Missing Link between Helical Nano‐ and Microfilaments in B4 Phase Bent‐Core Liquid Crystals, and Deciphering which Chiral Center Controls the Filament Handedness (2019)
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Shadpour, S., Nemati, A., Salamończyk, M., Prévôt, M. E., Liu, J., Boyd, N. J., …Hegmann, T. (2020). Missing Link between Helical Nano‐ and Microfilaments in B4 Phase Bent‐Core Liquid Crystals, and Deciphering which Chiral Center Controls the Filament Handedness. Small, 16(4), Article 1905591. https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.201905591

The range of possible morphologies for bent‐core B4 phase liquid crystals has recently expanded from helical nanofilaments (HNFs) and modulated HNFs to dual modulated HNFs, helical microfilaments, and heliconical‐layered nanocylinders. These new morp... Read More about Missing Link between Helical Nano‐ and Microfilaments in B4 Phase Bent‐Core Liquid Crystals, and Deciphering which Chiral Center Controls the Filament Handedness.

Determination of permeability using a classic Darcy water column (2019)
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Wadsworth, F. B., Vossen, C. E., Schmid, D., Colombier, M., Heap, M. J., Scheu, B., & Dingwell, D. B. (2020). Determination of permeability using a classic Darcy water column. American Journal of Physics, 88(1), 20-24. https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0000296

Permeability is a macroscopic property of materials with a percolating pore phase, such as many rocks and filters. We describe a simple experiment for the empirical determination of permeability using a low-cost method similar to that used by Darcy.... Read More about Determination of permeability using a classic Darcy water column.

Threaded Rings that Swim in Excitable Media (2019)
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Cincotti, A., Maucher, F., Evans, D., Chapin, B. M., Horner, K., Bromley, E., …Sutcliffe, P. (2019). Threaded Rings that Swim in Excitable Media. Physical Review Letters, 123(25), Article 258102. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.123.258102

Cardiac tissue and the Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction provide two notable examples of excitable media that support scroll waves, in which a filament core is the source of spiral waves of excitation. Here we consider a novel topological configuration i... Read More about Threaded Rings that Swim in Excitable Media.

Shapeshifting molecules: The story so far and the shape of things to come (2019)
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Bismillah, A., Chapin, B., Hussein, B., & McGonigal, P. (2020). Shapeshifting molecules: The story so far and the shape of things to come. Chemical Science, 11(2), 324-332. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9sc05482k

Shapeshifting molecules exhibit rapid constitutional dynamics while remaining stable, isolable molecules, making them promising artificial scaffolds from which to explore complex biological systems and create new functional materials. However, their... Read More about Shapeshifting molecules: The story so far and the shape of things to come.

The permeability of columnar jointed lava (2019)
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Vasseur, J., & Wadsworth, F. B. (2019). The permeability of columnar jointed lava. Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth, 124(11), 11305-11315. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019jb018118

Columnar jointed lava is an important facies in many geothermal reservoir systems. The permeability of jointed lavas is dominated by the contribution from fracture networks. We use a scaling for the permeability of a set of fractures in a solid or po... Read More about The permeability of columnar jointed lava.

Harnessing energy landscape exploration to control the buckling of cylindrical shells (2019)
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Panter, J., Chen, J., Zhang, T., & Kusumaatmaja, H. (2019). Harnessing energy landscape exploration to control the buckling of cylindrical shells. Communications Physics, 2, Article 151. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-019-0251-4

Even for relatively simple thin shell morphologies, many di↵erent buckled configurations can be stable simultaneously. Which state is observed in practice is highly sensitive to both environmental perturbations and shell imperfections. The complexity... Read More about Harnessing energy landscape exploration to control the buckling of cylindrical shells.

Photoelectron spectroscopy of para-benzoquinone cluster anions (2019)
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Mensa-Bonsu, G., Wilson, M. R., Tozer, D. J., & Verlet, J. R. (2019). Photoelectron spectroscopy of para-benzoquinone cluster anions. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 151(20), Article 204302. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5132391

The photoelectron spectra of para-benzoquinone radical cluster anions, (pBQ)n− (n = 2–4), taken at hv = 4.00 eV are presented and compared with the photoelectron spectrum of the monomer (n = 1). For all clusters, a direct detachment peak can be ident... Read More about Photoelectron spectroscopy of para-benzoquinone cluster anions.

Learning dynamical information from static protein and sequencing data (2019)
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Pearce, P., Woodhouse, F., Forrow, A., Kelly, A., Kusumaatmaja, H., & Dunkel, J. (2019). Learning dynamical information from static protein and sequencing data. Nature Communications, 10, Article 5368. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13307-x

Many complex processes, from protein folding to neuronal network dynamics, can be described as stochastic exploration of a high-dimensional energy landscape. While efficient algorithms for cluster detection in high-dimensional spaces have been develo... Read More about Learning dynamical information from static protein and sequencing data.

Efficient and Stable Solution-Processed Organic Light Emitting Transistors using a High-k Dielectric (2019)
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Nam, S., Chaudhry, M. U., Tetzner, K., Pearson, C., Groves, C., Petty, M. C., …Bradley, D. D. (2019). Efficient and Stable Solution-Processed Organic Light Emitting Transistors using a High-k Dielectric. ACS Photonics, 6(12), 3159-3165. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.9b01265

We report the development of highly efficient and stable solution-processed organic light emitting transistors (OLETs) that combine a polymer heterostructure with the transparent high-k dielectric poly(vinylidenefluoride0.62-trifluoroethylene0.31-chl... Read More about Efficient and Stable Solution-Processed Organic Light Emitting Transistors using a High-k Dielectric.

On the understanding and feasibility of “Breakthrough” Osmosis (2019)
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Wu, J. J., & Field, R. W. (2019). On the understanding and feasibility of “Breakthrough” Osmosis. Scientific Reports, 9(1), Article 16464. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-53417-6

Osmosis is the movement of solvent across a permselective membrane induced by a solute-concentration gradient. Now in ‘Forward Osmosis’ it is empirically observed that the diffusion of the solute is counter to that of the solvent i.e. there is so-cal... Read More about On the understanding and feasibility of “Breakthrough” Osmosis.

Highlights from Faraday Discussion 301: Nanolithography of Biointerfaces, London, UK, July 3–5 2019 (2019)
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Mahon, C. S., & Huang, M. L. (2019). Highlights from Faraday Discussion 301: Nanolithography of Biointerfaces, London, UK, July 3–5 2019. Chemical Communications, 55(91), 13631-13637. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9cc90421b

The 2019 Faraday Discussion on the Nanolithography of Biointerfaces brought together a diverse set of interdisciplinary scientists involved in the seemingly disparate fields of materials science, nanolithography and glycoscience. The setting and form... Read More about Highlights from Faraday Discussion 301: Nanolithography of Biointerfaces, London, UK, July 3–5 2019.

Site-specific phosphorylation and caspase cleavage of GFAP are new markers of Alexander Disease severity (2019)
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Battaglia, R. A., Beltran, A. S., Delic, S., Dumitru, R., Robinson, J. A., Kabiraj, P., …Snider, N. T. (2019). Site-specific phosphorylation and caspase cleavage of GFAP are new markers of Alexander Disease severity. eLife, 8, Article e47789. https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.47789

Alexander Disease (AxD) is a fatal neurodegenerative disorder caused by mutations in glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), which supports the structural integrity of astrocytes. Over 70 GFAP missense mutations cause AxD, but the mechanism linking d... Read More about Site-specific phosphorylation and caspase cleavage of GFAP are new markers of Alexander Disease severity.

Extensive sequential polymorphic interconversion in the solid-state: Two hydrates and ten anhydrous phases of hexamidine diisethionate (2019)
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Edkins, K., McIntyre, G. J., Wilkinson, C., Kahlenberg, V., Toebbens, D. M., Griesser, U. J., …Steed, J. W. (2019). Extensive sequential polymorphic interconversion in the solid-state: Two hydrates and ten anhydrous phases of hexamidine diisethionate. Crystal Growth and Design, 2019(19), 7280-7289. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.9b01170

Crystal polymorphism and solvent inclusion is a dominant research area in the pharmaceutical industry and continues to unveil complex systems. Here, we present the solid-state system of hexamidine diisethionate (HDI), an antiseptic drug compound form... Read More about Extensive sequential polymorphic interconversion in the solid-state: Two hydrates and ten anhydrous phases of hexamidine diisethionate.

Magma fragmentation in highly explosive basaltic eruptions induced by rapid crystallisation (2019)
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Arzilli, F., La Spina, G., Burton, M., Polacci, M., Le Gall, N., Hartley, M., …Lee, P. (2019). Magma fragmentation in highly explosive basaltic eruptions induced by rapid crystallisation. Nature Geoscience, 12, 1023-1028. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-019-0468-6

Basaltic eruptions are the most common form of volcanism on Earth and planetary bodies. The low viscosity of basaltic magmas inhibits fragmentation, which favours effusive and lava-fountaining activity, yet highly explosive, hazardous basaltic erupti... Read More about Magma fragmentation in highly explosive basaltic eruptions induced by rapid crystallisation.

Understanding copolymerisation kinetics for the design of functional copolymers via free radical polymerisation (2019)
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Boulding, N. A., Millican, J. M., & Hutchings, L. R. (2019). Understanding copolymerisation kinetics for the design of functional copolymers via free radical polymerisation. Polymer Chemistry, 10(41), 5665-5675. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9py01294j

Determining the monomer sequence distribution of copolymers is important when correlating copolymer molecular structure (random, gradient etc.) to macroscopic/material properties. We report here the relative monomer reactivities for the copolymerisat... Read More about Understanding copolymerisation kinetics for the design of functional copolymers via free radical polymerisation.

In Situ Fabrication of Polymeric Microcapsules by Ink-Jet Printing of Emulsions (2019)
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Deng, R., Wang, Y., Yang, L., & Bain, C. D. (2019). In Situ Fabrication of Polymeric Microcapsules by Ink-Jet Printing of Emulsions. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 11(43), 40652-40661. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.9b14417

Phase separation driven by solvent evaporation of emulsions can be used to create polymeric microcapsules. The combination of emulsion solvent evaporation with ink-jet printing allows the rapid fabrication of polymeric microcapsules at a target locat... Read More about In Situ Fabrication of Polymeric Microcapsules by Ink-Jet Printing of Emulsions.

Morphological analysis of chiral rod clusters from a coarse-grained single-site chiral potential (2019)
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Sutherland, B., Olesen, S., Kusumaatmaja, H., Morgan, J., & Wales, D. (2019). Morphological analysis of chiral rod clusters from a coarse-grained single-site chiral potential. Soft Matter, 15(40), 8147-8155. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9sm01343a

We present a coarse-grained single-site potential for simulating chiral interactions, with adjustable strength, handedness, and preferred twist angle. As an application, we perform basin-hopping global optimisation to predict the favoured geometries... Read More about Morphological analysis of chiral rod clusters from a coarse-grained single-site chiral potential.

Slow Coarsening in Jammed Athermal Soft Particle Suspensions (2019)
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Chacko, R., Sollich, P., & Fielding, S. (2019). Slow Coarsening in Jammed Athermal Soft Particle Suspensions. Physical Review Letters, 123(10), Article 108001. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.123.108001

We simulate a densely jammed, athermal assembly of repulsive soft particles immersed in a solvent. Starting from an initial condition corresponding to a quench from a high temperature, we find nontrivial slow dynamics driven by a gradual release of s... Read More about Slow Coarsening in Jammed Athermal Soft Particle Suspensions.

A general model for welding of ash particles in volcanic systems validated using in situ X-ray tomography (2019)
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Wadsworth, F. B., Vasseur, J., Schauroth, J., Llewellin, E. W., Dobson, K. J., Havard, T., …Heap, M. J. (2019). A general model for welding of ash particles in volcanic systems validated using in situ X-ray tomography. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 525, Article 115726. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2019.115726

Welding occurs during transport and deposition of volcanic particles in diverse settings, including pyroclastic density currents, volcanic conduits, and jet engines. Welding rate influences hazard-relevant processes, and is sensitive to water concent... Read More about A general model for welding of ash particles in volcanic systems validated using in situ X-ray tomography.

Fabrication of monolayers of uniform polymeric particles by inkjet printing of monodisperse emulsions produced by microfluidics (2019)
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Wang, Y., Deng, R., Yang, L., & Bain, C. D. (2019). Fabrication of monolayers of uniform polymeric particles by inkjet printing of monodisperse emulsions produced by microfluidics. Lab on a Chip, 19(18), 3077-3085. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9lc00588a

Emulsion solvent evaporation is a well-established method for generating microparticles from solutions of polymers in volatile organic solvents dispersed in an aqueous medium. Previous work has shown that this approach can also be used to deposit par... Read More about Fabrication of monolayers of uniform polymeric particles by inkjet printing of monodisperse emulsions produced by microfluidics.