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Nitridic and Carbidic Interstitial Pd Nanoparticles for Directed Catalysis

Staff

Lead researcher

Professor Peter Wells

Professor

Research interests

  • Heterogeneous Catalysis
  • Operando Spectroscopy
  • Nanoparticle Design
Connect with Peter

Email: P.P.Wells@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Marina Carravetta

Professor

Research interests

  • Solid state magic-angle spinning NMR
  • Quantum Technology for Magnetic Resonance
  • High temperature and/or high pressure NMR
Connect with Marina

Email: M.Carravetta@soton.ac.uk

Professor Chris Skylaris

Professor of Computational Chemistry

Research interests

  • the computational study of chemical processes, especially in problems involving nanostructures and biological molecules. 
Connect with Chris

Email: C.Skylaris@soton.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Computational Systems Chemistry

Our research covers a broad range of domains from nanoscale materials properties, atmospheric chemistry, through to biological systems.

Functional Inorganic, Materials and Supramolecular Chemistry

Our research group examines the synthesis of new materials and functional molecules that contribute to innovation and technology.

Magnetic Resonance

Our main focus is finding ways to extend the timescale over which magnetic resonance can be made.

Research outputs

Localized thermal levering events drive spontaneous kinetic oscillations during CO oxidation on Rh/Al2O3
Donato Decarolis, Monik Panchal, Matthew Quesne, Khaled Mohammed, Shaojun Xu, Mark Isaacs, Adam H. Clark, Luke Keenan, Takuo Wakisaka, Kohei Kusada, Hiroshi Kitagawa, C. Richard A. Catlow, Emma K. Gibson, Alexandre Goguet & Peter P. Wells, 2024, Nature Catalysis, 7(7), 829-837
DOI: 10.1038/s41929-024-01181-w
Type: article
Structural selectivity of supported Pd nanoparticles: selective ethanol ammoxidation to acetonitrile
Khaled Mohammed, Reza Vakili, Donato Decarolis, Shaojun Xu, Luke Keenan, Apostolos Kordatos, Nikolay Zhelev, Chris K. Skylaris, Marina Carravetta, Emma K. Gibson, Haresh Manyar, Alexandre Goguet & Peter P. Wells, 2024, EES Catalysis, 2(4), 987-996
DOI: 10.1039/d4ey00044g
Type: article
Atomistic simulations on the carbidisation processes in Pd nanoparticles
Apostolos Kordatos, Khaled Mohammed, Reza Vakili, Alexandre Goguet, Haresh Manyar, Emma Gibson, Marina Carravetta, Peter Wells & Chris Kriton Skylaris, 2023, RSC Advances, 13(9), 5619-5626
DOI: 10.1039/d2ra07462a
Type: article