Victor A. Maroni

Education

• 1967: Ph.D. (Chemistry), Princeton University
• 1966: M.S. (Chemistry), Princeton University
• 1964: BA (Chemistry), Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Professional Affiliations

• Society for Applied Spectroscopy
• Materials Research Society
• Sigma Xi
• Editorial Board of Physica C: Superconductivity and Its Applications

Awards

• 2000: Member of a team that won the Council for Chemical Research Collaboration Success Award
• 1990: American Chemical Society/Division of Fuel Chemistry Best Paper Award
• 1985: R&D 100 Award, Research and Development Magazine
• 1979: University of Chicago Distinguished Performance Award

Selected Peer-Reviewed Publications (from more than 175)

• "On-line Characterization of YBCO Coated Conductors Using Raman Spectroscopy Methods," V.A. Maroni, J.L. Reeves, and G. Schwab, Applied Spectroscopy 61 , 359-366 (2007)
• "Coordinated Characterization of Coated Conductors (C₄)," V.A. Maroni, K. Venkataraman, D.J. Miller, S. Trasobares, Y. Lei, J.M. Hiller, K.E. Gray, V.K. Vlasko-Vlasov, H. Claus, J. Reeves, M.W. Rupich, W. Zhang, T. Kodenkandath, and X. Li, IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond. 15 , 2798-2802 (2005)
• "Characterization of MBa₂Cu₃O_7-x Thin Films By Raman Microspectroscopy," K. Venkataraman, R. Baurceanu, and V.A. Maroni, Applied Spectroscopy 59 , 639-649 (2005)
• "Reel-to-Reel X-ray Diffraction and Raman Microscopy Analysis of Differentially Heat-Treated Y-BaF₂-Cu Precursor Films on Metre-Length RABiTS," K. Venkataraman, D.F. Lee, K. Leonard, L. Heatherly, S. Cook, M. Paranthaman, M. Mika, and V.A. Maroni, Supercond. Sci. Technol. 17 , 739-749 (2004)
• "Detection of Interfacial Strain and Phase Separation in MBa₂Cu₃O_7-x Thin Films Using Raman Spectroscopy and X-ray Diffraction Space Mapping," K. Venkataraman, A.J. Kropf, C.U. Segre, Q.X. Jia, A. Goyal, B.W. Kang, S. Chattopadhyay, H. You, and V.A. Maroni, Physica C 402 , 1-16 (2004)

Research interests

• Vibrational analysis of polyatomic molecules and lattices;
• Application of spectroscopic and synchrotron x-ray methods to the study of battery/fuel cell materials, molecular sieve catalysis, corrosion mechanisms, and superconductors;
• Preparation, physicochemical characterization, and microstructural examination of high-critical-temperature superconducting materials/structures.