Hamish has just landed in Japan to give an invited lecture at the ambitiously named “Next Generation of Optimists” workshop at the National Institute for Materials Science. It’s the first time for a year he’s been back and, despite still being bleary-eyed with jet lag, he’s really excited to be discussing new results with collaborators, catching up with old friends, and indulging in some of the local cuisine while he’s there. Bring on the sushi!
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We’re really happy to announce that we’ve just been awarded a small grant from the John Fell Fund, Oxford University’s main internal funding source. It will help to buy a fancy syringe pump, which will significantly improve control over our crystallisation reactions.
When crystallisation reactions happen quickly at room temperature, the order and rate at which you add reagents can be critical to achieving high purity materials, uniform particle sizes and even the desired material in the first place. A pump will not only allow us to quantify the effect of different rates, but also allow us to change reaction conditions like concentration and pH in a controlled manner in-situ.
If successful, the work will be proof-of-concept for bigger and better things: pump priming, literally!
and with it, the very first summer student in the group! Felicity joins us for the next couple of months and will be investigating the formation of porous metal-organic frameworks for sensing applications…
That’s right! While there remain to be some additions to this site, including the occasional update on what we’ve been up to, what you see now is basically it! Woop!
Watch this space for future action! This website is under construction…
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