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
Zhang Z
(2009)
Photocatalytic activities of N-doped nano-titanias and titanium nitride
in Journal of the European Ceramic Society
Weng X
(2009)
Synthesis and characterization of doped nano-sized ceria-zirconia solid solutions
in Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
Waugh D
(2010)
Proceedings of the 36th International MATADOR Conference
Waugh D
(2009)
Interaction of CO2 laser-modified nylon with osteoblast cells in relation to wettability
in Materials Science and Engineering: C
Waugh D
(2012)
Modulating calcium phosphate formation using CO2 laser engineering of a polymeric material
in Materials Science and Engineering: C
Warwick M
(2013)
Electric field assisted aerosol assisted chemical vapor deposition of nanostructured metal oxide thin films
in Surface and Coatings Technology
Warwick M
(2011)
Hybrid chemical vapour and nanoceramic aerosol assisted deposition for multifunctional nanocomposite thin films
in Thin Solid Films
Stachewicz U
(2011)
Enhanced wetting behavior at electrospun polyamide nanofiber surfaces.
in Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
Schlapak R
(2012)
Nanoscale DNA tetrahedra improve biomolecular recognition on patterned surfaces.
in Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)
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 |