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Yr Athro Daniel Slocombe
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Yr Athro Daniel R. Slocombe BEng PhD FHEA yw Cyfarwyddwr Ymchwil yn Ysgol Peirianneg Prifysgol Caerdydd. Mae'n gwneud ymchwil ryngddisgyblaethol mewn peirianneg a chemeg, gan ganolbwyntio ar electromagneteg a deunyddiau.
Derbyniodd Wobr Philip Leverhulme yn 2022 am ei waith arloesol yn dangos y defnydd o gaeau microdon mewn cymwysiadau newydd arloesol sy'n gysylltiedig â datgarboneiddio, ynni a gwyddor amgylcheddol.
Gwefan CHFE: https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/research/explore/research-units/centre-for-high-frequency-engineering
Cyhoeddiad
2025
- Singh, B., Hefford, S., Sanchez-Perez, E., Barter, M., Slocombe, D. R., Cussen, S. A. and Dimitrakis, G. 2025. A novel method for fast and efficient numerical simulation of microwave heating in liquids during mixing. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 237, pp. 126425. (10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2024.126425)
2024
- Sun, J., Hayward, J. S., Barter, M., Slocombe, D. R. and Bartley, J. K. 2024. Designing heterogeneous catalysts for microwave assisted selective oxygenation. ChemCatChem 16(19), article number: e202301586. (10.1002/cctc.202301586)
2023
- Magri, G. et al. 2023. An in-situ study of the thermal decomposition of 2,2'-azobis(2-methylpropionitrile) radical chemistry using a dual-mode EPR resonator. Research on Chemical Intermediates 49, pp. 289-305. (10.1007/s11164-022-04861-z)
- Edwards, P. P., Pyper, N. C., Jie, X., Slocombe, D. R., Catlow, C. R. A., Islam, M. S. and Dobson, P. J. 2023. Orbital-selective hole and hole-pair formation and Bose condensation in high-temperature superconductors. Journal of Solid State Chemistry 317(Part A), article number: 123529. (10.1016/j.jssc.2022.123529)
2022
- Barter, M. et al. 2022. Design considerations of a dual mode X-band EPR resonator for rapid in-situ microwave heating. Applied Magnetic Resonance 53, pp. 861-874. (10.1007/s00723-022-01463-1)
- Jie, X., Chen, R., Biddle, T., Slocombe, D. R., Dilworth, J. R., Xiao, T. and Edwards, P. P. 2022. Size-dependent microwave heating and catalytic activity of fine iron particles in the deep dehydrogenation of hexadecane. Chemistry of Materials 34(10), pp. 4682-4693. (10.1021/acs.chemmater.2c00630)
- Siddique, F. et al. 2022. Sustainable chemical processing of flowing wastewater through microwave energy. Chemosphere 287(1), article number: 132035. (10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.132035)
2021
- Slocombe, D. R. and Porch, A. 2021. Microwaves in chemistry. IEEE Journal of Microwaves 1(1), pp. 32-42. (10.1109/JMW.2020.3029337)
2020
- Slocombe, D. 2020. Cool water splitting by microwaves. Nature Energy 5, pp. 830-831. (10.1038/s41560-020-00726-0)
- Jie, X. et al. 2020. Microwave-initiated catalytic deconstruction of plastic waste into hydrogen and high-value carbons. Nature Catalysis 3, pp. 902-912. (10.1038/s41929-020-00518-5)
- Yao, B., Kuznetsov, V. L., Xiao, T., Slocombe, D. R., Rao, C. N. R., Hensel, F. and Edwards, P. P. 2020. Metals and non-metals in the periodic table. Philosophical Transactions A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 378(2180), article number: 20200213. (10.1098/rsta.2020.0213)
- Yan, Y. et al. 2020. The decarbonization of coal tar via microwave-initiated catalytic deep dehydrogenation. Fuel 268, article number: 117332. (10.1016/j.fuel.2020.117332)
- Folli, A. et al. 2020. A novel dual mode X-band EPR resonator for rapid in situ microwave heating. Journal of Magnetic Resonance 310, article number: 106644. (10.1016/j.jmr.2019.106644)
2019
- Barter, M., Partridge, S., Slocombe, D. R. and Porch, A. 2019. Temperature correction using degenerate modes for cylindrical cavity perturbation measurements. IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques 67(2), pp. 800-805. (10.1109/TMTT.2018.2882480)
- Jie, X. et al. 2019. The decarbonisation of petroleum and other fossil hydrocarbon fuels for the facile production and safe storage of hydrogen. Energy and Environmental Science 12(1), pp. 238-249. (10.1039/C8EE02444H)
2018
- Yan, Y. et al. 2018. Rapid, non-invasive characterization of the dispersity of emulsions via microwaves. Chemical Science 9(34), pp. 6975-6980. (10.1039/C8SC00406D)
- Partridge, S., Slocombe, D., Bauer, J. and Porch, A. 2018. Measuring the electromagnetic properties of pigments during exposure to ultraviolet radiation. Abstracts of Papers of The American Chemical Society 255
2017
- Cuenca, J. A., Slocombe, D. R. and Porch, A. 2017. Corrections to 'temperature correction for cylindrical cavity perturbation measurements'. IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques 65(12), pp. 5078. (10.1109/TMTT.2017.2751550)
- Momot, A. et al. 2017. A novel explanation for the increased conductivity in annealed Al-doped ZnO: an insight into migration of aluminum and displacement of zinc. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 19, pp. 27866-27877. (10.1039/C7CP02936E)
- Liu, B. et al. 2017. Microwaves effectively examine the extent and type of coking over acid zeolite catalysts. Nature Communications 8, article number: 514. (10.1038/s41467-017-00602-8)
- Edwards, P. et al. 2017. Decarbonisation of fossil fuels: Microwave-promoted deep catalytic dehydrogenation of liquid alkanes. Presented at: 254th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Washington, DC, USA, 20-24 Aug 2017.
- Jie, X. et al. 2017. Rapid production of high-purity hydrogen fuel through microwave-promoted deep catalytic dehydrogenation of liquid alkanes with abundant metals. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 56(34), pp. 10170-10173. (10.1002/anie.201703489)
- Cuenca, J. A., Slocombe, D. R. and Porch, A. 2017. Temperature correction for cylindrical cavity perturbation measurements. IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques 65(6), pp. 2153-2161. (10.1109/TMTT.2017.2652462)
- Parker, N., Cuenca, J., Athanasios, D., Alan, O. G. and Slocombe, D. 2017. Simulation of RF fields for wood gluing applications. Presented at: 16th International Conference on Microwave and High Frequency Heating AMPERE 2017, Delft, Netherlands, 18-21 September 2017.
2016
- Gonzalez-Cortes, S. et al. 2016. Wax: A benign hydrogen-storage material that rapidly releases H2-rich gases through microwave-assisted catalytic decomposition. Scientific Reports 6, article number: 35315. (10.1038/srep35315)
- Liu, B. et al. 2016. Advances in the study of coke formation over zeolite catalysts in the methanol-to-hydrocarbon process. Applied Petrochemical Research 6(3), pp. 209-215. (10.1007/s13203-016-0156-z)
- Shepherd, C. et al. 2016. New routes to functionalize carbon black for polypropylene nanocomposites. Langmuir 32(31), pp. 7917-7928. (10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b02013)
2015
- Hensel, F., Slocombe, D. R. and Edwards, P. P. 2015. On the occurrence of metallic character in the periodic table of the chemical elements. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 373(2037), article number: 20140477. (10.1098/rsta.2014.0477)
- Slocombe, D. R., Kuznetsov, V. L., Grochala, W., Williams, R. J. P. and Edwards, P. P. 2015. Superconductivity in transition metals. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 373(2037), article number: 20140476. (10.1098/rsta.2014.0476)
- Kelchtermans, A. et al. 2015. Increasing the solubility limit for tetrahedral aluminium in ZnO:Al nanorods by variation in synthesis parameters. Journal of Nanomaterials 2015, article number: 546041. (10.1155/2015/546041)
2014
- Vai, A. T., Kuznetsov, V. L., Jain, H., Slocombe, D. R., Rashidi, N., Pepper, M. and Edwards, P. P. 2014. The Transition to the metallic state in polycrystalline n-type doped ZnO thin films. Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie (Journal of Inorganic and General Chemistry) 640(6), pp. 1054-1062. (10.1002/zaac.201400042)
2013
- Slocombe, D. R., Porch, A., Bustarret, E. and Williams, O. A. 2013. Microwave properties of nanodiamond particles. Applied Physics Letters 102(24), article number: 244102. (10.1063/1.4809823)
- Porch, A., Slocombe, D. R. and Edwards, P. P. 2013. Microwave absorption in powders of small conducting particles for heating applications. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 15(8), pp. 2757-2763. (10.1039/c2cp43310a)
- Edwards, P., Kuznetsov, V., Slocombe, D. and Vijayaraghavan, R. 2013. The electronic structure and properties of solids. In: Reedikj, J. and Poeppelmeier, K. eds. Comprehensive Inorganic Chemistry II. Elsevier
- Li, J., Huang, W., Edwards, P. P., Kwauk, M., Houghton, J. T. and Slocombe, D. R. 2013. On the universality of mesoscience: Science of 'the in-between'. [Online]. arXiv. Available at: http://arxiv.org/abs/1302.5861
2012
- Porch, A. et al. 2012. Microwave treatment in oil refining. Applied Petrochemical Research 2(1-2), pp. 37-44. (10.1007/s13203-012-0016-4)
- Slocombe, D., Porch, A., Pepper, M. and Edwards, P. P. 2012. The Mott transition and optimal performance of transparent conducting oxides in thin-film solar cells. Energy & Environmental Science 5(1), pp. 5387-5391. (10.1039/c1ee02585f)
Articles
- Singh, B., Hefford, S., Sanchez-Perez, E., Barter, M., Slocombe, D. R., Cussen, S. A. and Dimitrakis, G. 2025. A novel method for fast and efficient numerical simulation of microwave heating in liquids during mixing. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 237, pp. 126425. (10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2024.126425)
- Sun, J., Hayward, J. S., Barter, M., Slocombe, D. R. and Bartley, J. K. 2024. Designing heterogeneous catalysts for microwave assisted selective oxygenation. ChemCatChem 16(19), article number: e202301586. (10.1002/cctc.202301586)
- Magri, G. et al. 2023. An in-situ study of the thermal decomposition of 2,2'-azobis(2-methylpropionitrile) radical chemistry using a dual-mode EPR resonator. Research on Chemical Intermediates 49, pp. 289-305. (10.1007/s11164-022-04861-z)
- Edwards, P. P., Pyper, N. C., Jie, X., Slocombe, D. R., Catlow, C. R. A., Islam, M. S. and Dobson, P. J. 2023. Orbital-selective hole and hole-pair formation and Bose condensation in high-temperature superconductors. Journal of Solid State Chemistry 317(Part A), article number: 123529. (10.1016/j.jssc.2022.123529)
- Barter, M. et al. 2022. Design considerations of a dual mode X-band EPR resonator for rapid in-situ microwave heating. Applied Magnetic Resonance 53, pp. 861-874. (10.1007/s00723-022-01463-1)
- Jie, X., Chen, R., Biddle, T., Slocombe, D. R., Dilworth, J. R., Xiao, T. and Edwards, P. P. 2022. Size-dependent microwave heating and catalytic activity of fine iron particles in the deep dehydrogenation of hexadecane. Chemistry of Materials 34(10), pp. 4682-4693. (10.1021/acs.chemmater.2c00630)
- Siddique, F. et al. 2022. Sustainable chemical processing of flowing wastewater through microwave energy. Chemosphere 287(1), article number: 132035. (10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.132035)
- Slocombe, D. R. and Porch, A. 2021. Microwaves in chemistry. IEEE Journal of Microwaves 1(1), pp. 32-42. (10.1109/JMW.2020.3029337)
- Slocombe, D. 2020. Cool water splitting by microwaves. Nature Energy 5, pp. 830-831. (10.1038/s41560-020-00726-0)
- Jie, X. et al. 2020. Microwave-initiated catalytic deconstruction of plastic waste into hydrogen and high-value carbons. Nature Catalysis 3, pp. 902-912. (10.1038/s41929-020-00518-5)
- Yao, B., Kuznetsov, V. L., Xiao, T., Slocombe, D. R., Rao, C. N. R., Hensel, F. and Edwards, P. P. 2020. Metals and non-metals in the periodic table. Philosophical Transactions A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 378(2180), article number: 20200213. (10.1098/rsta.2020.0213)
- Yan, Y. et al. 2020. The decarbonization of coal tar via microwave-initiated catalytic deep dehydrogenation. Fuel 268, article number: 117332. (10.1016/j.fuel.2020.117332)
- Folli, A. et al. 2020. A novel dual mode X-band EPR resonator for rapid in situ microwave heating. Journal of Magnetic Resonance 310, article number: 106644. (10.1016/j.jmr.2019.106644)
- Barter, M., Partridge, S., Slocombe, D. R. and Porch, A. 2019. Temperature correction using degenerate modes for cylindrical cavity perturbation measurements. IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques 67(2), pp. 800-805. (10.1109/TMTT.2018.2882480)
- Jie, X. et al. 2019. The decarbonisation of petroleum and other fossil hydrocarbon fuels for the facile production and safe storage of hydrogen. Energy and Environmental Science 12(1), pp. 238-249. (10.1039/C8EE02444H)
- Yan, Y. et al. 2018. Rapid, non-invasive characterization of the dispersity of emulsions via microwaves. Chemical Science 9(34), pp. 6975-6980. (10.1039/C8SC00406D)
- Partridge, S., Slocombe, D., Bauer, J. and Porch, A. 2018. Measuring the electromagnetic properties of pigments during exposure to ultraviolet radiation. Abstracts of Papers of The American Chemical Society 255
- Cuenca, J. A., Slocombe, D. R. and Porch, A. 2017. Corrections to 'temperature correction for cylindrical cavity perturbation measurements'. IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques 65(12), pp. 5078. (10.1109/TMTT.2017.2751550)
- Momot, A. et al. 2017. A novel explanation for the increased conductivity in annealed Al-doped ZnO: an insight into migration of aluminum and displacement of zinc. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 19, pp. 27866-27877. (10.1039/C7CP02936E)
- Liu, B. et al. 2017. Microwaves effectively examine the extent and type of coking over acid zeolite catalysts. Nature Communications 8, article number: 514. (10.1038/s41467-017-00602-8)
- Jie, X. et al. 2017. Rapid production of high-purity hydrogen fuel through microwave-promoted deep catalytic dehydrogenation of liquid alkanes with abundant metals. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 56(34), pp. 10170-10173. (10.1002/anie.201703489)
- Cuenca, J. A., Slocombe, D. R. and Porch, A. 2017. Temperature correction for cylindrical cavity perturbation measurements. IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques 65(6), pp. 2153-2161. (10.1109/TMTT.2017.2652462)
- Gonzalez-Cortes, S. et al. 2016. Wax: A benign hydrogen-storage material that rapidly releases H2-rich gases through microwave-assisted catalytic decomposition. Scientific Reports 6, article number: 35315. (10.1038/srep35315)
- Liu, B. et al. 2016. Advances in the study of coke formation over zeolite catalysts in the methanol-to-hydrocarbon process. Applied Petrochemical Research 6(3), pp. 209-215. (10.1007/s13203-016-0156-z)
- Shepherd, C. et al. 2016. New routes to functionalize carbon black for polypropylene nanocomposites. Langmuir 32(31), pp. 7917-7928. (10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b02013)
- Hensel, F., Slocombe, D. R. and Edwards, P. P. 2015. On the occurrence of metallic character in the periodic table of the chemical elements. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 373(2037), article number: 20140477. (10.1098/rsta.2014.0477)
- Slocombe, D. R., Kuznetsov, V. L., Grochala, W., Williams, R. J. P. and Edwards, P. P. 2015. Superconductivity in transition metals. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 373(2037), article number: 20140476. (10.1098/rsta.2014.0476)
- Kelchtermans, A. et al. 2015. Increasing the solubility limit for tetrahedral aluminium in ZnO:Al nanorods by variation in synthesis parameters. Journal of Nanomaterials 2015, article number: 546041. (10.1155/2015/546041)
- Vai, A. T., Kuznetsov, V. L., Jain, H., Slocombe, D. R., Rashidi, N., Pepper, M. and Edwards, P. P. 2014. The Transition to the metallic state in polycrystalline n-type doped ZnO thin films. Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie (Journal of Inorganic and General Chemistry) 640(6), pp. 1054-1062. (10.1002/zaac.201400042)
- Slocombe, D. R., Porch, A., Bustarret, E. and Williams, O. A. 2013. Microwave properties of nanodiamond particles. Applied Physics Letters 102(24), article number: 244102. (10.1063/1.4809823)
- Porch, A., Slocombe, D. R. and Edwards, P. P. 2013. Microwave absorption in powders of small conducting particles for heating applications. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 15(8), pp. 2757-2763. (10.1039/c2cp43310a)
- Porch, A. et al. 2012. Microwave treatment in oil refining. Applied Petrochemical Research 2(1-2), pp. 37-44. (10.1007/s13203-012-0016-4)
- Slocombe, D., Porch, A., Pepper, M. and Edwards, P. P. 2012. The Mott transition and optimal performance of transparent conducting oxides in thin-film solar cells. Energy & Environmental Science 5(1), pp. 5387-5391. (10.1039/c1ee02585f)
Book sections
- Edwards, P., Kuznetsov, V., Slocombe, D. and Vijayaraghavan, R. 2013. The electronic structure and properties of solids. In: Reedikj, J. and Poeppelmeier, K. eds. Comprehensive Inorganic Chemistry II. Elsevier
Conferences
- Edwards, P. et al. 2017. Decarbonisation of fossil fuels: Microwave-promoted deep catalytic dehydrogenation of liquid alkanes. Presented at: 254th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Washington, DC, USA, 20-24 Aug 2017.
- Parker, N., Cuenca, J., Athanasios, D., Alan, O. G. and Slocombe, D. 2017. Simulation of RF fields for wood gluing applications. Presented at: 16th International Conference on Microwave and High Frequency Heating AMPERE 2017, Delft, Netherlands, 18-21 September 2017.
Websites
- Li, J., Huang, W., Edwards, P. P., Kwauk, M., Houghton, J. T. and Slocombe, D. R. 2013. On the universality of mesoscience: Science of 'the in-between'. [Online]. arXiv. Available at: http://arxiv.org/abs/1302.5861
Ymchwil
Supervised Students
| Title | Student | Status | Degree |
|---|---|---|---|
|
ELECTROMAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF SEMICONDUCTING METAL OXIDES UNDER EXTERNAL STIMULATION. |
PARTRIDGE Samuel Lee | Current | PhD |
|
RF techniques applied to additive manufacturing |
PARKER Nyle | Current | PhD |
|
RADIATION-BASED TECHNOLOGY TO ENHANCED MICROBICIDAL ACTIVITY OF BIOCIDES |
PASCOE Michael | Current | PhD |
|
MICROWAVE CHARACTERISATION OF AMMINES FOR ENERGY STORAGE APPLICATIONS |
BARTER Michael | Current | PhD |
|
Biomedical Applications of Microwave Engineering |
SHKAL Fatma Ahmed | Current | PhD |
|
Diamond-Based Optical Field Devices for Functional Ion Channel Imaging |
MASON Andrew | Current | PhD |
Addysgu
EN0016 - Introduction to Mechanics (Module leader)
EN1093 - Engineering Mathematics (Module leader)
EN4806/ENT776 - High Frequency Electronic Materials (Module leader)
EN4105 - Mechatronics
Bywgraffiad
Derbyniodd yr Athro Daniel R. Slocombe BEng PhD FHEA radd PhD PhD FHEA Ph.D. mewn Peirianneg Electronig o Brifysgol Caerdydd, y DU. O 2002 tan 2006 bu'n beiriannydd yn y Llu Awyr Brenhinol ac o 2012 hyd 2015 bu'n Gymrawd Ymchwil yn y Labordy Cemeg Anorganig ym Mhrifysgol Rhydychen, y DU. Ef yw Cyfarwyddwr Ymchwil Peirianneg ym Mhrifysgol Caerdydd ac mae'n aelod o'r Ganolfan Peirianneg Amledd Uchel. Mae wedi gwneud ymchwil mewn sawl maes o wyddoniaeth ficrodon a deunyddiau amledd uchel gan gynnwys actifadu microdon prosesau catalytig, synthesis o ocsidau swyddogaethol, sbectrosgopeg dielectrig a dulliau newydd gan ddefnyddio Cyseiniant Paramagnetig Electron.
Meysydd goruchwyliaeth
Supervised Students
| Title | Student | Status | Degree |
|---|---|---|---|
ELECTROMAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF SEMICONDUCTING METAL OXIDES UNDER EXTERNAL STIMULATION. | PARTRIDGE Samuel Lee | Graduate | PhD |
RF techniques applied to additive manufacturing | PARKER Nyle | Graduate | PhD |
RADIATION-BASED TECHNOLOGY TO ENHANCED MICROBICIDAL ACTIVITY OF BIOCIDES | PASCOE Michael | Graduate | PhD |
MICROWAVE CHARACTERISATION OF AMMINES FOR ENERGY STORAGE APPLICATIONS | BARTER Michael | Graduate | PhD |
Biomedical Applications of Microwave Engineering | SHKAL Fatma Ahmed | Graduate | PhD |
Diamond-Based Optical Field Devices for Functional Ion Channel Imaging | MASON Andrew | Current | PhD |
Enhanced Epr Spectroscopy Of Inorganic Materials | HARARI Jaafar | Current | PhD |
