Tegan Roberts
| Position | Post doctoral researcher |
|---|---|
| College | St Catharine's |
| Qualifications/honours | BA, MEng |
| Address | Magnetic Resonance Research Centre Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology c/o Cavendish Stores JJ Thomson Avenue Cambridge CB3 0HE |
| str27@cam.ac.uk | |
| Telephone | +44 (0)1223 (7)61628 |
| Research group | Magnetic Resonance, Catalysis |
| Research project title | Designing catalysts for the production of clean fuels |
Research description
My PhD project focuses on using NMR techniques, specifically 2D relaxometry studies and self-diffusion measurements, to investigate the interactions between liquid reactants and products and a solid catalyst surface. Understanding the interaction between adsorbates and surfaces is essential for the rational design of new heterogeneous catalysts; knowledge of the relative strength of interaction of each adsorbate with the catalyst surface and the influence of each adsorbate on the others is a crucial step towards understanding the mechanism and kinetics of the catalysed reaction.