Welcome to Prof. Andrew Beale’s Group site
Research Group
Our group is interested in establishing structure-function relationships in functional materials, including catalytic solids and energy materials as a function of both time and space using both X-ray & optical spectroscopic and scattering methods applied under in situ and operando conditions. Specific areas of interest include the development of novel imaging techniques (‘multimodal’ & 5D) for the study of single catalyst bodies/grains/batteries under real reaction conditions (i.e. temperatures > 1273 K and pressures up to 50 barg, real-time charge-discharge), determining the nature of the active site and reaction mechanism in catalysts for NOx abatement, methane activation/upgrading, unravelling the self-assembly mechanism of microporous materials and the characterisation of catalytically active supported nanoparticles.
Research Highlights
- https://faraday.ac.uk/research/research-highlights/
- https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2019/jan/saving-old-master-paintings-chemistry
- https://chemistrycommunity.nature.com/users/183244-andrew-beale/posts/40955-5d-chemical-imaging
- https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ange.201602430
- https://www.labmate-online.com/news/news-and-views/5/diamond-light-source-ltd/world-first-in-catalysis-research/35886
- https://www.pnnl.gov/science/highlights/highlight.asp?id=4016
- http://www.esrf.eu/home/UsersAndScience/Publications/Highlights/highlights-2013/som/som7.html
Annual report highlights
- https://www.diamond.ac.uk/Home/Corporate-Literature/Annual-Review/Review2019/Science-Groups/Spectroscopy-Group/Identifying-active-iron-sites-for-NOx-pollution-control-in-porous-matrices-.html
- https://www.diamond.ac.uk/Home/Corporate-Literature/Annual-Review/Review2018/Science-Groups/Spectroscopy-Group/Nanocrystallites-on-micro-catalysts-brought-into-focus.html
- https://www.esrf.eu/UsersAndScience/Publications/Highlights
Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition