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Quantum Spin Ice ground states and Structural Disorder in non-Kramers rare-ea...
Pyrochlore oxides based on non-Kramers rare-earth ions, such as Pr3+ and Tb3+, are candidate materials for the formation of the Quantum Spin Ice. However, structural disorder is... -
A Structural Study of Zinc Tellurite Glasses.
We wish to better understand the influence of a common modifier in optical tellurite glasses, zinc. The aim is to relate structural changes in zinc tellurite glasses with the... -
Investigating the Structure of the Fe-BTC MOF
Metalorganic frameworks (MOFs) are highly porous 3D materials, composed of metal clusters connected via organic linkers. Crystallinity is believed to be a prerequisite for gas... -
Structure of sodium calcium magnesium polyphosphate glasses
Phosphate based glasses, are being developed to replace the current silicate based systems as biomaterials. For application as biomaterials, beneficial ions can be added to... -
Atomistic stdudies of ferroelectric solid solutions
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The structure of metal metaborate glasses
Scientific studies of borate glasses tend to focus on alkali borates, which can be made over a wide and continuous composition range. Contrastingly, metal borates have a wide... -
Local structure of liquid gallium-iodine and gallium-indium
Liquid metal alloys, with liquidus temperatures close to room temperature, are a rapidly developing research area with novel applications in renewable energy, catalysis,... -
An in-situ neutron diffraction study of the formation and dehydrogenation of ...
We have prepared the transition metal borohydride hydrazinates (ZBH) for the first time. Zn(BH4)2-2N2H4 exhibits pure hydrogen evolution below 200 °C as determined by... -
Investigating the Structure of Lithium Doped Metal-Organic Framework Glasses
Zeolitic imidazolate frameworks (ZIFs), a sub-family of MOFs, have recently been observed to melt, with the liquid surprisingly retaining the chemical composition of the... -
Temperature-Dependent Analysis of Polar Nanostructures in High Temperature Re...
A number of relaxor ferroelectric ceramics possess a near-stable relative permittivity over a wide temperature range, making them promising materials for electronic applications... -
PDF study of the effect of synthesis conditions on the local structure of har...
Hard carbons are amongst the most promising anode materials for sodium-ion batteries, but their charge storage mechanisms are still poorly understood. Difficulties in... -
Effect of Composition on Local Environment of Sulphate in Silicate Glasses
We will study the effects of changes in composition and structure of alkali silicate and alkali-alkaline earth silicate glasses on its sulphate incorporation capacities. Total... -
Local structure of a barocaloric framework material
Barocaloric materials, in which a large isothermal entropy change is associated with a pressure-induced phase transition, offer an alternative to vapour-compression techniques... -
Understanding the effect of compaction forming on the structure and performan...
A vast amount of work has been conducted on understanding metal organic frameworks (MOFs) in their powder form. However, for use in industrial processes, powders will need to be... -
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.... -
Structural aspects of conductivity behaviour in transition metal phosphate gl...
Phosphate glasses containing transition metal oxides, such as MoO3 and WO3, are of interest for various applications making use of their electrical properties. MoO3 and WO3 are... -
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... -
Precise Determination of the Cation Distributions of Oxide Ionic Conductors B...
We designed and synthesized a series of new oxided ionic conductors Ba3M1+xTi1-xO8+x (M = Mo and W), which adopt a hybridized structure with the features of 9R perovskite... -
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...
