MLBaker Group

Group account for Baker Group research @UoMChemistry: X-ray & neutron spectroscopy; electronic structure and magnetism of d- and f-elements

[MLBaker Group @MLBakerLab]

@PeterUKaden @DiamondLightSou We can operate with LHe or LN2, usually LN2 is good enough to slow radiation damage. The cryostat can be operated on I18 and I20 at DLS. The XES energy resolution at I18 depends on several factors, so the team at I18 are in a better position to answer that.

[MLBaker Group @MLBakerLab]

Last week, we welcomed the first external users (University of Glasgow) of our cryostat for actinide samples. The team conducted HERFD using I18 and the Active Materials Lab at Diamond Light Source @DiamondLightSou

[MLBaker Group @MLBakerLab]

@PeterUKaden @DiamondLightSou Thanks. The cryostat is currently approved for the study of samples containing Th and U with activities less than 1kBq.

[MLBaker Group @MLBakerLab]

Thank you to the team at ID20 for supporting our Th RIXS this week; excellent beamline with impressive resolution @esrfsynchrotron

[John Seed @Johnseedo]

Years in the making – 3-centre-1-electron trithorium metal-metal bonding. Out now in @NatureChemistry !

https://t.co/hmHtLHSmV1

[Chemical Communications @ChemCommun]

To celebrate the 200th anniversary of @OfficialUoM, we've brought together a special collection highlighting research from @UoMChemistry!

Read the full collection here 👉 https://t.co/Voulm5j2ZW

Learn more about the bicentenary celebrations here 👉 https://t.co/2glDzhjmpB

[Nathan Alcock @nalcock42]

So excited to finally have this work out there! Lots of hard work went into this from everyone involved, so huge thanks to everyone!

Keep your eyes peeled for more exciting RIXS to come! ☢️🧪

[Kasper S. Pedersen @kasperspedersen]

🎉 Now in '@J_A_C_S:

Determination of Uranium Central-Field Covalency with 3d4f Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering

🔗https://t.co/38bVYhR41i

Very pleased to contribute to this spectacular project spearheaded by @MLBakerLab.

#actinides #uranium #covalency

Check it out👇

[MLBaker Group @MLBakerLab]

Huge thanks to all those involved: Tim Burrow, @nalcock42, @MSHuzan_PhD, @Johnseedo, @majdunstan, @kasperspedersen, & Jesper Bendix - as well as everyone at ID26 @esrfsynchrotron and MARS @synchroSOLEIL!

[MLBaker Group @MLBakerLab]

We are super pleased to share our latest research, where we present M4,5-edge RIXS as a new method for probing actinide-ligand bond covalency!

Check it out here!
https://t.co/0zVCkeUWIm

#actinides #felements #RIXS #synchrotrons

[Team Natrajan @Team_Natrajan]

Enjoying the fantastic early career Research in Progress meeting @UoMSciEng organised by @EMG_minsoc and @RSC_Radiochem . Thanks to everyone for great talks, posters and lively discussions 👏

[Nathan Alcock @nalcock42]

Very excited to be back @esrfsynchrotron for a week of beamtime at ID26! Looking forward to seeing what we discover as the week unfolds ☢️🧪

[MLBaker Group @MLBakerLab]

And congratulations to @MSHuzan_PhD for his poster prize at the @DiamondLightSou Magnetism Group meeting! That makes 3 for 3 Baker Group winners this month! 🏆

[Diamond Light Source @DiamondLightSou]

🏅And 1st place goes to Myron Huzan for their poster on 'Quantifying the influence of 3d-4s mixing on linearly coordinated metal ions.'

Congratulations, Myron. 👏

[MLBaker Group @MLBakerLab]

Congratulations to PhD student Alan Qi, who recently won a poster prize at the @DiamondLightSou Spectroscopy Group meeting for his work on probing non-Aufbau divalent lanthanides with RXES!

[Diamond Light Source @DiamondLightSou]

🧵 Zhibo Qi for their poster on 'Unravelling the electronic structure of Non-Aufbau divalent lanthanide with Resonant X-ray Emission Spectroscopy'.

[Nathan Alcock @nalcock42]

Really happy to have presented some of my recent research at the @UoMChemistry PGR Conference 2024!

Thanks to everyone who has worked hard to make all of this happen - @MLBakerLab, Tim Burrow, @MSHuzan_PhD, @Johnseedo, @majdunstan, @kasperspedersen!

[MLBaker Group @MLBakerLab]

Very well done @nalcock42 on a fantastic talk, and congratulations for winning Best Presentation Prize! 🏆 🥇☢️⚛️

[Nathan Alcock @nalcock42]

Really happy to have presented some of my recent research at the @UoMChemistry PGR Conference 2024!

Thanks to everyone who has worked hard to make all of this happen - @MLBakerLab, Tim Burrow, @MSHuzan_PhD, @Johnseedo, @majdunstan, @kasperspedersen!

[Diamond Light Source @DiamondLightSou]

🌐This week we welcomed over 120 scientists from across our international community for our Spectroscopy Group User Meeting 2024.

🤝Thank you to everyone who joined us to showcase the recent scientific results and the latest developments across the Spectroscopy Group.

[Diamond Light Source @DiamondLightSou]

🏅And 1st place goes to Myron Huzan for their poster on 'Quantifying the influence of 3d-4s mixing on linearly coordinated metal ions.'

Congratulations, Myron. 👏

[MLBaker Group @MLBakerLab]

Excellent week of beamtime at @DiamondLightSou, putting our new active materials cryostat well and truly to the test! ☢️💎❄️

Some tremendous results from the upgraded I20-Scanning RIXS spectrometer. Big thanks to Shu, Alan, @Johnseedo, @MSHuzan_PhD and @nalcock42! #actinideRIXS