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I15-1 XPDF: X-ray Pair Distribution Function
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Wavelength: 0.31, 0.19, 0.16 Å
Energy: 40, 65, 76 keV
Energy: 40, 65, 76 keV
These papers are all based at least in part on data gathered on beamline I15-1. If you have published a paper based on data from I15-1 which doesn't appear here, please send a reference (ideally including a DOI) to us.
34 items found for 2020 [total: 263]
In situ total scattering experiments of nucleation and crystallisation of tantalum-based oxides: from highly dilute solutions via cluster formation to nanoparticles Nanoscale, Nov 2020 DOI: 10.1039/D0NR07871A
New insights into the application of pair distribution function studies to biogenic and synthetic hydroxyapatites Scientific Reports, 10 Nov 2020 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-73200-2
Metal-organic framework and inorganic glass composites Nature Communications, 11 Nov 2020 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-19598-9
Application of radial distribution functions to diffraction and imaging data: Interfacial structures, amorphous, disordered materials Oct 2020 DOI: 10.17863/CAM.51543
Thesis I15-1-X-ray Pair Distribution Function (XPDF)
Understanding the amorphous lithiation pathway of the type I Ba8Ge43 clathrate with synchrotron X-ray characterization Chemistry Of Materials, Oct 2020 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c03641
Exploring cation–anion redox processes in one-dimensional linear chain vanadium tetrasulfide rechargeable magnesium ion cathodes Journal Of The American Chemical Society, Oct 2020 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c08222
La2Ga3O7.5 : A metastable ternary melilite with a super-excess of interstitial oxide ions synthesized by direct crystallization of the melt Chemistry Of Materials, Oct 2020 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c03441
Journal Paper I15-1-X-ray Pair Distribution Function (XPDF)
Fast operando X-ray pair distribution function using the DRIX electrochemical cell Journal Of Synchrotron Radiation, 27 Sept 2020 DOI: 10.1107/S160057752000747X
Insights into the electrochemical reduction products and processes in silica anodes for next‐generation lithium‐ion batteries Advanced Energy Materials, 278 Sept 2020 DOI: 10.1002/aenm.202001826
Stabilization of tetragonal zirconia nanocrystallites using an original supercritical-based synthesis route Chemistry Of Materials, Sept 2020 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c01550
Journal Paper I15-1-X-ray Pair Distribution Function (XPDF)
One‐dimensional π–d conjugated coordination polymer for electrochromic energy storage device with exceptionally high performance Advanced Science, Sept 2020 DOI: 10.1002/advs.201903109
A new route to porous metal–organic framework crystal–glass composites Chemical Science, 11 Sept 2020 DOI: 10.1039/D0SC04008H
Research and development of novel alloys for hydrogen storage Aug 2020
Thesis I12-JEEP: Joint Engineering, Environmental and Processing I15-1-X-ray Pair Distribution Function (XPDF)
Pyrochlore nanocrystals as versatile quasi-single-source precursors to lithium conducting garnets Journal Of Materials Chemistry A, 43 Aug 2020 DOI: 10.1039/D0TA05842D
X-ray pair distribution function analysis and electrical and electrochemical properties of cerium doped Li5La3Nb2O12 garnet solid-state electrolyte Dalton Transactions, 414 Aug 2020 DOI: 10.1039/D0DT02112A
Structure of anisole derivatives by total neutron and X-ray scattering: Evidences of weak C H⋯O and C H⋯π interactions in the liquid state Journal Of Molecular Liquids, Jul 2020 DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2020.113795
Journal Paper I15-1-X-ray Pair Distribution Function (XPDF)
Intra- and interchain interactions in (Cu1/2Au1/2)CN, (Ag1/2Au1/2)CN, and (Cu1/3Ag1/3Au1/3)CN and their effect on one-, two-, and three-dimensional order Inorganic Chemistry, Jul 2020 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c01593
Hidden stacking disorder in a 2D covalent organic framework Chemical Science, Jul 2020 DOI: 10.1039/D0SC03048A
Unveiling the local structure of palladium loaded into imine‐linked layered covalent organic frameworks for cross‐coupling catalysis Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 59 Jul 2020 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202004197
Journal Paper I15-1-X-ray Pair Distribution Function (XPDF)
Elucidating the role of bifunctional cobalt‐manganese catalyst interactions for higher alcohol synthesis European Journal Of Inorganic Chemistry, 2020 June 2020 DOI: 10.1002/ejic.202000397
Journal Paper I15-1-X-ray Pair Distribution Function (XPDF)
Orientational disorder of monomethyl-quinacridone investigated by Rietveld refinement, structure refinement to the pair distribution function and lattice-energy minimizations Acta Crystallographica Section B Structural Science, Crystal Engineering And Materials, 76 June 2020 DOI: 10.1107/S2052520620003984
Journal Paper I15-1-X-ray Pair Distribution Function (XPDF)
Displacive order–disorder behavior and intrinsic clustering of lattice distortions in Bi‐substituted NaNbO3 Advanced Functional Materials, June 2020 DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202001840
Dye-anchoring modes at the dye...TiO2 interface of n3- and n749-sensitized solar cells revealed by glancing-angle pair distribution function analysis The Journal Of Physical Chemistry C, May 2020 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c02314
Journal Paper I15-1-X-ray Pair Distribution Function (XPDF)
Understanding the local structure of Eu3+- and Y3+-stabilized zirconia: insights from luminescence and X-ray absorption spectroscopic investigations Journal Of Materials Science, 55 May 2020 DOI: 10.1007/s10853-020-04768-3
Investigating the melting behaviour of polymorphic zeolitic imidazolate frameworks Crystengcomm, 402 May 2020 DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00408A
Reversible densification in nano-Li 2 MnO 3 cation disordered rock-salt Li-ion battery cathodes Journal Of Materials Chemistry A, 69 May 2020 DOI: 10.1039/D0TA03372C
Magnetic characterization and thermal stability of Gd50Co48Fe2 metallic glass Acta Physica Polonica A, 137 May 2020 DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.137.914
Conference Paper I15-1-X-ray Pair Distribution Function (XPDF)
Additives control the stability of amorphous calcium carbonate via two different mechanisms: surface adsorption versus bulk incorporation Advanced Functional Materials, 44 Apr 2020 DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202000003
Temperature reversible synergistic formation of cerium oxyhydride and Au hydride: a combined XAS and XPDF study Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Apr 2020 DOI: 10.1039/D0CP00455C
Journal Paper I15-1-X-ray Pair Distribution Function (XPDF) I20-Scanning-X-ray spectroscopy (XAS/XES) open access
Exploring the origins of crystallisation kinetics in hierarchical materials using in situ X-ray diffraction and pair distribution function analysis Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 336 Mar 2020 DOI: 10.1039/D0CP00670J
Journal Paper I15-1-X-ray Pair Distribution Function (XPDF)
Tuning the morphological appearance of iron(III) fumarate: impact on material characteristics and biocompatibility Chemistry Of Materials, Mar 2020 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b03662
Journal Paper I15-1-X-ray Pair Distribution Function (XPDF)
Halogenated metal-organic framework glasses and liquids Journal Of The American Chemical Society, Jan 2020 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b11639
Journal Paper I15-1-X-ray Pair Distribution Function (XPDF)
Li2O:Li–Mn–O disordered rock‐salt nanocomposites as cathode prelithiation additives for high‐energy density Li‐ion batteries Advanced Energy Materials, 142 Jan 2020 DOI: 10.1002/aenm.201902788
Solvent-free powder synthesis and MOF-CVD thin films of the large-pore metal-organic framework MAF-6 Chemistry Of Materials, Jan 2020 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b03807
Journal Paper I15-1-X-ray Pair Distribution Function (XPDF)
- Ezgi Onur Sahin, Harun Tueysuez, Candace K. Chan, Gun-Hee Moon, Yitao Dai, Wolfgang Schmidt, Joohun Lim, Christina Scheu, Claudia Weidenthaler, "In situ total scattering experiments of nucleation and crystallisation of tantalum-based oxides: from highly dilute solutions via cluster formation to nanoparticles", Nanoscale (2020), DOI: 10.1039/D0NR07871A
- Emily L. Arnold, Dean S. Keeble, Charlene Greenwood, Keith Rogers, "New insights into the application of pair distribution function studies to biogenic and synthetic hydroxyapatites", Scientific Reports, 10 (2020), DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-73200-2
- Louis Longley, Courtney Calahoo, René Limbach, Yang Xia, Joshua M. Tuffnell, Adam F. Sapnik, Michael F. Thorne, Dean S. Keeble, David A. Keen, Lothar Wondraczek, Thomas D. Bennett, "Metal-organic framework and inorganic glass composites", Nature Communications, 11 (2020), DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-19598-9
- [Thesis] Karim Tanju Mukaddem, "Application of radial distribution functions to diffraction and imaging data: Interfacial structures, amorphous, disordered materials" (2020), DOI: 10.17863/CAM.51543
- Andrew Dopilka, Amanda Childs, Svilen Bobev, Candace Chan, "Understanding the amorphous lithiation pathway of the type I Ba8Ge43 clathrate with synchrotron X-ray characterization", Chemistry Of Materials (2020), DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c03641
- Sunita Dey, Jeongjae Lee, Sylvia Britto, Joshua M. Stratford, Evan N. Keyzer, Matthew T. Dunstan, Giannantonio Cibin, Simon J. Cassidy, Mahmoud Elgaml, Clare P. Grey, "Exploring cation–anion redox processes in one-dimensional linear chain vanadium tetrasulfide rechargeable magnesium ion cathodes", Journal Of The American Chemical Society (2020), DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c08222
- Jintai Fan, Vincent Sarou-Kanian, Xiaoyan Yang, Maria Diaz-Lopez, Franck Fayon, Xiaojun Kuang, Michael J. Pitcher, Mathieu Allix, "La2Ga3O7.5 : A metastable ternary melilite with a super-excess of interstitial oxide ions synthesized by direct crystallization of the melt", Chemistry Of Materials (2020), DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c03441
- Maria Diaz-Lopez, Geoffrey L. Cutts, Phoebe K. Allan, Dean S. Keeble, Allan Ross, Valerie Pralong, Georg Spiekermann, Philip A. Chater, "Fast operando X-ray pair distribution function using the DRIX electrochemical cell", Journal Of Synchrotron Radiation, 27 (2020), DOI: 10.1107/S160057752000747X
- Jake E. Entwistle, Samuel G. Booth, Dean S. Keeble, Faisal Ayub, Maximilian Yan, Serena A. Corr, Denis J. Cumming, Siddharth V. Patwardhan, "Insights into the electrochemical reduction products and processes in silica anodes for next‐generation lithium‐ion batteries", Advanced Energy Materials, 278 (2020), DOI: 10.1002/aenm.202001826
- Aimery Auxemery, Gilles Philippot, Matthew R. Suchomel, Denis Testemale, Cyril Aymonier, "Stabilization of tetragonal zirconia nanocrystallites using an original supercritical-based synthesis route", Chemistry Of Materials (2020), DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c01550
- Guofa Cai, Peng Cui, Wenxiong Shi, Samuel Morris, Shi Nee Lou, Jingwei Chen, Jing‐hao Ciou, Vinod K Paidi, Kug‐seung Lee, Shuzhou Li, Pooi See Lee, "One‐dimensional π–d conjugated coordination polymer for electrochromic energy storage device with exceptionally high performance", Advanced Science (2020), DOI: 10.1002/advs.201903109
- Shichun Li, Shuwen Yu, Sean M. Collins, Duncan N. Johnstone, Christopher W. Ashling, Adam F. Sapnik, Philip A. Chater, Dean S. Keeble, Lauren N. Mchugh, Paul A. Midgley, David A. Keen, Thomas D. Bennett, "A new route to porous metal–organic framework crystal–glass composites", Chemical Science, 11, 9910 - 9918 (2020), DOI: 10.1039/D0SC04008H
- [Thesis] K. Sulova, "Research and development of novel alloys for hydrogen storage" (2020)
- J. Mark Weller, Candace Chan, "Pyrochlore nanocrystals as versatile quasi-single-source precursors to lithium conducting garnets", Journal Of Materials Chemistry A, 43 (2020), DOI: 10.1039/D0TA05842D
- Bo Dong, Mark P. Stockham, Philip A. Chater, Peter R. Slater, "X-ray pair distribution function analysis and electrical and electrochemical properties of cerium doped Li5La3Nb2O12 garnet solid-state electrolyte", Dalton Transactions, 414 (2020), DOI: 10.1039/D0DT02112A
- Alessandro Triolo, Fabrizio Lo Celso, Natalia V. Plechkova, Francesca Leonelli, Sabrina Gärtner, Dean S. Keeble, Olga Russina, "Structure of anisole derivatives by total neutron and X-ray scattering: Evidences of weak C H⋯O and C H⋯π interactions in the liquid state", Journal Of Molecular Liquids (2020), DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2020.113795
- Simon J. Hibble, Ann M. Chippindale, Mohamed Zbiri, Nicholas H. Rees, Dean S. Keeble, Heribert Wilhelm, Stella D'Ambrumenil, David Seifert, "Intra- and interchain interactions in (Cu1/2Au1/2)CN, (Ag1/2Au1/2)CN, and (Cu1/3Ag1/3Au1/3)CN and their effect on one-, two-, and three-dimensional order", Inorganic Chemistry (2020), DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c01593
- Alexander M. Pütz, Maxwell Wesley Terban, Sebastian Bette, Frederik Haase, Robert E. Dinnebier, Bettina V. Lotsch, "Hidden stacking disorder in a 2D covalent organic framework", Chemical Science (2020), DOI: 10.1039/D0SC03048A
- Ignacio Romero-Muniz, Andreas Mavrandonakis, Pablo Albacete, Alicia Vega, Valérie Briois, Félix Zamora, Ana E. Platero-Prats, "Unveiling the local structure of palladium loaded into imine‐linked layered covalent organic frameworks for cross‐coupling catalysis", Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 59, 13013 - 13020 (2020), DOI: 10.1002/anie.202004197
- James Paterson, Roy Partington, Mark Peacock, Kay Sullivan, Jon Wilson, Zhuoran Xu, "Elucidating the role of bifunctional cobalt‐manganese catalyst interactions for higher alcohol synthesis", European Journal Of Inorganic Chemistry, 2020, 2312 - 2324 (2020), DOI: 10.1002/ejic.202000397
- Carina Schlesinger, Sonja M. Hammer, Tatiana E. Gorelik, Martin U. Schmidt, "Orientational disorder of monomethyl-quinacridone investigated by Rietveld refinement, structure refinement to the pair distribution function and lattice-energy minimizations", Acta Crystallographica Section B Structural Science, Crystal Engineering And Materials, 76 (2020), DOI: 10.1107/S2052520620003984
- Igor Levin, Fan Yang, Russell Maier, William J. Laws, Dean S. Keeble, Giannantonio Cibin, Derek C. Sinclair, "Displacive order–disorder behavior and intrinsic clustering of lattice distortions in Bi‐substituted NaNbO3", Advanced Functional Materials (2020), DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202001840
- Karim T. Mukaddem, Philip A. Chater, Leon R. Devereux, Othman K. K. Al Bahri, Apoorv Jain, Jacqueline M. Cole, "Dye-anchoring modes at the dye...TiO2 interface of n3- and n749-sensitized solar cells revealed by glancing-angle pair distribution function analysis", The Journal Of Physical Chemistry C (2020), DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c02314
- M. Eibl, S. Shaw, D. Prieur, A. Rossberg, M. C. Wilding, C. Hennig, K. Morris, J. Rothe, T. Stumpf, N. Huittinen, "Understanding the local structure of Eu3+- and Y3+-stabilized zirconia: insights from luminescence and X-ray absorption spectroscopic investigations", Journal Of Materials Science, 55, 10095 - 10120 (2020), DOI: 10.1007/s10853-020-04768-3
- Alice M. Bumstead, María Laura Ríos Gómez, Michael F. Thorne, Adam F. Sapnik, Louis Longley, Joshua M. Tuffnell, Dean S. Keeble, David A. Keen, Thomas D. Bennett, "Investigating the melting behaviour of polymorphic zeolitic imidazolate frameworks", Crystengcomm, 402 (2020), DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00408A
- Maria Diaz-Lopez, Philip A. Chater, Yves Joly, Olivier Proux, Jean-Louis Hazemann, Pierre Bordet, Valerie Pralong, "Reversible densification in nano-Li 2 MnO 3 cation disordered rock-salt Li-ion battery cathodes", Journal Of Materials Chemistry A, 69 (2020), DOI: 10.1039/D0TA03372C
- [Conference Paper] M. Lisnichuk, Y. Katuna, K. Saksl, M. Fejercak, M. Sulikova, S. Michalik, E. Čižmár, A. Kliuikov, V. Girman, S. Vorobiov, Z. Molčanová, B. Balloková, P. Sovák, "Magnetic characterization and thermal stability of Gd50Co48Fe2 metallic glass", Acta Physica Polonica A, 137, 914 - 917 (2020), DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.137.914
- Zhaoyong Zou, Xiaofei Yang, Marie Albéric, Tobias Heil, Qihang Wang, Boaz Pokroy, Yael Politi, Luca Bertinetti, "Additives control the stability of amorphous calcium carbonate via two different mechanisms: surface adsorption versus bulk incorporation", Advanced Functional Materials, 44 (2020), DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202000003
- Adam H. Clark, Nadia Acerbi, Philip A. Chater, Paul Collier, Shusaku Hayama, Timothy I. Hyde, Gopinathan Sankar, "Temperature reversible synergistic formation of cerium oxyhydride and Au hydride: a combined XAS and XPDF study", Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (2020), DOI: 10.1039/D0CP00455C
- Matthew E. Potter, Mark E. Light, Daniel J. M. Irving, Alice E. Oakley, Stephanie Chapman, Philip Chater, Geoff Cutts, Andrew Watts, Michael Wharmby, Bart D. Vandegehuchte, Moritz W. Schreiber, Robert Raja, "Exploring the origins of crystallisation kinetics in hierarchical materials using in situ X-ray diffraction and pair distribution function analysis", Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 336 (2020), DOI: 10.1039/D0CP00670J
- Patrick Hirschle, Christian Hirschle, Konstantin Böll, Markus Döblinger, Miriam Höhn, Joshua M. Tuffnell, Christopher W. Ashling, David Keen, Thomas D. Bennett, Joachim O. Rädler, Ernst Wagner, Michael Peller, Ulrich Lächelt, Stefan Wuttke, "Tuning the morphological appearance of iron(III) fumarate: impact on material characteristics and biocompatibility", Chemistry Of Materials (2020), DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b03662
- Jingwei Hou, María Laura Ríos Gómez, Andraž Krajnc, Aoife Mccaul, Shichun Li, Alice M. Bumstead, Adam F. Sapnik, Zeyu Deng, Rijia Lin, Philip A. Chater, Dean S. Keeble, David A. Keen, Dominique Appadoo, Bun Chan, Vicki Chen, Gregor Mali, Thomas D. Bennett, "Halogenated metal-organic framework glasses and liquids", Journal Of The American Chemical Society (2020), DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b11639
- Maria Diaz-Lopez, Philip A. Chater, Pierre Bordet, Melanie Freire, Christian Jordy, Oleg I. Lebedev, Valerie Pralong, "Li2O:Li–Mn–O disordered rock‐salt nanocomposites as cathode prelithiation additives for high‐energy density Li‐ion batteries", Advanced Energy Materials, 142 (2020), DOI: 10.1002/aenm.201902788
- Timothee Stassin, Ivo Stassen, Joao Marreiros, Alexander John Cruz, Rhea Verbeke, Min Tu, Helge Reinsch, Marcel Dickmann, Werner Egger, Ivo F. J. Vankelecom, Dirk E. De Vos, Rob Ameloot, "Solvent-free powder synthesis and MOF-CVD thin films of the large-pore metal-organic framework MAF-6", Chemistry Of Materials (2020), DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b03807
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