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David Moser
Dr David Moser
postal addressSchool of Computing, Science & Engineering, Materials & Physics Research Centre, Maxwell Building, University of Salford, Salford, M5 4WT.
email addressd.moser@salford.ac.uk
website addresshttp://www.cse.salford.ac.uk/research/matphys
Key Memberships
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Member of School: School of Computing, Science & Engineering
From December 2008 to present.
Full Member of Research Centre: Materials & Physics Research Centre
From October 2009 to present.
Profile Summary
  •  XRD and Neutron diffraction for materials characterisation
  • gravimetric and volumetric techniques for measuring gas uptake
  • pulsed laser deposition of thin films
  • DFT ab-initio calculations using VASP and CASTEP
  • Inelastic Neutron Scattering to study the lattice dynamics of metal hydrides
  • Thermal gravimetric measurements
  • Thermodynamic properties of metal hydrides
  • Large scale Central Facilities usage: ISIS and ILL
Key Qualifications
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2010
PhD Doctor of Physics (from The University of Salford).

Stability of Transition Metal Doped Magnesium Hydride High-Pressure Phases

2007
Marie Curie Fellow HyTRAIN (from Stockholm University).

Marie Curie Fellowship HyTRAIN: hydrogen training network

2006
MSc Physics (from University of Trento (Italy)).
2006
MSc Double Degree in Physics (from Tuebingen University (Germany)).
2003
BSc(Hons) Physics (from University of Trento (Italy)).
Key Publications
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Refereed Journal Articles
2011
Aug
Moser, D & Baldissin, G & Bull, D & Riley, D & Morrison, I & Ross, K & Oates, A & Noreus, D 2011, 'The pressure¿temperature phase diagram of MgH2 and isotopic substitution ', Journal of Physics Condensed Matter, 23(30), p.305403.abstract
2010
Dec
Moser, D & Bull, D & Cowpe, J & Roach, D & Ross, K & Noreus, D & Tucker, M 2010, 'An in situ neutron diffraction measurement of the pressure-temperature evolution of a MgD2:TiD2 mixture ', High Pressure Research, 30(4), pp.643-652.abstract
2010
Jan
Moser, D & Häussermann, U & Utsumi, T & Björling, T & Noréus, D 2010, 'A series of BaAl2-xSixH2-x (0.4 < x < 1.6) hydrides with compositions and structures in between BaSi2 and BaAl2H2', Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 505(1), pp.1-5.abstract
2009
Oct
Moser, D & Bull, D & Sato, T & Noreus, D & Kyoi, D & Sakai, T & Naoyuki, K & Yusa, H & Taniguchi, T & Kalisvaart, W P & Notten, P 2009, 'Structure and stability of high pressure synthesized Mg¿TM hydrides (TM = Ti, Zr, Hf, V, Nb and Ta) as possible new hydrogen rich hydrides for hydrogen storage', Journal of Materials Chemistry, 19(43), pp.8150-8161.abstract
Meeting Abstracts
2010
Jun
Kadir, K & Moser, D & Noreus, D 2010, Hydrogen Storage in Metastable Lightweight Hydrides, CIMTEC 2010, Montecatini Terme, Italy.
2009
Aug
Ross, K & Bull, D & Moser, D & Roach, D & Mileeva, Z A & Shabalin, I L 2009, The Use of Neutron Scattering Techniques for the Investigation of Hydrogen Storage Systems, Hydrogen Materials Science and Chemistry of Carbon Nanomaterials. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference ICHMS'2009, Yalta, Crimea, Ukraine.
2008
May
Kadir, K & Moser, D & Noreus, D 2008, Investigations of metal hydrides with hydrogen in interstitial sites and in metal complexes, SNSS, Stockholm, Sweden.abstract
Poster Presentations
2008
Jun
Moser, D & Bull, D & Roach, D & Ross, K & Noreus, D 2008, 'Stability of transition metal doped magnesium hydride high-pressure phases', Exhibited at: International Symposium on Metal-Hydrogen System, Reykjavik, Iceland, From 24/06/2008 To 28/06/2008.
2007
Dec
Moser, D & Bull, D & Ross, K & Noreus, D 2007, 'A zone-centre supercell vibrational analysis of novel ternary transition metal doped magnesium hydrides', Exhibited at: 2nd Workshop on ab initio phonon calculations , Cracow, Poland, From 06/12/2007 To 08/12/2007.
Reports for External Bodies
2009
Dec
Moser, D & Bull, D & Ross, K & Noreus, D 2009, 'QENS study of hydrogen diffusion in titanium doped magnesium hydride h igh-pressure phase ', 7-05-327, for: Institut Laue-Langevin, ILL, Grenoble, France.abstract
Thesis
2010
Jan
Moser, D 2010, Stability of transition metal doped magnesium hydride high-pressure phases, PhD Thesis, The University of Salford, Salford, UK.
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Invited Papers and Lectures
2010
Jul
Hydrogen diffusion and partial reversibility of Transition Metal‐Doped Magnesium Hydrides (International Symposium on Metal-Hydrogen Systems MH2010, Moscow, Chemistry Department of Lomonosov Moscow State University., Russia, July 2010).