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B18 Core XAS
Status: Operational
Beamsize: 200 µm x 250 µm
Energy: 2.05 - 35 keV
Energy: 2.05 - 35 keV
31 items found for 2013 [total: 1046]
Molybdenum oxide on Fe2O3 core-shell catalysts: probing the nature of the structural motifs responsible for methanol oxidation catalysts Acs Catalysis, 4 (1) Dec 2013 DOI: 10.1021/cs400683e
The effect of oxygen fugacity, melt composition, temperature and pressure on the oxidation state of cerium in silicate melts Chemical Geology, Dec 2013 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2013.12.015
Journal Paper B18-Core EXAFS
Mobile uranium(IV)-bearing colloids in a mining-impacted wetland Nature Communications, 4 Dec 2013 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3942
Journal Paper B18-Core EXAFS
Electrochromic performances of nonstoichiometric NiO thin films Thin Solid Films, Nov 2013 DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2013.10.154
Journal Paper B18-Core EXAFS
The interactions of strontium and technetium with Fe(II) bearing biominerals: Implications for bioremediation of radioactively contaminated land Applied Geochemistry, Nov 2013 DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2013.11.005
Total neutron scattering investigation of the structure of a cobalt gallium oxide spinel prepared by solvothermal oxidation of gallium metal Journal Of Physics: Condensed Matter, 25 (45) Nov 2013 DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/25/45/454212
Journal Paper B18-Core EXAFS
Investigation of the hydrothermal crystallisation of the perovskite solid solution NaCe1−xLaxTi2O6 and its defect chemistry Journal Of Solid State Chemistry, Oct 2013 DOI: 10.1016/j.jssc.2013.09.015
Journal Paper B18-Core EXAFS
Revealing the details of the surface composition of electrochemically prepared Au@Pd Core@Shell nanoparticles with in situ EXAFS The Journal Of Physical Chemistry C, 117 (47) Oct 2013 DOI: 10.1021/jp408493q
Journal Paper B18-Core EXAFS
Investigating the source of deep-level photoluminescence in ZnO nanorods using optically detected x-ray absorption spectroscopy Journal Of Applied Physics, 114 (15) Oct 2013 DOI: 10.1063/1.4824810
Journal Paper B18-Core EXAFS
The fate of technetium and uranium during iron oxide crystallisation at hyperalkaline pH Sept 2013
Conference Paper B18-Core EXAFS
Topochemical reduction of the Ruddlesden–Popper phases Sr2Fe0.5Ru0.5O4 and Sr3(Fe0.5Ru0.5)2O7 Inorganic Chemistry, 52 (19) Sept 2013 DOI: 10.1021/ic400930y
Journal Paper B18-Core EXAFS
Geomicrobiology of cementitious nuclear waste Sept 2013
Conference Paper B18-Core EXAFS
Ligand exchange in ionic systems and its effect on silver nucleation and growth Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Aug 2013 DOI: 10.1039/c3cp52674g
Journal Paper B18-Core EXAFS
M(II) (M = Mn, Co, Ni) variants of the MIL-53-type structure with pyridine-N-oxide as a co-ligand Crystengcomm, Aug 2013 DOI: 10.1039/c3ce41268g
Journal Paper B18-Core EXAFS
Structural characterization of alumina-supported Rh catalysts: effects of ceriation and zirconiation by using metal–organic precursors Chemphyschem, Aug 2013 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201300537
Mineralisation and biomineralisation of radionuclides Aug 2013
Thesis B18-Core EXAFS
Isomorphous substitution in a flexible metal–organic framework: mixed-metal, mixed-valent MIL-53 type materials Inorganic Chemistry, 52 (14) Jul 2013 DOI: 10.1021/ic400923d
Competing 4f-electron dynamics in Ce(Ru1−xFex)2Al10 (0≤x≤1.0): Magnetic ordering emerging from the Kondo semiconducting state Physical Review B, 87 (22) June 2013 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.87.224415
Journal Paper B18-Core EXAFS
An EXAFS study on the photo-assisted growth of silver nanoparticles on titanium dioxide thin-films and the identification of their photochromic states Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Apr 2013 DOI: 10.1039/c3cp44513e
Journal Paper B18-Core EXAFS
Tracking the formation of nano-sized zinc oxide from zinc peroxide by in situ XAS and XRD Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 430 Apr 2013 DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/430/1/012080
Structural and morphological characterization of Mo coatings for high gradient accelerating structures Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 430 Apr 2013 DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/430/1/012091
OD-XAS and EXAFS: structure and luminescence in Ge quantum dots Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 430 Apr 2013 DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/430/1/012026
Performance of B18, the core EXAFS bending magnet beamline at Diamond Apr 2013 DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/430/1/012023
Identifying the active phase in Cs-promoted MgO nanocatalysts for triglyceride transesterification Journal Of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology, Mar 2013 DOI: 10.1002/jctb.4098
Journal Paper B18-Core EXAFS
A time resolved microfocus XEOL facility at the Diamond Light Source Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 425 Mar 2013 DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/425/18/182009
The copper active site of CBM33 polysaccharide oxygenases Journal Of The American Chemical Society, 135 (16) Mar 2013 DOI: 10.1021/ja402106e
Journal Paper B18-Core EXAFS I03-Macromolecular Crystallography I04-1-Macromolecular Crystallography (fixed wavelength) open access
L2,3-edge x-ray absorption near-edge spectroscopy analysis of photoisomerism in solid ruthenium-sulfur dioxide complexes Journal Of Physics: Condensed Matter, 25 (8) Feb 2013 DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/25/8/085505
Journal Paper B18-Core EXAFS
Lanthanide speciation in potential SANEX and GANEX actinide/lanthanide separations using tetra-N-donor extractants Inorganic Chemistry, 52 (7) Feb 2013 DOI: 10.1021/ic301599y
Journal Paper B18-Core EXAFS
Zn-Co double metal cyanides as heterogeneous catalysts for hydroamination: a structure-activity relationship Acs Catalysis, 3 (4) Feb 2013 DOI: 10.1021/cs300805z
Journal Paper B18-Core EXAFS
Structural characterisation of hypoxia-mimicking bioactive glasses Journal Of Materials Chemistry B, Jan 2013 DOI: 10.1039/c3tb00408b
SrFe0.5Ru0.5O2: square-planar Ru2+ in an extended oxide Journal Of The American Chemical Society, 135 (5) Jan 2013 DOI: 10.1021/ja309798e
Journal Paper B18-Core EXAFS
- C. Brookes, P. P. Wells, G. Cibin, N. Dimitratos, W. Jones, D. J. Morgan, M. Bowker, "Molybdenum oxide on Fe2O3 core-shell catalysts: probing the nature of the structural motifs responsible for methanol oxidation catalysts", Acs Catalysis, 4 (1) (2013), DOI: 10.1021/cs400683e
- Antony Burnham, Andrew Berry, "The effect of oxygen fugacity, melt composition, temperature and pressure on the oxidation state of cerium in silicate melts", Chemical Geology (2013), DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2013.12.015
- Yuheng Wang, Manon Frutschi, Elena Suvorova, Vannapha Phrommavanh, Michael Descostes, Alfatih A. A. Osman, Gerhard Geipel, Rizlan Bernier-Latmani, "Mobile uranium(IV)-bearing colloids in a mining-impacted wetland", Nature Communications, 4, 2942 (2013), DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3942
- H. Moulki, C. Faure, M. Mihelcic, A. Surca Vuk, F. Svegl, B. Orel, G. Campet, M. Alfredsson, A. V. Chadwick, D. Gianolio, A. Rougier, "Electrochromic performances of nonstoichiometric NiO thin films", Thin Solid Films (2013), DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2013.10.154
- Clare L. Thorpe, Christopher Boothman, Jonathan R. Lloyd, Gareth Law, Nicholas Bryan, Nicholas Atherton, Francis R. Livens, Katherine Morris, "The interactions of strontium and technetium with Fe(II) bearing biominerals: Implications for bioremediation of radioactively contaminated land", Applied Geochemistry (2013), DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2013.11.005
- Helen Y. Playford, Alex C. Hannon, Matthew G. Tucker, Martin R. Lees, Richard I. Walton, "Total neutron scattering investigation of the structure of a cobalt gallium oxide spinel prepared by solvothermal oxidation of gallium metal", Journal Of Physics: Condensed Matter, 25 (45) (2013), DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/25/45/454212
- Mohammad H. Harunsani, David I. Woodward, Martin D. Peel, Sharon E. Ashbrook, Richard I. Walton, "Investigation of the hydrothermal crystallisation of the perovskite solid solution NaCe1−xLaxTi2O6 and its defect chemistry", Journal Of Solid State Chemistry (2013), DOI: 10.1016/j.jssc.2013.09.015
- Stephen W. T. Price, Jennifer Rhodes, Laura Calvillo, Andrea E. Russell, "Revealing the details of the surface composition of electrochemically prepared Au@Pd Core@Shell nanoparticles with in situ EXAFS", The Journal Of Physical Chemistry C, 117 (47), 24858 - 24865 (2013), DOI: 10.1021/jp408493q
- Sabina Hatch, Andrei Sapelkin, Giannantonio Cibin, Richard Taylor, Andrew Dent, Joe Briscoe, Steve Dunn, "Investigating the source of deep-level photoluminescence in ZnO nanorods using optically detected x-ray absorption spectroscopy", Journal Of Applied Physics, 114 (15) (2013), DOI: 10.1063/1.4824810
- [Conference Paper] Tim Marshall, Gareth Law, Katherine Morris, Fred Mosselmans, Pieter Bots, Sam Shaw, "The fate of technetium and uranium during iron oxide crystallisation at hyperalkaline pH" (2013)
- Fabio D. Romero, Diego Gianolio, Giannantonio Cibin, Paul A. Bingham, Jeanne-Clotilde D'Hollander, Susan D. Forder, Michael Hayward, "Topochemical reduction of the Ruddlesden–Popper phases Sr2Fe0.5Ru0.5O4 and Sr3(Fe0.5Ru0.5)2O7", Inorganic Chemistry, 52 (19) (2013), DOI: 10.1021/ic400930y
- [Conference Paper] Adam Williamson, Katherine Morris, Gareth Law, Sam Shaw, Chris Boothman, Jonathan Lloyd, "Geomicrobiology of cementitious nuclear waste" (2013)
- Andrew P. Abbott, Muhammad Azam, Gero Frisch, Jennifer Hartley, Karl Scott Ryder, Saima Saleem, "Ligand exchange in ionic systems and its effect on silver nucleation and growth", Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (2013), DOI: 10.1039/c3cp52674g
- Alexis S. Munn, Guy J. Clarkson, Franck Millange, Yves Dumont, Richard I. Walton, "M(II) (M = Mn, Co, Ni) variants of the MIL-53-type structure with pyridine-N-oxide as a co-ligand", Crystengcomm (2013), DOI: 10.1039/c3ce41268g
- Anna Kroner, Mark Newton, Moniek Tromp, Andrea E. Russell, Andrew Dent, John Evans, "Structural characterization of alumina-supported Rh catalysts: effects of ceriation and zirconiation by using metal–organic precursors", Chemphyschem (2013), DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201300537
- [Thesis] Diana Brookshaw, "Mineralisation and biomineralisation of radionuclides" (2013)
- Matthew Breeze, Guillaume Clet, Betiana C. Campo, Alexandre Vimont, Marco Daturi, Jean-Marc Grenèche, Andrew Dent, Franck Millange, Richard Walton, "Isomorphous substitution in a flexible metal–organic framework: mixed-metal, mixed-valent MIL-53 type materials", Inorganic Chemistry, 52 (14), 8171 - 8182 (2013), DOI: 10.1021/ic400923d
- D. T. Adroja, A. D. Hillier, Y. Muro, J. Kajino, T. Takabatake, P. Peratheepan, A. M. Strydom, P. P. Deen, F. Demmel, J. R. Stewart, J. W. Taylor, R. I. Smith, S. Ramos, M. A. Adams, "Competing 4f-electron dynamics in Ce(Ru1−xFex)2Al10 (0≤x≤1.0): Magnetic ordering emerging from the Kondo semiconducting state", Physical Review B, 87 (22) (2013), DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.87.224415
- Ivan P. Parkin, Claire J. Carmault, Stephen A. Parry, Andreas Kafizas, Alan V. Chadwick, "An EXAFS study on the photo-assisted growth of silver nanoparticles on titanium dioxide thin-films and the identification of their photochromic states", Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (2013), DOI: 10.1039/c3cp44513e
- [Conference Paper] T. Daley, E. Raj, S. Ramos, G. Cibin, A. Dent, T. I. Hyde, G. Sankar, "Tracking the formation of nano-sized zinc oxide from zinc peroxide by in situ XAS and XRD", Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 430 (2013), DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/430/1/012080
- [Conference Paper] Y. Xu, B. Spataro, S. Sarti, V. A. Dolgashev, S. Tantawi, A. D. Yeremian, Y. Higashi, M. G. Grimaldi, L. Romano, F. Ruffino, R. Parodi, C. Caliendo, An. Notargiacomo, G. Cibin, A. Marcelli, "Structural and morphological characterization of Mo coatings for high gradient accelerating structures", Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 430 (2013), DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/430/1/012091
- [Conference Paper] A. Karatutlu, W. R. Little, A. V. Sapelkin, A. Dent, F. Mosselmans, G. Cibin, R. Taylor, "OD-XAS and EXAFS: structure and luminescence in Ge quantum dots", Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 430 (2013), DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/430/1/012026
- [Conference Paper] A. J. Dent, G. Cibin, S. Ramos, S. A. Parry, D. Gianolio, A. D. Smith, S. M. Scott, L. Varandas, S. Patel, M. R. Pearson, L. Hudson, N. A. Krumpa, A. S. Marsch, P. E. Robbins, "Performance of B18, the core EXAFS bending magnet beamline at Diamond" (2013), DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/430/1/012023
- Julia Woodford, Christopher Parlett, Jean-Philippe Dacquin, Giannantonio Cibin, Andrew Dent, Janine Montero, Karen Wilson, Adam F. Lee, "Identifying the active phase in Cs-promoted MgO nanocatalysts for triglyceride transesterification", Journal Of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology (2013), DOI: 10.1002/jctb.4098
- [Conference Paper] Fred Mosselmans, Richard Taylor, Paul Quinn, Adrian Finch, Giannantonio Cibin, Diego Gianolio, Andrei Sapelkin, "A time resolved microfocus XEOL facility at the Diamond Light Source", Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 425 (2013), DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/425/18/182009
- Glyn Hemsworth, Edward Taylor, Robbert Kim, Rebecca C. Gregory, Sally J. Lewis, Johan Turkenburg, Alison Parkin, Gideon J. Davies, Paul H. Walton, "The copper active site of CBM33 polysaccharide oxygenases", Journal Of The American Chemical Society, 135 (16) (2013), DOI: 10.1021/ja402106e
- Anthony Phillips, Jacqui Cole, Kian Sing Low, Giannantonio Cibin, "L2,3-edge x-ray absorption near-edge spectroscopy analysis of photoisomerism in solid ruthenium-sulfur dioxide complexes", Journal Of Physics: Condensed Matter, 25 (8), 316-323 (2013), DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/25/8/085505
- Daniel M. Whittaker, Tamara L. Griffiths, Madeleine Helliwell, Adam N. Swinburne, Louise S. Natrajan, Frank W. Lewis, Laurence M. Harwood, Stephen A. Parry, Clint A. Sharrad, "Lanthanide speciation in potential SANEX and GANEX actinide/lanthanide separations using tetra-N-donor extractants", Inorganic Chemistry, 52 (7) (2013), DOI: 10.1021/ic301599y
- Annelies Peeters, Pieterjan Valvekens, Rob Ameloot, Gopinathan Sankar, Christine E.a. Kirschhock, Dirk E. De Vos, "Zn-Co double metal cyanides as heterogeneous catalysts for hydroamination: a structure-activity relationship", Acs Catalysis, 3 (4) (2013), DOI: 10.1021/cs300805z
- Jodie M. Smith, Gabriel J. Cuello, Robert J. Newport, Richard A. Martin, "Structural characterisation of hypoxia-mimicking bioactive glasses", Journal Of Materials Chemistry B (2013), DOI: 10.1039/c3tb00408b
- Fabio Denis Romero, Steven Burr, John E. Mcgrady, Diego Gianolio, Giannantonio Cibin, Michael Hayward, "SrFe0.5Ru0.5O2: square-planar Ru2+ in an extended oxide", Journal Of The American Chemical Society, 135 (5) (2013), DOI: 10.1021/ja309798e
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