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Numerical methods for unraveling inter-particle potentials in colloidal suspensions: A comparative study for two-dimensional suspensions (2025)
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Rees-Zimmerman, C. R., Martín-Roca, J., Evans, D., Miller, M. A., Aarts, D. G. A. L., & Valeriani, C. (2025). Numerical methods for unraveling inter-particle potentials in colloidal suspensions: A comparative study for two-dimensional suspensions. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 162(7), Article 074103. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0246890

We compare three model-free numerical methods for inverting structural data to obtain interaction potentials, namely, iterative Boltzmann inversion (IBI), test-particle insertion (TPI), and a machine-learning (ML) approach called ActiveNet. Three arc... Read More about Numerical methods for unraveling inter-particle potentials in colloidal suspensions: A comparative study for two-dimensional suspensions.

Leveraging Tumor Microenvironment to Boost Synergistic Photodynamic Therapy, Ferroptosis Anti‐Tumor Efficiency Based on a Functional Iridium(III) Complex (2025)
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Pei, Y., Pan, Y., Zhang, Z., Zhu, J., Sun, Y., Zhang, Q., Zhu, D., Li, G., Bryce, M. R., Wang, D., & Tang, B. Z. (online). Leveraging Tumor Microenvironment to Boost Synergistic Photodynamic Therapy, Ferroptosis Anti‐Tumor Efficiency Based on a Functional Iridium(III) Complex. Advanced Science, Article 2413879. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202413879

The tumor microenvironment (TME) severely limits the efficacy of clinical applications of photodynamic therapy (PDT). The development of a functional agent allowing full use of the TME to boost synergistic PDT and ferroptosis anti‐tumor efficiency is... Read More about Leveraging Tumor Microenvironment to Boost Synergistic Photodynamic Therapy, Ferroptosis Anti‐Tumor Efficiency Based on a Functional Iridium(III) Complex.

Investigating Additive Effects on α‑Glycine Growth through the Measurement of Facet Specific Growth Rates (2025)
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Offiler, C., Davey, R. J., Cruz-Cabeza, A. J., & Vetter, T. (2025). Investigating Additive Effects on α‑Glycine Growth through the Measurement of Facet Specific Growth Rates. Crystal Growth and Design, 25(5), 1644-1652. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.5c00028

The presence of trace amounts of additives during crystal growth can have a significant impact on the physical properties of the crystallizing substrate (e.g., crystal morphology, purity, polymorphic phase, or growth kinetics). In this work, we repor... Read More about Investigating Additive Effects on α‑Glycine Growth through the Measurement of Facet Specific Growth Rates.

A Bis‐Perylene Diimide Macrocycle Chiroptical Switch (2025)
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Hartmann, D., Penty, S. E., Zwijnenburg, M. A., Pal, R., & Barendt, T. A. (2025). A Bis‐Perylene Diimide Macrocycle Chiroptical Switch. Angewandte Chemie, 64(15), Article e202501122. https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.202501122

Helical assemblies of organic dyes are ubiquitous chiral organic materials, with valuable properties including chiroptical switching due to the dynamic nature of supramolecular chirality. Herein, we report a novel chiral bis‐perylene diimide macrocyc... Read More about A Bis‐Perylene Diimide Macrocycle Chiroptical Switch.

Shear banding as a cause of nonmonotonic stress relaxation after flow cessation (2025)
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Ward, V. K., & Fielding, S. M. (2025). Shear banding as a cause of nonmonotonic stress relaxation after flow cessation. Physical Review Materials, 9(2), Article L022601. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.9.L022601

Recent flow cessation experiments on soft materials have shown a counter-intuitive non-monotonic relaxation of the shear stress: following the switch-off of a steady imposed shear flow, the stress initially decays before later increasing again. By si... Read More about Shear banding as a cause of nonmonotonic stress relaxation after flow cessation.

Women in chemistry: Q&A with Professor Aurora J. Cruz-Cabeza (2025)
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Cruz-Cabeza, A. J. (2025). Women in chemistry: Q&A with Professor Aurora J. Cruz-Cabeza. Communications Chemistry, 8(1), Article 39. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42004-025-01432-2

Dr Aurora J. Cruz-Cabeza is a Professor of Materials Chemistry at Durham University, in the field of molecular crystals and crystallisation.

2D Quantum Spin-Liquid Candidate Including a Chiral Anion: κ-(BEDT-TTF)<inf>2</inf>[B<inf>R/S</inf>(salicylate)<inf>2</inf>] (2025)
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Blundell, T. J., Sneade, K., Ogar, J. O., Yamashita, S., Akutsu, H., Nakazawa, Y., Yamamoto, T., & Martin, L. (2025). 2D Quantum Spin-Liquid Candidate Including a Chiral Anion: κ-(BEDT-TTF)2[BR/S(salicylate)2]. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 147(7), 5658-5668. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c12386

The quantum spin-liquid state was first theorized by Anderson 50 years ago and the challenge remains to realize a quantum spin-liquid material. A handful of two-dimensional molecular candidates have attracted huge attention over the past 30 years owi... Read More about 2D Quantum Spin-Liquid Candidate Including a Chiral Anion: κ-(BEDT-TTF)<inf>2</inf>[B<inf>R/S</inf>(salicylate)<inf>2</inf>].

Autoclave reactor synthesis of upconversion nanoparticles, unreported variables, and safety considerations (2025)
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McGonigle, R., Glasgow, J., Houston, C., Cameron, I., Homann, C., Black, D. J., Pal, R., & MacKenzie, L. E. (2025). Autoclave reactor synthesis of upconversion nanoparticles, unreported variables, and safety considerations. Communications Chemistry, 8, Article 36. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42004-025-01415-3

Autoclave reactors are widely used across chemical and biological sciences, including for the synthesis of upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) and other nanomaterials. Yet, the details of how autoclave reactors are used in such synthesis are rarely re... Read More about Autoclave reactor synthesis of upconversion nanoparticles, unreported variables, and safety considerations.

Surface Modification of Polyesters Using Biosourced Soil-Release Polymers (2025)
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Starck, M., Fiandra, E. F., Binks, J., Si, G., Chilton, R., Sivik, M., Thompson, R. L., Li, J., Wilson, M. R., & Mahon, C. S. (2025). Surface Modification of Polyesters Using Biosourced Soil-Release Polymers. JACS Au, 5(2), 666-674. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacsau.4c00908

Soil-release polymers (SRPs) are important components of fabric care formulations, performing important roles in the cleaning of synthetic fabrics. SRPs modify the surface of textiles and render materials resistant to staining, while offering environ... Read More about Surface Modification of Polyesters Using Biosourced Soil-Release Polymers.

Borate-catalysed direct amidation reactions of coordinating substrates (2025)
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Procter, R. J., Alamillo-Ferrer, C., Shabbir, U., Britton, P., Bučar, D.-K., Dumon, A. S., Rzepa, H. S., Burés, J., Whiting, A., & Sheppard, T. D. (2025). Borate-catalysed direct amidation reactions of coordinating substrates. Chemical Science, https://doi.org/10.1039/d4sc07744j

The catalytic activity of different classes of boron catalysts was studied in amidation reactions with 4-phenylbutylamine/benzoic acid, and with 2-aminopyridine/phenylacetic acid. Whilst a simple boronic acid catalyst showed high catalytic activity w... Read More about Borate-catalysed direct amidation reactions of coordinating substrates.