Current Research interests

• Structure and dynamics of liquids and glasses.
• Magnetic ordering in liquids.
• Neutron and X-ray scattering from disordered systems.
• PDF (Pair-Distribution Function) analysis.
• Measurement of neutron scattering lengths.
• Quantum effects in liquids and solids.
  

• "Oxygen as a Site Specific Probe of the Structure of Water and Oxide Materials"
  Anita Zeidler, Philip S. Salmon, Henry E. Fischer, Joerg C. Neuefeind, J. Mike Simonson, Hartmut Lemmel, Helmut Rauch and Thomas E. Markland
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 145501 (2011)

• "Structure of GeO2 glass at pressures up to 8.6 GPa"
  J.W.E. Drewitt, P.S. Salmon, A.C. Barnes, S. Klotz, H.E. Fischer and W.A. Crichton
  Phys. Rev. B 81, 014202 (2010)

• "The liquid-liquid phase transition in supercooled yttria-alumina"
  A.C. Barnes, L.B. Skinner, P.S. Salmon, A. Bytchkov, I. Posdnyakova, T.O. Farmer and H.E. Fischer
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 225702 (2009)

• "The structure of liquid carbon dioxide and carbon disulfide"
  J. Neuefeind, H.E. Fischer, J.M. Simonson, N. Idrissi, A. Schöps and V. Honkimäki
  J. Chem. Phys. 130, 174503 (2009)

• "New measurements of the coherent and incoherent neutron scattering lengths of 13C"
  H.E. Fischer, J. Neuefeind, J.M. Simonson, R. Loidl and H. Rauch
  J. Phys. Condens. Matter 20, 045221 (2008)

• "The D20 instrument at the ILL: A versatile high-intensity 2-axis neutron diffractometer"
  T.C. Hansen, P.F. Henry, H.E. Fischer, J. Torregrossa and P. Convert
  Meas. Sci. Technol. 19, 034001 (2008)

• "Magnetic critical scattering in solid Co80Pd20"
  H.E. Fischer, L. Hennet, et al.
  J. Phys. Condens. Matter 19, 415106 (2007)
  

• "Neutron and x-ray diffraction studies of liquids and glasses"
  H.E. Fischer, A.C. Barnes and P.S. Salmon
  Rep. Prog. Phys. 69, 233–299 (2006)
  
  
• "Identification of the relative distribution of rare-earth ions in phosphate glasses"
  R.A. Martin, P.S. Salmon, H.E. Fischer and G.J. Cuello
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 185501 (2003)
  
  
• "D4c: A very high precision diffractometer for disordered materials"
  H.E. Fischer, et al.
  Appl. Phys. A 74, S160–S162 (2002)
  
  
• "First solvation shell of the Cu(II) aqua ion: evidence for five-fold coordination"
  A. Pasquarello, et al.
  Science 291, 856 (2001)
  

• "Quantitative evaluation of anharmonic and disorder effects on glassy dynamics"
  H.E. Fischer, et al.
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 1193 (1999)

• "Structural studies of multiwall carbon nanotubes by neutron diffraction"
  A. Burian, J.C. Dore, H.E. Fischer and J. Sloane
  Phys. Rev. B 59, 1665 (1999)

• "Giant magnetoresistance dependence on the lateral correlation length of the interface roughness in magnetic superlattices"
  R. Schad, et al.
  Phys. Rev. B 59, 1242 (1999)

• "A determination of the partial structure factors of liquid TlSe using combined X-ray and neutron diffraction"
  A.C. Barnes, et al.
  J. Phys. Condens. Matter 10, L645 (1998)

• "Quantum mechanical effects on the static structure factor of pairs of ortho-deuterium molecules"
  M. Celli, R. Magli, H. Fischer, L. Frommhold and F. Barocchi
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 5828 (1998)
  

• "A quantitative assessment of the effects of orientational and positional disorder on glassy dynamics in a polymorphic molecular solid"
  R.A. Ramos, et al.
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 82 (1997)

• "A determination of the structure of liquid Ag2Se using neutron diffraction and isotopic substitution"
  A.C. Barnes, et al.
  J. Phys. Condens. Matter 9, 6159 (1997)

• "Specular and off-specular anomalous x-ray scattering as quantitative structural probes of multilayers"
  H.E. Fischer, et al.
  Nucl. Instr. Methods B 97, 402 (1995)
  

• "Interfacial structure and giant magnetoresistance in Fe/Cr superlattices"
  H.E. Fischer, et al.
  J. Phys. IV France 4, C9-121 (1994)

• "Rapid crystallization of amorphous Co-Zr and Fe-B close to eutectic compositions"
  H.E. Fischer, S. Brauer, A. Zaluska, M. Sutton, J.O. Str¨om-Olsen et G.B. Stephenson
  Materials Science and Engineering A 179/180, 396 (1994)
  
  
• "Thermal conductivity of thin films: measurements and understanding"
  D.G. Cahill, H.E. Fischer, T.Klitsner, E.T. Swartz and R.O. Pohl
  J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 7, 1259 (1989)
  
  
• "Specific heat, thermal conductivity and electrical resistivity of high temperature superconductors"
  H.E. Fischer, D.G. Cahill and S.K. Watson
  Comments Cond. Mat. Phys. 14, 65 (1988), (63 pages, 139 refs.)
  
  
• "Phonon radiative heat transfer and surface scattering"
  T. Klitsner, J.E. VanCleve, H.E. Fischer and R.O. Pohl
  Phys. Rev. B 38, 7576 (1988)
  
  
• "Crystal electric fields in heavy-electron metals: The specific heats of U₂Zn₁₇ and CeCu₆ to 70 K"
  H.E. Fischer, E.T. Swartz, R.O. Pohl, B.A. Jones, J.W. Wilkins et Z. Fisk
  Phys. Rev. B 36, 5330 (1987)