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Heterogeneous hydrogenation in continuous flow followed by NMR and total neut...
It has been estimated that 80-90 % of chemical processes use catalysis in at least one step of the production process. Their use increases the energy efficiency of the process... -
Understanding the effect of pressure on ionic liquid structure
There are few studies on the effect of pressure on ionic liquids; however, there are indications that, at pressures around 1.0 GPa, these systems undergo a significant change in... -
Ionic liquid containing microemulsions
The aim of this experiment is to characterise several novel ionic liquid ¿ oil and ionic liquid ¿ water microemulsions via SANS prior to their use in the synthesis of metallic... -
The effect of confinement on the structure of alcohol-water mixtures
Compared with gas phase reactions, liquid phase catalytic processes are complex due to the effect of the solvent. The solvent controls many aspects of the overall reaction... -
Investigating the dynamics of substituted aromatic liquids confined in Pt/MCM-41
This proposal would investigate the dynamics of ortho-/meta-/para- xylene, mesitylene and 1,3,5-trihydroxybenzene confined in the catalyst Pt/MCM-41. The relatively wide pores... -
First insights into the hydration of the nootropic drug piracetam by neutron ...
The proposal seeks to investigate the structure and hydration of the nootropic drug piracetam in aqueous solutions by neutron scattering on the SANDALS instrument, with... -
Surfactant aggregation at the solid-Ionic liquid and air ionic-liquid interfaces
The beamtime requested will be used to study the adsorption of a series of non-ionic surfactants at the air-IL interface in order to further understand the aggregation processes... -
Investigating the diffusion of C6 cyclic and aromatic hydrocarbons in Pt/MCM-41
Diffusion of a range of cyclic hydrocarbons relevant to the nylon production process will be measured in the potential catalyst Pt/MCM-41 in the context of the benzene... -
Investigating the diffusion component of the toluene hydrogenation reaction i...
The diffusion of hydrocarbons relevant to the toluene hydrogenation reaction will be measured both as unconfined liquids and confined in the catalyst Pt/MCM-41. Diffusion will... -
Investigating the diffusion component of the phenyacetylene hydrogenation rea...
Liquid phase heterogeneous catalysis makes up one the largest proportions of chemical industry. The catalysed phenyacetelene hydrogenation reaction is of great interest as it is... -
Kinetics and Structure of Butanone Hydrogenation in the Presence of a Water S...
Over 75% of all chemicals and fuels require the use of a catalyst in their generation. However, despite their ubiquity, very little is known on the atomic and molecular... -
Aggregation in ionic liquids
The aim of this experiment is to investigate surfactant aggregation in ionic liquids and also ionic liquid ¿ oil and ionic liquid ¿ water microemulsions via SANS. Contrast... -
Investigating the diffusion component of the phenyacetylene hydrogenation rea...
Liquid phase heterogeneous catalysis makes up one the largest proportions of chemicalindustry. The catalysed phenyacetylene hydrogenation reaction is of great interest as it is... -
Probing the Kinetics and Liquid Structure of Toluene Hydrogenation by Pt/MCM-41
In a proof-of-concept beamtime award (RB1220486) we studied the process of platinum-catalysed benzene hydrogenation in the pores of MCM-41 using standard neutron diffraction... -
Combined time-resolved NMR and neutron scattering of catalytic alkyne hydroge...
This work intends to probe the ability of neutron diffraction to elucidate time-resolved, structural information in a heterogeneous catalyst system. The results from the... -
Isotopic Characterisation of Pore Surface Chemistry in Monolithic MCM-41 Subs...
Porous materials impregnated with metal nanoparticles are extremely useful in catalysis, an industry that had a global turnover in 2010 of over three trillion dollars.... -
Understanding the structure of linear alkylbenzene sulfonates in water.
The objective of this research is to understand the detailed structure of water-surfactant solutions as a function of concentration and chemical structure. This is important as... -
Hydrogenation of Benzene followed by Total Scattering and in situ 13C NMR
Catalysis is defined as the increase of the rate of the reaction or directing the reaction to one of the thermodynamically permitted pathways that lead to different products. It... -
Spatial, Chemical, and Temporal Resolution of Platinum-Catalysed Benzene Conv...
This proposal aims to study the potential for neutron diffraction to offer spatially-, chemically-, and temporally-resolved information on a dynamic system, in this case the... -
Investigating the diffusion of liquids within the MFI zeolite ZSM-5
The properties of liquids confined in zeolites will be studied by quasi-elastic neutron scattering. Alongside the data previously acquired using quasi-elastic neutron scattering...
