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B18 Core XAS
Status: Operational
Beamsize: 200 µm x 250 µm
Energy: 2.05 - 35 keV
Energy: 2.05 - 35 keV
35 items found for 2026 [total: 1039]
A XAS approach to forensic profiling: Characterisation of human burned skeletal remains Talanta, 308 Oct 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2026.129871
Influence of leaching on the strontium immobilisation mechanism and nanostructural framework in geopolymer wasteforms Cement And Concrete Research, 205 Jul 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2026.108214
Journal Paper B18-Core EXAFS
High-performance ethylene/2-butene cross-metathesis catalysis over tungsten species in or close to zeolite Y for propylene production: The multifunctional roles of zeolite Applied Catalysis A: General, 719 June 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.apcata.2026.120951
Journal Paper B18-Core EXAFS
Unveiling the strong metal-support interaction in Ru1/TiO2 on enhancing activity and chlorine-resistance stability in o-DCB oxidation Separation And Purification Technology, 389 May 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2026.136898
Journal Paper B18-Core EXAFS
Direct synthesis of amorphous metal-organic frameworks from nanoclusters Nature Communications, 17 Apr 2026 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-71378-z
Solar reforming of plastics using acid-catalyzed depolymerization Joule, 626 Apr 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.joule.2026.102347
Characterising irradiation damage in REBCO coated conductor using multiple absorption edge polarisation dependent EXAFS Superconductivity, 382 Apr 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.supcon.2026.100253
Detailed understanding of the electrochemistry and oxygen reduction activity of La1-xCaxMnO3 obtained by in situ XAS and XES Acs Electrochemistry, Apr 2026 DOI: 10.1021/acselectrochem.5c00541
Mechanistic study of glycerol electro-oxidation on Ni(OH)2/NiOOH electrodes Journal Of The American Chemical Society, Apr 2026 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6c00726
Telomerization of isoprene with short alcohols using novel solid molecular phosphine polymers Chemcatchem, 18 Apr 2026 DOI: 10.1002/cctc.70732
Plasma-engineered hydroxyl defects in NiO: A DFT-supported-spectroscopic analysis of oxygen-hole states and implications for water oxidation Journal Of The American Chemical Society, Apr 2026 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6c00210
Journal Paper B18-Core EXAFS
Atomically precise engineering of synergistic binding sites in a zirconium metal-organic framework for the capture of perfluorooctanoic acid Journal Of The American Chemical Society, 89 Apr 2026 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c23392
Improved cycle life and Li-ion transport parameters at low temperature in doped Ni-rich NMC cathodes Journal Of Materials Chemistry A, 8 Apr 2026 DOI: 10.1039/D6TA01388K
Light-induced binding and reduction of CO2 over transient open Ce(III) sites in a metal-organic framework Journal Of The American Chemical Society, Mar 2026 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c20721
Refractory high-entropy alloys for solid-state hydrogen storage Mar 2026
Thesis B18-Core EXAFS
Muons provide insights into the mechanisms of catalysis in copper-loaded zeolites Chemistry Of Materials, 38 Mar 2026 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5c02981
Synthesis of rare earth doped MoS2 by the co-pyrolysis of molecular precursors Scientific Reports, 102 Mar 2026 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-026-44301-1
Synthesis of the double infinite-layer Ni(I) phase La3Ni2O5F via sequential topochemical reactions Journal Of The American Chemical Society, 190 Feb 2026 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c16740
Rational design and improvement of Cu-based catalysts in CO oxidation Feb 2026
Thesis B07-C-Versatile Soft X-ray beamline: Ambient Pressure XPS and NEXAFS B18-Core EXAFS E01-JEM ARM 200CF I20-Scanning-X-ray spectroscopy (XAS/XES)
Unveiling the role of Ru-N4 on Ru-N-C single-atom catalyst in C–O/C–C bonds’ oxidative cleavage in lignin Acs Catalysis, Feb 2026 DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.5c08001
Journal Paper B18-Core EXAFS
Unveiling active sites and the cooperative role of non-thermal plasma and copper-zinc catalysts in the hydrogenation of CO2 to methanol Nature Catalysis, 46 Feb 2026 DOI: 10.1038/s41929-025-01477-5
Harnessing controlled dealloying–support coupling for ultrastable PtNi catalysts in PEMFC applications Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Feb 2026 DOI: 10.1002/anie.4524344
Key role of oxidizing species driving water oxidation revealed by time-resolved optical and X-ray spectroscopies Nature Materials, 17 Feb 2026 DOI: 10.1038/s41563-026-02514-9
Lithiation-driven LiCrSe2 shell growth on metallic CrSe2 core governs the plateau-slope behavior Advanced Science, Feb 2026 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202523702
Halide-dependent photoluminescence and heavy-atom effects in low-melting organic-inorganic manganese halides Advanced Functional Materials, Feb 2026 DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202532016
Valence state and defect modulation in reduced Sr-site deficient Pt/Sr0.95Ti0.9Cr0.1O3-δ perovskite for enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen production Applied Surface Science, 81 Feb 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2026.166370
Operando X-ray absorption spectroscopy of phosphomolybdic acid redox mediators for electrochemical conversion of biomass to green hydrogen Catalysis Science & Technology, Jan 2026 DOI: 10.1039/D5CY00763A
Mapping the hierarchical environmental transformations of nanoscale UiO-66 metal-organic framework Environmental Science & Technology, Jan 2026 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5c14487
Electrochemical sulfion upgrading to multicolor sulfur quantum dots coupled with hydrogen production via hybrid electrolysis Advanced Functional Materials, 34 Jan 2026 DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202525588
Journal Paper B18-Core EXAFS
Ruthenium-loaded heteroatomic zeolite for selective hydrodeoxygenation reaction in aqueous medium Journal Of The American Chemical Society, Jan 2026 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c19607
Amorphous TiOx overcoating triggers the dynamic embedding of IrOx cluster for efficient acidic water oxidation Advanced Functional Materials, Jan 2026 DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202528401
Journal Paper B18-Core EXAFS
The biogeochemical fate of Se(VI) in bentonite systems relevant to the disposal of high-level radioactive waste Environmental Science & Technology, 20 Jan 2026 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5c09387
Journal Paper B18-Core EXAFS
Coelectrolysis of PET and CO2 using an electrochemically restructured Co-MOF-74 anode and a polymeric co-phthalocyanine cathode Acs Applied Materials & Interfaces, Jan 2026 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5c22269
Mass transport behaviour of caesium and strontium in geopolymer cements Journal Of Materials Chemistry A, Jan 2026 DOI: 10.1039/D5TA08377J
Selectivity anomaly in CO2 hydrogenation over In-Pd intermetallic compounds Acs Catalysis, Jan 2026 DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.5c07737
Journal Paper B18-Core EXAFS
- M. P. M. Marques, D. Gianolio, N. Ramanan, S. F. Parker, W. Kockelmann, J. Rosa, D. Gonçalves, L. A. E. Batista De Carvalho, "A XAS approach to forensic profiling: Characterisation of human burned skeletal remains", Talanta, 308 (2026), DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2026.129871
- Byoungkwan Kim, Daniel A. Geddes, Sarah A. Kearney, Dinu Iuga, Brant Walkley, "Influence of leaching on the strontium immobilisation mechanism and nanostructural framework in geopolymer wasteforms", Cement And Concrete Research, 205 (2026), DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2026.108214
- Boye Li, Haokun Wang, Lin Ye, Simson Wu, Bryan Ng, Konstantin Lebedev, Zhenyu Sun, Pu Zhao, S. C. Edman Tsang, "High-performance ethylene/2-butene cross-metathesis catalysis over tungsten species in or close to zeolite Y for propylene production: The multifunctional roles of zeolite", Applied Catalysis A: General, 719 (2026), DOI: 10.1016/j.apcata.2026.120951
- Yihui Bu, Yingxiang Zhao, Xinyue Zhou, Tian Sun, Yuanfeng Wen, Yingjie Zhao, Haiwei Guo, Christopher M. A. Parlett, "Unveiling the strong metal-support interaction in Ru1/TiO2 on enhancing activity and chlorine-resistance stability in o-DCB oxidation", Separation And Purification Technology, 389 (2026), DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2026.136898
- Nanna L. Baun, Sabina S. Mortensen, Heloisa N. Bordallo, Luke Keenan, Kirsten M. O. Jensen, Adam F. Sapnik, "Direct synthesis of amorphous metal-organic frameworks from nanoclusters", Nature Communications, 17 (2026), DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-71378-z
- Papa K. Kwarteng, Yongpeng Liu, Chen Han, Shannon A. Bonke, David M. Vahey, Carolina Pulignani, Erwin Reisner, "Solar reforming of plastics using acid-catalyzed depolymerization", Joule, 626 (2026), DOI: 10.1016/j.joule.2026.102347
- Jarrod C. Lewis, Joseph Fihosy, Akhil Gupta, James Tufnail, Kirk Adams, Matthew Coulson, Petr Zagura, William Iliffe, Nianhua Peng, Diego Gianolio, Shusaku Hayama, Rebecca J. Nicholls, Sofia Diaz-Moreno, Susannah C. Speller, "Characterising irradiation damage in REBCO coated conductor using multiple absorption edge polarisation dependent EXAFS", Superconductivity, 382 (2026), DOI: 10.1016/j.supcon.2026.100253
- Veronica Celorrio, Haoliang Huang, Shusaku Hayama, David J. Fermin, Andrea E. Russell, "Detailed understanding of the electrochemistry and oxygen reduction activity of La1-xCaxMnO3 obtained by in situ XAS and XES", Acs Electrochemistry (2026), DOI: 10.1021/acselectrochem.5c00541
- Youli Yu, Yifeng Wang, Hanzhi Ye, Sid Halder, Guangmeimei Yang, Boxi Ye, Santosh Kumar, Georg Held, James R. Durrant, Maria-Magdalena Titirici, Reshma R. Rao, "Mechanistic study of glycerol electro-oxidation on Ni(OH)2/NiOOH electrodes", Journal Of The American Chemical Society (2026), DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6c00726
- Julia Nikodemus, Yaoyi Ren, Isabella Kappel, Felix Ott, Claudia Weidenthaler, Luke Keenan, Peter J. C. Hausoul, Regina Palkovits, "Telomerization of isoprene with short alcohols using novel solid molecular phosphine polymers", Chemcatchem, 18 (2026), DOI: 10.1002/cctc.70732
- Harol Moreno Fernández, Mohammad Amirabbasi, Crizaldo Mempin, Andrea Trapletti, Garlef Wartner, Marc F. Tesch, Esmaeil Adabifiroozjaei, Thokozile A. Kathyola, Carlo Castellano, Leopoldo Molina-Luna, Jan P. Hofmann, "Plasma-engineered hydroxyl defects in NiO: A DFT-supported-spectroscopic analysis of oxygen-hole states and implications for water oxidation", Journal Of The American Chemical Society (2026), DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6c00210
- Sergio Marugán-Benito, Michalis Vlachos, Lutz Ahrens, Miguel Roselló-González, Carlo Marini, Jordi Prat Albert, Andreas Mavrandonakis, Edward Loukopoulos, Ana Platero-Prats, "Atomically precise engineering of synergistic binding sites in a zirconium metal-organic framework for the capture of perfluorooctanoic acid", Journal Of The American Chemical Society, 89 (2026), DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c23392
- Ethan Williams, David Burnett, Wilgner Lima Da Silva, Jack E. N. Swallow, Ryan Parmenter, Robert S Weatherup, Peter Slater, Emma Kendrick, "Improved cycle life and Li-ion transport parameters at low temperature in doped Ni-rich NMC cathodes", Journal Of Materials Chemistry A, 8 (2026), DOI: 10.1039/D6TA01388K
- Shan Dai, Xiangdi Zeng, Benjamin J. Moore, Yuxiang Zhu, Yuhang Yang, Zi Wang, Luyan Li, Te Wang, Ivan Da Silva, Luke Keenan, Floriana Tuna, Daniel Lee, Sarah Day, Lucy Saunders, Martin Schroeder, Sihai Yang, "Light-induced binding and reduction of CO2 over transient open Ce(III) sites in a metal-organic framework", Journal Of The American Chemical Society (2026), DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c20721
- [Thesis] Faye Greaves, "Refractory high-entropy alloys for solid-state hydrogen storage" (2026)
- Adam Berlie, Emma K. Gibson, Ian P. Silverwood, Vainius Skukauskas, "Muons provide insights into the mechanisms of catalysis in copper-loaded zeolites", Chemistry Of Materials, 38 (2026), DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5c02981
- Ye Cao, Maria Alfredsson, Alan V. Chadwick, Ryan Parmenter, Daniel Dyer, Adam Brookfield, Floriana Tuna, David J. Lewis, David J. Binks, "Synthesis of rare earth doped MoS2 by the co-pyrolysis of molecular precursors", Scientific Reports, 102 (2026), DOI: 10.1038/s41598-026-44301-1
- Romain Wernert, Robert D. Smyth, Michael A. Hayward, "Synthesis of the double infinite-layer Ni(I) phase La3Ni2O5F via sequential topochemical reactions", Journal Of The American Chemical Society, 190 (2026), DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c16740
- [Thesis] Yifei Ren, "Rational design and improvement of Cu-based catalysts in CO oxidation" (2026)
- Yingxiang Zhao, Yingjie Zhao, Xinyue Zhou, Haiwei Guo, Qiqi Yin, Yutao Jiang, Haiyan He, Na Liu, Gengbo Ren, Christopher M. A. Parlett, Changzhi Li, "Unveiling the role of Ru-N4 on Ru-N-C single-atom catalyst in C–O/C–C bonds’ oxidative cleavage in lignin", Acs Catalysis (2026), DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.5c08001
- Shanshan Xu, Matthew E. Potter, Raquel Simancas, Lucy Costley-Wood, Boya Qiu, Xuzhao Liu, Cristina Stere, M. Asuncion Molina, Danial Farooq, Floriana Tuna, Dingyue Zhang, Shuanglin Zhang, Huanhao Chen, Shengzhe Ding, Xinrui Wang, Sarayute Chansai, Matthew Lindley, Sarah J. Haigh, Armando Ibraliu, Lan Lan, Piu Chawdhury, Mariyam Bi, Otis Leahair, Yilai Jiao, Min Hu, Qiang Liu, Toru Wakihara, Xiaolei Fan, Andrew M. Beale, Christopher Hardacre, "Unveiling active sites and the cooperative role of non-thermal plasma and copper-zinc catalysts in the hydrogenation of CO2 to methanol", Nature Catalysis, 46 (2026), DOI: 10.1038/s41929-025-01477-5
- Fei Guo, Manxi Gong, Longxiang Liu, Bochen Li, Ruwei Chen, Mengjun Gong, Wei Zong, Jianuo Chen, Qi Li, Jing Li, Yunpeng Zhong, Zeyi Zhang, Jianrui Feng, Rhodri Jervis, Guanjie He, "Harnessing controlled dealloying–support coupling for ultrastable PtNi catalysts in PEMFC applications", Angewandte Chemie International Edition (2026), DOI: 10.1002/anie.4524344
- Caiwu Liang, Lucas Garcia Verga, Benjamin Moss, Santosh Kumar, Soren B. Scott, Mark A. Turner, Pilar Ferrer, Veronica Celorrio, David C. Grinter, Yemin Tao, Sid Halder, Yifeng Wang, Cindy Tseng, Guangmeimei Yang, Georg Held, Sarah J. Haigh, Aron Walsh, Ifan E. L. Stephens, James R. Durrant, Reshma R. Rao, "Key role of oxidizing species driving water oxidation revealed by time-resolved optical and X-ray spectroscopies", Nature Materials, 17 (2026), DOI: 10.1038/s41563-026-02514-9
- Weihao Li, Johannes Döhn, Xiao Han, Licheng Licheng Zhang, Dave M. Pickup, Xiong Xiao, Arun Kumar Samuel, Emily R. Draper, Alan V. Chadwick, Stephen Sproules, Stephen Cottrell, Alan J. Drew, Changhua An, Axel Groß, Alexey Y. Ganin, "Lithiation-driven LiCrSe2 shell growth on metallic CrSe2 core governs the plateau-slope behavior", Advanced Science (2026), DOI: 10.1002/advs.202523702
- Biswajit Bhattacharyya, Christian Balischewski, Jiyong Kim, Tiago Duarte, Lianshe Fu, Rute A.s. Ferreira, Alkit Beqiraj, Iuliia Mikulska, Diego Gianolio, Eric Sperlich, Felix Stete, Wouter Koopman, Christina Günter, Katlen Brennenstuhl, Daniel Van Opdenbosch, Cordt Zollfrank, Armin Wedel, Beth J. Murray, Małgorzata Swadźba-Kwaśny, Tillmann Klamroth, Michael U. Kumke, Verónica De Zea Bermudez, Andreas Taubert, "Halide-dependent photoluminescence and heavy-atom effects in low-melting organic-inorganic manganese halides", Advanced Functional Materials (2026), DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202532016
- Yuan Liao, Yang Fu, Fengzhan Sun, Yuanshen Wang, David C. Lloyd, Zhiyong Zhao, Zipei Wan, Federico Grillo, Arvydas Ruseckas, Edward Ogugu, John T. S. Irvine, "Valence state and defect modulation in reduced Sr-site deficient Pt/Sr0.95Ti0.9Cr0.1O3-δ perovskite for enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen production", Applied Surface Science, 81 (2026), DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2026.166370
- Robert Price, Lewis Macdonald, Luke L. Keenan, William Johnson, Stephen M. Lyth, Jun Li, Edward Brightman, "Operando X-ray absorption spectroscopy of phosphomolybdic acid redox mediators for electrochemical conversion of biomass to green hydrogen", Catalysis Science & Technology (2026), DOI: 10.1039/D5CY00763A
- Swaroop Chakraborty, Iuliia Mikulska, Pankti Dhumal, Nathan Langford, Susan Nehzati, Rhiannon Boseley, Sang Pham, Christian Pfrang, Manpreet Kaur, Eugenia Valsami-Jones, Konstantin Ignatyev, Dhruv Menon, Superb K. Misra, Iseult Lynch, "Mapping the hierarchical environmental transformations of nanoscale UiO-66 metal-organic framework", Environmental Science & Technology (2026), DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5c14487
- Run Ran, Haoliang Huang, Qingqing Chen, Fei Lin, Zhipeng Yu, Weifeng Su, Chenyue Zhang, Qingsen Jia, Jingwei Wang, Yang Zhao, Kaiyang Xu, Binwen Zeng, Yaowen Xu, Weimian Zhang, Zhijian Peng, Lifeng Liu, "Electrochemical sulfion upgrading to multicolor sulfur quantum dots coupled with hydrogen production via hybrid electrolysis", Advanced Functional Materials, 34 (2026), DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202525588
- Zhaodong Zhu, Xin Lian, Xue Han, Zi Wang, Siyu Zhou, Meng He, Tianze Zhou, Yuting Chen, Mengtian Fan, Wenyuan Huang, Yuhang Yang, Shaojun Xu, Yongqiang Cheng, Luke L. Daemen, Jeff Armstrong, Svemir Rudic, William Thornley, Evan Tillotson, Daniel Lee, Sarah Haigh, Shiyu Fu, Floriana Tuna, Eric J. L. Mcinnes, Sihai Yang, "Ruthenium-loaded heteroatomic zeolite for selective hydrodeoxygenation reaction in aqueous medium", Journal Of The American Chemical Society (2026), DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c19607
- Yu Zhu, Fei Guo, Yangmin Ou, Yinghui Jiang, Qiliang Wei, Zichen Wang, Guanjie He, Niancai Cheng, "Amorphous TiOx overcoating triggers the dynamic embedding of IrOx cluster for efficient acidic water oxidation", Advanced Functional Materials (2026), DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202528401
- Max Rose, Samuel Shaw, Katherine Morris, Christopher Boothman, Matthew Bailey, Dirk L. Engelberg, Jonathan R. Lloyd, "The biogeochemical fate of Se(VI) in bentonite systems relevant to the disposal of high-level radioactive waste", Environmental Science & Technology, 20 (2026), DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5c09387
- Raúl Rojas-Luna, Lewis S. Cousins, Rhiannon Germaney, Dolores G. Gil-Gavilán, Miguel Castillo-Rodríguez, Dora-Alicia Garcia Osorio, Thomas Doughty, Dolores Esquivel, Charles E. Creissen, Souvik Roy, "Coelectrolysis of PET and CO2 using an electrochemically restructured Co-MOF-74 anode and a polymeric co-phthalocyanine cathode", Acs Applied Materials & Interfaces (2026), DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5c22269
- Charlotte Nevin, Daniel A. Geddes, Clare L. Thorpe, Martin C. Stennett, Tom J. Wilkinson, Dinu Iuga, Brant Walkley, "Mass transport behaviour of caesium and strontium in geopolymer cements", Journal Of Materials Chemistry A (2026), DOI: 10.1039/D5TA08377J
- Wenjie Liu, Huibo Zhao, Xianyue Wu, Jianfeng Wu, Lingjun Chou, George Dury, Wenting Hu, Mikhail V. Polynski, Arravind Subramanian, Sergey M. Kozlov, Wen Liu, "Selectivity anomaly in CO2 hydrogenation over In-Pd intermetallic compounds", Acs Catalysis (2026), DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.5c07737
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