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Daniel is a Senior Specialist Technician for Electron Diffraction at the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ.
He is the main operator of the electron diffractometer as part of the UK National Electron Diffraction Facility (NEDF), the recently established new pillar of the UK National Crystallography Service (NCS), which is a collaboration between the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ and the University of Warwick.
Research
Research interests
- 3DED (3D electron difraction)Â
- Electron microscopy
- Structural characterisation, especially of porous materials such as zeolites, MOFs, ...
Publications
Biography
Daniel Rainer obtained his BSc from the Vienna University of Technology and his MSc from the Technical University of Denmark. During his PhD studies at the University of St Andrews under the supervision of Prof. Russell E. Morris, he focused on the synthesis of zeolites obtained through the ADOR process, employing alternative methods such as mechanochemistry. A second focal point is the characterisation of materials with TEM and novel electron diffraction techniques.
During a postdoctoral position at Charles University in Prague he was able to expand his knowledge and expertise in electron microscopy, characterising catalysts and porous materials such as zeolites with SEM, TEM, and STEM. Additionally, he led the efforts to establish 3DED (3D electron difraction) capabilities on the local instrument.
In his current role as Senior Specialist Technician for Electron Diffraction at the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ he is the main operator of the electron diffractometer as part of the UK National Electron Diffraction Facility (NEDF), the recently established new pillar of the UK National Crystallography Service (NCS), which is a collaboration between the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ and the University of Warwick.