BEDFORD RESEARCH GROUP
Welcome to the website for the Bedford Research Group.Β Here you will find information on all the groupβs research activities, publications and various musings.Β The group is always looking for talented, enthusiastic, and passionate students eager to develop scientific principles for the generation of new materials with interesting/improved properties.Β Our group is highly collaborative as well, so feel free to contact us if you would be interested in working together!
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BEDFORD RESEARCH GROUP
Welcome to the website for the Bedford Research Group.Β Here you will find information on all the groupβs research activities, publications and various musings.Β The group is always looking for talented, enthusiastic, and passionate students eager to develop scientific principles for the generation of new materials with interesting/improved properties.Β Our group is highly collaborative as well, so feel free to contact us if you would be interested in working together ?
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Interested in joining our team?
Our team
Click here to learn more about our crew and information to join the team
Research
We make really interesting materials.Β Then we shoot X-rays at them to figure out how they work and how to make better materials.Β Click here to learn more.
Publications
Dissemination of new research is vital to the progress of technology.Β Click here to see what the team has published.
WHAT WE DO
Our group is interested in two things: 1) Uncovering the fundamental structural science behind what gives materials the properties that they exhibit and 2) using this information to make new materials with emergent properties.Β We strive to accomplish both of these interests through creative thinking coupled with rigorous study of fundamental science. Many of our students work in very collaborative projects, both within the Particle and Catalysis Research Group, across campus, Australia and beyond.Β We focus quite a bit on catalysis, but we donβt mind playing in other areas as well.
Congrats to @will_hadi for successfully completing his PhD!!πππΎππ£π₯³π₯³π€π€πππππ¨π¨π¨. Dr Hadinati Lieβs thesis work on PBAβs as electrooxidation catalyst for biomass makes some really nice discoveries in the field that will surely be important to new research efforts in the future. Super impressive, especially given the constraints πββοΈπ¨ππ!! Congrats again mate! #missionaccomplishedβοΈ #newphd #microwavephd #prussianblue #biomass #electrocatalyst #herecomesthecopper #ontothepostdoc
Thatβs a wrap at the AFOSR ACM program review β βοΈβοΈπ!! Awesome talks all around, especially the last one by the team between our group and our friends at AFRL π«‘π½π! Super inspiring to see all the new work from the program. See yβall next year (DC please!) π!!! #nextgenscience #aerospace #ceramics #composites #synchrotronlife #seeyouindc #ontocartagena #dataordie
Congrats to Kshitij for completing is APR for 2022 π₯³π₯³ππ.!! Nice talk showcasing theoretical aspects of H2 storage materials! Onto 2023 and more data! #phdlife #twodownonetogo #dft #hydrogen #storagesolutions #never0for3 #dataoedie
We have a new opportunity in the group π€π©βπ«π§βπ«π¨βπ«ππ©βππ§βππ¨βπ!! A student is needed to help us sort out what the f is going on in chemically complex ceramics π§ͺπΊ. The project involves some synthesis, testing and synchrotron characterization testing all over the world π π! Contact us for more info! #phdopportunity #graduateschool #phdlife #ceramics #iheartcomplexity #dataordie
Great job to the Biotic H2 for there accomplishments in T2. Huge improvement on effort this year, especially considering the initial slowdowns with the project. Special thanks to @softmatterhacker lab for the brewery waste for testing. #undergraduateresearch #verticallyintegratedprojects #youtherealvip #sustainability #wasteupscaling #hydrogen #brewerywaste #dataordie
Term 2 Thesis B Seminars; done and dusted yall!!! Good job to Ricky, Kate and Joanna!!! On to Term 3! #thesis #undergraduateresearch #copper #highentropy #biomass #LDH #screenshothaha #dataordie
Another one!! New paper out in Nano Energy πβ‘οΈ!! Group member Junjie lead the charge on this one, where we use a biomineralization π approach to make defective SnZn perovskite catalyst that show tunable properties for reducing CO2. Big team effort with various synchrotron capabilities, including insitu XAS, and DFT. Read the paper here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211285522006711 #madewithseashells #biomineralization #protamine #underthesea #zinc #tin #perovskite #byebyeCO2 #synchrotron #synchrotronlife #synchrotronscience #dataordie
New paper out in Advanced Functional Materials πΈπ¦Ύπ§±!! With our colleagues at UNSW & CSIRO, Pt single atom catalyst were formed on vertically aligned graphene, which show really nice properties to produce H2 under alkaline conditions. If only we have somewhere to store the H2 β‘οΈβ‘οΈβοΈβ©οΈβͺοΈβ¦ π. Read the paper here yins: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/adfm.202203067 #hydrogen #sustainability #platinum #graphene #standupgraphene #synchrotron #synchrotronlife #dataordie
New paper out in ChemSusChem π§ͺπ±π§ͺ! Lead by the wizards in MERLinπ§ββοΈπ§π§ββοΈ, Ni-NaBH4 nanoparticles are examined for H2 storage βοΈπ«. We show that size, shape and morphology are all important in H2 storage properties π. Read the full paper here: https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/cssc.202200664
#hydrogen #hydrogenstorage #coolchemistry #nickel #nabh4 #UNSWdontsueus #cantstopwontstop #synchrotron #synchrotronscience #dataordie
XAFS2022 was this week! Great opportunity to see some great talks on XAFS and old colleagues I have seen in years. Good to see the groups efforts in other talks as well π. #xafs #sydneyconference #spreadthedataaround #dataordie
Thatβs a wrap on another successful XAS run π¬ππ.Got some good looking data on 2D electrocatalysts and high entropy alloys ππ« π€ . Thanks to @squidroast for the huge assist βοΈβοΈβοΈ!!! Some hot stuff going to be coming out soon. ahora, es hora de irseβ¦ π¬!! #betterwithfriends #electrocatalysts #nano #highentropyalloy #wheresmymojito #ontocartagena #synchrotron #synchrotronlife #dataordie
Attention!! We π are π looking π for π postdocs! π©βπ€π§βπ€π¨βπ€. In collabs with our friends in chemistry and BABS, we are looking to fill 3 postdoc positions πββοΈππββοΈ, needing people with expertise in nanomaterials synthesis βοΈ, characterization π¬, protein engineering π§«, and/or magnetic materials π§². Please contact me if interested π. #postdocpositions #postdoc #postdoclife #magneticmaterials #synbio #dataordie
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