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lja@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Honorary Professorial Fellow
School of Physics
Education
PhD
University of South Africa
Masters (Coursework)
University of Port Elizabeth
Bachelors Degree (Honours)
University of Port Elizabeth

Prof Les J. Allen

Honorary Professorial Fellow
School of Physics

305 Scholarly works
6 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Model for Imaging in High-Resolution Secondary Electron Microscopy
    DOI: 10.1093/mam/ozag038
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Practicable model for phonon spectroscopy at atomic resolution in scanning transmission electron microscopy for thick crystalline specimens
    DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.111.054119
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Interpretation of phonon spectroscopic data at atomic resolution in scanning transmission electron microscopy
    DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.110.094105
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Simple model for phonon spectroscopy using fast electrons
    DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.109.184105
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Automated detection and mapping of crystal tilt using thermal diffuse scattering in transmission electron microscopy
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2024.114050
  • 2018

    Journal article

    Structure Retrieval at Atomic Resolution in the Presence of Multiple Scattering of the Electron Probe
    DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.266102
  • 2015

    Journal article

    Surface determination through atomically resolved secondary-electron imaging
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8358
Les J. Allen

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2018
Vernon Cosslett Medal (seminal achievements in electron scattering theory and application to experimental developments) International Federation of Societies for Microscopy
2017
Humboldt Research Award Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
2006
John Sanders Medal (for excellence in developing or applying electron microscopy techniques) Australian Microscopy and Microanalysis Society

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2024

    Journal article

    Direct Mapping of Fluorine in Cation Disordered Rocksalt Cathodes
    DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.3c02154
  • 2023

    Journal article

    Lessons from the harmonic oscillator: Reconciliation of the frequency-resolved frozen phonon multislice method with other theoretical approaches
    DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.108.094309
  • 2023

    Journal article

    Simulations of Phonon Spectroscopy in the Impact Scattering Regime – Advances and Applications
    DOI: 10.1093/micmic/ozad067.306
  • 2022

    Journal article

    Unified fast reconstruction algorithm for conventional, phase-contrast, and diffraction tomography
    DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.468350
  • 2022

    Journal article

    A Method for High-Resolution Three-Dimensional Reconstruction with Ewald Sphere Curvature Correction from Transmission Electron Images
    DOI: 10.1017/S1431927622000630

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2014

    Research Grant

    Making Every Electron Count in Atomic Resolution Microscopy
  • 2011

    Research Grant

    Novel Advances in Sub-Nanometer Imaging
  • 2010

    Research Grant

    High-Resolution Electron Diffraction Imaging for the Nanosciences

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