Facilities
Flavell Group Facilities
Resonant photoemission, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM) and near-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy (NEXAFS). Femtosecond laser-SR 'pump-probe' applications for studying electron-hole pair dynamics in oxide nanoparticles and photovoltaics.
George Group Facilities
Photochemistry and time-resolved spectroscopy to probe excited states and reaction mechanisms.
Chao Group Facilities
Photoelectrochemical measurements; microwave synthesis; inert atmosphere syntheses; transmission electron microscopy; photoluminescence measurements.
Perutz Group Facilities
Nanosecond laser flash photolysis, ultra-fast infra red spectroscopy and matrix isolation instrumentation and facilities.
Pickett Group Facilities
Advanced electrochemical and spectroelectrochemical facilities in inert atmosphere boxes; state of the art stopped-flow infra red spectroscopy and stopped-flow UV visible spectroscopy in inert atmosphere boxes; extensive facilities for synthesis of air sensitive materials.
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A warm welcome...
We are delighted to welcome Dr Yimin Chao and Dr Joseph Wright to the UEA SolarCAP Nanoscience group. They will be joining us in September 2010, as we sadly say farewell to Professor Thomas Nann, who has moved to the Ian Wark Institute, University of South Australia, and Dr Gaëlle Charron, who is taking up a permanent post in Paris. For more information do see our Research Groups page
Professor Robin Perutz FRS
We are delighted at the election of Professor Robin Perutz as a Fellow of the Royal Society in its 350th anniversary year.
In its citation, the Royal Society writes
" Perutz has devised and used new physical techniques to make critical contributions to science that have changed our views about the interactions of metals with small molecules. He has used time-resolved spectroscopy, matrix isolation and product analysis to show that transition metals can complex to weak ligands such as alkanes and noble gases. He has revealed new photochemical pathways for C-H activation and has shown that hydrogen can undergo oxidative addition on every collision. These have led to new understanding of chemical reactivities, and are having major impacts on our understanding of mechanisms, such as occur in catalytic reactions, and that are also relevant to industrial processes. "
http://royalsociety.org/Royal-Society-announces-new-Fellows---2010/
Ludwig Mond Award 2009 winner
The 2009 winner of the Ludwig Mond Award was awarded to Christopher Pickett at a special symposium at the University of Warwick in April 2010.
It was awarded for his electrochemical, synthetic, spectroscopic and mechanistic studies of key metalloenzymes, the nitrogenases and the hydrogenases.
http://www.rsc.org/ScienceAndTechnology/Awards/LudwigMondAward/2009winner.asp
March 2010: Interview with Robin Perutz in Highlights in Chemical Technology at http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/ChemTech/Volume/2010/04/Robin_Perutz_Interview.asp
15th May 2009: Science Minister visit
The Science Minister, Lord Drayson of Kensington, visited the ALICE facility at Daresbury Laboratory on 15 May 2009 and heard how ALICE and EMMA will support work on new health treatments and alternative routes to green energy.
For more information visit http://www.astec.ac.uk/projects/alice.html and http://www.astec.ac.uk/news.html#drayson 12th March 2009: The SolarCAP website is launched!
Welcome to the SolarCAP website, home of the Solar Consortium for Artificial Photosynthesis. Here you will find updates of our research publications, breaking news and vacancies...
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