Quantifying the regime of thermodynamic control for solid-state reactions during ternary metal oxide synthesis

NJ Szymanski, YW Byeon, Y Sun, Y Zeng, J Bai… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
The success of solid-state synthesis often hinges on the first intermediate phase that forms,
which determines the remaining driving force to produce the desired target material. Recent …

The RAPTR furnace: a rapid heating and cooling sample furnace for in situ X-ray scattering studies of temperature-induced reactions

D Hu, ML Beauvais, BG Mullens… - Journal of Applied …, 2024 - journals.iucr.org
In situ X-ray scattering provides valuable insights into the mechanisms and kinetics of
reactions and structural transformations. For reactions and structural transformations …

Computationally Guided Synthesis of Battery Materials

NJ Szymanski, CJ Bartel - ACS Energy Letters, 2024 - ACS Publications
Materials synthesis is a critical step in the development of energy storage technologies, from
the first synthesis of newly predicted materials to the optimization of key properties for …

Node Distortions in UiO-66 Inform Negative Thermal Expansion Mechanisms: Kinetic Effects, Frustration, and Lattice Hysteresis

SM Vornholt, Z Chen, J Hofmann… - Journal of the American …, 2024 - ACS Publications
In metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) the interplay between the dynamics of individual
components and how these are constrained by the extended lattice can yield unusual …

Variable Temperature In Situ Neutron Powder Diffraction and Conductivity Studies of Undoped HoNbO4 and HoTaO4

BG Mullens, M Saura-Múzquiz, G Cordaro… - Chemistry of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Neutron powder diffraction data has been used to quantify the monoclinic (space group I
2/a) to tetragonal (I 41/a) phase transition that occurs at 775° C in HoNbO4 and 1300° C in …