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The structure of ammonia borane in ammonia and THF
In this proposal we aim to understand the solvation of AB by two of the most important solvents ? ammonia and THF. Neutron diffraction is a key technique in this context because... -
Unraveling the crystal structure of cuprice, CuOH×H2O SANDALS
Long-term nuclear waste repository strategies in Europe include the developing of safe multi-barrier isolation of spent nuclear fuel. One of the considered schemes is the... -
Role of DMSO in Ionic Liquid / DMSO Mixtures
This proposal aims to study the interactions within a prototypical ionic liquid / co-solvent system. Such systems are currently under investigation as potential solvating media... -
How is the nanoscale structure of Amorphous Solid Water (ASW) impacted by the...
This experiment will determine how the structure and porosity of Amorphous Solid Water (ASW) changes when the ice is contaminated by adsorbate molecules. ASW is a porous... -
Local magnetic structures of YBCO high-Tc superconductors from neutron total ...
Understanding high-temperature superconductivity is a major aim of condensed-matter science, which is of fundamental importance and may ultimately allow the design of materials... -
A Structural Study of Tungsten Tellurite Glasses
Tungsten Tellurites are being used to make optical fibres that transmit light into the mid infra red. However, not much is know about the structure of these glasses. We wish to... -
Uncovering the Structure-Luminesce Relationships for Mn Doped Zinc Phosphate ...
Glass-based phosphors have applications that range from light-emitting diodes to lasers. The optical properties of these materials depend on the coordination environment of the... -
Understanding the molecular origin of cononsolvency
The term cononsolvency has been used to describe a situation in which a polymer is less soluble in a mixture of two cosolvents than it is in either one of the pure solvents. If... -
Microscopic structure as an evidence for a new thermodynamic boundary in supe...
Supercritical (sc) fluids have unique properties that have led to a rich variety of applications including production of essential oils and pharmaceutical products, green... -
Growth of Nanostructured Ceria in Choline Chloride:Urea-Water Deep Eutectic S...
In our recent work we have studied formation of nanostructured cerium oxides from the choline chloride:urea deep eutectic solvent (DES). We found that the nanostructure of the... -
Towards Neutron Scattering of Amorphous Materials in the Gigapascal Regime
Over the past few years, extensive developments have been made in the use of neutron diffraction for structural studies of liquids and amorphous materials at high pressure.... -
Breaking Zachariasen rules - the structure of barium zirconium fluoride glasses
Glass is an essential material with applications that are dominated by oxides, but fluoride glasses (based on barium zirconium fluorides, "ZBLAN" glasses) have key applications... -
Anhydrobiosis at the atomic scale: protein folding at low water content
Anhydrobiosis, the possibility of life in almost no water, is a puzzling phenomena common to a wide class of organisms, ranging from plant seeds to crustacean cysts, that can... -
Glycerol Carbonate
Glycerol carbonate has potential to become one of the most important sustainable chemical intermediates of the future. It has imprtant uses as a solvent, as a chemical, and as a... -
Neutron diffraction for improving simulations of base glasses used to vitrify...
The UK nuclear industry is involved in a large effort to decommission nuclear power reactors and safely store radioactive waste. A key process is the vitrification of high level... -
LOKI Detector testing
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Atomic structure of barium tin phosphate glasses
Tin phosphate glasses are an alternative as lead-free glasses with zero photoelastic constant (PEC) for fiber applications. A second modifier oxide is added for improving the... -
Neutron Diffraction Studies of Iron Silicate Glasses with Alkali Ion Inclusions
The objective of this study is to examine the local structure of a set of Iron Silicate glasses containing a single alkali metal in order to understand the correlation of... -
Local and long-range ordering in concentrated nanotube solutions
Manipulating nanoparticles in liquids is crucial for their scalable implementation in future technologies. For example, such liquids can be used like paint to create uniform... -
Disordered Materials Express: Microstructurally and Compositionally Accurate ...
Production of oil and gas from shale resources has revolutionized the energy industry. However, the physics and chemistry describing fluid flow in shale are fundamentally...
