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Joint meetings are held on alternative weeks with groups working in solid-state chemistry at the University of Warwick.

Please email your talk titles to Struan Simpson at least a week before your talk so that the programme can be updated.

Solid State Group Meetings

Academic Year 2022/2023

TermDateSpeaker(s)Seminar TitleRoom
Term 114/10/2022 (W2)
11:00 - 12:00
P.I. IntroductionsShort talks from the P.I.s to introduce the work undertaken in each group.L5, Science Concourse
28/10/2022 (W4)
11:00 - 12:00
Struan Simpson (MS)Chemically navigating new quantum materialsL5, Science Concourse
Alexandru Tanase (RW)Solution-based synthesis of niobium oxides for catalysis
04/11/2022 (W5)
11:00 - 12:00
Guest speaker: Taylor SparksMaterials informatics: Moving beyond screening via generative machine learning modelsL5, Science Concourse
11/11/2022 (W6)
11:00 - 12:00
Baiwen Zhao (RW)Investigation of the synthesis of cerium-based UiO-66L5, Science Concourse
Wilgner Lima de Silva (RW)Synthesis of Novel Nb-based Oxides as Li Hosts
25/11/2022 (W8)
11:00 - 12:00
Jasmine Clayton (RW)Synthesis of Catalyst Supports and OER CatalystsL5, Science Concourse
Ananthu Rajan (SP)Synthesis, structure and applications of metal-oxo clusters
09/12/2022 (W10)
11:00 - 12:00
James Annis (RW)An in-situ neutron diffraction study of the reduction of CeGeO4L5, Science Concourse
Jere Tidey (MS)Structural Investigation of Filled Tetragonal Tungsten Bronze, Sr2NaNb5O15
Christmas Break
Term 220/01/2023 (W2)
11:00 - 12:00
Stephen Brown (SP)Metal-oxo Clusters and Single Crystal to Single Crystal Photochemical TransformationsL3, Science Concourse
Craig Hiley (RW/MS)Solution synthesis of metal (hydroxy)fluorides
03/02/2023 (W4)
11:00 - 12:00
Dashnor Beqiri (MS)Structure and dynamics of the n = 1 Ca2Mn1-xTixO4 (0 < x < 0.65) Ruddlesden-Popper seriesL3, Science Concourse
Satarupa Das (RW)Production of FDCA using Fe-grafted MOF constructed from a sustainably sourced ligand
10/02/2023 (W5)
11:00 - 12:00
Guest speaker: Louis PiperHow Goodenough is the Ionic approximation of redox in layered oxide Li-ion battery cathodesL3, Science Concourse
17/02/2023 (W6)
11:00 - 12:00
Ehsan Gadim (RW)Rapid Synthesis precipitation to produce metal-organic frameworks (MOFs)L3, Science Concourse
James Coe (RW)Understanding the Mechanism of Fluidiser Action in Hydration of Plaster to Gypsum
03/03/2023 (W8)
11:00 - 12:00
Katie Pickering (RW)The controlled synthesis of nano-Mg(OH)2 targeting anisotropic shapesL3, Science Concourse
Tanmoy Chakraborty (BK)Predicting promising materials for all solid-state batteries through atomistic modeling
10/03/2023 (W9)
11:00 - 12:00
Mark Crossman (RW)Developing a Solvothermal Reaction Cell for in-situ Neutron Scattering of CrystallisationL3, Science Concourse
Ben Tragheim (MS)Interplay of Jahn-Teller Distortions, Orbital Order and Structural Degrees of Freedom in LaMn1-xGaxO3
17/03/2023 (W10)
11:00 - 12:00
Guest speaker: Jamie NeilsonOrganic cation dynamics in hybrid halide semiconductorsL3, Science Concourse
Easter Break
Term 312/05/2023 (W3)
11:00 - 12:00
Catriona Crawford (MS/RW)Magnetic properties of NiOHF DiasporeL5, Science Concourse
Kayleigh Skidmore (RW)Operando Oxygen Evolution Reaction Electrocatalysis in Acidic Media
26/05/2023 (W5)
11:00 - 12:00
Avneet Ramana (RW)Stabilsing tin perovskites within Metal-organic FrameworksL5, Science Concourse
Sener Sen (BK)Design of radiation damage tolerant Zr-Nb nanoscale metallic multilayer composite
02/06/2023 (W6)
11:00 - 12:00
MChem TalksJack Beall: Exploring mechanochemical routes to photoactive titanium metal-organic frameworks

Benjamin Moore: Synthesis and Characterisation of Co and Mo containing materials for the photocatalytic nitrogen reduction reaction

Zhi Yang Lee: The Effect of Variance on the Phase Transitions & Thermal Conductivity of Ca(1-x-y)Sr(x)Ba(y)TiO3 Perovskites
L5, Science Concourse
16/06/2023 (W7)
11:00 - 12:00
Tom Barnes (SP)Synthesis of Cu(II)-oxo Clusters and the Effect of Size on a Visible-light absorptionL5, Science Concourse
Joe Gregory (RW)Ir/TiO2 thin films for the catalysis of plasma-phase CO2 hydrogenation
23/06/2023 (W8)
11:00 - 12:00
Evie Ladbrook (MS)Discovering domain structure by diffraction resolved tomographyL5, Science Concourse
Alex Hands (SP)Investigating the transformation of molecular precursors to extended materials
30/06/2023 (W10)
11:00 - 12:00
Gla Sinted (RW)TBCL5, Science Concourse
Ben Saunders (BK)TBC
14/07/2023 (W12)
11:00 - 12:00
Jacob Oyarzabal (RW)TBCPS1.28 (TBC)
Matt Edwards (MS)TBC
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