Benjamin Weare

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• workRoom B13 Cripps South Building
  University Park
  Nottingham
  NG7 2RD
  UK
• Benjamin.Weare1@nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

Benjamin Weare hails from Norwich, Norfolk, UK. He completed his Master's and PhD in Chemistry at the University of Nottingham, in 2019 and 2023 respectively. His PhD research involved method application of transmission electron microscopy (TEM) to covalent organic frameworks (COFs), a class of porous crystalline polymers. In 2023 he joined the Nanoscale and Microscale Research Centre to conduct post-doctoral research into microcrystal electron diffraction (microED).

Research Summary

Current research is focussed on the development on microcrystalline electron diffraction (microED) at the Nanoscale and Microscale Research Centre (nmRC). The objective is to provide a facile… read more

Recent Publications

• FLINN, BRADLEY T., RADU, VALENTIN, FAY, MICHAEL W., TYLER, ASHLEY J., PITCAIRN, JEM, CLIFFE, MATTHEW J., WEARE, BENJAMIN L., STOPPIELLO, CRAIG T., MATHER, MELISSA L. and KHLOBYSTOV, ANDREI N., 2023. Nitrogen vacancy defects in single-particle nanodiamonds sense paramagnetic transition metal spin noise from nanoparticles on a transmission electron microscopy grid Nanoscale Advances. 10.1039.D3NA00155E
• FUNG, KAYLEIGH L.Y., WEARE, BENJAMIN L., FAY, MICHAEL W., ARGENT, STEPHEN P. and KHLOBYSTOV, ANDREI N., 2023. Reactions of polyaromatic molecules in crystals under electron beam of the transmission electron microscope Micron. 165, 103395
• FUNG, KAYLEIGH L. Y., SKOWRON, STEPHEN, HAYTER, RUTH, MASON, STEPHEN E., WEARE, BENJAMIN L., RAMASSE, QUENTIN, ALLEN, CHRISTOPHER and KHLOBYSTOV, ANDREI, 2023. Direct measurement of single-molecule dynamics and reaction kinetics in confinement using time-resolved transmission electron microscopy Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 10.1039.D2CP05183D
• DE BOLÒS, ELISABET, MARTÍNEZ-ABADÍA, MARTA, HERNÁNDEZ-CULEBRAS, FÉLIX, HAYMAKER, ALISON, SWAIN, KYLE, STRUTYŃSKI, KAROL, WEARE, BENJAMIN L., CASTELLS-GIL, JAVIER, PADIAL, NATALIA M., MARTÍ-GASTALDO, CARLOS, KHLOBYSTOV, ANDREI N., SAEKI, AKINORI, MELLE-FRANCO, MANUEL, NANNENGA, BRENT L. and MATEO-ALONSO, AURELIO, 2022. A Crystalline 1D Dynamic Covalent Polymer: Journal of the American Chemical Society jacs.2c06446

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Current Research

Current research is focussed on the development on microcrystalline electron diffraction (microED) at the Nanoscale and Microscale Research Centre (nmRC). The objective is to provide a facile methodology for structure determination of sub-micron sized crystals via microED, to allow researchers to interrogate the structure of crystals at the nmRC without the requirement to produce large crystals.

Past Research

PhD research included method application of tranmission electron microscopy (TEM) techniques to covalent organic frameworks (COFs). In particular: investigating the application of electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) to COFs (core-loss, low-loss, and vibrational EELS); investigating the bright-field TEM projections of very small COF crystals (less than 100 nm) as free powders and hybrid materials with carbon nanotubes; initial investigations into the electron beam stability of COFs and other crystalline nanomaterials via direct-space and diffraction methods; and the associated synthesis and bulk-scale characterisation to support these goals (infrared spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, thermogravimetric analysis etc.).

Master's research included the synthesis and halogenation of hexazatrinapthylene (HATN) moleules, followed by investigations into their electron beam stability.

• FLINN, BRADLEY T., RADU, VALENTIN, FAY, MICHAEL W., TYLER, ASHLEY J., PITCAIRN, JEM, CLIFFE, MATTHEW J., WEARE, BENJAMIN L., STOPPIELLO, CRAIG T., MATHER, MELISSA L. and KHLOBYSTOV, ANDREI N., 2023. Nitrogen vacancy defects in single-particle nanodiamonds sense paramagnetic transition metal spin noise from nanoparticles on a transmission electron microscopy grid Nanoscale Advances. 10.1039.D3NA00155E
• FUNG, KAYLEIGH L.Y., WEARE, BENJAMIN L., FAY, MICHAEL W., ARGENT, STEPHEN P. and KHLOBYSTOV, ANDREI N., 2023. Reactions of polyaromatic molecules in crystals under electron beam of the transmission electron microscope Micron. 165, 103395
• FUNG, KAYLEIGH L. Y., SKOWRON, STEPHEN, HAYTER, RUTH, MASON, STEPHEN E., WEARE, BENJAMIN L., RAMASSE, QUENTIN, ALLEN, CHRISTOPHER and KHLOBYSTOV, ANDREI, 2023. Direct measurement of single-molecule dynamics and reaction kinetics in confinement using time-resolved transmission electron microscopy Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 10.1039.D2CP05183D
• DE BOLÒS, ELISABET, MARTÍNEZ-ABADÍA, MARTA, HERNÁNDEZ-CULEBRAS, FÉLIX, HAYMAKER, ALISON, SWAIN, KYLE, STRUTYŃSKI, KAROL, WEARE, BENJAMIN L., CASTELLS-GIL, JAVIER, PADIAL, NATALIA M., MARTÍ-GASTALDO, CARLOS, KHLOBYSTOV, ANDREI N., SAEKI, AKINORI, MELLE-FRANCO, MANUEL, NANNENGA, BRENT L. and MATEO-ALONSO, AURELIO, 2022. A Crystalline 1D Dynamic Covalent Polymer: Journal of the American Chemical Society jacs.2c06446
• WEARE, BENJAMIN L., LODGE, RHYS W., ZYK, NIKOLAI, WEILHARD, ANDREAS, HOUSLEY, CLAIRE L., STRUTYŃSKI, KAROL, MELLE-FRANCO, MANUEL, MATEO-ALONSO, AURELIO and KHLOBYSTOV, ANDREI N., 2021. Imaging and analysis of covalent organic framework crystallites on a carbon surface: a nanocrystalline scaly COF/nanotube hybrid Nanoscale. 13(14), 6834-6845