Disentangling catalysis and mass transport

Effect of intrinsic heat treatment on the precipitate formation of X40CrMoV5–1 tool steel during laser-directed energy deposition: A coupled study of atom probe tomography and in situ synchrotron X-ray diffraction pic
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Effect of intrinsic heat treatment on the precipitate formation of X40CrMoV5–1 tool steel during laser-directed energy deposition: A coupled study of atom probe tomography and in situ synchrotron X-ray diffraction

Antonio Carlos de F. Silveira, Lisa T. Belkacemi, Pedro José de Castro, Marco Schowalter, Rainer Fechte-Heinen, Jérémy Epp

Acta Materialia 283 (2025): 120488

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2024.120488

Additively manufactured components are generally heat treated to remove the undesired…


Synthesis, structural and spectroscopic characterization of defect-rich forsterite as a representative phase of Martian regolith pic
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Synthesis, structural and spectroscopic characterization of defect-rich forsterite as a representative phase of Martian regolith

Muchammad Izzuddin Jundullah Hanafi, Lorenzo Bastonero, Mohammad Mangir Murshed, Lars Robben, Wilke Dononelli, Andrea Kirsch, Nicola Marzari, Thorsten M. Gesing

IUCrJ 11 (2024): 977-990

https://doi.org/10.1107/S2052252524009722

Regolith draws intensive research attention because of its importance…


Mechanochemical synthesis of (Mg1−xFe x )2SiO4 olivine phases relevant to Martian regolith: structural and spectroscopic characterizations article picture
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Mechanochemical synthesis of (Mg₁₋ₓFeₓ)₂SiO₄ olivine phases relevant to Martian regolith: structural and spectroscopic characterizations

Izzuddin Jundullah Hanafi, M. Mangir Murshed, Lars Robben, Thorsten M. Gesing

Zeitschrift für Kristallographie - Crystalline Materials (2024)

https://doi.org/10.1515/zkri-2024-0078

To fabricate metals from the base materials for future Mars exploration, synthesis of representative olivine phases…


Broadening the Realm of Nanoporous Gold Catalysts: Preparation and Properties When Emanating from AuCu as Parent Alloy article picture
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Broadening the Realm of Nanoporous Gold Catalysts: Preparation and Properties When Emanating from AuCu as Parent Alloy

Jorge Adrian Tapia Burgos, Christoph Mahr, Alex Ricardo Silva Olaya, Lars Robben, Marco Schowalter, Thorsten GesingAndreas Rosenauer, Gunther Wittstock, Arne Wittstock, Marcus Bäumer

ChemCatChem (2024): e202400280

https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.202400280

Nanoporous gold (npAu) attracted…


[Translate to English:] Synthesis of a stable crystalline nitrene article pic
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Synthesis of a stable crystalline nitrene

Marvin Janssen, Thomas Frederichs, Marian Olaru, Enno Lork, Emanuel Hupf, Jens Beckmann 

Science 385(6706) (2024): 318-321

DOI: 10.1126/science.adp4963

Nitrenes are a highly reactive, yet fundamental, compound class. They possess a monovalent nitrogen atom and usually a short life span, typically…


The Picture of Synthesis and characterization of (Pb1−xSr x )MnBO4: a structural and spectroscopic study (2024)
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Synthesis and characterization of (Pb₁₋ₓ Srₓ )MnBO₄: a structural and spectroscopic study

Carla M, Uribe-Rincon, M Mangir Murshed, Thorsten M. Gesing

Journal of Crystallography - Crystalline Materials 239 (2024): 3-4

https://doi.org/10.1515/zkri-2023-0056

The presence of  ns 2  stereo-chemical active lone electron pairs (LEPs) causes asymmetric atomic environments around a given  p


Quantitative three-dimensional local order analysis
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Quantitative three-dimensional local order analysis of nanomaterials through electron diffraction

Ella Mara Schmidt, Paul Benjamin Klar, Yasar Krysiak, Petr Svora, Andrew L. Goodwin, Luke Palatinus

Nature Communications 14 (2023): 6512

doi:  10.1038/s41467-023-41934-y

Structure-property relationships in ordered materials have long been a core principle in materials design. However, the…


Halide-sodalites: thermal expansion, decomposition and the Lindemann criterion pics
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Halide-sodalites: thermal behavior at low temperatures and local deviations from the average structure

Marius Wolpmann, Martin Etter, Andrea Kirsch, Filippo Balzaretti, Wilke Dononelli, Lars RobbenThorsten M. Gesing

Zeitschrift für Kristallographie - Crystalline Materials 238 (2023): 27 - 38

https://doi.org/10.1515/zkri-2022-0037

Sodalites of the general type |Na8X2|[T1T2O4]6 with X = Cl−, Br−,…


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On red tin (II) oxide: temperature-dependent structural, spectroscopic, and thermogravimetric properties

Sarah Wittmann,  M. Mangir MurshedThorsten M. Gesing

Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 648 (2022): e20220031

https://doi.org/10.1002/zaac.202200311

Polycrystalline red tin(II)oxide (RSO) has been synthesized by a fast reflux method. X-ray powder diffraction (XRPD) data Rietveld refinement confirms the…


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Effects of iron substitution and anti-site disorder on crystal structures, vibrational, optical and magnetic properties of double perovskites Sr₂(Fe₁₋ₓNiₓ)TeO₆

Asmaa Zaraq, Duncan H. Gregory, Brahim Orayech, Josu M. Igartua,Abdeslam El Bouari,James D. Eales, Paul A. Binghamand Thorsten M. Gesing

Dalton Transactions 45 (2022): 4086

https://doi.org/10.1039/D2DT02447K

The double-perovskite series, Sr2(Fe1−xNix)TeO6 (x = 0, 0.25, 0.50, 0.75, and 1) has…


The İmage of Nano-crystalline precursor formation, stability, and transformation to mullite-type visible-light photocatalysts (2022)
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Nano-crystalline precursor formation, stability, and transformation to mullite-type visible-light photocatalysts

Thorsten M. GesingM. Mangir Murshed, Selina Schuh, Oliver Thüringer, Konrad Krämer, Tim Neudecker, Cecilia B. Mendive & Lars Robben 

Journal of Materials Science 57 (2022): 19280-19299

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-022-07854-w

A new precursor for the formation of mullite-type visible-light…


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Revisiting the Growth of Large (Mg,Zr):SrGa₁₂O₁₉ Single Crystals: Core Formation and Its Impact on Structural Homogeneity Revealed by Correlative X-ray Imaging

Christo Guguschev, Carsten Richter, Mario Brützam, Kaspars Dadzis, Christian Hirschle, Thorsten M. Gesing, Michael Schulze, Albert Kwasniewski, Jürgen Schreuer, Darrell G. Schlom

Crystal Growth and Design 22 (2022): 2557–2568

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.2c00030

We demonstrate the growth of…


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Halide-sodalites: thermal expansion, decomposition and the Lindemann criterion

Marius Wolpmann, Lars RobbenThorsten M. Gesing

Zeitschrift für Kristallographie - Crystalline Materials 237 (2022): 1-3

https://doi.org/10.1515/zkri-2022-0004

Twelve cubic sodalites |Na8X2|[T1T2O4]6 (T1 = Al3+, Ga3+; T2 = Si4+, Ge4+; X = Cl−, Br−, I−) were examined using high-temperature (HT)…


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Crystal structure and temperature-dependent properties of Na₂H₄Ga₂GeO₈ – a novel gallogermanate

Irma Peschke, Lars Robben, Christof Köhler, Thomas Frauenheim, Josef-Christian Buhl, Thorsten M. Gesing

Zeitschrift für Naturforschung B 75 (2020): 9-10

https://doi.org/10.1515/znb-2020-0159

Synthesis, crystal structure and temperature-dependent behavior of Na2H4Ga2GeO8 are reported. This novel…


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On the nature of the phase transitions of aluminosilicate perrhenate sodalite

Hilke Petersen, Lars Robben, Thorsten M. Gesing

Zeitschrift für Kristallographie - Crystalline Materials 235 (2020): 6-7

https://doi.org/10.1515/zkri-2020-0027

The temperature-dependent structure-property relationships of the aluminosilicate perrhenate sodalite |Na8(ReO4)2|[AlSiO4]6 (ReO4-SOD)…


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Low-temperature anharmonicity and symmetry breaking in the sodalite |Na₈I₂|[AlSiO₄]₆

Lars Robben, Isaac Abrahams, Michael Fischer, Stephen Hull, Martin T. Dove und Thorsten M. Gesing

Zeitschrift für Kristallographie - Crystalline Materials (2018) 234, Heft 4

https://doi.org/10.1515/zkri-2018-2122

The aluminosilicate iodide sodalite |Na8I2|[AlSiO4]6 was examined by…


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Temperature-dependent Structural and Spectroscopic Studies of (Bi₁₋ₓFeₓ)FeO₃

Andrea Kirsch, M. Mangir Murshed, Melanie J. Kirkham, Ashfia Huq, F. Jochen Litterst and Thorsten M. Gesing

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2018) 122 (49), 28280–28291

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b05740

We report on temperature-dependent structural and spectroscopic features of (Bi1–xF…


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Structural and spectroscopic comparison between polycrystalline, nanocrystalline and quantum dot visible light photo-catalyst Bi₂WO₆

Michael Teck, M. Mangir MurshedMarco Schowalter, Niels Lefeld, Henrike K. Grossmann, Tim Grieb, Thomas Hartmann, Lars RobbenAndreas Rosenauer, Lutz MädlerThorsten M.Gesing

Journal of Solid State Chemistry (2017) 254, 82-89 

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jssc.2017.07.013

The structural and…


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