Researchers at CIEMAT, Spain and JRC, Germany published a study exploring the potential risks of storing highly-irradiated spent nuclear fuel when the fuel oxidises. A Linkam THMS600 stage was used to accurately control the temperature under a flow of dried air.
Investigating high temperature anomalous Raman and photoluminescence response of molybdenum disulfide with sulfur vacancies using Linkam’s HFS600E-PB4
Tailoring water structure with high-tetrahedral-entropy for antifreezing electrolytes and energy storage at −80 °C using Linkam’s THMS600
Structure and Properties of Silica Glass Densified in Cold Compression and Hot Compression
A Novel Peptide Hydrogel for an Antimicrobial Bandage Contact Lens
Researchers at the University of Liverpool, UK used a Linkam TST350 stage (now replaced by the LTS420) for this study.
Synthesis of organic aerogels with tailorable morphology and strength by controlled solvent swelling following Hansen solubility using Linkam’s LTS Stage Series.
Thermal expansion coefficient of few-layer MoS2 studied by temperature-dependent Raman spectroscopy using a Linkam THMS600
Linkam’s TS1500 used to enable in situ study of sigma phase formation in Cr–Co–Ni ternary alloys at 800 °C at the long duration experiment facility at Diamond Light Source
Read how a unique setup using Linkam’s TS1500 allows researchers to perform beamline XRD analysis at high temperature at Diamond Light Source. Here, they use the new long-duration experimental beamline I11 to study phase formation kinetics of metal alloys, demonstrating a new technique for metallurgical studies.
Structure and Properties of Silica Glass Densified in Cold Compression and Hot Compression
Researchers used Linkam’s high temperature TS1500 stage to quench silica glass from 1100°C, studying the resulting mechanical properties of the glass in order to understand the effects of heating, quenching and compression on the properties of glass.
Phase stability frustration on ultra-nanosized anatase TiO₂
Researchers looked at the phase stability of nanocrystalline TiO₂ at temperatures up to 1000°C using Linkam’s high temperature TS1500 stage.
An Experimental Study of the Formation of Talc through CaMg(CO3)2–SiO2–H2O Interaction at 100–200∘C and Vapor-Saturation Pressures using Linkam’s CAP500
Researchers used Linkam’s CAP500 with fused silica capillaries to study the formation of talc, observing the process using techniques including Raman spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction.
Study of SO2/water and NO/water/salt systems from 25 to 150 °C using fused silica capillaries, batch autoclave and Raman microspectrometry using Linkam’s CAP500
Researchers used the Linkam CAP500 to study the thermodynamic behaviour of CO2 capture systems, using fused silica capillaries under Raman spectroscopy.
Operando micro-spectroscopy on ZSM-5 containing extrudates during the oligomerization of 1-hexene
This article studies the impact of the binder material in industrial catalysts. Using the Linkam TS1500V to perform catalytic reactions at 250 and 300°C, the authors used operando spectrocopy and in situ confocal fluoroscence microscopy to show how different binder materials affect the final material composition.
Double-twist cylinders in liquid crystalline cholesteric blue phases observed by transmission electron microscopy.
Linkam’s FTIR600 used in research into germanium as a new catalyst for diamond synthesis, and a new optically active impurity in diamond
Researchers used Linkam’s FTIR600 stage to explore the catalytic ability of germanium for the conversion of graphite to diamond at HPHT conditions.
Linkam’s FTIR600 used in research into lead iodide perovskite light-emitting field-effect transistor
Linkam’s FTIR600 was used to show that the screening effects associated with ionic transport can be effectively eliminated by lowering the operating temperature of methylammonium lead iodide perovskite field-effect transistors.