Project overview
X-ray diffraction is the main technique by which scientists and engineers study the structures of crystalline materials, however some sample types are often neglected due to the requirement for specialised instrumentation and expertise. This proposal provides advanced equipment to apply diffraction and related methods to a series of lesser-studied sample types of great importance in technology and in understanding environmental processes. These include thin layers of material on surfaces, where information about atomic separations, particle sizes, crystal orientation and changes in the size of the lattice due to interactions with the underlying material can be obtained. This will be critical to the understanding of a range of functional materials with applications in energy conversion and storage, electronics, optoelectronics and engineering. It will also be possible to study very small regions of a material, this is important in examination of single components or regions of a sample where variations are important in understanding properties. Sample types include minerals, where the structure of individual grains will contribute to knowledge of interactions with the environment, and single components of grids of material designed to have specific interactions with light.
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Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups
Research outputs
James A. Grant-Jacob, Stephen J. Beecher, Jake J. Prentice, David P. Shepherd, Jacob I. Mackenzie & Robert W. Eason,
2017, Surface and Coatings Technology
Type: article
Cosimo Lacava, Ivan Cardea, Iosif Demirtzioglou, Alaa Khoja, Ke Li, David Thomson, Xiaoke Ruan, Fan Zhang, Graham Reed, David Richardson & Periklis Petropoulos,
2017, Optics Express, 25(24), 29798-29811
DOI: 10.1364/OE.25.029798
Type: article
M.M. Jolly, J.A. Jarvis, M. Carravetta, M.H. Levitt & P.T.F. Williamson,
2017, Journal of Biomolecular NMR
Type: article
Brian E. Hayden & Fiona K. Rogers,
2017, Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry
Type: article
Daniel Perez, Ivana Gasulla, Francisco Javier Fraile, Lee Crudgington, David Thomson, Ali Khokhar, Ke Li, Wei Cao, Goran Mashanovich & Jose Capmany,
2017, Laser & Photonics Reviews
Type: article
Kapil Debnath, Marco Clementi, Thalía Domínguez Bucio, Ali Khokhar, Moise Sotto, Katarzyna M. Grabska, Daniele Bajoni, Matteo Galli, Shinichi Saito & Frederic Y. Gardes,
2017, Optics Express, 25(22), 27334-27340
DOI: 10.1364/OE.25.027334
Type: article
Thalía Domínguez Bucio, Ali Khokhar, Goran Mashanovich & Frederic Gardes,
2017, Optics Express, 25(22), 27310-27320
DOI: 10.1364/OE.25.027310
Type: article