READ ME File For 'Stabilising Gold Nanoparticles for use in X-ray Computed Tomography Imaging of Soil Systems'

Dataset DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/D0882 

ReadMe Author: Callum Scotson, University of Southampton

This dataset supports the publication:
AUTHORS Callum P. Scotson, Maria Munoz-Hernando, Simon J. Duncan, Siul A. Ruiz, Samuel D. Keyes, Arjen van Veelen, Iain E. Dunlop, Tiina Roose
TITLE Stabilising Gold Nanoparticles for use in X-ray Computed Tomography Imaging of Soil Systems
JOURNAL Royal Society Open Science



The following folders contain the following collections of supporting data:

	- The folder 'Experimental' contains experimental data including Uv-Vis data, ICP-MS data, results and processed data from XCT images. 
	This folder contains an additional readme file to explain the contents of this folder: 'READ_ME_Experimental_Dataset.txt'

	
	- The folder 'Modelling' contains two sub-folders: 'Buffer_Power_SiO2_Al2O3_Modelling' and 'Diffusion_Rate_Estimation_Modelling'
		
		- The folder 'Buffer_Power_SiO2_Al2O3_Modelling' contains the Comsol model and code required for generating the results of the buffer power model.
		This folder contains an additional readme file to explain the contents of this folder: 'README_Buffer_Power_Modelling_Dataset.txt'

		- The folder 'Diffusion_Rate_Estimation_Modelling' contains the Matlab model and code required for generating the results of the diffusion estimation model.
		This folder contains an additional readme file to explain the contents of this folder: 'READ_ME_Diffusion_Rate_Estimation_Modelling.txt'


Additional dataset:
There is additional data that can be requested and these consist of XCT raw image data and are large image files (.raw and .tif) over 10 GB.  These can be requested by contacting Callum Scotson (cps1u16@soton.ac.uk) or Tiina Roose (t.roose@soton.ac.uk) or researchdata@soton.ac.uk.


Date of data collection: Jan-17 to Feb-19

Information about geographic location of data collection: University of Southampton, U.K.