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![Leon Bowen](/media/durham-university/site-assets/image/Blank-profile-INK.png)
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Senior Technical Manager (Electron Microscope) in the Department of Physics |
Technical Manager in the GJ Russell Facility |
Publications
Conference Paper
Journal Article
- Campbell, S., Zoppi, G., Bowen, L., Maiello, P., Barrioz, V., Beattie, N. S., & Qu, Y. (in press). Enhanced Carrier Collection in Cd/In-Based Dual Buffers in Kesterite Thin-Film Solar Cells from Nanoparticle Inks. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 6(21), 10883-10896. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.3c01622
- Don, C. H., Shalvey, T. P., Sindi, D. A., Lewis, B., Swallow, J. E. N., Bowen, L., Fernandes, D. F., Kubart, T., Biswas, D., Thakur, P. K., Lee, T., & Major, J. D. (2024). Reactive DC Sputtered TiO 2 Electron Transport Layers for Cadmium‐Free Sb 2 Se 3 Solar Cells. Advanced Energy Materials, Article 2401077. https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202401077
- Galán-González, A., Pander, P., MacKenzie, R. C. I., Bowen, L., Zeze, D. A., Borthwick, R. J., Thompson, R. L., Dias, F. B., & Chaudhry, M. U. (2023). Nanostructured Channel for Improving Emission Efficiency of Hybrid Light-Emitting Field-Effect Transistors. ACS Photonics, 10(12), 4315-4321. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.3c01080
- Zia, A. W., Anestopoulos, I., Panayiotidis, M. I., Bowen, L., & Birkett, M. (2023). Biomechanical characteristics of silver enriched diamond-like carbon coatings for medical applications. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 958, Article 170473. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2023.170473
- Lukose, C. C., Anestopoulos, I., Panagiotidis, I.-S., Zoppi, G., Black, A. M., Dover, L. G., Bowen, L., Serrano-Aroca, Á., Liu, T. X., Mendola, L., Morrone, D., Panayiotidis, M. I., & Birkett, M. (2023). Biocompatible Ti3Au–Ag/Cu thin film coatings with enhanced mechanical and antimicrobial functionality. Biomaterials Research, 27(1), Article 93. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40824-023-00435-1
- Lukose, C. C., Anestopoulos, I., Bowen, L., Panayiotidis, M. I., & Birkett, M. (2023). Adatom controlled emergence of high hardness in biocompatible beta-Ti3Au intermetallic thin film surfaces. Surfaces and Interfaces, 40, Article 103034. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfin.2023.103034
- Don, C. H., Shalvey, T. P., Smiles, M. J., Thomas, L., Phillips, L. J., Hobson, T. D. C., Finch, H., Jones, L. A. H., Swallow, J. E. N., Fleck, N., Markwell, C., Thakur, P. K., Lee, T., Biswas, D., Bowen, L., Williamson, B. A. D., Scanlon, D. O., Dhanak, V. R., Durose, K., Veal, T. D., & Major, J. D. (2023). Multi‐Phase Sputtered TiO2‐Induced Current–Voltage Distortion in Sb2Se3 Solar Cells. Advanced Materials Interfaces, 10(20), https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202300238
- Charlton, T., Rouainia, M., Aplin, A., Fisher, Q., & Bowen, L. (2023). Nanoindentation of Horn River Basin Shales: The Micromechanical Contrast Between Overburden and Reservoir Formations. Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth, 128(3), Article e2022JB025957. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022jb025957
- Lukose, C. C., Anestopoulos, I., Mantso, T., Bowen, L., Panayiotidis, M. I., & Birkett, M. (2022). Thermal activation of Ti(1-x)Au(x) thin films with enhanced hardness and biocompatibility. Bioactive Materials, 15, 426-445. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bioactmat.2022.02.027
- Tian, S., Bowen, L., Liu, B., Zeng, F., Xue, H., Erastova, V., Greenwell, H. C., Dong, Z., Zhao, R., & Liu, J. (2021). A method for automatic shale porosity quantification using an Edge-Threshold Automatic Processing (ETAP) technique. Fuel, 304, Article 121319. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2021.121319
- Li, Y., Zha, M., Song, R., Aplin, A. C., Bowen, L., Wang, X., & Zhang, Y. (2021). Microstructure and pore systems of shallow-buried fluvial mudstone caprocks in Zhanhua Depression, east China inferred from SEM and MICP. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 132, Article 105189. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2021.105189
- Luo, Q., Mei, H., Kitchen, M., Gao, Y., & Bowen, L. (2021). Effect of Short-Term Low-Temperature Austempering on the Microstructure and Abrasive Wear of Medium-Carbon Low-Alloy Steel. Metals and Materials International, 27(9), 3115-3131. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12540-020-00957-6
- Nieto-Díaz, B. A., Pearson, C., Al-Busaidi, Z., Bowen, L., Petty, M. C., & Groves, C. (2021). Enhanced lifetime of Organic Photovoltaic diodes achieved by blending with PMMA: Impact of morphology and Donor:Acceptor combination. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 219, Article 110765. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2020.110765
- Ramadan, S., Bowen, L., Popescu, S., Fu, C., Kwa, K. K., & O'Neill, A. (2020). Fully controllable silicon nanowire fabricated using optical lithography and orientation dependent oxidation. Applied Surface Science, 523, Article 146516. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2020.146516
- Galan Gonzalez, A., Sivan, A. K., Hernández Ferrer, J., Bowen, L., Di Mario, L., Martelli, F., Benito, A. M., Maser, W. K., Chaudhry, M. U., Gallant, A., Zeze, D. A., & Atkinson, D. (2020). Cobalt-Doped ZnO Nanorods Coated with Nanoscale Metal-Organic Framework Shells for Water-Splitting Photoanodes. ACS Applied Nano Material, 3(8), 7781-7788. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.0c01325
- Baines, T., Bowen, L., Mendis, B. G., & Major, J. D. (2020). Microscopic Analysis of Interdiffusion and Void Formation in CdTe(1–x)Sex and CdTe Layers. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 12(34), 38070-38075. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c09381
- Cao, Y., Jana, S., Bowen, L., Liu, H., Jakubovics, N. S., & Chen, J. (2020). Bacterial nanotubes mediate bacterial growth on periodic nano-pillars. Soft Matter, 16(32), 7613-7623. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0sm00602e
- Oye, O. J., Aplin, A. C., Jones, S. J., Gluyas, J. G., Bowen, L., Harwood, J., Orland, I. J., & Valley, J. W. (2020). Vertical effective stress and temperature as controls of quartz cementation in sandstones: Evidence from North Sea fulmar and Gulf of Mexico Wilcox sandstones. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 115, Article 104289. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2020.104289
- Hobson, T. D., Phillips, L. J., Hutter, O. S., Shiel, H., Swallow, J. E., Savory, C. N., Nayak, P. K., Mariotti, S., Das, B., Bowen, L., Jones, L. A., Featherstone, T. J., Smiles, M. J., Farnworth, M. A., Zoppi, G., Thakur, P. K., Lee, T.-L., Snaith, H. J., Leighton, C., Scanlon, D. O., …Major, J. D. (2020). Isotype Heterojunction Solar Cells Using n-Type Sb2Se3 Thin Films. Chemistry of Materials, 32(6), 2621-2630. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c00223
- Wilson, M., Hurst, A., Wilkins, A., Wilson, L., & Bowen, L. (2020). Mineralogical evidence for multiple dust sources in an early Triassic loessite. Sedimentology, 67(1), 239-260. https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.12641
- Wyn Jones, E., James Holliman, P., Bowen, L., Connell, A., Kershaw, C., & Elizabeth Meza-Rojas, D. (2020). Hybrid Al2O3-CH3NH3PbI3 Perovskites towards Avoiding Toxic Solvents. Materials, 13(1), Article 243. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13010243
- Qi, Y., Ju, Y., Tan, J., Bowen, L., Cai, C., Yu, K., Zhu, H., Huang, C., & Zhang, W. (2020). Organic matter provenance and depositional environment of marine-to-continental mudstones and coals in eastern Ordos Basin, China—Evidence from molecular geochemistry and petrology. International Journal of Coal Geology, 217, Article 103345. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coal.2019.103345
- Cao, Y., Jana, S., Bowen, L., Tan, X., Liu, H., Rostami, N., Brown, J., Jakubovics, N. S., & Chen, J. (2019). Hierarchical rose-petal surfaces delay the early-stage bacterial biofilm growth. Langmuir, 35(45), 14670-14680. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b02367
- Pozzi, G., De Paola, N., Holdsworth, R. E., Bowen, L., Nielsen, S. B., & Dempsey, E. D. (2019). Coseismic ultramylonites: An investigation of nanoscale viscous flow and fault weakening during seismic slip. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 516, 164-175. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2019.03.042
- Phillips, L. J., Savory, C. N., Hutter, O. S., Yates, P. J., Shiel, H., Mariotti, S., Bowen, L., Birkett, M., Durose, K., Scanlon, D. O., & Major, J. D. (2019). Current Enhancement via a TiO2 Window Layer for CSS Sb2Se3 Solar Cells: Performance Limits and High Voc. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 9(2), 544-551. https://doi.org/10.1109/jphotov.2018.2885836
- Baines, T., Zoppi, G., Bowen, L., Shalvey, T. P., Mariotti, S., Durose, K., & Major, J. D. (2018). Incorporation of CdSe layers into CdTe thin film solar cells. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 180, 196-204. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2018.03.010
- Perri, E., Tucker, M. E., Słowakiewicz, M., Whitaker, F., Bowen, L., & Perrotta, I. D. (2018). Carbonate and silicate biomineralization in a hypersaline microbial mat (Mesaieed sabkha, Qatar): Roles of bacteria, extracellular polymeric substances and viruses. Sedimentology, 65(4), 1213-1245. https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.12419
- Pozzi, G., De Paola, N., Nielsen, S., Holdsworth, R., & Bowen, L. (2018). A new interpretation for the nature and significance of mirror-like surfaces in experimental carbonate-hosted seismic faults. Geology, 46(7), 583-586. https://doi.org/10.1130/g40197.1
- Tang, L.-X., Gluyas, J., Jones, S., & Bowen, L. (2018). Diagenetic and geochemical studies of the Buchan Formation (Upper Devonian) in the Central North Sea. Petroleum Science, 15(2), 211-229. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12182-018-0232-3
- Baines, T., Papageorgiou, G., Hutter, O., Bowen, L., Durose, K., & Major, J. (2018). Self-Catalyzed CdTe Wires. Nanomaterials, 8(5), Article 274. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano8050274
- Campbell, S., Qu, Y., Bowen, L., Chapon, P., Barrioz, V., Beattie, N., & Zoppi, G. (2018). Influence of OLA and FA ligands on the optical and electronic properties of Cu 2 ZnSn(S, Se) 4 thin films and solar cells prepared from nanoparticle inks. Solar Energy, 175, 101-109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2018.03.065
- Kartopu, G., Turkay, D., Ozcan, C., Hadibrata, W., Aurang, P., Yerci, S., Unalan, H., Barrioz, V., Qu, Y., Bowen, L., Gürlek, A., Maiello, P., Turan, R., & Irvine, S. (2018). Photovoltaic performance of CdS/CdTe junctions on ZnO nanorod arrays. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 176, 100-108. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2017.11.036
- Stricker, S., Jones, S. J., Meadows, N., & Bowen, L. (2018). Reservoir quality of fluvial sandstone reservoirs in salt-walled mini-basins: an example from the Seagull field, Central Graben, North Sea, UK. Petroleum Science, 15(1), 1-27. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12182-017-0206-x
- Cao, Y., Su, B., Chinnaraj, S., Jana, S., Bowen, L., Charlton, S., Duan, P., Jakubovics, N. S., & Chen, J. (2018). Nanostructured titanium surfaces exhibit recalcitrance towards Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm formation. Scientific Reports, 8(1), Article 1071. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-19484-x
- Major, J., Phillips, L., Al Turkestani, M., Bowen, L., Whittles, T., Dhanak, V., & Durose, K. (2017). P3HT as a pinhole blocking back contact for CdTe thin film solar cells. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 172, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2017.07.005
- Major, J. D., Tena-Zaera, R., Azaceta, E., Bowen, L., & Durose, K. (2017). Development of ZnO nanowire based CdTe thin film solar cells. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 160, 107-115. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2016.10.024
- Rostami, N., Shields, R., Yassin, S., Hawkins, A., Bowen, L., Luo, T., Rickard, A., Holliday, R., Preshaw, P., & Jakubovics, N. (2017). A Critical Role for Extracellular DNA in Dental Plaque Formation. Journal of Dental Research, 96(2), 208-216. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022034516675849
- Stricker, S., Jones, S., Sathar, S., Bowen, L., & Oxtoby, N. (2016). Exceptional reservoir quality in HPHT reservoir settings: examples from the Skagerrak Formation of the Heron Cluster, UK, North Sea. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 77, 198-215. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2016.02.003
- Major, J., Al Turkestani, M., Bowen, L., Brossard, M., Li, C., Lagoudakis, P., Pennycook, S., Phillips, L., Treharne, R., & Durose, K. (2016). In-depth analysis of chloride treatments for thin-film CdTe solar cells. Nature Communications, 7, Article 13231. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13231
- Massey, M., Kotsialos, A., Volpati, D., Vissol-Gaudin, E., Pearson, C., Bowen, L., Obara, B., Zeze, D., Groves, C., & Petty, M. (2016). Evolution of Electronic Circuits using Carbon Nanotube Composites. Scientific Reports, 6, Article 32197. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep32197
- Kalfagiannis, N., Siozios, A., Bellas, D. V., Toliopoulos, D., Bowen, L., Pliatsikas, N., Cranton, W. M., Kosmidis, C., Koutsogeorgis, D. C., Lidorikis, E., & Patsalas, P. (2016). Selective modification of nanoparticle arrays by laser-induced self assembly (MONA-LISA): putting control into bottom-up plasmonic nanostructuring. Nanoscale, 8(15), 8236-8244. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5nr09192f
- Mathia, E., Bowen, L., Thomas, K., & Aplin, A. (2016). Evolution of porosity and pore types in organic-rich, calcareous, Lower Toarcian Posidonia Shale. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 75, 117-139. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2016.04.009
- Holliday, R., Preshaw, P. M., Bowen, L., & Jakubovics, N. S. (2015). The ultrastructure of subgingival dental plaque, revealed by high-resolution field emission scanning electron microscopy. BDJ Open, 1(1), Article 15003. https://doi.org/10.1038/bdjopen.2015.3
- Johnson, K., Purvis, G., Lopez-Capel, E., Peacock, C., Gray, N., Wagner, T., März, C., Bowen, L., Ojeda, J., Finlay, N., Robertson, S., Worrall, F., & Greenwell, C. (2015). Towards a Mechanistic Understanding of Carbon Stabilization in Manganese Oxides. Nature Communications, 6, Article 7628. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms8628
- Massey, M., Kotsialos, A., Qaiser, F., Zeze, D., Pearson, C., Volpati, D., Bowen, L., & Petty, M. (2015). Computing with carbon nanotubes: optimization of threshold logic gates using disordered nanotube/polymer composites. Journal of Applied Physics, 117(13), Article 134903. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4915343
- Major, J. D., Bowen, L., Treharne, R. E., Phillips, L. J., & Durose, K. (2015). NH 4 Cl Alternative to the CdCl 2 Treatment Step for CdTe Thin-Film Solar Cells. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 5(1), 386-389. https://doi.org/10.1109/jphotov.2014.2362296
- Williams, B. L., Major, J. D., Bowen, L., Keuning, W., Creatore, M., & Durose, K. (2015). A Comparative Study of the Effects of Nontoxic Chloride Treatments on CdTe Solar Cell Microstructure and Stoichiometry. Advanced Energy Materials, 5(21), Article 1500554. https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201500554
- Major, J. D., Bowen, L., Treharne, R., & Durose, K. (2014). Assessment of photovoltaic junction position using combined focused ion beam and electron beam-induced current analysis of close space sublimation deposited CdTe solar cells. Progress in Photovoltaics, 22(10), 1096-1104. https://doi.org/10.1002/pip.2507
- Williams, B., Major, J., Bowen, L., Phillips, L., Zoppi, G., Forbes, I., & Durose, K. (2014). Challenges and prospects for developing CdS/CdTe substrate solar cells on Mo foils. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 124, 31-38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2014.01.017
- Wu, W., Tholozan, F., Goldberg, M., Bowen, L., Wu, J., & Quinlan, R. (2014). A gradient of matrix-bound FGF-2 and perlecan is available to lens epithelial cells. Experimental Eye Research, 120, 10-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exer.2013.12.004
- Williams, B., Taylor, A., Mendis, B., Phillips, L., Bowen, L., Major, J., & Durose, K. (2014). Core-shell ITO/ZnO/CdS/CdTe nanowire solar cells. Applied Physics Letters, 104(5), Article 053907. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4863826
- Ambrosini, S. F., Bowen, L., Mendis, B., Cirlin, G., Bouravleuv, A., Gallant, A., Petty, M., Dubrovskii, V., & Zeze, D. (2014). Novel TEM sample preparation using XeF2 selective Etching. MRS proceedings, 1659, 149-153. https://doi.org/10.1557/opl.2014.209
- Nguyen, B., Jones, S., Goulty, N., Middleton, A., Grant, N., Ferguson, A., & Bowen, L. (2013). The role of fluid pressure and diagenetic cements for porosoity preservation in Triassic fluvial reservoirs of the Central Graben, North Sea. AAPG Bulletin, 97(8), 1273-1302. https://doi.org/10.1306/01151311163
- Pearson, C., Bowen, L., Lee, M.-W., Fisher, A., Linton, K., Bryce, M., & Petty, M. (2013). Focused ion beam and field-emission microscopy of metallic filaments in memory devices based on thin films of an ambipolar organic compound consisting of oxadiazole, carbazole and fluorene units. Applied Physics Letters, 102(21), https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4808026
- Stone, R., Rosamond, M., Coleman, K., Petty, M., Kosolov, O., Bowen, L., Dubrovskii, V., & Zeze, D. (2013). Tungstate sharpening: a versatile method for expanding the profile of ultra sharp tungsten probes. Review of Scientific Instruments, 84(3), https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4797483
- Ball, J., Bowen, L., Mendis, B. G., & Reehal, H. (2013). Low pressure plasma assisted silicon nanowire growth from self organised tin catalyst particles. CrystEngComm, 15(19), https://doi.org/10.1039/c3ce00036b
- Horwell, C., Williamson, B., Donaldson, K., Le Blond, J., Damby, D., & Bowen, L. (2012). The structure of volcanic cristobalite in relation to its toxicity; relevance for the variable crystalline silica hazard. Particle and Fibre Toxicology, 9, Article 44. https://doi.org/10.1186/1743-8977-9-44
- Major, J. D., Bowen, L., Treharne, R. E., & Durose, K. (2012). Assessment of Photovoltaic Junction Position in CdTe Solar Cells Using a Combined FIB-EBIC Technique. MRS proceedings, 1432, https://doi.org/10.1557/opl.2012.1031
- Williams, B., Mendis, B., Bowen, L., Halliday, D., & Durose, K. (2011). Vapor-Liquid-Solid Growth of Cadmium Telluride Nanowires by Close-Space-Sublimation for Photovoltaic Applications. MRS proceedings, 1350, 13-18. https://doi.org/10.1557/opl.2011.872
- Major, J. D., Bowen, L., & Durose, K. (2011). Focussed ion beam and field emission gun-scanning electron microscopy for the investigation of voiding and interface phenomena in thin-film solar cells. Progress in Photovoltaics, 20(7), https://doi.org/10.1002/pip.1164
- Mendis, B., & Bowen, L. (2011). Cathodoluminescence measurement of grain boundary recombination velocity in vapour grown p-CdTe. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 326, https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/326/1/012017
- Mendis, B., Bowen, L., & Jiang, Q. (2010). A contactless method for measuring the recombination velocity of an individual grain boundary in thin-film photovoltaics. Applied Physics Letters, 97(9), Article 092112. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3486482
- Cirlin, G., Dubrovskii, V., Samsonenko, Y., Bouravleuv, A., Durose, K., Proskruryakov, Y., Mendes, B., Bowen, L., Kaliteevski, M., Abram, R., & Zeze, D. (2010). Self-catalyzed, pure zincblende GaAs nanowires grown on Si(111) by molecular beam epitaxy. Physical review B, 82(3), Article 035302. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.82.035302
Supervision students
Josh Parry
MScR