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.
New paperβ¦ to the MAXππ€ͺπ! Led by the legends at Griffith Uni π¦, we examine single atoms of Ru on Ti-based MXene for the hydrogen evolution reaction! Definitely a great use of my theory, experiment, and application here πββοΈ. Read the paper in EcoMat ππ§±, here πͺπ§ββοΈπ§π§ββοΈ:https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/eom2.12274 #mxene #ruthenium #hydrogen #greenenergy #materials4good #synchrotron #synchrotronlife #synchrotronscience #dataordie
MOFs!! πͺ°β¦ π. New paper out in ACS Applied Energy Materials πΊπΈπ§ͺπ©πβ‘οΈπ§±!! With our colleagues at Johns Hopkins University ππͺ, Cu MOFs were carbonized and used as catalyst for converting CO2 into methane via electrocatalysis.. π. Our in-situ XAS result showcase a marked difference in Cu structure for these materials, enabling their enhanced selectivity toward CO2RR. Cool stuff π. Good job @soumyodip & @haihackbarth π Read the paper here: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsaem.2c01174 #mofs #co2rr #co2mitigation #co2 #methane #synchrotron #synchrotronlife #synchrotronscience #dataordie
Boom! First hard copy thesisβ¦ completed π₯³π₯³!! Congrats again @will_hadi, very well deserved!! #thesiscompleted #phdlifestyle #phdlife #ontothepostdoc #booksontheshelf #dataordie
Finally, weβre back at IMRC π₯³π₯³π₯³!!!! After a three year hiatus, Iβm thrilled to have participated in the Advanced Defense Materials symposium, seeing many old colleagues and meeting new collaborators. Super thrilled to be involved in building joint collabos with institutes in Mexico and through South America! Next year will be bigger and better. Also, Cancun, you gorgeous π€©π€©!! #allconferencesincancunplease #bettersouthoftheborder #collabs #sciencebythebeach #seeyounextyear #synchrotronlife #oaxacaherewecome #cantstopwontstop #dataordie
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
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