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International Group Work for Sustainable Chemistry (2019)
Journal Article

As part of a transnational degree programme, students in the UK and China were linked together to carry out group work. This was enabled by having two versions of our FHEQ Level 4 Sustainable Chemistry module; in person for UK students, and by distan... Read More about International Group Work for Sustainable Chemistry.

Substituent effects in the zinc(II) coordination chemistry of isomeric pyridylpyrazole ligands (2019)
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Pyrazoles with unsymmetric substitution are useful ligands in coordination chemistry, but are under-developed due to synthetic challenges in accessing the pure isomers. We have prepared four new structurally related N-(2-pyridyl)-3,5-dialkylpyrazole... Read More about Substituent effects in the zinc(II) coordination chemistry of isomeric pyridylpyrazole ligands.

Enhanced methane reforming activity of a hydrothermally synthesised co-doped perovskite catalyst (2018)
Journal Article

A catalyst for the direct reforming of methane and simulated biogas has been prepared using a green and low temperature hydrothermal method. The nickel and iron co-doped SrZrO3 perovskite shows catalytic activity comparable to 10% Ni/Al2O3, but with... Read More about Enhanced methane reforming activity of a hydrothermally synthesised co-doped perovskite catalyst.

Synthesis and applications of near-infrared absorbing additive copper hydroxyphosphate (2018)
Journal Article

The use of copper hydroxyphosphate (Cu2PO4OH), also called libethenite, as a near-infrared (NIR) absorbing additive has been investigated. Samples were synthesized by using a hydrothermal treatment or simple wet chemical processing, which was later e... Read More about Synthesis and applications of near-infrared absorbing additive copper hydroxyphosphate.

Nanostructured Zeolites: The Introduction of Intracrystalline Mesoporosity in Basic Faujasite-Type Catalysts (2018)
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A combination of postsynthesis modifications and ion exchange aiming to obtain basic cation-rich hierarchical zeolites X and Y was utilized in this work for the preparation of catalysts for biofuel production from vegetable oils. The secondary mesopo... Read More about Nanostructured Zeolites: The Introduction of Intracrystalline Mesoporosity in Basic Faujasite-Type Catalysts.

Structural organization in the trimethylamine iodine monochloride complex (2017)
Journal Article

The structure of the complex formed between trimethylamine and iodine monochloride had been redetermined by a combination of neutron powder diffraction and X-ray single crystal diffraction techniques. The structure determined using NPD shows that the... Read More about Structural organization in the trimethylamine iodine monochloride complex.

Bring Back Pen Pals: International Group Work for Sustainable Development (2016)
Presentation / Conference

The Effect of Structure Directing Agents on the Ordering of Fluoride Ions in Pure Silica MFI Zeolites (2015)
Journal Article

The effect of different sizes of structure directing agents on the ordering of the fluoride ions in pure silica MFI zeolites has been determined using magic angle spinning solid state NMR. By synthesizing fluoride containing pure silica MFI zeolites... Read More about The Effect of Structure Directing Agents on the Ordering of Fluoride Ions in Pure Silica MFI Zeolites.

A nickel doped perovskite catalyst for reforming methane rich biogas with minimal carbon deposition (2014)
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A novel nickel-doped strontium zirconate perovskite catalyst for biogas reforming has been synthesised using a green, low temperature hydrothermal synthesis. The catalyst has been shown to be very efficient towards the conversion of methane-rich biog... Read More about A nickel doped perovskite catalyst for reforming methane rich biogas with minimal carbon deposition.

A novel perovskite based catalyst with high selectivity and activity for partial oxidation of methane for fuel cell applications (2014)
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Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) have the potential to revolutionise the present fuel economy due to their higher fuel conversion efficiency compared with standard heat engines and the possibility of utilizing the heat produced in a combined heat and p... Read More about A novel perovskite based catalyst with high selectivity and activity for partial oxidation of methane for fuel cell applications.

Overcoming carbon deactivation in biogas reforming using a hydrothermally synthesised nickel perovskite catalyst (2014)
Journal Article

A hydrothermally synthesised nickel-strontium zirconate perovskite is shown to have excellent selectivity towards biogas reforming without suffering from deactivation due to carbon formation. Experiments reveal that this material is capable of very e... Read More about Overcoming carbon deactivation in biogas reforming using a hydrothermally synthesised nickel perovskite catalyst.

Colossal thermal expansion and negative thermal expansion in simple halogen bonded complexes (2013)
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The crystal structures of the simple monoclinic halogen-bonded complexes pyridine–ICl and pyridine–IBr have been redetermined using modern X-ray and neutron diffraction techniques. The representation quadric surfaces for the thermal expansion tensor... Read More about Colossal thermal expansion and negative thermal expansion in simple halogen bonded complexes.

Studies on the Role of Fluoride Ion vs Reaction Concentration in Zeolite Synthesis (2004)
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This work is an experimental response to an intriguing paper recently published by Catlow and co-workers, which looked at the computational feasibility of fluorine location in three different all-silica zeotypes (Attfield, M. P.; Catlow, C. R. A.; So... Read More about Studies on the Role of Fluoride Ion vs Reaction Concentration in Zeolite Synthesis.