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Evaluation of Online Team Based Learning: Staff and Student Perspectives (2023)
Journal Article

With the forced move online during the Covid19 pandemic, Keele chemistry programmes turned to Team Based Learning (TBL) as an active learning method that could be adapted to a virtual environment. TBL is a structured, collaborative form of learni... Read More about Evaluation of Online Team Based Learning: Staff and Student Perspectives.

An Investigation of the Temperature Dependence of a Monomer–Dimer Equilibrium Using UV–Vis and 1H NMR Spectroscopies (2023)
Journal Article

A laboratory experiment in which 1H NMR and UV–vis spectroscopies are applied to probe the temperature dependence of a monomer–dimer equilibrium involving a cyclopentadienone derivative is described and discussed. Details of the data analysis for ext... Read More about An Investigation of the Temperature Dependence of a Monomer–Dimer Equilibrium Using UV–Vis and 1H NMR Spectroscopies.

Chapter 12. Using Team Based Learning to Promote Problem Solving Through Active Learning (2021)
Book Chapter

Team Based Learning (TBL) is a structured small group collaborative form of learning where learners combine their knowledge to solve problems. TBL has been found to be highly effective at facilitating active learning, as learners are required to prep... Read More about Chapter 12. Using Team Based Learning to Promote Problem Solving Through Active Learning.

Chapter 12. Using Team Based Learning to Promote Problem Solving Through Active Learning (2021)
Book Chapter

Team Based Learning (TBL) is a structured small group collaborative form of learning where learners combine their knowledge to solve problems. TBL has been found to be highly effective at facilitating active learning, as learners are required to prep... Read More about Chapter 12. Using Team Based Learning to Promote Problem Solving Through Active Learning.

Developing the Scientific Reporting Skills of Chemistry Students (2020)
Book Chapter

Developing the Scientific Reporting Skills of Chemistry Students (2020)
Book Chapter

The publication contains a diverse range of expertise in assessment and feedback, bringing together experts in a number of disciplines to present ideas on learner-centred feedback. The main goal of the collection is to showcase learner-focused fee... Read More about Developing the Scientific Reporting Skills of Chemistry Students.

A Series of Manganese(III) Salen Complexes as a Result of Team-Based Inquiry in a Transnational Education Programme. (2020)
Journal Article

The development of a team-based approach to research-led transnational practical chemistry teaching is described in which a team of five Chinese students on an articulated transnational degree programme, supported by a team of academic and technical... Read More about A Series of Manganese(III) Salen Complexes as a Result of Team-Based Inquiry in a Transnational Education Programme..

23. Developing scientific reporting skills of early undergraduate chemistry students (2019)
Book Chapter

Chinese Students’ Expectations Versus Reality When Studying on a UK-China Transnational Chemistry Degree Program (2019)
Journal Article

An extensive study has been conducted into the experiences of Chinese chemistry students studying on transnational education (TNE) programs at four UK institutions partnered with Chinese universities; in particular, student expectations regarding stu... Read More about Chinese Students’ Expectations Versus Reality When Studying on a UK-China Transnational Chemistry Degree Program.

Developing Scientific Reporting Skills of Early Undergraduate Chemistry Students (2019)
Book Chapter

Our aim is to initiate the development of selected generic skills of early undergraduate chemistry students by focussing on scientific reporting skills. To achieve this, we have developed an approach that draws upon chemistry journal articles as para... Read More about Developing Scientific Reporting Skills of Early Undergraduate Chemistry Students.

Lecture Highlights: Repurposing Lecture Capture to Provide Learning Resources for Level 6 Chemistry Students (2018)
Journal Article

Spectroelectrochemistry at free-standing carbon nanotubes electrodes (2016)
Journal Article

A versatile and low-cost methodology for fabricating free-standing carbon nanotubes (CNT) electrodes for electrochemical and spectroelectrochemical applications is described. The uniformity, flexibility and resistance to bending of these films make t... Read More about Spectroelectrochemistry at free-standing carbon nanotubes electrodes.

Photoelectrochemical activity of colloidal TiO2 nanostructures assembled at polarisable liquid/liquid interfaces (2016)
Journal Article

Photoelectrochemical responses arising from the heterogeneous hole-transfer from colloidal TiO2 nanoparticles to ferrocene species across the polarizable water/1,2-dichloroethane (DCE) interface are investigated as a function of the formal redox pote... Read More about Photoelectrochemical activity of colloidal TiO2 nanostructures assembled at polarisable liquid/liquid interfaces.

Electrochemical Reduction of Carbon Dioxide at Gold-Palladium Core-Shell Nanoparticles: Product Distribution versus Shell Thickness (2016)
Journal Article

The electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 at carbon-supported Au-Pd core–shell nanoparticles is investigated systematically as a function of the Pd shell thickness. Liquid- and gas-phase products were determined by off-line 1H NMR spectroscopy and on-lin... Read More about Electrochemical Reduction of Carbon Dioxide at Gold-Palladium Core-Shell Nanoparticles: Product Distribution versus Shell Thickness.

A Synthetic Route for the Effective Preparation of Metal Alloy Nanoparticles and Their Use as Active Electrocatalysts (2016)
Journal Article

By taking advantage of the nonequilibrium synthetic conditions, we used the cathodic corrosion method to prepare a selected number of alloys of which solid–solution alloys do not exist under ambient conditions. To illustrate our findings, we present... Read More about A Synthetic Route for the Effective Preparation of Metal Alloy Nanoparticles and Their Use as Active Electrocatalysts.

Monitoring charge transfer at polarisable liquid/liquid interfaces employing time-resolved Raman spectroelectrochemistry (2015)
Journal Article

In-situ Raman spectroscopy is implemented for the first time to monitor dynamic charge transfer processes at polarisable interfaces between two immiscible electrolyte solutions (ITIES) in real time. A custom-designed new electrochemical cell is descr... Read More about Monitoring charge transfer at polarisable liquid/liquid interfaces employing time-resolved Raman spectroelectrochemistry.

New insights into the catalytic activity of gold nanoparticles for CO oxidation in electrochemical media (2014)
Journal Article

This study reports the interaction between metal oxides and gold in acidic media and its effect on the electrochemical oxidation of carbon monoxide. We describe the oxidation of CO in acidic media on Au nanoparticles of 3 and 7 nm on different oxide... Read More about New insights into the catalytic activity of gold nanoparticles for CO oxidation in electrochemical media.

Porous Boron-Doped Diamond/Carbon Nanotube Electrodes (2014)
Journal Article

Nanostructuring boron-doped diamond (BDD) films increases their sensitivity and performance when used as electrodes in electrochemical environments. We have developed a method to produce such nanostructured, porous electrodes by depositing BDD thin f... Read More about Porous Boron-Doped Diamond/Carbon Nanotube Electrodes.

Tuning CO2 electroreduction efficiency at Pd shells on Au nanocores (2013)
Journal Article

The faradaic efficiency of CO2 electroreduction is significantly affected by the thickness of Pd nanoshells on Au cores. The ratio of hydrogen evolution to CO2 reduction was determined by differential electrochemical mass spectrometry. Decreasing the... Read More about Tuning CO2 electroreduction efficiency at Pd shells on Au nanocores.

Solids at the liquid-liquid interface: Electrocatalysis with pre-formed nanoparticles (2013)
Journal Article

The catalytic activity of Au and Au–Pd core–shell nanoparticles is investigated at the liquid–liquid interface. The particles are shown to catalyse a process which is attributed to interfacial oxygen reduction. The Au–Pd particles are shown to be mor... Read More about Solids at the liquid-liquid interface: Electrocatalysis with pre-formed nanoparticles.