
Senior Industrial Liaison Scientist - Spectroscopy
Email: industry@diamond.ac.ukTel: +44 (0)1235 778654
Senior Industrial Liaison Scientist - Spectroscopy
Email: industry@diamond.ac.ukApplication of X-ray absorption spectroscopy and related techniques.
Anna Kroner is a Senior Industrial Liaison Scientist at Diamond specialising in spectroscopy. Anna jointed Diamond in January 2009 after completing her PhD at the University of Southampton and the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), where she undertook research into the characterisation of heterogeneous catalysts by the multi-technique set up of X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy, Diffuse Reflectance Infrared Fourier Transform Spectroscopy and Mass Spectrometry (XAS/DRIFTS/MS) in time-resolved, in situ conditions.
Her role at Diamond is to establish collaboration with industrial users by providing support to existing industrial users in the field of spectroscopy and promoting the capabilities of the facility to potential customers. Her main research area covers a wide range of industrial applications utilized in the chemical, catalysis and nuclear fields.
With newly operational spectroscopy beamlines in the soft X-ray region (I08, I09) and the soon to be operational VERSOX beamline, we have received increased interest from our industrial partners in applying soft X-ray spectroscopy techniques to their research. As a result of this increased interest, we have developed soft X-ray support within the industrial team at Diamond and are delighted to welcome PDRA, Sin Yuen-Chang to the team. We also have plans to develop soft X-ray core level spectroscopies for applied research.
L.H. Al-Madhagi, S-Y. Chang, M. Balasubramanian, A.B. Kroner, E.J. Shotton, E.A. Willneff, B. Mishra, S.L.M. Schroeder, X-ray Raman Scattering: A New in situ Probe of Molecular Structure During Nucleation and Crystallization from Liquid Solutions, Cryst Eng Comm (2018) DOI: 10.1039/c8ce009292e
Xiangling Deng, Lihua Zhu , Huan Zhang , Anna Kroner, Jinbao Zheng, Nuowei Zhang, Jun He , Bing Hui Chen, Ruthenium stabilized on transition metal-on-transition metal oxide nanoparticles for naphthalene hydrogenation, International Journal Of Hydrogen Energy (2018), DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2018.05.170
Ian P. Silverwood, Miren Agote Arán, Ines Lezcano González, Anna Kroner, Andrew M. Beale, QENS study of methane diffusion in Mo/H-ZSM-5 used for the methane dehydroaromatisation reaction, Proceedings of the Joint Conference on Quasielastic Neutron Scattering and the Workshop on Inelastic Neutron Spectrometers QENS/WINS 2016 (2018), DOI: 10.1063/1.5039294
Ellie K. Dann, Emma K. Gibson, Richard A. Catlow, Paul Collier, Tugce Eralp Erden, Diego Gianolio, Christopher Hardacre, Anna Kroner, Agnes Raj, Alexandre Goguet, Peter P. Wells, Combined in situ XAFS/DRIFTS Studies of the Evolution of Nanoparticle Structures from Molecular Precursors, Chemistry Of Materials (2017) DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.7b02552
L. Zhu, S. Shan, V. Petkov, W. Hu, A. Kroner, J. Zheng, C. Yu, N. Zhang, Y. Li, R. Luque, C-J. Zhong, H. Ye, Z. Yang, B.H. Chen, Ruthenium-Nickel-Nickel Hydroxide Nanoparticles for Room Temperature Catalytic Hydrogenation, J. Mater. Chem. A (2017) 5, 7869-7875, DOI: 10.1039/C7TA01437F
F. Liao, X-P. Wu, J. Zheng, M.M-J. Li, A. Kroner, Z. Zeng, X. Hong, Y. Yuan, X-Q. Gong, S.C.E. Tsang, A Promising Low Pressure Methanol Synthesis Route from CO2 Hydrogenation over Pd@Zn Core-Shell Catalysts, Green Chem. (2017) 19, 270-280, DOI: 10.1039/C6GC02366E
F. Liao, X-P. Wu, J. Zheng, M.M-J. Li, Z. Zeng, X. Hong, A. Kroner, Y. Yuan, X-Q. Gong, S.C.E. Tsang, Pd@Zn Core-Shell Nanoparticles of Controllable Shell Thickness for Catalytic Methanol Production, Catal. Sci. Technol. (2016) 6, 7698-7702, DOI: 10.1039/C6CY01832G
A.B. Kroner, K.M.H. Mohammed, M. Gilbert, G. Duller, L. Cahill, P. Leicester, R. Woolliscroft, E.J. Shotton, A Flexible Gas Flow Reaction Cell for in situ X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy Studies, AIP Conference Proceedings (2016) 1741, 030014 DOI: 10.1063/1.4952837
Molly Meng-Jung Li, Linmin Ye, Jianwei Zheng, Huihuang Fang, Anna Kroner, Youzhu Yuan and Shik Chi Edman Tsang. Surfactant-Free Nickel–Silver Core@Shell Nanoparticles in Mesoporous SBA-15 for Chemoselective Hydrogenation of Dimethyl Oxalate. Chem. Commun. (2016) 52, 2569-2572, DOI:10.1039/C5CC09827K
F. Liao, T.W.B. Lo, J. Qu, A. Kroner, A. Dent and S.C. E. Tsang, Tunability of Catalytic Properties of Pd-based Catalysts by Rational Control of Strong Metal and Support Interaction (SMSI) for Selective Hydrogenolytic C-C and C-O Bond Cleavage of Ethylene Glycol Units in Biomass Molecules, Catal. Sci. Technol. (2015) DOI:10.1039/C5CY00572H
E.K. Gibson, A.M. Beale, C.R.A. Catlow, A. Chutia, D. Gianolio, A. Gould, A. Kroner, K.M.H. Mohammed, M. Perdjon, S.M. Rogers, P.P. Wells, Restructuring of AuPd Nanoparticles Studied by a Combined XAFS/DRIFTS Approach, Chem. Mater. (2015) DOI:10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b00866
A.B. Kroner, M.A. Newton, M. Tromp, O.M. Roscioni, A.E. Russell, A.J. Dent, C. Prestipino, J. Evans, Time-Resolved, In Situ DRIFTS/EDE/MS Studies on Alumina-Supported Rhodium Catalysts: Effects of Ceriation and Zirconiation on Rhodium-CO Interactions, ChemPhysChem (2014) 15, 3049-3059, DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201402122
E.J. Shotton, L.D. Connor, A.Dias, A.B. Kroner, C. Pizzey, T. Richter, J. Waterman, Industrial Applications at Diamond, Synchrotron Radiation News (2014) 27(3), 7-10, DOI: 10.1080/08940886.2014.908698
A.B. Kroner, M.A. Newton, M. Tromp, A.E. Russell, A.J. Dent, J. Evans, Structural Characterization of Alumina-Supported Rh Catalysts: Effects of Ceriation and Zirconiation by using Metal-Organic Precursors, ChemPhysChem. (2013) 14, 3606-3617
C.-T. Wu, K.M.K. Yu, F. Liao, N. Young, P. Nellist, A. Dent, A. Kroner, S.C.E. Tsang, A Non-Syn-Gas Catalytic Route to Methanol Production, Nature Commun. (2012) 3, 1050
E. Shotton, A. Dias, A. Kroner, C. Pizzey, J. Waterman, Diamond: Open for Business, Synchrotron Radiation News (2011) 24, 30-33
F. Chen, K. George, A. Hector, M. Jura, A. Kroner, W. Levason, J. Nesbitt, G. Reid, D.C. Smith, J. W. Wilson, Chemical Vapor Deposition of GaP and GaAs Thin Films From [nBu2Ga(μ-EtBu2)2GanBu2] (E = P or As) and Ga(PtBu2)3, Chem. Mater. (2011) 23, 5217-5222
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