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.
High temperature anomalous Raman and photoluminescence response of molybdenum disulfide with sulfur vacancies
MoS2 is a two-dimensional crystal that belongs to the family of transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs), which are materials composed of a transition metal atom (such as Mo, W, Nb, etc.) and two chalcogen atoms (such as S, Se, Te, etc.). TMDCs have attracted a lot of attention in recent years because of their diverse and tunable properties, such as semiconductivity, metallicity, and magnetism. MoS2 is one of the most studied TMDCs because it has a direct bandgap in the monolayer limit, which makes it suitable for optoelectronic and photovoltaic applications. MoS2 also exhibits strong light-matter interactions, spin-orbit and Coulomb interactions, valley-selectivity, and superconductivity under certain conditions. The optical properties of MoS2 depend on various factors, such as the number of layers, the stacking order, the presence of defects, the choice of substrate, the temperature, the strain, the doping level, and the applied magnetic field. Raman and photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy are powerful techniques to probe these optical properties and reveal the underlying physics and mechanisms of MoS2 and other TMDCs.
Using a Linkam HFS600E-PB4 to modulate the temperature, the researchers discovered an anomalous behaviour of the A1g mode in Raman spectra and an intensity enhancement in PL spectra of MoS2 with temperature, and explained them by considering sulfur vacancies and intervalley charge transfer.
Brillouin Light Scattering Characterisation of Grey Tone 3D Printed Isotropic Materials
3D direct laser writing technology is capable of producing polymer microstructures in a range of sizes, from nanometres to millimetres, with adjustable optical and elastic properties through grey-tone lithography. Researchers have characterized the temperature-dependent elastic constant of various reticulated isotropic polymers using Brillouin light scattering in a Linkam stage.
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Tailoring water structure with high-tetrahedral-entropy for antifreezing electrolytes and energy storage at −80 °C
Structure and Properties of Silica Glass Densified in Cold Compression and Hot Compression
A Novel Peptide Hydrogel for an Antimicrobial Bandage Contact Lens
A thermally responsive, rigid, and reversible adhesive
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Microstructural change of degummed Bombyx mori silk: An in situ stretching wide-angle X-ray-scattering 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
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Investigating nitrous oxide formation in low temperature selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxides with V2O5/TiO2 catalysts using Linkam’s TS1500.
Using Linkam’s TS1500 to investigate the influence of pretreatment parameters on the surface characteristics of amorphous metal for use in power industry
Heterogeneous oxidation of amorphous organic aerosol surrogates by O3, NO3, and OH at typical tropospheric temperatures
Researchers use Linkam’s BCS196 Cryobiology stage with optical microscopy to observe and measuree reactive uptake coefficients (γ ) of O3, NO3, and OH for several systems of oxidant and organic aerosol surrogate combinations.
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 (shown above) with fused silica capillaries to study the formation of talc, observing the process using techniques including Raman spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction.
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Wan, Ye, et al. "An Experimental Study of the Formation of Talc through CaMg (CO3) 2–SiO2–H2O Interaction at 100–200 C and Vapor-Saturation Pressures." Geofluids 2017 (2017).
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
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