Staff profiles
Bill TrompetterIon Beam Analysis/Air Quality Scientist
Biography
Bill is a physicist with the Material's Team at GNS Science in Lower Hutt. He has helped develop the Ion beam analysis (IBA) capabilities used at GNS to modify and analyse materials. He has and continues to investigate a variety of materials including geological materials, air particulates, coatings, and development of new materials. The new materials work at GNS is now focused on energy efficient modern applications for a low carbon future.
Qualifications
- Masters of Management Studies in Technology
- MSc, Physics
- BSc Hons, Physics
- PhD, Engineering
Areas of expertise
- Nuclear Physics: Ion Beam Analysis
- Nuclear Physics: New materials development
- Nuclear Physics: Geological specimens
- Nuclear Physics: Air particulates
Major Publications
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- Ferrite based soft magnetic composite development intended for inroad charging application, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 570: article 170530. DOI: 10.1016/j.jmmm.2023.170530. article 170530
- Composite magnetic materials development for application in inroad charging systems, Materials today : proceedings 64: DOI: 10.1016/j.matpr.2023.03.779.
- Indoor air quality, largely neglected and in urgent need of a refresh, New Zealand Medical Journal 135(1559): p. 136-139. p. 136-139
- Evolution of Rutherfords ion beam science to applied research activities at GNS Science, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 51(3/4): p. 574-591. DOI: 10.1080/03036758.2021.1897021. p. 574-591
- Investigation of New Zealand's natural magnetic minerals for application in inroad charging systems, International journal of modern physics B 34(1): DOI: 10.1142/S0217979220400184.
- The effect of ventilation on air particulate matter in school classrooms, Journal of Building Engineering 18: p. 164-171. DOI: 10.1016/j.jobe.2018.03.009. p. 164-171
- Fugitive emissions from nanopowder manufacturing, Journal of nanoparticle research 18(7): article no. 203. DOI: 10.1007/s11051-016-3509-8. article no. 203
- Vertical and temporal variations of black carbon in New Zealand urban areas during winter, Atmospheric Environment 75: p. 179-187. DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.04.036. p. 179-187
- Carbonaceous aerosols in a wood burning community in rural New Zealand, Atmospheric pollution research 4(3): p. 245-249. DOI: 10.5094/APR.2013.026. p. 245-249
- Use of micro-proton elastic scattering analysis to determine water content in geological powders, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section B, Beam interactions with materials and atoms 306: p. 257-260. DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2012.11.037. p. 257-260
- Seasonality of airmass pathways to coastal Antarctica : ramifications for interpreting high-resolution ice core records, Journal of climate 26(6): p. 2065-2076. DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00167.1. p. 2065-2076
- Identification of particulate matter sources on an hourly time-scale in a wood burning community, Environmental science & technology 46(9): p. 47674774. p. 47674774
- Composition and source contributions of air particulate matter pollution in a New Zealand suburban town, Atmospheric pollution research 3(1): p. 143-147. DOI: 10.5094/APR.2012.014. p. 143-147
- Hydrothermal water-rock interaction and the redistribution of Li, B and Cl in the Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand, Chemical Geology 314-317: p. 96-112. DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.05.002. p. 96-112
- The effect of substrate surface oxides on the bonding of NiCr alloy particles HVAF thermally sprayed onto aluminium substrates, Journal of thermal spray technology 19(5): p. 1024-1031. DOI: 10.1007/s11666-010-9506-z. p. 1024-1031
- Influence of environmental conditions on carbonaceous particle concentrations within New Zealand, Journal of aerosol science 41(1): p. 134-142. DOI: 10.1016/j.jaerosci.2009.11.003. p. 134-142
- Synoptic controls on precipitation pathways and snow delivery to high-accumulation ice core sites in the Ross Sea region, Antarctica, Journal of Geophysical Research. Atmospheres 115: D22112. DOI: 10.1029/2010JD014383. D22112
- Effect of substrate hardness on splat morphology in high-velocity thermal spray coatings, Journal of thermal spray technology 15(4): p. 663-669. DOI: 10.1361/105996306X147261. p. 663-669
- Evidence of mechanical interlocking of NiCr particles thermally sprayed onto Al substances, Journal of thermal spray technology 14(4): p. 524-529. p. 524-529
- Calibration of eddy current carburization measurements in ethylene production tubes using ion beam analysis, Journal of physics. D, Applied physics 37(3): p. 501-509. Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences contribution 2896 p. 501-509
- Use of IBA techniques to characterize high velocity thermal spray coatings, Modern physics letters B 15(28/29): p. 1428-1436. Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences contribution 2327 p. 1428-1436
- Lithium and boron distributions in geological samples, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section B, Beam interactions with materials and atoms 158(1-4): p. 568-574. DOI: 10.1016/S0168-583X(99)00333-X. [s.l.]: [s.n.]. Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences contribution 1870 p. 568-574
- Twenty years of proton microprobe research in biominerals : a tribute to Graeme Ernest Coote, 1935-1997, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section B, Beam interactions with materials and atoms 158(1-4): p. 1-5. DOI: 10.1016/S0168-583X(99)00494-2. [s.l.]: [s.n.]. Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences contribution 1869 p. 1-5