RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Crystallography of solid-state nuclei in precipitation-hardened aluminium alloys.
• Synthesis and structural characterisation of graphitic nanostructures.

More details can be found at http://www-personal.monash.edu.au/~bourgeoi/

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

L. Bourgeois, J.F. Nie, and B.C. Muddle, 2005, 'Assisted nucleation of Θ' phase in Al-Cu-Sn: the modified crystallography of tin precipitates' Philos. Mag. 85, 3487.

C. Tang, L. Bourgeois, Y. Bando, and D. Golberg, 2003, 'Preparation and structure of magnesium oxide coated indium nanowires', Chem. Phys. Lett., 382, 374.

L. Bourgeois, J.F. Nie, and B.C. Muddle, 2002, 'On the role of tin in promoting nucleation of the Θ' phase in Al-Cu-Sn' Mater. Sci. Forum, 396-402, 789.

L. Bourgeois, B.C. Muddle, and J.F. Nie, 2001, 'The crystal structure of the equilibrium Φ phase in creep-resistant Mg-Zn-Al casting alloys', Acta Mater., 49, 2701 .

L. Bourgeois, C.L. Mendis, B.C. Muddle, and J.F. Nie, 2001, 'Characterisation of quasicrystalline primary intermetallic particles in Mg-8Zn-4Al casting alloy', Phil. Mag. Lett., 81, 709.

L. Bourgeois, Y. Bando, W.Q. Han, and T. Sato, 2000, 'Structure of boron nitride nanoscale cones: ordered stacking of 240° and 300° disclinations' Phys. Rev. B61, 7686.

L. Bourgeois, Y. Bando, S. Shinozaki, K. Kurashima, and T. Sato, 1999, 'Boron nitride cones: structure determination by transmission electron microscopy', Acta Cryst. A55, 168.

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