XMaS: The UK Materials Science Facility at the ESRF
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Warwick
Department Name: Physics
Abstract
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People |
ORCID iD |
Thomas Hase (Principal Investigator) | |
Malcolm Cooper (Co-Investigator) |
Publications
Romano Brandt L
(2021)
Stress-Assisted Thermal Diffusion Barrier Breakdown in Ion Beam Deposited Cu/W Nano-Multilayers on Si Substrate Observed by in Situ GISAXS and Transmission EDX.
in ACS applied materials & interfaces
Criado-Gonzalez M
(2023)
Semiconducting Polymer Nanoporous Thin Films as a Tool to Regulate Intracellular ROS Balance in Endothelial Cells.
in ACS applied materials & interfaces
Kindi MA
(2021)
Substrate Protection with Corrosion Scales: Can We Depend on Iron Carbonate?
in ACS applied materials & interfaces
Ledendecker M
(2020)
Isolated Pd Sites as Selective Catalysts for Electrochemical and Direct Hydrogen Peroxide Synthesis
in ACS Catalysis
Checchia S
(2020)
Pd-LaFeO 3 Catalysts in Aqueous Ethanol: Pd Reduction, Leaching, and Structural Transformations in the Presence of a Base
in ACS Catalysis
Filimonova O
(2023)
State of Ag in Pyrrhotite: Insights from X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy
in ACS Earth and Space Chemistry
Xia T
(2023)
Effective and Fast-Screening Route to Evaluate Dynamic Elastomer-Filler Network Reversibility for Sustainable Rubber Composite Design
in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
Torrelles X
(2019)
Pristine and hydrated fluoroapatite (0001).
in Acta crystallographica Section B, Structural science, crystal engineering and materials
Lehmann A
(2018)
Soft Rectangular Sub-5 nm Tiling Patterns by Liquid Crystalline Self-Assembly of T-Shaped Bolapolyphiles
in Advanced Functional Materials
Ramadan A
(2023)
The Role of the Organic Cation in Developing Efficient Green Perovskite LEDs Based on Quasi-2D Perovskite Heterostructures
in Advanced Functional Materials
Cherian T
(2019)
Supramolecular Self-Assembly of Nanoconfined Ionic Liquids for Fast Anisotropic Ion Transport
in Advanced Functional Materials
Dressel C
(2020)
Helical Networks of p-Conjugated Rods - A Robust Design Concept for Bicontinuous Cubic Liquid Crystalline Phases with Achiral Ia 3¯ d and Chiral I 23 Lattice
in Advanced Functional Materials
Finkel P
(2022)
Simultaneous Large Optical and Piezoelectric Effects Induced by Domain Reconfiguration Related to Ferroelectric Phase Transitions.
in Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
Staruch M
(2020)
Magnetic and multiferroic properties of dilute Fe-doped BaTiO3 crystals
in APL Materials
Habib I
(2023)
Vacuum deposited organic solar cells with BTIC-H as A-D-A non-fullerene acceptor
in APL Materials
Jungbluth A
(2023)
Probing the energy levels of organic bulk heterojunctions by varying the donor content
in APL Materials
Patterson E
(2023)
Rejuvenation of giant electrostrain in doped barium titanate single crystals
in APL Materials
Oozeerally R
(2020)
Gallium and tin exchanged Y zeolites for glucose isomerisation and 5-hydroxymethyl furfural production
in Applied Catalysis A: General
Swindells C
(2021)
Proximity-induced magnetism and the enhancement of damping in ferromagnetic/heavy metal systems
in Applied Physics Letters
Inyang O
(2023)
Erratum: "Non-uniform Gd distribution and magnetization profiles within GdCoFe alloy thin films" [Appl. Phys. Lett. 123 , 122403 (2023)]
in Applied Physics Letters
Huss-Hansen M
(2018)
Structural basis for a naphthyl end-capped oligothiophene with embedded metallic nanoparticles for organic field-effect transistors
in Applied Physics Letters
Inyang O
(2023)
Non-uniform Gd distribution and magnetization profiles within GdCoFe alloy thin films
in Applied Physics Letters
Patterson E
(2020)
Dynamic piezoelectric response of relaxor single crystal under electrically driven inter-ferroelectric phase transformations
in Applied Physics Letters
Brewer A
(2021)
Microscopic piezoelectric behavior of clamped and membrane (001) PMN-30PT thin films
in Applied Physics Letters
Fox LJ
(2021)
Interactions between PAMAM dendrimers and DOPC lipid multilayers: Membrane thinning and structural disorder.
in Biochimica et biophysica acta. General subjects
Zhou L
(2019)
Graphene surface structure in aqueous media: Evidence for an air-bubble layer and ion adsorption
in Carbon
Newton M
(2020)
In situ study of metal leaching from Pd/Al 2 O 3 induced by K 2 CO 3
in Catalysis Science & Technology
Costley-Wood L
(2023)
Towards the Operational Window for Nitridic and Carbidic Palladium Nanoparticles for Directed Catalysis
in ChemCatChem
Tierney G
(2021)
Controlling the Production of Acid Catalyzed Products of Furfural Hydrogenation by Pd/TiO 2
in ChemCatChem
Lehmann A
(2018)
Transition between tangential and co-axial liquid crystalline honeycombs in the self-assembly of Y-shaped bolapolyphiles.
in Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)
Scholte A
(2020)
A self-assembled liquid crystal honeycomb of highly stretched (3-1-1)-hexagons.
in Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)
Malta G
(2020)
In situ K-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy of the ligand environment of single-site Au/C catalysts during acetylene hydrochlorination.
in Chemical science
Tripathy A
(2018)
Facile Fabrication of Multifunctional ZnO Urchins on Surfaces
in Colloids and Interfaces
Winokur M
(2020)
Modeling of Grazing-Incidence X-ray Diffraction from Naphthyl End-Capped Oligothiophenes in Organic Field-Effect Transistors
in Crystal Growth & Design
Ghilardi M
(2020)
Comparative 2H NMR and X-Ray Diffraction Investigation of a Bent-Core Liquid Crystal Showing a Nematic Phase
in Crystals
Bikondoa O
(2020)
X-Ray Photon Correlation Spectroscopy with Coherent Nanobeams: A Numerical Study
in Crystals
Heeley E
(2019)
Self-assembly of fluoride-encapsulated polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) nanocrystals
in CrystEngComm
Guo X
(2023)
Molecular interactions, elastic properties, and nanostructure of Langmuir bacterial-lipid monolayers: Towards solving the mystery in bacterial membrane asymmetry
in Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science
GrĂ¼nder Y
(2020)
Potential-induced structural deformation at electrode surfaces
in Current Opinion in Electrochemistry
Lin Q
(2023)
Impact of A-Site Cation Modification on Charge Transport Properties of Lead Halide Perovskite for Photovoltaics Applications
in Energy Technology
Hase T
(2022)
The power of x-rays in materials science
in Futurum Careers
Liang X
(2023)
Structural transformation of metal-organic frameworks and identification of electrocatalytically active species during the oxygen evolution reaction under neutral conditions
in Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers
Swindells C
(2022)
Interface enhanced precessional damping in spintronic multilayers: A perspective
in Journal of Applied Physics
Wlodek M
(2020)
Structural evolution of supported lipid bilayers intercalated with quantum dots.
in Journal of colloid and interface science
Gubala D
(2020)
Multiscale characterisation of single synthetic fibres: Surface morphology and nanomechanical properties.
in Journal of colloid and interface science
Taylor N
(2024)
Surface forces and friction between Langmuir-Blodgett polymer layers in a nonpolar solvent
in Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
Picavet E
(2023)
The self out-of-plane oriented La 2 O 2 CO 3 film: an integration tool for fiber textured ferroelectric thin films
in Journal of Materials Chemistry C
Stevenson W
(2020)
Macroscopic chirality of twist-bend nematic phase in bent dimers confirmed by circular dichroism
in Journal of Materials Chemistry C
Description | Collaborative research with 4-ID-D at the APS |
Organisation | Argonne National Laboratory |
Department | Advanced Photon Source |
Country | United States |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Development of new magnetic scattering protocols for SR metrologies. Alignment and control of x-ray phase plates. Access to beamtime |
Collaborator Contribution | Transfer of expertise and knowledge. Access to beamtime |
Impact | New experimental strategies implemented on XMaS beamline |
Start Year | 2007 |
Description | XMaS Scientist Experience |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | The XMaS Scientist Experience is a nationwide competition aimed at encouraging young women to consider careers in science, by showing them some opportunities available to them and introducing them to inspirational role models, all within the international setting of the EPN campus. The applicants are required to write about a famous female scientist, her contribution to promoting the cause of women in science, and their own motivation for entering the competition. The prize for the competition winners is a 5 day trip to Grenoble, France. The group of up to 16 year-12 female students visits the ESRF, including XMaS, as well as nearby laboratories. A major part of the trip is to take part in the Synchrotron@school programme run by the ESRF. The winners also share a lunch with women scientists, engineers, technicians and students who work there with one woman available for every 2 girls, which allows for in-depth conversations. After the trip, the girls share their experiences with family and friends and their peers, further influencing the views of the students' support groups. Both winners and their families have been full of praise for the initiative. The XMaS Scientist Experience has allowed its winners to experience what life as a scientist could be, far from the clichés that still exist. As females students, many stressed how empowered they felt after the trip. Charlotte, a participant in one trip declared: "This whole experience has been absolutely incredible- it has shown me the whole world of opportunities there are out there for women in science, and that a career in physics isn't out of my reach". The winners we have managed to follow over the years went on to study STEMM (Science, Technology Engineering Mathematics and Medicine) at university, with two currently studying Physics at the University of Warwick. Winners are keen to act as ambassadors and advertise the competition amongst their peers, often with winners writing a piece in their schools' newsletters. The programme has received a lot of attention on social media (XMaSScientist, @XMaSBeam) as well as recently in more main-stream media, including BBC Radio Coventry and Warwickshire as part of their morning radio show. The winners are also an integral part of the annual Warwick Science Gala, which is an evening for school pupils of all ages promoting STEMM in an interactive environment and will run again in 2023. The XMaS Scientist Experience has now been running for 6 years, allowing us to reflect on the outcomes of the trips. The enthusiasm of the participants afterwards is remarkably positive and they all comment that it is an eye-opener to the roles that they could play as future women in science. The first few years' entrants came only from schools located near the XMaS hubs of Liverpool and Coventry (Warwick) areas. Applicants come now from schools located as far away as Londonderry, Exeter and Lancashire. We have actively started to target students from Widening Participation backgrounds. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016,2017,2018,2019,2020,2022,2023 |
URL | http://warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/xmas/impact/outreach/xmas_scientist_experienceb/ |