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Influence of synthesis conditions on the structure of nickel nanoparticles and their reactivity in selective asymmetric hydrogenation (2019)
Journal Article
Arrigo, R., Gallarati, S., Schuster, M., Seymour, J., Gianolio, D., da Silva, I., …Held, G. (2020). Influence of synthesis conditions on the structure of nickel nanoparticles and their reactivity in selective asymmetric hydrogenation. ChemCatChem, 12(5), 1491-1503. https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.201901955

Unsupported and SiO2-supported Ni nanoparticles (NPs), were synthesised via hot-injection colloidal route using oleylamine (OAm) and trioctylphosphine (TOP) as reducing and protective agents, respectively. By adopting a multi-length scale structural... Read More about Influence of synthesis conditions on the structure of nickel nanoparticles and their reactivity in selective asymmetric hydrogenation.

Transition from gas-like to liquid-like behavior in supercritical N2 (2019)
Journal Article
Proctor, J., Pruteanu, C., Morrison, I., Crowe, I., & Loveday, J. (2019). Transition from gas-like to liquid-like behavior in supercritical N2. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 10(21), 6584-6589. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b02358

We have studied in detail the transition from gas-like to rigid liquidlike behavior in supercritical N2 at 300 K (2.4 TC). Our study combines neutron diffraction and Raman spectroscopy with ab initio molecular dynamics simulations. We observe a narr... Read More about Transition from gas-like to liquid-like behavior in supercritical N2.

Melting curve and phase diagram of vanadium under high-pressure and high-temperature conditions (2019)
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Errandonea, D., Macleod, S., Burakovsky, L., Santamaria-Perez, D., Proctor, J., Cynn, H., & Mezouar, M. (2019). Melting curve and phase diagram of vanadium under high-pressure and high-temperature conditions. Physical Review B, 100(9), https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.100.094111

We report a combined experimental and theoretical study of the melting curve and the structural behavior of vanadium under extreme pressure and temperature. We performed powder x-ray diffraction experiments up to 120 GPa and 4000 K, determining th... Read More about Melting curve and phase diagram of vanadium under high-pressure and high-temperature conditions.

Viewpoint : graphene is thin, but not infinitely so (2019)
Journal Article
Proctor, J. (2019). Viewpoint : graphene is thin, but not infinitely so. Physics - Spotlighting Exceptional Research, 12, 104-104. https://doi.org/10.1103/Physics.12.104

Atomically thin graphene is considered a prototypical 2D material, but high-pressure experiments now reveal the 3D nature of its mechanical properties.

The effect of pressure on hydrogen solubility in Zircaloy-4 (2019)
Journal Article
Weekes, H., Dye, D., Proctor, J., Smith, D., Simionescu, C., Prior, T., & Wenman, M. (2019). The effect of pressure on hydrogen solubility in Zircaloy-4. Journal of Nuclear Materials, 524, 256-262. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2019.07.012

The effect of pressure on the room temperature solubility of hydrogen in Zircaloy-4 was examined using synchrotron X-ray diffraction on small ground flake samples in a diamond anvil cell at pressures up to 20.9 GPa. Different combinations of hydrogen... Read More about The effect of pressure on hydrogen solubility in Zircaloy-4.