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Neutron diffraction of amorphous FePO4 and LiFePO4
We are convinced that a careful study of the atomic structure of a-FePO4 would provide very interesting insights into several phosphate systems, including phosphate glass... -
Neutron diffraction and µSR investigation on YbPd
YbPd crystallizes in the cubic CsCl-type structure and reported to have magnetically ordered ground state with the mixed valence of the Yb ion. Further, it under goes through... -
Neutron scattering investigation of the influence of high hydrostatic pressur...
Amyloid fibrils are highly organized filamentous structures formed by the self-assembly of polypeptides. This proposal is to study the effect of pressure on the structure of... -
Inelastic Neutron Spectroscopy Study of Ammonium Borohydride
Ammonium borohydride (ABH2) has been studied as a hydrogen storage material, it stores hydrogen on both cationic and anionic sites and has the largest gravimetric and volumetric... -
Neutron Study of the Dielectric Multilayer Systems SiNx and SiOxNy
Due to the strong influence of interface, layer thickness and film surface quality on the efficiency of multi-layer dielectric thin film based devices, a careful analysis of... -
Copy of: Neutron photocrystallography study of [Ni(dppe)(n1-NO2)Cl]
Photocrystallography is an important technique in modern structural chemistry. The most recent and impressive developments of this technique in "small molecule" crystallography... -
Neutron Diffraction Study of a Spin-1/2 Pyrochlore Lu2Mo2O5N2
Ammonolysis of R2Mo2O7 pyrochlores gives R2Mo2O5N2 containing S = ½ Mo5+. They are excellent candidate materials for investigation of quantum spin liquid phenomena and we have... -
Inelastic Neutron Scattering Investigation of the Interactions Between a Meta...
We have synthesised a Co centred and an In centred MOF which represent the first examples of MOFs in which the channels are functionalized by both acidic carboxyl and basic... -
Inelastic Neutron Scattering Analysis of hydration layers on SnO2 and CoO Nan...
INS provides an ideal probe to determine the vibrational density of states of water confined on the surface of metal-oxide nanoparticles from which the thermodynamic properties... -
Neutron diffraction of amorphous calcium sulfate
Amorphous calcium sulfate (ACS) is transitory phase in the precipitation of calcium sulfate minerals such as gypsum. ACS is also be present in mineral systems which may be... -
Neutron diffraction study of the casting technology of antique bronze coins
Neutron tomography data on high-Pb antique bronze coins indicated that two different copper alloy phases are formed during the casting process. We propose to use GEM for... -
Neutron Reflectometry of Tethered Microphase Separated Block Copolymers
Neutron reflectometry will be used to probe the scattering length density profile in tethered films of block copolymers grafted onto silicon substrates. The tethered... -
Neutron diffraction studies of thermomechanical behavior of Ti/SiC-fiber comp...
Titanium Matrix Composites have received intensive attentions in the past decade because of their high specific stiffness and strength and resistance to high temperature.... -
In-situ Neutron Diffraction Studies of Lithium Battery Materials
This proposal seeks to test a new battery designed to allow in situ neutron diffraction measurements of lithium ion battery electrodes under charge and discharge. We have... -
Phase diagram of the lead-free ferroelectric Na1-xKxNbO3 at room temperature
The system NaNbO3 ¿ KNbO3 is one of the most widely studied as a ¿green¿ replacement for the piezoelectric material PZT (PbZr1-xTixO3). Despite its enormously growing... -
Calibration and adjustment of a compact gamma detector for Neutron Resonance ...
Neutron Resonance Capture Analysis (NRCA). NRCA is a valid and effective experimental tool for the elemental analysis of objects (e.g. the metallic ones), especially those of... -
Neutron activation of Ag-zeolites
The aim of this proposal is to investigate the possible activation of luminescent silver clusters embedded in mesoporous matrices by neutron irradiation. This will expand the... -
A Microstructure-Based Polycrystal Plasticity Study at the Propagating Fatigu...
An investigation of the elastic and plastic anisotropy of polycrystal in the vicinity of the fatigue-crack tip is of both scientific and practical significance to promote a... -
High-Temperature Neutron Diffraction of Thermoelectric Materials
We wish to investigate the origin of the promising thermoelectic performance of oxy-chalcogenides BiOCuQ (Q = S, Se, Te) and related phases. We wish to explore whether the low... -
Neutron reflectivity study of bacterial lipopolysaccharide interactions with ...
Bacterial LPS (endotoxin) is a key determinant of host/pathogen interactions. We propose to investigate the role of membrane lateral phase separation on LPS insertion into model...