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Investigation of the nature of organic surface species formed on Au-based sup...
The objective of this proposal is to spectroscopically identify the nature of surface species formed during the addition of tert butyl hydroperoxide onto the surface of the... -
mSR study of the magnetism in the infinite-layer compound LaNiO2+x
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Probing the nature of the interactions at the surface of fuel cell catalysts ...
The objective of this proposal is to identify the nature of species formed on the surface of the catalyst material when they are exposed to typical fuel cell feed stocks and... -
An investigation into the structure of zeolites ZSM-5, Beta and Y as a functi...
The inelastic neutron scattering spectrum of commercial samples of industrially important zeolites ZSM-5 (Si/Al ratios: 25, 30, 80,and 280), Beta (Si/Al ratios: 25, 38, and 300)... -
Investigation of the ligand interaction in thiol-capped Au and Pd nanoparticl...
Organic stabilisers, such as thiols, thioethers, amines and polymers (i.e. polyvinylalcohol) have been used for the stabilisation of metal nanoparticles. The catalytic... -
Investigation of the role of functionalization in the catalytic activity of A...
In the last few years functionalised carbon nanotubes and carbon nanofibers have shown promising results in the area of heterogeneous catalysis due to the ability to tune the... -
Investigating the effect of framework structure and Si/Al ratio on the diffus...
The diffusion coefficients of 2-methylhexane and 2,5-dimethylhexane in industrially important zeolites ZSM-5 and Y will be measured using quasi-elastic neutron scattering in... -
Contrasting active-acid sites in analogous aluminophosphates and zeolite fram...
A novel silicon-doped faujistic aluminophosphate catalyst for the production of caprolactam, a nylon precursor, has been synthesised. Key to its increased selectivity is the... -
Investigating the acidic sites of zeolites as a function of framework structu...
A range of commercial zeolite catalysts will be studied using inelastic neutron scattering to probe the nature of the acidic proton sites throughout the zeolite as a function of... -
Determination of proton positions in zeolites H-ZSM-5, H-Y and H-Beta as a fu...
The powder neutron diffraction patterns will taken of samples of H-ZSM-5, H-Y and H-Beta in an attempt to directly determine the location of Brønsted acid sites. The location of... -
Structural Investigation of high active Lewis acid catalysts for selective hy...
The selective oxidation of saturated C-H bonds is a crucial step in many industrial processes. Recent we have discovered an alternative green one-step route for the selective... -
Investigation of the core-shell interaction in stabilised PdAu nanoparticle c...
Bimetallic nanoparticles are attractive materials due to their novel electronic, magnetic optical and catalytic properties which are distinctly different from those of their... -
Investigating the diffusion of industrially-significant cyclic oximes in soli...
The aim is to contrast the diffusion of cyclohexanone oxime, cyclododecanone oxime and their corresponding amides in both the smaller pore MFI framework and the larger pore... -
Investigating the diffusion of methane and methanol mixtures in zeolite H-ZSM-5
The diffusion coefficients of methanol and methane, both individually and as part of a mixture will be measured in a commercial sample of zeolite H-ZSM-5, in the context of the... -
Investigating the acidic sites of zeolites as a function of framework structu...
A range of commercial zeolite catalysts will be studied using inelastic neutron scattering to probe the nature of the acidic proton sites throughout the zeolite as a function of... -
Probing diffusion of renewable feedstocks in single-site nanoporous materials
Silicon-doped aluminophosphates (SAPOs) are framework materials similar to zeolites. Their pore structure and solid acid sites contribute to their activity and selectivity in... -
Structure of multi-component mixed metal molybdates by neutron diffraction
Our general aim is to understand the defect structure of complex oxides in ternary oxide systems, which are known to be effective selective oxidation catalysts. For this purpose... -
Investigation of diffusion of branched alkanes in ZSM5
The diffusion coefficients of monobranched and dibranched (methyl)hexane and octane in industrially important zeolite ZSM5 will be measured along with their straight chain... -
The Active Site in Iron Molybdate Catalysts for Selective Methanol Oxidation
Formaldehyde is an industrially important chemical (world production 32 million tonnes in 2006) currently made from methanol using an iron molybdate catalyst. Reaction occurs at...
