Access to Materials Research Equipment - Cardiff XPS
Lead Research Organisation:
CARDIFF UNIVERSITY
Department Name: Chemistry
Abstract
Many physical phenomena involve reactions involving interfaces: between solids and solids (adhesion, coatings), solids and gases (corrosion, heterogeneous catalysis) and solids and liquids (homogeneous catalysis, corrosion), and as a consequence detailed analysis of solid surfaces is often crucial. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) is the most powerful single surface spectroscopy, out of the many which have been developed during the past four decades, and is capable of providing elemental and chemical information about solid surfaces. Unfortunately the instrumentation for XPS is very expensive / a typical state-of-the-art (but basic) system costing over 500K / and is beyond the resources of many research groups. It will thus be of immense benefit to many researchers to have access to such state-of-the-art facilities, which will enhance enormously their research capabilities. This application seeks funding to set up an XPS service for UK academic researchers and to provide not only access to the state-of-the-art equipment, but also to high quality support in data analysis and interpretation, which is as important as obtaining the original, high quality raw data. In addition, ancillary surface analytical techniques available on the Cardiff spectrometer will potentially enhance the information users can obtain from their use of the facility.
Organisations
Publications
Haslam G
(2014)
X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy of the Passive Surface of Nickel-Carbon Electrocatalysts after Polarisation in Sulfuric Acid
in Electrochimica Acta
Regonini D
(2012)
Factors influencing surface morphology of anodized TiO2 nanotubes
in Electrochimica Acta
Dunnill C
(2009)
White light induced photocatalytic activity of sulfur-doped TiO2 thin films and their potential for antibacterial application
in Journal of Materials Chemistry
Dunnill C
(2011)
Visible light photocatalysts-N-doped TiO2 by sol-gel, enhanced with surface bound silver nanoparticle islands
in Journal of Materials Chemistry
Dunnill C
(2009)
Enhanced photocatalytic activity under visible light in N-doped TiO2 thin films produced by APCVD preparations using t-butylamine as a nitrogen source and their potential for antibacterial films
in Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry
Zhang Z
(2009)
Photocatalytic activities of N-doped nano-titanias and titanium nitride
in Journal of the European Ceramic Society
Mirkhalaf F
(2010)
Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction on Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles Incorporated in a Hydrophobic Environment
in Langmuir
Mirkhalaf F
(2011)
Frequency effects on the surface coverage of nitrophenyl films ultrasonically grafted onto indium tin oxide.
in Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
Ren CL
(2015)
Molecular and Thermodynamic Factors Explain the Passivation Properties of Poly(ethylene glycol)-Coated Substrate Surfaces against Fluorophore-Labeled DNA Oligonucleotides.
in Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
Stachewicz U
(2011)
Enhanced wetting behavior at electrospun polyamide nanofiber surfaces.
in Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
Description | This award was to set up a service for the UK community to access XPS. This was achieved |
Exploitation Route | The service was fully utilised during the operation of the grant |
Sectors | Chemicals |
URL | http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/cci/ |
Description | The service was used by the UK catalysis community |
First Year Of Impact | 2009 |
Sector | Chemicals |
Impact Types | Societal |
Description | The Gold Rush : Summer Science Exhibition Royal Soc 2014 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Research on gold catalysis was exhibited |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
URL | http://sse.royalsociety.org/2014 |