Busy week of experiments ⚗️ at BESSY-II 🐄🐄🇩🇪 concluded recently 👍. The old crew got together to do so liquid cell soft XAS ☁️🩻☁️, on rare earth separation projects and some electrocatalysis work ⚡️. After that, I made a brief stop and BNL 🍗🦃 for a great workshop on the new AMP beamline of NSLS-II. Also, went to Istanbul to see cats 🐈 beforehand. #synchrotronlife #synchrotronscience #catsofistanbul #cantstopwontstop #dataordie
New paper out in Chemistry of Materials 🧪🧱😎😁🎉!! In a co-led effort 🤝 with our colleagues at AFRL 🛩️✈️, we investigate the influence of residual copper 🗽catalysts, used to polymer click reactions 🫰⚗️, on the influence of SiC conversion from the pyrolysis 🔥of preceramic polymers. While a contaminate, copper increases the yield of SiC through the formation of silicide intermediates🧑🔬. The process was using a range of synchrotron techniques, using facilities in the US 🇺🇸, Taiwan 🇹🇼, Australia 🦘, and France 🥖. Read the paper here: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.chemmater.5c02801 #ceramics #copper #preceramicpolymers #synchrotronscience #dataordie
New paper out in Materials Today Chemistry 🧱✌️☀️🧪😱!! This work showcases the importance of phosphonate chemistry in solid phase sorbents for actinide/lanthanide separations ☢️😅. Read the paper here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468519426001734 #phosphonate #actinides #lanthanides #synchrotron #dataordie
Last week we were in Reno 🎰participating in an ARO 💣 work on REE 🧲 extraction and separations, hosted at UNR 🐺. It was great to connect with research staff and industry folks from the region, and UNT has an amazing mining ⛏️ museum 💎🪙🗿🤘. Big outcomes coming from this event for sureeee 😁. #reno #unr #ree #cantstopwontstop #dataordie
Last week we wrapped 📻 on some NEXAFS and RIXS 🧟♂️ measures at the Advanced Light Source 🔦⚡️⭕️ at LBNL 🥰☮️✌️. We examined a range of REE 🧲 complexes important to improving separation processes over SX 👎 to better understand how we can improve selectivity. Cool stuff, cool turkeys 🦃, and as always, and amazing view of the bay from LNBL 🌁. Thanks to the staff help from LBNL, INL 🥔, and Colorado School of Mines ⛏️. #criticalminerals #criticalmaterials #synchrotronlife #cantstopwontstop #dataordie
What a week at DMC2025!🤩D🤺🏭. Great talks and a great group of researchers all collected together to discuss the future of defense manufacturing. There was also a space launch!🚀 🔭👨🚀👩🚀🧑🚀👾👽🌝#dmc #artemisii #collabos #cantstopwontstop #dataordie
New paper out in Nature Synthesis 🌸 🌴🧪⚗️😎😻🌩️. Co-lead by our colleagues at USyd 🦈, high entropy nanowires 🧶 were used for the Cl2 evolution, which exhibits 98% FE at 10kA/ m2 ⚡️. We employed multiple in-situ experiments to showcase an PtO2 edge site activation mechanism, which enables high selectivity. Read the paper here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s44160-026-00999-5 #nature #synthesis #highentropy #synchrotronscience #dataordie
We recently wrapped on some nice in-situ electrochemical ⚡️🧪 XAS beamtime at the ISS 🛰️ beamline, NSLS-II. Huge thanks to our colleagues at Johns Hopkins for the assist. New data to be published soon! #synchrotronlife #synchrotronscience #synchrotron #cantstopwontstop #dataordie
New paper out in Chemistry of Materials 🧪🧱😅⏱️⌛️👍💪. Led by the team at UQ👸, a novel method for making PbI2 🎨🧂quantum dots was examined, using the thermal decomposition 🔥 MOF glasses 🔎 and Pb halides. The decomposed MOF chemistry provides an excellent shell around the QDs while also resulting in a tight size distribution, important for optoelectronic applications. Read the paper here: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.chemmater.5c02293 #quantumdots #leadiodine #synchrotron #dataordie
Nice little call out on the INL 🥔☢️🔬webpage on our critical materials 🧱 work for the military 🪖🫡. Lots of exciting stuff on the horizon and big projects coming up 👍😎💪. Read here: https://inl.gov/feature-story/idaho-national-laboratory-strengthening-national-security-with-critical-materials-research/ #watchout #criticalmaterials #criticalminerals #research #dataordie
New paper in Angewandte Chemie International Edition 🇩🇪⚗️🌍📝😲🍬🙂↕️🙂↔️. In another effort led by the folks at Griffith University 🦁, new dual site catalysts were engineered for the CO2 reduction reaction 💨🔥. Using Ni-Cr atomic pairs anchored ⚓️ into a nitrated carbon matrix, Ni atoms promote CO2 activation while Cr atoms promote H20 💦dissociation, ultimately boosting reaction efficiency 🧐🧠. Great work by all! Read the paper here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/anie.202521247 #electrocatalysis #nickel #chromium #co2 #dataordie
New paper out in JACS 📓🇺🇸🧪🏘️🧐🧠⚗️!!! In a collaborative effort led by our mates at Griffith university 🦁, we deep dive 🤿 into the role that O vacancies play in CO2 elctroconversion⚡️in tin oxides🥫. Using a range of insitu measurements 📏 and DFT calculations🤖, we uncover unique Sn-O motifs that facilitate formate production that better explain the process well beyond the conventional adsorbate evolution models 💃🕺👯👯♀️👯♂️. Read the paper here: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/jacs.5c17016?casa_token=qytzdRJXgKkAAAAA%3AF3b63a7R0nRFcXlXyYT2fyUoKiapmHgysDqIADjw-0kfwrzyMtCRVjHkngk0htS3aT14_YwSrckhmz7i #electrocatalysis #co2rr #sno2 #synchrotron #dataordie
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