plant roots

J.M. Dinsley, K. Halsey, E. Venter, M.A. Gomez Gonzalez, K.L. Moore, L. Field, S. Shaw, C.H. Robinson, J.K. Pittman

Environmental Science: Processes and Impacts 2025, 27, 2394-2409

Effects of trace Nb dopant on core-shell microstructure and ferroelectric domain switching in BiFeO3-BaTiO3 ceramics

Z. Yang, Y. Li, J. Pan, B. Xie, K. Li, K.L. Moore, A.K. Kleppe, D.A. Hall

Acta Materialia 2025, 289, 120890

Heat Treatment Optimisation of Electron Beam Welded Reactor Pressure Vessel Steel

K. Bruce, M. Taylor, J. W. Fellowes, K. Gyves, K. Li, K. L. Moore, L. D. Burling, J. A. Francis, E. J. Pickering

Metallurgical and Materials Transactions 2025, 56, 655–669

2024

Highly 28Si Enriched Silicon by Localised Focused Ion Beam Implantation

R. Acharya, M. Coke, M. Adshead, K. Li, B. Achinuq, R. Cai, A. Gholizadeh, J. Jacobs, J.L. Boland, S. Haigh, K.L. Moore, D. Jamieson, R. Curry

Communications Materials 2024, 5, 57

2023

A High-Resolution Versatile Focused Ion Implantation Platform for Nanoscale Engineering

M. Adshead, M. Coke, G. Aresta, A. Bellew, M. Lagator, K. Li, Y. Cui, R. Cai, A. Almutawa, S. J. Haigh, K.L. Moore, N. Lockyer, C.M. Gourlay, R.J. Curry

Advanced Engineering Materials 2023, 25(22), 2300889

2022

The Location of Iron and Zinc in Grain of Conventional and Biofortified Lines of Sorghum

A. Gaddameedi, S. Sheraz, A. Kumar, K. Li, T. Pellny, R. Gupta, Y. Wan, K.L. Moore, P.R. Shewry

Journal of Cereal Science 2022, 107, 103531

Sodium Diffuses from Glass Substrates through P1 Lines and Passivates Defects in Perovskite Solar Modules

F. U. Kosasih, F. Di Giacomo, J. Ferrer Orri, K. Li, E.M. Tennyson, W. Li, F. Matteocci, G. Kusch, R. A. Oliver, J.L. Macmanus-Driscoll, K. L. Moore, S.D. Stranks, A. Di Carlo, G. Divitini, C Ducati

Energy & Environmental Materials 2022, e12459

Role of constituent intermetallic phases and precipitates in initiation and propagation of intergranular corrosion of an Al-Li-Cu-Mg alloy

X. Xu, M. Hao, J. Chen, E. He, G. Li, K. Li, C. Jiao, X. Zhong, K. L. Moore, T. Burnett, X. Zhou

Corrosion Science 2022, 201, 110294

Elucidating Heterogeneous Iron Biomineralization Patterns in a Denitrifying As(III)-Oxidizing Bacterium: Implications for Arsenic Immobilization

R. Lopez-Adams, S.M. Fairclough, I.C. Lyon, S.J. Haigh, J. Zhang, F.-J. Zhao, K. L. Moore, J.R. Lloyd,

Environmental Science: Nano 2022, 9, 1076 – 1090

2021

Application of high-spatial-resolution secondary ion mass spectrometry for nanoscale chemical mapping of lithium in an Al-Li alloy

X. Xu, C. Jiao, K. Li, M. Hao, K.L. Moore, T.L. Burnett, X. Zhou

Materials Characterization 2021, 181, 111442

High Resolution Mapping of Light Elements in Zirconium Oxide with SIMS

C. Jones, K. Li, J. Liu, T. Aarholt, M. Gass, K. L. Moore, M. Preuss, and C. M. Grovenor

Zirconium in the Nuclear Industry: 19th International Symposium, ed. A. Motta and S. Yagnik (West Conshohocken, PA: ASTM International, 2021), 513-536

Oxide Growth and Oxygen Transport in Proton Irradiated Zircaloy-4 Oxide Layers

C. Jones, M. Gass, M. Preuss, K. L. Moore

Corrosion Science 2021, 190, 109655

The role of β-Zr in a Zr-2.5Nb alloy during aqueous corrosion: A multi-technique study

J. Liu, G. He, A. Callow, K. Li, K.L. Moore, H. Nordin, M. Moody, S. Lozano-Perez, C.R.M. Grovenor

Acta Materialia 2021, 215, 117042

Subcellular dynamics studies of iron reveal how tissue-specific distribution patterns are established in developing wheat grains

S. Sheraz, Y. Wan, E. Venter, S. K. Verma, Q. Xiong, J. Waites, J.M. Connorton, P.R. Shewry, K.L. Moore and J. Balk

New Phytologist 2021, 231 (4), 1644-1657

Cameca Success Story

Cameca Success Story featuring the research of Dr Katie Moore and Sadia Sheraz using the Manchester NanoSIMS 50L. This story relates to the New Phytologist publication above.

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NanoSIMS analysis of hydrogen and deuterium in metallic alloys: artefacts and best practice

Y. Aboura, K.L. Moore

Applied Surface Science 2021, 557, 149736

Apatite halogen and hydrogen isotope constraints on the conditions of hydrothermal alteration in carbonaceous chondrites

M. Piralla, R. Tartèse, Y. Marrocchi, K.H. Joy

Metoritics and Planetary Science 2021, 56 (4), 809-828

Evidence of Hydrogen Trapping at Second Phase Particles in Zirconium Alloys

C. Jones, V. Tuli, Z. Shah, M. Gass, P.A. Burr, M. Preuss, K.L. Moore

Scientific Reports 11, Article number: 4370 (2021)

Dissimilatory Fe(III) reduction controls on arsenic mobilisation: a combined biogeochemical and NanoSIMS imaging approach

R. Lopez-Adams, L. Newsome, K.L. Moore, I.C. Lyon, and J.R. Lloyd

Frontiers in Microbiology 2021, 12, 219

Denitrifying pathways dominate nitrous oxide emissions from managed grassland during drought and rewetting

E. Harris, E. Diaz-Pines, E. Stoll, M. Schloter, S. Schulz, C. Duffner, K. Li, K.L. Moore, J. Ingrisch, D. Reinthaler, S. Zechmeister-Boltenstern, S. Glatzel, N. Bruggemann, M. Bahn

Scientific Advances 2021, Vol. 7, no. 6, eabb7118

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Characterising hydrogen induced cracking of alloy 625+ using correlative SEM – EDX and NanoSIMS

Y. Aboura, D.F. Martelo, R. Morana, R. Akid, K.L. Moore

Corrosion Science 2021, 181, 1, 109228

Mass-independent fractionation of titanium isotopes

F. Robert, P. Reinhardt, R. Tartèse

Chemical Physics 2021, 540, 110970.

2020

Timing of geological events in the lunar highlands recorded in shocked zircon-bearing clasts from Apollo 16

K.H. Joy, J.F. Snape, A.A. Nemchin, R. Tartèse, D.M. Martin, M.J. Whitehouse, V. Vishnyakov, J.F. Pernet-Fisher and D.A. Kring

Royal Society Open Science, 2020, 7, 200236,

Visualizing the Role of Photoinduced Ion Migration on Photoluminescence in Halide Perovskite Grains

H. Choi, J.C. Ke, S. Skalsky, C. Castle, K. Li, K.L. Moore, W. Flavell, P. Parkinson

Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2020, 8, 7509-7518

NanoSIMS Imaging and Analysis in Materials Science

K. Li, J. Liu, C.R.M. Grovenor, K.L. Moore

Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry, 2020, 13, 273-292

Mass-independent fractionation of titanium isotopes and its cosmochemical implications

F. Robert, R. Tartèse, G. Lombardi, P. Reinhardt, M. Roskosz, B. Doisneau, Z. Deng, M. Chaussidon

Nature Astronomy, 2020, 4 762-768

Methods to Visualize Elements in Plants

P.M. Kopittke, E. Lombi, A. Van Der Ent, P. Wang, J.S. Laird, K.L. Moore, D.P. Persson, S. Husted

Plant Physiology, 2020, 82, 4, 1869-1882

Isotopic and compositional variations in single nuclear fuel pellet particles analyzed by NanoSIMS

C. Fallon, W. Bower, I. Lyon, F. Livens, P. Thompson, M. Higginson, J. Collins, S. Heath, G. Law

ACS Omega, 2020, 5, 1, 296-303

2019

Microdistribution and quantification of the boron neutron capture therapy drug BPA in primary cell cultures of human glioblastoma tumour by NanoSIMS

S. Aldossari, G. Mcmahon, N.P Lockyer, K.L. Moore

The Analyst, 2019, 144, 6214-6224

Pb nanospheres in ancient zircon yield model ages for zircon formation and Pb mobilization

I. Lyon, M.A. Kusak, R. Wirth, M.J. Whitehouse, D.J. Dunkley, S.A. Wilde, D. Schaumlöffel, J. Malherbe, K.L. Moore

Scientific Reports 9, Article number: 13702 (2019)

High resolution crystallographic and chemical characterisation of iodine induced stress corrosion crack tips formed in irradiated and non-irradiated zirconium alloys

C. Gillen, A. Garner, C. Jones, K.L. Moore, P. Tejland, P. Frankel

Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2019, 519, 166-172

H and Cl isotope characteristics of indigenous and late hydrothermal fluids on the differentiated asteroidal parent body of Grave Nunataks 06128

R. Tartese, M. Anand, I. A. Franchi

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2019, 266, 529-543

On the role of precipitates in hydrogen trapping and hydrogen embrittlement of a nickel-based superalloy

Z. Zhang, K.L. Moore, G, McMahon, R. Morana, M. Preuss

Corrosion Science, 2019, 146, 58-69

2018

Insights into the origin of carbonaceous chondrite organics from their triple oxygen isotope composition

R. Tartese, M. Chaussidon, A. Gurenko, F. Delarue, F. Robert

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 2018, 115(34), 8535

NanoSIMS imaging of extracellular electron transport processes during microbial iron(III) reduction

L. Newsome, R. Lopez Adams, H.F. Downie, K. L. Moore, J. R. Lloyd

FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 2018, 94 (8)

*Editor’s choice article and the top FEMS microbiology Ecology article making an impact (Altmetric Score 2018)

Advanced 3D characterisation of iodine induced stress corrosion cracks in zirconium alloys

C. Gillen, A. Garner, A. Plowman, C. Race, T. Lowe, C. Jones, K. L. Moore, P. Frankel

Materials Characterization, 2018, 141, 348-361

The stage of seed development influences iron bioavailability in pea (Pisum sativum L.)

K. L Moore, I. Rodríguez-Ramiro, E. R Jones, E. J Jones, J. Rodríguez-Celma, K. Halsey, C. Domoney, P. R Shewry, S. Fairweather-Tait, J. Balk

Scientific Reports, 8 Article number: 6865 (2018)

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High resolution NanoSIMS imaging of deuterium distributions in 316 stainless steel specimens after fatigue testing in high pressure deuterium environment

G. McMahon, B. D. Miller, M. G. Burke

njp Materials Degradation, 2018, 2 (2)

2017

Biotransformation of Silver Released from Nanoparticle Coated Titanium Implants Revealed in Regenerating Bone

W. Solano-Alvarez, E.J. Pickering, M.J. Peet, K.L. Moore, J. Jaiswal, A. Bevan, H.K.D.H. Bhadeshia,

Acta Materialia, 2016, 121, 215-226,H. Geng, G. Poologasundarampillai, N. Todd, A. Devlin-Mullin, K. L. Moore, Z. Golrokhi, J. B. Gilchrist, E. Jones, R. J. Potter, C. Sutcliffe, M. O’Brien, D. W.L. Hukins, S. Cartmell, C. A. Mitchell, and P. D. Lee.

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2017, 9 (25), 21169-21180

2016

Soft novel form of white-etching matter and ductile failure of carbide-free bainitic steels under rolling contact stresses

W. Solano-Alvarez, E.J. Pickering, M.J. Peet, K.L. Moore, J. Jaiswal, A. Bevan, H.K.D.H. Bhadeshia,

Acta Materialia, 2016, 121, 215-226,

Submicron Patterning of Polymer Brushes: An Unexpected Discovery from Inkjet Printing of Polyelectrolyte Macroinitiators

Adam V. S. Parry, Alexander J. Straub, Eva M. Villar-Alvarez, Takdanai Phuengphol, Jonathan E. R. Nicoll, Xavier Lim W. K., Lianne M. Jordan, Katie L. Moore, Pablo Taboada, Stephen G. Yeates, and Steve Edmondson,

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2016, 138 (29), 9009-9012

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Heat Treatment Optimisation of Electron Beam Welded Reactor Pressure Vessel Steel

K. Bruce, M. Taylor, J. W. Fellowes, K. Gyves, K. Li, K. L. Moore, L. D. Burling, J. A. Francis, E. J. Pickering

Metallurgical and Materials Transactions 2024, In Press