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In-situ reaction of lithium amide or imide with manganese(IV) oxide
We request 3 days beam time on POLARIS for in-situ powder diffraction studies of the reactions of lithium amide or lithium imide with manganese(IV) oxide under flowing argon or... -
New brownmillerite-based oxide ion conductors: Local structure and structure-...
Oxide ion conductors are key components in a number of technologically important applications. Our research programme on the development of new oxide ion conductors, using... -
Hydrogen bonding in monoclinic jarosites
Jarosite minerals are of great importance to a range of mineral processing and research applications, as well as significant to the understanding of the environmental history of... -
Investigation of magnetic orderings in multiferroic PbFe12O19
We propose to perform neutron diffraction experiments on a powder sample of a multiferroic hexaferrite PbFe12O19. A recent paper has reported room temperature multiferroic... -
Re-examination of PZT structures around a tricritical point
The mixture of lead titanate (PbTiO3) and lead zirconate (PbZrO3), known as PbZr1-xTixO3 (PZT), is commonly used in a wide range of applications (sensors, actuators, etc)... -
Reentrant Structural Transitions and Collapse of Charge and Orbital Orders in...
A-site ordered quadruple perovskites, AA3B4O12, show many interesting physical and chemical properties, for example, inter-site charge transfer and disproportionation, giant... -
A new plastic phase in PCBM from low-energy inlelastic neutron scattering
Phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) is a fullerene-based material of high technological interest due to its use in organic solar photovoltaic cells. A better... -
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Diffuse scattering in the paraelectric phase of titanite
Titanite consists of TiO6 octahedra arranged in chains. These are linked by SiO4 tetrahedra. At room temperature, Ti is slightly off-center resulting in an alternation of short... -
Ammonia synthesis using lithium hydride-metal nitride composites: an in situ ...
The development of more active catalysts for the production of ammonia will have a worldwide impact on the energy cost of producing fertiliser. Composites of lithium hydride and... -
In-situ studies of amides with ammonia
The aim of this proposal is to determine that materials that are present in the ammoniation of amides. -
Electrostatic interaction effects in orientationally disordered phases
Plastic phases are characterized by a positional ordering of the molecular centers of mass while molecules are rotating in a hindered way. Therefore these phases are... -
PROTON DYNAMICS IN ALKYLAMMONIUM NITRATE IONIC LIQUIDS
Ionic liquids are of interest to chemistry and material sciences because of their designer properties. Protonated ionic liquids are excellent proton carriers in fuel cell... -
Hydrogen production from ammonia using lithium imide: an isotope study
We have recently discovered that light metal amides and imides are excellent cattalysts for the decomposition of ammonia. We request 3 days on POLARIS to perform in situ neutron... -
Dynamics and phase behaviour of Fullerol using low energy neutron spectroscopy
Fullerene and its derivatives have become materials of great technological interest for a number of reasons including their success as electron acceptors in organic photovoltaic... -
Understanding the decomposition of ammonia by lithium-calcium imide
Among light metal amide-imide catalysts for ammonia decomposition, lithium-calcium imide is the most promising candidate for practical application. Ex situ diffraction data... -
Towards the development of carbonitrides as novel two-stage regenerable reage...
We are examining a number of cobalt-molybdenum carbonitrides as possible catalysts for reactions that produce nitrogen-containing organic molecules. There is good evidence that... -
In-situ neutron powder diffraction study of the synthesis of Half-Heusler the...
XNiSn (X = Ti, Zr, Hf) Half-Heusler materials are potential candidates for application in thermoelectric waste heat recovery. The aim of the experiment is to follow the... -
Local Dynamics in End-Functional Poly(ethylenes)
Poly(ethylene)s carrying multiple end-functional groups on a single chain end have been prepared from polybutadiene, saturated with either hydrogen or deuterium. These materials... -
PROTON DYNAMICS IN NON AND PARTIALLY DEUTERIATED ETHYLAMMONIUM NITRATE IONIC ...
The field of ionic liquids is one of the hottest topics with the number of publications still growing exponentially. This is due to the negligible vapour pressure,...
