Dr Ross Piltz
Staff Profile
Role at ANSTO
Dr Ross Piltz is instrument scientist for the KOALA single-crystal Laue Diffractometer. He has a PhD (Physics) from the University of Melbourne. Since joining ANSTO in 1996, and until the end of the HIFAR era, he was responsible for the 2TAN neutron scattering instruments and was 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.
Publications
N. Sharma, T. Soehnel, G. J. McIntyre, R. O. Piltz and C. D. Ling "Structure of BiRe2O6 re-investigated using Single-Crystal Neutron Laue Diffraction", Journal of Physics: Conference Series in press (2009). (1st paper from KOALA)
D. J. Goossens, A. G. Beasley, T. R. Welberry, M. J. Gutmann, and R. O. Piltz, Neutron diffuse scattering in deuterated para-terphenyl, C18D14, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter, 21, Art. No. 124204 (2009).
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, 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 'Cs1.5Li1.5D(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).