Professor David Lennon

Professor of Physical Chemistry (School of Chemistry)

telephone: 0141-330-4372
email: David.Lennon@glasgow.ac.uk

RC215CLevel C2, Chemistry, Joseph Black Building, Glasgow G12 8QQ

Research interests

Research Interests

Research in the David Lennon group involves surface chemistry and in particular applying a variety of spectroscopic techniques to probe the interaction of atoms and molecules on well-defined metal surfaces. Such substrates include supported metal catalysts as well as metal single crystals. An increased understanding of the structure and reactivity at surfaces is of fundamental importance in heterogeneous catalysis. Examples of current projects are (i) the development and optimisation of new supported metal catalysts for large scale industrial processes, (ii) spectroscopic investigations of heterogeneous catalyst systems and (iii) surface science experiments on metal single crystals. The majority of my work has industrial applications.

Publication Highlights

A structural and spectroscopic investigation of the hydrochlorination of 4-benzylaniline: the interaction of anhydrous hydrogen chloride with chlorobenzene, E.K. Gibson, J.M. Winfield, K.W. Muir, R.H. Carr, A. Eaglesham, A. Gavezzotti, S.F. Parker and D. Lennon, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2009, 11, 288.
Quantification of surface species present on a nickel/alumina methane reforming catalyst, I.P. Silverwood, N.G. Hamilton, C.J. Laycock, J.Z. Staniforth, R.M. Ormerod, C.D. Frost, S.F. Parker and D. Lennon, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2010, 12, 3102.
The observation of equilibria present in stepwise gas phase hydrogenation reactions. A. McFarlane, L. McMillan, I.P. Silverwood, N.G. Hamilton, D. Siegel, S.F. Parker, D.T. Lundie and D. Lennon, Catalyst Today, 2010, 155, 206.
A structural and spectroscopic investigation of the hydrochlorination of 4,4'-methylenedianiline, E.K. Gibson, J.M. Winfield, K.W. Muir, R.H. Carr, A. Eaglesham, A. Gavezzotti and D. Lennon, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2010, 12, 3824.
No evidence for Evans’ holes in the A, B, C vibrational structure of potassium dihydrogen arsenate, J. Tomkinson, S.F. Parker and D. Lennon, J. Chem. Phys., 133, 034508 (2010).

Vibrational Spectroscopy With Neutrons – New Directions

(See news item Vibrational Spectroscopy With Neutrons – New Directions)

Research groups

Heterogenous Catalysis

Publications

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Number of items: 118.

2024

Campbell, J. W., McCullagh, A. M., McGrath, L., How, C., MacLaren, D. A. , Loenders, M., Meyer, N., Carr, R. and Lennon, D. (2024) The application of alumina supported Pd catalysts for high selectivity aniline synthesis catalysis at elevated temperatures: site-selective chemistry. Applied Catalysis A: General, 670, 119541. (doi: 10.1016/j.apcata.2023.119541)

2023

Hughes, R., Rossi, G. E. and Lennon, D. (2023) Operational parameters relevant to the examination of phosgene synthesis catalysis. Reaction Chemistry and Engineering, 8(12), pp. 3150-3161. (doi: 10.1039/D3RE00354J)

Cavaye, H., Ballas, C. E., Kockelmann, W., Lennon, D. , Collier, P., York, A. P.E., Albers, P. W. and Parker, S. F. (2023) In situ real-time neutron imaging of gaseous H2 adsorption and D2 exchange on carbon-supported Pd catalysts. Chemical Communications, 59(85), pp. 12767-12770. (doi: 10.1039/D3CC03930G) (PMID:37812072)

Hawkins, A. P. , Zachariou, A., Parker, S. F., Collier, P., Barrow, N. S., Howe, R. F. and Lennon, D. (2023) On the transition to Gasoline-to-Olefins chemistry in the cracking reactions of 1-octene over H-ZSM-5 catalysts. Applied Catalysis A: General, 667, 119442. (doi: 10.1016/j.apcata.2023.119442)

Hawkins, A. P. , Zachariou, A., Collier, P., Howe, R. F., Lennon, D. and Parker, S. F. (2023) Inelastic neutron scattering studies of propene and 1-octene oligomerisation in HZSM-5. Johnson Matthey Technology Review, (doi: 10.1595/205651324X16964134291592) (Early Online Publication)

McCullagh, A. M., Gibson, E. K. , Parker, S. F., Refson, K. and Lennon, D. (2023) The adsorption of nitrobenzene over an alumina-supported palladium catalyst: an infrared spectroscopic study. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 25(38), pp. 25993-26005. (doi: 10.1039/D3CP03028H) (PMID:37729436)

Yu, X. et al. (2023) Neutron scattering studies of heterogeneous catalysis. Chemical Reviews, 123(13), pp. 8638-8700. (doi: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.3c00101) (PMID:37315192)

Zachariou, A., Hawkins, A. P. , Collier, P., Howe, R. F., Parker, S. F. and Lennon, D. (2023) Neutron scattering studies of the methanol-to-hydrocarbons reaction. Catalysis Science and Technology, 13(7), pp. 1976-1990. (doi: 10.1039/D2CY02154D)

Zachariou, A. et al. (2023) Counting the acid sites in a commercial ZSM-5 zeolite catalyst. ACS Physical Chemistry Au, 3(1), pp. 74-83. (doi: 10.1021/acsphyschemau.2c00040) (PMID:36718264) (PMCID:PMC9881239)

2022

Hawkins, A. P. , Zachariou, A., Silverwood, I. P., Yong, C., Collier, P., Todorov, I., Howe, R. F., Parker, S. F. and Lennon, D. (2022) Combining quasielastic neutron scattering and molecular dynamics to study methane motions in ZSM-5. Journal of Chemical Physics, 157(18), 184702. (doi: 10.1063/5.0123434)

Morisse, C. G.A., Mccullagh, A. M., Campbell, J. W., Mitchell, C., Carr, R. H. and Lennon, D. (2022) Mechanistic insight into the application of alumina-supported Pd catalysts for the hydrogenation of nitrobenzene to aniline. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 61(30), pp. 10712-10722. (doi: 10.1021/acs.iecr.2c01134) (PMCID:PMC9354085)

McInroy, A. R., Winfield, J. M., Dudman, C. C., Jones, P. and Lennon, D. (2022) Interaction of methanol over CsCl- and KCl-doped η-alumina and the attenuation of dimethyl ether formation. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 126(25), pp. 10237-10620. (doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c02275) (PMID:35800675)

2021

Morisse, C. G.A., McCullagh, A. M., Campbell, J. W., How, C., MacLaren, D. A. , Carr, R. H., Mitchell, C. J. and Lennon, D. (2021) Toward high selectivity aniline synthesis catalysis at elevated temperatures. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 60(49), pp. 17917-17927. (doi: 10.1021/acs.iecr.1c03695) (PMCID:PMC8802303)

McCullagh, A.M., Warringham, R., Morisse, C.G.A., Gilpin, L.F., Brennan, C., Mitchell, C.J. and Lennon, D. (2021) A comparison of experimental procedures for the application of infrared spectroscopy to probe the surface morphology of an alumina-supported palladium catalyst. Topics in Catalysis, 64(17), pp. 1010-1020. (doi: 10.1007/s11244-021-01435-y)

Davidson, A. L., Lennon, D. , Webb, P. B., Albers, P. W., Berweiler, M., Poss, R., Roos, M., Reinsdorf, A., Wolf, D. and Parker, S. F. (2021) The characterisation of hydrogen on nickel and cobalt catalysts. Topics in Catalysis, 64(9-12), pp. 644-659. (doi: 10.1007/s11244-021-01425-0)

Davidson, A. L., Webb, P. B., Parker, S. F. and Lennon, D. (2021) An inelastic neutron scattering investigation of the temporal behaviour of the hydrocarbonaceous overlayer of a prototype Fischer-Tropsch to olefins catalyst. Topics in Catalysis, 64(9-12), pp. 631-637. (doi: 10.1007/s11244-021-01419-y)

Zachariou, A., Hawkins, A. P. , Howe, R. F., Barrow, N., Bradley, J., Collier, P., Lennon, D. and Parker, S. F. (2021) A spectroscopic paradox: the interaction of methanol with ZSM-5 at room temperature. Topics in Catalysis, 64(9-12), pp. 672-684. (doi: 10.1007/s11244-021-01462-9)

Zachariou, A., Hawkins, A. P. , Suwardiyanto, A., Collier, P., Barrow, N., Howe, R., Parker, S. F. and Lennon, D. (2021) New spectroscopic insight into the deactivation of a ZSM‐5 methanol‐to‐hydrocarbons catalyst. ChemCatChem, 13(11), pp. 2625-2633. (doi: 10.1002/cctc.202100286)

Parker, S. F. and Lennon, D. (2021) Net zero and catalysis: how neutrons can help. Physchem, 1(1), pp. 95-120. (doi: 10.3390/physchem1010007)

Zachariou, A., Hawkins, A. , Parker, S.F., Lennon, D. and Howe, R.F. (2021) Neutron spectroscopy studies of methanol to hydrocarbons catalysis over ZSM-5. Catalysis Today, 368, pp. 20-27. (doi: 10.1016/j.cattod.2020.05.030)

Guan, S., Rossi, G., Winfield, J., Wilson, C. , MacLaren, D. , Morgan, D., Davies, P., Willock, D. and Lennon, D. (2021) The interaction of CO with a copper(II) chloride oxy-chlorination catalyst. Faraday Discussions, 229, pp. 318-340. (doi: 10.1039/D0FD00014K) (PMID:33644789)

Hawkins, A. P. , Zachariou, A., Parker, S. F., Collier, P., Howe, R. F. and Lennon, D. (2021) Studies of propene conversion over H-ZSM-5 demonstrate the importance of propene as an intermediate in methanol-to-hydrocarbons chemistry. Catalysis Science and Technology, 11(8), pp. 2924-2938. (doi: 10.1039/D1CY00048A)

Rossi, G. E., Winfield, J. M., Meyer, N., Jones, D. H., Carr, R. H. and Lennon, D. (2021) Phosgene synthesis catalysis: the influence of small quantities of bromine in the chlorine feedstream. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 60(8), pp. 3363-3373. (doi: 10.1021/acs.iecr.1c00088) (PMCID:PMC8025734)

Rossi, G. E., Winfield, J. M., Meyer, N., Jones, D. H., Carr, R. H. and Lennon, D. (2021) Phosgene formation via carbon monoxide and dichlorine reaction over an activated carbon catalyst: Towards a reaction model. Applied Catalysis A: General, 609, 117900. (doi: 10.1016/j.apcata.2020.117900)

2020

Davidson, A. L., Gibson, E. K. , Cibin, G., van Rensburg, H., Parker, S. F., Webb, P. B. and Lennon, D. (2020) The application of inelastic neutron scattering to investigate iron-based Fischer-Tropsch to olefins catalysis. Journal of Catalysis, 392, pp. 197-208. (doi: 10.1016/j.jcat.2020.09.025)

Dobrezberger, K., Bosters, J., Moser, N., Yigit, N., Nagl, A., Föttinger, K., Lennon, D. and Rupprechter, G. (2020) Hydrogenation on palladium nanoparticles supported by graphene nanoplatelets. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 124(43), pp. 23674-23682. (doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c06636) (PMID:33154784) (PMCID:PMC7604937)

Boulho, C., Gibson, E. K. , McAllister, M. I., Moss, R. and Lennon, D. (2020) The application of attenuated total reflection infrared spectroscopy to investigate the liquid phase hydrogenation of benzaldehyde over an alumina-supported palladium catalyst. Topics in Catalysis, 63, pp. 386-393. (doi: 10.1007/s11244-020-01323-x)

Davidson, A. L., Webb, P. B., Silverwood, I. P. and Lennon, D. (2020) The application of quasi-elastic neutron scattering to investigate hydrogen diffusion in an iron-based Fischer-Tropsch synthesis catalyst. Topics in Catalysis, 63, pp. 378-385. (doi: 10.1007/s11244-020-01259-2)

Rossi, G. E., Winfield, J. M., Mitchell, C. J., Meyer, N., Jones, D. H., Carr, R. H. and Lennon, D. (2020) Phosgene formation via carbon monoxide and dichlorine reaction over an activated carbon catalyst: reaction kinetics and mass balance relationships. Applied Catalysis A: General, 602, 117688. (doi: 10.1016/j.apcata.2020.117688)

Zachariou, A., Hawkins, A.P. , Howe, R.F., Parker, S.F. and Lennon, D. (2020) The effect of co-feeding methyl acetate on the H-ZSM5 catalysed methanol-to-hydrocarbons reaction. Topics in Catalysis, 63, pp. 370-377. (doi: 10.1007/s11244-020-01258-3)

McAllister, M., Boulho, C., Brennan, C., Parker, S. F. and Lennon, D. (2020) Towards sustained product formation in the liquid phase hydrogenation of mandelonitrile over a Pd/C catalyst. Organic Process Research and Development, 24(6), pp. 1112-1123. (doi: 10.1021/acs.oprd.0c00111) (PMID:32587453) (PMCID:PMC7309435)

Hawkins, A. P. , Zachariou, A., Parker, S. F., Collier, P., Silverwood, I. P., Howe, R. F. and Lennon, D. (2020) Onset of propene oligomerization reactivity in ZSM-5 studied by inelastic neutron scattering spectroscopy. ACS Omega, 5(14), pp. 7762-7770. (doi: 10.1021/acsomega.9b03503) (PMCID:PMC7160849)

Rossi, G. E., Winfield, J. M., Mitchell, C. J., van der Borden, W., van der Velde, K., Carr, R. H. and Lennon, D. (2020) Phosgene formation via carbon monoxide and dichlorine reaction over an activated carbon catalyst: reaction testing arrangements. Applied Catalysis A: General, 594, 117467. (doi: 10.1016/j.apcata.2020.117467)

McAllister, M. I., Boulho, C., Brennan, C., Sidebottom, P. J. and Lennon, D. (2020) Isotopic substitution experiments in the hydrogenation of mandelonitrile over a carbon supported Pd catalyst: a nuclear magnetic resonance study. Molecular Catalysis, 484, 110720. (doi: 10.1016/j.mcat.2019.110720)

Zachariou, A., Hawkins, A. P. , Collier, P., Howe, R. F., Lennon, D. and Parker, S. F. (2020) The methyl torsion in unsaturated compounds. ACS Omega, 5(6), pp. 2755-2765. (doi: 10.1021/acsomega.9b03351) (PMID:32095699) (PMCID:PMC7033956)

Warringham, R., Davidson, A. L., Webb, P. B., Tooze, R. P., Parker, S. F. and Lennon, D. (2020) Perspectives on the effect of sulfur on the hydrocarbonaceous overlayer on iron Fischer-Tropsch catalysts. Catalysis Today, 339, pp. 32-39. (doi: 10.1016/j.cattod.2019.02.035)

Hawkins, A. P. , Zachariou, A., Parker, S. F., Collier, P., Barrow, N., Silverwood, I. P., Howe, R. F. and Lennon, D. (2020) Effect of steam de-alumination on the interactions of propene with H-ZSM-5 zeolites. RSC Advances, 10(39), pp. 23136-23147. (doi: 10.1039/D0RA03871G)

Lennon, D. , Davidson, A., Webb, P. B., Parker, S. F. and Lennon, D. (2020) Hydrogen partitioning as a function of time-on-stream for an un-promoted iron-based Fischer-Tropsch synthesis catalyst applied to CO hydrogenation. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 59(1), pp. 52-60. (doi: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b04636)

2019

McInroy, A. R., Winfield, J. M., Dudman, C. C., Jones, P. and Lennon, D. (2019) Investigating the acid site distribution of a new-generation methyl chloride synthesis catalyst. ACS Omega, 4(9), pp. 13981-13990. (doi: 10.1021/acsomega.9b01719) (PMID:31497716) (PMCID:PMC6714609)

McAllister, M. I., Boulho, C., Gilpin, L. F., McMillan, L., Brennan, C. and Lennon, D. (2019) Hydrogenation of benzonitrile over supported Pd catalysts: kinetic and mechanistic insight. Organic Process Research and Development, 23(5), pp. 977-989. (doi: 10.1021/acs.oprd.9b00058)

Zachariou, A. et al. (2019) Investigation of ZSM-5 catalysts for dimethylether conversion using inelastic neutron scattering. Applied Catalysis A: General, 569, pp. 1-7. (doi: 10.1016/j.apcata.2018.10.010)

Hawkins, A. P. , Zachariou, A., Collier, P., Ewings, R. A., Howe, R. F., Parker, S. F. and Lennon, D. (2019) Low-temperature studies of propene oligomerization in ZSM-5 by inelastic neutron scattering spectroscopy. RSC Advances, 9(33), pp. 18785-18790. (doi: 10.1039/C9RA03568K)

McAllister, M. I., Boulho, C., McMillan, L., Gilpin, L. F., Brennan, C. and Lennon, D. (2019) The hydrogenation of mandelonitrile over a Pd/C catalyst: towards a mechanistic understanding. RSC Advances, 9(45), pp. 26116-26125. (doi: 10.1039/C9RA04618F)

Warringham, R., Davidson, A. L., Webb, P. B., Tooze, R. P., Ewings, R. A., Parker, S. F. and Lennon, D. (2019) Examining the temporal behavior of the hydrocarbonaceous overlayer on an iron based Fischer Tropsch catalyst. RSC Advances, 9(5), pp. 2608-2617. (doi: 10.1039/C8RA09731C)

2018

Guan, S., Davies, P. R., Gibson, E. K., Lennon, D. , Rossi, G. E., Winfield, J. M., Callison, J., Wells, P. P. and Willock, D. J. (2018) Structural behaviour of copper chloride catalysts during the chlorination of CO to phosgene. Faraday Discussions, 208, pp. 67-85. (doi: 10.1039/C8FD00005K) (PMID:29850700)

Matam, S.K. et al. (2018) The effects of MTG catalysis on methanol mobility in ZSM-5. Catalysis Science and Technology, 8(13), pp. 3304-3312. (doi: 10.1039/C8CY00422F)

Gibson, E. K. , Callison, J., Winfield, J. M., Sutherland, A. , Carr, R. H., Eaglesham, A., Parker, S. F. and Lennon, D. (2018) Spectroscopic characterization of model compounds, reactants, and byproducts connected with an isocyanate production chain. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 57(22), pp. 7355-7362. (doi: 10.1021/acs.iecr.8b00853)

Hawkins, A. P. , O'Malley, A., Zachariou, A., Collier, P., Ewings, R. A., Silverwood, I. P., Howe, R. F., Parker, S. F. and Lennon, D. (2018) Investigation of the dynamics of 1-octene adsorption at 293 K in a ZSM-5 catalyst by inelastic and quasielastic neutron scattering. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 123(1), pp. 417-425. (doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b08420)

McAllister, M. I., Boulho, C., McMillan, L., Gilpin, L., Wiedbrauk, S., Brennan, C. and Lennon, D. (2018) The production of tyramine via the selective hydrogenation of 4-hydroxybenzyl cyanide over a carbon-supported palladium catalyst. RSC Advances, 8(51), pp. 29392-29399. (doi: 10.1039/C8RA05654D)

2017

Föttinger, K., Emhofer, W., Lennon, D. and Rupprechter, G. (2017) Adsorption and reaction of CO on (Pd–)Al2O3 and (Pd–)ZrO2: vibrational spectroscopy of carbonate formation. Topics in Catalysis, 60(19-20), pp. 1722-1734. (doi: 10.1007/s11244-017-0852-7)

Morisse, C. G.A., McInroy, A. R., Anderson, C., Mitchell, C. J., Parker, S. F. and Lennon, D. (2017) Structure/activity relationships applied to the hydrogenation of α,β-unsaturated carbonyls: The hydrogenation of 3-butyne-2-one over alumina-supported palladium catalysts. Catalysis Today, 283, pp. 110-118. (doi: 10.1016/j.cattod.2016.02.028)

Suwardiyanto, , Howe, R. F., Gibson, E. K. , Catlow, C. R. A., Hameed, A., McGregor, J., Collier, P., Parker, S. F. and Lennon, D. (2017) An assessment of hydrocarbon species in the methanol-to-hydrocarbon reaction over a ZSM-5 catalyst. Faraday Discussions, 197, pp. 447-471. (doi: 10.1039/c6fd00195e) (PMID:28194458)

Lennon, D. and Winfield, J. M. (2017) Metal fluorides, metal chlorides and halogenated metal oxides as Lewis acidic heterogeneous catalysts. Providing some context for nanostructured metal fluorides. Molecules, 22(2), 201. (doi: 10.3390/molecules22020201) (PMID:28134836)

Albers, P. W., Lennon, D. and Parker, S. F. (2017) Catalysis. In: Fernandez-Alonso, F. and Price, D.l. (eds.) Neutron Scattering: Applications in Biology, Chemistry, and Materials Science. Series: Experimental methods in the physical sciences, 49 (49). Elsevier, pp. 279-348. ISBN 9780128053249 (doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-805324-9.00005-4)

2016

Lennon, D. , McFarlane, A., Geller, H., Silverwood, I. P., Cooper, R. I., Watkin, D. J., Parker, S. F. and Winfield, J. M. (2016) The application of inelastic neutron scattering to investigate the interaction of methyl propanoate with silica. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 18(26), pp. 17210-17216. (doi: 10.1039/C6CP01276K) (PMID:27182815)

Howe, R. F., McGregor, J., Parker, S. F., Collier, P. and Lennon, D. (2016) Application of inelastic neutron scattering to the methanol-to-gasoline reaction over a ZSM-5 catalyst. Catalysis Letters, 146(7), pp. 1242-1248. (doi: 10.1007/s10562-016-1742-5)

McInroy, A. R., Winfield, J. M., Dudman, C. C., Jones, P. and Lennon, D. (2016) The development of a new generation of methyl chloride synthesis catalyst. Faraday Discussions, 188, pp. 467-479. (doi: 10.1039/C5FD00202H)

Parker, S. F., Silverwood, I. P., Hamilton, N. G. and Lennon, D. (2016) Structural and spectroscopic characterisation of C4 oxygenates relevant to structure/activity relationships of the hydrogenation of α,β-unsaturated carbonyls. Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 153, pp. 289-397. (doi: 10.1016/j.saa.2015.08.034) (PMID:26318704)

Parker, S. F., García Sakai, V., Lennon, D. , Jackson, A., Johnson, M. R. and Jayasooriya, U. A. (2016) Methyl tunnelling of adsorbed methoxy on alumina catalysts. Chemical Communications, 52(2), pp. 366-369. (doi: 10.1039/C5CC08223D)

McMillan, L., Gilpin, L. F., Baker, J., Brennan, C., Hall, A., Lundie, D. T. and Lennon, D. (2016) The application of supported palladium catalysts for the hydrogenation of aromatic nitriles. Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical, 411, pp. 239-246. (doi: 10.1016/j.molcata.2015.10.028)

Kandemir, T., Friedrich, M., Parker, S. F., Studt, F., Lennon, D. , Schlogl, R. and Behrens, M. (2016) Different routes to methanol: inelastic neutron scattering spectroscopy of adsorbates on supported copper catalysts. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 18(26), pp. 17253-17258. (doi: 10.1039/C6CP00967K) (PMID:27075638)

Lennon, D. and Winfield, J. M. (2016) Heterogeneous catalysts used for large scale syntheses of selected chloro- and fluoro-hydrocarbons: fluorinated chromia and eta-alumina. In: Kemnitz, E. and Parvulescu, V. (eds.) New Materials for Catalytic Applications. Elsevier. ISBN 9780444635877

2015

Warringham, R., McFarlane, A. R., MacLaren, D. A. , Webb, P. B., Tooze, R., Taylor, J., Ewings, R., Parker, S. and Lennon, D. (2015) The application of inelastic neutron scattering to explore the significance of a magnetic transition in an iron based Fischer-Tropsch catalyst that is active for the hydrogenation of CO. Journal of Chemical Physics, 143(17), 174703. (doi: 10.1063/1.4935054) (PMID:26547178)

Lopez-Sanchez, J. A., Morisse, C., Winfield, J. M., Krumm, B., Klapötke, T. M. and Lennon, D. (2015) The preparation of a residue-free, alumina-supported gold catalyst by decomposition of an azido-gold(III) complex and an evaluation of the effectiveness of the catalyst for the hydrogenation of propyne. Zeitschrift für Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie, 641(3-4), pp. 694-698. (doi: 10.1002/zaac.201400506)

Warringham, R., Hamilton, N. G., Silverwood, I. P., How, C., Webb, P. B., Tooze, R. P., Zhou, W., Frost, C. D., Parker, S. F. and Lennon, D. (2015) The application of inelastic neutron scattering to investigate a hydrogen pre-treatment stage of an iron Fischer–Tropsch catalyst. Applied Catalysis A: General, 489, pp. 209-217. (doi: 10.1016/j.apcata.2014.10.033)

2014

Lennon, D. and Parker, S. F. (2014) Inelastic neutron scattering studies of methyl chloride synthesis over alumina. Accounts of Chemical Research, 47(4), pp. 1220-1227. (doi: 10.1021/ar400271c)

Hamilton, N. G. et al. (2014) The application of inelastic neutron scattering to investigate CO hydrogenation over an iron Fischer–Tropsch synthesis catalyst. Journal of Catalysis, 312, pp. 221-231. (doi: 10.1016/j.jcat.2014.02.004)

Gibson, E. K. , Winfield, J. M., Adam, D., Miller, A. A. , Carr, R. H., Eaglesham, A. and Lennon, D. (2014) The solvation and dissociation of 4-benzylaniline hydrochloride in chlorobenzene. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 53(11), pp. 4156-4164. (doi: 10.1021/ie403745s)

Sutherland, I. W., Hamilton, N. G., Dudman, C. C., Jones, P., Lennon, D. and Winfield, J. M. (2014) Chlorination reactions relevant to the manufacture of trichloroethene and tetrachloroethene; Part 2: Effects of chlorine supply. Applied Catalysis A: General, 471, pp. 149-156. (doi: 10.1016/j.apcata.2013.11.030)

Parker, S. F., Ramirez-Cuesta, A. J., Albers, P. W. and Lennon, D. (2014) The use of direct geometry spectrometers in molecular spectroscopy. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 554(012004), (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/554/1/012004)

2013

McFarlane, A. R., Silverwood, I. P., Norris, E. L., Ormerod, R. M., Frost, C. D., Parker, S. F. and Lennon, D. (2013) The application of inelastic neutron scattering to investigate the steam reforming of methane over an alumina-supported nickel catalyst. Chemical Physics, 427, pp. 54-60. (doi: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2013.10.012)

Lennon, D. , Warringham, R., Guidi, T. and Parker, S. F. (2013) Characterisation of hydrocarbonaceous overlayers important in metal-catalysed selective hydrogenation reactions. Chemical Physics, 427, pp. 49-53. (doi: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2013.04.005)

McFarlane, A. R., Silverwood, I. P., Warringham, R., Norris, E. L., Ormerod, R. M., Frost, C. D., Parker, S. F. and Lennon, D. (2013) The application of inelastic neutron scattering to investigate the ‘dry’ reforming of methane over an alumina-supported nickel catalyst operating under conditions where filamentous carbon formation is prevalent. RSC Advances, 37(3), pp. 16577-16589. (doi: 10.1039/C3RA42435A)

Hamilton, N.G., Silverwood, I., Warringham, R., Kapitan, J., Hecht, L., Webb, P.B., Tooze, R.P., Parker, S. and Lennon, D. (2013) Vibrational analysis of an industrial fe-based fischer-tropsch catalyst employing inelastic neutron scattering. Angewandte Chemie (International Edition), 52(21), pp. 5608-5611. (doi: 10.1002/anie.201210179)

2012

Callison, J., Betzler, F., de Cuba, K., van der Borden, W., van der Velde, K., Carr, R.H., Senn, H.M. , Farrugia, L.J., Winfield, J.M. and Lennon, D. (2012) Origin of impurities formed in a polyurethane production chain. Part 2: a route to the formation of coloured impurities. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 51(34), pp. 11021-11030. (doi: 10.1021/ie300987v)

Callison, J. et al. (2012) Origin of impurities formed in the polyurethane production chain. 1: conditions for chlorine transfer from an aryl isocyanide dichloride byproduct. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 51(6), pp. 2515-2523. (doi: 10.1021/ie2013136)

Parker, S.F., Siegel, D., Hamilton, N.G., Kapitan, J., Hecht, L. and Lennon, D. (2012) Characterisation of C5 hydrocarbons relevant to catalysis. Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 116(1), pp. 333-346. (doi: 10.1021/jp209417d)

Silverwood, I. P., Hamilton, N. G., McFarlane, A. R., Kapitan, J., Hecht, L., Norris, E. L., Ormerod, R. M., Frost, C. D., Parker, S. F. and Lennon, D. (2012) Application of inelastic neutron scattering to studies of CO2 reforming of methane over alumina-supported nickel and gold-doped nickel catalysts. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 14(43), pp. 15214-15225. (doi: 10.1039/C2CP42745A)

2011

Parker, S.F., Lennon, D. and Albers, P.W. (2011) Vibrational spectroscopy with neutrons: a review of new directions. Applied Spectroscopy, 65(12), pp. 1325-1341. (doi: 10.1366/11-06456)

Sutherland, I. W., Hamilton, N. G., Dudman, C. C., Jones, P., Lennon, D. and Winfield, J. M. (2011) Chlorination and dehydrochlorination reactions relevant to the manufacture of trichloroethene and tetrachloroethene. Part 1: Reaction pathways. Applied Catalysis A: General, 399(1-2), pp. 1-11. (doi: 10.1016/j.apcata.2011.02.035)

Silverwood, I. P. et al. (2011) Experimental arrangements suitable for the acquisition of inelastic neutron scattering spectra of heterogeneous catalysts. Review of Scientific Instruments, 82(3), 034101. (doi: 10.1063/1.3553295)

McInroy, A.R., Uhl, A., Lear, T., Klapötke, T.M., Shiakhutdinov, S., Schauerman, S., Rupprechter, G., Freund, H.J. and Lennon, D. (2011) Morphological and chemical influences on alumina-supported palladium catalysts active for the gas phase hydrogenation of crotonaldehyde. Journal of Chemical Physics, 134(21), p. 214704. (doi: 10.1063/1.3593472)

2010

Silverwood, I.P., Hamilton, N.G., Staniforth, J.Z., Laycock, C.J., Parker, S.F., Ormerod, M.R. and Lennon, D. (2010) Persistent species formed during the carbon dioxide reforming of methane over a nickel-alumina catalyst. Catalysis Today, 155(3-4), pp. 319-325. (doi: 10.1016/j.cattod.2010.07.009)

Silverwood, I.P., Hamilton, N. G., Laycock, C. J., Staniforth, J. Z., Ormerod, R. M., Frost, C. D., Parker, S. F. and Lennon, D. (2010) Quantification of surface species present on a nickel/alumina methane reforming catalyst. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 12(13), pp. 3102-3107. (doi: 10.1039/b919977b)

Gibson, E.K. , Winfield, J.M., Muir, K.W., Carr, R.H., Eaglesham, A., Gavezzotti, A. and Lennon, D. (2010) A structural and spectroscopic investigation of the hydrochlorination of 4,4-methylenedianiline. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 12(15), pp. 3824-3833. (doi: 10.1039/b916368a)

McFarlane, A., McMillan, L., Silverwood, I., Hamilton, N.G., Siegel, D., Parker, S.F., Lundie, D.T. and Lennon, D. (2010) The observation of equilibria present in stepwise gas phase hydrogenation reactions. Catalysis Today, 155(3-4), pp. 206-213. (doi: 10.1016/j.cattod.2009.11.007)

Tomkinson, J., Parker, S. F. and Lennon, D. (2010) No evidence for Evans' holes in the A, B, C vibrational structure of potassium dihydrogen arsenate. Journal of Chemical Physics, 133(3), 034508. (doi: 10.1063/1.3457788)

2009

Gibson, E.K. , Winfield, J.M., Muir, K.W., Carr, R.H., Easglesham, A., Gavezzotti, A., Parker, S.F. and Lennon, D. (2009) A structural and spectroscopic investigation of the hydrochlorination of 4-benzylaniline: the interaction of anhydrous hydrogen chloride with chlorobenzene. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 11(2), pp. 288-297. (doi: 10.1039/b810027f)

2007

Lear, T., Hamilton, N. and Lennon, D. (2007) The application of temperature-programmed desorption, adsorption isotherms and temperature-programmed oxidation to investigate the interaction of CO with alumina-supported palladium catalysts*. Catalysis Today, 126, pp. 219-227. (doi: 10.1016/j.cattod.2007.03.014)

McInroy, A.R., Lundie, D.T., Winfield, J.M., Dudman, C.C., Jones, P. and Lennon, D. (2007) Improved atom efficiency via an appreciation of the surface activity of alumina catalysts: Methyl chloride synthesis. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 70, pp. 606-610. (doi: 10.1016/j.apeatb.2006.01.033)

2006

Dimitratos, N., Lopez-Sanchez, J., Lennon, D., Porta, F., Prati, L. and Villa, A. (2006) Effect of particle size on monometallic and bimetallic (Au,Pd)/C on the liquid phase oxidation of glycerol. Catalysis Letters, 108, pp. 147-153. (doi: 10.1007/s10562-006-0036-8)

McInroy, A., Lundie, D., Winfield, J., Dudman, C., Jones, P., Parker, S. and Lennon, D. (2006) The interaction of alumina with HCl: An infrared spectroscopy, temperature-programmed desorption and inelastic neutron scattering study. Catalysis Today, 114, pp. 403-411. (doi: 10.1016/j.cattod.2006.02.041)

Mulligan, A., Lane, I., Rousseau, G., Johnston, S., Lennon, D. and Kadodwala, M. (2006) Lifting the mirror symmetry of metal surfaces: Decoupling the electronic and physical manifestations of surface chirality. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 110, pp. 1083-1090. (doi: 10.1021/jp05518+)

2005

Duncanson, I., Sutherland, I., Cullen, B., Jackson, S. and Lennon, D. (2005) The hydrogenation of 2-butyne-1,4-diol over a carbon-supported palladium catalyst. Catalysis Letters, 103, pp. 195-199. (doi: 10.1007/s10562-005-7154-6)

Grant, S., Freer, A., Winfield, J., Gray, C. and Lennon, D. (2005) Introducing undergraduates to green chemistry: an interactive teaching exercise. Green Chemistry, 7, pp. 121-128. (doi: 10.1039/b412664e)

Lear, T., Marshall, R., Lopez-Sanchez, J., Jackson, S., Klapotke, T., Baumer, M., Rupprechter, G., Freund, H. and Lennon, D. (2005) The application of infrared spectroscopy to probe the surface morphology of alumina-supported palladium catalysts. Journal of Chemical Physics, 123, (doi: 10.1063/1.2101487)

Lear, T., Marshall, R., Gibson, E.K. , Schutt, T., Klapotke, T.M., Rupprechter, G., Freund, H.J., Winfield, J.M. and Lennon, D. (2005) A model high surface area alumina-supported palladium catalyst. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 7, pp. 565-567. (doi: 10.1039/b418708c)

Lopez-Sanchez, J.A. and Lennon, D. (2005) The use of titania- and iron oxide-supported gold catalysts for the hydrogenation of propyne. Applied Catalysis A: General, 291, pp. 230-237. (doi: 10.1016/j.apcata.2005.01.048)

Lundie, D., McInroy, A., Marshall, R., Winfield, J., Jones, P., Dudman, C., Parker, S., Mitchell, C. and Lennon, D. (2005) Improved description of the surface acidity of eta-alumina. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 109, pp. 11592-11601. (doi: 10.1021/jp0405963)

Marshall, R., Webb, G., Jackson, S.D. and Lennon, D. (2005) Propyne hydrogenation: characteristics of a carbon-supported palladium catalyst that exhibits a kinetic discontinuity effect. Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical, 226, pp. 227-230. (doi: 10.1016/j.molcata.2004.10.031)

McInroy, A., Lundie, D., Winfield, J., Dudman, C., Jones, P. and Lennon, D. (2005) The application of diffuse reflectance infrared Spectroscopy and temperature-programmed desorption to investigate the interaction of methanol on eta-alumina. Langmuir, 21, pp. 11092-11098. (doi: 10.1021/la051429c)

McInroy, A., Lundie, D., Winfield, J., Dudman, C., Jones, P., Parker, S., Taylor, J. and Lennon, D. (2005) An infrared and inelastic neutron scattering spectroscopic investigation on the interaction of eta-alumina and methanol. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 7, pp. 3093-3101. (doi: 10.1039/b505974g)

Mulligan, A., Lane, I., Rousseau, G., Johnston, S., Lennon, D. and Kadodwala, M. (2005) Going beyond the physical: Instilling chirality onto the electronic structure of a metal. Angewandte Chemie (International Edition), 44, pp. 1830-1833. (doi: 10.1002/anie.200462265)

2004

Grant, S., Freer, A., Winfield, J., Gray, C., Overton, T. and Lennon, D. (2004) An undergraduate teaching exercise that explores contemporary issues in the manufacture of titanium dioxide on the industrial scale. Green Chemistry, 6, pp. 25-32. (doi: 10.1039/b309878h)

Kennedy, D.R., Webb, G., Jackson, S.D. and Lennon, D. (2004) Propyne hydrogenation over alumina-supported palladium and platinum catalysts. Applied Catalysis A: General, 259, pp. 109-120.

Mulligan, A., Lane, I., Rousseau, G., Hecht, L., Johnston, S., Lennon, D. and Kadodwala, M. (2004) Chiral discrimination within disordered adlayers on metal surfaces. Chemical Communications, pp. 2492-2493. (doi: 10.1039/b409886b)

Opara, E., Lundie, D., Lear, T., Sutherland, I., Parker, S. and Lennon, D. (2004) The hydrogenation of 1,3-pentadiene over an alumina-supported palladium catalyst: an FTIR study. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 6, pp. 5588-5595. (doi: 10.1039/b413178a)

Parker, S., Taylor, J., Albers, P., Lopez, M., Sextl, G., Lennon, D., McInroy, A. and Sutherland, I. (2004) Inelastic neutron scattering studies of hydrogen on fuel cell catalysts. Vibrational Spectroscopy, 35, pp. 179-182. (doi: 10.1016/j.vibspec.2004.01.010)

2003

Jackson, S.D. , Hargreaves, J.S.J. and Lennon, D. (Eds.) (2003) Catalysis in Application. Royal Society of Chemistry: Cambridge. ISBN 9780854046089

Jackson, S., Anderson, D., Kelly, G., Lear, T., Lennon, D. and Watson, S. (2003) Methanol decomposition over copper/silica: effect of temperature and co-reactant on carbon deposition. Topics in Catalysis, 22, pp. 173-182.

McNamara, J., Jackson, S. and Lennon, D. (2003) Butane dehydrogenation over Pt/alumina: activation, deactivation and the generation of selectivity. Catalysis Today, 81, pp. 583-587. (doi: 10.1016/S0920-5861(03)00156-1)

2002

Lennon, D., Lundie, D., Jackson, S., Kelly, G. and Parker, S. (2002) Characterization of activated carbon using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and inelastic neutron scattering spectroscopy. Langmuir, 18, pp. 4667-4673. (doi: 10.1021/la011324j)

Lennon, D. , Freer, A., Winfield, J., Landon, P. and Reid, N. (2002) An undergraduate teaching initiative to demonstrate the complexity and range of issues typically encountered in modern industrial chemistry. Green Chemistry, 4, pp. 181-187. (doi: 10.1039/b202541h)

Rousseau, G., Bovet, N., Johnston, S., Lennon, D., Dhanak, V. and Kadodwala, M. (2002) The structure of a coadsorbed layer of thiophene and CO on Cu(111). Surface Science, 511, pp. 190-202.

2001

Jackson, S., Lennon, D., Webb, G. and Willis, J. (2001) Processes occurring during deactivation/regeneration of a vanadia/alumina catalyst under propane dehydrogenation conditions. Catalyst Deactivation 2001, Proceedings, 139, pp. 271-278.

Milligan, P., Murphy, B., Lennon, D., Cowie, B. and Kadodwala, M. (2001) A complete structural study of the coverage dependence of the bonding of thiophene on Cu(111). Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 105, pp. 140-148.

Milligan, P., Murphy, B., Lennon, D., Cowie, B. and Kadodwala, M. (2001) Effects of substituents on the structure and bonding of thiophene on Cu(III). Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 105, pp. 5231-5237.

Shaikhutdinov, S., Heemeier, M., Baumer, M., Lear, T., Lennon, D., Oldman, R., Jackson, S. and Freund, H. (2001) Structure-reactivity relationships on supported metal model catalysts: Adsorption and reaction of ethene and hydrogen on Pd/Al2O3/NiAl(110). Journal of Catalysis, 200, pp. 330-339.

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Yu, X. et al. (2023) Neutron scattering studies of heterogeneous catalysis. Chemical Reviews, 123(13), pp. 8638-8700. (doi: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.3c00101) (PMID:37315192)

Parker, S. F. and Lennon, D. (2021) Net zero and catalysis: how neutrons can help. Physchem, 1(1), pp. 95-120. (doi: 10.3390/physchem1010007)

Matam, S.K. et al. (2018) The effects of MTG catalysis on methanol mobility in ZSM-5. Catalysis Science and Technology, 8(13), pp. 3304-3312. (doi: 10.1039/C8CY00422F)

Lennon, D. and Parker, S. F. (2014) Inelastic neutron scattering studies of methyl chloride synthesis over alumina. Accounts of Chemical Research, 47(4), pp. 1220-1227. (doi: 10.1021/ar400271c)

Parker, S.F., Lennon, D. and Albers, P.W. (2011) Vibrational spectroscopy with neutrons: a review of new directions. Applied Spectroscopy, 65(12), pp. 1325-1341. (doi: 10.1366/11-06456)

Kennedy, D.R., Webb, G., Jackson, S.D. and Lennon, D. (2004) Propyne hydrogenation over alumina-supported palladium and platinum catalysts. Applied Catalysis A: General, 259, pp. 109-120.

Rousseau, G., Bovet, N., Johnston, S., Lennon, D., Dhanak, V. and Kadodwala, M. (2002) The structure of a coadsorbed layer of thiophene and CO on Cu(111). Surface Science, 511, pp. 190-202.

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Jackson, S.D. , Hargreaves, J.S.J. and Lennon, D. (Eds.) (2003) Catalysis in Application. Royal Society of Chemistry: Cambridge. ISBN 9780854046089

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Level-1 Data Analysis.
Level-2 Coordinator - Interactive Teaching Units.
Level-3 (i) Depute ClassHead; (ii) Liquid Phase Reaction Kinetics; (iii) Quantum Mechanics and Mathematics for Chemists.
Level-4 Surface Chemistry.

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Hughes, R., Rossi, G. E. and Lennon, D. (2023) Operational parameters relevant to the examination of phosgene synthesis catalysis. [Data Collection]

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PhD (East Anglia), MRSC

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'The observation of equilibria present in stepwise gas phase hydrogenation reactions', Operando-III: Third International Congress on Operando Spectroscopy; Fundamental and Technical Aspects of Spectroscopy of Catalysts Under Working Conditions, Rostock, Germany, 19th – 23rd April 2009.
'Towards an improvement in product purity during polyurethane production: key intermediates and model physico-chemical and spectroscopic studies', American Chemical Society meeting, Chemistry for a Sustainable World, Division of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry: Process Intensification Group, March 2010, San Francisco.
'Application of inelastic neutron scattering to characterise catalysts active for the CO2 reforming of methane', American Chemical Society meeting, Chemistry for a Sustainable World, Division of Catalysis Science and Technology, Catalysis for Sustainability: CO2 Conversion and Utilisation, San Francisco, March 2010.
'The development of structure/activity relationships in selective hydrogenation reactions over supported palladium catalysts', Laboratoire Catalyse et Spectrochimie, Université de Caen Basse-Normandie, France, 26th July 2010.
'Investigations in to the evolutionary phase present in prototype iron Fischer-Tropsch catalysts', 3rd EuCheMS Chemistry Congress, Nürnberg, Germany, 29th August-2nd September 2010.

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Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council: College Member (1999-present), Chemistry Prioritisation Panels, Chemistry Programme National Services Panels, Engineering Programme Large Grant Prioritisation Panel (Chairperson), Basic Technology Mid-Term Review Panel.
Science and Technology Facilities Council, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory: Chairperson, ISIS Molecular Spectroscopy User Group, 2007-2011.
Science and Technology Facilities Council, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory: Chairperson, ISIS Facility User Committee, 2009-2012; Ombudsman, ISIS Facility, 2009-2012.
Science and Technology Facilities Council, ISIS Facility Board, 2009-2012.
External Assessor, School of Chemistry, University of Aberdeen, Internal Teaching Review, April 2010.

Ph.D. Studentship: kinetic models for phosgene synthesis

Ph.D. Studentship Development of in situ and operando neutron imaging

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