Materials Chemistry


@ The Kathleen Lonsdale Building








 
Webmaster: Dr Scott Woodley


 

Dr Ben Slater


Room: 343

Internal telephone number: 30050

External telephone number: 02076790050

Email: B.Slater

First Degree obtained from the University of Nottingham
Second Degree obtained from the Univeristy of Reading

Number of publications pre-2011: N/K

  Publications in 2012

1. Title: Comparison of the relative stability of zinc and lithium-boron zeolitic imidazolate frameworks
Author(s): Galvelis Raimondas; Slater Ben; Cheetham Anthony K.; et al.
Source: CRYSTENGCOMM Volume: 14 Issue: 2 Pages: 374-378 DOI: 10.1039/c1ce05854a Published: 2012


Publications in 2011

1. Title: Hierarchically Structure-Directing Effect of Multi-Ammonium Surfactants for the Generation of MFI Zeolite Nanosheets
Author(s): Park Woojin; Yu Doae; Na Kyungsu; et al.
Source: CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS Volume: 23 Issue: 23 Pages: 5131-5137 DOI: 10.1021/cm201709q Published: DEC 13 2011

2. Title: Hydrogen Bonds and van der Waals Forces in Ice at Ambient and High Pressures
Author(s): Santra Biswajit; Klimes Jiri; Alfe Dario; et al.
Source: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS Volume: 107 Issue: 18 Article Number: 185701 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.185701 Published: OCT 25 2011

3. Title: Large variation of vacancy formation energies in the surface of crystalline ice
Author(s): Watkins M.; Pan D.; Wang E. G.; et al.
Source: NATURE MATERIALS Volume: 10 Issue: 10 Pages: 794-798 DOI: 10.1038/NMAT3096 Published: OCT 2011

4. Title: Modular and predictable assembly of porous organic molecular crystals
Author(s): Cooper Andrew I.; Day Graeme M.; Jones James T. A.; et al.
Conference: 242nd National Meeting of the American-Chemical-Society (ACS) Location: Denver, CODate: AUG 28-SEP 01, 2011
Source: ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY Volume: 242 Meeting Abstract: 364-ORGN Published: AUG 28 2011

5. Title: Modular and predictable assembly of porous organic molecular crystals
Author(s): Jones James T. A.; Hasell Tom; Wu Xiaofeng; et al.
Source: NATURE Volume: 474 Issue: 7351 Pages: 367-371 DOI: 10.1038/nature10125 Published: JUN 16 2011

6. Title: Melting the Ice: On the Relation between Melting Temperature and Size for Nanoscale Ice Crystals
Author(s): Pan Ding; Liu Li-Min; Slater Ben; et al.
Source: ACS NANO Volume: 5 Issue: 6 Pages: 4562-4569 DOI: 10.1021/nn200252w Published: JUN 2011

7. Title: Conformer interconversion in a switchable porous organic cage
Author(s): Jelfs Kim E.; Schiffmann Florian; Jones James T. A.; et al.
Source: PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS Volume: 13 Issue: 45 Pages: 20081-20085 DOI: 10.1039/c1cp22527h Published: 2011

8. Title: Proton ordering in cubic ice and hexagonal ice; a potential new ice phase-XIc
Author(s): Raza Zamaan; Alfe Dario; Salzmann Christoph G.; et al.
Source: PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS Volume: 13 Issue: 44 Pages: 19788-19795 DOI: 10.1039/c1cp22506e Published: 2011

9. Title: The polymorphism of ice: five unresolved questions
Author(s): Salzmann Christoph G.; Radaelli Paolo G.; Slater Ben; et al.
Source: PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS Volume: 13 Issue: 41 Pages: 18468-18480 DOI: 10.1039/c1cp21712g Published: 2011


Publications in 2010

1. Title: Flexibility in a Metal-Organic Framework Material Controlled by Weak Dispersion Forces: The Bistability of MIL-53(Al)
Author(s): Walker, AM; Civalleri, B; Slater, B, et al.
Source: ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION Volume: 49 Issue: 41 Pages: 7501-7503 Published: 2010

2. Title: Unstitching the Nanoscopic Mystery of Zeolite Crystal Formation
Author(s): Brent, R; Cubillas, P; Stevens, SM, et al.
Source: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY Volume: 132 Issue: 39 Pages: 13858-13868 Published: 2010

3. Title: Isomorphism between ice and silica
Author(s): Tribello GA, Slater B, Zwijnenburg MA, et al.
Source: PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS Volume: 12 Issue: 30 Pages: 8597-8606 Published: 2010

4. Title: Point defects at the ice (0001) surface
Author(s): Watkins M, VandeVondele J, Slater B
Source: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Volume: 107 Issue: 28 Pages: 12429-12434 Published: JUL 13 2010

5. Title: Growth Mechanisms in SAPO-34 Studied by White Light Interferometry and Atomic Force Microscopy
Author(s): Holme B, Cubillas P, Cavka JH, et al.
Source: CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN Volume: 10 Issue: 7 Pages: 2824-2828 Published: JUL 2010

6. Title: Structure of Zeolite A (LTA) Surfaces and the Zeolite A/Water Interface
Author(s): Gren W, Parker SC, Slater B, et al.
Source: JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C Volume: 114 Issue: 21 Pages: 9739-9747 Published: JUN 3 2010

7. Title: Surface energy and surface proton order of the ice Ih basal and prism surfaces
Author(s): Pan D, Liu LM, Tribello GA, et al.
Source: JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER Volume: 22 Issue: 7 Article Number: 074209 Published: FEB 24 2010

Publications in 2009

1. Title: Zeolitic imidazole frameworks: structural and energetics trends compared with their zeolite analogues
Author(s): Lewis DW, Ruiz-Salvador AR, Gomez A, et al.
Source: CRYSTENGCOMM Volume: 11 Issue: 11 Pages: 2272-2276 Published: 2009

2. Title: Spiral Growth on Nanoporous Silicoaluminophosphate STA-7 as Observed by Atomic Force Microscopy
Author(s): Cubillas P, Castro M, Jelfs KE, et al.
Source: CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN Volume: 9 Issue: 9 Pages: 4041-4050 Published: SEP 2009

3. Title: A computational study of magnesium point defects and diffusion in forsterite
Author(s): Walker, AM; Woodley, SM; Slater, B; et al.
Source: PHYSICS OF THE EARTH AND PLANETARY INTERIORS Volume: 172 Issue: 1-2 Pages: 20-27 Published: 2009

4. Title: On thin ice: surface order and disorder during pre-melting
Author(s): Bishop, CL; Pan, D; Liu, LM; et al.
Source: FARADAY DISCUSSIONS Volume: 141 Pages: 277-292 Published: 2009

5. Title: Bubbles and microporous frameworks of silicon carbide
Author(s): Watkins, MB; Shevlin, SA; Sokol, AA; et al.
Source: PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS Volume: 11 Issue: 17 Pages: 3186-3200 Published: 2009

6. Title: Impact of ligands on CO2 adsorption in metal-organic frameworks: First principles study of the interaction of CO2 with functionalized benzenes. I. Inductive effects on the aromatic ring
Author(s): Torrisi, A; Mellot-Draznieks, C; Bell, RG
Source: JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS Volume: 130 Issue: 19 Published: 2009

7. Title: Modeling dynamics of the external surface of zeolite LTA
Author(s): Abril, DM; Slater, B; Blanco, C
Source: MICROPOROUS AND MESOPOROUS MATERIALS Volume: 123 Issue: 1-3 Pages: 268-273 Published: 2009

8. Title: A theoretical examination of known and hypothetical clathrate hydrate materials
Author(s): Tribello, GA; Slater, B
Source: JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS Volume: 131 Issue: 2 Published: 2009

9. Title: The phase diagram of water at negative pressures: virtual ices.
Author(s): Conde, M M; Vega, C; Tribello, G A; et al.
Source: J Chem Phys Volume: 131 Issue: 3 Pages: 034510 Published: 2009

10. Title: Structural Characterization of Interlayer Expanded Zeolite Prepared From Ferrierite Lamellar Precursor
Author(s): Ruan, JF; Wu, P; Slater, B; et al.
Source: CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS Volume: 21 Issue: 13 Pages: 2904-2911 Published: 2009

11. Title: The phase diagram of water at negative pressures: Virtual ices
Author(s): Conde, MM; Vega, C; Tribello, GA; et al.
Source: JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS Volume: 131 Issue: 3 Published: 2009

Publications in 2008

1. Title: Comment upon the screw dislocation structure on HKUST-1 {111} surfaces
Author(s): Walker, AM; Slater, B
Source: CRYSTENGCOMM Volume: 10 Issue: 6 Pages: 790-791 Published: 2008

2. Title: In situ atomic force microscopy of zeolite A dissolution
Author(s): Meza, LI; Anderson, MW; Slater, B; et al.
Source: PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS Volume: 10 Issue: 33 Pages: 5066-5076 Published: 2008

3. Title: A general purpose package (MADFOMS) for predicting the morphologies and powder X-ray diffraction patterns of molecular crystals
Author(s): Coombes, DS; Catlow, CRA; Slater, B
Source: MOLECULAR SIMULATION Volume: 34 Issue: 9 Pages: 873-877 Published: 2008

4. Title: Surface Energy and Surface Proton Order of Ice Ih
Author(s): Pan, D; Liu, LM; Tribello, GA; et al.
Source: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS Volume: 101 Issue: 15 Article Number: 155703 Published: 2008

5. Title: Comparison of Chiral and Racemic Forms of Zinc Cyclohexane trans-1,2-Dicarboxylate Frameworks: A Structural, Computational, and Calorimetric Study
Author(s): Bailey, AJ; Lee, C; Feller, RK; et al.
Source: ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION Volume: 47 Issue: 45 Pages: 8634-8637 Published: 2008