Chemistry & Catalysis
• Characterising dispersions, emulsions, partially ordered materials, detergents, surfactants and colloidal solutions.
• In situ qualitative and quantitative measurements during catalysis, at millisecond time resolutions and across wide concentration ranges.
• Characterising the morphology of surfaces, thin films and interfaces (e.g. roughness, thickness, composition etc...), including liquid/liquid, liquid/solid, liquid/air and solid/air.
• Studying the core and/or shell of micelles under various conditions (e.g. temperature, shear, concentration etc...), including in situ studies of surfactant molecular interactions.
• Studying chemical reactions and industrial processes at the atomic level under both dynamic and steady state conditions, and also probing reaction intermediates.
• Interactions between particles and other substances (e.g. pollutants, polymers, etc...).
• Determining the distribution and dimensions of particles and pores.
• Studying the rheological properties of liquids to help optimise their viscosity for specific manufacturing, cooling and lubrication applications.
• Identifying and characterising chemical contaminants.
• Nanoscale characterisation of the shape, size and density of molecular aggregates.
• Obtaining information about chemical bonds.
• Analysing the shape, size and density of nanoparticles and catalyst particles, and phase distributions in catalyst pellets.