HarwellXPS: Renewal of NRF in Photoelectron spectroscopy
Lead Research Organisation:
CARDIFF UNIVERSITY
Department Name: Chemistry
Abstract
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Publications
Zhao L
(2023)
Insights into the Effect of Metal Ratio on Cooperative Redox Enhancement Effects over Au- and Pd-Mediated Alcohol Oxidation.
in ACS catalysis
Lewis R
(2023)
Selective Ammoximation of Ketones via In Situ H 2 O 2 Synthesis
in ACS Catalysis
Cao J
(2023)
Methane Conversion to Methanol Using Au/ZSM-5 is Promoted by Carbon
in ACS Catalysis
Daniel IT
(2023)
Electrochemical Polarization of Disparate Catalytic Sites Drives Thermochemical Rate Enhancement.
in ACS catalysis
Khasu M
(2023)
Empowering Catalyst Supports: A New Concept for Catalyst Design Demonstrated in the Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis
in ACS Catalysis
Haldar S
(2023)
Covalent Trapping of Cyclic-Polysulfides in Perfluorinated Vinylene-Linked Frameworks for Designing Lithium-Organosulfide Batteries
in ACS Energy Letters
Ye J
(2026)
Stronger Lewis Base Antisolvents Improve Perovskite Nanocrystal Stability
in ACS Energy Letters
Stere CE
(2024)
Removal and Oxidation of Low Concentration tert-Butanol from Potable Water using Nonthermal Plasma Coupled with Metal Oxide Adsorption.
in ACS ES&T engineering
Wikeley SM
(2024)
Pyrene-Appended Boronic Acids on Graphene Foam Electrodes Provide Quantum Capacitance-Based Molecular Sensors for Lactate.
in ACS sensors
Isaacs M
(2025)
Understanding the Chemical and Electronic Properties of Sub-Monolayer TiO 2 on High Surface Area Silica for Jet Fuel Synthesis Applications
in Advanced Functional Materials
| Description | International Exchanges Scheme |
| Amount | £11,990 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 243038 |
| Organisation | The Royal Society |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2025 |
| End | 03/2027 |
| Description | British Film Institute |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Talk given and discussions held on the use of surface sensitive spectroscopies in the analysis of traditional film materials. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | British Museum talk |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation to scientists, curators and research head at British Museum and discussion of the use of specialised tools for analysis. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | ECOSS 1 Day course -X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS): Fundamentals and applications to Problem Solving |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Workshop discussing analysis of XPS data for beginners and existing users. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | English Heritage visit |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Discussion of the use of HarwellXPS specialised techniques with scientists and research head |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | HAXPES Showcase |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Workshop discussing use of and applications of HAXPES |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Introduction to XPS |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of how XPS can help in their field |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Introduction to XPS |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | A workshop discussing the use of XPS in engineering. This workshop was requested after an earlier workshop at the same institution. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Invited speaker ICASS2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited speaker at international conference in China on surface science. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.elsevier.com/en-gb/events/conferences/all/international-conference-on-applied-surface-sc... |
| Description | Presentation at UKSAF January meeting 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 30 minute presentation to the UK Surface analysis forum |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.uksaf.net/?page_id=4 |
| Description | SP8 Semiconductor Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Talk to the semiconductor photocatalysis community. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://sp8.unistra.fr/ |
| Description | Spectroscopy for Heritage Science |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A workshop bringing together experts from the heritage world (Museums & galleries) together with experts in materials analysis. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Strategic Framework for Heritage Science in the UK |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Strategic Framework for Heritage Science in the UK, National Heritage Science Forum. Research cluster discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | Sustainable Heritage talk, UCL |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at UCL |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | UCL for Sustainable Heritage |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Talk given and discussions held on uses of surface sensitive spectroscopies for the analysis of heritage articles. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | XPS Data Analysis Thematic School |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Workshop for expert practioners |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | XPS For Battery Research |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Workshop discussing use of XPS in battery material analysis and looking at aspects of how to analyse the data obtained. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | XPS at the Tate |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A talk followed by a discussion with scientists and research head of conservation at the Tate. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |