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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Lead researchers
Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups
Research outputs
Chung-Che Huang, Feras Al-Saab, Yudong Wang, Jun-Yu Ou, John C. Walker, Shuncai Wang, Behrad Gholipour, Robert E. Simpson & Daniel W. Hewak,
2014, Nanoscale, 6(21), 12792-12797
DOI: 10.1039/C4NR04228J
Type: article
Benno Meier, Jean-Nicolas Dumez, Gabriele Stevanato, Joseph T. Hill-Cousins, Soumya Singha Roy, Paer Hakansson, Salvatore Mamone, Richard C. D. Brown, Giuseppe Pileio & Malcolm H. Levitt,
2013, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 135(50), 18746-18749
DOI: 10.1021/ja410432f
Type: article
V. Filidou, S. Mamone, S. Simmons, S.D. Karlen, H.L. Anderson, C.W.M. Kay, A. Bagno, F. Rastrelli, Y. Murata, K. Komatsu, X. Lei, Y. Li, N.J. Turro, M.H. Levitt & J.J.L. Morton,
2013, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 371(1998), 1-18
Type: article
Malcolm H. Levitt,
2013, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 371(1998), 1-29
Type: article
Irene Marco-Rius, Michael C. D. Tayler, Mikko I. Kettunen, Timothy J. Larkin, Kerstin N. Timm, Eva M. Serrao, Tiago B. Rodrigues, Giuseppe Pileio, Jan Henrik Ardenkjaer-Larsen, Malcolm H. Levitt & Kevin M. Brindle,
2013, Tropical Biomedicine, 26(12), 1696-1704
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.3005
Type: article
T. Room, L. Peedu, M. Ge, D. Huvonen, U. Nagel, S. Ye, M. Xu, Z. Bacic, S. Mamone, M.H. Levitt, M. Carravetta, J.Y.- C. Chen, X. Lei, N.J. Turro, Y. Murata & K. Komatsu,
2013, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 371, 20110631
Type: article
A.J. Horsewill, K. Goh, S. Rols, J. Ollivier, M.R. Johnson, M.H. Levitt, M. Carravetta, S. Mamone, Y. Murata, J.Y.- C. Chen, J.A. Johnson, X. Lei & N.J. Turro,
2013, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 371(1998), 20110627
Type: article