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I11 High Resolution Powder Diffraction
Status: Operational
Wavelength: 0.5-2.1 Å
Energy: 6-25 (30*) keV - optimised at 15 keV
Energy: 6-25 (30*) keV - optimised at 15 keV
User Publications
These papers are all based at least in part on data gathered on beamline I11. If you have published a paper based on data from I11 which doesn't appear here, please send a reference (ideally including a DOI) to us.
33 items found for 2026 [total: 1018]
Hollow-ZrO2@CuZnAl-LDH-derived catalyst for direct CO2 hydrogenation to methanol Acs Catalysis, May 2026 DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.6c01304
The role of precursor decomposition in low-temperature solution-based synthesis and crystallization of Li-garnet solid electrolyte films Journal Of Materials Chemistry A, 2 May 2026 DOI: 10.1039/D6TA02188C
The impact of polymorphism on the thermophysical properties of methyl behenate as a phase-change material Crystengcomm, May 2026 DOI: 10.1039/D6CE00065G
Particle size-graded bilayer electrodes for enhanced transport in layered transition metal oxide cathodes Journal Of The Electrochemical Society, May 2026 DOI: 10.1149/1945-7111/ae6f4e
Evolution of charge and orbital ordering, and cation vacancy ordering during electrochemical desodiation of NaxNiO2 Journal Of The American Chemical Society, May 2026 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6c03074
Electrochemical structural evolution of NaxNiO2 cathodes for sodium-ion batteries Apr 2026 DOI: 10.17863/CAM.129105
Thesis I11-High Resolution Powder Diffraction
Multilayer-induced stress manipulation for superior piezoelectric performance and temperature stability in lead-free piezoceramics Nature Communications, Apr 2026 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-72278-y
Bulk magnetic properties of distorted square lattice compounds M′-LnTaO4 (Ln = Tb, Dy, Ho, Er) Physical Review Materials, 10 Apr 2026 DOI: 10.1103/q8ld-d9vp
Journal Paper I11-High Resolution Powder Diffraction
A robust metal-organic framework with ‘molecular gates’ for efficient separation of ethane from ethylene Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Apr 2026 DOI: 10.1002/anie.6088623
Controlling electrode-electrolyte interactions to enhance capacitance Journal Of The American Chemical Society, Apr 2026 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c20988
Highly reversible and selective capture of trace SO2 in a scalable aluminum-based metal-organic framework Journal Of The American Chemical Society, 13 Apr 2026 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6c01974
Journal Paper B22-Multimode InfraRed imaging And Microspectroscopy I11-High Resolution Powder Diffraction
Correlating A and B site co-doping effects on the crystallographic structure and dielectric properties of Sr2NaNb5O15 (SNN) tetragonal tungsten bronze (TTB) Acta Materialia, 70 Apr 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2026.122289
Journal Paper I11-High Resolution Powder Diffraction
Electrochemically induced oxide-to-hydroxide transformation enables fast proton transport for enhanced hydrogen evolution Advanced Science, 4 Apr 2026 DOI: 10.1002/advs.75242
Goldstone-mediated polar instability in hexagonal barium titanate Physical Review Letters, 136 Mar 2026 DOI: 10.1103/9mdh-2b5w
Tuning B2-NiAl precipitate evolution in Cr-Fe-Ni-Al BCC-superalloys: CALPHAD design, thermal stability, and mechanical implications International Journal Of Refractory Metals And Hard Materials, 14 Mar 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmhm.2026.107754
Discovery of two new Cu-Sn chalco-halides for potential solar absorber applications Journal Of Materials Chemistry A, 8 Mar 2026 DOI: 10.1039/D5TA06204G
High temperature zirconium alloys Zr-Al-Sn-(Si,Cr,V) by near-α titanium analogy Acta Materialia, 306 Mar 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2025.121891
Crystallographic location of active sites in ZSM-5 determined by quantitative STEM Applied Catalysis A: General, 714 Mar 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.apcata.2026.120846
Structure and optical properties of a trimetallic cobalt-molybdenum-sodium metal-organic framework Acta Crystallographica Section C Structural Chemistry, 82 Mar 2026 DOI: 10.1107/S205322962600077X
Light-induced binding and reduction of CO2 over transient open Ce(III) sites in a metal-organic framework Journal Of The American Chemical Society, Mar 2026 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c20721
Structural propensities in Cs2MBiX6 (M = Na, Ag; X = Cl, Br) bismuth halide double perovskites Chemistry Of Materials, 1 Mar 2026 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5c03072
Journal Paper I11-High Resolution Powder Diffraction
Governing principles of hydration of mixed proton conducting Co-based double perovskites Nature Communications, 3 Mar 2026 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-70212-w
Reversible oxygen redox in Li-rich Mn based cathodes achieved by regulating the local environments of bulk and surface lattice oxygen Advanced Materials, 112 Feb 2026 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202523233
Journal Paper I11-High Resolution Powder Diffraction
Enhanced sodium dynamics in biphasic NaSICON solid electrolytes Chemistry Of Materials, 6 Feb 2026 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5c03070
Journal Paper I11-High Resolution Powder Diffraction
Synthesis of the double infinite-layer Ni(I) phase La3Ni2O5F via sequential topochemical reactions Journal Of The American Chemical Society, 190 Feb 2026 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c16740
Structure and magnetism of mixed-valent iron oxysulfides Sr3Fe4O6S2 (Sr3(Fe3+)2O5(Fe2+)2OS2) and Sr4Fe4O7S2 (Sr4(Fe3+)2O6(Fe2+)2OS2) Chemical Communications, Feb 2026 DOI: 10.1039/D6CC00150E
Influence of liquid on crystallite size evolution during ball milling Crystal Growth & Design, Feb 2026 DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.5c01662
Charge ordering and incommensurate modulations in the metamagnetic layered manganese oxysulfide Sr2MnO2Cu3.5S Journal Of The American Chemical Society, 2 Jan 2026 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c21494
Journal Paper I11-High Resolution Powder Diffraction I15-1-X-ray Pair Distribution Function (XPDF) open access
Ruthenium-loaded heteroatomic zeolite for selective hydrodeoxygenation reaction in aqueous medium Journal Of The American Chemical Society, Jan 2026 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c19607
Impact of the d0 transition metal on local structural transformations in disordered rock salt cathodes Chemical Science, 17 Jan 2026 DOI: 10.1039/D5SC06959A
Enhanced reversible barocaloric effect at low pressure in neopentyl plastic crystal solid solutions Communications Materials, 57 Jan 2026 DOI: 10.1038/s43246-026-01084-2
Magnetic properties of the quasi-1D magnesium lanthanide borates MgO10 Journal Of Physics: Condensed Matter, 38 Jan 2026 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648X/ae37bb
Emulating radiation-induced defect microstructures by neutrons and dark matter using ions Jan 2026
Thesis I11-High Resolution Powder Diffraction
- Emma L. Southall, Gerardo T. Martinez, Roland C. Turnell-Ritson, Dermot O'Hare, "Hollow-ZrO2@CuZnAl-LDH-derived catalyst for direct CO2 hydrogenation to methanol", Acs Catalysis (2026), DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.6c01304
- Lucie Quincke, Gaurav Anand, Farheen N. Sayed, Clare P., Grey, Barbara A. J. Lechner, Jennifer L. M. Rupp, "The role of precursor decomposition in low-temperature solution-based synthesis and crystallization of Li-garnet solid electrolyte films", Journal Of Materials Chemistry A, 2 (2026), DOI: 10.1039/D6TA02188C
- Rebecca Ravotti, Xiaojiao Liu, Colin R. Pulham, Anastasia Stamatiou, "The impact of polymorphism on the thermophysical properties of methyl behenate as a phase-change material", Crystengcomm (2026), DOI: 10.1039/D6CE00065G
- Hwee Jien Tan, James Le Houx, Clare P. Grey, Michael De Volder, "Particle size-graded bilayer electrodes for enhanced transport in layered transition metal oxide cathodes", Journal Of The Electrochemical Society (2026), DOI: 10.1149/1945-7111/ae6f4e
- James M. A. Steele, Joshua D. Bocarsly, Liam A. V. Nagle-Cocco, George S. Phillips, Farheen N. Sayed, Giulio I. Lampronti, Fabio Orlandi, Pascal Manuel, Iuliia Mikulska, Clare P. Grey, Sian E. Dutton, "Evolution of charge and orbital ordering, and cation vacancy ordering during electrochemical desodiation of NaxNiO2", Journal Of The American Chemical Society (2026), DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6c03074
- [Thesis] James Steele, "Electrochemical structural evolution of NaxNiO2 cathodes for sodium-ion batteries" (2026), DOI: 10.17863/CAM.129105
- Yangda Dong, Yi Ding, Yuqiao Zhang, Ge Wang, Yanghe Wang, Shiyao Xu, Yue Qin, Yuan Zhang, Changjian Li, Xiaohui Wang, Jiagang Wu, Ting Zheng, "Multilayer-induced stress manipulation for superior piezoelectric performance and temperature stability in lead-free piezoceramics", Nature Communications (2026), DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-72278-y
- Nicola D. Kelly, Ivan Da Silva, Sian E. Dutton, "Bulk magnetic properties of distorted square lattice compounds M′-LnTaO4 (Ln = Tb, Dy, Ho, Er)", Physical Review Materials, 10 (2026), DOI: 10.1103/q8ld-d9vp
- Shao‐min Wang, Liping Zhang, Yitao Li, Ziluo Fang, Xue Han, Stephen P. Thompson, Qing‐yuan Yang, Sihai Yang, "A robust metal-organic framework with ‘molecular gates’ for efficient separation of ethane from ethylene", Angewandte Chemie International Edition (2026), DOI: 10.1002/anie.6088623
- Jamie W. Gittins, Chloe J. Balhatchet, James Hill, Teedhat Trisukhon, Malina Seyffertitz, Seung-Jae Shin, Yashna Khakre, Kangkang Ge, Thomas Kress, Smaranda C. Marinescu, Aron Walsh, Oskar Paris, Ieuan D. Seymour, Alexander C. Forse, "Controlling electrode-electrolyte interactions to enhance capacitance", Journal Of The American Chemical Society (2026), DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c20988
- Shan Dai, Longzhang Dong, Yinlin Chen, Jiangnan Li, Justyna Rogacka, Yuhang Yang, Zi Wang, Benjamin J. Moore, Daniel Lee, Yongqiang Cheng, Svemir Rudic, Bogdan Kuchta, Mark D. Frogley, Lucy Saunders, Martin Schroeder, Sihai Yang, "Highly reversible and selective capture of trace SO2 in a scalable aluminum-based metal-organic framework", Journal Of The American Chemical Society, 13 (2026), DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6c01974
- Celine M. King, Robin Sjökvist, Mark S. Senn, Jeremiah P. Tidey, Richard Beanland, Rik Drummond-Brydson, Andy P. Brown, "Correlating A and B site co-doping effects on the crystallographic structure and dielectric properties of Sr2NaNb5O15 (SNN) tetragonal tungsten bronze (TTB)", Acta Materialia, 70 (2026), DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2026.122289
- Jiaying Mo, Lingling Zhai, Alex W. Robertson, Chiu C. Tang, Sarah J. Day, Simson Wu, Lu Chen, Tsz Woon Benedict Lo, Molly Meng-Jung Li, Shu Ping Lau, Xin-Ping Wu, Yiyang Li, Shik Chi Edman Tsang, "Electrochemically induced oxide-to-hydroxide transformation enables fast proton transport for enhanced hydrogen evolution", Advanced Science, 4 (2026), DOI: 10.1002/advs.75242
- Struan Simpson, Urmimala Dey, Robin Sjökvist, Jonathan Wright, Clemens Ritter, Richard Beanland, Nicholas C. Bristowe, Mark S. Senn, "Goldstone-mediated polar instability in hexagonal barium titanate", Physical Review Letters, 136 (2026), DOI: 10.1103/9mdh-2b5w
- Kan Ma, Thomas Blackburn, Xianbing Zhang, Vincent Gagneur, Johan P. Magnussen, Iris Carneiro, Alexander J. Knowles, "Tuning B2-NiAl precipitate evolution in Cr-Fe-Ni-Al BCC-superalloys: CALPHAD design, thermal stability, and mechanical implications", International Journal Of Refractory Metals And Hard Materials, 14 (2026), DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmhm.2026.107754
- Brinda Kuthanazhi, Debalina Banerjee, Dmitry Maslennikov, Andrij Vasylenko, Jan P. Scheifers, Cara J. Hawkins, Daniel Ritchie, Craig M. Robertson, Marco Zanella, Troy D. Manning, Luke M. Daniels, Marina R. Filip, Matthew S. Dyer, Laura M. Herz, John B. Claridge, Matthew J. Rosseinsky, "Discovery of two new Cu-Sn chalco-halides for potential solar absorber applications", Journal Of Materials Chemistry A, 8 (2026), DOI: 10.1039/D5TA06204G
- J. P. Magnussen, I. Carneiro, K. Ma, C. Coleman, A. Wisbey, H. Swan, A. J. Knowles, "High temperature zirconium alloys Zr-Al-Sn-(Si,Cr,V) by near-α titanium analogy", Acta Materialia, 306 (2026), DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2025.121891
- Baron Ping-Luen Ho, Christopher Foo, Xiting Yue, Tsz-Woon Benedict Lo, Wei-Che Lin, Tsai-Fu Chung, Yung-Kang Peng, Guangchao Li, Shik Chi Edman Tsang, "Crystallographic location of active sites in ZSM-5 determined by quantitative STEM", Applied Catalysis A: General, 714 (2026), DOI: 10.1016/j.apcata.2026.120846
- Benjamin J. Moore, Jeremiah P. Tidey, Craig I. Hiley, Richard I. Walton, "Structure and optical properties of a trimetallic cobalt-molybdenum-sodium metal-organic framework", Acta Crystallographica Section C Structural Chemistry, 82 (2026), DOI: 10.1107/S205322962600077X
- Shan Dai, Xiangdi Zeng, Benjamin J. Moore, Yuxiang Zhu, Yuhang Yang, Zi Wang, Luyan Li, Te Wang, Ivan Da Silva, Luke Keenan, Floriana Tuna, Daniel Lee, Sarah Day, Lucy Saunders, Martin Schroeder, Sihai Yang, "Light-induced binding and reduction of CO2 over transient open Ce(III) sites in a metal-organic framework", Journal Of The American Chemical Society (2026), DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c20721
- Haowen Tian, Li Tianyu, Anya S. Mulligan, Jack P. G. Tregidga, Matthew A. Wright, Zohar Arava, Chezhiyan Aditya, Molleigh B. Preefer, Stone Kevin H, Jerry Hu, Guang Wu, Alicia María Manjón-Sanz, Saul H. Lapidus, John W. Harter, Anthony K. Cheetham, Ram Seshadri, "Structural propensities in Cs2MBiX6 (M = Na, Ag; X = Cl, Br) bismuth halide double perovskites", Chemistry Of Materials, 1 (2026), DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5c03072
- Ragnar Strandbakke, Sebastian Lech Wachowski, Maria Balaguer, Lasse Vines, Thomas Neset Sky, Iga Szpunar, Patricia A. Carvalho, Aleksandra Mielewczyk-Gryń, Magnus H. Sørby, Maria Gazda, Jose M. Serra, Truls Norby, "Governing principles of hydration of mixed proton conducting Co-based double perovskites", Nature Communications, 3 (2026), DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-70212-w
- Ziqin Jiao, Tao Zeng, Wenhai Ji, Zheng Liu, Wenguang Zhao, Xiaoyu Gao, Yongbiao Mu, Xuansi Jiang, Yubin Li, Guojie Chen, Wenqing Yao, Jinqi Li, Ze He, Juping Xu, Ping Miao, Wen Yin, Yuguang Pu, Rui Wang, Yinguo Xiao, "Reversible oxygen redox in Li-rich Mn based cathodes achieved by regulating the local environments of bulk and surface lattice oxygen", Advanced Materials, 112 (2026), DOI: 10.1002/adma.202523233
- Amelia Reach, Matthew Wright, Anya S. Mulligan, Zhengwu Fang, Kang-Ting Tseng, Cathy Wang, Jerry G. Hu, Miaofang Chi, Anthony K. Cheetham, Ram Seshadri, Jeff Sakamoto, "Enhanced sodium dynamics in biphasic NaSICON solid electrolytes", Chemistry Of Materials, 6 (2026), DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5c03070
- Romain Wernert, Robert D. Smyth, Michael A. Hayward, "Synthesis of the double infinite-layer Ni(I) phase La3Ni2O5F via sequential topochemical reactions", Journal Of The American Chemical Society, 190 (2026), DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c16740
- Alexis Gillette, Annabel R. Lyon, Stanislav Savvin, Ines Puente-Orench, Sepideh Rahimisheikh, Joke Hadermann, Magali Gimeno, Michael L. Neidig, Simon J. Clarke, "Structure and magnetism of mixed-valent iron oxysulfides Sr3Fe4O6S2 (Sr3(Fe3+)2O5(Fe2+)2OS2) and Sr4Fe4O7S2 (Sr4(Fe3+)2O6(Fe2+)2OS2)", Chemical Communications (2026), DOI: 10.1039/D6CC00150E
- Mia Charlesworth, Giulio I. Lampronti, Ana M. Belenguer, Sarah Day, Lucy K. Saunders, Eamonn T. Connolly, Paul A. Midgley, Adam A. L. Michalchuk, "Influence of liquid on crystallite size evolution during ball milling", Crystal Growth & Design (2026), DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.5c01662
- Lemuel E. Crentsil, Oliver J. Rutt, David G. Free, Murray J. David, Robert D. Smyth, Catherine F. Smura, David A. Keen, Andrew N. Fitch, Joke Hadermann, Simon J. Clarke, "Charge ordering and incommensurate modulations in the metamagnetic layered manganese oxysulfide Sr2MnO2Cu3.5S", Journal Of The American Chemical Society, 2 (2026), DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c21494
- Zhaodong Zhu, Xin Lian, Xue Han, Zi Wang, Siyu Zhou, Meng He, Tianze Zhou, Yuting Chen, Mengtian Fan, Wenyuan Huang, Yuhang Yang, Shaojun Xu, Yongqiang Cheng, Luke L. Daemen, Jeff Armstrong, Svemir Rudic, William Thornley, Evan Tillotson, Daniel Lee, Sarah Haigh, Shiyu Fu, Floriana Tuna, Eric J. L. Mcinnes, Sihai Yang, "Ruthenium-loaded heteroatomic zeolite for selective hydrodeoxygenation reaction in aqueous medium", Journal Of The American Chemical Society (2026), DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c19607
- Tianyu Li, Otavio Marques, Tullio S. Geraci, Erick A. Lawrence, Arava Zohar, Jue Liu, Evans Avoka, Alexandra Navrotsky, Johanna Nelson Weker, Raphaële J. Clément, "Impact of the d0 transition metal on local structural transformations in disordered rock salt cathodes", Chemical Science, 17, 634 - 651 (2026), DOI: 10.1039/D5SC06959A
- Frederic Rendell-Bhatti, Melony Dilshad, Celine Beck, Markus Appel, Alba Prats, Eamonn T. Connolly, Claire Wilson, Lewis Giannelli, Pol Lloveras, Xavier Moya, David Boldrin, Donald A. Maclaren, "Enhanced reversible barocaloric effect at low pressure in neopentyl plastic crystal solid solutions", Communications Materials, 57 (2026), DOI: 10.1038/s43246-026-01084-2
- Lachlan G. M. Rooney, Sian E. Dutton, Nicola D. Kelly, "Magnetic properties of the quasi-1D magnesium lanthanide borates MgO10", Journal Of Physics: Condensed Matter, 38 (2026), DOI: 10.1088/1361-648X/ae37bb
- [Thesis] Thalles T. A. Lucas, "Emulating radiation-induced defect microstructures by neutrons and dark matter using ions" (2026)
Listed below are other publications associated with I11:
- Beamline I11 at Diamond: A new instrument for high resolution powder diffraction, S. P. Thompson, J. E. Parker, J. Potter, T. P. Hill, A. Birt, T. M. Cobb, F. Yuan, and C. C. Tang Review of Scientific Instruments 80, 075107 (2009)
DOI: 10.1063/1.3167217 - Design of powder diffraction beamline (BL-I11) at Diamond, C. C. Tang, S. P. Thompson, T. P. Hill, G. R. Wilkin and U. H. Wagner, Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie Suppl. 26 (2007) 153-158
doi: 10.1524/zkri.2007.2007.suppl_26.153 - High-performance X-ray detectors for the new powder diffraction beamline I11 at Diamond N. Tartoni, S. P. Thompson, C. C. Tang, B. L. Willis, G. E. Derbyshire, A. G. Wright, S. C. Jaye, J. M. Homer, J. D. Pizzey and A. M. T. Bell, Journal of Synchrotron Radiation. (2008). 15, 43-49
doi:10.1107/S0909049507046250
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