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62 items found for 2015 [total: 1046]
Detection and characterisation of sub-critical nuclei during reactive Pd metal nucleation by X-ray absorption spectroscopy Crystengcomm, Dec 2015 DOI: 10.1039/C5CE01883H
Design and stabilisation of a high area iron molybdate surface for the selective oxidation of methanol to formaldehyde Faraday Discussions, Dec 2015 DOI: 10.1039/C5FD00153F
Uranium fate during crystallization of magnetite from ferrihydrite in conditions relevant to the disposal of radioactive waste Mineralogical Magazine, 79 Dec 2015 DOI: 10.1180/minmag.2015.079.6.02
Surfactant-free nickel–silver core@shell nanoparticles in mesoporous SBA-15 for chemoselective hydrogenation of dimethyl oxalate Chemical Communications, Dec 2015 DOI: 10.1039/C5CC09827K
Journal Paper B18-Core EXAFS
ReOx/TiO2: a recyclable solid catalyst for deoxydehydration Acs Catalysis, 6 Dec 2015 DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.5b01936
Journal Paper B18-Core EXAFS
Characterizing mineralogy and redox reactivity in potential host rocks for a UK geological disposal facility Mineralogical Magazine, 79 (6) Dec 2015 DOI: 10.1180/minmag.2015.079.6.11
Hierarchically porous BEA stannosilicates as unique catalysts for bulky ketone conversion and continuous operation Journal Of Materials Chemistry A, 4 Dec 2015 DOI: 10.1039/C5TA08709K
Journal Paper B18-Core EXAFS
Electrochemical insight into the brust–schiffrin synthesis of Au nanoparticles Journal Of The American Chemical Society, 137 (48) Nov 2015 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b07825
Exploring the mechanisms of metal co-catalysts in photocatalytic reduction reactions: Is Ag a good candidate? Applied Catalysis A: General, 518 Oct 2015 DOI: 10.1016/j.apcata.2015.10.023
Journal Paper B18-Core EXAFS
Redox interactions of Tc(VII), U(VI) and Np(V) with microbially reduced biotite and chlorite Environmental Science & Technology, 49 (22) Oct 2015 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b03463
Identification of active and spectator Sn sites in Sn-β following solid-state stannation, and consequences for Lewis acid catalysis Chemcatchem, Sept 2015 DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201500545
Ruthenium nanoparticles supported on carbon: an active catalyst for the hydrogenation of lactic acid to 1,2-propanediol Acs Catalysis, 5 (9) Sept 2015 DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.5b00625
Journal Paper B18-Core EXAFS
Radiation damage in silicate mineral systems and the characterisation of a spent nuclear fuel pond wall Sept 2015
Thesis B18-Core EXAFS I18-Microfocus Spectroscopy open access
Structure of and light emission in matrix-free Germanium quantum dots Sept 2015
Thesis B18-Core EXAFS
Structure, redox and transport properties of acceptor doped cerium niobates Sept 2015
Thesis B18-Core EXAFS
Completely non-destructive high-resolution XRD analysis of cultural heritage objects Aug 2015
Conference Paper B18-Core EXAFS
Strontium carbonate nanoparticles for the surface treatment of problematic sulfur and iron in waterlogged archaeological wood Journal Of Cultural Heritage, Aug 2015 DOI: 10.1016/j.culher.2015.07.013
Journal Paper B18-Core EXAFS
The stability of microbially reduced U(IV); impact of residual electron donor and sediment ageing Chemical Geology, 409 Aug 2015 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2015.05.016
Tuning the properties of the UiO-66 metal organic framework by Ce substitution Chemical Communications, 51 (77) Aug 2015 DOI: 10.1039/C5CC05072C
Journal Paper B18-Core EXAFS
Operando XAFS of supported Pd nanoparticles in flowing ethanol/water mixtures: implications for catalysis Green Chemistry, Aug 2015 DOI: 10.1039/C5GC01600B
In situ spectroscopic investigations of MoOx/Fe2O3 catalysts for the selective oxidation of methanol Catalysis Science & Technology, Aug 2015 DOI: 10.1039/C5CY01175B
Structural chemistry and magnetic properties of Y2CoGe4O12 Journal Of Solid State Chemistry, 228 Aug 2015 DOI: 10.1016/j.jssc.2015.04.033
Journal Paper B18-Core EXAFS
Biostimulation by glycerol phosphate to precipitate recalcitrant Uranium(IV) phosphate Environmental Science & Technology, 49 (18) Aug 2015 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b02042
Spontaneous formation of circular and vortex ferroelectric domain structure in hexagonal YMnO3 and YMn0.9Fe0.1O3 prepared by low temperature solution synthesis Applied Physics Letters, 107 (6) Aug 2015 DOI: 10.1063/1.4928565
Journal Paper B18-Core EXAFS
Effective treatment of alkaline Cr(VI) contaminated leachate using a novel Pd-bionanocatalyst: Impact of electron donor and aqueous geochemistry Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 170-171 Jul 2015 DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2015.01.017
Uranium biominerals precipitated by an environmental isolate of Serratia under anaerobic conditions Plos One, 10 (7) Jul 2015 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0132392
Insights into the structure of dot@rod and dot@octapod CdSe@CdS heterostructures The Journal Of Physical Chemistry C, 119 (28) Jul 2015 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b04593
The oxidation state of europium in silicate melts as a function of oxygen fugacity, composition and temperature Chemical Geology, 411 Jul 2015 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2015.07.002
Local structure and bonding of transition metal dopants in Bi2Se3 topological insulator thin films The Journal Of Physical Chemistry C, 119 (30) Jul 2015 DOI: 10.1021/jp511713s
Journal Paper B18-Core EXAFS
On the nature of niobium substitution in niobium doped titania thin films by AACVD and its impact on electrical and optical properties Journal Of Materials Chemistry A, Jul 2015 DOI: 10.1039/C5TA03772G
Journal Paper B18-Core EXAFS
Tailoring gold nanoparticle characteristics and the impact on aqueous-phase oxidation of glycerol Acs Catalysis, 5 (7) Jul 2015 DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.5b00754
Influence of the base on Pd@MIL-101-NH2(Cr) as catalyst for the Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reaction Chemistry - A European Journal, 21 (30) Jul 2015 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201500843
Journal Paper B18-Core EXAFS
Solid base catalysed 5-HMF oxidation to 2,5-FDCA over Au/hydrotalcites: fact or fiction? Chemical Science, 6 (8) June 2015 DOI: 10.1039/C5SC00854A
Single-site trinuclear copper oxygen clusters in mordenite for selective conversion of methane to methanol Nature Communications, 6 June 2015 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8546
Utilizing benign oxidants for selective aerobic oxidations using heterogenized platinum nanoparticle catalysts Chempluschem, June 2015 DOI: 10.1002/cplu.201500195
Journal Paper B18-Core EXAFS
Elucidating structure-property relationships in the design of metal nanoparticle catalysts for the activation of molecular oxygen Acs Catalysis, 5 (6) June 2015 DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.5b00481
Journal Paper B18-Core EXAFS
Restructuring of AuPd nanoparticles studied by a combined XAFS/DRIFTS approach Chemistry Of Materials, 27 (10) May 2015 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b00866
Tunability of catalytic properties of Pd-based catalysts by rational control of strong metal and support interaction (SMSI) for selective hydrogenolyic C-C and C-O bond cleavage of ethylene glycol units in biomass molecules Catalysis Science & Technology, May 2015 DOI: 10.1039/C5CY00572H
Journal Paper B18-Core EXAFS
Incorporation of square-planar Pd Journal Of Materials Chemistry A, 3 (24) May 2015 DOI: 10.1039/C5TA02007G
Limited Zn and Ni mobility during simulated iron formation diagenesis Chemical Geology, 402 May 2015 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2015.02.037
Journal Paper B18-Core EXAFS
Structures and properties of perovskites and pyrochlores from hydrothermal synthesis May 2015
Thesis B18-Core EXAFS
Soft chemical control of the crystal and magnetic structure of a layered mixed valent manganite oxide sulfide Apl Materials, 3 (4) Apr 2015 DOI: 10.1063/1.4918973
From organometallic zinc and copper complexes to highly active colloidal catalysts for the conversion of CO2 to methanol Acs Catalysis, 5 (5) Apr 2015 DOI: 10.1021/cs502038y
X-ray absorption spectroscopy and computer modelling study of nanocrystalline binary alkaline earth fluorides Iop Conference Series: Materials Science And Engineering, 80 Apr 2015 DOI: 10.1088/1757-899X/80/1/012005
Origin of high mobility in molybdenum-doped indium oxide Chemistry Of Materials, 27 (8) Apr 2015 DOI: 10.1021/cm503896h
Journal Paper B18-Core EXAFS
Selectivity determinants for dual function catalysts: applied to methanol selective oxidation on iron molybdate Catalysis, Structure & Reactivity, 1 Apr 2015 DOI: 10.1179/2055075815Y.0000000002
Control of chemical state of cerium in doped anatase TiO Journal Of Materials Chemistry A, 3 (18) Mar 2015 DOI: 10.1039/C5TA01474C
Journal Paper B18-Core EXAFS
Determining structure and atomic properties of materials using resonant x-ray diffraction Mar 2015
Thesis B18-Core EXAFS I19-Small Molecule Single Crystal Diffraction
Activation and deactivation of a robust immobilized Cp*Ir-transfer hydrogenation catalyst: a multielement in situ X-ray absorption spectroscopy study Journal Of The American Chemical Society, 137 (12) Mar 2015 DOI: 10.1021/ja512868a
Explicit formulae for the internal stress in spherical particles of active material within lithium ion battery cathodes during charging and discharging Materials & Design, 69 Mar 2015 DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2014.12.058
Journal Paper B18-Core EXAFS
Distribution and substitution mechanism of Ge in a Ge-(Fe)-bearing sphalerite Minerals, 5 (2) Mar 2015 DOI: 10.3390/min5020117
A Si photocathode protected and activated with a Ti and Ni composite film for solar hydrogen production Chemistry - A European Journal, 21 Mar 2015 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201406566
Caesium incorporation and retention in illite interlayers Applied Clay Science, Feb 2015 DOI: 10.1016/j.clay.2015.02.008
Highly tuneable catalyst supports for single-site ethylene polymerization Chemistry Of Materials, Feb 2015 DOI: 10.1021/cm503433q
Journal Paper B18-Core EXAFS
Dynamic structure elucidation of chemical reactivity by laser pulses and X-ray probes Dalton Transactions, 44 (14) Feb 2015 DOI: 10.1039/C5DT00210A
Synthesis and structure of free-standing germanium quantum dots and their application in live cell imaging Rsc Advances, 5 (26) Feb 2015 DOI: 10.1039/C5RA01529D
Journal Paper B18-Core EXAFS
Structure and effects of annealing in colloidal matrix-free Ge quantum dots Journal Of Synchrotron Radiation, 22 Jan 2015 DOI: 10.1107/S1600577514022486
Journal Paper B18-Core EXAFS
Soft chemical control of superconductivity in lithium iron selenide hydroxides Li1–xFex(OH)Fe1–ySe Inorganic Chemistry, 54 (4) Jan 2015 DOI: 10.1021/ic5028702
Journal Paper B18-Core EXAFS I11-High Resolution Powder Diffraction I19-Small Molecule Single Crystal Diffraction open access
Development of X-Ray absorption fine structure techniques for the study of reactions of heavy metal complexes in solution Jan 2015
Thesis B18-Core EXAFS
Characterization of thick conducting molybdenum films: Enhanced conductivity via thermal annealing Surface And Coatings Technology, 261 Jan 2015 DOI: 10.1016/j.surfcoat.2014.10.050
Journal Paper B18-Core EXAFS
A molecular view of cisplatin's mode of action: interplay with DNA bases and acquired resistance Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 17 (7) Jan 2015 DOI: 10.1039/C4CP05183A
Journal Paper B18-Core EXAFS
Catalysis seen in action Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical And Engineering Sciences, 373 (2036) Jan 2015 DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2013.0152
Journal Paper B18-Core EXAFS
- S.-Y. Chang, Y. Grunder, S. G. Booth, L. B. Molleta, A. Uehara, J. F. W. Mosselmans, G. Cibin, V.-T. Pham, L. Nataf, R. A. Dryfe, S. L. M Schroeder, "Detection and characterisation of sub-critical nuclei during reactive Pd metal nucleation by X-ray absorption spectroscopy", Crystengcomm (2015), DOI: 10.1039/C5CE01883H
- Stephanie Chapman, Catherine Brookes, Michael Bowker, Emma Gibson, Peter Wells, "Design and stabilisation of a high area iron molybdate surface for the selective oxidation of methanol to formaldehyde", Faraday Discussions (2015), DOI: 10.1039/C5FD00153F
- Tim Marshall, Katherine Morris, Gareth Law, Fred Mosselmans, Pieter Bots, Hannah Roberts, Sam Shaw, "Uranium fate during crystallization of magnetite from ferrihydrite in conditions relevant to the disposal of radioactive waste", Mineralogical Magazine, 79, 1265 - 1274 (2015), DOI: 10.1180/minmag.2015.079.6.02
- Molly Meng-Jung Li, Linmin Ye, Jianwei Zheng, Huihuang Fang, Anna Kroner, Youzhu Yuan, Shik Chi Edman Tsang, "Surfactant-free nickel–silver core@shell nanoparticles in mesoporous SBA-15 for chemoselective hydrogenation of dimethyl oxalate", Chemical Communications (2015), DOI: 10.1039/C5CC09827K
- Lennart Sandbrink, Elisabeth Klindtworth, Husn-Ubayda Islam, Andrew M Beale, Regina Palkovits, "ReOx/TiO2: a recyclable solid catalyst for deoxydehydration", Acs Catalysis, 6, 677–680 (2015), DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.5b01936
- J. Quirke, C. M. B. Henderson, R. A. D. Pattrick, K. M. Rosso, A Dent, J. W. Sharples, C. I. Pearce, "Characterizing mineralogy and redox reactivity in potential host rocks for a UK geological disposal facility", Mineralogical Magazine, 79 (6), 1353 - 1367 (2015), DOI: 10.1180/minmag.2015.079.6.11
- Abbas Al-Nayili, Keiko Yakabi, Ceri Hammond, "Hierarchically porous BEA stannosilicates as unique catalysts for bulky ketone conversion and continuous operation", Journal Of Materials Chemistry A, 4, 1373 - 1382 (2015), DOI: 10.1039/C5TA08709K
- Akihiro Uehara, Samuel Booth, Sin-Yuen Chang, Sven L. M. Schroeder, Takahito Imai, Teruo Hashimoto, J. Frederick W. Mosselmans, Robert A. W. Dryfe, "Electrochemical insight into the brust–schiffrin synthesis of Au nanoparticles", Journal Of The American Chemical Society, 137 (48), 15135–15144 (2015), DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b07825
- Qian Yang, Wilm Jones, Peter P. Wells, David Morgan, Lichun Dong, Baoshan Hu, Nikolaos Dimitratos, Mingdong Dong, Mike Bowker, Flemming Besenbacher, Ren Su, Graham Hutchings, "Exploring the mechanisms of metal co-catalysts in photocatalytic reduction reactions: Is Ag a good candidate?", Applied Catalysis A: General, 518, 213-220 (2015), DOI: 10.1016/j.apcata.2015.10.023
- Diana R. Brookshaw, Richard A. D. Pattrick, Pieter Bots, Gareth T. W. Law, Jonathan R. Lloyd, J. Frederick W. Mosselmans, David J. Vaughan, Kathy Dardenne, Katherine Morris, "Redox interactions of Tc(VII), U(VI) and Np(V) with microbially reduced biotite and chlorite", Environmental Science & Technology, 49 (22) (2015), DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b03463
- Ceri Hammond, Daniele Padovan, Abbas Al-Nayili, Peter Wells, Emma Gibson, Nikolaos Dimitratos, "Identification of active and spectator Sn sites in Sn-β following solid-state stannation, and consequences for Lewis acid catalysis", Chemcatchem (2015), DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201500545
- Sarwat Iqbal, Simon Kondrat, Daniel R. Jones, Daniel C. Schoenmakers, Jennifer K. Edwards, Li Lu, Benjamin R. Yeo, Peter Wells, Emma Gibson, David J. Morgan, Christopher J. Kiely, Graham J. Hutchings, "Ruthenium nanoparticles supported on carbon: an active catalyst for the hydrogenation of lactic acid to 1,2-propanediol", Acs Catalysis, 5 (9), 5047 - 5059 (2015), DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.5b00625
- [Thesis] William Bower, "Radiation damage in silicate mineral systems and the characterisation of a spent nuclear fuel pond wall" (2015)
- [Thesis] William Little, "Structure of and light emission in matrix-free Germanium quantum dots" (2015)
- [Thesis] Cassandra Harris, "Structure, redox and transport properties of acceptor doped cerium niobates" (2015)
- [Conference Paper] Graeme Hansford, Stuart Turner, Nishad Karim, Jackie Hall, "Completely non-destructive high-resolution XRD analysis of cultural heritage objects" (2015)
- Eleanor Schofield, Ritimukta Sarangi, Apurva Mehta, Mark Jones, Andrew Smith, Fred Mosselmans, Alan Chadwick, "Strontium carbonate nanoparticles for the surface treatment of problematic sulfur and iron in waterlogged archaeological wood", Journal Of Cultural Heritage (2015), DOI: 10.1016/j.culher.2015.07.013
- Laura Newsome, Katherine Morris, Samuel Shaw, Divyesh Trivedi, Jonathan R. Lloyd, "The stability of microbially reduced U(IV); impact of residual electron donor and sediment ageing", Chemical Geology, 409, 125 - 135 (2015), DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2015.05.016
- Farid Nouar, Matthew Breeze, Betiana C. Campo, Alexandre Vimont, Guillaume Clet, Marco Daturi, Thomas Devic, Richard Walton, Christian Serre, "Tuning the properties of the UiO-66 metal organic framework by Ce substitution", Chemical Communications, 51 (77), 14458 - 14461 (2015), DOI: 10.1039/C5CC05072C
- Mark A. Newton, John B. Brazier, Elena M. Barreiro, Stephen Parry, Herman Emmerich, Luis A. Adrio, Christopher J. Mulligan, Klaus Hellgardt, King Kuok Hii, "Operando XAFS of supported Pd nanoparticles in flowing ethanol/water mixtures: implications for catalysis", Green Chemistry (2015), DOI: 10.1039/C5GC01600B
- Catherine Brookes, Peter Wells, Emma Gibson, Diego Gianolio, Khaled Mohammed, Stephen Parry, Scott Rogers, Ian Silverwood, Michael Bowker, "In situ spectroscopic investigations of MoOx/Fe2O3 catalysts for the selective oxidation of methanol", Catalysis Science & Technology (2015), DOI: 10.1039/C5CY01175B
- Xiao-Qiang Liu, Peter Battle, Joe Ridout, Diming Xu, Silvia Ramos, "Structural chemistry and magnetic properties of Y2CoGe4O12", Journal Of Solid State Chemistry, 228, 183 - 188 (2015), DOI: 10.1016/j.jssc.2015.04.033
- Laura Newsome, Katherine Morris, Divyesh Trivedi, Alastair Bewsher, Jonathan R Lloyd, "Biostimulation by glycerol phosphate to precipitate recalcitrant Uranium(IV) phosphate", Environmental Science & Technology, 49 (18) (2015), DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b02042
- M. H. Harunsani, J. Li, Y. B. Qin, H. T. Tian, J. Q. Li, H. X. Yang, R Walton, "Spontaneous formation of circular and vortex ferroelectric domain structure in hexagonal YMnO3 and YMn0.9Fe0.1O3 prepared by low temperature solution synthesis", Applied Physics Letters, 107 (6), 1372-1378 (2015), DOI: 10.1063/1.4928565
- Mathew Watts, Victoria Coker, Stephen Parry, Russell A. P. Thomas, Robert Kalin, Jonathan R. Lloyd, "Effective treatment of alkaline Cr(VI) contaminated leachate using a novel Pd-bionanocatalyst: Impact of electron donor and aqueous geochemistry", Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 170-171, 162 - 172 (2015), DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2015.01.017
- Laura Newsome, Katherine Morris, Jonathan. R. Lloyd, Paul Jaak Janssen, "Uranium biominerals precipitated by an environmental isolate of Serratia under anaerobic conditions", Plos One, 10 (7) (2015), DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0132392
- Anna Corrias, Erika Conca, Giannantonio Cibin, Gavin Mountjoy, Diego Gianolio, Francesco De Donato, Liberato Manna, Maria Francesca Casula, "Insights into the structure of dot@rod and dot@octapod CdSe@CdS heterostructures", The Journal Of Physical Chemistry C, 119 (28), 16338 - 16348 (2015), DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b04593
- A.d. Burnham, Andrew Berry, Helen Halse, Paul Schofield, Giannantonio Cibin, Fred Mosselmans, "The oxidation state of europium in silicate melts as a function of oxygen fugacity, composition and temperature", Chemical Geology, 411, 248 - 259 (2015), DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2015.07.002
- Adriana Figueroa-Garcia, Gerrit Van Der Laan, Liam Collins-Mcintyre, Giannantonio Cibin, Andrew Dent, Thorsten Hesjedal, "Local structure and bonding of transition metal dopants in Bi2Se3 topological insulator thin films", The Journal Of Physical Chemistry C, 119 (30), 17344 - 17351 (2015), DOI: 10.1021/jp511713s
- Aleksandra Gardecka, G. K. L. Goh, Gopinathan Sankar, Ivan Parkin, "On the nature of niobium substitution in niobium doped titania thin films by AACVD and its impact on electrical and optical properties", Journal Of Materials Chemistry A (2015), DOI: 10.1039/C5TA03772G
- Scott Rogers, C. Richard A. Catlow, Carine E. Chan-Thaw, Diego Gianolio, Emma Gibson, Anna Gould, Nan Jian, Andrew J. Logsdail, Richard E. Palmer, Laura Prati, Nikolaos Dimitratos, Alberto Villa, Peter Wells, "Tailoring gold nanoparticle characteristics and the impact on aqueous-phase oxidation of glycerol", Acs Catalysis, 5 (7), 4377 - 4384 (2015), DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.5b00754
- Fabian Carson, Vlad Pascanu, Antonio Bermejo gómez , Yi Zhang , Ana Platero-Prats, Xiaodong Zou, Belén Martín-Matute , "Influence of the base on Pd@MIL-101-NH2(Cr) as catalyst for the Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reaction", Chemistry - A European Journal, 21 (30), 10896 - 10902 (2015), DOI: 10.1002/chem.201500843
- Leandro Ardemani, Giannantonio Cibin, Andrew Dent, Mark A. Isaacs, Georgios Kyriakou, Adam F. Lee, Christopher Parlett, Stephen A. Parry, Karen Wilson, "Solid base catalysed 5-HMF oxidation to 2,5-FDCA over Au/hydrotalcites: fact or fiction?", Chemical Science, 6 (8), 4940 - 4945 (2015), DOI: 10.1039/C5SC00854A
- Sebastian Grundner, Monica A C Markovits, Guanna Li, Moniek Tromp, Evgeny A. Pidko, Emiel J M Hensen, Andreas Jentys, Maricruz Sanchez-Sanchez, Johannes A. Lercher, "Single-site trinuclear copper oxygen clusters in mordenite for selective conversion of methane to methanol", Nature Communications, 6 (2015), DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8546
- Christopher Hinde, Arran M. Gill, Peter Wells, T. S. Andy Hor, Robert Raja, "Utilizing benign oxidants for selective aerobic oxidations using heterogenized platinum nanoparticle catalysts", Chempluschem (2015), DOI: 10.1002/cplu.201500195
- Christopher Hinde, Davide Ansovini, Peter Wells, Gillian Collins, Sivan Van Aswegen, Justin D. Holmes, T. S. Andy Hor, Robert Raja, "Elucidating structure-property relationships in the design of metal nanoparticle catalysts for the activation of molecular oxygen", Acs Catalysis, 5 (6), 3807 - 3816 (2015), DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.5b00481
- Emma Gibson, Andrew Beale, C. Richard A. Catlow, Arunabhiram Chutia, Diego Gianolio, Anna Gould, Anna Kroner, Khaled M. H. Mohammed, Michal Perdjon, Scott Rogers, Peter P. Wells, "Restructuring of AuPd nanoparticles studied by a combined XAFS/DRIFTS approach", Chemistry Of Materials, 27 (10) (2015), DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b00866
- Fenglin Liao, T. W. Benedict Lo, Jin Qu, Anna Kroner, Andrew Dent, Edman Tsang, "Tunability of catalytic properties of Pd-based catalysts by rational control of strong metal and support interaction (SMSI) for selective hydrogenolyic C-C and C-O bond cleavage of ethylene glycol units in biomass molecules", Catalysis Science & Technology (2015), DOI: 10.1039/C5CY00572H
- Craig Hiley, Janet M. Fisher, David Thompsett, Reza J. Kashtiban, Jeremy Sloan, Richard Walton, "Incorporation of square-planar Pd", Journal Of Materials Chemistry A, 3 (24), 13072 - 13079 (2015), DOI: 10.1039/C5TA02007G
- Leslie J. Robbins, Elizabeth D. Swanner, Stefan Lalonde, Merle Eickhoff, Megan L. Paranich, Curistopher T. Reinhard, Caroline Peacock, Andreas Kappler, Kurt Konhauser, "Limited Zn and Ni mobility during simulated iron formation diagenesis", Chemical Geology, 402, 30 - 39 (2015), DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2015.02.037
- [Thesis] Luke M. Daniels, "Structures and properties of perovskites and pyrochlores from hydrothermal synthesis" (2015)
- Jack Blandy, Artem M. Abakumov, Kirsten Christensen, Joke Hadermann, Paul Adamson, Simon Cassidy, Silvia Ramos, David Free, Harry Cohen, Daniel Woodruff, Amber Thompson, Simon J Clarke, "Soft chemical control of the crystal and magnetic structure of a layered mixed valent manganite oxide sulfide", Apl Materials, 3 (4) (2015), DOI: 10.1063/1.4918973
- Neil Brown, Andrés García-Trenco, Jonathan Weiner, Edward R. White, Matthew Allinson, Yuxin Chen, Peter Wells, Emma Gibson, Klaus Hellgardt, Milo S. P. Shaffer, Charlotte K. Williams, "From organometallic zinc and copper complexes to highly active colloidal catalysts for the conversion of CO2 to methanol", Acs Catalysis, 5 (5) (2015), DOI: 10.1021/cs502038y
- [Conference Paper] A . V. Chadwick, A. Duvel, P. Heitjans, D. M. Pickup, S. Ramos, D. C. Sayle, T. X. T. Sayle, "X-ray absorption spectroscopy and computer modelling study of nanocrystalline binary alkaline earth fluorides", Iop Conference Series: Materials Science And Engineering, 80 (2015), DOI: 10.1088/1757-899X/80/1/012005
- Davinder Bhachu, David O. Scanlon, Gopinathan Sankar, Tim D. Veal, Russell George Egdell, Giannantonio Cibin, Andrew Dent, Caroline E. Knapp, Claire J. Carmalt, Ivan Parkin, "Origin of high mobility in molybdenum-doped indium oxide", Chemistry Of Materials, 27 (8), 2788 - 2796 (2015), DOI: 10.1021/cm503896h
- Michael Bowker, Matthew House, Abdulmohsen Alshehri, Catherine Brookes, Emma Gibson, Peter Wells, "Selectivity determinants for dual function catalysts: applied to methanol selective oxidation on iron molybdate", Catalysis, Structure & Reactivity, 1, 95 - 100 (2015), DOI: 10.1179/2055075815Y.0000000002
- Juliana Fonseca De Lima, Hilni Harunsani, David Martin, Dan Kong, Peter Dunne, Diego Gianolio, Reza J. Kashtiban, Jeremy Sloan, Osvaldo Serra, Junwang Tang, Richard Walton, "Control of chemical state of cerium in doped anatase TiO", Journal Of Materials Chemistry A, 3 (18), 9890 - 9898 (2015), DOI: 10.1039/C5TA01474C
- [Thesis] Karim Sutton, "Determining structure and atomic properties of materials using resonant x-ray diffraction" (2015)
- Grant J. Sherborne, Michael Chapman, A. John Blacker, Richard Bourne, Thomas Chamberlain, Benjamin D. Crossley, Stephanie J. Lucas, Patrick C. Mcgowan, Mark Newton, Thomas E. O Screen, Paul Thompson, Charlotte E. Willans, Bao Nguyen, "Activation and deactivation of a robust immobilized Cp*Ir-transfer hydrogenation catalyst: a multielement in situ X-ray absorption spectroscopy study", Journal Of The American Chemical Society, 137 (12) (2015), DOI: 10.1021/ja512868a
- Alexander Korsunsky, Tan Sui, Bohang Song, "Explicit formulae for the internal stress in spherical particles of active material within lithium ion battery cathodes during charging and discharging", Materials & Design, 69, 247 - 252 (2015), DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2014.12.058
- Nigel Cook, Barbara Etschmann, Cristiana Ciobanu-Cook, Tina Geraki, Daryl Howard, Timothy Williams, Nick Rae, Allan Pring, Guorong Chen, Bernt Johannessen, Joel Brugger, "Distribution and substitution mechanism of Ge in a Ge-(Fe)-bearing sphalerite", Minerals, 5 (2), 117 - 132 (2015), DOI: 10.3390/min5020117
- Yi-Hsuan Lai, Hyun S. Park, Jenny Z. Zhang, Peter D. Matthews, Dominic S. Wright, Erwin Reisner, "A Si photocathode protected and activated with a Ti and Ni composite film for solar hydrogen production", Chemistry - A European Journal, 21, 3919 - 3923 (2015), DOI: 10.1002/chem.201406566
- Adam J. Fuller, Sam Shaw, Michael B. Ward, Sarah Haigh, J. Frederick W. Mosselmans, Caroline Peacock, Stephen Stackhouse, Andrew Dent, Divyesh Trivedi, Ian T. Burke, "Caesium incorporation and retention in illite interlayers", Applied Clay Science (2015), DOI: 10.1016/j.clay.2015.02.008
- Jean Charles Buffet, Nidwaree Wanna, Thomas A Q Arnold, Emma Gibson, Peter Wells, Qiang Wang, Jonggol Tantirungrotechai, Dermot O'Hare, "Highly tuneable catalyst supports for single-site ethylene polymerization", Chemistry Of Materials (2015), DOI: 10.1021/cm503433q
- Stuart Bartlett, Michelle Hamilton, John Evans, "Dynamic structure elucidation of chemical reactivity by laser pulses and X-ray probes", Dalton Transactions, 44 (14), 6313 - 6319 (2015), DOI: 10.1039/C5DT00210A
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