International Group Work for Sustainable Chemistry (2019)
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Haxton, K., & Darton, R. (2019). International Group Work for Sustainable Chemistry. New Directions in the Teaching of Physical Sciences, https://doi.org/10.29311/ndtps.v0i14.2821

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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Chen, P., Ge, W., Lu, Y., Wu, Z., Xu, J., Woodfine, S. E., …Hawes, C. S. (2019). Substituent effects in the zinc(II) coordination chemistry of isomeric pyridylpyrazole ligands. Journal of Coordination Chemistry, https://doi.org/10.1080/00958972.2019.1587613

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)
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Khazaal, M. H., Staniforth, J. Z., Alfatlawi, Z. A., Ormerod, R. M., & Darton, R. (2018). Enhanced methane reforming activity of a hydrothermally synthesised co-doped perovskite catalyst. Energy and Fuels, 32(12), 12826–12832. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.8b02848

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)
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Darton, R., & Pérez-Barrado, E. (2018). Synthesis and applications of near-infrared absorbing additive copper hydroxyphosphate. MRS Communications, 8, 1070-1078. https://doi.org/10.1557/mrc.2018.144

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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Al-Ani, A., Darton, R. J., Sneddon, S., & Zholobenko, V. (2018). Nanostructured Zeolites: The Introduction of Intracrystalline Mesoporosity in Basic Faujasite-Type Catalysts. ACS Applied Nano Material, 1(1), 310-318. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.7b00169

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.

The Effect of Structure Directing Agents on the Ordering of Fluoride Ions in Pure Silica MFI Zeolites (2015)
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Brace, S., Wormald, P., & Darton, R. (2015). The Effect of Structure Directing Agents on the Ordering of Fluoride Ions in Pure Silica MFI Zeolites. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 17(18), 11950-11953. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5cp00834d

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.